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Soundway present a very limited vinyl-only re-issue of an obscure LP by the enigmatic Nigerian artist Easy Kabaka Brown. The LP was originally released and recorded by Philips / Phonogram in 1976 and only sold in very small numbers. Musically it's a intriguing mix of mostly Nigerian highlife with a bit of afro-jazz sung in the language of Kalabari from the Delta region of Southern Nigeria.  From the bouncy good times of Belema to the deeper extended afro workout of Agboho this unique album stands out from thousands of others of it's time with a sound of its own that draws on many influences, with Congolese and latin touches to jazz trumpet and psychedelic organ lines.

Easy Kabaka Brown (Opotopo was his nickname) was a versatile and eccentric musician who recorded two full length albums (this is the first) and only a couple of 45s. We at Soundway have deemed this record way too sweet  to be forgotten, only to gradually ebb away and disappear with time. It's a record that will give you a golden, warm feeling. Your toes will tap, your face should smile and it certainly deserves to be heard by far more than only the few hundred people who bought it nearly 40 years ago. Strictly limited to 1000 x 180g vinyl copies and released in a rigid paste-on sleeve, these will not last long so don't sleep!

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Easy Kabaka Brown - Belema

La Piragua

Urucum na Cara – Curia

Urucum na Cara is from Minas Gerais. They make a excellent research about the popular music manifestation in Brazil as Afoxé, Maracatu, Ciranda and Congado. Curia is a good example of how they add some soulful vibe on the raw brazilian roots music.

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Urucum na Cara - Curia

Buy 12"/Free Single Download: http://hopestreetrecordings.com/serendipity

It’s a tropical night. You hear the sound of congas and bongos, brass sections and chorus vocals. It’s a toe-tapping hip-rolling mambo and that cowbell is ringing and the bass is bouncing and while it’s a familiar sound, something seems different this time. 

San Lazaro’s unique take on Latin music is a blend of old school salsa and classic Cuban Son. Beyond that, it references everything from psych funk to roots reggae to Spaghetti Western film soundtracks. It’s raw, noisy and electric one moment and sweet and soulful the next. They sound like no one else, and maybe that’s because San Lazaro come from an unexpected corner of the world: Melbourne, Australia. How did the continent of kangaroos and deserts come to contribute such arresting Spanish language songwriting and dazzling musicianship? “It’s all about Serendipity,” according to San Lazaro’s lead singer, Keko Viran. Serendipity is also, appropriately, the name of San Lazaro’s new five track vinyl EP. 

Featuring musicians with backgrounds from Chile to India to Cuba to Outback Australia, San Lazaro is an all singing, all dancing tower of Babel. They cut their teeth on the standards of salsa and mambo, and are respectful inheritors of those traditions, but now stand alone as providers of a truly individual Latin sound.

It was chance that brought the band together, and certainly it was an amazing twist of fortune that this release ever occurred. The band started recording this project in 2008, started again in 2010, and started again, again, (this time for real) in 2013. 

After all the trials and tribulations that have brought them this far, 2014 might even be San Lazaro’s year. 

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San Lazaro - La Chimera

San Lazaro - Muchacho Tranquilo

San Lazaro - Madrugada Negra

Dom La Nena, "Batuque" (Jeremy Sole & Atropolis)

"Bhangra V"
by Black Masala
from BLACK MASALA Debut Album
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Buy CD & Digital on Bandcamp:
http://blackmasala.bandcamp.com/

Release Date:
Tuesday March 4th, 2014

One of the hottest new bands to emerge from the Nation’s Capital is Black Masala, who are now releasing their self titled debut album. Pulsating Balkan rhythms blend with funky New Orleans horns, creating an original, soulful gypsy party. The vibe is infectious as the Tuba player roams the floor looking for dance partners, dancers on stage back bending to ska beats, while other bandmates are up on tables and chairs calling the crowd into the party!

In just over a year’s time, Black Masala have been hitting the road, bringing the sweaty dance party to the East Coast and playing frequently in the Washington, DC area. All of these great shows are the inspiration for this album, which captures the live sound and feel of the shows.

The 7-track album represents Black Masala's coming out party to the world! Each member adds their own influence to the mix with vocal duties shared by Mike Ounallah and Kristen Long. The fiery horns are Matt Hotez, Kirsten Warfield, and Frank Mitchell Jr. of Thievery Corporation fame. The Tuba low end is none other than Monty Montgomery and the rhythm section is rounded out by Duff Davis on Guitar, Yannick LePage on Accordion, and Mike Ounallah on Drums.

