After our first single release by the Radioclit produced A.J.Holmes & The Hackney Empire, Ghetto Bassquake is back already with another hammer. Joining forces with our friends at Bersa Discos, we have teamed up to bring you the much awaited EP from Banana Clipz. Oro11 and Chief Boima are Banana Clipz, a project that began …
Monthly Archive for: "November, 2010"
It’s Wiley
If you’ve been following Wiley’s recent production excursions to Jamaica, you might have heard about a new riddim he’s voiced by JA based producer Dylan Powe aka Prodigal. Taking the bones of Wiley’s classic Eskimo riddim, Dylan fixes it up bashment fresh for the winter with some great bars from Wiley himself in the Showa …
Banana Clipz – Afro Latino feat. Los Rakas
We’re very excited about The Banana Clipz EP, a joint release with Bersa Discos next week. The whole EP is dropping here as a FREE download on Monday 29th November (preview all the tracks in Boima’s mini mix here). Banana Clipz is a production alliance between Bersa Disco’s Oro 11 and our own Chief Boima …
Wednesday at Ellas & Annual ASA
Tonight!, Uproot Andy, Saadi, myself, and others at a party called Wednesdays at Ella’s. Saadi put up a nice pre-party mix here. This weekend I’ll also be in the Bay Area for the African Studies Association Annual Meeting. I will be DJing the Saturday night wrap up party, so if you make it to the …
Banana Clipz Mega-Mini Mix
I have to say I am very excited that it is time for me to put this up: Banana Clipz Preview Mega-Mini Mix The mix is a teaser for the free Banana Clipz EP presented by Bersa Discos and Ghetto Bassquake, dropping two weeks from today on Novermber 29th. I’ve been waiting to do this …
Guyanese Space Disco
We didn’t need Womex to tell us that Soundways is one of the best labels around, for the past few years everything they’ve released has been pure fire (well done for winning the award by the way). They’re showing no signs of slowing down with the recent announcement that they’re soon to reissue Eddie Hooper’s …
El Fuerte
A few weeks ago Rupture was quite rightly bemoaning the lack of coverage the Cosmopolatino media were giving to the man with the world’s greatest voice, Omega. How things change in a short period of time as here he is co-hosting Alex Sensation’s weekly top 5 tropical countdown. It’s good to see Don Omar’s Danza …
Democracy in Haiti
Nomadic Wax has been growing impressively in the past few years. They started out by releasing a Senegalese Hip Hop compilation, and have since branched out into producing other albums, films, and events of various kinds. One of the most impressive projects they’ve started is the Democracy in… series that began around elections in Dakar. …
Van Sertima: New York City
Attorney Street is in New York’s Lower East Side. It’s also a web address where you can get up on the latest New York oriented dance tracks, fashion, photography, and even poetry. This Thursday I will have the privilege to play along side curators of said street, who also are a rap and DJ crew …
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