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Dusty – Revolver Theme / Salsa Step

needles — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:13:53 +0000

Courtesy of the good people at Giant Step, I thought I’d share a couple of good tracks from German-based DJ/producer, Dusty. These both come off of the first release, Keep It Raw from his new label, Jazz & Milk. “Revolver Theme” is a funky, polyrhymtatic afrobeat-inspired piece, while “Salsa Step” has a touch of the salsa-dura I mentioned in a post last week. Both are dancefloor fillers and full of percussion. Try not to dance to these and see what happens:

Dusty – Revolver Theme | Jazz & Milk
Dusty – Salsa Step | Jazz & Milk

Soul Sugar – Ritual (Part 1)

needles — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:54:51 +0000

I don’t know too much about this group, but I am very happy I discovered them in WaxPoetics. I know they are from France and have put out a few 45s. I know that they love their Hammond B-3 organs, but most of all, I know that they are very skilled at the polyrhythms. At home I throw most of my polyrhythm-funk records onto my “afrobeat” shelf; for me that category ranges from Fela to War to Mandrill. Enough talk…check out this great piece of music:

Soul Sugar – Ritual (Part 1) | Mocambo

Chico Mann – Dilo Como Yo

needles — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:13:26 +0000

Those of you that were lucky enough to cop it, should have grabbed Chico’s debut album in 2007, Manifest Tone Vol.1. As a part of the Antibalas crew Chico Mann has participated in creating some wonderful music, but his solo projects have given him a lot more room to play around. From what I have heard, this track may have been dropped from his still unreleased follow-up to Manifest Tone: Analog Drift. Upon hearing that, I felt it was necessary to unleash this danceable goodness into the wild…

Chico Mann – Dilo Como Yo | unreleased