HAVANA CULTURA Results are in… Suono smashed it !

The Gilles Peterson Havana Cultura remix competition result are in…

…and I am very glad to say Suono smashed it… his 2 entries were 3rd and 7th place by public vote and his remix Arroz Con Pollo (Suono Recooked) has been selected, as one of the golden 12, for the online compilation to come out soon.

Check the results : http://empty-robot-690.heroku.com/

Listen to the track : http://soundcloud.com/suonho/gilles-petersons-havana

Congratulation sir you deserved it :[]

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LATIN JAZZY GOODNESS :: Havana Cultura Remixes by Suono

The Summer’s hotting up and so are the latin flavas… check out these awesome remixes done by the talented Italian DJ/Producer Suono.

2 of the best modern interpretations of cuban music I have heard in a long time. I mean this sh*t is tough!  How this man can take a new urban Cuban track and inject elements of House, Funk even 80′s Boogie, and not only pull it off, but make it gel perfectly, is beyond me. 

…But Suono needs your vote !

Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura – La Revolucion del Cuerpo (suonho ReJam)

Click below to listen & vote

http://empty-robot-690.heroku.com/55/vote

 

If  music was food, this would be a Jambalaya.

Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura – Arroz con Pollo (suonho Recooked)

Click below to listen & vote

http://empty-robot-690.heroku.com/47/vote

Damn! Those keys !!!! very nice…

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DISCO MIX :: Pure Salsoul, pure quality – mix by Steve Williams

 

Awesome mix from Salsoulphile Steve Williams.  A nicely mixed, busy hr of choice cuts and sneeky little edits.  This is just excellent.

Pure Salsoul, pure quality…

Download ”MySalsoul” mixed by Steve Williams:

 <<  http://www.zshare.net/audio/790115306d824994/  >>

Tracklist:
 
(1)  00:00  “Hit And Run” – Loleatta Holloway

(2)  02:45  “Love Thang” – First Choice

(3)  05:59  “Seconds” – The Salsoul Orchestra feat Loleatta Holloway

(4)  11:22  “Falling In Love” – Surface

(5)  15:22  “My Love Is Free” – Double Exposure

(6)  18:40  “Moment Of My Life” – Inner Life

(7)  21:48  “Sadie (She Smokes)” – Joe Bataan

(8)  26:07  “(Knock Out) Let’s Go Another Round” – Inner Life feat Jocelyn Brown

(9)  29:51  “I Got My Mind Made Up” (Intro) – Instant Funk

(10) 30:15  “Double Cross” – First Choice

(11) 34:29  “I Love New York” – Metropolis

(12) 38:42  “I Got My Mind Made Up” – Instant Funk

(13) 39:33  “Love Sensation” – Loleatta Holloway

(14) 42:58  “Dance A Little Bit Closer” – Charo feat The Salsoul Orchestra

(15) 48:10  “Handsome Man” – Sparkle

(16) 52:07  “212 N. 12th” – The Salsoul Orchestra

(17) 55:13  “Ten Percent” – Double Exposure 

(18) 60:46  “The Beat Goes On” – Ripple

(19) 62:25  “Helplessly” – Moment Of Truth

(20) 65:54  “Salsoul Rainbow” – The Salsoul Orchestra

(21) 67:00  “Catch Me On The Rebound” – Loleatta Holloway

(22) 72:01  “Love Is You” – Carol Williams

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“Upshot Mix” – Latin Flavas from Kid Bongo

 

Photo by ZoOm

FutureBoogie’s Kid Bongo has done a wicked mix of Afro, Latin, Future Cuban Funk, Brazilian and Broken House Soul.  Get a load of Ray Barretto’s 1968 killer latin soul tune “Love Beads”, or the 1964 monster bass on “Lluvia con Nieve” (Rain with Snow), one of my favourite Salsa tracks.  But don’t be fooled, this is an organic mix with a future twist.  It’s about time this blog had some more Latin on it… nice one Steve.

Check it out….

“Upshot mix” by Kid Bongo

1. Architeq – “Dark Matter”.
2. Fania All Stars – “Picadillo”.
3. Mon Rivera – “Lluvia Con Nieve”.
4. The Funkees – “Akula Owu Onyeara”.
5. Los Dinamicos Exciters feat. Ralph Weeks – “Let Me Do My Thing”.
6. Ray Barretto – “Love Beads”.
7. Joao Bosco – “Cobra Criada”.
8. Quantic & His Combo Barbaro – “Arianita”.
9. Jay – U Experience – “Some More”.
10. Grupo Los Yoyi – “Tu No Me Puedes Conquistar”.
11. Watch TV feat. Gene Garcia – “Wild Safari” (Darshan Jesrani Monkey Mix).
12. Henrik Schwarz – “I Exist Because Of You” (Dixons Stripped Down Version).

