Does this mean a new Populous album is on the way? :)

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Bacilah coqueta - DDD! & LRDLM

Free download here/aquí:

https://www.facebook.com/lostimbres/app_220150904689418

Los Timbres "Flute" - Superpendejos RMX (FREE DL in description)

Ghana Emotion by Omar exclusively remixed.

Omar - Ghana Emotion (Una Mas Trio Remix) - exclusive

Toto la Momposina Classico remezclado de Andrés Digital

Curura (Andrés Digital Remix)

Remix I did for crazy electro-pop duet Larytta from Lausanne, Switzerland. Out on Creaked Records.

https://soundcloud.com/larytta/
https://soundcloud.com/cloudcreaked

Itunes

Larytta - Something Good (Rafael Aragon RMX)[Creaked Records, 2016]

@nicolacruz

Caminho à Sintropia I

Emerging from mountains of fragments
the little gathering of the scatterlings,
a long and winding road,
on the way to Syntropy
travelling through a myriad of possibilities
dispersed matter accumulates into stars
towards an ever unveiling sonic system

artwork : Markus X Fiedler & Vo La

⬇ Download

Nicola Cruz - Elephant

Buy/stream 'Otun' now: montoya.lnk.to/otun

While the internet’s universality means once-inaccessible traditional and indigenous styles of music across the planet can be appropriated, sampled, and commodified with ease; it also means they can be integrated and celebrated, reflecting humanity’s idiosyncrasies as well as our shared communality. Montoya, recently signed to ZZK Records, personifies the very best of this musical globalism.

Montoya, who grew up in Colombia and now resides in Italy, entered music as a classically trained violinist. He’s keen to stress his gratitude for this adolescent education, not only in how it exposed whole new worlds of music, but permitted him travel places and sample different cultures from a young age, including playing at such renowned orchestra theaters as Gran Teatro de La Habana in Cuba and the Musikverein in Vienna. This classical upbringing naturally informed his inclusive, and methodically exacting, attitude to songwriting and production.

The pan-international musicality of his Montoya project is rooted in the musical diaspora of his native Colombia. This diaspora is vast; indigenous folk music hailing from Amazonian and Andean tribes; the cosmopolitan synthesis of modern reggaeton and traditional salsa taking place in Bogota and Medellin, and the Afro-Caribbean stylings of Cumbia and Champeta. Fusing the multi-layered precision of his classical education, his innate curiosity for Latin and “world” music, and affection for melodic electronica; his discography is at once ambitious and comfortingly familiar, as desirous of a catchy harmony as conceptual melding of Latin folk and modern electronics.

So far, under the moniker Montoya, he’s produced the stirring 2015 album Iwa and 2016 Ep Lux, where you can detect him refining his cooking skills of the indigenous and the electronic. He’s also remixed the gifted Ecuadorian Nicola Cruz’s pleasantly plodding “Cumbia del Olvido”, adding another layer of melody with a soothing string arrangement. Moreover he’s played Sonar Bogota and Musicbox Lisbon, and various European venues, but his latest album Otun looks set to both break him properly on the continent, and produce his best work so far; a fiery and flavourful gourmet dish, with British expat producer Richard Blair providing refinement as a proverbial sous chef.

On Otun, the breadth of Montoya’s influences and tastes is at its most striking; the dulcet techno hum of “La Pastora” is perforated by sprightly flutes and percussion, while lead single “Solo Quiero” deploys a languid reggaeton pattern beneath Bogota rising star Pedrina’s distorted, wilting croon anticipating a euphoric synthesiser-lead climax. The title track, featuring a sultry guest vocal from Nidia Gongora, is a fierce and vigorous club anthem, amplified by hissing synth pads and sordid breakbeats. Even a more straightforwardly techno track like “Tatacoa” is stylized with intoxicating Indian vocal samples, and more traditional folk selections like “Orun” still use an inobtrusive bassline drone. Montoya’s palette is simultaneously expansive and curious, yet coherent, with a steadily melodic electronic through-line running through Otun’s duration.

Montoya absolutely sustains ZZK’s pedigree of platforming the most exciting and inventive electronic artists from Latin America, joining the storied legacy already built by the likes of Nicola Cruz, Chancha Via Circuito, and King Coya. Whether it’s through the intricate patterns of his synthesisers or the analogue beauty of his violin, what unifies his instrumentation is the candid expression of Montoya’s experiences, ideas and dreams: “I want to feed me of all these emotions, composing and putting into music all that I’ve lived.”

Otun

Montoya - Hey Avi!!

From the album "Enter The San"
Release date: April 22, 2019
Artist: https://soundcloud.com/supersanmusic
Vinyl / Digital
Pre-order: http://bit.ly/Supersan_BC
Supersan is https://soundcloud.com/panamacardoon and https://soundcloud.com/misterkentro
Read more about them: http://bit.ly/Supersan_GC

Guitars on "Argalios" by P-Gial 
Keys by Kuppo 
Mixed by Kostas "PS.K" Psathas for DiggingSounds 
Mastered at The Exchange, London UK

"Argalios" is also on YouTube: http://bit.ly/Argalios_YT

Enter The San

★GET SOME INFO★

PREMIERE: SUPERSAN - Argalios

Buy: https://edmoonrec.bandcamp.com/album/bass-monks
Lascivio Bohemia: https://facebook.com/lasciviobohemiaec
Edmoon Records 2020, Quito-Ecuador.
https://facebook.com/edmoonrec

Lascivio Bohemia - La Libertad (2020 version)

Buy / Stream:

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2RBFuat
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3a58yh3
Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3en4lJ9

Bandcamp (Pre-Order LP): https://bit.ly/349B8M

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Populous, aka Andrea Mangia, is a DJ and producer hailing from Lecce, in Southern Italy, known for his global approach to music-making. “Soy Lo Que Soy”, the new single from his upcoming ‘W’ album, is a song about finding your true self. Populous teamed up with Mexico City digital cumbia mavens Sotomayor to portray the more femine side of his music. “Soy Lo Que Soy” is just that- being true to and embracing oneself on all levels, fusing strong dreamy melodies with deep synths and Latin beats. 

