Tropical styling

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NYC-based producer Henry Cardenas aka Cabo Blanco has been hard at work pushing the Big Apple's hip-hop legacy by fusing it with tropical-flavored electronica and house beats, with excitingly hybrid results. From dembow 2Pac bootlegs to neon R&B and straight-up trap beats for the club, Cabo Blanco's got it all.
 
In Santo Diablo the tropical heat is turned up to 11 as the producer samples and cuts his way through Caribbean music, layering these festive Latin sounds over the hard-hitting trap beats that are filling up dancefloors across the globe.
 
If you're looking for that extra spice to season your 140bpm sets or just searching for the latest exciting hybrid coming out of the tropical bass melting pot, then look no further. Cabo Blanco's got you covered.

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www.soundcloud.com/cabo-blanco

Upper Cuts Volume II

Santo Diablo

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Cabo Blanco - Santo Diablo

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If you ever wondered what happened in Angola after the kuduro boom, this is it. The crown prince of Luanda's thriving afro-house scene Djeff joins Enchufada's Upper Cuts series with a deep rhythmic cut called Kissange. Heavily focused on the dancefloor's needs and wants, the Angolan producer crafts a slow-burning tension-filled track perfect for making the transition from the sunset beach party to the late-night club.

Djeff aka Afrozila seems to effortlessly incorporate the classic house vibe with the warm, percussion-heavy and syncopated African rhythms, creating a warm sound that resonates out of the Angolan capital and is making everyone from Johannesburg to Lagos go wild on the dancefloor. 

As every big dance craze in Luanda eventually penetrates Lisbon's nightlife, Djeff's colorful beats begin to inspire dance moves in the European clubs, and we bet that Kissange won't be an exception.

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www.soundcloud.com/djeff

Kissange

Djeff - Kissange

The new Que Bajo Records release Uproot Andy's Worldwide Ting Vol. 2. picks up where Vol. 1 left off, with 6 more remixes of 6 musical styles from 6 distinct parts of the world.

Download the whole EP and all other Que Bajo releases free at http://quebajo.com

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Raba Raba (Uproot Andy RMX)

El Forastero (Uproot Andy RMX)

These questions may occur after listening to this mix: 
"Where's the drop?" 
"Where's the wobble bass?" 
"Where are the high hat rolls?" 
"Where's the Miley Cyrus feature?" 
"Why is nobody twerking?"
"Could you add some EDM?"
"Why didn't you add the trap remix of (insert random song here)?" 

Well … basically … ehm … Funk you! ;-)


TRACKLIST:
The Poets Of Rhythm - More Mess On My Thing
Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (Pt. 1)
Lonette - Stop! (Don't Worry About It)
The Modulations - Rough Out Here
Brooklyn Dreams - Street Man
The Bar-Kays - Too Hot To Stop
The Gap Band - I Don't Believe You Wanna Get Up & Dance (Oops!)
B.T.Express - Do It ('til You're Satisfied)
The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop
Creme D'Cocoa - Doin' The Dog
Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love
George Benson - Give Me The Night
Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
Rice & Beans Orchestra - Coconut Groove
Jacques Renault - Can't Nobody Love Me
Greg Henderson - Dreamin'
Rod - Shake It Up (Do The Boogaloo)
Aretha Franklin - Every Girl Wants My Guy - Hands Solo Edit
Gladys Knight - It's A Better Than Good Time - Walter Gibbons Mix
Willie Hutch - Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold
Laura Greene - Manhattan
Aura - LA Sunshine
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - Feeling Free
Johnnie Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl & Gone - Live & Summit Club
Chailo - Let's Skate
Sir James Randolph - Sho' Is Good - Joey Negro Edit
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

DJ Juwee - Live in Fabrik13 - Volume 2

Worldwide Dembow Feat. Pablo Piddy

2014 is finally here and that means the Upper Cuts series is now officially one year old. After two seasons have passed and 20 tracks of great global club music sounds from all around the world have been released, it's time to keep raising the bar as a whole new season starts. 

