@mael-outernational with the big tunazos !

Tropical Corner

Celebrating Mokomizik Records' first release, this wicked vinyl mixtape complements an interview, and intro to the label's re-issue of the phenomenal Panamanian musician Alonso Wilson's one and only LP from 1961: "the Winsor Style & Calypso Impressions".

Interview, links, and plenty more info @ https://theasymetrics.com/blog/label-story-2-mokomizik/

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Interview & Release

Asymetrics Present: Mokomizik - Dusty Latin Grooves

Forty Five Kings collective boss Mr Lob graced the Asymetrics with an exclusive 45s selection !

Read Mr Lob's interview here: https://theasymetrics.com/blog/mr-lob-mi-swing-es-tropical/

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INTERVIEW

Asymetrics Present: Mr Lob - Mi Swing Es Tropical

Panama Papers Vol. 3

Third set for "Panama Papers" : Asymetrics series dedicated to Panama-based DJs and record collectors... enter Necar !

Diego Varela, known as Necar, is a Panamanian musician and record collector who has been digging in the country and beyond for over 20 years. 
He is also one of a handful of die-hard Panamanian music collectors  and made this one special for the Asymetrics, showcasing some of the best and rarest tunes Panama had to offer in the 60s and 70s, LISTEN !

TRACKLIST:

1. Panama Esta Bueno y Ma - Los Exagerados
2. Todo Fue Un Sueño - Máximo Rodriguez y Sus Estrellas Panameñas
3. Retazo - Nacho Molino y Su Conjunto
4. Afro Mambo - Freddy y Sus Afrolatinos
5. Eso No Es Na - Quintanar y Su Clan Sonero
6. Guaguancó del Solar - Los Salvajes del Ritmo
7. Caridad - Los Flamantes
8. Sacule El Mongo - Orquesta La Ofensiva De Colaquito Cortez
9. Tumbando Caña - Conjunto Nuevo Bella Luna
10. Taolé - Chalino Nieto y Su Conjunto Primavera
11. La Murga de Panamá - Osvaldo Ayala Con Su Conjunto Ritmos Santeños
12. Piculina - Chilo Pitty y Su Conjunto Sentimiento Campesino
13. De Ti Estoy Enamorado - Papi Brandao y Su Conjunto
14. El Chaparro - Fito Espino y Su Conjunto Aires Istmeños
15. Urraca - La Crema Latina
16. Timba Timbero - Bolita y Su Tentación
17. Son Eco - Jackie Cardoze
18. Con La Mano En La Biblia - Panama Brass
19. Rio Abajo Beat - George De Leon

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Panama Papers Vol. 3 - Necar

100% Vinyl - Salsa classics with percussive descargas on a cosmic tip!

*Tracklist:

Enrique Lynch - La Quinta de Beethoven
Ricardo Ray & Bobby Cruz - Mi Amigo Sebastian
Chihuahua All Stars - Coco de Agua
Tito Puente - Salsa y Sabor
Ray Barretto - Indestructible
Orchestra Harlow - Rumbambola
Fruko y Sus Tesos - Pobre Nací
Bush y Sus Magnificos - La Chola Calderona
The Lebron Brothers - Las Piedras Cantan

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Mash Masters - Negro Remix (Laurel Aitken, Damien Marley & Soulja Boy)

Mash Masters - Negro Remix

We are paying tribute to the « marvelous » multi-instrumentalist and salsa producer Larry Harlow. A real giant of New York Latin music, he has played in more than 50 albums and produced hundreds… His music is history !

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*** Tracklist ***

01 - Orchestra Harlow - La Juventud (Fania - 1965 - Larry Harlow)
02 - Frankie Dante, Orquesta Flamboyan, Larry Harlow - My Daddy's Farm (Cotique - 1972 - Frankie Dante)
03 - Orchestra Harlow - Voy Para La Luna (Fania - 1969 - Hugo Gonzalez)
04 - Orchestra Harlow - Groovin' To The Afro- Twist (Fania - 1967 - Harvey averne, Marty Sheller)
05 - Orchestra Harlow, Ismael Miranda - Mi Guajira Si (Fania - 1968 - Bobby Valentin)
06 - Orchestra Harlow, Ismael Miranda - Abran Paso (Fania - 1971 - Ismael Miranda) 
07 - Orchestra Harlow - Con Dulzura (Fania - 1970 - Charlie Palmieri)
08 - Orchestra Harlow - Tribute to arsenio (Fania - 1971 - Larry Harlow, Ismael Miranda)
09 - Jose "Cheo" Feliciano - Anacaona (Vaya - 1971 - Curet Alonso)
10 - Orchestra Harlow, Ismael Miranda - La Oportunidad (Fania - 1972 - Curet Alonso)
11 - La Conquistadora - Candela (Vaya - 1972 - Carlos Berrios, Ernie Agosto, Willie Cintron)
12 - Toro - Going To Borinquen (1975 - Coco - Felix "Pito" Tollinchi, Hilton Collazo)
13 - Wuelfo - Hechicera Tu (1974 - Inca - Ismael Miranda)
14 - Orchestra Harlow, Ismael Miranda - No Hay Chance (1976 - Fania - Ruben Blades)
15 - Orchestra Harlow - Roncona (1978 - Fania - Miguelito Valdez)
16 - Orchestra Harlow - Bobo Tu Te Quedaras (1980 - Fania - Chuito Santiago)
17 - Belmonte and His Afro Latin 7 - Wachi Wada (1977 - Philips - Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie)
18 - Orchestra Harlow – Rumbambola (1979 - Fania - Noro Morales)
19 - Larry Harlow - Un Tipo Liberado (A Liberated Guy) (1981 - Coco - Rosa Soy)