Download the Mp3:

http://soundcloud.com/kidbongo/the-upshot-mix/download

 

Kid Bongo recently did a stint with Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro.  To see where he and the other Future Boogie boys are playing, checkout www.FutureBoogie.com.

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Griffin – “JAZZ MONEY Vol 2″

 

Good news! Mr Griffin has delivered a 2nd volume of lazy Latiny Soul Jazz.  A quality soundtrack to your summer lounging.  Lot’s of highlights… Masters at Work / NuYorican Soul fans will be quick to spot the original of “Shoshana” by Cal Tjader,  Broken beat / Nu Jazz heads will enjoy the laid back original Salsa of Joe Bataan’s “Ordinary Guy” but my favourite tune of the mix is the tough “Abstructions” by Max Roach.. truly an hr from connoiseurs corner.  Ladies and Genitals I give you Jazz Money vol 2…

click here to download

<<Jazz Money Vol 2 – mixed by Griffin>>

Tracklist:

1. Cal Tjader – “SHOSHANA”

2. Joe Bataan – “ORDINARY GUY”

3. Herbie Hancock - “ONE FINGER SNAP (ALTERNATE TAKE)”

4. Leon Thomas - “THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN (PEACE)”

5. Marco di Marco & Chris Woods Sextet – “TOGETHER IN PARIS”

6. New Life Trio – “EMPTY STREETS”

7. The Crusaders – “YOUNG RABBITS”

8. Ahmad Jamal – “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS”

9. Donald Byrd – “KOFI”

10. David Durrah – “SPACE 2”

11. The Matthew Herbert Big Band - “EVERYTHING’S CHANGED”

12. Max Roach – “ABSTRUCTIONS”

13. Pharoah Sanders – “YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE FREEDOM”

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Tito Puente – Salsa Ringtones

As promised here are the first of the Latin phone goodies.

1) “Oye Como Va”

“Oye Como Va” was written and composed by Latin Jazz and Mambo master Tito Puente in 1963 and popularized by Santana’s cover in 1970. These ringtone are from Tito “El Rey” Puente’s original Salsa hit.

Ringtone – Oye Como Va (Vocal)     ….>>Click here to download<<

Ringtone - Oye Como Va (Instr)     ….>>Click here to download<<

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2) “Ran Kan Kan”

3 more treats from the late, great, King of Salsa. House heads will recognise this as the tune remixed by Masters at Work in the 90′s.

Ringtone - Ran Kan Kan     ….>>Click here to download<<

Text Alert – Ran Kan Kan 1 (Stabs)     ….>>Click here to download<<

Text Alert – Ran Kan Kan 2 (Vibes)     ….>>Click here to download<<

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Forthcoming Goodies…

Lots more “Disco Licor” in April’s update…

Guest Mix: From Glasgow via Bristol, Jo Watkins of “Get Disco” has a corking mix of classic disco  for us.

Mix: Alex Dinham’s Old Skool mix vol 2 – Deep vintage soulful house.

Disco Ringtones: As usual Disco / Funk ring tones and text alerts. With something for the “heads” and some just for fun ! 

Latin Ringtones: Since my trip to Cuba has reignited the latin flame :) along with the usual phone goodies there’s gonna be some Latin downloads too…  Hold onto your knickers ;{}

Forthcoming…

Looking forward from May onwards…

Guest Mix: Myles from London’d Naked Soul (www.NakedSoul.co.uk) will be doing a guest  mix. Can’t wait!

Boogie Mix: Nick Mids has an 80′s Boogie mix in store…

Cuban Mix: Back from Cuba and dusting of my Salsa I’ll be loading up some of my favourite Cuban / Cuban inspired music for your head and feet :[ ]    …there may be some Latin Edits on the horizon too!

Guest Edits: Guest edits from Nick Mids and Wardamercy

Disco Edits: A couple in the pipeline from me when I find the time to finish them off!

That’s all for now… see you in a week with some quality music to download

Hasta luego, Jimmy the Twin

Oh my Cuba!

“What hapened to the March update?”. 

….mostly this…

…this…

…this…

and a lot of this…

So sorry folks: getting married and honeymooning took over this month. To make up for it you will be getting a bumper update at the start of April…  details to follow :)

Jimmer