Two great compilations of recently unearthed Central American music that I picked up at Rough Trade. Firstly Panama! is a collection of latin, calypso and funk from the little country that invented reggaeton. Latin heat thats much needed in the winter months. Los Fabuloso Festivals – El Mensaje (Z-share) Secondly, not far away Belize City …
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Valentine’s day Smash up
Here’s some new stuff I’m loving at the moment. Those horn stabs are just relentless and the beat almost turns into jungle in places. I played this out last weekend and it sounded amazing. Juelz Santana – Santana’s town ( Ghislain Porier mix )(Zshare) Drop the lime makes a sweet Shakira Shakira sampling banger. Its …
For the Calles
Getting into baile funk and reggaeton has led me to other crazy latin stuff that I know very little about, other than its banging and probably comes from somewhere obscure and palmfringed where they drink rum all day, party all night and don’t have to work in raining south London. People sometimes ask me where …
Funk in Public
Portugal based DJ and producer Rui de Janeiro has been making baile funk for a few years now. He is one of the few producers outside of Rio that is making the real funk business. He travels to Rio regularly to catch up on funk carioca action. I had a little chat with him. VAMANOS …
Don’t mess with Kuduro
Holding it down in Canada, Guillaume and the Ivory Temple crew on the great Masala blog have sent me a hot little Kuduro mix which you can get here(z-share). Thanks G. Kuduro mix by Ivory Temple 1. Intro2. Nacobeta – Mole Mole3. Magnesio – Dança do Tchiriri4. Dog Murras – Kupower5. Dj Bula & Dj …
Managua Taxi Reggae
A couple of years ago I was passing through Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. The city has a fearsome reputation for taxidriver muggers that regularly rob passengers at gunpoint. Me and my mate got in a taxi, tired and paranoid from a long overnight bus journey. Just after a street kid had kicked our car, …
RIP The Minister of Funk
James Brown had such a massive influence on so many forms of music its sometimes hard to comprehend. The roots of Baile funk are especially in debt to him. This was one of the first funk songs I heard. Rest In peace James. Malha Funk – James Brown And, straight from Brazil, Adriana Pittigliani just …
Happy Crimble Readers
This is probably one of my last posts this year, so a big thank you to all my readers. I started this blog to chat about music and hopefully pass on some knowledge to anyone who’s interested. I never thought my last mix would get downloaded 300 times in the first week, so thats awesome. …
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love me some Bongo! I didn't know you used to play in a project with him, got any recordings?
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