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Soundamerica Vol.6

Published October 18, 2009 Electro Latino , Events Leave a Comment

Just got this mix mailed to me from the dope ass folks at Generation Bass. This prolific audio blog focuses mainly on the recently popular global electo, booty and dubstep movement. Their respect for Latin music and the whole global electro cumbia thing is really working for me though. It only make sense that this type of music has been embraced by a larger audience. Go check them out. Also, check out the recent genre straddling mix they sent me. I’m loving the lo-fi electronic cumbia at the end. Enjoy

- Sonido Franko

Once again Generation Bass and Hipi Duki Muzik are back to bring you the most excited tunes from the green & wild side of the world: Soundamerica chapter 6.
No bullshit, no fashionable tunes, no smart tricks for the air conditioner society: this is really hot, this is real, the sound of the Pachamama will blow your mind: play it very loud!

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Soundamerica vol.6 tracklist:
1.Malpalpitando_ SYSTEMA SOLAR
2.El porro mangangueleño_DJ NEGRO
3.Samber(Sambador)_ NATEMA
4.Pura sangre_ PURA
5.Cabocla_ N`’SISTA
6.Mama loves Nortec(pinche disco rmx)_ TIJUANA SOUND MACHINE
7.Choquechinchay El Jaguar_PURDY ROCKS
8.Ritmo kebrao-MATERIA PRIMA
9.Querer libera_ EMISOR

Selected, mixed and produced by class=”mceItemHidden”> Hipi Duki at Blackwhale Studio, Montjuic_Bcn
Artwork by G.Piacenza
Presented & released by
http://www.generationbass.com
http://www.hipidukimuzik.com

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October, 2009.

Ojo: Part II

Published June 29, 2009 Electro Latino , Events Leave a Comment

This Thursday July 2nd 2009 at MOCA Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA

For Flesh Car Crash, members of OJO will split into two groups, each of which will pack into a small car. Once there, they will make music both by utilizing objects and materials in the cars’ interiors and by playing instruments powered by the cars’ batteries. The cars will dance, glide, and narrowly miss each other in a choreographed game of chicken. The finale should be explosive!

The performance begins at 7:30pm. Bring your cameras and contribute your photographs and videos documenting the event to moca.org/party. Thats www.moca.org/party for interactive OJO.

I may just have to buy a plane ticket.

Nueva Cumbia Argentina

Published June 6, 2009 Cumbia , Electro Latino 2 Comments

1. Princesa: Aqui Princesa (Marcela Fabian RMX)

Just got this EP in the mail today and I couldn’t be happier. Excellent selection of remixes by some emerging South American talent.

Soot records is the brainchild of New York Dj and producer Jace Clayton aka Dj /rupture. You can listen to his radio show called “Mudd Up!” on Wednesdays, 7-8p.m. on WFMU New Jersey/New York. And you can check him out on his blog Mudd Up! Looks like the Soot records label website isn’t up yet, but I highly anticipate any future releases.

I couldn’t find out too much info on Princesa, but the other dj’s I’m familiar with via the Bersa Discos label. To be honest with you I’m not a huge fan of reggaetón, let alone this new school of cumbiaton (cumbia/reggaetón fusion). To me it’s really hit or miss. However, this Princesa track seems to really hit me where it counts. It reminds me of the more old school Reggae en Español popularized by Central American/Panamanian artists like Nando Boom and El General. This minimal Spanish dancehall, dem bow, Shabba Ranks influenced stuff is where it’s at. There is a sick Los Destellos rmx by Sonido Martines also, which happens to be one of my favorite cumbia/psyche groups out of 60’s/70’s Peru (I’ll do an article on them soon).

Turntable Lab carries this joint and Juno in Europe. Highly recommended.

Ojo

Published May 31, 2009 Electro Latino , Events Leave a Comment

Ojo was founded in 2005 by visual artists Joshua Aster, Justin Cole, Eamon Ore-Giron, Chris Avitabile, Moises Medina, and Brenna Youngblood, OJO is formed around a mutual interest in experimenting with acoustic guitars, electronics, musical spontaneity, freeform improvisation, and the boundaries between audience and performer. The group uses a wide range of instruments—drum machines, basses, guitars, synthesizers, salt, cars—as well as their own bodies and those of their audience, clapping, chanting, stomping, and singing to generate sprawling improvisations.

