A selection of brazilian classics, old personal favorites and some rare ones from the 60s, 70s & 80s. 

A Brazilian Love Affair

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Nyar Kanan - Collela Mazee (Village Cuts Edit)

I present to you a sonic offering that represents dance music from the African diaspora. Photo by Alvin Balamesa. Follow me @itsabyrd

All my gigs over the next 6-8 months have all been cancelled so if you dig the vibes please share and I'd really appreciate any support you can provide. Venmo @Aaron-Byrd-1 & Cash App $abyrd1818.

FÊTE - Freeform Friday Extended Mix

My first three loves in life were my family, music and my people. Two of those three have completely consumed my heart this week. This emotional state that's equal parts love of my people and heartbreak for my people is having a profound & visceral affect on me. In times like this often turn to music. So I just hopped on the tables & put together a sonic offering in tribute to the artist that most encapsulates this duality. Helen, my fourth love. One final note...

to my black people, I know your exhausted by this relentless trauma so I highly encourage you to indulge in some self care. Take a bubble bath, a nice long walk, scream, exercise, sip on something brown, whatever it is that allows you to relax and release a bit. My hope is that these sounds will be a catalyst. Follow me @itsabyrd

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HELEN - A TRIBUTE TO SADE

With sounds from the Garifuna of Belice, Honduras & Guatamela to Venezuela, New York, Perú, México, Cuba, Panamá & Colombia, I present to you a sonic offering of Latin sabores. Buen provecho. 📷 by Adrian Dascal. Follow me @itsabyrd

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PAJARO

My podcast schedule has been a bit off with the upcoming move, but here's a new episode - this time around it's all digital jazz selections, some newish things found on Bandcamp recently. So much good new music out there, you just gotta do a little searching for it. Perusing Bandcamp and other platforms isn't the same things as digging up old records, but it is a whole new universe of music to navigate where cool stuff can be found. Anyway, enjoy.

Tracklist: The Expansions, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Redline Trio, Ashley Henry, Ze Bigode Orquestra, SLOW GOLD, Mekbuda, Nate Maslowski

July 23 2020

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 136

TUDO BEM #006 — Hosted by Tahira (Sao Paolo, Brasil)

Episode : Konbini Radio Mix S05E02 
Artist: Kay Young 
Release date: 8th October 2020 
Radio producer : Robin Riccitiello

Kay Young est la nouvelle arrivée dans l'écurie Roc Nation, le label de Jay-Z. Après s'être lancée dans un challenge sur Instagram consistant à produire un instru par jour, elle est repérée par Jay Electronica. Ce dernier pousse son profil auprès de Jigga qui, à son tour, flash sur sa musique. Mais qui est Kay Young ? Afin de faire sa connaissance et de découvrir son univers, nous l'avons invité sur Konbini Radio pour un mix exclusif et sur Konbini.fr pour une interview - Robin RICCITIELLO

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Konbini Radio Mix : Kay Young (Roc Nation)

MIMS is excited to share the wild & incredibly rare Venezuelan big band sound of "Socorro Auxilio" by Germán Fernando y su Orquestra, taken from El Palmas Music's forthcoming compilation, 'Color De Trópico', released Friday November 20.

'Color de Trópico' is a carefully-compiled work of healing and reconstruction, documenting a special moment in the history of Venezuelan music, when the country’s democracy was just a few years old and the profound impact of the oil industry on society had only just begun. DJ El Palmas and El Dragón Criollo have chosen eight impossibly hard-to-find jewels, originally released between 1966 and 1978, remastered and reissued here for the first time on vinyl.

According to music journalist Alfredo Churión “those who saw (Germán Fernando) attested to having witnessed something indescribable”, a mysterious man who doubted even his sanity and of whom today practically nothing is known. He was someone who dared to show a completely foreign effrontery, signing unintelligibly, moving frantically and throwing himself to the ground before the stunned gaze of his audiences. Venezuelan writer Luis Armando Ugueto states: “his art could go from the sublime to bad taste – and it was craved by the press – when he subjected viewers to strange songs where he pleaded for socorro and auxilio [help].” 

Germán Fernando had a histrionic proposal that was a thousand times misunderstood and that even popular presenters of the time like Renny Ottolina dubbed “his follies”. A theme close to the jazz orchestra soundtracks of James Bond and Batman accompanies the showman here who comes across like a creole Screaming Jay Hawkins. He creates a whirlwind of sound that, while as agile as a featherweight, is also capable of knocking out all the old ideas Venezuelans themselves have about their music.

