this song brings me happiness. Reminds me of young love.

Afro Brazilian Groove

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"I was always a big fan of the 70's Fania records but I could never dance to that music properly. I know I'm not alone here. I lived in Latin countries for years, got some friends to help me overcome my motor coordination issues, watched dozens of youtube tutorials but it didn't help. The best I could do while hearing those records was to nod my head like it was another hip-hop tune. So after having wasted numerous flirting opportunities with Latin girls over the past decade I decided to transpose Celia Cruz's music into some more familiar rhythm patterns. I tried to keep the craziness and the passionate feel while adding some of my own head-nodding (and discreet hips shaking) music culture. Made in Dublin Tropical, North side of the Liffey, while experiencing an incredibly mild winter."

(Picture - Ica Chevalier)
(Mastered in Lisbon by Mr Bird)


iZem - Celia (Tribute to Celia Cruz)

sample sources
https://soundcloud.com/davidmesapolo/sambingo-champeta-roots
https://soundcloud.com/angola45/nvula-si-io-casse-kinito

Sambingo 2, Boogaloo Electrico - Estrellas Del Caribe (Dj Reaganomics & Geko Jones)

In celebration  of our  release of Maestros on 7" released on on Soul Fiesta records, We are releasing a series of Remixes of Maestros by some of our favorite DJ's and Producers. Captain Planet(Bastard Jazz) and Canyon Cody(Subsuelo) Have been putting in work on the Global Bass tip for a minute. From Planet Rock to Subsuelo, LA to NYC These guys know how to get the party started!  We have rocked some of the hottest parties in LA and  been talking about collaborating for a minute. We finally made it happen.  
For more music check out
https://soundcloud.com/dj-canyon
https://soundcloud.com/dj-captain-planet


Maestros Captain Planet/Canyon Cody Remix

El Botellon (uproot andy rmx)

This is the first song of the upcoming EP from schelpenman.
For this song i was inspired by the old bigbands latino. I've used some seashells, a guitar, a loopstation, and some handmade percussions.
Enjoy!

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Schelpenman

Descarga - EP Schelpenman

ig - @tahiragruv
https://www.djtahira.com/

Capa/Cover - @jp.collageart

This version of GSH classic i did using the music of the brazilian afrobeat band called Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra. The name of the track is Malunginho and i spin all the time. So, one day i was djing in my home and this version come up. I hope you like it !

Fiz essa versão do GSH usando a música Malunginho da banda de AFrobeat carioca Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra. O nome do track é Malunginho. Amo demais essa música. Um dia estava discotecando em casa e essa versão surgiu sem querer. Espero que gostem ! :)

Conheça mais / More infos
Gill Scott Heron - http://gilscottheron.net/
Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra -https://soundcloud.com/abayomyorquestra

Free Download

Gil Scott - The Revolution... (Tahira Abayomy Afrobeat Version)

Via Brazil 18 Patua Discos special with dj Paulao & dj Ramiro

https://soundcloud.com/dj-ijj with Musica Macondo are back at exploring the darkest and dustiest vinyl crates to be found.
This mix is all about West-Africa and includes fascinating and beautiful music from Benin, Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. All original vinyl of course. Expect raw latin, deep highlife, mad juju and hypnotic afrobeat from the original source.

Miriam Makeba - Teya Teya -  1970                                                                         Guinea

African Brothers Band -  Di Wo Kunu Ni - 1968                                                      Ghana

Emperor Pick Peters -    Olowo Lo Lowo - 1978                                                      Nigeria

Idowu Animasawun & His Lisabi Brothers International - Ori Inu - 1975          Nigeria

Bembeya Jazz National - Armee Guineenne -  1968                                              Guinea

King Meissa N’Gom - Fatema - 1970                                                                         Senegal

K. Frimpong’s Band - Nkokohweree Mmienu - 1969                                              Ghana

Gnonnas Pedro - Liberation Sinde -                                                                            Benin

Yelouassi Adolphe & T.P Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Huankpe Dje Mi - 1980        Benin

Black Santiago - Noude Le Mabou - 1970                                                                  Benin

