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"La Habanera" is the name of a well-known aria from Carmen, an opera by Georges Bizet. The habanera aria itself is originally based on "El Arreglito" by Sebastián de Yradier, a Basque composer. "La Habanera" enjoys great popularity outside the opera world, it´s probably one of the most famous arias in the world, revisited and reinterpreted hundreds of times since its release in 1875. The aria is sung in Act 1 by the title character, Carmen (mezzo-soprano), in it she expresses her indifference to the protestations of love and advances of her numerous suitors.

Daniel´s "Vem" track, released in April this year already made use of string orchestration. Its string sounds and classic music that Daniel currently gets the most excited about.

When Daniel accidentally stumbled across the aria while listening to Berlin´s Klassik Radio, he noticed that the first notes of "La Habanera" are rhythmically played like a dembow rhythm. Soon he searched for the midi files of the aria, realised its metrics was based on 75bpm - perfect dembow tempo - and sculpted the dub in two days studio time.

Shortly after, Daniel met Armenian opera singer Naré, with whom he recorded an additional vocal version of "La Habanera" (which we´ll release in a couple of weeks from now).

Until then, enjoy the dub, maybe sing or rap on top of it, and we´ll get back to you soon with probably the first ever dembow aria!

Illustration by Anje Jager, https://soothingshade.com/artist/anje-jager/

La Habanera Dub

La Habanera

Man 124 Daniel Haaksman "La Habanera Dub"

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Depuis Montevideo, Lechuga Zafiro s'est peu à peu imposé comme comme l'un des producteurs à suivre de la scène électronique sud-américaine. Puisant dans l'héritage des tambours candomble, un de ces syncrétismes religieux propres à l'Amérique du Sud, Pablo de Vargas sculpte ses morceaux ses tracks comme de petits kaléidoscopes, peu avards en sound design et fourmillant de détails. A mi-chemin entre les incantations aux orishas et la ghetto music avant-gardiste, grime et luso-house en tête, Lechuga Zafiro ne tarde pas à convaincre certains poids lourds de la scène electronique mondiale à l'image de Branko (BURAKA SOM SISTEMA) ou encore Matias Aguayo qui signe le morceau "Sapo de Manga" sur son label Cómeme. Avec« Tambores Escondidos », Lechuga nous a livré un morceau de club music définitivement moderne, tout en suspensions et subtilités rythmiques.

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NAME: Pablo de Vargas 
AKA: Lechuga Zafiro
FROM: Uruguay
STYLE: ...

FIRST TIME YOU CAME ACROSS AFRICAN MUSIC: Candombe drumming probably, here in Montevideo. But then ALL music comes from Africa.
FAVOURITE AFRICAN RECORD: Maybe "A voz do Povo" from Puto Prata (2007), still learning from that record.
HOW I GOT INTO BEATMAKING: I studied sound design so that's when I got into music softwares
ALWAYS AMAZED BY: Challenging riddims
CAN'T STAND: Closed minded listeners
KNOWS HOW TO: Cook Shakshuka
A NON-MUSIC WEBSITE YOU'D RECOMMEND: http://kissanime.com/

Lechuga Zafiro -  Tambores Escondidos feat. Cuareim 1080

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Remix by @IZem

It´s been a bit more than four months since Daniel Haaksman´s "African Fabrics" album has been released and it has become a success story. "African Fabrics" was nominated for a German Music Critic prize, was praised on diverse leading media outlets such as SPIN, NPR, XLR8R, Der Spiegel, NZZ, Songlines Magazine and Goethe Institute Podcast amongst others and has been played by countless club and radio DJs around the world. 

The accompanying single releases "Sabado", "Rename The Streets" and "Akabongi" received remix treatments, now the other tracks of the albums have been reworked and the result is "African Fabrics Remixes", which presents a trans world cast of amazing remixers. 

