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

Bio Ritmo – Sombras

needles — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:05:47 +0000

This talented team of eight (or nine, or ten…) from Virginia has been recording for 14 years already. Heavy in the horn section and light on the feet, this track from their latest album, Biónico, captures that Nuyorican brand of salsa that some have been retroactively tagging as “salsa-dura”. So while Bio Ritmo has you fantasizing about your old Fania records, don’t forget that they also play merengue, mambo and a whole bunch of other Latin styles really well. (And their latest 45, “Lisandra”, is on very pretty, Prince-purple vinyl!) They have a bunch of gigs coming up in the mid-Atlantic area, but nothing on the radar for New York right now. In the meantime, sit back and enjoy this brassy goodness:

Bio Ritmo – Sombras | Locutor

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Dusty – Revolver Theme / Salsa Step

Bio Ritmo – Sombras