Asymetrics Present: Mikael El Rojo - Tribute to Larry Harlow, Salsa Giant !

With his stage name coming from his love of late 60s Jamaican deejay U-Roy and his light skin, U-Brown began his deejaying career as the 1970s dawned. In the mid-70s he began working with major producer Bunny Lee, and soon got a chance to deejay on King Tubby's Hi-Fi. U-Brown's hyped-up version of U-Roy jive-saturated talkover style sounded great over the heavy dubs mixed by Tubby, and he ended up deejaying many of the top sounds in Jamaica from 1970 to 1985. He's continued to deejay and produce ever since.

In-between a few gigs with French sound system Soul Stereo, he came to the Paris DJs studio in december 2014 to cut a few new tracks with producer Grant Phabao, starting with the neo-classic 'Mr. DJ Let The Music Play', recorded on one of Phabao's biggest riddims, the 'Honey' one he had build over the Erykah Badu's hit of the same name. With its dynamic skanking and shoutouts the tune has been rocking the discerning dancehalls those last few months, getting even picked by DJ Craig Charles (BBC6) as one of the Biggest Funk and Soul Stompers from 2015!

U-Brown's unmistakeable deejay flow with a stylistic debt to the deejay godfather U-Roy is a delectation to hear voiced and mixed with Grant Phabao at the controls once again on this follow-up single: a heavy, bubbling, slow and fat, masterful one drop riddim from the Parisian producer, on which the veteran deejay lays a a deep and sensual rub-a-dub toast. Hopefully both tunes will end up on a lovely 7 inch vinyl, in the 'Vinyl Is Good For You Vol.2' boxset of 45s Paris DJs has started working on...

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Buy on Bandcamp

Grant Phabao & U - Brown - Rub A Dub Inna Di Dancehall

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Prince Fatty Meets The Mutant Hifi in 'Return of Gringo!' is the fevered and frontal lobe-damaged brainchild of Nick Coplowe (The Mutant Hifi) and Mike Pelanconi (Prince Fatty), the result of years of plotting, planning, laughing and procrastinating. Put simply, it is a surf/ska/spaghetti western soundtrack album for a film that is yet to be made. Think Dick Dale jamming with the Skatalites with Morricone at the helm, including appearances from Alessandro Alessandroni (the original spaghetti western whistler) and you're in the right section at the record store, although it is possibly a very small section.
As Steve Barker (on the wire) said about a previous Mutant Hifi release 'it's refreshing to hear a record which fits so badly into any genre'……..
It's a quick draw shootout in a mexican standoff, pitting hard hitting ska against ripping surf riffs and outlaw bandito brass, the cold anarchic freedom of the wild west seen through a lomographic lens where the hot sun and scorching sand make sure that only the toughest survive, leaving their enemies to the flies, the prairie dogs and the vultures. It is the son of a thousand fathers, every one of them a bastard. Every gun sings it's own tune.
There are two kinds of people in this world………
Mike 'Prince Fatty' Pelanconi is well known for his productions over many years, from Acid Jazz to Lilly Allen via The Pharcyde and Graham Coxon as well as his own Prince Fatty recordings and most recently Hollie Cook and, with the Mutant Hifi, the 'Battle For Seattle' Nirvana Reggae covers up featuring Little Roy. A staunch defender of live analog music production, his keen nose sniffs out the best grooves and cooks them to perfection with a sound that has just the perfect blend of retro flavours and fresh spices.
Nick 'Mutant Hifi' Coplowe is known for his work for many years for the On-U Sound label, producing the likes of Asian Dub Foundation, Dub Syndicate, African Head Charge, Mark Stewart and Little Axe, in his guise as Adrian Sherwood's right hand man. A long time love of instrumental surf music, as well as Russian and Jewish folk melodies shape his musical world along with his love of ska, dub and reggae. He is a musical pervert, and proud of it.
No horses were spared in the making of this motion picture soundtrack.

