We have loved every single BBE compilation in the Kings Of series as their formula is simple, two ‘Kings of’ a genre select tracks for a double CD/LP set; nothing can go wrong and the Drum & Bass selection is no exception.
Continue reading V/A – Kings Of Drum & Bass (Compiled by 4Hero & DJ Marky)
Wow! Those boys at Soundway are really too good for us folks as here’s the third release in the Panama! series and there’s a hell of a fire down below.
Continue reading V/A Panama! 3 – Calypso Paname, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Topica on the Isthmus 1960-75
We’ve got Leo Gandleman to thank for this as it was his foresight to make the call to his musician chums in 1999 to record some Brazilian inspired boogie as the Brazilian Groove Band as they got down to explore the Anatomy Of Groove.
I can’t believe the original New Morning was released back early last year as it still sounds fresh as a ‘new moring’ so what’s with the Deluxe Edition re-issue? We’ll it’s lots more than a new sleeve, DON’T over look this one!
Continue reading Sabrina Malheiros – New Morning : Deluxe Edition
Forget everything you know about Colombian popular music. Erase Juanes from your playlist. Bury Shakira CDs in a ditch. Bomba Est?©reo’s second album Blow Up is everything that Colombian pop should sound like: an amalgam of influences that still retains enough originality and danceability to knock you off your seats.
Luaka Bop started life as the pet record label of David Byrne as an outlet for his Brasilian musical discoveries but it wasn’t long before it developed into one of the finest independent record labels on the planet, defying pigeon holes, albeit with a fondness for all things Brasilian, to become a home for interesting music rather than any particular genre.
Continue reading Luaka 21 – Twenty First Century, Twenty First Year
The Strut records revival continues apace under the guiding light of K7 records as they release another sterling compilation this time focussing on the music of Brasil that was under the influence of the soulful, funky sounds of their North American cousins.
Continue reading Black Rio 2 – Original Samba Soul 1971-1980
Ceu is one of the new wave of Brasilian female vocal talents and two years after her 2007 debut comes another collection of well-crafted, lazy, occasionally edgy, soulful grooves. The album title actually translates as ‘slow, easygoing and leisurely’ so you get the idea, it’s more sofa than party time.
With Gilles Peterson celebrating 10 years at the BBC and Far Out Recordings having a 15th birthday celebration, what better party animal partnership is there to bring you this compilation of the finest Brazilika there is?
Here’s a winning combination, the Strut label is one of the UK’s leading record labels dedicated to unearthing the lost gems of dance music and DJ Cliffy, is one hell of a DJ that’s dedicated to finding dusty samba grooves for today’s dancefloor; say no more, it’s Black Rio 2 (Original Samba Soul 1971-1980).
Continue reading V/A – Black Rio 2 (Original Samba Soul 1971-1980)
Quantic has just made his best album so far. Now a resident in Cali, Colombia he is developing his sound with the help of some great Colombian musicians and Brasilian Arthur Verocai, who has scored the strings on several of the tracks.
Continue reading Quantic And His Combo Barabro – Tradition In Transition
Brasil owes a large debt to African music and numerous artists have explored the connections between the two countries, Cheik Lo’s great Lamp Fall album being just one example. Now Mauricio Pacheco has taken Angolan music from a time gone by and given it a spruce up for 2009 and the results sound great
