Nice edit! the original is really short...But not really hard to get by on vinyl :-)

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Shining of Life (CALM Remix - Flutemental) - Calm presents K.F

Vinyl 12"

Sumo Brothers - I Love Music (Umoja Edit)

A remix we made with Rafael Aragon https://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro of one of my favorites on the compilation "Haiti Direkt" by https://soundcloud.com/sofrito... And a summer reminder! 

Raoul Guillaume - Mai Eleve (Kosta Kostov + Rafael Aragon Rmx) --- FREE DL ---

included in 6 tracked EP "Katakana Edits Vol.27"
buy link:http://www.junodownload.com/products/manjah-katakana-edits-vol-27/2754254-02/

ManJah - Braz Guns

Limited 7" vinyl

B1 Djó Djó

I Shot The Sheriff

The chant was one of pain and desperation as he stood amidst the village of shanty huts. This was a place which he had called home for so long but now as he stood staring at the burnt out town that surrounded him he had never felt a stronger sense of disconnect. His heart ached for his missing lover, she had vanished into the shadowy depths of the forest which surrounded the once peaceful town. He shouted into the night, calling her name, "Tabanka" he cried, again and again. 

Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque is a record label made up of Hugo Mendez, Frankie Francis, Lewis Heriz and friends. Based in London they release music of a wonderfully eclectic worldly origin which could be as far removed from the city streets in which they inhabit.  Alma Negra is based in Switzerland and has previously released music for Highlife and INI Movement. This one has tribal dancefloor written all over it.

@almanegramusic @sofrito

PREMIERE: Alma Negra - Tabanka (Version)[Sofrito]

ALPHONSUS IDIGO -A1 We Got To Love (lp Search) Tanbansi Rec 87

Nouvel edit guadeloupéen pour la team Around The World ! Cette fois-ci, il s'agit d'une collaboration avec Théo du collectif La Mamie's !
Enjoy ;)

Galaxy - Gros Chabine La (ATW X Theo Mamie's Edit)

Buy & listen full compilation for 1€ : bit.ly/2DPbvnu

ATTENTION: Although we're giving away these edits for a modest contribution of 1€, we're currently dealing with copyright claims from another label. The release was temporarily taken down and will soon be back up on our bandcamp. Thanks for your patience.

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Since its inception in 2013, Mawimbi founders have been expanding their knowledge of lesser known and rather undiscovered musical territories thanks to chance encounters with likeminded DJs/producers, who were kind enough to put them onto a good amount of under-the-radar tropical gems.

Launched in 2017 and named after Mawimbi's bi-monthly radio show on Rinse France, the "Radio Mawimbi" compilation series is dedicated to unearthing vintage tropical gems in the form of free download edits and remixes by some of the most seasoned diggers and promising rookies of the tropical-enthusiast community!

From deep, drum-heavy workouts to essential Guinea Bissau melancholy, through remixed Beninese afrofunk and vintage South African kwaito, this second installment features the editing and remixing works of Yeahman (Frente Bolivarista), LSD (Love Saves The Day), Déni Shain (ATANGANA Records), Umoja, Mawimbi, ATW (Around The World), Calisto, Turbo Boom-Boom (TBB) and Midnight Ravers.

Compiled by Mawimbi, 2017-2018
Artwork by Vianney Postic / Bertrand Cerruti
Mastered by Jammin Masters in Berlin

Antonio Dos Santos - Djal Bai Si Camin (Deni-Shain Remix) Radio Mawimbi • Volume 2

A great compilation can open the gate to another world. Who knew that some of the most exciting Afro-funk records of all time were actually made in the small West African country of Benin? Once Analog Africa released the first African Scream Contest in 2008, the proof was there for all to hear; gut-busting yelps, lethally well-drilled horn sections and irresistibly insistent rhythms added up to a record that took you into its own space with the same electrifying sureness as any favourite blues or soul or funk or punk sampler you might care to mention.

