UNDERGROUND MUSIC FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
Funk Carioca Hybrid 13: ARGERAX
My buddy Argerax from Buenos Aires just released his first album UBS (Unión Bass del Sur) full of Rap, Miami Bass and Funk Carioca fueled beats on his label Raptores Records. Download it here for free.
Mbatinho – Ngandzango
Fresh sounds from Inhambane/Mozambique. Download
Digitaldubs – #1
Digital Dubs started in 2001 as the first sound system specialized in Reggae, Dub and Dancehall in Rio de Janeiro. Their releases feature international vocalists like Ranking Joe, Earl Sixteen, Tippa Irie and Brinsley Forde as well as Brazilian artists like B Negão,...
Reventon de Halloween
Some tracks from a compilation I got recently in Mexico D.F. Differently of what the cover could imply, it's full of Salsa, Pop, Electro, but as well Cumbia and Reggaeton...
El Tecla
Cumbia Villera artist El Tecla with some tracks from his second album from 2009 "Una Chance Mas". He was the leader of the band La Ihuana Mari that stopped existing after he left in 2007 to start his solo career. [soundcloud...
DJs Di Ghetto
DJs Di Ghetto is a collective from Lisbon producing cool Instrumental Kuduro. Check their compilation from 2007 for free here. One of their protagonists is DJ Marfox with a live DJ set and the tracks below. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/53191312"...
Funk Carioca Hybrid 12: Funk Carioca vs. B’More
Sean Casey aka The Bumps just posted on his great blog a bunch of tracks that fuse Funk Carioca and B'More. Check it out here.
Ghetto Bassquake Label: A.J. Holmes & The Hackney Empire
Another one of my favourite blogs is launching a label: Ghetto Bassquake! Congratulations!!! The first release is from A.J. Holmes & The Hackney Empire and produced by Radioclit. You can listen to it and get more info here. Get a free Remix from Mexico's Tribal...
Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!
A very nice compilation from Mais Um Discos with new Brazilian artists. Styles varying from new wave, tropicália, folk & indie to electronic, dancehall, baile-funk, dub, hip-hop, r ‘n’ b & folktronica. Always with Brazilian flavour, but off the nu-bossa and...
Copacabana Road Mixtape
August 17 of 1960 is often referred to as the birthday of The Beatles because they played their first show in Hamburg where their career kicked off. As everywhere in the world, the Fab Four were big in Brazil and a lot of bands appeared that simply covered their songs...
Funk Carioca Hybrid 11: DJ Pastek
DJ Pastek from Canada who brought us already an excellent album with Kuduro vs. Dubstep mashups comes up here with a cool track on his EP on my favorite Argentinean netlabel, Cabeza!
Dale Tumbao Mixtape
Mixtape of Mexican Reggaeton. Actually I am not sure if it is all Mexican, but at least I got the stuff there and as there is not much info on artists in the tags, it's difficult to check. ...
Música Negra Del Perú: Festejos Al 100%
A compilation of afro-peruvian music or música criolla. Combining African, Spanish and Andean influences the genre consists of various rythms and dances like Festejo, Landó, Marinera, Alcatraz and Pregon. One of its characteristic instruments is the cajón, a wooden...
Sacassaia
Sacassaia from Brasília produce a very interesting mixture of Brazilian styles and other Latin-American rhythms together with Rap and Dub. From their website: "In the first semester of 2008 the DJ/MC/composer Gardenel (Gabriel Gardenal) and the...
¿Qué tal, Tribal?
Some fresh Mexican Tribal! My buddy Acorde On told me that the Mexican Tribal stuff has not much to do with "Ghettotech": It is played basically as warm-up on (upper) middle class house and techno parties... [soundcloud...
Funk Carioca Hybrid 10: Leo Justi
Funk Carioca Hybrid 9: Munchi
This one is from young Dominican dude Munchi living in Rotterdam. He is one of the few producers outside of Brazil making Funk Carioca close to the real style, but with sense for western production. Check it here. [soundcloud...
Positivo
Positivo is a multicultural music project with five ingredients: Roots Afro Beat from Mozambique, Rocking blues from Austria, Reggae dub live, hip-hop and french contemporary punk jazz. But it's not only about music, from their website: "Associação Positivo Moçambique...
Funk Carioca 2009 Mixtape
Actually not much happened in the Funk Carioca scene in 2009, already mentioned here for example. Most of the tracks use the aquecimento beat, vocals are just reduced frases and shouts and the lyrics are mostly putaria. But fortunately there have been some interesting...
Kuduro in Brazilian Carnival
I just knew that in Brazil Kuduro is played in the bars of the Angolan community and maybe on some global urban beats parties until I found out after a comment from Greg from Beat Diaspora on my Kuduro Mixtape that it was well bigger and that there was a Kuduro dance...
Lisandro Meza
Lisandro Meza is one of Colombia's most recognized Cumbia artists and played an important role in the evolution of Cumbia. He plays accordion, sings, and composes and is a master of vallenato sabanero, an accordion-driven style of music that originated in Mexico. He...
Funk Carioca Hybrid 8: DJ Moiséis
I rather post this tune because of curiosity than quality, it's very cheesy. 😉 It's a Tecnobrega Remix of a Funk Carioca track that uses the Tamborzão beat. MC Perlla - Beijo de Cinema (DJ Moiséis Computer Remix)
Funk Carioca Hybrid 7: Copyfokking
Very nice technoid mashup from my buddy Åsmunds Copyfokking project. I like this because it uses the tamborzão beat while most of the western funk carioca remixes/mashups just use the vocals... [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/53183778" iframe="true"...
Tribalismo Tropical Mixtape
This quite new sound from Mexico has been referred to as "Tribal Guarachero" on Dutty Artz and other sites, but when I asked around the CD sellers in D.F./Mexico I just saw question marks in their faces. They just called it Tribal. But maybe the problem was my...
Coletivo Rádio Cipó – Formigando na Calçada do Brasil
From their website: "Coletivo Rádio Cipó is a media hub for the production of sound, combined with the homemade digital audio technology in the production of sound experimental research. The objective is to this production for Brazil and abroad. The core of the CRC...
Brazzitup Mix for Jazzitup!
A guest mix for the Jazzitup radio show on national Estonian Raadio 2. Thanks Anton for inviting! Tracklist: 01. Quarteto Bossamba - Chegança 02. Conjunto Sergio Carvalho - Balaio 03....
Celso Piña
Mexican musician Celso Piña is a pioneer in mixing cumbia with ska, reggae, rap, hip-hop, dub etc. working together with guys like Toy Selectah and Chic Sonido. His hit "Cumbia sobre el rio" is a milestone and was for many people (including me) the introduction to...
Funk Carioca Hybrid 6: Lucas Santtana
This is from Lucas Santtana's second album called "Parada de Lucas" released in 2003. His third album that deals with Dub, Brazilian Styles and Rock can be found free to download on his...
Descarga Sonidera
When I was showing my friend Maga Bo the CDs I bought recently in Mexico City and asked him which one he wanted to check out he selected straight the one with the cyber chicks on the cover. We both had no idea what will be on that, but were quite surprised. Check it...