With a background in musicology, Populous has always been interested in disparate genres and styles of music, which is reflected in the output from the Populous project and its focus on Latin American sounds as refracted through a European lens. In 2003, Mangia made his first jaunt into the music world with the album ‘Quipo’ (via Morr Music), followed by ‘Queue For Love’ in 2005. Influenced by his reggae/hip-hop-infused surroundings (Lecce is known as Italy’s Jamaica, as reggae and dancehall are extremely popular there) he released ‘Drawn in Basic’ in 2008, which was well received by international critics, earning him a spot on the global dance music map. The 2010s have seen Mangia refine the Populous sound with albums like ‘Night Safari’ (Bad Panda Records) and ‘Azulejos’ (Wonderwheel Recordings), while also expanding his role as a sound designer for fashion houses such as Gucci, Vivienne Westwood, Isabel Marant, and Elie Saab, among others. 

‘W’ is out on Wonderwheel Recordings May 22nd.

Soy Lo Que Soy (SINGLE)

Buy / Pre-Order LP

Populous & Sotomayor - Soy Lo Que Soy

saudade 2020. (vibraçao comigo redux)

Available on vinyl, CD or digital formats: orcd.co/lillygoodparty2

Swiss DJ Alex Attias returns to BBE with a second helping of uptempo cuts, perfectly encapsulating his LillyGood Party! sound.

Founder of the recently revived Visions imprint, a long-time collector and a revered selector, Alex Attias is, before everything, a refined producer whose musical craft has seen him travel the globe, most notably with an extended stint in the birthplace of the bruk sound, London.

The tracks you’ll find on this compilation are all current favourites, or proven classics that have never left Alex's record box at the LillyGood Parties, a gathering Alex and his brother Stephane run in their hometown of Lausanne, Switzerland.

LillyGood Party! Vol.2 is another testament to Attias’ unswerving taste for smooth yet intricate, subtly layered yet deeply rooted dance compositions; some subtly edited for maximum dance-floor effect.

Featuring instantly recognisable names such as Louie Vega's Elements Of Life, Peven Everett and even Pharoah Sanders, LillyGood Party 2 also sheds light on some lesser-known artists, digging out some gems, buried deep across the jazz, disco and electronic musical strata.

Alex Attias presents LillyGood Party Vol. 2

Stacy Kidd feat Peven Everett - How Bad I Want Ya (GU Peak True Time Mix)

@gypsykumbiaorchestra - Pescador de aguas turbias 
from their new album Velkombak releasesd on May 15, 2020 and available here : 
https://gypsykumbia.bandcamp.com/album/velkombak

About the song:
This song is set to a traditional Afro-Colombian Bullerengue rhythm and orchestrated in a very delicate way. An homage to disappearing trades killed by modernity.  The lyrics were inspired by an encounter in 2005 in a former fishing town in northern Colombia, where Perditi met a fisherman weaving a net, worrying  about the few fish left in the area. During the  2014 GKO tour in Colombia, Perditi went out looking for the fisherman but he was long gone, the town swallowed by history, transformed into a tourist paradise.
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About the album Velkombak :

De Beyrouth à Chicago,
De Winnipeg à Rio Bravo,
de Antananarivo au Prado,
On est tous nés de la même eau

Velkom, GKO is Bak!

VelkomBak is the second album from Juno-nominated live touring sensation Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra (GKO). It features a dozen original compositions that greatly expands the musical palette of the band, with strong influences from India, the Andes, Quebec, Spain, Latin America and the Balkans, as well as other popular music styles such as ska, big-band jazz and funk. A uniquely Canadian recipe, connecting disparate cultures and traditions through the common thread of cumbia's rhythmic language. The songs on the album also support the storyline of the new choreographed and staged live show.VELKOMBAK

The music offers an original and intercultural kumbia, which is influenced by a variety of traditions to make the dancefloor shake, highlighting interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue by creating a world that calls for freedom, joy and mutual aid, and reflecting the bohemian diversity of Montreal.

Por el planeta y sus habitantes
Por el baile y la alegría
Por el bienestar y el porvenir

Para nuestros hijos, nuestras muchas familias y nuestra gran banda Girovaga que hace vivir la GKO!

¡VELKOMBAK! 
http://www.gkomusic.com/
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VelkomBak

Premiere | Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra - Pescador de Aguas Turbias

episode 4

the videos are on my youtube channel

instagram.com/imbenbeal

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FOR MADLIB AND FREDDIE GIBBS

This is our little label out of Brooklyn NYC. Homegrown music with lots of diversity for speakers EVERYWHERE! www.wonderwheelrecordings.com Alsarah and the Nubatones, Chancha Via Circuito, Nickodemus, El Búho, Thornato, Novalima, The Spy from Cairo, Gitkin, Populous & more...

Populous & Sotomayor - Soy Lo Que Soy

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