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A ride around Piñones, Puerto Rico.... on acid.

BUSCABULLA SONOSOLAR MIXTAPE PLAYLIST

Vikki Carr - Cuando Calienta El Sol
Ralph MacDonald - Calypso Path (Sofrito Edit)
Rafael Cortijo Y Su Bonche – Sorongo
Elia y Elizabeth - Alegria
The Nigerian Police Force Band – Asiko Mi Ni
Various Artists – Toma Que Toma
Groundislava – Weekend In The Tropics
Lucia - Marinero (Spanish Version)
Prince Jazzbo - Crab Walking
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
Los Sonset – Tema Sonset
Los Teenagers - Amor De Verano
Palmbomen - Black Safari
Buscabulla – Sono
Bomba – Grupo De Loiza Aldea (P.R.)
Empress Of – 2
Bob Marley - Jammin: 8-Bit

SONOSOLAR Mixtape

Released as part of the REMIXED WITH LOVE album on ZR in November

Mass Production - Welcome To Our World (Joey Negro Funk In The Music Mix)

Gilles pays tribute to the late, great, Nelson Mandela with this extended mix from his earlier tribute on BBC 6 Music. 1 hour of carefully curated songs of hope, freedom and future. 

Playlist 

1   - Simphiwe Dana - Zundiqondisise
2   - Dollar Brand - Ishmael
3   - Sathima Bea Benjamine - Music
4   - Hugh Masakela - What Is Wrong With Groovin
5   - Harmonius Serenade Choir - Lyo
6   - Gil Scott Heron - Johannesburg
7   - Letta Mbullu - Mahlalela   
8   - Protest Meeting - Amandla
9   - Hugh Masakela - Stimela
10 - Miles Davis - Big Time
11 - Miriam Makeba - Soweto Blues 
12 - Maze featuring Frankie Beverley - Mandela 
13 - Abdullah Ibrahim - Did You Hear That Sound?
14 - Vusi Mahlasela - Kuzobenani Na?
15 - John Wizards - Jabu Ley


Gilles Peterson's Nelson Mandela Tribute Mix

Rinse FM AfroBeat/Funk/Highlife Special - 23/11/13

New Edits 12" Out in May 2014

To Rack & Ruin comes thundering your way slap bang in time for Summer courtesy of our Italian disco brother in arms DJ Rocca and his compardre N2B.The usual high standard of sounds are as present as ever on the 6th instalment of our edits and reworks imprint.
"Get Up" hits you with a rolling bassline that brims with plenty of pant flapping groove & wah wah guitar licks before that ever so familiar vocal kicks in for a full on Reggae Disco workout. "Weird Safari" certainly lives up to its name - a stripped back, dark & almost Techno sound, alongside tinkering percussion and spaced out wild animal noises surely make for a weird safari. "Dubby Pino" has you from the off, all the foot stamping & money shaking elements are present - hooky guitar, fat bass loop, infectious percussion, soulful vocal licks and a gorgeous little piano break.
"Mr Rossi's Backpain" starts off by getting the award for the best song title we've ever had on Rack & Ruin, but as well as that it's in the proper groovy dance floor tackle category with a bassline & guitar that commands your respect and then when the 4/4 kicks in at 1 min, well just have a listen.

DJ ROCCA & N2B - Mr Rossi's Backpain (To Rack & Ruin Vol.6)

The Ivory Coast Soul compilations revisited by the best international DJs from the Afro-Soul and Tropical-Funk scene. A really mind-bending collection of Ivorian grooves recorded in the 70‘s in Abidjan, edited by few of the best contemporary producers.
DJ Vas (France), DJ The Reflex (France), Mop Mop (Germany), Alma Negra (Switzerland), Umoja (Netherland), Simbad ( London) , Mag Spencer ( Rouen), Afro Jon ( Paris) , Dj Julien Lebrun , Cléon & Jazzy Pidjay ( France, Tahira ( Brazil)  add their own flavors with massive new funk mixes, whilst cutting with dexterous percussive textures on the original versions.

Ivory Coast Soul EDITS SNIPPET

For this 5th #MONTHLYPULSEREWORK, I did a club edit of 1979 Derby Records disco classic "I'm In Love" by Cela.

Disco master Joey Negro did his edit of it, that I played over and over and that actually made me discover this song a couple years back. I felt like I needed to do my own version, with a new intro, new breaks, some new elements added, and a new mastering to make it sound the way I want.

