London-based duo Village Cuts explore Afro/Latin music through the lens of UK club culture,  in both their productions and lively events across the city.

In their first collaboration with Palenque Records, the duo have shaken up some much-loved modern classics from the celebrated Afro-Colombian group, Son Palenque, with the sound of hand claps, maracas, tambores and chants lending themselves suitably to club interpretations. Village Cuts also enlisted the help of Kenyan collaborator Shama, who recorded new sebene-style guitar to complete the release. 

The EP-opening remix of Damelo Acá is a thunderous peak-time banger driven by the classic Son Palenque call-and-response vocals and rolling percussion, building towards an eruption of soukous joy when the new lead guitar takes centre stage. 

Their version of Zamba is a dynamic and up-tempo flip, with rolling sub-bass and choppy beats. The original guitars direct the rhythm, before joyous melodies and infectious ‘Zamba’ chants command energy from the dancefloor. 

Last but not least is a club-warming rendition of Akalaka, featuring the heartfelt saxophone of Colombia’s legendary Michi Sarmiento, emitting euphoric bliss. The track is driven by its club thump and catchy vocals, plus psychedelic sound design to lift and transcend.

These 3 tracks breathe new life into the revolutionary and entrancing grooves of Son Palenque, for the next generation of party-goers. Primed for summer time sound-systems and sure to make you move!

Mastering by Sam Interface ( London)

Shama on electric guitar, from Kenya.

Son Palenque - Zamba  - (Village Cuts Rmx)

Son Palenque nunca duerme !! y siempre esta trayendo algo nuevoooo
los pioneros de Palenque !!! siempre con nuevos extractos. 

London-based duo Village Cuts explore Afro/Latin music through the lens of UK club culture,  in both their productions and lively events across the city.

In their first collaboration with Palenque Records, the duo have shaken up some much-loved modern classics from the celebrated Afro-Colombian group, Son Palenque, with the sound of hand claps, maracas, tambores and chants lending themselves suitably to club interpretations. Village Cuts also enlisted the help of Kenyan collaborator Shama, who recorded new sebene-style guitar to complete the release. 

The EP-opening remix of Damelo Acá is a thunderous peak-time banger driven by the classic Son Palenque call-and-response vocals and rolling percussion, building towards an eruption of soukous joy when the new lead guitar takes centre stage. 

Their version of Zamba is a dynamic and up-tempo flip, with rolling sub-bass and choppy beats. The original guitars direct the rhythm, before joyous melodies and infectious ‘Zamba’ chants command energy from the dancefloor. 

Last but not least is a club-warming rendition of Akalaka, featuring the heartfelt saxophone of Colombia’s legendary Michi Sarmiento, emitting euphoric bliss. The track is driven by its club thump and catchy vocals, plus psychedelic sound design to lift and transcend.

These 3 tracks breathe new life into the revolutionary and entrancing grooves of Son Palenque, for the next generation of party-goers. Primed for summer time sound-systems and sure to make you move!

Mastering by Sam Interface ( London)

Shama on electric guitar, from Kenya.

Son Palenque - Akalaka - (Village Cuts Rmx)

N'GA MARIA edit

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Music of the sun, a.k.a the tracks your dad used to play on a Saturday afternoon... Join TrYb as she explores West African pop, high life, soukous and more.

Highlife & Sunshine Show w/ Village Cuts 151022

Beats, edits and re-works of classics from Angola, Cape Verde & Mozambique.

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There’s something about the old streets of Lisbon: you might be walking past a door and hear a bit of marrabenta and then, further down the street, hints of semba or funaná coming from the open window of a passing car. Lisbon is full of these sounds. And smells, and colours.
D-Mars, a producer who also goes by the name of Rocky Marsiano, grew up as an artist among these Lisbon streets, where he formed a hip hop group with direct ties to Cape Verde and Angola.
Africa was always close, always present. And hip hop taught him that vinyl records are pathways into the past and future, when put to good use in the hands of a DJ or in the inner circuits of an MPC sampler. D-Mars, now residing in Amsterdam, challenged Rui Miguel Abreu, a friend, an ally, a co-conspirator on many past adventures, to select some records from his personal collection.
The result is a batch of vinyl from Cape Verde and Angola, from Mozambique and São Tomé. D-Mars dove in, extracted the deepest grooves from the significant slabs of black plastic, and reimagined Africa with the help of his MPC. Meu Kamba is the result: re-edits with the soul of classic African vinyl, beats that try to answer the wildest of questions – what if b-boys danced to semba instead of funk?


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Rocky Marsiano -  "Owyele"

03/02/2018 – PARIS, FRANCE

23/02/2018 - KIEV, UKRAINE

03/03/2018 – LE PORT, REUNION  

15/03/2018 - PARIS, FRANCE

29/03/2018 – STRASBOURG, FRANCE

20/04/2018 – SINGLE LAUNCH PARTY, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

27/04/2018 – PARIS, FRANCE

04/05/2018 – LA SIRENE, LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE

12/05/2018 – LE JAZZ SOUS LES POMMIERS FESTIVAL COUTANCES, FRANCE

25/05/2018 - AERONEF, LILLE, FRANCE
02/06/2018 – ANGOULEME FESTIVAL, FRANCE

05/06/2018 – MIDEM, CANNES, FRANCE

16/06/2018 - LE SUCRE, LYON, FRANCE

22/06/2018 - SOLIDAYS, PARIS, FRANCE

02/07/2018 – LE RENCONTRES D'ARLES, FRANCE

05/07/2018 – MARSEILLE, FRANCE

06/07/2018 - NICE, FRANCE

11/07/2018 – DEBONAIRE, PARIS, FRANCE

15/07/2018 – AFROPUNK, PARIS, FRANCE

02/08/2018 - BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE SAINT PAUL DE VENCE

