January 15, 2023
→ Plenty of guitars and more from the vibrant Portuguese scene this week with Pedro Ricardo's beautiful jazz-folk track from Jazzego Records's amazing compilation "Granito" (and a new album coming out on @soundwayrecords), a new exquisite single from Amsterdam/Turkey Altin Gün, back to their roots, the first single for the highly anticipated collab between NY producer El Michels Affair and rapper Black Thought of The Roots fame. Flying back in time to Guine-Bissau with Ze Manel and finishing UK prog-psych Hokus Poke produced by George Martin. Good week!
Do Outro Lado do Mar
Pedro Ricardo
Leylim Ley
Altin Gün
Grateful
El Michels Affair, Black Thought
Bardade Dentro De Bardade
Ze Manel, 2M G-B
Big World Small Girl
Hokus Poke
January 9, 2023
→ Quite a soulful selection this week, with Dutch duo Yana Liza and Kunuku's classy "The Dreamer" on Amsterdam based INI Movement label, a refreshing blend of electronica and pop with a collaboration between Portuguese Império Pacífico and Animal Collective's Panda Bear (thanks to @peekaboorecords for the hint!), a dubby remix by IZCO from the Yoruba, French, Attié and English anthem OBiNRiN. Also Brazilian Astrud Gilberto's incredible album LP "Now" gets a re-release on BBE, wrapping this up in Congo with the nonchalant latin grooves of Vicky Longomba and Orchestre O.K. Jazz with their cover of Cuban classic "El Carretero".
The Dreamer
Yana Liza, Kunuku
Aftershow
Império Pacífico, Panda Bear
OBiNRiN - IZCO Remix
DIVINEANGEL, muva of Earth, Angel Seka, IZCO
Take It Easy My Brother Charlie
Astrud Gilberto
A Moins Que Namikosa
Vicky, Orchestre O.K. Jazz
January 2, 2023
→ 2023 here we come! We're obviously still featuring music produced and released in 2022 for this week and I have to admit last December has been pretty generous! Opening in Brooklyn, NYC with Club Level's haunting baritone saxophone... Album dropping this year! Back to the UK with Bruise's brilliant new single (a classic already) and Nightmares On Wax's take on Greentea Peng's latest LP's final track. Three of our 2022 favorites right here! Also looking back at some Colombian Los Pirañas back in 2019, ending in Guinea with the beautiful afro-cuban number "Soumba" by Kébendo Jazz. Wishing you all the best for 2023!
Club Level
79.5
The Dassy Slide
Bruise
Top Steppa V2
Greentea Peng, Nightmares On Wax
Todos tenemos hogar
Los Pirañas
Soumba
Kébendo Jazz
December 26, 2022
→ ✨ It's a wrap! Last Heavy Rotation of the year 2022... One last spin around the global music scene of today and yesterday... Mexico via Los Angeles to meet the mesmerizing voice of SAN CHA, Swiss afrobeat by Konkolo Orchestra with South African singer Nongoma, a marvelous duet with Porto-Rican-born, Belgium-based Gabriel Rios and Venezuelan singer Devendra Banhart. Off to the UK to pay homage to The Specials and Fun Boy Three's lead singer Terry Hall who passed away last week... Back to the US of A with the irresistible cut by nomadic band The Six Degree South. Enjoy this last one and see you in 2023! Wondering where we're gonna start this new year... Cheers! 🍾✨
Deja Que El Mundo Se Prenda
SAN CHA
Blue G.
Konkolo Orchestra, Nongoma
La torre
Gabriel Rios, Devendra Banhart
Way on Down
Fun Boy Three
Loving You (Is Too Far Out), Pt. 1
The Six Degree South
December 19, 2022
→ A wee late this week! Took some time to digest that legendary final... ⚽🇦🇷🇫🇷 Going all latin this week! Celebrating the first release of New Regency Orchestra, the London based 18 piece band reviving the great old days of Afro-cuban jazz orchestras of the New York scene taking its roots in the collision between Gillespie's new bebop and Chano Pozo and Machito's latin influences... Can't wait to see them live! 10th Street also sits in the tradition by joining forces of 2 dozens of New York based musicians in the soul, funk and latin scenes. Off to Colombia with Aïtawa and their blend of lesser known Colombian rhythms, then to Cuba with the funk-infused latin trombone of Juan Pablo Torres. Finally we're exploring the roots of the New Regency Orchestra with the classic song "Tin Tin Deo" composed by Chano Pozo and Gil Fuller interpreted by trumpet Clark Terry and producer Chico O'Farrill on the 1966 LP Spanish Rice!
Mambo Rama (Lex Blondin's rework)
New Regency Orchestra, Lex Blondin
Moodies Basement
10th Street
Camino
Aïtawa
Que se sepa
Juan Pablo Torres
