A Collection of DJ friendly edits from around the world tweaked for maximum dancefloor usage (largely Antillean retro zouk)

JOSH FB (aka Discothèque Tropicale) EDITS

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Must Have Edits

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Fever time with Aparecida!

Ready for your next local dance.

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Aparecida - Consentimento (Good Block Edit)

A little edit I made of this lovely Zouk track from 1986 :)

Alpha - Soleil (Sunni D Edit)

By legendary Guedeloupe zouk artist Edith Lefel from her 1988 record 'La Klé' - first of a series of edits me and the Discothèque Tropicale crew are working on, hope you enjoy it x

Edith Lefel - Etiw Doudou (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

Taken from the iconic Hibiscus Records' 1990 release of zouk/reggae fusion band 'Shango'. The Bamboo Beat album is a straight up killer record with 'Irie' being one of my all-time favourite tracks ever put out.

I changed the intro, cut out some parts and rearranged bits to make the breakdown you can hear at 0:31 for example. Hope you enjoy the edit, more to come... :)

Shoutout to my good pal and fellow zouk digging nerd Bedoui for turning me onto the record. It's sadly very rare, I'd love to be able to reissue it on my label 'Discotheque Tropicale' one day so more people could listen to this wonderful work of music x

Shango - Filinn' (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

Taken from the 1992 release on the legendary label 'Debs' from zouk duo Guy Houllier & Yves Honoré. Dug out in Paris from one of the most impressive private collections of Caribbean music I've ever seen - was great to see the record lived up to its impressive artwork... these guys clearly had some style!!

Intro is adjusted to be more club ready with several other tweaks here and there. As always big thanks to anyone who checks this out - I hope you enjoy!

Guyves & Co - Danje (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

Discovered courtesy of our good friend Under Radaar / Arthur - aka the zouk wizard I aspire to be! 

Taken from a truly wonderful 1988 zouk record from Barbados released on the iconic Hibiscus Records. En Nou Alle Zouké is also glorious, but this slower and more emotive track also deserves some serious attention!

Amazing horns, vocals, guitar riffs and melodies - what a Jam. Catch the OG on our Discotheque Tropicale youtube channel - It is amazing! his one has an altered intro, an interlude removed, more horns and is just a but more dancefloor/DJ ready. 

Thanks for checking it out, hope you enjoy x

Fil Pak - Moin Ké Diw (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

A real legend of the game! Jean Philippe Marthély has a huge discography, and since 1981 has been part of the legendary zouk band Kassav'!

The influence of this super-group on music not only in the Caribbean, but also across West Africa and beyond cannot be overstated. The pioneering collective of incredible Antillean musicians basically founded the zouk genre, and Jean Philippe has been a choice vocalist for decades.

This edit I dedicate to my grandmother Lulu. With the title and vocals to me sounding like "To Lulu" especially in the call response chorus, this was immediately the first thought that came to mind. Just like this track she had incredible positive energy and was a force to be reckoned with, may she rest in peace. Thank you to Hunee for the continued inspiration!

I hope you like it - as always if you're reading this and listening to the track.. a huge thank you to you all x

Jean Philippe Marthély - Touloulou (JOSH FB's 2-U Lulu Edit)

Hombre - Epifan S

🇮🇹 Italy - 1989

A lesser-known track released in 1989 by the spicy signora, Epifan S. From what we know, this is the only track released by this mysterious but abundantly talented artist! 

An absolutely fire track!

Main track on our Long Hot Summer mini edits compilation...

https://desertislanddisco.bandcamp.com/album/long-hot-summer-edits

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Epifan S - Hombre (Desert Island Disco Edit)

1987 - Jean-Jacques Gaston (Eric Brouta) - Nadia.mp3

https://www.discogs.com/release/2289035-Jules-Henry-Malaki-Jules-Henry-Malaki

Jules-Henry Malaki - Vous (Max Hammur Edit)

CHROMATICS / RUNNING UP THAT HILL

Taken from Raoul Denis Jr's wonderful 1985 album 'Ti Ra Mizikasion'. 'Ti Gason Fe Respew' is a classic from the album but here is a flip of the lesser known banger 'Mizikasion'. Deep vocals, dreamy horns and synth melodies coupled with groove filled guitar riffs and baselines all combine in an especially hypnotic, cosmic zouk killer. The outro is reworked as an intro with the wonderful sax solo leading the charge before the drums kick in. Hope you enjoy this one - I've found it to be a beautiful track to close out dancefloors with!

Raoul Denis Jr - Mizikasion (JOSH FB / Discothèque Tropicale Edit)

reworked joji's worldstar money

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la la la/worldstar money rework

Henry Wenceslas Thenard - Ne Dis Pas Cela (D-Nite Edit)

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UNNO - Amaai

Inspired by a beautiful trip to Brazil, I did a re-edit of this Macumba style gem by Trio Ternura. Thanks to Tropicalia discos in Rio for providing me with this great record. (Unmastered version)


Trio Ternura - A Gira (Mr Mendel edit)

Africa Roots EP, three disco house tracks infected with African rhythms.

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This track is an edit of the original song "Segregation (Le Blues de l'An 2000)" from NST Cophies relesed on 1985 in Ivory Coast.

The new track is reordered, regrooved and remastered mixing modern house foundations and adding new synths and bongos percussion played by me. Enjoy!

U're Guay, Vol. 3

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Dance Tout La Vie

A Zouk edit I made. No fancy stuff, mostly just cutting and pasting in Audacity :-)

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Vincent Fortuné - Bouc Emissaire (Tracksuit Edit)

The second in our series of edits, this one from Break Mode as he uses both side of the 45 to create an extended version of this samba jammer!

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Barbara Bright - Coeur Samba (Break Mode Extension)

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Record loving selector DJ based in London (and formerly Edinburgh). I love sticking my head in crates and learning more about the amazing music that can be found across the world. 

I'm a bit of retro zouk specialist (checkout my zouk show on My Analog Journal for more) but also have a great interest in soca, highlife, makossa, PALOP music, bubblegum, kwaito, latin freestyle and beyond - I enjoy celebrating globally sourced groovy records to fill dancefloors, and deliver an experience that makes club goers smile while they move

My mission is to spread this wonderful music and the talented artists that contributed to its creation with as many as people as possible! 

I run a clubnight and reissue / edits label along with a few friends called “Discothèque Tropicale”. Music to bring the boogie, fill the floors and put smiles on faces! 

I do the programming for London based radio station LOOSE FM where I also run the radio shows ‘The Listening Bar’ & 'Musical Backpacking' focussing each show and the record digging on a specific genre, theme or area. 

Pls ask for IDs I’ll always give them! Don't be a stranger, drop me a DM on Instagram anytime I always love to connect with fellow music lovers from around the world. Send me music pls 🙌

Music is a universal language with the power to break barriers and bring people together ❤️ 

jtsfryerbloom@gmail.com for bookings or probs faster to whack me a message on insta (@joshffb). Much Love, JOSH FB xx