More info here:

https://www.musicamacondo.com/2021/06/premiere-son-palenque-damelo-aca-village-cuts-remix/

Son Palenque Versions

Premiere: Son Palenque - Damelo Acá (Village Cuts Remix)

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)

"La Habanera" is the name of a well-known aria from Carmen, an opera by Georges Bizet. The habanera aria itself is originally based on "El Arreglito" by Sebastián de Yradier, a Basque composer. "La Habanera" enjoys great popularity outside the opera world, it´s probably one of the most famous arias in the world, revisited and reinterpreted hundreds of times since its release in 1875. The aria is sung in Act 1 by the title character, Carmen (mezzo-soprano), in it she expresses her indifference to the protestations of love and advances of her numerous suitors.

Daniel´s "Vem" track, released in April this year already made use of string orchestration. Its string sounds and classic music that Daniel currently gets the most excited about.

When Daniel accidentally stumbled across the aria while listening to Berlin´s Klassik Radio, he noticed that the first notes of "La Habanera" are rhythmically played like a dembow rhythm. Soon he searched for the midi files of the aria, realised its metrics was based on 75bpm - perfect dembow tempo - and sculpted the dub in two days studio time.

Shortly after, Daniel met Armenian opera singer Naré, with whom he recorded an additional vocal version of "La Habanera" (which we´ll release in a couple of weeks from now).

Until then, enjoy the dub, maybe sing or rap on top of it, and we´ll get back to you soon with probably the first ever dembow aria!

Illustration by Anje Jager, https://soothingshade.com/artist/anje-jager/

La Habanera Dub

La Habanera

Man 124 Daniel Haaksman "La Habanera Dub"

sample source
https://soundcloud.com/angola45/teya-teya-tchinina-feat-os

Teya Teya - Tchinina, Os Bongos (Dj Reaganomics remix) www.cassetteblog.com

Kush Arora, Deejay Theory and Jahdan Blakkamoore form the alliance that is responsible for this high-energy single titled Definitely. The original mix combines elements from many different geographies and sub genres pulling strings at Dancehall, UK Funky and Afrobeat while the remixes bring different palettes to the dance.

More info at http://discospeligrosa.com
https://itun.es/us/H7BA-
https://discospeligrosa.bandcamp.com/album/definitely

03 Definitely (Cocotaxi Remix)

Buy it, hear it:

iTunes: http://geni.us/MAN095
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Google Play: https://goo.gl/9krsXq
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Remix by @IZem

It´s been a bit more than four months since Daniel Haaksman´s "African Fabrics" album has been released and it has become a success story. "African Fabrics" was nominated for a German Music Critic prize, was praised on diverse leading media outlets such as SPIN, NPR, XLR8R, Der Spiegel, NZZ, Songlines Magazine and Goethe Institute Podcast amongst others and has been played by countless club and radio DJs around the world. 

The accompanying single releases "Sabado", "Rename The Streets" and "Akabongi" received remix treatments, now the other tracks of the albums have been reworked and the result is "African Fabrics Remixes", which presents a trans world cast of amazing remixers. 

First off, is South African Mo Laudi with an Afro house rendering of "Akabongi". It´s followed by three remixes featuring the hot new Lisbon sound 2Pekes, a member of the infamous DZC Deejays crew remixed "Sembène" in Euro kuduro fashion, whereas Izem put "Kaggua" ft. Tshila on a broken beat turf. Man of the moment Dotorado, also hailing from Lisbon, is featured with his version of "Rename The Streets". UK´s freestyle bass dons LV revisit "Sabado" with a London carnival mood. Then there´s São Paulo´s hot new beat talent Bad $ista who samba-funked up "Black Coffee" ft. Dama Do Bling. Another Lisbon remix contribution is by legendary Portuguese kuduro don DJ NK remaking "Xinguila" ft. Throes + The Shine in a raved up kuduro smasher. Swedish bass maestro Dance, Kill, Move tamed the original footwork monster "Aho" to a tarraxo influenced half timer. Probably the heaviest remix on "African Fabrics Remixes" is by São Paulo´s ambassador of low end schlepp beats, Cybass, who put "Afrika" ft. Tony Amado ft. Alcinda Gueraneh into madness territories. Durban´s Gqom kingpins Rudeboyz added a weighty groove to the Mbira infused "Raindrops" track, turning it into a club ready track. And finally, New Zealands Afro popster Weird Together remade "Querido" ft. Bulldozer with a UK funky inspired mood. 

And there you have it, "African Fabrics Remixes", featuring eleven diverse and club-friendly remixes that will put "African Fabrics" in further and more varied contexts. Play it out!
 

African Fabrics Remix

African Fabrics Remixes

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Kaggua ft. Tshila + Ku Bo (iZem Remix)

Download the Bumper to Bumper remix album here: http://uprootandy.bandcamp.com
or
<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/193c29'>Download this track on The Artist Union</a>

Bumper to Bumper

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Petrona Martinez - La Critica (Uproot Andy Remix)

Village Cuts' take on Victoria Chomeka - Maurice Ooko Kokomanga, shaped for the club for your dancing pleasure!

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Chomekaaa! (Victoria Chomeka - Maurice Ooko Kokomanga REMIX)

Philippe Cohen Solal - Afro Bolero feat. Angelique Kidjo & Mo Laudi (Daniel Haaksman remix)

Premiered for OkayAfrica on May 28th 2019. 
Check it out: https://www.okayafrica.com/the-busy-twist-remix-angola-luanda/
This previously unaired remix is part of our London Luanda Remix Series, out now on vinyl and digital. Grab it here: https://smarturl.it/LDN_LUANDA

London Luanda Remix Series

London Luanda Remix series

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[OKayAfrica Premiere] Africa Ritmo - Olha O Pica (The Busy Twist Remix) - London Luanda Part 4

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

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/album/2uom8Ewjm6vRRQP6F27wEY?si=r-YrWZAOSVy16mkzzVqoXA

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

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