I love this track as well as "Fraudian Slip" Well done Uproot Andy + Chief Boima xoxox

OHHHH MY GOOOSSSH I LOVE IT!!! YOU GAVE THIS SONG NEW LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Letting Go
01 Manaboo “Morpheen”
02 Thomas Fehlmann “Wasser Im Fluss” (Soulphiction Remix)
03 Langenberg “Alternative Rhythm” (Weisemann’s Gallop Rhythm)
04 Thomas Fehlmann “Berliner Luftikuss (Move D Remix)
05 Schwanbeck “I Don’t Understand” (Quantec Remix)
06 Estroe “Late Night Thinking”
07 Deetron “Collide”
08 Marko Furnstenberg “Without You” (Sven Weisemann Remix)
09 Quantec “Nabu”
10 Brendon Moeller “Wondering”
11 Vincent Watson “Re-Contact”
12 Jaglit Singh “Shloka”

mixed and compiled by Osunlade

Letting Go

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I was something like 19 when I first heard the fiery horns of Fela Kuti's "Lady" on my friend Nicolas' speakers in my neighbourhood of Paris. This was the exact time when I realized that some artists were making mind-blowing music in the Southern hemisphere. My first "convincing" introduction to African music, to non-Western sounds. I went straight to one of the Virgin Megastore of Champs-Elysées (which doesn't exist anymore - and that's why I'm telling this story), unstuck a €3 price tag from a cheap item and stuck it on a Fela vinyl box set. This box set contained 6 albums including ITT. The guitar riff of this tune has been stuck in my ear since then.This ITT remix is my contribution to Fela's 75th birthday celebration. Long live Fela!

(Mastered by Mr Bird)

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Fela Kuti - ITT (iZem Edit) - out on GAMM Records

Fela Kuti - Unknown Soldier (Jascha Hagen Remix)

***Vinyl release date 12th August***
Guadeloupe meets Detroit!
Esnard Boisdur is one of the great voices of Gwo Ka - the folkloric rhythm of Guadeloupe.
On the A Side Frankie Francis & Simbad flip hIs 1991 track 'Soufwans' (Sufferance) into a groove that combines hypnotic percussion and mournful vocals with Detroit-inspired synths and a rolling bassline. The B side stretches out for a deep deep dub.
Trust us this one is a monster on the dancefloor!

Soufwans EP (Excerpts) // Frankie Francis & Simbad

So I am starting a new challenge, this time "Melodic House", I wanna start sitting in the sun playing with some melodys on my ipad and then finishing the song in ableton. Lets see were it takes us the next couple of days. Much love. Greetings to all my music friends.

The First Light

An ode to Mamma Africa. We used to dance to this when we were kids.

Amampondo (Jono Ma Edit)- Miriam Makeba

Been working all day? Been sweating all week? Time to throw down the hammer and have a dansi time! 

In the spotlights: The irresistible dance music coming out of East Africa! Kenyan Benga, Congolese Rumba's, Muziki Wa Dansi from Tanzania, they all have something in common: Untamable Hi-hat samurai's, tireless guitar terriers, scattering songbirds forming a tidal wave of uplifting dance music. 

Umoja picked some their favorite songs & elements and went for a session to add some Umoja flavours. Keeping a wide range of tempo's and moods, there should be something for all your moves and moments. Put on your brightest socks, sprinkle some glitters and join the Dansi! 

Much love, 
Umoja

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Kakai Kilonzo - Mama Sofi (Umoja Edit)

Prince Nico Mbarga - Aki Special(afroqbano remix)

Femi Kuti - Scatta Head (Felix Tapes Edit)

Dropping early July on a Bastard Jazz 7" and digi-rls.
Big summer tune! 

DJ Center - Center's Groove (Captain Planet Remix) - Bastard Jazz 7"

From the sweltering tropical depths of Cali, Colombia Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s studio band Los Miticos Del Ritmo (The Mythics of Rhythm) return with an album of hip shaking, dancefloor quaking instrumental cumbias. Released on CD, LP and download on the 30th April. The LP is 100% analogue and comes with an original screen-printed front cover designed by the London based artist Lewis Heriz.

