Posts under ‘FANIA’

cumbias_y_gaitas_famosas_1.zip (47.1MB)

The kind folks at www.soundwayrecords.com are back at it again with an awesome compilation, Panama 2. Their mission of ‘unveiling forgotten chapters’ is indeed true and a treat to say the least.
Beto has put together a short video about music in Panama…
yes my friends..this is news of the highest caliber… Soundway digs deeper than anyone!

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DUSTY SHOULDERS CUMBIA VILLERA.mp3

Here’s some new heat for your cumbia pleasures. Enjoy.

www.generationbass.com
This is a DOPE blog with loads of cool music!
PEACE to GENERATIONBASS for the love!
CHeckA the review and DOWNLOAD link
ALSO Peep Toy’s Video all over SXSW with the DJDUS logo at the end!
TOY SELECTAH FROM AUSTIN TO MIAMI
I had to re-edit this post cus i cant figure out the youtube code, and they gave me [...]

Part three contains two albums only cause one is live and for the djs, live cuts don’t do so well…..for the most part (please note it is in my nature to, soon hopefully, contradict myself).
Here’s what we got:
Tracklisting:
Larry Harlow - Hommy
01. Es Un Varón
02. El Dia De Navidad
03. Quirimbomboro
04. Interlude III
05. Mantecadito
06. El Doctor Y [...]

I got a couple posts I will be providing in the coming days/weeks of some Vintage Salsa from the Fania vaults. Here’s the first one.
Track Listing - Adalberto Santiago
01 - Mi Guajira - Se Va Mi Querer
02 - Se Seca El Mar
03 - Sarandonga
04 - Se Fue Mi Montuna
05 - Alma Guajira [...]

Like many American stories, the tale of Fania comes from the boroughs and inner city barrios of New York City. In the early 60’s young Latin musicians brought the music from their homelands into the Great Apple and thus began a great period of musical reinvention and free cooperation amongst the melting pot of cultures living in the city.

During that time of cultural change, musical life in New York was exciting and unpredictable. One could visit Greenwich Village and listen to the topical folk of Bob Dylan, or take that A train to Harlem and watch James Brown shred his R&B all over the Apollo Theater. Fania would evolve, out of this diverse and dynamic mix of ideas, into one of the most influential and beloved Latin musical institutions of our times.

The new sounds coming from Spanish Harlem and the Bronx were sometimes rough and dangerous but always real and immediate, like the New York streets that inspired them. Along the way, Fania artists mixed a cornucopia of styles that transcended the boundaries of traditional Latin music and set the path for the genres of salsa, boogalu, Latin R&B, and afro-Cuban jazz.