Artist: A.A.V.V.
Title: Earth, Wind & Funk Vol.2 / Pt.2
Cat.#: SMS037-2
Format: 12''

Samosa Records comes at you with all the elements for Earth, Wind & Funk Vol. 2 – a succulent double slice of vinyl heaven! 

DeGama unlocks his ReGroove toolkit for A1 – Leslie Lello’s house stomper ‘R U Doing’.  The bass does all the talking before a glorious synth arrangement washes over your ears. The filtered, soaring, time stretched breakdown will have you in raptures. Pure late night dance floor territory, ‘R U Doing’ is simply relentless. 

Frank Virgilio gets his ‘Juice’ flowing for track A2. A fusion of furious acid style synth bass, rolling beats, organ stabs and bongos, ‘Juice’ doesn’t waste any time at all in revealing all of its glory. There’s so much goodness going on in this track – no less than the glorious, uplifting  tribal vocal that weaves its way in and out.

A3 gives a reprise of Leslie Lello’s ‘R U Doing’ with the original cut making a welcome appearance on the disc. All the ingredients are here – tight bongo led rhythm, gorgeous sequenced synth and driving bass. ‘R U Doing’ is one of those smile inducing tunes that lights up the floor, be that sunset or sunrise. 


On the B-side of this Part.2 we return to the company of Dirty Elements & Drunk Drivers with ‘Hey You’ and another DeGama Re-Groove. Coming in at 124pm, ‘Hey You’ leads you up the piano dazzler path – a pounding, funk fuelled story set in the big city after midnight with no cabs home available. 

On  B2 Iberian groove master Javi Frias bakes all his funk in one big pie with ‘The Big Dance’. At a heady 128bpm, ‘The Big Dance’ wastes no time in setting its stall out. Javi’s recipe is electric, elaborate and fast-paced – oodles of bongos, laser beams and a disco bass to die for, ‘The Big Dance’ does exactly what it says on the tin.  


In Earth, Wind & Funk Vol. 2 Samosa Records has produced a stunning double slab release, featuring a good mix of some of the label’s most prolific artists and some welcome newcomers.

Ste Hendry [Black Light Disco]

A1. Leslie Lello - R U Doing (De Gama Re-Groove) [SNIPPET]

Here is a special mixtape focusing on Brasilian music featuring some soon-to-be released remixes I made, as well as edits and remixes of classics samba and mpb songs by producers I love, A 90mn trip between classic and contemporary Brasilian rhythms. Beleza :)

Free Dwnld

Vibes4YourSoul Brasil Special Mixtape

Here are 3 Brazilian remixes I did for Portuguese label Tropicana Records. You can get them for free on their BandCamp page : https://tropicanarecords.bandcamp.com/album/baiana-vibes4yoursoul

The first track is a remix from one of my favorite contemporary Brasilian musician, Rogê, "Existe Uma Voz".
The second is a revisit of a 1975 track from Alcione, "Este Mundo Tem..;".
The third is a remix of legendary singer Clara Nunes 1971 samba song "Ê baiana". 

Enjoy :)

Baiana Ep (Tropicana Records)

Brewdi

Bottles Up

Straight to the point (delfonic edit)

PWYL https://thesecretsoulsociety1.bandcamp.com/track/not-feeling-the-war

not feeling the war - secret soul society

The Corsican Brothers are back with more dancefloor edits with their new Good Times Ep. The 102 BPM disco-chug of 'Red Hot', is a revision of a glassy-eyed, dub disco bass-propelled gem from the early 1980's. 

Red Hot - MOBB06  (preview - out now on JunoDL)

Taoshi 1 (Feat. Alex 🎷, 1/2 Volvax 🎹)

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Tambour Trinité By Bongo Percu - Mafaté (Kazamayé Afro Maloya Short play)

Foxxy-Chillin' in the Sky

Monologues boss Ben Gomori has found acclaim far and wide with his official edits of African gems for labels like Sterns Music and Analog Africa (for artists including Orchestra Baobab, Amadou Balake, Oby Onyioha). Here he rounds up four of his reworks of tasty tracks from artists across the Afro-Caribbean spectrum on four edits licensed from the good folk at Mr. Bongo, Soundway Records and Analog Africa.

South African legends Marumo's joyous 'Khomo Tsaka Deile Kae' gets a good juicing, full of triumphant energy, while Black Truth Band's infectious 'Umbala' is stripped back to a slinky, bumping disco groove. An exuberant slice of 1980s Camerooon comes from Emmanuel Kahe Et Jeanette Kemogne on 'Ye Medjuie', where rousing trumpet refrains meet undulating bass funk. Peter Britto's gorgeous lo-fi soca anthem 'I Want Your Love' rounds off the package, its sweet melancholy given an extra bit of energy for maximum dancefloor effect.

Support comes from the likes of Gilles Peterson, The Blessed Madonna, Make A Dance and Tigerbalm.

Grab the 12 here:
https://bengomori.bandcamp.com/album/monologues-edits-ben-gomoris-afro-caribbean-selections

G. Markus - G-Edits #1

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SB PREMIERE : Black Truth Rhythm Band - Umbala (Ben Gomori's M'Bala Edit)

Corsican Brothers | Blunted Funk | Madrone SF 2009 - 2021
10/11  - Make It Funky w/ E-Live @ Folklore
11/01 - MIF w/ Anthony Mansfield + Tom Hoch
11/13 - Verve SF

Sneak-E Pete has been DJing and producing music since the late 90's, starting with hosting the legendary Triple X underground parties in Upstate NY. He co-founded the record label Blunted Funk w/ Scottie B and held numerous residencies in NYC and SF, hosted the Sick Moves show on Samurai.FM, and opening for artists such as I:Cube, Idjut Boys, Tim Love Lee, Dj Craze, and Biz Markie. 

In more recent years, he's dove back into remix work as 1/2 of the Corsican Brothers for labels including Whiskey Disco, Green Gorilla Lounge, and Mile High House.