Super Mama Djombo - Assalariado

Brownswood are delighted to announce that we have signed Cuban singer Daymé Arocena.
Daymé was part of the Havana Cultura Mix project, which saw Gilles Peterson mentoring selected producers from around the world to make a record in Cuba with local musicians. She auditioned, prompting all producers to decide they wanted to work with her... In the end, she sung on three tracks on the album, including the massive "U Knew Before”. Seeing huge potential in her, Gilles invited her to London to perform at the album launch event, where she enchanted the packed out audience, and it was decided she should record a solo project for Brownswood Recordings / Havana Cultura. The announcement brought out a loud, rich, infectious laugh instantly recognizable as Dayme’s deep and chocolaty voice. “My first record, here,” she squeals. “It’s a crazy dream.”

Credits: 
Vocals & Campana - Daymé Arocena 
Produced by Simbad 
Thumb Pianos, Bass Cajon, Djembe,  Shakers, Small Percussions, 
CP 70 & B3 Organ - Simbad  


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Daymé Arocena - Madres

Track 05 del Album "Salvaje" de Sotomayor. 
Salvaje fue producido por Raúl Sotomayor y Edi Kistler entre 2014 y 2015, Grabado en Fresno Estudios, México D.F, en 2015 Edición y Mezcla por Edi Kistler en Sugar Free Studios, México D.F. Ingeniero de grabación: Uriel Durán y Edi Kistler Masterizado por Oscar Zambrano en Zampol Productions New York, E.U. 
Arte del disco por Alejandro Magallanes 
Contenido fotográfico de la banda por Pablo Cruz Iraztorza Material visual en vivo por Oscar Reyes en Todo Bien Estudio Publicado por Tropic-all y New Hispanic Music 
Sotomayor es: Raúl y Paulina Sotomayor Músicos participantes: Edi Kistler (bajo, rhodes, melódica), Diego Espinoza (percusión), Alejandro Guerrero (armónica), José Manuel Trespalacios (ukulele), Daniel Martínez (bajo), Andrés Torres (guitarra), Paulina Sotomayor (voz, batería, percusión), Raúl Sotomayor (programación y composición)

Morenita

"3 Mujeres (Iború Iboya Ibosheshé)" is the first single from ÌFÉ. A live, one take electronic warning shot. The tune, as seen in its debut video, is a "hear me now" live performance utilizing electronic drum and sampling technology in a unique and innovative way that resets conversations about modern day musical performance, present day African/Latin Diaspora music and religion, and many points in between.

OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9y0x9k06VfA
BANDCAMP: https://grupoife.bandcamp.com
ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/3-mujeres-iboru-iboya-ibosheshe/id1034467250
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/track/6DpElO9VXPqzbangTiVgcb
WEBSITE: http://www.ife-music.com

MANAGEMENT + BOOKING: 
LAUREÉNE CHANSON
ife.alovesupreme@gmail.com

US PRESS CONTACT: 
PAUL DRYDEN 
paulfdryden@gmail.com

3 MUJERES (Iború Iboya Ibosheshé)

Buy 2xLP / Digi / CD: djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com/album/night-visions

Night Visions is a collection of stories which dance alive over an infectious blend of Afro-Latin rhythms and contemporary dancefloor beats. Told by a variety of characters, drawn from the vibrant imagination of Chico Mann, these stories take place in an endless night, where we move through dimly lit clubs, jungle moonlight, pitch black desert plains, and the internal shadows of personal darkness. While the characters often stumble and search blindly in the dark, the persistent presence of a distant light provides an underlying direction and hopefulness to all the songs. Captain Planet’s production, informed by his regular crowd-moving DJ sets, keeps the album sounding effortlessly danceable & contemporary. Meanwhile, Chico’s vocals have an instant classic appeal, hinting at old Cuban rumba and vintage Afrobeat LP’s. The two are aided by guest vocals from regular collaborators Kendra Morris & Brit Manor, as well as some talented friends who contributed additional horns, guitar & marimba.

Night Visions highlights the creative symbiosis of two of the biggest names in contemporary alternative Latin sounds. The result is a truly unique album that speaks as much to listeners who don’t understand Spanish as it does to old abuelos. The feelings and rhythms that flow through these songs are universal, appealing to hearts and hips all around the world.

Night Visions

Chico Mann & Captain Planet  - Y Ahora Que

Read all about this track over at Remezcla.com.

For more goodies like this one, follow @combo-chimbita.

