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  • Ikebe Shakedown Serve Up a Salsa Picante of Boogaloo-Afro-Funk With a Dash of Disco

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    Ikebe Shakedown, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of Cinematic Soul, Afro-funk, Deep Disco, and Boogaloo in all the right ways. After spending a few years together the group, named after a favorite Nigerian boogie record (and pronounced “ee-KAY-bay,”) delivers a driving set of tunes featuring a mighty horn section anchored…

  • Brownswood Electr*c Plots the Blips & Beeps of the Underground

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      Listen to the full compilation at AOL Music In June of 2010, Gilles Peterson’s mighty Brownswood collective (specifically Peterson’s assistant Alex Stevenson) hand-picked artists to form a compilation that represented the multi-dimensional, kaledescopic landscape of the label’s musical interests. A tight, bright roundup of bass music at that sliver of time, ‘Brownswood Electr*c’ bred…

  • Creole Choir of Cuba Coming to North America

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    When one thinks “Cuba” the idea of creole culture doesn’t often come to mind, but the island shares a long and intertwined history with Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A million Cubans speak creole, a fusion of African, French and other tongues. The islands have a shared history: many Haitians fled to Cuba after the…

  • Fort Knox Recordings Reggae Duo “See-I” Get Heavy

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    Fort Knox Collaborators & Thievery Corporation Vocalists Arthur “Rootz” Steele And Archie “Zeebo” Steele Bring Their Unique Brand Of Reggae On Their Debut Album – Injected With Heavy Doses Of Funk, Soul, Dub And Rock – To The Fort Knox Vault Fort Knox Recordings presents the debut album from See-I entitled “See-I.” Long time Fort…

  • Africa HiTech: Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek Go to the Source

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    Nearly nine years ago Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek began bonding over their shared passion for the seemingly disparate spheres of bubbling Detroit techno, soul and fierce Jamaican digital dancehall. First came an appearance by Spacek on Pritchard’s Troubleman album, then the collaborative track “Turn It On” released on Sonar Kollektive. It was when they…

  • Novalima to Release “Karimba” on ESL Music, On Tour This Summer

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    ESL Music announced it would release the 3rd full-length album of Novalima, titled “Karimba”, on September 13, 2011. This collective based out of Lima Peru brings together Afro-Peruvian roots music with modern electronic, dub, and afro-beat. The founders of Novalima, Ramon Perez-Prieto, Grimaldo Del Solar, Rafael Morales, and Carlos Li Carrillo, became friends while in…

  • Maya Azucena Releases “Cry Love”

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    Album Release Performance at Highline Ballroom as Part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Maya Azucena releases her newest album, Cry Love, on iTunes on June 24th with a special headline performance at New York City’s Highline Ballroom that evening and official, physical release slated for September 13th. Attendees will be able to purchase the…

  • Jazz-Funk Legends the Headhunters Release “Platinum”

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    3 free songs at end of article The Headhunters, founded in 1973, were a legendary jazz-funk fusion band immortalized from their recordings and tours with Herbie Hancock. Widely revered throughout the hip-hop community, they collaborated with a number of esteemed rappers for “Platinum.” Owl Studios is proud to release the bawdy, soulful new CD ‘Platinum’,…

  • Junior Boys Release “It’s All True”

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    Free song at end of article It’s All True is the name of the bold new album from Junior Boys, released on 14th June around the world (save the UK where it was released on 20th June). The epic 9-minute album track “Banana Ripple”  with remixes by The Field and legendary disco mixer Tom Moulton…

  • Helado Negro Turns Dance Music Inside Out on “Canta Lechuza”

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    Helado Negro translates as “black ice cream” and Canta Lechuza means “sing owl.” Rightly so—like the wise ol’ owl, like Davey Crockett and the Jersey Devil, Canta Lechuza is a thing born of woodsy zones. In November of last year Roberto left Brooklyn for a month-long artist residence in rural Connecticut. From his piny retreat,…