15 minutes can save you...

Geko Jones, the Head Latino In Charge over @Dutty Artz, has just dropped a nice 20 min mix for Time Out New York. Check out the much more in depth article over here, I'm simply the messenger. Actually, I think Geko puts it best when he said something along the lines of, "It’s really hard not to like this stuff."

Que Bajo mix Geko Jones by TimeOutNewYork

And if you know anything, you'll be checking out Que Bajo, the Tormenta Tropical version, esta noche at Santo's Party House, NYC. Who doesn't like shakers?

Colombia x NYC

Oh technology ... ¡Que buena estas! With your help I will send out a transmission. One that shares folkloric cumbia from San Jacinto, Colombia layered ever so gently with modern beats from Nueva York. Andres Landero (pictured above w amigos) is brought into 2010 with the help of New York's Cumba Mela.

La Pava Congona (CumbaMela Edit) by Cumba Mela

Click above for the free download, thanks guys. You can catch the Cumba Mela collective at Bembe in Brooklyn where they are known to tread not so lightly across cumbia nueva, baile, kuduro, afrocolombian bass & heavy sounds from all across the globe. Oh, and they also bust out drums, shakers, guacharachas, etc etc during their sets. Try to stand still...

MEXI CHI RAVERTON

As I make my way across the continental USA in search of music that will blow your collective minds, I find myself in one of the better cities Dios has blessed us with .. CHICAGO. Detroit & Chi put the rest of the world on to a little ting called Ghetto House/Barrio Booty/Juke, etc etc but FFWD a decade + and here we stand.
A group of tres amigos has joined forces to form STARFOXXX. Rumored to run with Friends With Benefits, these guys are cranking out tune after tune of righteous, grimy club music. A touch of B'more, splash of the D, and of course a healthy dose of straight up Chicago juke. BUT what really caught my attention and that of my damnzun® associates was when they decided to add some Latin fuego to one of their newest tracks, La Contradansa:

La Contradansa by starfoxxxchicago

Check out their page for some free downloads and no te preocupes... a handful of proper releases are coming soon

ey!wey!hey!

Today you zuns, a little song with a huge marimba de chonta. Originally an African instrument, the marimba made its way to Central America and has played a huge role since. Music from Mexico to Ecuador to Guatemala and beyond embrace the good vibes, as I'm sure you will/do. Another sun drenched track for you thanks to the fine folks at Dutty Artz. Not sure much about this other than it's from a guy who goes by 'Yage' and it's straight summer rooftop/blockparty/beachball culo shaking bass madness.

Descarga below, gratiiis:

MARIMBA DE CHONTA by Yage

Eres Como Droga

If this song were a girl, I'd love her. Seriously. Breezy, synthy, and bouncy - Brooklyn's Uproot Andy comes correct time and time again. I held off on posting this one (like 48 hours) because I'm super tired of hearing the 'Hold Yuh' riddim in Brooklyn and across the US. Was never into it. But man this remix did it for me. Los Rakas drop a few verses longing for lost love and Faviola comes in to finish it off for las mujeres. Great track for the summer. I can just hear this one starting and closing out parties for the next few months. I'm sure someone will fall in love to it as well. Ajajaj

Check Soundcloud for the free download:


Abrazame (uproot andy mix) by Uproot Andy

Buttery + Funky

I know Hudson mentioned he doesn't smoke illegal drogas no mas, but when he teams up with Wiley on this track expect a helium induced, funky ass, summer loving HEATER. WOW. I love how in the past few months these normally left-field hip hop & electronic dudes e.g. FlyLo, HudMo, Four Tet, etc. have all put out straight dance tracks. "Experimental party music", as the venerable Wayne of Wayne&Wax might say.

Check it out below, proper release coming soon? Warp? Anybody??

IF Daft Punk made deep cumbia, THEN...

..it might sound something like this: Deep, percussive as hell, and techy. Coming from Barcelona today, Doma Tornados takes us on a 7 minute journey - the snares rattling throughout, a deep alien bassline settling in just as the drums start letting loose again.

Fantastique (Doma Tornados Remix) by Doma Tornados

Need more? Gotta make it to Spain to see what Doma and the rest of the Hipi Duki Music crew are up to. They are the fine people behind the stellar Soundamerica series - exploring traditional and experimental sounds from across the Latin American spectrum.
Book the flight, check these for now:

Download/Descarga Doma Tornado's new release, "TOBA REY" right "here".

y Soundamerica vol.12 as selected by Sumergido "here"