UNDERGROUND MUSIC FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
Kafundó Records’ compilations & remix albums
The music label Kafundó Records, of which I, Wolfram Lange aka SoundGoods, was a member, was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 2014 to release new, innovative music from the current Brazilian music scene that was inspired by, built on, and celebrated centuries-old...
Elektro Kumbia Mixtape
Tracklist: 01. PabloTez - Sandia 02. Tropikore - Cucu El Melo 03. Freak Castro - La Cumbia Ninja (Tropikore Sensei Remix) 04. Guajira Soundsystem - Guajira (Tribilin Sound Remix) 05. Palenke Soultribe - Makako 06. Den5hion - Sed 07. DJ Chakruna - El Sonido Brutal...
Bikutsi Mixtape
Bikutsi is a musical genre from Cameroon. It developed from the traditional styles of the Beti or Ewondo people, who live around the city of Yaoundé. The form arose in patriarchal communities where women were forbidden "to raise their voices in public", but they would...
Alessandra Leão – Macumbas e Catimbós
The singer, percussionist and composer Alessandra Leão from Pernambuco state living in São Paulo dives deep into Afro-brazilian religiosity in her new album “Macumbas e Catimbós”. “It is a gift that I offer to the Orixás, guides and entities that work, dance, sing,...
Gilu Amaral – Peji
Peji took five years to complete and reflects the diversity of the musical universe researched by Gilú Amaral, founding member of Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda. With its roots in the city of Olinda and influenced by the sounds of Candomblé and the rhythms of...
Jotaerre – Choraviolla II
About two years agoa ÀTTØØXXÁ and BaianaSystem conquered the main alternative festivals in Brazil being promoted by music critics as exponents of a new scene of renovation of Bahian music. What is hardly commented, however, is that the experimental tendencies of...
Odayá Mixtape
Today, February 2nd, is the Day of Iemanjá in Brazil. Iemanjá is the orixá of the waters and the mother of all other orixás (worshiped deities of the Afro-brazilian religions Candomblé and Umbanda). Also called Rainha do Mar (Queen of the Sea), her salutation is...
Alabê KetuJazz
Joining the Ketu nation's candomblé percussion with the stylistic freedom of jazz, Alabê KetuJazz is the return of the genre to its African roots, a meeting of the apprentice with his master. The quintet was founded by French percussionist Antoine Olivier and...
Craca & Dani Nega – O Desmanche
Very nice fusion of different sound languages coming from Brazilian, African and Latin music as well as electronic and Hip Hop beats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlUiasn_0bI
Afrobeat BR 2 Mixtape
Another set with Brazilian Afrobeat this time as an exclusive mixtape for Selektor program on COSMO radio for celebrating the compilation Kafundó Vol. 6: Afrobeat Brazil on Kafundó Records. Tracklist: 01. ÈKÓ Afrobeat – Sambou África 02. Höröyá – Samba Recck 03. Ifá –...
Carimbolando Mixtape
This is a selection of mainly 70’s Carimbó, Siriá and other styles from Pará State in the North of Brazil. Carimbó is an Amazonian rhythm and dance style of indigenous origin which received influences from black (percussion and sensuality) and Portuguese (woodwinds)...
Punta de Perlas Mixtape
The Garifuna people is a black ethnic group that has a quite turbulent history. They are a mix of shipwrecked slaves, Arawak and Carib Indians from Saint Vincent, but have never been enslaved. After the British definitely took control over the island, they where...
Ilê Aiyê Festival 2017
Brazil heats up for carnival! Ilê Aiyê, Brazil's first Afro Bloco created in 1974 and inventor of Samba-Reggae, just released a great playlist:
Chillumbia Mixtape
A guest mixtape with some chilled out Cumbia for the 34 Mag from Minsk for their New Years Eve (pre/after)party special which features more mixtapes from Stereobeaver, KorneJ and others as well. Tracklist: 01. Rafael Aragon - Mi Secreto 02. DJ Nirso - Cumbiambera...
IFÁ – Ijexá Funk Afrobeat
IFÁ from Salvador/Bahia just release their first album entitled "Ijexá Funk Afrobeat". Apart of the music styles mentioned in the title they incorporate elements of Dub and Reggae and reference other African traditions while using sounds and groove from Bahia. Like...
