Name: The Civera Edits Sampler by Disco Bambino
Duration: 4 min
Description: Come and take a journey into forgotten Italian disco gems.

Come and take a journey into forgotten Italian disco gems.

The Civera Edits Sampler

Sometimes all you need is some fruity African Bubblegum...

B-Side of African duo Dedication's 1984 EP, I Shall Sing, produced by Tracy Robinson.

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Dedication - Pictures (Desert Island Disco Edit)

Here's an extended edit of a brilliant track that was way too short

Betina - Two Pair Of Eyes (Plastic Bamboo Extension)

2 Pillows (Tempur) - KIX Edit

Pedro Rocha & Splash - Eu Queria (The Square Sun Edit)

Introducing the second release on our label: Sentinel Island Disco - Soca Jams.

**Full Liner Notes and booklet with images are included in the Vinyl Release only**

We’ve worked almost 3 years to bring these lost and obscured recordings back into the limelight, ensuring that the talent and legacy are preserved for generations to come.

We hope you’ll enjoy and love this music so dearly as we do and that you share it with dancefloors worldwide!

Love,
Coco & Barney

Compiled by Sentinel Island Disco
Licensing & liner notes by Barney Graman
Remix (A1) and edits (B1) by Sentinel Island Disco
Mastering (all tracks) by Sergey Luginin
Vinyl restoration by Michel van der Meer (A1,B2)
and Sergey Luginin (A2, B3).
Artwork and design by Mirjam Debets

Special thanks to: Loughton B. Sargent, Alvin Phillip, Huntley Vassel, Matteo Fava, Peter Humphrey, Bill Spencer, Michel van der Meer, Bernadette Michaud, Gary from Invisible City Records, Harry James, Callum Duff, Jeremy Spellacy, Mirren, Dario Smagata, Sarah Bekkering as well as Gertie Teunissen & Jeroen Vink.

Snippet from Liner notes:

"The birth of a music genre is often attributed to a few lucky rebels or musical geniuses who dared challenging the status quo and inspired thousands others in doing so. Lord Shorty’s re-invention of calypso music in the 1970’s was no different, changing the musical landscape forever. With his imposing height of almost 2 meters, Trinidadian born ‘Shorty’ was devoted to (musically) unite the African and Indian cultures, the two major ethnic groups on Trinidad & Tobago. By fusing calypso with Indian rhythms and instruments, or chutney music, he created an exciting new musical hybrid and called it Sokah. As a true Calypsonian, Shorty felt this new sound could well be the answer to Jamaica’s reggae that started overshadowing Trinidad’s calypso at the time. Little did he know that the energetic and syncopated off-beat drum rhythm had far more in store than that.

Sokah, now soca, stands for The Soul of Calypso. It drew its inspiration from many different musical genres such as reggae, latin and zouk which were also airing in Port of Spain and Bridgetown, as well as soul, disco and house ruling in New York, Toronto and London. This influence from different styles and places across the Caribbean, African and Indian diaspora played a big part in soca's growth and success, while popular artists such as Arrow, Machel Montano, Brother Resistance, Lord Nelson and Super Blue helped shape and popularize the genre further in the 80's and 90’s. Even more, it led to soca leaving its mark on new genres such as reggaeton, dancehall, afro house and even EDM. Once you start paying attention, you'll find the soca rhythm along with the steelpan sound everywhere, and rightly so.

Dozens of specific soca styles emerged too. From the early chutney and steelband soca to parang, rapso and many other so-called crossovers. These sub-genres were as much a display of soca’s malleability as it was attesting to its distinctive sound and artistic creativity of its makers. Soon, faster BPM’s started making their entry with Jump & Wave and a whole new generation of artists took the genre to global popularity with smooth R&B flavored groovy soca.
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B1   Image Band — Don't Give Up (Sentinel Island Edit)

Quite a special one here! Wonderfully deep and emotive compas from one of the leading groups in the genre. Some of the best instrumentation you can find in Antillean music... with sumptuous sax solos, triumphant trumpet sections, sweet keys and beautiful vocals. A real gem that has been working excellently as a powerful closing track recently. 

Not an easy edit given that the track is not quantised, making  looping difficult. Nevertheless I did my best to make a more DJ friendly intro taken from the middle of the track. The original vocal intro is lovely, however the minute or so afterwards as well as the last minute in the original I think loose a bit of the impact and drama that makes it so good on the dancefloor. Therefore as wel as some other rearrangements, they've been cut out from the edit. Feel free to listen to the great original version on Cedric Woo's 'Cookies and Berries' youtube channel (I also bought the record from him, hence this edit is likely made from the same copy!).

Hope you enjoy this one - I think it's special. Shoutout to Dijon's Under Radaar for the tip :)

Daniel Dimbas & La Differencia - Fo Nou Priye Mon Dye (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

Die For The Truth (Pantsula Breakbeat)

Since it's impossible to dig right now, I'm going through my own records and rips. This is an old edit, tried, tested and true to the original. I only kept the best parts in and removed the ones that didn't really do it for me. It's a great little party starter.

Cecilia Noah - Yokomoyokolele (Plastic Bamboo Trim)

Artist: Prêntice
Album: Você Ainda Mora Em Mim / Sou Louco
Release date: 1984
Label: RCA Victor

Prêntice - Sou Louco [Brazil, 1984]

The second in our series of edits, this one from Break Mode as he uses both side of the 45 to create an extended version of this samba jammer!

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Barbara Bright - Coeur Samba (Break Mode Extension)

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