First off, is South African Mo Laudi with an Afro house rendering of "Akabongi". It´s followed by three remixes featuring the hot new Lisbon sound 2Pekes, a member of the infamous DZC Deejays crew remixed "Sembène" in Euro kuduro fashion, whereas Izem put "Kaggua" ft. Tshila on a broken beat turf. Man of the moment Dotorado, also hailing from Lisbon, is featured with his version of "Rename The Streets". UK´s freestyle bass dons LV revisit "Sabado" with a London carnival mood. Then there´s São Paulo´s hot new beat talent Bad $ista who samba-funked up "Black Coffee" ft. Dama Do Bling. Another Lisbon remix contribution is by legendary Portuguese kuduro don DJ NK remaking "Xinguila" ft. Throes + The Shine in a raved up kuduro smasher. Swedish bass maestro Dance, Kill, Move tamed the original footwork monster "Aho" to a tarraxo influenced half timer. Probably the heaviest remix on "African Fabrics Remixes" is by São Paulo´s ambassador of low end schlepp beats, Cybass, who put "Afrika" ft. Tony Amado ft. Alcinda Gueraneh into madness territories. Durban´s Gqom kingpins Rudeboyz added a weighty groove to the Mbira infused "Raindrops" track, turning it into a club ready track. And finally, New Zealands Afro popster Weird Together remade "Querido" ft. Bulldozer with a UK funky inspired mood. 

And there you have it, "African Fabrics Remixes", featuring eleven diverse and club-friendly remixes that will put "African Fabrics" in further and more varied contexts. Play it out!
 

African Fabrics Remix

African Fabrics Remixes

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Kaggua ft. Tshila + Ku Bo (iZem Remix)

I had the beat only: drums, percussion sounds and breaks, and then added a bit of the synth bass to it. I liked the afro-beatish kind of raw sound of those elements and then Milton Gulli of Cacique '97 (@cacique97) - Portugal's leading afro-beat band - came to my mind. I sent him the beat to Maputo, where he now lives, and a few weeks later I was surprised by how much love he put back into his contribution: all the guitars, bass line and synths were played and recorded over the original beat. All I did afterwards was find the perfect vocal sample to complement Milton's input. I've been playing this track live with my Meu Kamba collective and it's a real banger.

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Rocky Marsiano - Chama Chama (feat. Milton Gulli)

C'est quoi ça?

C'est quoi ça? EP

Qwasa Qwasa - Simba

'Quero Mais' is Lua Preta's latest single that has also become their biggest hit up to date. Featuring the ever-fresh intercontinental production from Mentalcut that bridges Africa and Europe, Ms. Gia's bold rapping verses and the guest vocal appearance from the one and only Morena Leraba from Lesotho, the song quickly caught attention of both the press and DJs all around the world. 

The concept of a remix EP seemed irresistible and the result comes in a form of 'Quero Mais Remixes EP' which brings four reworks from top players in the game. The journey starts with Jowaa - the Accra-based duo consisting of Benjamin Lebrave, head of Akwaaba Music, and Gafacci, one of the most promising African producers of his generation - who have just followed their last year's killer singles with a releae of 'Asokpor 1.0 EP'. Next up is Ugandan dancer and producer Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx whose 2017's 'Tribal Match' was one of the most valuable albums in the continent's electronic music scene and definitely one of the most important debuts. 

Then European producers come into play. Italy's Lorenzo_BITW who famously collaborated with Mina on a perfect jam 'Tombura' few years ago, now polished 'Quero Mais' into a lovely laid back tune just as he prepares for the release of his debut album out in June on Friends on Friends label. The last track hides a real gem created by the exceptional mind of Rafael Aragon who transferred the original song to another universe by producing a moody and psychedelic composition that captivates the listener in every single second over its seven-and-a-half minutes duration.

Artwork: Marta Chojnacka - 
www.martachojnacka.com, www.instagram.com/chojnacka/ 

Thank you!
Basy Tropikalne 
www.facebook.com/basytropikalne/ 

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Morena Leraba - http://bit.ly/2mg2ZFC
Rafael Aragon - https://bit.ly/2seqH9g
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Faizal Ddamba Mostrixx - https://bit.ly/2GZ1gwR
Jowaa - https://bit.ly/2IQBHEa

Quero Mais Remixes

Lua Preta - Quero Mais (Rafael Aragon Remix)

Village Cuts' take on Victoria Chomeka - Maurice Ooko Kokomanga, shaped for the club for your dancing pleasure!