31/08/2018 - PARK, LISBON, PORTUGAL

03/08/2018 - VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, ITALY

08/09/2018 - BERLIN BIENNALE CLOSING PARTY, GERMANY

05/10/2018 - 1988 LIVE CLUB, RENNES FRANCE

19/10/2018 - NANCY JAZZ PULSATIONS, NANCY 

27/10/2018 - MONTREAL, CANADA

10/11/2018 - L’ODEON, TREMBLAY EN France



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Mo Laudi - Afrodisiac

Daniel Haaksman ́s remixes have been a fixture in the global club scene for years, offering up a hard-to-define blend of Brazilian and Afro sounds mixed with various club genres. “Remixes 2008-2017” shows Daniel Haaksman ́s eclectic sound melded into a more club-friendly format with eleven remixes for artists such as Schlachthofbronx, Batuk, Felipe Cordeiro, Omulu and Populous amongst others, most of which were released over the past nine years.


The compilation “Remixes 2008-2017” now anthologises Daniel Haaksman ́s best remixes, covering his finest remixes from 2007 up to 2017. The compilation displays his preference for remixing a diverse range of artists from around the world, including Germany ́s Schlachthofbronx, South Africa ́s Batuk or Weird Together from New Zealand. The opener, a remix for Brazilian Nordestino star Felipe Cordeiro kicks off with a hip shaking, dembow inspired beat. Colombia ́s Makine Del Karibe gets reworked in a tropical house fashion, the Brazilian-French collaboration of Omulu + King Doudou receives a trap inspired treatment. The compilation excels when it showcases Daniel Haaksman ́s knack for transforming the original onto a club ready rework withouth losing the original ́s essence and identity. “Loco” for example by Cuban outfit Madera Limpia is remixed into a dancefloor bomb, deftly layering synths and percussions on a thundering beat. Other highlights include his recent remix for Italian up and commer, Populous as well as Montreal- Moçambican singer Samito.

Creating a great remix is a delicate process, one that requires a relationship to the original, yet also a certain forcefulness in order to create a new production, rather than merely adding another beat to an acappella or melody. Over the last decade, Daniel Haaksman has displayed exactly this balance of reverence and confidence, creating his own sound in using the groundwork of others to build upon. This compilation presents Haaksman ́s capacity to produce remixes that sound today as fresh as they did when they were originally released.



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Banda Man Recy

Daniel Haaksman Remixes 2008-2017

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Weird Together - No Compromise (Daniel Haaksman Remix)

With their last original release coming in 2016, It may feel like The Busy Twist have shied away from the limelight in recent years but during this time they’ve been travelling and working hard on some of their most ambitious music yet, and in the process have set up their own label Busy Life Records.

Busy Life is a project focused on joining the dots between West African, South American, Caribbean and UK electronic music by developing a sound which not only melds the sonic genealogy of all four palettes but also presents such crossovers faithfully. Developing an exchange with local artists that works in both directions is key to the label, and crucial to creating borderless music that can be shared with their family worldwide.

The opening EP on the label ‘Sunny Side’ is a record years in the making and highlights the ever-decreasing gap between UK and modern African music. It is therefore fitting that many of the ideas heard on ‘Sunny Side’ were born during their very first trip to Ghana, and have been continually refined as Afro and UK sounds intertwine year on year.

The EP is led by strong vocal performances from lead singer Zongo Abongo. An artist from Northern Ghana who has been part of the Busy Life family since its inception. It also features additional vocals from Kyekyeku and Siaka Djarra from Burkina Fasso.

02. Traveller
Vocals: Kyekyeku, Zongo Abongo
Production: Ollie Twist, Gabriel Benn
Mastered by Precise Mastering

“Traveller” showcases Accra local Kyekyeku on vocals and guitar in a distinctive Ghanaian style melding folk and romantic urban Highlife. Alongside backing vocals and a killer verse from Zongo Abongo in his northern dialect, the pair sing about the trials and tribulations of the traveller.

Sunny Side EP

TRAVELLER (feat. Zongo Abongo + Kyekyeku)

Sisi Nomvula (Arn4L2 Remix)

Collage is a compilation of 4 original tracks by Roscius, all composed, performed and produced shortly after live dates in Beirut, Lebanon, Limassol and Nicosia, Cyprus in 2016. 

From political speeches to street soundscapes, each track is made of layers and loops of live improvisations on percussion, piano and marimba, then edited and mixed. No midi, no readymade sound-bank, nor sample from other records have been used, only DIY recordings.

Wormfood Records

Roscius - Yessa

Our remix of Madrid's Afro Colombian band La Rueda featuring the guitars of @mahonsounds !

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El Yoyo - La Rueda (Village Cuts Remix ft. Mahon Sounds)

Man Recordings is a Berlin based record label. Founded in 2005 by DJ and producer @Daniel-Haaksman it  has tirelessly promoted regional electronic music styles from the Southern hemisphere, particularly Brazil, the Carribbean and Africa and their international adaptions. Man Recordings has released the who´s who of early baile funk artists such as Mr.Catra, Deize Tigrona,  Edu K, João Brasil, MC Tha, or Mulú, plus some of the first international releases and remixes by artists such as Diplo, Tropkillaz, Crookers, Schlachthofbronx, Bert On Beats plus countless others. Recently the label has become more focussed on the releases and own musical outputs of boss man Daniel Haaksman.

Visit us at www.manrecordings.com

Demo submissions (in private Soundcloud player link only): office-at-manrecordings.com

Weird Together - No Compromise (Daniel Haaksman Remix)

Man Recordings

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