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pimped it up a bit. different beat, some percs, here and there :) Based on Saturo Shionoyas Version from 1999.

E, W & F - Brazilian Rhyme (Saturo Shionoya Vs. MaxK. Up-Groove)

Jojo Abot - To Li

Elements Of Life Into My Life (You Brought The Sunshine) (Main Mix)

Lamp Fall

Sante Yalla

Magic Windows

Satisfied with Love

Hardsoul feat. Ron Carroll - Back Together (Soul Purpose Mix) - www.electronicfresh.com

Slow Dance

Slow Dance (Voilaaa Remix)

Written by N.Serebryakov & Jerrod Barnett, Produced by Nickolai Serebryakov (Koyla)
Vocals performed by Jrod Indigo, Backing vocals Tim Fuller, Guitar-Koyla(Hands), Perc-Andrei(Black), Sax-Kostya(Man), Flug-N.Serebryakov, Keyboards-N.Serebryakov, Drums-N.Serebryakov, Bass-N.Serebryakov, Moog solo-Sasha A.

Side B Remix by Sean Dimitrie and Nav Bhinder for Awaaz Productions. Published Bombay Records 2007 (SOCAN), Executive Producers: Awaaz

© & (p) Bombay Records 2007 All Rights Reserved.

Koyla feat. Jrod Indigo - (Promise land)  12"

"A Misturada” by Os Muiraquitãns 
Taken from the Various Artists compilation ‘Jambú e Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia’ (out 21 June 2019 on Analog Africa)

The city of Belém, in the Northern state of Pará in Brazil, has long been a hotbed of culture and musical innovation. Enveloped by the mystical wonder of the Amazonian forest and overlooking the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, Belém consists of a diverse culture as vibrant and broad as the Amazon itself. Amerindians, Europeans, Africans - and the myriad combinations between these people - would mingle, and ingeniously pioneer musical genres such as Carimbó, Samba-De-Cacete, Siriá, Bois-Bumbás and bambiá. Although left in the margins of history, these exotic and mysteriously different sounds would thrive in a parallel universe of their own.

Perched on a peninsula between the Bay of Guajará and the Guamá river, sculpted by water into ports, small deltas and peripheral areas, Belém had connected city dwellers with those deeper within the forest providing fertile ground for the development of a popular culture mirroring the mighty waters surrounding it. Through the continuous flow of culture, language and tradition, various rhythms were gathered here and transformed into new musical forms that were simultaneously traditional and modern.

Historically marginalized African religions like Umbanda, Candomblé and the Tambor de Mina, which had reached this side of the Atlantic through slaves from West Africa – especially from the Kingdom of Dahomey, currently the Republic of Benin – left an indelible stamp on the identity of Pará´s music. They would give birth to Lundun, Banguê and Carimbó, styles later modernised by Verequete, Orlando Pereira, Mestre Cupijó and Pinduca to great effect. The success of these pioneers would create a solid foundation for a myriad of modern bands in urban areas.

Known as the “Caribbean Port,” Belem had been receiving signal from radio stations from Colombia, Surinam, Guyana and the Caribbean islands - notably Cuba and the Dominican republic - since the 1940s. By the early 1960s, Disc jockeys breathlessly exchanged Caribbean records to add these frenetic, island sounds to liven up revelers. The competition was fierce as to who would be the first to bring unheard hits from these countries. The craze eventually reached local bands’ repertoires, and Belém’s suburbs got overtaken by merengue, leading to the creation of modern sounds such as Lambada and Guitarrada.

Another important aspect in understanding how the musical tradition spread in Belém, are the aparelhagem sonora: the sound system culture of Pará. Beginning as simple gramophones connected to loudspeakers tied to light posts or trees, these sound systems livened up neighbourhood parties and family gatherings. The equipment evolved from amateur models into sophisticated versions, perfected over time through the wisdom of handymen. Today’s aparelhagens draw immense crowds, packing clubs with thousands of revelers in Belém’s peripheral neighbourhoods or inland towns in Pará.

With bustling night clubs providing the best sound systems and erotic live shows, gossip about the whereabouts of legendary bands, singers turned into movie stars, supreme craftiness, and the creativity of a class of musicians that didn’t hesitate to take a gamble, Jambú is an exhilarating, cinematic ride into the beauty and heart of what makes Pará’s little corner of the Amazon tick. The hip swaying, frantic percussion and big band brass of the mixture of carimbó with siriá, the mystical melodies of Amazonian drums, the hypnotizing cadence of the choirs, and the deep, musical reverence to Afro-Brazilian religions, provided the soundtrack for sweltering nights in the city’s club district.

The music and tales found in Jambú are stories of resilience, triumph against all odds, and, most importantly, of a city in the borders of the Amazon who has always known how to throw a damn good party.

Jambu Master

A Misturada - Os Muiraquitãns

Michael Jackson - I Cant Help It (Todd Terje Rekutt)

Pirates Choice

Coumba

Ledi Ndieme M'Bodj

Werente Serigne

Afrocubism

Mariama

"Heaven Bells" Single included in our first album "Freedonia"
Available on www.freedoniasoul.com

Freedonia "Heaven Bells"

Frente Cumbiero Meets Mad Professor

Cumbietiope

Satisfied with Love

Herbie Hancock

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