The original song is El Botellón by Grupo Naidy from the album ¡Arriba Sueña Marimba!
They play currulao music, which is native to Buenaventura, and is considered one of the most African of the Afro Colombian genres. Also their interpretations are very authentic and traditional. The band is based in Cali now.
here’s what the labels website has to say:
The marimba is a vivid legacy of African presence in Latin America, but only on the Pacific coast of southern Colombia and northern Ecaudor does it keep its close connections to a strongly African culture. Hailing from small towns along the river-ridden Colombian coast, the seasoned women singers of Grupo Naidy raise their voices to the accompaniment of marimba and drums, performing their unique styles of music known collectively as currulao.
After years of work as a film and theatre composer that brought him from new york to europe and asia, Andy Gillis’ passion for all the different musical styles of the world finally overcame him, and turned him into a DJ. It was bound to happen. Now he is producing melodic and bass heavy electronic compositions for the dancehall with the rhythms of both traditional and newly emerging genres especially from Africa and Latin America. As a DJ he plays an international mix of modern party music, including his own remixes, tropical electro cumbias, club music from Brasil, the UK, Africa and beyond and plays a weekly gypsy party every saturday at Mehanata Bulgarian Bar on the lower east side of manhattan.
Uproot Andy will be playing a DJ showcase this summer that will focus mostly on modern Cumbia and will feature Toy Selectah (from Mexico) and Villa Diamante and other Zizek DJs (from Argentina). Its July 10th at SOBs in New York, and its part of the LAMC. (Latin Alternative Music Conference)
El Botellón (Uproot Andy Bass Remix)
Thanks to Andy for sharing his remix with us!
>Me and Koke Jaramillo from Phok (Argentina) directed and made this video (with help of a bunch of talented people) last year for the Black Ghosts “Anyway you choose to give” we were commissioned by Cult Geist for Southern Fried Records. The video is been up on the BIG STEREO from the 12th of May and I had no idea! they have the wrong credits and all (Im sorting that out as I speak) but hey! Its out and you can watch it online so please comment!
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Diesel has a radio station broadcasting from the Amersham Arms in New Cross (LDN), they started transmitting 24/7 from last week (4th of May) and you can tune it in your normal radio 87.7 Fm in London or over the web http://dum.diesel.com/radio, there’s an amazingly talented group of people behind this project including some of my v good friends 😉
The radio station will be only until the 30th of May so stay tuned! there are some reat show scheduled.
*GIRLCORE* will be hosting a radio show soon, more details to follow…
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photo by Brucie Bonus www.bruciebonus.com
Since playing BBB that was on fiya like always…been up to making music, chilling in the sun with my friends and playing at KOKO last friday with the Lovely Jonjo it was so much fun! playing back to back, showing each other nice tracks…
Then Monday I played at Santogold‘s Album Launch! received a last minute call from my Radioclit friends saying they were not gonna be on time to make it, so I filled in.
Santogold was great! to be honest I wasn’t into her 1st single Les Artistes but thats until I saw her performing live that I realised the charisma and presence she has on stage and how good her voice is!
Some photos coming soon…
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Again through the wonders of myspace I got to know about Chief Boima some months ago… I sent him a message and we talked briefly…I asked him I would like to post something about his music on this blog, that was that. That was that until last week when Boima message me with a great surprise…Baobab Connection Volume 2!
Chief Boima was born in Milwaukee, USA, from a European-American mother and West African from Sierra Leone father. He grew up in a small but strong West African community inside a very midwest industrial US city. Where he was influenced by both majority communities of African-American and European-American (majority German descendants.) Then after some studying, traveling, djing and playing in bands of every style, He ended up in San Francisco where he found the Baobab family together with Marco Senghor (of French and Senegalese ancestry), Sogui So Good (born in Paris but moved to Senegal in his teenage days) and DJ Elembe (who is originally from Cameroon). Little Baobab holds down every night for not only the bay area’s African population but also, the greater international community who are drawn to the diverse mix of music and open door policy.
The Baobab Connection Volume 2 (60 mins duration) showcases the music you will hear at The Little Baobab (in San Francisco) coupe decale mixed with hip hop and Latin, Caribbean music and lots of lots more!… the first 30 mins are mixed by Chief Boima and the last 30 mins by Sogui So Good with help from DJ Elembe.
Here’s a teaser of the mix:
No Te Veo-Casa De Leones
(Coupe) Like Me Baby (Chief Boima Décalé Remix)-D4L
Jolie-Petit Yode & L’Enfant Siro
For more info about Baobab Connection or Chief Boima’s Dj dates and music check Chief Boima’s myspace he’s gonna be in September in London supporting Beating by Them
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Daniel Boyd-Treasure Island
A few weeks ago I received a myspace message from Down Under…Sven Simulacrum was asking me how was London Town…I replied that London is on fire…its true, LDN never stops and there’s always something good happening music related.
I checked the music he’s got on his profile and some of his “friends”…I liked what I heard and wanted you to listen to it and to know more about this Mc/Producer.
In his own words… “Born in South Asia / Made in Australia. Sydney based mix n mash slasher selecta brings chutney rebel baile bass bhangra bashment bump n grime. DIY/diaspora/culture clash!”
You can hear his music here: Sven Simulacrum myspace
And also you can read and listen to his collaborations with MC Nova here
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If you are in London on friday, come and check this party out! I predict is gonna be lots of fun.
>Here are some photos and a video from last friday in Paris!
Many thanks to the people who came!
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An another post about an argentinian band…this time one that is not together since 2001, a band formed by Dante Spinetta Zalazar y Emmanuel Horvilleur… Illia Kuryaki and the Valderramas.
Their name is composed the names of a character of Agent Cipol and the eternal number 10 of the Colombian football team Carlos Valderrama.
I used to listen to their albums (they released 6 in total), full of great songs with crazy poetic lyrics/rhymes, funk and great instrumentation. They brought a sound that people in Latin America wasn’t used to but that quickly catched the ear of most people and gave them the success they worked for. At a time were all great and even shitty bands are reuniting I pray to God this two guys start making music together again!
Their videos are amazing you can see some of them here, (sorry for the bad quality of some of the videos…there was no youtube in 1994)
COOLO:
JAGUAR HOUSE:
El ABISMO:
you can also download some of their tracks here:
Abarajame (live MTV unplugged)
Jaguar House (live, MTV unplugged)
Jugo (taked from their album Versus)
Chaco (live MTV unplugged)
Hermoza from Heaven (live MTV unplugged)