Zouk Bass

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After the Venezuelan Tuki masters Pocz & Pacheko kickstarted Upper Cuts Season 2 with the heavy-hitting techno bomb Taladro, our journey now takes us further down the jungles of Latin America to Peru, where the mysterious masked duo Dengue Dengue Dengue! can be found revolutionizing the cumbia scene. 

Drawing inspiration from the thriving and psychedelic cumbia scene of the 70s, Filipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira have been fusing these traditional rhythms with modern techno beats, with a twist of Jamaican dancehall swagger and dub ambiance, creating a unique and mesmerizing sound in the process. Their amazing debut album 'La Alianza Profana' has wowed critics and listeners alike, which coupled with their surreal videos and audio-visual live shows has won them countless fans the world over, making them one of the most impressive new acts in the tropical electronica scene. 

In Lokumba they momentarily break away from the expected cumbia template and favor a choppy, bass-heavy hip-hop-influenced beat, splashed with haunting synths and their unmistakeable mystical vibe with a tropical flair. If releasing tracks like this one doesn't honor our commitment to bringing you the hottest electronic music made south of the equator, we don't know what will.

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Upper Cuts Volume II

Lokumba

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Dengue Dengue Dengue! - Lokumba

RUGGED - Bajo (Original Mix)

Played in the Diplo & Friends Happy Colors guestmix on BBC 1!

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Bajo (original Mix)

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After the zouk maestro JSTJR kickstarted the third Upper Cuts season with his slow winding beats, it's now time to pick up the pace with Estonia's foremost Global Club Music expert, the one and only Bert On Beats. 

Proving exactly how global this Global Club Music scene can get, this top-notch producer returns to Enchufada with the powerful Arriba, a bass-heavy track that sees the studio wizard blend UK bass music staples with all sorts of tropical dance floor heat. Heavy syncopated drums and roaring basslines draw inspiration from the London underground scene, as the layers of intricate percussion and contagious flute melodies create a hypnotic vibe with middle-eastern flavour that is bound to make hips sway across the world. 

Arriba points the Global Club Music series that is Upper Cuts in new and unexpected directions, while keeping the party vibes on a constant high. This tune marks Bert On Beats' return to the label, after dropping the powerful Bassy Baile on the Hard Ass Sessions EP series back in 2011.

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Upper Cuts Volume III

Arriba

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Bert On Beats - Arriba

The undisputed champion of Lisbon's new generation of kuduro producers DJ Marfox is back in action with a brand new EP on Portugal's most tropical label. After this vibrant electronic style from Angola got introduced to the world by Buraka Som Sistema, a small yet dynamic scene started forming in the Portuguese capital as the African rhythms and dance moves gradually made their way from the suburbs into the city.

Subliminar is the name chosen by DJ Marfox for his highly anticipated five-track EP, but the music contained inside is anything but subtle. Frenetic 140 bpm syncopated beats provide the framework on which he creates his intense beats, which he adorns with all sorts of sonic mischief to deliver peak time bombs every single time. While Full Speed sees a trance-inspired synth take the lead, Voodoo Sound (Africa) and Urban ADN prefer to channel tribal drums and chopped-up chants to create a hypnotizing dancefloor experience, whereas É Pemba and the title track Subliminar are all about the repeating 8-bit sounding bleeps, constantly blurring the borders between melodies and rhythm as every element seems to be part of something bigger: the beat. 

As the country takes its steps into the 21st century, a new generation of artists and musicians emerge from the ghettos of an increasingly cosmopolitan landscape, whose primal urge to dance in the dark to the beat of the drum led to the rise of artists like DJ Marfox. Maybe there is something subliminal about the trance-inducing madness of DJ Marfox's beats, as many Lisbon ravers would proudly confirm after witnessing the raw power of his tracks on a loud soundsystem, as these booming bass drums, chopped-up vocals and rapid-fire synths whip the crowd into a frenzy. 

Buy this release on Junodownload: http://www.junodownload.com/products/dj-marfox-subliminar/2141215-02/

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Subliminar

É Pemba

Danilo & Hoodie - Wieliczka (Original Mix)

First attempt at Zouk Bass. Really feelin this stuff. Def got a bit of moombah feel in there, I kinda based the groove off of the way the crowd was dancing on the buraka som sistema Boiler Room video . Let me know what you think. Have some more comin.

banginclude - Bubbah Meck ( Zouk Bass Attempt )

Hypnotic Zouk Bass.

Download the track at Generation Bass: http://generationbass.com/2013/07/02/zouk-bass-volume-1-free-download

Hear it on our new mix: http://soundcloud.com/wearekjs/kjs-flux-capacitor-mix

Free Download

Ziren

Dengue Dengue Dengue-Simiolo (SaBBo rmx)

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/05/txillo

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2Pekes "Txillo"

Great Scott - a new zouk bass/global bass mix to download!

Featuring our free track Ziren. Download: https://soundcloud.com/wearekjs/kjs-ziren 


Tracklist:

Jameston Thieves - St. Lucia / Panama Beat Making Lab Woman
KJs - Ziren
Wildfire - Drop It ft. Rapha
Buraka Som Sistema - Zouk Flute
Melé - Metal Gear / Doneao - Big Ben (acapella)
KJs - Drumzaza (Download: https://soundcloud.com/wearekjs/kjs-drumzaza)
Zed Bias - Dancing 
Lady Sovereign - A Little Bit of Shhh (Smallstars remix)
Toddla T - Worst Enemy (Deadboy remix) (KJs refix)
Bert on Beats - Dab (DJ Sliink remix)
Killamu - Flaminguinho / GOMA - This Is How We Move (acapella)
Leo Justi - Gaitero
Petrona Martinez - Sepiterna (Thornato remix)
Coco Raízes de Arcoverde - Ê Boi (Maga Bo remix)
Nadastrom - Diabluma Theme
Diplo & Laidback Luke - Hey!
Top Billin & Emynd - Toot It

Zouk Bass

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