I hope you'll enjoy and as usual, keep rocking the likes and shares on your FB and social networks ;-)

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Cheers / Pulse

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Cela - I'm In Love (A Young Pulse Re-Pulsed Edit)

When I was asked to remix a track for the album release 'Night Dubbing II' I jumped at the chance. 
Imagination have always been one of my favourite bands. I love all of their LPs, especially the original 'Night Dubbing' released in 1983 (the year I started DJ-ing).
'Changes' was the stand out track for me, and it was an absolute pleasure remixing it.
I hope you enjoy my version.
LNTG.


Imagination - Changes [Late Nite Tuff Guy Remix]

Alex Nut Mix for THUMP

Two raw cosmic funk tracks based on Frank Herbert's inimitable sci-fi epic, "Dune."

Available digitally here: https://paulatreides.bandcamp.com

Side A vocals by Faye Simms.

Paul Atreides - Arrakis Walk b/w Thinking Machines 7" *SOLD OUT*

Potion's debut mouth song. Before, only his fingers were flapping on Capyac tracks.

From the album Headlunge: https://capyac.bandcamp.com/album/headlunge

Talk About

First track of our official compilation DIGITAL ZANDOLI selected by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris to be released on HeavenlySweetness. 

O.R.E.A : Biguine Inferno with Erick Orville / Wally Badarou / Michel Alibo / Claude Vamur / Julien Constance. Composed by Erick Orville. Arranged by Wally Badarou. 

All Right Reserved-  Under licence Heavenly Sweetness 2016

OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE 8th July / PRE ORDER HERE 

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DIGITAL ZANDOLI  "Biguine Inferno" by O.R.E.A

Official Release Date 8 July 2016

PRE ORDER NOW !

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Following the acclaimed Kouté jazz, we are glad to announce our new project compilation with parisian label Heavenly Sweetness in collaboration with afro/antilles record expert Nicolas Skliris. This project, that we introduced in mid February as Digital Zandoli with a limited mixtape, aimed to gather a wide spectrum of tracks from pre zouk era in the french West Indies. We picked 12 slept on tracks amongst piles of obscure caribbean records to show a broader spectrum to the Zouk music style that is poorly defined.  These tracks reveal the merger between traditional and other rhythmic genres (funk, disco, afro-beat, Latin Brazilian …), with the addition of synthesizers and drums machine to the creative process. Original, magnetic and highly danceable.



DIGITAL ZANDOLI - Zouk & Synthetic Funk from the French West Indies - The Official Compilation

Milton: Mizik Nou from “Doudou Créole 12” (IBO Production – IBO 8403) - Compiled on Digital Zandoli. Licensed by Heavenly Sweetness - Compiled by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris. 

It is under this English-sounding pseudonym that Patrick Saint-Éloi and Jean-Claude Naimro, eminent members of the band Kassav’, made one of their finest West Indian boogie zouk numbers. Although this Mizik Nou, which benefited from the expert ear of producer Dominique Blanc-Francart and was released as an ultra-limited edition EP, is one of the most keenly sought discs by collectors of French funk, it was never properly marketed as a dance hit! This compilation ought to swiftly right that wrong.

DIGITAL ZANDOLI  "Mizik Nou" by MILTON

DC Promo Tracks #57 is "Jardim Zoológico" by Lena d'Água from the upcoming release on @strangelovemusic

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Beautifully re-mastered by reissue specialist Peter Beckmann, Strangelove’s first record will be released on 180gr vinyl in late April 2017

Strangelove Music is delighted to present its first project, two songs from Lena d'Água, one of Portugal’s great musical acts of the early 1980’s.

From the ashes of art pop band Salada de Frutas, Lena rose as the first prominent female bandleader in Portugal. Combining a siren presence and soaring vocals alongside songwriter Luis Fonseca and backing band Atlântida, they released a series of records that wove through the avante-pop sensibilities of the time.

Collected here are two of their more leftfield moments; ‘Jardim Zoológico’ compresses a beguiling mix of new wave, post punk and dub into a short sharp pop format, impossible to properly categorize, the dynamic composition sounding as fresh now as it did 35 years ago. On the flipside, the calmer ‘Tao’ takes Fonseca’s keyboards towards more eastern territory, conjuring up a dreamy synthesized new age vibe. Lena’s beautiful fado hued notes hang poignantly across both songs.

