All Posts Tagged: "champeta"

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Africolombia in Ya Area

We had a request in the comments on my Baranquilla post to up a DJ mix from Fabian, Pintao, or DJ Cobra.  I asked Fabian to send one over, and while he would love to do a mix he doesn’t have access to a computer to record. But, he is trying to raise some funds …

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Africa’s Lost City

It’s still kind of hard to wrap my head around what we experienced that rainy Saturday this past August, my girlfriend and I made our way to Baranquilla, Colombia.  It was a brain scramble, a surreal experience, something that made my head feel like the kid in the picture above.  The focus of our trip …

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Cartagena Calling

A nice Champeta tune I picked up while CD-R shopping and Limonada drinking in Cartagena, Colombia. Este es uno de los mas Buscadas: Lilibeth-Puya El Burro feat. Edwim For more background on African music and Colombia look out for my upcoming recap of my visit to Baranquilla.

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Champeta Champagne

I always find it fascinating how Champeta has evolved from Colombian DJs playing African soukous records, influencing bands of the time, to the new electronic soundsystem style – one part Baile funk, one part King Jammys. Just found a great interview with Edwin, a champeta DJ in Cartagena over The Aesthetic Poet which is super …

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Debut ISA GT on Man Recordings

Isa GT is on her game right now. Mere days after we posted awesome her track with Dutch Rythm Combo she’s back with her excellent long awaited debut EP on Man Recordings. Titled the “Pa´Chikirri” EP, the opener “Pela´o”, whisks us to an imaginary Colombian baile funk party (which is probably actually in Brixton or …

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Colombian Dancehall con Champeta!

Regular readers here will know that we are big fans of Colombian Champeta. Today at WFMU I posted a Colombian Dancehall tune with what I hear as Champeta influences, produced by DJ Buxxi, one of the big producers from the island of San Andres. I was put on to San Andres by the great Geko …

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Colombian Trigger Pad Killers

Pic: Vamanos Flickr We’ve been letting you down hard by not posting any Champeta. What The Fuck. It’s summer, you need something to listen to while burning those sausages on the BBQ, swigging ale and annoying your neighbours. Champeta is from Colombia’s northern caribbean coast, cities like Barranquilla, Santa Marta and Cartagena. Like a sweet …

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Champeta!

San Francisco! Come get your perrrrrrrrrrrreo on!

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South American Maths

+ = Inspired by working with Edu-K, Colombian Londoner Isa GT, has combined the choppy trance riddims of champeta with bass rumblings of baile funk to simply create FUNKETA. Genius. Listen to a snippet here. and read her blog here.

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