The latest in Names You Can Trust's series of tropical 45s is a sublime Dub Cumbia from El Combo Chimbita, an offshoot of the fast-rising MAKU Soundsystem. MAKU and El Combo Chimbita are comprised of young first-generation New Yorkers from Colombia, and their sound combines the duel trombone attack of classic NYC Salsa with a rootsy, bass-heavy, laid back groove. Completely organic, "Puro Show" has an undeniable funky charm.

The flip sees the much anticipated return of Greenwood Rhythm Coalition, who completely hotrod the original track, adding new instrumentation while turning it into a hard charging Ska that sounds like the Studio One house band live in Cartagena. "Puro Rock" is primed and ready for the dance floor!


El Combo Chimbita - Puro Show

Following up their critically acclaimed 2011 debut, Brazil's Bixiga 70 arrives on Names You Can Trust with a smoking lead single from their forthcoming sophomore album (to be released on Mais Um Discos). Recorded and produced in their hometown of São Paulo by the 10-piece orchestra and mixed by ex-Brooklynite and modern roots guru Victor Rice, Ocupai is a perfect example of Bixiga's brutal and hard-hitting approach to Afro-Brazilian Funk. A gritty, original slice of b-boy heaven, the opening drum break, fiery brass and heavy cowbell-led percussion of Ocupai bring to mind It's Just Begun by way of Brazil! Kalimba sprinkles seductive Afro-Caribbean Soul into the stew, a pure warm weather stunner that'll have you moving and grooving from São Paulo to Trinidad and back again.

Bixiga 70 - Ocupai

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition (Produced by Monk-One & E's E) - 
Official Vinyl & Digital Release on Names You Can Trust. 

Guajira '78

Superstructure - Out At The Deep End
Written & Produced by Todd Osborn.




Superstructure - Out At The Deep End

Side B: 
Doctor Stereo - La Cumbia Perdida (Tahira's Afro-Cumbia Remix)
Remix Produced by DJ Tahira.

Vinyl out on Names You Can Trust - June 2011.

La Cumbia Perdida (Tahira's Afro-Cumbia Remix)

From the forthcoming Maxi-Single : Ya Llegó

Produced, Engineered, Arranged & Mixed by Ticklah
(Written by W. Colon, H. Lavoe)

Victor Axelrod : Piano, Organ, Clavinet, Electric Piano, Organ, Clavinet, Percussion ; Thomas Brenneck : Guitars ;Marcos Garcia : Coro ; Liondub : Percussion ; Eddie Ocampo : Drums, Percussion ; Preet Patel : Bass ; Caito Sanchez : Coro, Triangle ; Aaron Johnson : Trombone ; Michael Wagner : Trombone ; Mayra Vega : Lead Vocal

Ticklah - El Dia De Suerte (Vocal)

Ticklah - Si Hecho Palante

Ticklah - El Dia De Suerte (Dub)

NYCT-7090

Hijo de Mama

Delirio / Contigo y La Distancia

Names You Can Trust presents the debut vinyl release from Romperayo, a new band led by drummer Pedro Ojeda (Los Pirañas, Frente Cumbiero, Ondatrópica). Further expanding the burgeoning live music scene of Bogotá, Colombia and featuring many of the same talented family of musicians, Romperayo similarly takes its musical cues from Colombia's rich musical history. These recordings dive deep into the country's coastal traditions with a unique present day twist via the inspired percussion of bandleader Ojeda, a melting pot of rhythms played with his own manic flare and style.

El Busetero Buscapleitos is deeply inspired by the rhythms and textures that made their way through the Caribbean and into the local picos (sound systems). A nod to musical outfits of the 1970's such as Wganda Kenya & Son Palenque, the song is a mixture of styles from West Africa, Trinidad and Haiti married with popular Colombian rhythms of the Caribbean coast like cumbia and chandé.

Que Viva La Vida y Que Muera La Muerte derives from the other coastal region of Colombia, the Pacific. Inspired by the Afro-Colombian form curralao, traditionally played with wooden drums, shakers & a marimba, it is here updated and electrified in a stripped down tribute to the grand orchestra of Peregoyo y su Combo.


Recorded in Audiovision Studios, Bogotá.
Mixed by Eblis Alvarez at Isaac Newton Studios.
Mastered by Frank at The Carvery, London.

