super work as usual🫡 It Will be on bandcamp soon?

Found this soca album at Flashback Records last week and teamed up with Merchant to shake up the arrangement a bit. Hope you like it! :-)

Check out their page for some amazing edits as well: @merchantrecordslondon

Are U Ready (Merchant & Tracksuit Edit)

Wade Duncan - I've Got To Love (The Square Sun Edit)

8 year anniversary collection.  thanks to :

Francois Feldman - J'ai Peur (Tucan Discos Edit)

Introducing the second release on our label: Sentinel Island Disco - Soca Jams.

**Full Liner Notes and booklet with images are included in the Vinyl Release only**

We’ve worked almost 3 years to bring these lost and obscured recordings back into the limelight, ensuring that the talent and legacy are preserved for generations to come.

We hope you’ll enjoy and love this music so dearly as we do and that you share it with dancefloors worldwide!

Love,
Coco & Barney

Compiled by Sentinel Island Disco
Licensing & liner notes by Barney Graman
Remix (A1) and edits (B1) by Sentinel Island Disco
Mastering (all tracks) by Sergey Luginin
Vinyl restoration by Michel van der Meer (A1,B2)
and Sergey Luginin (A2, B3).
Artwork and design by Mirjam Debets

Special thanks to: Loughton B. Sargent, Alvin Phillip, Huntley Vassel, Matteo Fava, Peter Humphrey, Bill Spencer, Michel van der Meer, Bernadette Michaud, Gary from Invisible City Records, Harry James, Callum Duff, Jeremy Spellacy, Mirren, Dario Smagata, Sarah Bekkering as well as Gertie Teunissen & Jeroen Vink.

Snippet from Liner notes:

"The birth of a music genre is often attributed to a few lucky rebels or musical geniuses who dared challenging the status quo and inspired thousands others in doing so. Lord Shorty’s re-invention of calypso music in the 1970’s was no different, changing the musical landscape forever. With his imposing height of almost 2 meters, Trinidadian born ‘Shorty’ was devoted to (musically) unite the African and Indian cultures, the two major ethnic groups on Trinidad & Tobago. By fusing calypso with Indian rhythms and instruments, or chutney music, he created an exciting new musical hybrid and called it Sokah. As a true Calypsonian, Shorty felt this new sound could well be the answer to Jamaica’s reggae that started overshadowing Trinidad’s calypso at the time. Little did he know that the energetic and syncopated off-beat drum rhythm had far more in store than that.

Sokah, now soca, stands for The Soul of Calypso. It drew its inspiration from many different musical genres such as reggae, latin and zouk which were also airing in Port of Spain and Bridgetown, as well as soul, disco and house ruling in New York, Toronto and London. This influence from different styles and places across the Caribbean, African and Indian diaspora played a big part in soca's growth and success, while popular artists such as Arrow, Machel Montano, Brother Resistance, Lord Nelson and Super Blue helped shape and popularize the genre further in the 80's and 90’s. Even more, it led to soca leaving its mark on new genres such as reggaeton, dancehall, afro house and even EDM. Once you start paying attention, you'll find the soca rhythm along with the steelpan sound everywhere, and rightly so.

Dozens of specific soca styles emerged too. From the early chutney and steelband soca to parang, rapso and many other so-called crossovers. These sub-genres were as much a display of soca’s malleability as it was attesting to its distinctive sound and artistic creativity of its makers. Soon, faster BPM’s started making their entry with Jump & Wave and a whole new generation of artists took the genre to global popularity with smooth R&B flavored groovy soca.
"

B1   Image Band — Don't Give Up (Sentinel Island Edit)

MTT Explorations is our new series of free tracks to promote emerging artists.
We are starting with "Fiesta Del Sol", a superb balearic house tune, by Issam Dahmani, a DJ, producer and record collector based in Italy.

Please show some support to the artist :
https://soundcloud.com/issam-dahmani-589503580
https://www.instagram.com/issamdahmani10

Free DL

Issam Dahmani - Fiesta Del Sol (Free DL)

Here's Safe Injection VA!!

This time, the edit series 'Safe Injection' brings 4 edits from homies Orion Aggasi, RPDD, Slowlife and Tucan Discos. Based on 8-90s Dance Music with their tastes, Funky, Looping, Balearic, Soulful House tracks will be the appropriate weapons for your dance floor. 

Huge thanks to the artists, especially Orion Aggasi for the mastering and the artwork!

Hope you enjoy with this;)

Que Sera Sera - You Dont Know (Slowlife Edit)

JM Harmony - Ti Beg (The Square Sun Edit)

I'm a big fan of the old-school sound. I love it when I get results like this. I can say it's one of my favorite tracks of this year. A little acid, a pumped-up bass, some strings, shiny bells, stabs, and a vocal that transports you back in time.

Get your copy here: 
https://www.traxsource.com/title/2580247/the-diva

Enjoy it here:
https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/1nqddEyU73Ui2Z6TGtKOIw?si=c5f388b32b544a59

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Craftsmanship - The Diva (Original Mix)

Guarana

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Reece Daines - Rocket Fuel (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Artist: Prêntice
Album: Você Ainda Mora Em Mim / Sou Louco
Release date: 1984
Label: RCA Victor

Prêntice - Sou Louco [Brazil, 1984]

DIGGING PLATFORM I ARTIST I LABEL I EVENTS

Released music on:
Rush Hour, Martino Edits, Tropical Heritage, Saudedits, Love Edit

JM Harmony - Ti Beg (The Square Sun Edit)

The Square Sun

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