Tima Gbahi - Ngazignon

'The Source' - DJ IJJ

Check The Video ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FGC8HZJnWw&feature=youtu.be

Pre-order the "Back It Up" EP: https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/back-it-up-ep

Back It Up

Thornato - Back It Up (feat. Zongo Abongo)

colombiafrica remixed by the busy twist

from the album afrocolombia remix vol 2 by Galletas Calientes & Palenque Records
https://galletascalientesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/palenque-records-afrocolombia-remix-vol-2

Colombiafrica & Louis Towers - Mama Africa / The Busy Twist Remix Feat Zongo Abongo

NOW OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON VINYL
 https://smarturl.it/LDN_LUANDA

Original sample: Zé Da Lua - Ulungu Wami 
https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/track/ulungu-wami
Peace and love to the original musicians and Analogue Africa for keeping the music alive

Zé Da Lua - Ulungu Wami (The Busy Twist remix)

"Manman Mwan" is a dedication to the power of mothers, including the mother of us all Mama Earth. Featuring vocals in Haitian Creole, accompanied by 808 sub bass and traditional Rasin horns, this one is a future roots dancefloor sureshot. 

Pre-order the full "Mystery Trip Vol. II" mixtape on vinyl or cassette tape and get full download of all 9 remixes:
tinyurl.com/MysteryTrip2

The full Mystery Trip Vol.II mixtape - drops July 10th on Bastard Jazz Records. This project is all about going back to my roots: pulling out obscure vinyl from my global collection, then lovingly chopping, remixing and editing them into new tracks with a contemporary edge and classic Captain Planet touch. All 9 edits have been blended, along with other audio samples and field recordings, into a 45min mix, which will be printed to cassette tapes like my earliest mixes from the late 90's. Similar to Mystery Trip Vol.I, which was listed in Sasha Frere-Jones "Best Music Of 2012", Vol.II leads you on a psychedelic journey to destinations around the world, where you are drawn out of your sonic comfort zone via a soundtrack that bridges styles of music from Asia and Africa to South America, The Caribbean and beyond.

Mystery Trip Vol. II

FREE DOWNLOAD

Manman Mwan

Preview of Woza, the second single from Onipa -  'Open My Eyes'.

Single out 24 August, full EP 7 September on Wormfood + Mawimbi.

Download: https://onipa.bandcamp.com/

ONIPA means ‘human’ in Akan, the ancient language of the Ashanti people of Ghana. It’s a message of connection through collaboration: from Ghana to London, our ancestors to our children, Onipa brings energy, groove, electronics, afrofuturism, dance and fire!

Born out of deep collaboration between long time friends KOG (Kweku of Ghana of KOG and the Zongo Brigade) and Tom Excell (MD, guitarist and writer of acclaimed jazz/ soul afrobeat pioneers Nubiyan Twist), the 4 piece live show features KOG on vocals, balafon and percussion, Tom Excell on guitar, percussion and electronics, Dwayne Kilvington (Wonky Logic) on synths and MPC and Finn Booth (Nubiyan Twist) on drums.

It’s a fresh, raw, fiercely energetic new sound, fusing electronics and deep afro grooves. Think Konono no.1 meets Shangaan Electro, Songhoy Blues and Débruit….

Woza

Onipa - Woza

RELEASE DATE: 14.12.18

DOWNLOAD HERE: bit.ly/umojakogbc

Hard-hitting afro-dancehall from Accra to Haarlem via London.

A unique collaboration between Ghanaian MC+ singer K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana) and Dutch producers Umoja.

￼Born in Accra (Ghana) but currently resident in the Northern British ex-industrial city of Sheffield, K.O.G has exploded onto the European scene, slaying shows across Europe with afro-futurist outfit Onipa, afro-funk monster group K.O.G and the Zongo Brigade and as a guest with The Busy Twist, Afriquoi, Nubiyan Twist and Congo Natty.

