Asna - Atalaku

DJ PLEAD X DESTINY'S CHILD X حلالاماما SOFT EDIT

Single made with @anyoneID 

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Asna X AnyoneID - Abissa

'Move Like So Remixes' not only reimagines 2021's EP full of Afro-Caribbean explorations courtesy of Bermuda-born producer Obeka (@djobeka) but also perfectly showcases different approaches to the art of remixing.

Take 'Test System' - a dancehall-infused track that has proven to be the most popular song from the original release with radio plays in Kampire's BBC Radio 1 residency among others - which comes back in a form of three impressively distinct versions. Influential Peruvian duo Dengue Dengue Dengue (@dengue) revisit their DNGDNGDNG alias and brilliantly come up with a rework in which jungle breaks smoothly intertwine with reggaeton. Further into the EP you can hear the voice of Swordman Kitala, a talented Ugandan MC with numerous appearances on Nyege Nyege's sister label Hakuna Kulala, who flawlessly delivers his verses in Luganda alongside original beat produced by Obeka. Last but not least, a true gem has been cooked up by DJ Danifox (@djdanifox). Strongly departing from the original, he brings his characteristic sound that ideally sets the tone for closing the release with an almost jazzy feel and a somewhat nostalgic manner (saudade, one may say).

Two remaining instrumental songs from 'Move Like So' also get new versions - and both will be perfect for your DJ sets. Title track receives a speeding up treatment from Ultima Esuna (@ultimaesuna), Mexican artist already gathering much deserved attention for her dancehall-leaning compositions that earned her a place on the 2022 Nervous Horizon compilation. And then there's Bandicut (@bandicut), one of the key figures in the Lisbon's global bass scene, who went all out and delivered a true banger making use of the West African drums from the original song.

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Artwork: Ala Lesiala (www.instagram.com/lesiala/ www.instagram.com/precel.studio/ )
Mastering: Mentalcut (www.instagram.com/mentalcut/)
Special thanks to Pablo Pascual aka Pambulo

Obeka - Duppy Drum (Bandicut Remix)

Dicas

Quema (feat. Lapili)

Checkout Lick The Attitude Ft PAUL LEE: A New Fresh Fun Naughty Flirty Track

Are you ready to spice up your playlist with a new fresh, fun, naughty, and flirty track? Look no further than "Checkout Lick The Attitude" featuring PAUL LEE. This upbeat and energetic song is guaranteed to get you moving and grooving in no time. Let's dive into why this track is a must-listen and why it should be at the top of your music rotation.

PAUL LEE Lick The Attitude

Out now on Beating Heart Records South Africa Vol 1 

All proceeds go towards helping community projects in the areas where the samples were recorded.

Buy Here: https://va.lnk.to/BHSA1Ar

Afro Carnival - The Busy Twist

Jowaa is the project by Gafacci, a Ghanaian producer and BBrave, Akwaaba Music’s kingpin that has been causing a stir over the last couple of years. Nano characterized by their minimalistic and electronic approach results in a very danceable and infectious track.

10 YRS LATER: A Global Club Compilation

Jowaa - Nano

Watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EayCT5tcaHc

Daniel Haaksman´s acclaimed “With Love, From Berlin” album (released on 25th of January 2019) is focussing on Berlin as a city of yearning for international artists. For his album Daniel commissioned various co-artists to reflect upon their live in the German capital. The feature with Angolan singer Kalaf Angelo (formerly of Buraka Som Sistema) e.g. reflects on what it means to be Black in Berlin. Mexican singer Coco Maria sings in “La Añoranza” about feeling homesick and eventually transforming into a Neu-Berliner.

One of the outstanding tracks of the album however features Brazilian singer [{“Cibelle”(})]. Internationally known since the late 1990s as one of Brazil’s most radical and talented singers and interdisciplinary artists. After a musical hiatus for a focus in visual art and transitioning , having come out as a non-binary person - thus addressed in “they/them” pronouns - [{“Cibelle”(})] moved to Berlin in 2015 after finding comfort and room for self exploration in Berlin showing itself as an accommodating, sex positive trans feminist queer hub.
Cibelle’s work addresses a need for us in society to halt the redistribution of violence and structural oppressions stemming from excluding each other on the basis of race, ability, beauty standards, gender assignment, identity or expression.
“Corpo / Sujeito” (“Body / Subject”) unfolds into a radical questioning of what it means to be a man or a woman, a body bound person or a person beyond a body, our gaze upon each other. Lyrically it narrates states of being that lay beyond gender binaries whilst affirming the strength that arises within someone in letting go of complying with the pre-existing gender binary boxes and their roles. Berlin echoes in “Corpo / Sujeito” (“Body / Subject”) as one of the global centres where one may find room to better understand oneself outside of cis-hetero-normativity, and play out one’s existence with moderately more safety than other capitals, such as São Paulo, where [{“Cibelle”(})] comes from.

The video for Corpo Sujeito offers an opportunity to the viewer to reset their own societally programmed gaze towards people in regards to how one perceives and understands gender, queerness and expression.
It shows an intersectional and inclusive selection of individuals in a plurality of sexualities, skin tones, facial features and gender identities across age in the act of simply being.
they “dress up” wearing all items of clothing in unprescribed ways, in an accumulation of layers that may mirror the layers of self that form identity or the layers of societal judgement that could exclude or include a person.
They get completely covered to the point the view looses the sense of the biology which is animating these animated piles of clothes. The bodies move with gestures that would be perceived as “feminine” or “masculine”, or combinations of both in nuance, regardless of their assigned gender. The camera highlights features that a white cis-hetero-normative society would deem as imperfections, unacceptable grooming those bodies.
The goal is to incite radical empathy though a kinder and more present gaze that recognises the validity of all shapes and forms of being and expression beyond assigned gender, identification, performance, age, race, ability, sexuality, class.
To honour the life that inhabits all bodies and expresses throughout.

The single is accompanied by a breath taking remix by LA´s Kelman Duran. Known for his unique deconstruction take on dembow ryhthms, Duran transformed Cibelle´s song into a sacral sounding, introspective track with a gut-shattering bass.

Corpo Sujeito EP

Buy On Bandcamp

Corpo Sujeito ft.  [{“Cibelle”(})]  (Kelman Duran Remix)

Siu Mata x Lorna - Papi Chulo...  /FREE DL

‘Da Linha’, the debut album from Lisbon’s PEDRO (@pedro_damaia), is dropping this Friday (March 20). 

The album is being released by revered local label @Enchufada, home to the likes of Dotorado Pro, Dengue Dengue Dengue and, of course, imprint boss Branko, and arrives three years on from PEDRO’s debut EP ‘Damaia’.

With standouts aplenty across the ten-track release it was hard to settle on just one track to spotlight, but we have a sneaky feeling that vigorous, earwormy club track 'Pusha' will be a huge hit with both fans and new followers alike.

The tune features LA-based multi-disciplinary artist Kelman Duran (whose soulful take on reggaeton has been making waves of late) and finds both producers drawing on their respective strengths and production styles to great effect.

‘Da Linha’ is out now, cop it here: ffm.to/pedrodalinha