Ten years on, intrepid crate-digger Samy Ben Rejeb unveils a new treasure-trove of Vodoun-inspired Afrobeat heavy funk crossover greatness. Right from the laceratingly raw guitar fanfare which kicks off Les Sympathics’ pile-driving opener, it’s clear that African Scream Contest II is going to be every bit as joyous a voyage of discovery as its predecessor. And just as you’re trying to get off the canvas after this one-punch knock out, an irresistible Afro-ska romp with a more than subliminal echo of the Batman theme puts you right back there. Ignace De Souza and the Melody Aces’ “Asaw Fofor" would’ve been a killer instrumental but once you’ve factored in the improbably-rich-to-the-point-of-being-Nat-King-Cole-influenced lead vocal, it’s a total revelation.

The screaming does not stop there, in fact it’s only just beginning. But the strange thing about African Scream Contest II’s celebration of unfettered Beninese creativity is that it would not have been possible without the assistance of a musician who had been trained by the Russian secret services to "find and destroy" enemies of the country’s (then) Marxist-Leninist president Mathieu Kerekou.

Already familiar to fans of the first African Scream Contest as a mainstay of ruthlessly disciplined police band Les Volcans de la Capitale, Lokonon Andre vanished in a cloud of dust at Ben Redjeb’s behest with a list of names and some petrol money, only to return a few days later having miraculously tracked down every single name he’d been given. The source of this Afrobeat bounty-hunter’s impressive people-finding skills - his training with the KGB - highlights the tension between encroaching authoritarian politics and fearless expressions of personal creative freedom which is the back-story of so much great African music of the 60s and 70s. Happily, in this instance, Lokonon was tracking the artists down to offer them licensing deals, rather than to arrest them.

Where some purveyors of vintage African sounds seem to be strip-mining the continent’s musical heritage with no less rapacious intent than the mining companies and colonial authorities who previously extracted its mineral wealth, Samy Ben Redjeb’s determination to track this amazing music to its human sources pays huge karmic dividends. Like every other Analog Africa release, African Scream Contest II is illuminated by meticulously researched text and effortlessly fashion-forward photography supplied by the artists themselves. Looming large - alongside Lokonon Andre - in the cast of biopic-worthy characters to emerge from this seductive tropical miasma is visionary space-nerd Bernard Dohounso, who laid the foundations for Benin’s vinyl predominance by importing and assembling the record players that would play the products of his Bond villain-acronymed pressing plant SATEL, a company that would revolutionise the music industry in the whole region.

The scene documented here couldn’t have been born anywhere else but in Benin, and the prime reason for that was Vodoun. It’s one of the world’s most complex religions, involving the worship of some 250 divinities, where each divinity has its own specific set of rhythms, and the bands introduced on the African Scream Contest series and other compilations from the region were no less diverse than that army of different Gods.

African Scream Contest Vol.2

African Scream Contest Volume 2

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A Min We Vo Nou We // Les Sympathics (All Comments will be forwarded to Herman Laléyé, the founder)

Embracing the power of sunshine, UMOJA leaps into a tropical journey. 

This first release, Je – Ka – Lo!, compiles a serie of 6 re-edits with a focus on African flavours. Nigerian highlife, funk from Ghana, Mali music, Carribbean heat, it’s all in the blender. Combining modern production with feel and groove of the originals, this collection offers delight for both listener and dancer. Let’s go! 

Photography: J.Hoefsmit 
Mastering: B.Eyele 

Umoja - Ghana Hima

Herbie Goins - I Feel Good (12'' Version) [Promo]

Alba - Dangerous (Extended Version) [Promo]

Deep zouk/reggae crossover, not much known from this release other than that it's released on the well known Rythmo-Disc label which put out a lot of good music from the French West Indies.

Djhano - Kouri (1985? - Rythmo-Disc)

DJ and crate digger from Warsaw, Poland. Still looking for good grooves.

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