Tsonga Dance Mixtape
The high speed lo-fi music from South Africa called Shangaan Electro came to the ears of a wider global public with the release of a compilation in 2010 and due to its insane dance style. Created by Nozinja (watch him in the video below) this music style combines...
Voodoohop: Entropia Coletiva I
Outstanding compilation from São Paulos cultural underground activists of Voodoohop collective. Here is what they say: "VOODOOHOP is an outlandish art collective born from a series of underground parties. Djs, performers, dancers and visual artists together create a...
Èkó Afrobeat
Èkó Afrobeat is one more excellent Afrobeat band coming out of Brazil where the renaissance of this music style seems not coming to an end. Created in 2009 with the name "Clube de Bolso Afrobeat" as a parallel project of a Jazz-Funk band they re-named themselves to...
Thiago França – Sambanzo: Coisas Invisíveis
Thiago França from São Paulo plays saxophone with Metá Metá among many other projects. On his last album "Coisas Invisíveis" (Invisible Things) with his solo project "Sambanzo" he created a great minimal but rhythm fueled mix of just Afro-Brazilian percussion and...
Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra – Abra Sua Cabeça
The second album of the Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra is less Afrobeat than its predecessor exploring new sound elements and speaking of ancestry with delicacy of who perceives the world of possibilities and combinations. There is greater diversity of influences that...
Alabê Ketujazz
From the press release on their website: "Alabê presents the traditional percussion of the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé in a jazz context. The compositions are dialogues between the percussion of the Ketu nation and the saxophone, like the Rum (the drum...
Frevotron
DJ Dolores, Maestro Spok and Yuri Queiroga deliver a pioneering experience with this album which succeeds in the difficult mission to innovate Pernambucos uptempo carnival style called Frevo. Initially planned as a instrumental project they came up with inviting Otto,...
Abeokuta – Agô EP
The band Abeokuta from Recife (capital of Pernambuco state in Brazils Northeast) shows in their explosive fusion how well Afrobeat fits to Brazilian rhuthyms, from Maracatu to Afoxé. Free download ...
Navigating N/E Mixtape
A mixtape celebrating the release of Kafundó Vol. 3 which navigates through a cocktail of various musical flavors between electronic and roots sounds from the North and Northeast of Brazil. Tracklist: 01. DJ ChicoCorrea - Manganga 02. Radiola Serra Alta - Coco de...
Márcio Oliveira – Encabeçando
One of the most prestigious trumpet player from Pernambuco State of Brazil debuts his solo career with an album full of Jazz, Funk, Soul, Embolada and other regional and afro rhythms. https://soundcloud.com/marciooliveiratpt/sets/encabecando
BNegão & Seletores de Frequência – Transmutação
BNegão & Seletores de Frequência show in their third album their newest multifaceted sound experiments. Mixing Dub, Suingue/MPB, Afro percussion, Surf Rock, Funk and many other styles this record contains an infinity of sounds and references in one project. Free...
I.F.Á. Afrobeat & Okwei V. Odili
The band I.F.Á. Afrobeat from Salvador/Bahia State just released his first EP featuring Nigerian singer Okwei V. Odili. Apart of Afrobeat, Ijexá and Funk they insert elements of Dub and Reggae confirming the importance of the historic link between black cultures...
Batavia Beats Mixtape
Mixtape of Hip Hop and Rap stuff from Jakarta, formerly known as Batavia. Tracklist: 1. Sweet Martabak - Ada Sumur Di Ladang 2. Saykoji - So Wat Gitu Loh 3. Rotra - Jagal Prabu 4. Saykoji - Eyyo 5. 2nd Clan - Benthik 6. Too Phat - Nasty Girl 7. Ahli Fiqir - Inilah...
Alessandra Leão – Aço
After Pedra de Sal Alessandra Leão just released the second EP within her new creative cycle of three releases. She uses as main references street and ritual music of Northeastern Brazil, but the presence of popular culture does not bring folklore. Free download from...
Höröya – Mansa Fela
The new Afro-Brazilian Band Höröya from São Paulo wants to re-frame the origins and influences of African and Afro-Brazilian cultures in a new format. Made up of Brazilians, Senegalese and Guineans they reinforce the cultural dialogue between Brazil and the African...