This is the second in the series of one off collaborations with producers from around the world, following up on ‘Change’ with iZem (Lisbon) on Guts’ Pura Vida label, with forthcoming collaborations with The Busy Twist, Jus Now and more in the pipeline. With great responses to the latest Onipa EP on Wormfood/Mawimbi (September 2018), and many released in the pipeline for 2019 the K.O.G and the Zongo Brigade (Heavenly Sweetness) and guest features on Nubiyan Twist’s album (Strut), 2019 is definitely going to be his year.

Originating from Haarlem in the Netherlands, Dutch duo Umoja have over a decade of experience dishing out warm dusty grooves, unified by an intrinsic appreciation and understanding of world rhythm, the mechanisms of groove and contemporary electronic beats. Any attempt to pin down their sound is only a pipe dream: In the spirit of ‘Umoja’ a Swahili word meaning ‘Unity’, their approach to music is to unify grooves across the seven oceans, one record at a time.

“Kponyole” is a dark, brooding, digi-dancehall banger, with deep subs, hypnotic, rolling bass and sharp percussive undertones. Meaning ‘Be Careful’ in the Ewe language of the Volta region of Eastern Ghana, it warns of the dangers everyone must be careful of, from betrayal by close ones to spiritual pollution. Watch your back. Watch your brother. Watch out for bad spirits. Watch wear you tread. Watch your speakers too, that low end will do them some damage if you are not careful!

“Ayena” is much lighter, a traditional, hi-life style homage to the beauty of the female sex: shake for me, dance for me – with warm, bouncy, almost cartoon-like beats that will make any dancefloor bubble.

The Full EP comes with bonus instrumentals and a special Umoja VIP.

Umoja ft K.O.G - KPONYOLE (Be Careful)

Remix of the A.J. Holmes and the Hackney Empire for Ghetto Bassquake records.

http://ghettobassquake.com/release/fraudian-slip-feat-kastro-produced-by-radioclit

Fraudian Slip ft. Kastro (Uproot Andy Remix)

"A Misturada” by Os Muiraquitãns 
Taken from the Various Artists compilation ‘Jambú e Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia’ (out 21 June 2019 on Analog Africa)

The city of Belém, in the Northern state of Pará in Brazil, has long been a hotbed of culture and musical innovation. Enveloped by the mystical wonder of the Amazonian forest and overlooking the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, Belém consists of a diverse culture as vibrant and broad as the Amazon itself. Amerindians, Europeans, Africans - and the myriad combinations between these people - would mingle, and ingeniously pioneer musical genres such as Carimbó, Samba-De-Cacete, Siriá, Bois-Bumbás and bambiá. Although left in the margins of history, these exotic and mysteriously different sounds would thrive in a parallel universe of their own.

Perched on a peninsula between the Bay of Guajará and the Guamá river, sculpted by water into ports, small deltas and peripheral areas, Belém had connected city dwellers with those deeper within the forest providing fertile ground for the development of a popular culture mirroring the mighty waters surrounding it. Through the continuous flow of culture, language and tradition, various rhythms were gathered here and transformed into new musical forms that were simultaneously traditional and modern.

Historically marginalized African religions like Umbanda, Candomblé and the Tambor de Mina, which had reached this side of the Atlantic through slaves from West Africa – especially from the Kingdom of Dahomey, currently the Republic of Benin – left an indelible stamp on the identity of Pará´s music. They would give birth to Lundun, Banguê and Carimbó, styles later modernised by Verequete, Orlando Pereira, Mestre Cupijó and Pinduca to great effect. The success of these pioneers would create a solid foundation for a myriad of modern bands in urban areas.

Known as the “Caribbean Port,” Belem had been receiving signal from radio stations from Colombia, Surinam, Guyana and the Caribbean islands - notably Cuba and the Dominican republic - since the 1940s. By the early 1960s, Disc jockeys breathlessly exchanged Caribbean records to add these frenetic, island sounds to liven up revelers. The competition was fierce as to who would be the first to bring unheard hits from these countries. The craze eventually reached local bands’ repertoires, and Belém’s suburbs got overtaken by merengue, leading to the creation of modern sounds such as Lambada and Guitarrada.