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Chomekaaa! (Victoria Chomeka - Maurice Ooko Kokomanga REMIX)

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Philippe Cohen Solal - Afro Bolero feat. Angelique Kidjo & Mo Laudi (Daniel Haaksman remix)

It´s been almost 9 months since Daniel Haaksman´s laid back “With Love, From Berlin” album was released, and looking back to its release date from today, it has stayed fresh all those months and is still being discovered by new listeners. The album and its many single releases have stayed afloat particularly because of the steady flow of high-class remixes by piping hot producers such as Kelman Duran, Merca Bae, Rastronaut, Lazy Flow or godfathers like Mad Professor which came out since the album´s release, accompanying the single releases to the album

Now its the time to put out a whole batch of additional tracks of “With Love, From Berlin” to the world which haven´t been remixed yet. As with the remixer cast of the single releases, the list of producers who were comissioned for retouching is flaming, upcoming hotness.

Brasilia based producer and DJ kLap, who´s weekly releases of baile funk remixes is turning heads on Soundcloud and beyond has reworked the album´s debut single “Overture” in a 150 bpm style, currently all the rage in baile funk. New York´s Atropolis, much in demand expert in the low frequency level blending of various global sounds reshaped “Love Horns” into a deep, trap style remix. German hot ticket Paul Mond, hyped by the Soulection crew amongst others for his acoustic guitar driven, bass heavy mash ups, made a fantastic samba-trap version from “Como Sera” ft. Lavoisier. Originally a fado inspired song, Paul Mond spun the melancholic original into a sunny, Brazil bass grenade, playing all additional instruments himself! Avernian + Strick, currently praised as the emerging hard drum king pins, remade “Occupy Berlin” ft. Kalaf + She´s Drunk into a Berghain compatible club monster. And finally Moscow´s Fisky, who also shaped “Wolkenreise” into a melancholic hard drum version.

All in all containing nine remixes, “With Love, From Berlin – Remixes” will show the greatness of the original album in contemporary club mode. Now play the remixes out loud!

With Love, From Berlin Remixes

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Love Horns (Atropolis Remix)

‘Polaquinha Preta’ is a brand new EP by Lua Preta. With the music produced by Polish producer Mentalcut and vocals from Angolan Ms. Gia the release tells the story about Gia’s childhood in Poland of the 80s and 90s and how she was seen as a foreign both here and back in Angola.

You can find on the EP very special guests:

B4mba – Paris-based artist with roots in Senegal and Spain who raps both in French and Spanish. He’s an author of the ‘Baile Punk’ EP in which he blends Latin American music with avant-garde electronic sound.

Isilda Viegas – Ms. Gia’s mother hailing from Sao Tome e Principe. On the ‘Polaquinha Preta’ EP she’s featured on ‘Noemia’ where she sings in forro language – a creole language native to her homeland. During colonial times Portuguese banned people from using forro. Currently only around 70 000 people use it.

Rafael Aragon – French DJ, producer and musician who has become one of the key players on the European global bass scene throughout the past ten years. In his music he relates to all the continents but especially to South America and Africa where his ancestors come from.

Noemia feat. Isilda Viegas

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Electronic/bass producer FlexFab joins forces with Kenyan rapper Ziller Bas to bring the MUGOGO project!
Together, they skillfully deliver a solid and singular mix of modern club African music,
bass/electronic and rap. While FlexFab delivers his bewitched-hybrid bass sound
signature he’s been known for, Ziller Bas raps in his very own dialect called “Sweng Flow”
a combination of English, Swahili and his native language the Kigiriama.
“Mugogo! Part 1” is a 4 track EP which marks the beginning of this new exciting project.

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