there's even a goofy romantic boogaloo number if that's your bag
i think it was streaming somewhere and the NYC show is on the 27thsample here at the very least http://snd.sc/JFLQcb
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Monday, 23 July 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
whoa i did not realize MICHI SARMIENTO IS STILL ALIVE??
i gotta get this ondatropica record
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 August 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
not only alive, but making music!
it's a shame you missed the london show(s) -- i think there was more than one?
only two shows in usa -- ny and la :(
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 August 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
i was in new york for the london show, and will be in london for the new york show *flings back of hand limply to forehead*
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 August 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
oh nm that rough trade show was for soundway as a whole.. STILL THOUGH
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 August 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
yes: http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/10/24/kiki-gyan-24-hours-in-a-disco/
― *buffs lens* (schlump), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
It's December and I still think Ondatrópica is really good -- they got slapped with a corny marketing scheme imo, but the music itself is v enjoyable. Any other Soundway recordings I shouldn't miss this year?
― passion it person (La Lechera), Thursday, 13 December 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
To each her/his own, but I think if a group is doing an Afro-Colombian cover of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" like Ondatropica do, they may get a corny marketing campaign because such a cover is kind of corny.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I guess so. The rest of the album is good though! Maybe I have a high tolerance for corny cumbia.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
I really like the Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza LP. Pretty unique take on that stuff.
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 14 December 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
This one is my favorite - cumbia with little sci-fi synths sprinkled throughout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_R-RSPmYY
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 14 December 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
Hmm - I don't know why it didn't embed
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 14 December 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
"https"->"http" I think
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Friday, 14 December 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
damn, great song.
bump it while looking @ this thread:
post animated gifs of dancing skeletons
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 14 December 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
ooh that is good! thanks. i'm a little confused about what is considered cumbia these days -- that's way faster than what i think of when i think of cumbia.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Friday, 14 December 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
I played this track a bunch, not sure where it fits in genrewise: https://soundcloud.com/bombaestereo/lo-que-tengo-que-decir
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Friday, 14 December 2012 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
i like them but i don't think they're on soundway records? did NOT know they had a new record out -- i'll have to give it a listen.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Friday, 14 December 2012 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
Their last album was on Soundway in Europe at least.
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Friday, 14 December 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
oh weirdi don't think it was here? i dunno, i downloaded it from emusic i think. anyway i completely forgot about them, so thanks for reminding me.
― passion it person (La Lechera), Friday, 14 December 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
fun fun fun fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYAW8oJgti8
― scintilla (seandalai), Monday, 29 April 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
not on soundway, but it feels more relavent to share them here than any other thread:
CHICANO BATMANCHICANO BATMANCHICANO BATMAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynlnp_I4vwY
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Monday, 29 April 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
new meridian brothers -- sounds pretty good so far, and i like the cover art. i'm not really in love with the hyperactive side of psychedelia but maybe it would grow on me.
Deseperanza’ focussed heavily on salsa rhythms but on his new release Álvarez based each track in a different Latin American style. For example ‘Somos los Residentes’ finds it inspiration in Dominican Republic merengue while ‘Baile ultimo….’ is a slow and sad reggaeton. The lyrics talk of a man who has been sent to the electric chair because he was dancing too much reggaeton, a style that isn’t accepted as “good taste” within Colombia.
https://soundcloud.com/soundway-records/meridian-brothers-el-gran-pajaro-de-los-andes-instrumental
― La Lechera, Friday, 20 June 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
THIS, from Cartagena!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jGyfqc7vK8
― Jazzbo, Friday, 20 June 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
dang this song is so groovy it's exactly what i needed to hear right now
https://soundcloud.com/soundway-records/vou-me-libertar
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
hey that track's a lot of fun
― slip jig (seandalai), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
the beginning sounds kinda like Can!! i love it.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
damo suzuki-fronted freaked out groovy can
Latest Meridian Brothers record may be his best yet.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3RKNDECAtWiG1Ltq28t9kc
Title track for the Spotify-allergic: https://soundcloud.com/soundway-records/donde-estas-maria
― Jeff W, Friday, 8 September 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
i feel apprehensive about this in spite of the description sort of appealing to me
Announcing our newest signing, The Mauskovic Dance Band! The Dutch group combines cumbia, Afro-Caribbean rhythms & space disco. Stay tuned
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
Dutch Cumbia makes me think of the time Malkmus was going to call an album Swedish Reggae. (But who knows, this could be great.)
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
i guess i don't really turn to Soundway for this sort of thing. whatever it takes to stay alive i guess. maybe it will be good?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
all the vinyl releases from this label are hella expensive these days, wish they would do represses every once in a while
I guess I need Kings Of Benin... I have the (awesome) cumbia 2CD, Nigerian Funk, Nigerian Disco, and The World Ends Part 1, any other shortlist recommendations?
― sleeve, Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
ghana soundz, imo
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
I think the MIchi Sarmiento collection is essentialhttps://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aqui-los-bravos-the-best-of-michi-sarmiento-y-su-combo-bravo-1966-67
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
this one is good too https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cartagena-curro-fuentes-the-big-band-cumbia-and-descarga-sound-of-colombia-1962-72
is this the cumbia comp you mean? this is definitely essential https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-original-sound-of-cumbia
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
lol one of the biggest current dancehall producers is Swedish: https://soundcloud.com/addeinstrumentals
I might have said this upthread, but Nigeria Special is probably my favorite soundway release, though mookieproof is also right
― rob, Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
xp, yep, that's the one.
thanks y'all, I've seen those recommendations earlier in the thread and they seem like good next steps
― sleeve, Thursday, 18 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
I introduced my students to Soundway tonight and I feel like I have done a great service to humanity
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 04:04 (six years ago) link
you have, congrats
― map, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
they were really interested in 1) the fact that this music wasn't widely available before it was reissued 2) it was all available for preview on bandcamp three cheers for soundway and bandcamp!! everyone wins :)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 04:14 (six years ago) link
i'm listening to Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa right now, wowow it's good
― map, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link
yeah that set is dynamite
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 07:08 (six years ago) link
At this point I've listened to a buncha Soundway Afro-Beat comps but barely any Fela Kuti.
I wonder if reissue digger labels like Soundway, Soul Jazz, etc. lead to that sort of experience for a lot of people - knowing about José Mauro before you've heard Caetano Veloso, say, or funky Gospel obscurities before you've heard Mahalia Jackson.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 08:33 (six years ago) link
the Amanda Petruisch book about hardcore 78 collectors talks about this a bit in regard to how ppl ended up listening to Skip James rather than anyone who was actually popular at the time
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 10:12 (six years ago) link
i introduced my students to fela last night too! it was their lucky day
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:37 (six years ago) link
you are the best
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
Tunji Oleyana comp is dope fyi
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
Terrible artist name, but the two songs made available so far from this EP, released in full next Friday, are both terrific:https://pigeon-uk.bandcamp.com/album/yagana-ep
― Jeff W, Monday, 15 November 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link