Please Listen To My Demo!

Please listen to my demo! This is my first mix and I would like you to hear it. I just want to give you some good music and that's it. You can scroll down and see the track list. I collected some information about music on the mixtape and believe me when I tell you this, it was very hard. Information is from their web sites (unless they don't have them, then it's translated from various languages, and it's also taken out of their discographies). I wasn't going for my emotional review, I hope I don't have to tell you that I like it muy mucho! I will be back soon with another mix... Until than, enjoy listening!

 Tropical Sunray by Ray Sun 

01. Express Brass Band "Radio Kabul"

The Express Brass Band, is a German group of at least 15 brass wind instruments and percussionists. On their debut album "Oriental Journey" - together with extremely different guests - the Express Brass Band draws up a swinging caravan, whose range is enduring from Soul, Jazz, African and East-European influences to Arabic touched Dub, classical piano from Azerbaijan and Hungarian opera-singing. 

Express Brass Band - Radio Kabul

02. Orchestre Du Bawobab "Kelen Ati Len"

Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban, Son, Wolof and Pachanga band. Organized in 1970, as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band, Orchestre Baobab adapted the then current craze for Cuban Music (growing out of the Congolese Soukousstyle) in West Africa to Wolof Griot culture and the Mandinga musical traditions of the Casamance. One of the dominant African bands of the 1970s, they were overshadowed in the 1980s and broke up, only to reform in 2001 after interest in their recordings grew in Europe.

Orchestre Du Bawobab - Kelen Ati Len

03. Lucho Bermudez y su Orquesta "Fiesta De Negros"

Luis Eduardo Bermúdez (January 25, 1912 in El Carmen de Bolívar – April 24, 1994 in Bogotá), was a Colombian musician, composer, and interpreter of Boleros, Cumbias, Porrosand other Colombian folkloric rhythms stylized by orchestras. He learned to play the flute, the trombone, the piccolo, the Tuba, the trumpet, the Saxophone and the clarinet. He became musical director for the A Numero uno de Cartagena orchestra, and later on the Orquesta del Caribe, in which he played many of his compositions.

Bermúdez and his orchestra recorded an album under the RCA Victor in Argentina, which contained the songs "Danza Negra", "Caprichito", "Cuca", "Cumbia Colombiana", "El Porro Buenos Aires", among others. The following year Bermúdez organized an orchestra with his name and moved to Medellín where he established his home.

Between 1952 and 1954 Bermúdez lived in Cuba and Mexico with his orchestra, mainly to promote the Colombian music overseas. Upon his return to Colombia, he was invited by the first Colombian Television to perform in their first broadcast on June 13, 1954.

This EP features six of their tracks dating back to the 1960s on a triple 7” vinyl. Limited to a 1000 copies.

Lucho Bermudez y su Orquesta - Fiesta De Negritos

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04. The Rhythmagic Orchestra "African Mailman"

The Rhythmagic Orchestra is an All-star project featuring members of the Nostalgia 77 Octet, the Plumstead Radical Club, the Alex Wilson Band, Jazz Jamaica and Ska Cubano - between them they’ve played with innumerable Jazz and Latin greats, and have the chops to prove it!

Paying tribute to the giants of Afro-Cuban jazz like Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Machito, the orchestra’s first 12″ release sees the band work their magic on some Jazz Dance classics and forgotten masterpieces - timeless grooves that are proving a hit on jazz dancefloors the world over!

The Rhythmagic Orchestra - African Mailman

05. Bad Jazz Troupe "Breakdown Treat"

You could probably live without bad Jazz, but you don´t want to miss the Bad Jazz Troupe! Disregarding any kind of mindless rule – musical or otherwise – this reckless band revamps traditional rhythms and styles with modern production techniques. The Bad Jazz Troupe brings together raw Afrobeat, Jazz and Funk elements with the latest achievements of the electronic revolution in the world of music. The result sounds fresh and original and yet reminds one of those days when Jazz was still something unruly, naughty and rebellious. What the Bad Jazz Troupe seeks to accomplish, after all, is nothing but bad jazz in the best sense.

Bad Jazz Troupe - Breakdown Treat

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6. La Tromba "Calaba Calabo"

This track was originally featured on the La Tromba's hard to find self titled album, released in 1982 on Producciones Fonograficas Felito records in Columbia.

La Tromba - Calaba Calabao

07. Jimmy Hiacynthe "Yatchiminou"

Jimmy Hyacinthe, born in Treichville, a district of Abidjan, was an arranger and singer from Ivory Coast. He collaborated with Nayanka Bell and many other musicians and singers from the Ivory Coast and Mali in the 1970 and 1980. People called him Mr. Guitar. If you give it a try you'll see why!

Jimmy Hyacinthe - Yatchiminou

08. Pierre Dalmon "Jungle Melody"

This is the funky break-heavy track "Jungle Melody" by Pierre Dalmon from his 1977 untitled album. European disco heavy-weights Roger Tokarz and Pierre-Alain Dahan from Voyage and Arpadys also appear on the track.