Available on CD, LP and download on Mr Bongo


Prince Fatty Meets The Mutant HiFi - Black Powder

George Clinton - U Ain't Runnin Shit (Grant Phabao Skank)
(12" virtual release/MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com), 2006-07-18

Tracklisting :
A1. George Clinton - U Ain't Runnin Shit (Grant Phabao Skank)

Info :
FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY - NOT FOR SALE
Original version available on the album "How Late Do U Have 2b B4 Ur Absent"
Official George Clinton website : www.georgeclinton.com
Official Grant Phabao website : www.grantphabao.com

Credits :
(G. Clinton, Que Bo Gold, Kool Ace, Jazze Pha, Little Blunt)
Tick Free Music/Copyright Control
Producer : G. Clinton
Vocals: G. Clinton, Que Bo Gold, Kool Ace, Jazze Pha, Little Blunt
Instruments: Blackbyrd McKnight (guitar)
All other additional instruments : Grant Phabao

Remix produced by Grant Phabao (T.I.M.E.C.)
Artwork by Djouls

George Clinton - U Aint Runnin Shit (Grant Phabao)

Vocals by Daphne BlueBird 
Guitar Looping & Arrangements by Alekos Georgoulopoulos

Contact us: daphne.msbluebird@gmail.com
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Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at The Cave by Kostas Ekelon
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Daphne BlueBird & Alex Georgoulopoulos (GuitarLoop) - Night Nurse (Gregory Isaacs)

Kabanjak has been exploring genres of all sorts of design that pull from hip-hop, electronica, reggae and soul to create some of the most forward-thinking music to come out of Europe. Stepping out this time as a one-man band, the musician has orchestrated a new work which employs all of his talents as a producer of up-to-the-minute sounds.  
 
Kabanjak’s latest solo venture, Dubs and Downs, strips his collective influences down to the lone elements of reggae and dub. Largely instrumental, the EP opts for tempos that are never disturbed beyond the fuss of a soft, tropical breeze. Dubs and Downs evokes the gritty living of coastal life and takes its cues from reggae’s most diverse spectrum; everyone from Lee “Scratch” Perry and King Tubby to Augusto Pablo and Sugar Minott can be referenced.  
 
With only a spare seven tracks, Kabanjak manages some truly sultry gems. “Home Again” (featuring Til Schneider), an undulating groove of equatorial heat, is accented with horns that are drawn across the number with painterly, breezy streaks. “Everything is Alright”, which features on the EP in three different versions (each one a slight variation in groove and melody), adds chunk and heft to its rhythm, the hollows of its groove filling up with the resonance of deep bass. 
 
Keeping the corners of these structured rhythms stone-tight, Kabanjak allows ample room for a flush of blue melody to expand within the perimeters. Some of reggae’s most pronounced elements are found here (prominent use of the melodica features throughout) and Dubs and Downs employs a judicious mix of one-drop and steppers, styles given fresh designs through the producer’s impressive arrangements. 
 

 
 
On the EP’s most strident cut, “Boomdraw”, guest Amlak Redsqaure offers a honeyed toasting that slightly roughens the otherwise smooth flow of this organic Reggae. The same number appears yet again as an instrumental to allow a closer listen at all the smaller nuances that go unnoticed behind Redsqaure’s cavernous vocal. 
 
It is perhaps opening number “More Love” which sums up this experience of unperturbed, island living, the untouchable calm in both the waves of the sea and sand. Echoing with the colours of twilight, the number perfectly sets the bar high for club-driven reggae, and is delivered by a well-known name in underground music culture.  
 
 
 
Tracklist: 
 
01. More Love 
02. Boomdraw feat. Amlak Redsquare 
03. Everything is Alright 
04. Home Again feat. Til Schneider 
05. Everything Is Alright (Alternate Take) 
06. Boomdraw (Instrumental) 
07. Everything Is Alright (No Melodica)

Dubs & Downs

Kabanjak - Dubs & Downs (snippet - mix)

“Forged in the fire of the legendary Easy Now Sessions where Hip Hop and Roots meet, comes a record label focused on sizzling Reggae Mashups..."

Kicking off our new series of Easy Edits is a fresh feel-good reggae edit from DJ Maars, with a Tom showtime bringing the heat on the flip with his trip hop re-vision of an absolute classic... wax guaranteed to nice up the dance!

Hand cut in Melbourne, strictly limited press... get em' while they're hot!

Easy Edits: Vol.1 (Ltd Edition 7" Vinyl)*OUT NOW!!*

Bounty Killer / Alozade / Cutty Ranks / Cypress Hill / Merciless

Monetrik 
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Xavier Cugat "Mambo Gordo"
(Xavier Cugat and his orchestra - Mambo at the Waldorf (1955)

re-up - 2012

Mambo Grodo (Monetrik)- Bounty Killer / Alozade / Cutty Rank / C. Hill / Merciless ***DCMJr Refix***

Krakowski - Skabotage

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