A trip to Andalusia, just a few hours' drive from the recording studio in the Algarve. A small town called El Rocío, no streets, just sand. And horses, like in a Western movie. But it's so different, so unlike anything else. What makes El Rocío so unique is not only the picturesque village itself, but also the people and their way of life. In every bar and restaurant there is flamenco, palmas (hand clapping), acoustic guitars and that special kind of emotion that characterises the Andalusians. Music permeates everything: the Sevillanas Rocieras (a flamenco-inspired form of singing and dancing from Andalusia) that can be heard until dawn.
All these vibes shaped the sessions at the Bahama Studio and created this kind of... let's call it flamenco lounge.
‘El Rocío’ combines relaxed, atmospheric elements of chill-out with driving rhythms and beats of house music. All this, of course, and undoubtedly in the typical Bahama Soul Club sound with its unmistakable midas touch. Olé

Release: 15 August 2025
ISRC: DEKF30800200
EAN: 4260162630316
Catalog: BU025-01DIG
p+c 2025 Buyu-Records LC 18620

El Rocío 010725

Baila mi corazón

tu risa

¡Rico!

Cava de puros

Entre teclas y suspiros

Amor de ayer

Cuba con Tuba

No me ve

Bendito Dolor es una herida que habla: amor perdido, calle aprendida y fuego que no se apaga.
Un Latin street ballad con alma cubana, emoción cruda y sonido cinematográfico del bloque.
El3mendo — sentimiento firmado en concreto.

HIJO DEL FUEGO

Bendito Dolor

The Bahama Soul Club are a German-based group whose unique blend of soul, jazz, funk, blues, bossa nova, afro and Caribbean influences has firmly put them on the map of the black music scene as one of the most exciting contemporary outfits.

The band led by Oliver Belz started in 2005 under the former name of The Juju Orchestra. The first 45 double-sider was “Kind Of Latin Rhythm” / “Funky Nassau” released in 2006, which became a huge worldwide success, going straight to N.1 on the German Club Charts and staying there for more than 12 weeks. The following album “Bossa Nova Is Not A Crime” was released in 2007 with guest vocals from soul-jazz crooner Terry Callier, Carolyn Leonhart, from Steely Dan and the lovely Katia B from Sao Paulo, whose cut became a smash hit in the worldwide club jazz scene and again reached the official media control Jazz Charts #2.

In 2008 for legal reasons the band’s name was changed to Bahama Soul Club and their first album “Rhythm Is What Makes Jazz Jazz” was released, amazingly following up on the outstanding success of The Juju Orchestra. They definitely hit the mark once again with the incredible appearance of guests like french chanteuse Isabelle Antena from Nouvelle Vague and Mrs. Pat Appleton from DePhazz, with whom they also established a 9-piece live orchestra and played all the famous jazz festivals in Germany and many more elsewhere in Europe.

2010 marks the release of the second Bahama Soul Club album, “Bossa Nova Just Smells Funky” with guest singers Xantoné Blacq from Amy Winehouse Band, British shooting star John Turrell, Kojato and again Pat Appleton, just to name a few. It soon became the band’s biggest success with radio features on ALL german public radio stations and countless “CD of the month” / “Album of the year” features worldwide, along with many Chart entries. With this album BSC became one of the most important contemporary European Jazz projects and were finally invited to the big German Groove Festival in Sao Paulo/Brazil.

2013 sees the band release their third album, “The Cuban Tapes”, an exotic blend of Cuban rhythms and tropical flavors executed with the trademark Bahama Soul Club style. This full-length once again features a host of talented vocal guests such as Danay Suarez, Arema Arega & Telmary Diaz from the contemporary Cuban scene, 3 generations of american soul singers Bessie Smith, Spanky Wilson and Ruthie Foster, and Anna Luca from Club Des Belugas. With “The Cuban Tapes” there is no doubt Bahama Soul Club are officially claiming their rightful spot at the forefront of the club jazz scene  for many years to come!

The difference between BSC and other Nu-funk, Latin-Jazz,or Bossa projects? Bahama Soul Club is better! Simply put, it’s an original combination of afrolicious Bossa-Jazz with 60s Soul and 70s Funk. The positive vibes and contagious rhythms transcend boundaries, language and race, for a timeless sound that nobody can resist!
Jada Parolini - http://www.willwork4funk.com/portfolio/bahama-soul-club

Markus, Pixelkünstler, klangvolle Hände, Lichtblitze tanzen, Grenzen zerfließen. Farbenrausch, Rhythmen in Freiheit, Zeit verdreht, Bilder

EL3MENDO — HIJO DEL FUEGO
Afro-Cuban Hardcore Hip-Hop ⚡ Spanglish Boom-Bap 🔥 Trap-Mambo.
Born in the chaos between faith and hustle. Raised between batá drums and block sirens.
I mix Yoruba mysticism, New York boom-bap, and Miami street soul into sonic rituals.
Every verse is a rezo, every bar a brujo’s command.
⚡ From the block to the altar — welcome to the Fire Gospel.

#HijoDelFuego #AfroCubanRap #StreetRitual

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