12" vinyl available from www.sofrito.co.uk

A1: Dionisio Maio – Corpim Sabe (Alma Negra Edit)
B1: Bulimundo – Santo Antòni La Belèm (Hide & Smile Edit)
B2: Os Kings – Minino Na Tchora

Musical collisions in the Atlantic!
Sofrito kicks off the new Island Series with a celebration of the vital dancefloor sounds of Cape Verde – a mixture of local Funana and Coladeira rhythms, Batuque percussion and psychedelic disco synths.

Musical collisions in the Atlantic!
Sofrito kicks off the new Island Series with a celebration of the vital dancefloor sounds of Cape Verde – a mixture of local Funana and Coladeira rhythms, Batuque percussion and psychedelic disco synths.

Hailing from the island of Sao Vicente and originally released in the early 80s, Dionisio Maio’s anthemic Corpim Sabe is stretched into a 12” mix by the Alma Negra collective – bringing the thumping bassline to the fore and tweaking the piano-led groove into a slice of cosmic Coladeira-disco perfection.

On the flip the dynamic Hide & Smile duo (aka Frankie Francis & Miles Cleret) splice an early track from trailblazing Santiago-based group Bulimundo into a percussive workout that prefigures the sounds of Kuduro and Coupé Decalé.
Os Kings (from the island of Sao Vicente) complete the EP with an ode to struggling youth, anchored by sweet guitars and a slick bassline.

Fact fans:
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island chain situated 500 km off the coast of Senegal. Uninhabited before Portuguese colonization in the 15th century, the country was a staging post for the transatlantic slave trade and occupies a unique cultural position between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.
There are large Cape Verdean communities in Paris, Lisbon, Rotterdam and Boston and as a result the music of the French Caribbean (in particualr zouk) is extremely influential.
Extra fact:
One of the most popular drinks in Cape Verde is a pint of gin and tonic.

Sofrito Island Series: Sound of Cape Verde // O Som de Cabo Verde EP

Featured on forthcoming album 'Refab', a collection of remixes and new material to be released on Agogo Records, November 24th.

Pre-order I Tunes:  http://geni.us/Refab

http://www.agogo-records.com/artists/da-lata/
http://www.dalatamusic.com

Fabiola is available available on CD/LP & Digital
Amazon: http://amzn.to/ZtqYne
Juno Records: http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Da+Lata/



Da Lata ft. Mayra Andrade - Unknown (Marc Lee Brown Remix)

Super Mama Djombo - Assalariado

Boy Ge Mendes Cumba Letu ( St. Germain Remix )

Merengue - Tulipa Negra

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Spotify - http://bit.ly/Pra2-Spotify
Apple Music - http://bit.ly/Pra2-iTunes

I made this song back in march 2015 while I was working on my debut album 'Atlas'. I've been a fan of Mayra Andrade's work for a long time, so when the opportunity came for me to get in the studio with her I had to grab it like my life depended on it. I called Kalaf to come help us with the words and all together we came up with the concept in less than 24 hours. It wasn't part of the album because I wasn't fully happy with my production work, but after a while I picked it up again and was able to put together something that sounded a lot more interesting to me.

You can have a look at the session on the Lisbon episode of my web-series 'Atlas Unfolded', now on Youtube: https://youtu.be/k4U6VL9hUZs
 
‘ATLAS Expanded’ also includes remixes from Enchufada artists such as Dotorado Pro, Siete Catorce, Ckrono & Slesh and Rastronaut, but also from our extended friends and family such as Jumping Back Slash, Max le Daron and STAS.

Out Soon on Enchufada
www.enchufada.com

ATLAS Expanded

Reserva Pra Dois

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Branko & Mayra Andrade - Reserva Pra Dois

Taken from "Antilles Series Vol.2 - Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe - Best of - Enko on ti tou". Compiled by Franck Descollonges & Hugo Mendes (Sofrito)for the 50 anniversary of the mythic band from Guadeloupe.

Available on Digital :
Itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1094771502
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/albu/0e6fiYzRBgc5PHoKTw3KLd
Qobuz : http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/best-of-enko-on-ti-tou-les-vikings-de-la-guadeloupe/3663729006776

CD/LP available :

http://www.heavenly-sweetness.com/boutique/best-of-enko-on-ti-tou-229639

Production: Heavenly Sweetness

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Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe - Ambiance Vikings

2017 will see the release of Omar's long awaited 8th studio album, “Love In Beats”. Arguably his most eclectic and varied album to date, this will firmly cement Omar's enviable reputation as a truly unique and gifted artist.
Recorded mostly in Omar's own Backayard Studios in South London with his brother (Grammy award winning The Scratch Professer), “Love In Beats” is a career defining album that beautifully demonstrates Omar's unique voice, along with his skills as a multi-instrumentalist and producer.
More eclectic than previous albums, “Love In Beats” incorporates Soul, Caribbean rhythms, an undercurrent of Funk, touches of Zouk, a Jazzy Waltz and spoken word. It also features collaborations with U.S. Soul legend Leon Ware, Robert Glasper (Blue Note), U.S. rapper Ty, Guadeloupean singer Jean-Michele Rotin, U.K. soulstress Natasha Watts, The Floacist and the Cape Verdean born, Paris based singer Mayra Andrade
“This is album is labour of love between myself and my brother… Powerful songs over mesmerising beats in the evolution - that is Omarmusic and Brothers sound, it is truly “Love in Beats” Omar Lyefook, MBE

Stevie Wonder, Angie Stone, Syreeta Wright, Common, Estelle, Incognito Bluey Maunick,
Erykah Badu, Carleen Anderson, Caron Wheeler, Leon Ware, India Arie, Lamont Dozier, Zed Bias,
Pino Palladino, Roger Sanchez, Guru & Jazzmatazz, Maddslinky, Kele le Roc, Mario Biondi... All share one thing in common; they are all collaborators, fans and admirers of Omar, a British Soul Music pioneer.

Love In Beats

Omar - Déjà vu featuring Mayra Andrade

Edit of the magical Conjunto África Negra,
this edit is Part of the 'Radio Mawimbi Volume 1' compilation which you can download trough: https://wearemawimbi.bandcamp.com/album/radio-mawimbi-volume-1

Radio Mawimbi

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Africa Negra - Cumamo Bivalemo (UMOJA Edit)

10 Berimbau (Mayra Andrade & Trio Mo

My rework (and homage) of a track by one of the best african bands, Os Tubarões from Cabo Verde.

Omar - Déjà vu featuring Mayra Andrade

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