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Combo Chimbita - No Regreso

Produced by Soy Tippi
Cover art by Soy Tippi

Lido Pimienta - Humano (soy tippi Remix)

From the upcoming compilation: 
Analog Africa No.11 - Le Super Borgou de Parakou - The Bariba Sound
Release date: 27th Mars 2012

Wegne´Nda M´Banda (Bariba Soul) - Le Super Borgou de Parakou

Pre-Order: https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/5-star-motel

Grand Street Feast / Canción Del Rey

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Gitkin - Grand Street Feast

Bogota’s Meridian Brothers release their delightfully surreal and playful album ‘Deseperanza’ on 24th September on Soundway Records. Traditional instruments, electronics and distorted vocals are dragged through an array of influences to create a world that is as original as it is unclassifiable. 

Straddling the line between new and old, Meridian Brothers’ mischievous blend of Latin rhythms and psychedelic grooves is the creation of Eblis Álvarez, one of the key figures of the experimental music scene in Bogota. As with all of the Meridian Brother’s releases, every instrument on ‘Deseperanza’ was played and recorded by Eblis himself.

A true avant-garde guitar player and composer he also plays in Mario Galeano’s band Frente Cumbiero and was one of the 42 musicians involved in the recording of Ondatrópica, released this summer through Soundway Records.

Meridian Brothers started back in 1998 with Eblis experimenting with alternative ways of playing instruments and electronic media. Heavily influenced by Latin rock (Argentinian in particular) these early recordings were distributed by cassette on the underground music market in Bogota. It was in 1999, after joining Mario Galeano’s Ensamble Polifónico Vallenato that Eblis first became interested in the tropical music of Colombia and began working these new influences it in to the Meridian Brothers. 

Another key period is his development was his time spent in Denmark at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the DIEM (Danish Institute of Electronic Music). It was during this stage Eblis started using more sophisticated and intricate techniques in both electronics and signal processing. 

Eblis returned to Bogota in 2008, joining a burgeoning music scene with cumbia, salsa and currulao all being explored by a new generation of Colombian musicians. 2009’s "Meridian Brothers VI” goes deep into tropical sounds of the 60s and 70s in Colombia and integrates other influences such as highlife, Ethiopian music, surf and Peruvian and Colombian cumbia.

It was around this stage that Meridian Brothers made their first appearances as a live band with Damien Ponce (Percussion), Maria Valencia (clarinet, saxophone and synthesizers), Alejandro Forero (Keyboards), Cesar Quevedo (bass) and Eblis Alvarez (vocals, guitar and electronics). 

In 2011 "Meridian Brothers VII" was released. The sound of this album returns to Latin American rock influences as well as champeta experiments, jazz, cumbia and tropical. Distorted sounds, electronic changes in voice, obscure surf guitar and randomly changed sampled percussion all collide head on. Two tracks from this record were released on 7” by New York label Names You Can Trust in 2012. 

Which bring us to ‘Desesperanza’ (meaning hopelessness in English) Recorded in 2012 the album is dedicated exclusively to salsa and tropical music, twisting it through a dark and theatrical soundscape but never abandoning the traditional aesthetics. 

A real musical maverick, labelled a genius by his contemporaries in Colombia, Eblis Álvarez’s latest Meridian Brothers album finally gets a full, worldwide release. 


Meridian Brothers - Salsa Caliente (Versión Aumentada)

Miss Colombia

Nada (feat. Li Saumet)

Founded by New Orleans based producer and percussionist Otura Mun, ÌFÉ is a futuristic live electronic music project blending elements of Afro-Cuban folklore and Yoruban religious music with the bass driven sounds of modern day Jamaican Dancehall, Trap and Afro-Beat. The single most important electronic act in Afro-Caribbean music, ÌFÉ’s 2017 debut album “IIII+IIII” revolutionized the way electronic music was conceived and performed, seamlessly combining the intricacies of Afro-Caribbean percussion and song with the power of modern electronica played in real time, no DJ’s, no programming, totally freed from the grid. A groundbreaking reimagination of ancient diaspora music and movement, ÌFÉ’s music explores the higher frequencies while paying keen attention to the lower ones in a way that feels equal parts riot and ritual. Their highly anticipated sophomore album is slated for release in Spring 2021. 

Management:
ife.alovesupreme@gmail.com

Booking US/LATAM: 
dlandau@tbaagency.com
adavidman@tbaagency.com
 
US Press Contact: 
Paul Dryden 
paulfdryden@gmail.com 

Website: http://www.ife-music.com

3 MUJERES (Iború Iboya Ibosheshé)

ÌFÉ

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