A real tropical roundrip, beginning in colombia with classy
60s cumbia, guiro y guaracha, merecumbe, maracumba, currulao, afrocolombian...
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Showing posts with label == mix. Show all posts
Dangerous trips to Angola by Muzzicaltrips (semba, merengue, kizomba selection from Angola 70s)
Muzzicaltrips taking part of various musical projects including radioshows, I'd like to share some "dangerous trips" or "viagens perigosas" in Angola realised recently for Radio Capsao. A special musical selection based on dusty records, archives from golden era from this country culturally influenced by portuguese colonists, by other lusophone colonies, by Cuba and the Caribbean, and for sure by specific african musical heritage. Wars and instability during the 60s to 80s also influenced a unique musical production : semba, merengue, kizomba, but also political music and struggle songs (or propaganda songs, depending on point of view), reflecting a wide spread imperialist oppression feeling.
Pico Culture #03 - Mysterious records
In order to maintain exclusivity of tracks played on each pico (and thus gain loyalty of the public who has to go to the party to listen to specific exclusive hits), it was common to tear away or paint the label sothat no one could read the original track. The result is some really unique beautiful pieces, but also some unidentified hits (everyone knows the song but no one knows who was the artist, so the track is only known by his spanish surname). That's the case with the following 7" played by the pico El Dragon, but originally from the famous pico El Coreano.
MIX /// Muzzicaltrips In Colombia (afrocolombiano, bombo, cumbia, currulao, gaita, guanguanco, porro)
Colombia is surely one of the most impressive country in Latin American, notably due to importance, diversity and quality of his music. Regionalism and opening to numerous influences being two particularities, listing and studying every styles (and sub-styles) becomes quickly a full time job.
For sure this 60s 70s LP selection cannot be representative of the richness of colombian music, but just travels all around the country, introducing some great gaita, jazzy cumbias, bombo, porro, currulao, guaguanco, afrocolombian crazy tracks from Silver, Fuentes, Felito, Tropical, Machuca, Curro...
Que disfruten el viaje!
Pico Culture #02 - MIX /// Terapia Africana Mix (a selection of pico african hits)
From the 70s, while the soundsystem culture was developing, more and more african records arrived on the colombian coast due to increasing commercial exchanges between international harbors.
Some african songs became hits, african styles being surnamed: nova for highlife tracks, rastrillo for kenyan tracks... It was such a big success for the youth of Cartagena and Baranquilla that even each popular song received his own surname. Also several tracks have been bootlegged in terapia/champeta compilations (which leads to find improbable records including a pure benga followed by an awful 80s techno), and not always credited the original artist/title, but just the local surname known by everybody.
That's the reason of this special selection, composed only of african tracks (Liberia, Angola, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Zaire). These tunes are popular in Baranquilla's southern barrios, as long as you speak about: la botellita, el serrucho, la guitarrita, la mecedora, la munequita, el rastrillo, el beto, los palitos, la pipona, el ejen, el akien, la llorona...
MIX /// Muzzicaltrips In Congo (1966-74)
A travel around really beautiful rumbas and early soukous, played by orchestras during early years of Congo under Mobutu Sese Seko. Great voices, crazy guitars, sweet horns, in various congolese styles. Selection is based on 45s from Fiesta, African and Pathe labels, which are not extremely rare to bump into in africa as generally not the styles hardly sought after by vinyl diggers, in parallel to be a bit lost in the huge congolese production.
MIX /// Muzzicaltrips back from Barcelona (45rpm selection)
Muzzicaltrips Mix /// 45rpms found in Barcelona (24min):
MIX /// Jazz & Palmwine vol. 1
A colored and jazzy trip with afro, latin and caribbean flavors.
MIX /// Kikiribu (boogaloo, cha cha, latinfunk, descarga, montuno, mapale, salsa, locuras bailables)
An original latin selection full of crazy tracks from Spanish Harlem, Caracas, Lima, Bogota, La Habana...
"a fumar la pipa de la paz y bailar la danza boogaloo"...Kikiribu Mix by ORL Muzzicaltrips (50min):
The Flying Carpet Radioshow
I just had a ride on a musical flying carpet, The Flying Carpet Radioshow (Radio Ciutat Vella FM 100.5 Barcelona).
An african records selection, and some context.
Listen to the radioshow:
MIX /// Friday Night Prayer - A soulfull journey into jazz
A special post with a fine jazz selection from DJ Flah vinyls basement.
Friday Night Prayer (57 min):
Tracklist:
Buster Williams – Prism
Hear O Israel – Kiddush
Placebo – Aria
Byron Morris and Unity – Sun shower
The Overton Berry ensemble – Jesus Christ Superstar Medley
Ralph Thomas – Big Spliff
The Lloyd McNeill Quartet – Dig Where Dat’sat
P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble – It’sGotTwoNames And That’sAlright
Albert Ayler – Heart Love
Carlos Garnett – Chana
Music Inc – Abscretions
MIX /// Tropical Round Trip #3 by Muzzicaltrips
A sound travel around Cuba, Colombia, Peru, Guadeloupe, Benin, Ivory Coast, Angola, Nigeria...
Tropical Round Trip #3 (77min):
MIX /// Muzzicaltrips back from Benin (45rpm selection)
...El Rego, L.A. Aux Ecoutes, Polydisco, Mélomé Clément, Poly-Rythmo, African Songs, Picoby Band, nagra sessions, african scream contest, afro beat, jerk fon...
Enjoy!Muzzicaltrips back from Benin 45s selection:
I recommend to listen to this (re)reading the great liner notes from Analog Africa compilations (big up Samy) to perceive the context of these productions and this musical era.
Bob Pinodo and Reggae mix
It comes from the album "Master Show of Africa" recored in 1978 for Essiebons label.
Bob Pinodo - Africa:
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