Strangelove Music is an Antipodean based record label established in 2016 to explore our exotic and curious musical passions, sometimes long forgotten, sometimes newly hatched. Expect a mélange of our loves peppering the airwaves in 2017.

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DC Promo Tracks #57: Lena d'Água “Jardim Zoológico”

Say You Love Me wasn’t “Om” Alec Khaoli’s first solo recording but the 1985 EP solidified the bass player and songwriter’s standing as one of South Africa’s most consistently innovative pop auteurs. He built a career on ubiquitous rock, pop and soul hits with groundbreaking bands like the Beaters, Harari and Umoja. But Khaoli’s seemingly endless fountain of music continued outside these ensembles, where he usually played bass and contributed songwriting and vocals.

Khaoli released several successful solo works while he made records with Umoja and worked on other productions with friends. This creativity was aided by Khaoli’s own recording studio. He was the first South African to have a privately-owned studio. As black artists were forced to record during lunch breaks and didn’t get sufficient access and time in the white-owned studios, having his studio allowed Khaoli to develop in his own way. Hence his productive output during the 80’s and early 90’s, releasing 5 LPs with Umoja and 5 solo LPs, along with numerous singles and EPs.

There’s something broad and dynamic about the almost epic pop sound Khaoli creates on Say You Love Me. Being the first South African to take control his recording process and thereby free himself from one of apartheid’s many strictures, he took his vision of music to new realms and made timeless music for the dance floor in the process.

Say You Love Me

"Om" Alec Khaoli — Say You Love Me

Disque La Rayé (60's french west indies Boo-Boo-Galoo) is our latest project curated by Digger's Digest and produced by Born Bad Record and will be out the 25th June. This 13 titles compilation gathers a selection of tracks sounding like a rather unorthodox créole interpretation of the nuyorican Booglaoo, stuck between the strong Yéyé influence coming from the french Metropole and the modern latin fusion emerging from Harlem.

Order here : 
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Tracklist 

1.Maurice Alcindor - Sekirité sociale
2.Gabby Siarras - Sauvagement sexy 
3.Les Bois sirop - Je voudrais danser avec toi
4.Dany Play - Mais tu sais
5.David Martial - Jerk vidé
6.Le Ry-co Jazz - Pipi poh
7.Le Ry-co Jazz - Tu bois beaucoup
8.Joby Valente - Disque la rayé
9.Fred Aucagos - Ti Mam'zelle
10.Dany Play - Pourquoi pas
11.Les Vickings - Puchi's boogaloo
12.Monsieur X - Ou qué di moin
13.Henri Debs - Ou pas z'amis en mwen

Conception & réalisation : Julien Achard & JB Guillot

Clearance : Jb Guillot // Texte : David Commeillas // Traduction : Diane Lebel //Restauration & mastering : Norscq // Artwork : FLX


Read the story of Disque La Rayé by David Commeillas : Disque La Rayé
http://diggersdigest.com/blog/disque-la-ray%C3%A9-out-now-on-born-bad-records/

Disque La Rayé (60's french west indies Boo-Boo-Galoo) snippets - OUT ON Born Bad Records

The fifth and final volume of Beach Diggin’, the yearly and sunny selection done by GUTS & MAMBO is out today on digital.
The perfect soundtrack for your summer parties.
Out on CD on July 21st, double LP available later this summer.
Listen to it on all digital platforms : https://IDOL.lnk.to/BeachDiggin
Pre order CD and Double LP on our shops :
http://www.heavenly-sweetness.com/boutique/item-name-1
https://beachdigginseries.bandcamp.com/album/beach-diggin-5

Beach diggin' 5

PREMIERE : Momo Joseph - War For Ground [Heavenly Sweetness]

"Ban Di Fwam" By Coco Fabert is the opening track of our forthcoming Digital Zandoli 2 selected by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris to be released on Heavenly Sweetness, the follow up of our acclaimed first volume of this compilation.

Release date : 
*CD/Digital 22nd September 2017 
*Vinyl 13th October 2017 

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Present : DIGITAL ZANDOLI 2

DIGITAL ZANDOLI 2  "Ban Di Fwam" by COCO FABERT

"Sistem" by Alex Rosa is the 2nd track we choose to reveal from the forthcoming Digital Zandoli 2 selected by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris to be released on Heavenly Sweetness, the follow up of our acclaimed first volume of this compilation.