Saturday, March 1st – Album Release Party @ Rock & Roll Hotel – Washington, DC

For press inquiries, contact Andy Cerutti
202-368-7790 - andy@fortknoxrecordings.com

For Bookings: blackmasalaband@gmail.com

Bhangra V

The latest in Names You Can Trust's series of tropical 45s is a sublime Dub Cumbia from El Combo Chimbita, an offshoot of the fast-rising MAKU Soundsystem. MAKU and El Combo Chimbita are comprised of young first-generation New Yorkers from Colombia, and their sound combines the duel trombone attack of classic NYC Salsa with a rootsy, bass-heavy, laid back groove. Completely organic, "Puro Show" has an undeniable funky charm.

The flip sees the much anticipated return of Greenwood Rhythm Coalition, who completely hotrod the original track, adding new instrumentation while turning it into a hard charging Ska that sounds like the Studio One house band live in Cartagena. "Puro Rock" is primed and ready for the dance floor!


El Combo Chimbita - Puro Show

An excerpt from the second edition of 'Discoteca' recorded at the 303, New York. Quantic & Beto exchange tropical sounds and latin rhythms. 

Discoteca at the 303: Quantic & Beto

★ CARIBBEAN FUNK ★  

ⒸⓁⓊⒷⒷⒾⓃⒼ:ⓉⓇⓄⓅⒾⒸⒶⓁ

A colorful mixtape loaded with Caribbean-inspired beats, some straight from old and rare cumbia vinyl, some new takes on modern Latin Electronica and some of my own edits.

If you are in Melbourne come this Saturday the 5th of April to check this party out!

https://www.facebook.com/events/242087595974839/?ref=br_tf

Event info

Caribbean Funk Promo Mix Apr 2014

Cumbia Sobre el Mar - Quantic &amp; Flowering Inferno

Offering from Captain Planet's 'Esperanto Slang' album, out October 7th on Bastard Jazz Recordings. 

Buy album 2xLP, Digi, CD and/or Vinyl Deluxe Pack:
https://bastardjazz.bandcamp.com/album/esperanto-slang-2


FREE DOWNLOAD

Captain Planet - Cicada

Racubah

Quantic & Nickodemus feat. the Candela Allstars - Puerto Rico Pa Gozar

Featured on the OOFT! chaps L.E.S.S. Productions.

Wganda Kenya -Tifit Hayed (Cronk edit)

Tropicalifornia featuring Quantic.  Taken from the debut album Broken Sunlight.  Limited Edition colored 10" available at: http://www.unclenu.com/home/music

Tropicalifornia feat. Quantic

MUV - SAMBA DA DONA ODETE 


PORTUGUÊS 


A banda MUV - Movimento Uniformemente Variado - é liderado por Ricardo Verocai e Katia Drummond. E é um projeto musical que funde as bases do soul, funk, jazz, salsa e do rap com ritmos variados da música brasileira como o samba, baião e o afoxé. Um dos princípios do MUV é o de revisitar o movimento da música preta nacional que surgiu na metade da década de 60, no Rio de Janeiro. 

O track Samba da Dona Odete é um samba tradicional com toques de Funk setentista. 


ENGLISH 


The band MUV - Movimento Uniformemente Variado - is head by Ricardo Verocai and Katia Drummond. And its a musical project that blends the roots of Soul, Funk, Jazz, Salsa and Rap with diverse brazilian rhythms as Samba, Baião and Afoxé. One of the mean focus of the band is revisit the black music movement that happened in 60s in Rio de Janeiro. 

The track Samba da Dona Odete is a traditional samba with 70s Funk touches. 


LINKS: 

soundcloud.com/muv-1 
www.facebook.com/pages/MUV-Movimento-Uniformemente-Variado/188276717891684 


Muv - Samba Da Dona Odete

Sammy Ayala has been a complete pleasure to collaborate with the past years! He's not only been in the most legendary salsa bands (Cortijo), but he wrote music with that huge smile until the day he recently passed away.  For his 74th? or 75th? Birthday, Sammy came down to one of our Turntables on the Hudson parties & rocked the mic & some percussion with us until 4AM... I can only wish to be as talented, animated & positive as Mr Ayala when I'm over 70! Unfortunately we lost Sammy in the physical last year (2012) but we hope you explore all his beautiful music over the years! 

Vocals - Sammy Ayala, Bass - Paulito Huertas, Piano - Pedro Bermudez, Trumpet - Todd Simon, Guitar - William Holland, Produced, mixed & arranged - Nickodemus, Photo by Gunther Intelman. Special thanks to Pablo Rodriguez for introducing me to Sammy Ayala!
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"Conmigo" by Nickodemus featuring Sammy Ayala & The Candela Allstars

This is a selection of a handful of Angolan 45s that have proven their spirit & longevity in my record collection. Here's to the slap-echo guitars, scratchy dikanza, hope, aspiration and musical beauty that flowered from Luanda. This sound has long informed the systems of Barranquilla and parallels cumbia, samba & compas in sonic ancestral synchronicity.

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