After releasing his EP Yozakura on HTS records in May 2022, Tokyo based DJ and producer WRACK @wrack90 keeps surprising the dancefloor with Yozakura Remixes, featuring SHE Spells Doom (@shespellsdoom), Kaval (@ruffkaval), Rumina (@ruminaa), Miss Jay (@m1ssjay) and Sonia Calico (@soniacalico).

Mastering by @imaabs
Artwork by Louise Primel and Margot Plantier

Yozakura Remixes

WRACK - Yozakura (SHE Spells Doom Remix)

A left turn into world rhythms, FRAN G takes a deep dive into syncopated sounds - delivering 8 constricting tracks, venomous beats accompanied by driving percussion - influenced by afro house, batida & tarraxo, cumbia & tribal.

Produced, Mixed & Mastered by FRAN G

Furacão

'Move Like So Remixes' not only reimagines 2021's EP full of Afro-Caribbean explorations courtesy of Bermuda-born producer Obeka (@djobeka) but also perfectly showcases different approaches to the art of remixing.

Take 'Test System' - a dancehall-infused track that has proven to be the most popular song from the original release with radio plays in Kampire's BBC Radio 1 residency among others - which comes back in a form of three impressively distinct versions. Influential Peruvian duo Dengue Dengue Dengue (@dengue) revisit their DNGDNGDNG alias and brilliantly come up with a rework in which jungle breaks smoothly intertwine with reggaeton. Further into the EP you can hear the voice of Swordman Kitala, a talented Ugandan MC with numerous appearances on Nyege Nyege's sister label Hakuna Kulala, who flawlessly delivers his verses in Luganda alongside original beat produced by Obeka. Last but not least, a true gem has been cooked up by DJ Danifox (@djdanifox). Strongly departing from the original, he brings his characteristic sound that ideally sets the tone for closing the release with an almost jazzy feel and a somewhat nostalgic manner (saudade, one may say).

Two remaining instrumental songs from 'Move Like So' also get new versions - and both will be perfect for your DJ sets. Title track receives a speeding up treatment from Ultima Esuna (@ultimaesuna), Mexican artist already gathering much deserved attention for her dancehall-leaning compositions that earned her a place on the 2022 Nervous Horizon compilation. And then there's Bandicut (@bandicut), one of the key figures in the Lisbon's global bass scene, who went all out and delivered a true banger making use of the West African drums from the original song.

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Artwork: Ala Lesiala (www.instagram.com/lesiala/ www.instagram.com/precel.studio/ )
Mastering: Mentalcut (www.instagram.com/mentalcut/)
Special thanks to Pablo Pascual aka Pambulo

Obeka - Duppy Drum (Bandicut Remix)

SHE Spells Doom - Soaked

Give Me A Break - XQZ ME

SALAHILO (tagalog - stubborn, hardheaded, unyielding)

New Jersey-based Filipino-American artist WILHELMINA introduces SALAHILO—a project that fuses East-Coast club music with both traditional and electronic sounds and genres from Southeast Asia. Across six tracks, WILHELMINA crafts a sexy and percussive club sound designed for the dancefloor.

SALAHILO channels the raw energy of club music, blending it with the playful rhythms and high-energy styles of budots and kulintang from the Philippines, Thaibeat from Thailand, and Indobounce from Indonesia. Throughout these tracks, WILHELMINA weaves in elements of hard drum, gqom, jersey club, and brazilian funk.

WILHELMINA also seeks to highlight gongs as a recurring element in this release. Gongs have a special place throughout the traditional music of Southeast Asia. "Mahiwagang Sandata" "Speaking in Tongues" and "Sarunay Rhythm" feature gong elements drawn from Kulintang (PH) and Gamelan (ID). This project highlights the hypnotic, mystic, and meditative timbres of the instrument and how they fit in a dance track.


Shake the Alarma & VICIADO: Elements of east-coast club music, jersey club, brazilian funk, and thaibeat.

Mahiwagang Sandata (english: Magic/Mystic Weapon) is heavily influenced by Kulintang music from the Southern Philippines. It features live recorded samples of my personal sarunay, a set of metal gongs that are part of Kulintang. Sarunay are usually used for practicing for kulintang pieces. This track combines elements of kulintang, jersey club, and gqom.

Speaking in Tongues: Elements of indobounce, club, and gongs.

Work It: An original budots track with 90s rave elements.

Sarunay Rhythm: A house track featuring gongs.

Big shout out to DJ Love from Davao City, Philippines for pioneering the budots genre and bringing it to a worldwide stage. https://easternmargins.bandcamp.com/album/budots-world-reloaded

Many thanks to House of Gongs for giving me the opportunity as well to learn about traditional kulintang music and more from culture bearers from the Philippines. Thank you for passing your ancestral knowledge to me:

Jenny Bawer-Young 
Sata Egal Abdullah
Farid Guinomla
Joel Ganlal
Datu Waway Saway
Balugto

Thank you as well to Esengo, XQZ ME, LAUL, LAZA, and Ovid for invaluable feedback during production.

Thank you all for your continued support of my music. Much love.

Maraming salamat/Sukran. MABUHAY!

Sarunay Rhythm (deep groove)

iwantyounow

Saturday Night

My first track just using nubreak samples on FL Studio, just fucking around and learning as I go :) LMK what yall think 

uh. id 001

Stop white violence. Stop the violence of police militarization, the violence of colonization, the violence of appropriation, the violence of discrimination, the violence of white nations.

Out now on @intlblk

All proceeds going to support the fight against white violence in Louisville, and across the world. Download/purchase here: https://foreignerrrrr.bandcamp.com/
lyrics
Because it's my survival that I'm fighting for, White Boy!
Make bumper touch ground.
credits
released June 5, 2020
Intro by Kwame Ture (London, 1967)
Written by Foreignerrrrr
Produced by Foreignerrrrr and Chief Boima
Mixed by Chief Boima
Mastered by Krishnin @ blissonance.com

Download Here

Touch Ground

TAKEN FROM CONTRABANDO VOL 2

https://djflorentino.bandcamp.com/album/contrabando-vol-2