Composed & Arranged by Pedro Ojeda.
Pedro Ojeda- Drums & Percussion
Eblis Alvarez - Synthesizers
Ricardo Gallo - Organ & Keyboards
Juan Manual Toro - Bass
Marco Fajardo - Saxophone


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Romperayo - El Busetero Buscapleitos

Led by drummer / multi-instrumentalist Max Weissenfeldt (The Whitefield Brothers, The Poets of Rhythm, The Polyversal Souls) and Peruvian guitarist Alex Mendoza, this new studio ensemble takes it’s cues from Max’s experience under several different band variations that have explored Late-60’s Funk & Soul, West African Rhythms, Ethiopian Grooves and now, for the first time on record, Afro-Peruvian Cumbia. Alex Mendoza’s quintessentially Peruvian style psychedelic guitar licks lay a sabor never heard before onto Max's typically raw and funky percussion style. It’s another notch in an increasingly diversified portfolio for Max.


Alex Mendoza y sus Poetas Del Ritmo - ¡Cumbéalo!

La Mecánica Popular takes to the night for a much anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed, self-titled album. This special edition single features a natural modification of their signature psychedelic style – a time capsule of 1970s Afro-Peruvian roots gone American Rock & Soul. Noche Triler (Thriller) takes the form of an uptempo instrumental stunner, a unique combination of styles from guaracha and cumbión, and a refreshingly thrilling flip of Michael Jackson’s iconic masterpiece. Already a staple in the band’s live performances, Móntame En La Tormenta (Riders On The Storm) transforms the Doors’ cowboy-jazz road saga into a brilliantly versioned Amazonian cumbia, a beautifully dark and shadowy trip into the heart of la selva. 

La Mecánica Popular - Móntame En La Tormenta

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La Mecánica Popular - Noche Triler

Sneak Preview of Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos.
Coming JAN 2016 on 7" Vinyl / Digital EP to Names You Can Trust

Carmelo Torres - Accordion, Lead Vocals
Santiago Botero - Bass
Kike Mendoza - Guitar, Vocals
Mario Galeano - Guacharaca
Pedro Ojeda - Drums
Juan David Castaño - Percussion, Vocals
Benjamin Calais - Oscillators & Effects

Recorded in Audiovisión, Bogotá 
by Daniel Sustos & Stefano Pizzaia.
Mixed by Benjamin Calais. 
Produced by Los Toscos
Mastered by Frank at The Carvery, London.
La Camisola written by M. Hernandez & T. Hernandez.

Artwork by Mateo Rivano.

**MATIK-MATIK**

Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos - La Camisola

Names You Can Trust presents the debut release from Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos. Featuring acclaimed accordionist Torres, the greatest living representative of the San Jacinto accordion-led cumbia style he inherited from his teacher, the legendary Andrés Landero, these recordings are the quintessential bridge between the old and new generations of Colombian musicians. Backed up by Los Toscos, a new ensemble comprised of some of Bogota's finest musicians including NYCT alumni Mario Galeano on guacharaca (Frente Cumbiero) & Pedro Ojedo on drums (Romperayo), the resulting connection is a yet unheard of concoction of Colombian roots and Garage Fuzz. Torres' expertise on the accordion glides over the high octane rhythm section, employing electric guitars and bugged out synthesized squelches that transform the A-Side original El Chacho into a wild vallenato gone psychedelic improvisation, while the B-Side version of the classic La Camisola is morphed into an epic uptempo proto-punk/garage rock re-imagination. With the vinyl version housed in a beautifully designed doubled sided deluxe folder from renowned artista Bogotano Mateo Rivano, it's another glimpse into the burgeoning scene of Colombia's capital.


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Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos - Mi Machete

Carmelo Torres y Los Toscos - El Chacho

Malphino is a mysterious band from an imaginative tropical island of the same name that plays cumbia and a heady mix of exotic sounds. Their music serves as a cinematic score to the backdrop of this mystical isle and its ethos. 

The musicians of Malphino reinterpret the traditional banda, playing organ, accordion, tuba, and an array of percussion and rhythms from all corners of the world. Their unique take on the style is no doubt influenced by their diverse membership. Malphino is a gathering of nationalities whose members hail from Japan, Malaysia, Colombia, France, UK and the Philippines, and are based in London. This central idea of multiculturalism is the foundation for Malphino’s conceptual music project.