DJ El Palmas, aka Maurice Aymard, tell us, "We started to make this compilation almost one year ago, and it was very complex to make it happen for several reasons. First of all,  find the legal rights of the songs and to negotiate with old record labels, it´s something that takes a lot of time and effort, many phone calls and emails back and forth for almost six months.

Besides this there was another task, to find the right 'gems' that could fit into our concept, and that could express in music what we were looking for, but this also would lead us to other challenges.

The first one was that most of the masters were not available, we had to start searching for old vinyl records and most of them were not in the market,  and also the ones available were very expensive. A lot of digging had to be made, all these  'fun' obstacles we found on our way were a big adventure for El Drágon Criollo and myself.

We also wanted to express in a new vinyl record, the history and the era of Venezuela, as it was at the end of the 60's and the beginning of the 70´s, when there was an explosion of genres , from jazz, cumbia, salsa, disco, joropo, boogaloo and pop, it was amazing what was going on in this beautiful and tropical country at that time. 

Also the connection between El Drágon Criollo (Paulo) and I was super important, he is Colombian and I am Venezuelan, so we have so many things in common but at the same time different points of views, so this was also super fun, it was a learning process for both of us....."

El Dragón Criollo adds, "The compilation of Color de Trópico is in the end like an art exposition of different artists in the same gallery. So the curatorship was made very carefully and with tons of problems at the same time, because the pieces to expose were not easy to find. Here we are trying to show the versatility of what was going on in Venezuelan music at that time, it is really an eclectic mixture of colors."

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Crate Digs Radio - 30/11/2020
Jeff Higgins Monday nights 10pm-12am on Crate Digs Radio www.cratedigs.com/

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tracklist
aint about me - watch my hands move as i pocket the blues you see nothing
jd. reid - welcome
jd. reid - swordfish
berwyn - vinyl
tamil rogean, ladi tiaryn griggs, jace xl - momus
mansur brown - serene
adeline - twilight
d’angelo - spanish joint (ritual session)
jay electronica - fruits of the spirit
danalogue, alabaster deplume - you’re doing very well
kan sang - think twice
kassa overall - i know you see me (feat. j hoard & melanie charles)
dianne mower - the secrete sign
kiddus - slow
farhot, tiggs da author - feel ugly
the diasonics- sirocco
souleance - mont maudit
pan amsterdam, bastien keb - kun g chicken remix
oscar #worldpeace - mcm
cktrl - as you are
wen - blips
zomby - a devil lay here
kembe x, ab-soul, icecoldbishop - back at it
neone the wonder, paal singh - imagine
sault - monsters
jelly - everybody needs lovin, nows the time
jehst - wild herb
morgan - complice
photay - the people (ensemble entendu remix)
shigeto - mcw
jamilah barry - glitter
les mamans du congo & rrobin - sans pagne
salami rose joe louis - peculiar machine - (gerogia ann muldrow remix) 
mos def - umi says
griff, honne - 1.000,000 x better (romare remix)
shakira alleen - jump, i insist
aj tracey, slowthai - graveyard shift
rob mazurek, exploding star orchestra - parable 3000 (we all come for somewhere else)

Crate Digs Radio - Jeff Higgins # 7

As a songwriter and vocalist, Paa Kofi’s passion lies in telling stories. Born in Ghana and raised in Amsterdam, Paa Kofi has primarily worked behind the scenes writing songs for artists including Sabrina Stark and Sarah Jane.

He discovered his voice when he joined a friend to a studio session and the producer asked him to try his luck in the vocal booth. Since then he has released his first single ‘Once Upon Time' and performed on stage at major venues including Paradiso and Carré.

Paa Kofi takes inspiration from soul, jazz, blues, reggae and poetry, and effortlessly creates a warm and unique sound where his roots take shape.

‘Hearts Desire' is the second single off a new project on INI Movement. The song was produced and co-written by Lucas van Ee aka Rebiere.


Produced by Rebiere
Written & composed by Rebiere & Paa Kofi
Mixed by House of Kumu
Mastering by Da Goose

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Paa Kofi & Rebiere - Heart's Desire

DJ, Curator, Music Director, Music Supervisor & World Traveller. Former KCRW DJ, Los Angeles.

PAJARO

Aaron Byrd