Pierre Dalmon - Jungle Melody

09. Jukka Eskola "1974"

Right now there is a lot of great new funky and experimental jazz music coming out of Finland and Ricky-Tick Records is one of the big reasons for this recent regional jazz explosion. Over the last half-decade, the label has been highlighting the countries growing jazz scene by releasing a number of great records by Finnish artists like Astro Can Caravan, Timo Lassy, The Five Corners Quintet, Auteur Jazz, Dalindèo, and many others. One of many musicians on Ricky-Tick is trumpet and flugelhorn player Jukka Eskola. Along with playing in The Five Corners Quintet, Jukka has released a couple of solo albums and a few singles including the amazing 2009 LP Walkover. This funky jazz gem "1974" was released as a single back in 2004, as well as included on his self-titled debut the following year.

Jukka Eskola - 1974

10. Timo Lassy "African Rumble"

Timo Lassy has been a prominent figure in the field of contemporary jazz with firm roots and a strong rhythmic presence ever since the early 2000’s. His work with the Blue Note recording U-Street All Stars, the ever-so-successful The Five Corners Quintet, and of course his own ensemble, the Timo Lassy Band, has gained the man a steady international following in addition to domestic success. His 2007 debut “The Soul & Jazz of Timo Lassy” ranks among the most celebrated releases on the Ricky-Tick label, and Lassy himself, pre “Round Two”, is noted as a force to be reckoned with in any given setting.

When considering the message of Timo Lassy and his music, one cannot omit the realisation of just how deeply immersed in innovation yet easily approachable his sound is. The roots of jazz with attitude are there, but the execution is distinctively 21st century without sounding selfrighteously retro.

This is pure high-quality jazz “post” the “modern” age.

Timo Lassy - African Rumble

11. Prins Thomas "Kukkelure"

Thomas Moen Hermansen, recording under the name Prins Thomas, is a Norwegian record producer, best known for his collaboration with Hans-Peter Lindstrøm as Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas. Their music has been described as "space disco", and influences include krautrock, psychedelia and prog. Their records include the album Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas, released in 2005 on the Eskimo Recordings label, and Reinterpretations, a compilation of remixes and unreleased versions of tracks from the album. The duo have released a second album, Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas II.

Prins Thomas' label, Full Pupp, also features similar-sounding artists like Blackbelt Andersen and Todd Terje.

Prins Thomas - Kukkelure

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12. The Souljazz Orchestra "Mista President"

Since their creation in Ottawa, Canada, back in 2002, the Souljazz Orchestra have become one of the most potent bands in their field. Drawing on the rough, raw grooves of the '60s and '70s and effortlessly fusing soul, jazz, afro and latin rhythms within their music, the group have moved forward the blueprint of Fela, Fania and the funk in entirely new ways, while keeping the vital analogue grit intact. As a live unit, years of relentless touring have formed the band into an in-demand fixture at venues and festivals worldwide.

Having turned heads with two fine records on the Toronto-based Do Right! label, Freedom No Go Die (2006, featuring their breakthrough single "Mista President") and Manifesto(2008), the Souljazz Orchestra have recently released the hotly anticipated Rising Sunalbum on London-based Strut Records. Drawing on a wider canvas of styles than ever before, touching on spiritual jazz, deep African rhythms, and cinematic soundscapes, the Orchestra take their sound to new heights with stunning musicianship and virtuoso arrangements throughout. Long-time fan Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio One) has already declared this album to be their best yet.

The Souljazz Orchestra - Mista President

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13. The Hi-Fly Orchestra "Roda De Samba"

The Hi-Fly Orchestra means all-acoustic jazz with a totally infectious and heavy dancegroove that always gets the crowd on the floor!

The heavy and rough rhythms are played by drums, double-bass, congas and piano, supporting the wonderful horn-lines by sax and trombone. The high musicality of the 6 members of THFO and the original sound of their instruments assure the most authentic perfomance with absolute high-energy playing!

THFO was founded in 2005 by Jerker Kluge and Florian Riedl. Though played by young musicians, who are influenced by all kinds of todays music, the intent was to create music that sounds as hip as the classic jazz records of the blue note era. Music to dance, without DJ´s, electronics or samples, just pure acoustic music!

The Hi-Fly Orchestra - Roda De Samba

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14. Ebo Tylor "Peace On Earth"

Born in 1936, guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and producer Ebo Taylor has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades. In the late '50s he was active in the influential highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band, and in 1962 he took his own group, the Black Star Highlife Band, to London, which led to collaborations with Fela Kuti and other African musicians in Britain at the time. Returning to Ghana, he worked as a producer, crafting recordings for Pat Thomas, C.K. Mann, and others, as well as exploring his own projects, combining traditional Ghanaian material with Afro-beat, jazz, and funk rhythms to create his own recognizable sound in the '70s. Taylor's work became popular internationally with hip-hop producers in the 21st century, which led to the release of Love and Death on Strut Records in 2010, his first internationally distributed album. Its success prompted Strut to issue the stellar retrospective Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980, in the spring of 2011.

Ebo Taylor - Peace on Earth

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