Release date : 
*CD/Digital 22nd September 2017 
*Vinyl 13th October 2017 

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DIGITAL ZANDOLI 2  "Sistem" by ALEX ROSA

@djjulienlebrun, co-boss du label Hot Casa Records toutes les 2 semaines, le mardi à 19h00 en direct du 6 rue Beaurepaire, Paris 10ème et sur le www.lemellotron.com

Tracklist › https://www.lemellotron.com/show/hot-casa-radio-show-82/
Archives › www.lemellotron.com/hot-casa-radio-show/

Julien Lebrun - Hot Casa Radio Show #82

Unknown album

Nkonyeni Kigh - ka re Bone

The first release in 2018 will be on sale soon from CockTail d'Amore.

CockRing d'Amore Edits 004 -  02

🌞 NAPOLI SEGRETA vol.1 🌞


Lato '70: Donatella Viggiano - Giancarlo D'auria - Tonica & Dominante - Oro
Lato '80: Antonio Sorrentino - Donn'Anna - Mario D'Episcopo - ORO - Pino Amoroso

"Early Sounds is proud to announce, in collaboration with NG Rec, first volume of Napoli Segreta, a meticulous selection of the rarest and most sought after compositions of the 70's and 80's Napolitan disco and funk scene."

Naples is under siege, as always. Everybody wants a piece of it. Everybody is in search of the essence of the city, and it’s sound. A hunt such as this one, is so cruel, that originality risks the extinction within the goal of fake authenticities, being them musical, cultural, or artistic. Enough is enough! It is time to react. It is time to give back to the city what is rightfully theirs, before the other’s who wish to steal it forever, acquire it first. Time before samplers colonised the global acoustic imagery, here, in Naples, throughout its metropolitan spaces and rhythms, such beautiful tracks have been recorded that once you listen to them, they remain indelible.  And after years spent following the footprints of legendary characters beneath an urban underground, that crawls with anecdotes and passion, immerses bloody quests into oceans of vinyl records and dusty tapes, in the midst of emotional vicissitudes, parties, seas, recording studios and seagulls…..Napoli Segreta. Nonetheless, only the naive would believe in everything they read. Napoli Segreta is everything but this: Napoli Segreta is a diversion, a trick to deviate the attention away from everything that remains outside of this compilation. For there exists one, and only one way to let Naples remain truly a secret; to not talk about it at all. Zitto a chi same ‘o juoco, a vendi Napoli e poi muori….

Gennaro Ascione

Compiled by Famiglia Discocristiana, DNApoli, Nu Guinea.

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[EAS018] Napoli Segreta vol. 1 [NG02]

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Buzz Compass - Don't Give It Up - Midnight Riot!

A fine french jazz selection quickly mixed by Digger's digest ... 
I have recorded this mix 2 months ago for the Jazz Meet Radio Show by Nik Weston ... 
Following the Freedom Jazz France Compilation released on Heavenly Sweetness, I have choosen more french jazz tunes that I hope you will like ... 

TRACKLIST 
Intro Paris Jazz Quartet Edit

Christian Vander, Jef Gilson : Colchique dans les Près (EDIT)
from Christian Vander Et Les 3 Jef - Palm - 1973

Guy Lafitte : K'Yapy
from Blues - Disques VEGA - 1970

Jazz Group de Bretagne : Morgat Waltz
from Jazz Côte Ouest - Private 

Cossi Anatz : Aden Arabie
from Jazz Afro-Occitan - Vendémiaire

Moravagine : Funk Seven 
from Moravagine S/T album - Promophone 1976

Jef Gilson : Blue-Blizz 
from Enfin! Disques Du Club de L'Échiquier - 1963

Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra ‎: Mar Jo Cantar No Fabia / Mazir 
from L'Inter Communal - Disques Vendémiaire - 1978 

Jc Capon / Philippe Maté / Butch Morris Serge Rahoerson : Mode De Fa (EDIT)
from Untitled album Released on Palm - 1977

Randy Weston's African Ryhtms Marakech Blues 
from African Cookbook - Polydor - 1969

Majoie Hajary : Prologue (EDIT)
from La Passion Selon Judas - CBS - 197?










A FRENCH JAZZ SELECTION mixed by DIGGER'S DIGEST

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