Another important aspect in understanding how the musical tradition spread in Belém, are the aparelhagem sonora: the sound system culture of Pará. Beginning as simple gramophones connected to loudspeakers tied to light posts or trees, these sound systems livened up neighbourhood parties and family gatherings. The equipment evolved from amateur models into sophisticated versions, perfected over time through the wisdom of handymen. Today’s aparelhagens draw immense crowds, packing clubs with thousands of revelers in Belém’s peripheral neighbourhoods or inland towns in Pará.

With bustling night clubs providing the best sound systems and erotic live shows, gossip about the whereabouts of legendary bands, singers turned into movie stars, supreme craftiness, and the creativity of a class of musicians that didn’t hesitate to take a gamble, Jambú is an exhilarating, cinematic ride into the beauty and heart of what makes Pará’s little corner of the Amazon tick. The hip swaying, frantic percussion and big band brass of the mixture of carimbó with siriá, the mystical melodies of Amazonian drums, the hypnotizing cadence of the choirs, and the deep, musical reverence to Afro-Brazilian religions, provided the soundtrack for sweltering nights in the city’s club district.

The music and tales found in Jambú are stories of resilience, triumph against all odds, and, most importantly, of a city in the borders of the Amazon who has always known how to throw a damn good party.

Jambu Master

A Misturada - Os Muiraquitãns

PALENQUE RECORDS is a label specialized in Afro-Colombian music, founded in 1998 in Paris France, by Lucas Silva Dj Champeta-Man. Since then, we have released many records and we have changed the face of afro-colombian music, with a fusion of modern and traditional sounds. Our releases go from the very traditional genres of music, until the most modern and afro -electro beats, covering all ranges of black colombian music.

In 1996, Lucas Silva  decided thus to create the Palenque Records label (called like this in homage to the village of San Basilio de Palenque), with the objective of making known the size of popular afro-Colombian music, which struggles in the poverty of everyday, and in the indifference of the media, too busy with other products "more commercial". Our first musical production was the Cd "CHAMPETA CRIOLLA, NEW AFRICAN MUSIC FROM COLOMBIA" (Palenque Records - Night & Day), published in October 98. It was the first time that this music was released abroad, and this compilation revealed to the world this unexpected musical movement.

In 1999 we published two new albums : "Champeta Criolla Vol 2 : Visionary Black Music from Underground Colombiafrica (Palenque Records - Night & Day), then "Sexteto Tabalá: Kings of Son Palenquero" (Buda records - Universal). Each album is the result of a long work of musical production and investigation, and is accompanied by a booklet written by myself, in which I give an account of all the investigations and the field work that I carried out, the whole presented in a modern, narrative and personal way.
The disc "Batata & his Rumba Palenquera - Radio Bakongo", was launched by the German label Network in April 2003. It was very well accepted by critics in Europe and in the United States. It was classified among the 50 best discs of World Music of all times by the English Review Song Lines, and one of the best discs of the year by the American review Latin Beat.

Unfortunately, in January 2004, Paulino Salgado died in Bogota, at 78 years old. "Radio Bakongo" is his only disc in solo, and it will remain for the generations to come like the musical testament from an exceptional artist.

In 2007, we released a new album, COLOMBIAFRICA THE MYSTIC ORCHESTRA, together with WORLD MUSIC NETWORK label(UK). Until today I thus realeased 11 discs of afro-Colombian music. Many magazines and other media of Europe, United States and Colombia, made heard about this musical work, with very positive critics.
The afro-Colombian culture is a cultural exception. Musicians and popular artists of my country are genius creators, but a few believe in them. For this reason it is advisable to impel a musical movement around their talent, to support and create an artistic movement of independent compositors who can build this future.

Our latets Releases are : PALENQUE PALENQUE (SOUNDWAY -PALENQUE RECORDS) , SEXTETO TABALA "CON UN SOLO PIE", FARAON BANTU VYNIL, together with CHUSMA RECORDS - GERMANY..and many more to come

Waite for more news over here , and lots of NEW RELEASES TO COME!!

ROOTS, VOODOOO & EMANCIPATION

Colombiafrica & Louis Towers - Mama Africa / The Busy Twist Remix Feat Zongo Abongo

PALENQUE RECORDS 2

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