For the first track of the Upper Cuts Season 3 we teamed up with one of the most promising young producers to arrive to the zouk bass scene: the one and only JSTJR (pronounced 'gesture'). The energetic beatmaker's distinct style fuses influences from all kinds of tropical-flavored genres, such as dancehall, jungle, moombah or even trap, making him one of the most unpredictable yet consistent artists of this developing scene. 

His latest creation - Panamania feat. Ma-Less - is a zouk bass banger if we ever heard one. Pounding drums and thick basslines provide the backbone for sexy, winding and hypnotic vocal samples to do their magic on the dance floor, while spaced-out synths proceed to make bodies bend and twist in all kinds of new shapes. 

Panamania feat. Ma-Less also serves as a powerful introduction to Enchufada's upcoming zouk bass compilation, scheduled to be dropping this February. 'We Call It Zouk Bass Volume I' will feature this and many other tracks by some of the artists that are (and have been) defining this exciting new genre since the very beginning. Enjoy this tasty appetizer for our upcoming 10-track-long compilation of slowed-down sexy beats and highly addictive basslines, featuring new original cuts by Buraka Som Sistema, Branko, KJs, Dance Kill Move and many others.

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Upper Cuts Volume III

Panamania (feat. Ma-Less)

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JSTJR - Panamania (feat. Ma-Less)

Dom La Nena, "Batuque" (Jeremy Sole & Atropolis)

CUMBIA IRIE CONTEST [Day 1/4]
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Monday Tune : UPSIDE DOWN

Credit ____________________________________________
Upside Down Reggae Style [Carol Cool remixed by Captain Cumbia]

Add Credits ________________________________________
Voice : Captain Cumbia

Description of the Chalenge ___________________________
Captain Cumbia has to remix in cumbia style 4 reggae Tunes which were not known in reggae first ... But only in one week to do that ! 

Captain Cumbia remix CAROL COOL [Upside Down] "Cumbia Irie Contest 1/4

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The almighty Buraka Som Sistema join the Upper Cuts free download series on a mission to give the world yet another musical genre to dance to. The tropical downtempo madness of first 15 minutes of their now legendary Boiler Room set marked the introduction of Zouk Bass, a brand new tropical hybrid born from the meeting of the French Antillan rhythms of zouk - and its Lusophone relative kizomba - with the bass-heavy styles of the UK underground. 

Zouk Flute is the name of the track that brings the slow and sexy zouk rhythms to the 21st century clubs. A mischievous and downright hypnotic melody instantly puts you in the mood for dancing in dimly lit rooms, giving the style's tropical heritage a dangerous modern edge. While the charming synths reel you in, the heavy slow-paced beats and thick sub-bass pressure promise to keep you nailed to the dancefloor, ocasionally breaking the spell to ask the DJ for yet another rewind. 

As it happened all those years ago with the fast-paced Angolan rhythms of kuduro, yet another tropical revolution in electronic dance music can be traced back to Buraka Som Sistema's studio. While the beats radically change this time around, the need to make people dance their troubles away stays the same. Because dancing is always the best remedy, why not do it a bit slower? 

Additional vocals by Myriiam

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Upper Cuts Volume I

Zouk Flute

Buraka Som Sistema - Zouk Flute

Dance Kill Move - Zoukette

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Produced by Branko
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Vocals by Orlando Santos
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Branko - Time Out (feat. Orlando Santos)

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Mohammed Alidu "Aikaso (Murlo Remix)"

The first release on Que Bajo records, Uproot Andy’s Worldwide Ting Vol. 1, is a 5 song EP of club ready remixes. 5 different musical styles from 5 different countries, all re-imagined with that special Uproot Andy touch.

Download the whole EP at http://quebajo.com

Lamento de un Guajiro (Uproot Andy RMX) - Fania All Stars

Sada Vasda Raje Punjab (Uproot Andy RMX) - Mahendra Kapoor

the fat controller

makin' beats

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Tropical styling

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