OJO has created projects for Queen’s Nails Annex in San Francisco, Esthetics as a Second Language (available as a CD produced by James Welling), LAXART (available as an LP from laxart.org), BANK, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Discos Unicornio, and A+D Museum in Los Angeles. The group has also performed at the Hammer Museum, TRUDI, and Track 16, Los Angeles, and on KXLU 88.9FM.

The first performance will be taking place @ the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) this coming Thursday, June 4th. If you’re in Los Angeles at the time check them out. For more info go here:

http://www.moca.org/party/ojo_index.html

Generation Bass vs. Cumbia Siglo XX

Published May 31, 2009 Electro Latino Leave a Comment

1. Grandpamini: 2 Bit Thugs vs. Cumbia Siglo XX & Lolo Lotita & Tchico Tchicaya

I think I found my brother from another mother at the Generation Bass audio blog. From now on I’ll be following this site. Peep the Grandpamini mash-up above (but please go check them out). The mysterious Dj Roger Mas mashes-up the same song below. We were actually going to release that song 3 months ago as a 45 on our Discos Unicornio label, but we opted for another Siglo XX mix instead. Ill post it for you guys this week. WORD!!!

2. Dj Roger Mas: Roger Mas vs. Cumbia XX

Los Sampler’s

Published August 16, 2008 Electro Latino , Perez Prado Leave a Comment

1. Los Sampler’s: “Descarga Mecano (version muy differente)”

I just stumbled on this 45 and I have no idea where I got it. In fact, I don’t think I really ever listened to it until now. I must have purchased it in Europe about 7 years ago, I’m not certain. Nevertheless, it’s totally awesome.

It ends up that Los Sampler’s is none other than the German Uwe Schmidt a.k.a. Señor Coconut. I guess the two songs on this 45 were outtakes of the Los Sampler’s debut lp (I didn’t even know there was a full length record).

The tune I selected is most likely a remix of Israel ”Cachao” Lopez’s “Descarga Cubana“, possibly even Tito Rodriguez’s version “Descarga Cachao“. The B side is a Perez Prado/Bene More remix/sample of “Babarabatiri” which is a bit more experimental than the first (which is probably why i didn’t post it). Anyway, cool stuff. You got to hand it to Señor Coconut, or whatever you want to call him (he has over 50 allias’), he’s pretty much the pioneer of the whole latin electronica music scene that started in the late 90’s.

DJ Lengua

Published March 29, 2008 Cumbia , Electro Latino 2 Comments

1. Dj Lengua: Cumbia Squares

We just released the 7 song debut ep from Dj Lengua on Discos Unicornio. Now Eamon is not only a business partner, but my best friend. So I think it would be unfair for me to write anything more about this. If anyone wants to take a crack at it, word!

Otherwise, I’ll just post my personal favorite tune on this ep and i’ll post turntable lab’s review of Dj Lengua’s efforts. Hit me up if you want a copy. It can also be found at turntablelab.com & unicorniorecords.com

Discos Unicornio

(From Turntable Lab) Killer debut from LA’s DJ Lengua, aka visual artist Eamon Ore-Giron. Lengua’s dropped some mixtapes in the past and is well known at the infamous Club Unicornio nights in the Bay, but this EP finds him really flexing his skills, foremost of which is the ability to fuse loops from traditional Latin tunes and cumbias with chunky, straightforward beats to create seriously infectious tracks. “Cumbia Squares(1)” ramps up with tasty, dusty drums and circular flute / xylophone licks before the repeated “cumbia cumbia cuuumbiiiaa!” chants and accompanying guitar coda seal the deal; the L Pacheco remix(2) sticks to the original’s blueprint, extending the track for your mixing pleasure while dubbing things out a bit. There’s a little boom bap, organ stabs and some deep percussive flourishes on the upbeat “L Dolor(3)” and some just plain lovely stuff in “L Pacheco(4),” but probably the most immediate track here is the guitar driven “Mi Camino(5).” Tucked away at the end, don’t skip the 7+ minute bloopy minimal electronic version of “Low Rider,” entitled “Lowrider Mambo(6).” 7 tracks; 30 minutes. Recommended.

–Chris Lemon-Red, Turntable Lab

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Soundamerica Vol.6

Ojo: Part II

Nueva Cumbia Argentina

Ojo

Generation Bass vs. Cumbia Siglo XX

Los Sampler’s

DJ Lengua

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