Assembled using vallenato and cumbia musicians living in Cali, Los Miticos del Ritmo are a 7 piece studio band put together by British musician, producer and now Colombian resident Will ‘Quantic’ Holland.

Covers of Queen’s ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop’, The Abyssinians reggae classic 'Satta Massagana'  and Gildardo Montoya’s ‘Fabiola’ (as featured on Soundway’s ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’ sit along side original cumbias on this feel good, house party cumbia LP.

Recorded in Will’s home studio in Cali, his approach was to produce an album with the aesthetics of 1960s tropical recordings made in Colombia and the Caribbean. Careful attention made to preserve the analogue quality of the recording at every stage.

‘The idea of the record was to record something that sounded like a lost cumbia classic,’ said Will in a recent interview with Soundway ‘Like something dug out of a Barranquilla basement after decades of humidity and dust. In a modern climate of mashups and sampling, it seemed refreshing to record something with musicians doing covers and approaching new ideas for cumbia, rather than rehashing old tricks.’

The record was recorded entirely on 4 track tape, using a process of overdubs and tape transfers to record multiple sessions at different times with different musicians. As Holland began to play the dub plates of the project in his DJ sets around the world, tracks like ‘Cumbia de Mochilla’ and ‘Another one Bites the Dust’ slowly became sure-fire dancefloor winners.

Los Mitcios Del Ritmo first saw the light of day on Quantic’s vinyl only EP ‘Hip Hop En Cumbia’, released last year through Tru Thoughts. The group includes Ancer Rada (percussion) grandson of the great Colombian accordionist Franscisco Pacho Rada, one of very first Colombian troubadours to tour unaccompanied with just his voice and accordion. The band is also compromised of Combo Barbaro regulars Fernando Silva (bass) and Freddy Colorado (percussion).

Since moving to Colombia in 2007 Will has slowly immersed himself in the musical history of the country. The much acclaimed ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’, a 55 track compilation of Colombian cumbia and porro released on Soundway in 2011, was the result of five years of field research from Will. Simply finding and compiling old records is not however in Will’s DNA. The research is more an education for Quantic the musician who has been learning accordion for close to five years now, even taking lessons from Colombian and Panamanian accordion masters such as Anibal Velasquez and Papi Brandao.

Los Miticos Del Ritmo sees Will as an accordionist for an entire long player for the first time and must be the first traditional cumbia record recorded on tape in Colombia for many years.

Los Miticos Del Ritmo - Otro Muerde El Polvo (Another One Bites The Dust)

Remix of the Kenyan classic

coming soon on vinyl on Sol Selectas

Sina Makossa Remix - Uproot Andy & Chief Boima

Lumbalù is a great band from Colombia. Here we remixed one of our favourite tracks in a dancehall vibe. We hope you enjoy the dance!

It´s out on the compilation "The Wonderwheel Spins 2012"
on Nickodemus´ Wonderwheel Records

... for more latin breaks & beats action check also my partners in crime:
http://soundcloud.com/los-chicos-altos
http://soundcloud.com/dj-andyloop

Kumatilanye (Los Chicos Altos feat. Andyloop & Voodoocuts Remix)

Out NOW digitally via Wonderwheel Recordings

Mobius Collective feat. Carmen Estevez - Gypsy Cab (Sujinho Moombahton Mix)

Premiered for OkayAfrica on May 28th 2019. 
Check it out: https://www.okayafrica.com/the-busy-twist-remix-angola-luanda/
This previously unaired remix is part of our London Luanda Remix Series, out now on vinyl and digital. Grab it here: https://smarturl.it/LDN_LUANDA

London Luanda Remix Series

London Luanda Remix series

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[OKayAfrica Premiere] Africa Ritmo - Olha O Pica (The Busy Twist Remix) - London Luanda Part 4

A simple slice of bumping Cadence Disco sounds for a happy dancefloor - a hit at recent Sofrito sessions...

Fanatik - Sofrito Cadence Disco Edit

WORLDWIDE TING • QUE BAJO FOUNDER • BUMPER TO BUMPER

Sina Makossa Remix - Uproot Andy & Chief Boima

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