This Friday, April 27th the SOL POWER ALLSTARS bring their house-influenced samba, salsa, Afrobeat and cumbia sounda to Red Fridays with opening support from Joe L!
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Here’s a bit of shameless self promotion. I’ve been sitting on this little edit I did of Kabbala’s Afro disco classic “Ashewo Ara” for a minute. Figured it was time to share. Can’t wait to test this one at Sol Power this weekend, along with a few other fresh Sol Power edits we’ve been cooking up.
Can’t stop, won’t stop buying records. 1. MRR-ADM feat Malcolm Catto – [untitled] track 01 [MRR] Breaks-heavy, tripped-out, analog-synth psychedelic madness. An instant Soul Strut classic! 2. African Music Machine – Black Water Gold [Paul Winley Records] Afro-funk disco excellence from the Super Disco Brakes Vol. 8 EP. 3. Lito Barrientos y su Orquesta – Cumbia en Do…
More records. Always more records… 1. Greenskeepers – Polo Club [Om Records] Greenskeepers strap on indie guitars for all the girls at the polo club. 2. shante – Big Mama [Livin’ Large] The disses fly fast and furious on this classic hip-hop banger from 1992. 3. Justin Timberlake – My Love (remix) [Money Studies] From the Money Lotion…
Feels like summer. Time for new records! 1. Jonathan Krisp – 52nd Street [Cookshop] Ridiculously catchy new single from Mr. Krisp. Inna soulful drum’n’bass stylee I can get behind. 2. Cedar Walton – Low Rider [white label] As hyped by the Idjut Boys on their Press Play mix, this is a great electrofunkified cover of the War…
More crate essentials courtesy Turntable Lab, DJ Hut, Soul Strut and eBay.. 1. Boz Scaggs – Lowdown [white label] The smooth blue-eyed R&B classic on a nice loud 12″. 2. Nelly Furtado & Boz Scaggs – Promiscuous Lowdown [n/a] Nelly Furtado nestles up nicely with Boz Scaggs in this tasty MP3-only mash-up, courtesy Soul Strut. 3. Soothsayers –…
Heretofore uncharted territory, now to be meticulously recorded for posterity. 1. various – REBTUZ Presents (EP 5) [Tru Thoughts] copyright-defying fun featuring Kinny & Horne vocals 2. Dr. Rubberfunk – Riding With the Ratman [GPS] slick street-wise funk, great vocal sample 3. Skeewiff – Wet Your Beak EP [Jalapeno] Cheeky, funky, breaky goodness. 4. Nuyorican Soul – Runaway [Giant…