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Alabê Ketujazz

From the press release on their website: “Alabê presents the traditional percussion of the Afro-Brazilian

BaianaSystem – Playsom

New and free track from Bahia’s best Sound System. Free download from their website.

PROJETONAVE & EMICIDA – 7′ NASBASE

São Paulo’s inventive and incendiary band PROJETONAVE teams up with Emicida for a single commemorating the

Bondoro: New MOZ Dance & Beats

Bondoro is a quite new dance and music style from Beira, Mozambique’s second largest city in the central part

STANK

STANK is a duo formed by DJ Dolores and Yuri Queiroga. Live they value improvisation, mixing original tracks with

Sigauque Project

From their website: “The music of Maputo-based Sigauque Project takes most audiences by surprise. With

Bemba Trio

Formed by Russo Passapusso, Fael 1st and DJ Root. BEMBA TRIO incorporates the diversity and cultural authenticity

Some 3Ball tracks

Dangdut Electro

Dangdut is a popular music style from Indonesia that originally is partly derived from Malay, Arabic, and

MC César do Castro

MC César do Castro is one of the very few MCs from Rio that do not only make Putaria (sexist) and Poibidão (apology

Tecno Brega News

It seems that Tecno Brega/Electro Melody continues on the list of the genres to keep an eye on. Blogs and magazines

Cumbia Rebajada: No voy a trabajar

Here comes a very nice example of Cumbia Rebajada, slowed down Cumbia from Mexico. The original: And the rebajada:

HAPAX

Hapax is a band and a sound art group that works with percussion in industrial wasteyard style and experimental

Digitaldubs – #1

Digital Dubs started in 2001 as the first sound system specialized in Reggae, Dub and Dancehall in Rio de Janeiro.

Reventon de Halloween

Some tracks from a compilation I got recently in Mexico D.F. Differently of what the cover could imply, it’s

El Tecla

Cumbia Villera artist El Tecla with some tracks from his second album from 2009 “Una Chance Mas”. He

DJs Di Ghetto

DJs Di Ghetto is a collective from Lisbon producing cool Instrumental Kuduro. Check their compilation from 2007 for

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

Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!

A very nice compilation from Mais Um Discos with new Brazilian artists. Styles varying from new wave, tropicália,

Música Negra Del Perú: Festejos Al 100%

A compilation of afro-peruvian music or música criolla. Combining African, Spanish and Andean influences the genre

Sacassaia

Sacassaia from Brasília produce a very interesting mixture of Brazilian styles and other Latin-American rhythms

¿Qué tal, Tribal?

Some fresh Mexican Tribal! My buddy Acorde On told me that the Mexican Tribal stuff has not much to do with

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

Positivo

Positivo is a multicultural music project with five ingredients: Roots Afro Beat from Mozambique, Rocking blues

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

Lisandro Meza

Lisandro Meza is one of Colombia’s most recognized Cumbia artists and played an important role in the

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

Funk Carioca Hybrid 7: Copyfokking

Very nice technoid mashup from my buddy Åsmunds Copyfokking project. I like this because it uses the tamborzão beat

Celso Piña

Mexican musician Celso Piña is a pioneer in mixing cumbia with ska, reggae, rap, hip-hop, dub etc. working together

Funk Carioca Hybrid 6: Lucas Santtana

This is from Lucas Santtana’s second album called “Parada de Lucas” released in 2003. His third

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

Bebel Du Guetto

My neighbor Bebel Do Guetto from Morro do Cantagalo was born in the state of Maranhão. She started to sing and to

Fiesta Influenza

Got this CD with macabre title on a street market in Mexico City. It’s mostly crap Pop stuff, but some

Funk Carioca Hybrid 5: Digitaldubs

This is the instrumental version of Rio’s Digitaldubs’ fantastic Funk Milk Riddim. Funk Carioca meets

Costuleta – Bomba Kuduro

Here are two tracks and a video from Costuleta’s latest release that you can buy on Kizomba.

Funk Carioca Hybrid 4: Sabbo

Just got this very nice housy Funk Carioca Hybrid track from Israeli producer Sabbo. The vocals are from MC

Funk Carioca Hybrid 3: Frikstailers

Here is one more from one of the best new Argentinean producers, the Frikstailers. They just released an EP on

Funk Carioca Hybrid 2: Turbo Trio

Turbo Trio is made up of BNegão, Tejo Damasceno (from Instituto) and Alexandre Basa (who produced the first album

A Base Baile Funk 2008

This is a version of the tamborzinho beat that dominated the Funk Carioca (or Baile Funk) scene in Rio in 2008. It

Funk Carioca Hybrid 1: MC Gringo & Frikstailers

Foreign funk carioca pioneer MC Gringo recently teamed up with Frikstailers on his tour in Argentina. Watch a video

Kuduro Dessert

I got some messages asking for more Kuduro tracks so here are some add-ons. First, it’s the recently released