Their first US-based single from Names You Can Trust features a pair of original tunes that dives deeper into the island’s mythology. LALANGO, a folkloric tune about the ancient volcano and national holy mountain on Malphino, is delivered in a fantastic live cumbia rebajada style, a slow motion explosion of sound, adept to be broadcast from either the top of the mountain or in the valleys of the sonidero street corridors. REBUBLICA FEDERAL DE MAPLHINO, a song about one of the many local productions of the island, coffee, is naturally a jolt of high-octane caffeine - a joyous and frenetic celebration to round out this quick excursion to Malphino. 

Lalango

Malphino - Lalango

NYCT-7026

Nelda Pina y La Boa - Giumbele (Instrumental)

Nelda Pina y La Boa - Giumbele (feat. Nidia Gongora)

Based out of San Francisco, Extra Classic is a unique live band formed with a keen appreciation of vintage reggae & vintage sounds. The aesthetic, and certainly the skilled method of their production, is an ode to the art of that classic style as referenced to the term coined by the Cool Ruler himself. Recording in their own studio, Nopal Recording, the band employs a taster’s choice of analog equipment and is devotedly tracked, spliced and mixed in-house direct to tape. However, as the group’s name itself implies, there is a dose of something extra and new in this swirling mixture of space echo, heavy phase, and emotive, psychedelic California-soul. 

Built upon the rock of an early-era dancehall swing, their first single in conjunction with Brooklyn-based imprint Names You Can Trust entitled In This Life, is a perfect slice of lover’s rock gone sideways, a decidedly left-coast piece of roots and bliss driven by Adrianne’s lovely lead vocals and the steady, dusty echoes of the locked in players. Presented in the traditional format with a B-side version as per NYCT fashion, the dub mix incorporates a soothing dose of synare beams and underwater instrumental dreams.

NYCT-7028

Extra Classic - In This Life (Version)

Extra Classic - In This Life

After a highly-regarded debut single on Names You Can Trust back in 2014, Combo Chimbita returns, expanded and transformed into one of the most original and wild ensembles currently cutting their teeth in the New York City live arena. Their latest 4-track studio effort, EL CORREDOR DEL JAGUAR, co-produced by NYCT's Greenwood Rhythm Coalition and featuring the powerhouse Carolina Oliveros on lead vocals, is an explosive tour de force of unbridled psychedelic energy and futuristic fire with firm roots in the ritmo of the African diaspora. With connections and inspiration drawn from the vast sea of Caribbean music — specifically the band’s native Colombia — these transplanted first-generation New Yorkers have carved a unique corridor in the thriving underground jungle of the big bad city. 

Bass, Synth, Vocals : PRINCE OF QUEENS
Guitar, Vocals : NIÑO LENTO
Drums, Vocals : ANDRES JIMÉNEZ
Guacharaca, Vocals : CAROLINA OLIVEROS

El Corredor Del Jaguar

Combo Chimbita - Frio Severo

Frente Cumbiero - Ananas Tornillo

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition is back! New single due out soon on NYCT!

Cumbia Kikuchi

Side A: Tyrone Evans - Rise Up (Discomix)
Originally Recorded at Wackie's Studio, 1983
Licensed courtesy Lloyd Barnes at Wackies. 

Side B: Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Rise Up
Recorded at Studio Brooklyn, New Dutch Studio & Little Dynasty, 2012
Produced by Monk-One & E's E

10" Vinyl out on Names You Can Trust.

Tyrone Evans - Rise Up

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Rise Up

Tecosita

Tropical Past And Future

Cumbia Por Las Sombras

Merecutek

Se Va Se Va

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Traición

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Produced by Monk-One & E's E

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Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Traición

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Yo Soy El Son Cubano (GRC Original Mix)

Names You Can Trust is an Independent Record Label based out of Brooklyn NY.

Artists & Alumni:

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition
Midnight Lab Band
Beverley Road All Stars
Frente Cumbiero
Meridian Brothers
Doctor Stereo
Tyrone Evans
Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
La Mecánica Popular
Ticklah
El Combo Chimbita
Romperayo
Aillacara 2743
Bixiga 70
Lascamāo
NY Hustlers
Alex Mendoza y sus Poetas Del Ritmo
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