My dearest partners in crime (<3 Jake, Allegra, Melissa, Mag & JB <3) and I committed a sung video about drones:
More on our hilarious website: http://droneh.it
Stay tuned for more flying killer robot hits! <3
You MUST SEE CitizenFour, the movie by the brilliant Oscar-nominated director and journalist Laura Poitras describing how she was contacted by Edward Snowden, to participate to release to the world documents revealing the NSA illegal spying activities, and its active sabotage of most of digital technology.
Finally available on bittorrent! <3
As suggested, along with finding ways to support Poitras’ work (going to the theater, recommending her movie, buying a plastic disc, sending kind words by email, etc.), you can donate to support Edward Snowden at this address: https://edwardsnowden.com/donate/ (1snowqQP5VmZgU47i5AWwz9fsgHQg94Fa )
English subtitles: citizenfour.(2014).eng.1cd.(6029282) (thxk Mot!)
Calle 13, from Puerto-Rico, are apparently hyper-famous around Spanish-speaking Latin America. They produce fantastic hiphop since 2004-2005, and sound very much like militant citizens. Their Lyrics are often super-smart and/or funny and touch grave subjects. They also have impressive pop hits! <3
Calle13′ clear and modern sound is amazingly assembled, and mixes everything with everything! From Hiphop to Cumbia to Reggaeton rythms, etc.
Calle <3!
This compilation is supposed to be their full discography and contains 96 tracks, unfortunately not sorted by album (they apparently released 5), once again compiled by legendary Shark DJ (“en eme pe tres!”).
Last 10 tracks seem to be remixes and collaborations with -among others- some of the vibrant electronic scene of Buenos-Aires (Villa Diamante, El Remollon from ZZK records).
bought for 10 Pesos (approx 0.66€) on some mercado in the South of Mexico D.F.
Partially random playlist:
Exolon is a computer game from 1987, the golden age of 8bit machines. I played it on an Amstrad CPC 6128.
It is an early “run’n’gun” where you control some kind of space soldier running through corridors, blasting enemies and infrastructure.
Quite a stimulating game but I mostly remember Exolon by its deep, amazingly nostalgic, music. Here is (what I think is) its title screen, grabbed from an Amstrad CPC… <3 [audio width=200 mp3="https://www.datalove.net/wp-content/uploads/Exolon-Dave-Rogers.ogg"][/audio]
And link to the Exolon (UK) (1987) diskette to play in an emulator. <3
Sonido Santana is, along with Pancho and Sonoramico, among the most notorious (the biggest?) sonideros (sound system) of Mexico D.F.
This 70 tracks compilation by Shark DJ is a showcase of recent titles (NB: even if the title advertises 2014, many tracks apparently date from 2012) in cumbia, including many covers of traditional cumbia standards. It is fascinating to see how this syncretic rythm, present in most of the Latino American continent, while evolving along recent musical trends and sounds (including some terrible vocoders! :/ ) remains authentic and so loaded with emotions.
Some very romantic tracks in an overall good and very interesting compilation! <3
bought for 10Pesos (0.65€) on some mercado somewhere in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Subjective, yet not random playlist:
Lo + Nuevo de la Cumbia 2014 – Sonido Santana – Shark DJ
Mambo, Danzon and Chachacha have in common that they all originate from Cuba, and are either directly derived from or influenced by Son rythm, sound and dance, which (according to Wikipedia) “combines the structure and elements of Spanish canción and the Spanish guitar with African rhythms and percussion instruments of Bantu origin”.
This compilation (80 tracks), even if some titles overlap with the content of “Lo Mejor del Cha Cha Cha – Heken DJ” or “Los Grandes Exitos del Mambo – Lobo DJ” is a very coherent and entertaining playlist! Retro and deliciously danceable! <3
bought for 10 Pesos (approx 0.6€) Near CU in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Not quite random playlist:
Mambo, Danzon y Cha Cha Cha
Sonido Sonoramico is one of the most influential Sonideros (sound systems) of Mexico D.F. He also owns an amazing record shop cerca the center of the city. (aww these vinyls!!)
This fantastic compilation (80 tracks) by Heken Productions is an amazing collection of antique cumbia classics, apparently from all over the Latin American continent. Some tracks were already present on some great compilations such as Cumbias de Antaño – Shark DJ or Duelo de Cumbias – Nuevas Vs Antaño – Shark DJ.
Muy bailable y amazing shit! <3
bought for 10 Pesos (approx 0.6€) on some mercado cerca Tasqueña, in Mexico D.F.
Unrandom clasicas playlist:
Las Clasicas de Sonido Sonoramico
Few movements were as influential of modern Brazilian music as Tropicália (or Tropicalismo). Its most influential members were Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes.
Tropicalismo is a celebration of tropical beats, Brazilian culture with some of its fundamental musical currents and rythms (many of which of African origins), meeting rock’n’roll and the wave of open-mindedness and social mutations that stroke the world in the late 60s (and specifically in 1968).
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Music from the Tropicalismo movement strikes by its audacious and avant-gardist style and by the warmth of it sounds. Members of the movement were repressed by the military dictatorship for the political and subversive nature of their work.
This compilation of albums and compilations (125 tracks in only 8 albums contrarily to what its conver says!) is a very nice panorama of some of the most influential artists. It contains the amazing 1968 album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis, the manifesto of the movement by Gil & Veloso.
Datalove do Brazil!! <3
bought for 5 Reals (approx 1.6€) near Galeria do Rock in São Paulo, Brazil.
Not-so-Random playlist:
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All torrent files were upgraded to be much faster (with several trackers instead of just one slow one!). If you experience any trouble with ongoing transfers, please re-download torrent files. If any problem remains, please contact me. Sorry for the inconvenience. <3
Mambo is this improbably jazzy and fun mélange of european colonial sounds through amazing musical skills. It seems to be a very dancefloor-oriented rythm and music. Quite close to the amazing Cha cha cha! Mambo loco! uW! Ayayay! <3
According to Wikipedia:
« Mambo is a musical form and dance style that developed originally in Cuba, with further significant developments by Cuban musicians in Mexico and the USA. The word “mambo” means “conversation with the gods” in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba.
Modern mambo began with a song called “Mambo (1938 song)” written in 1938 by brothers Orestes and Cachao López. The song was a danzón, a dance form descended from European social dances like the English country dance, French contredanse, and Spanish contradanza. It was backed by rhythms derived from African folk music. »
This short (70 tracks) compilation features Perez Prado, Tito Puente y mucho mas (but despite it being advertised on the cover, only one track from Orquesta Aragon, heard on the amazing Cha Cha Cha compilation Lo Mejor del Cha Cha Cha – Heken DJ (mp3)!).
Amazing stuff edited by Lobo DJ (Lobo DJ, “Seguimos evolucionando y causando envidias… Produciones Lobo DJ 2013”).
bought for 10 Pesos (approx 0.6€) probably at the marcado Copilco or CU in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Not-so-random playlist:
Los Grandes Exitos del Mambo – Lobo DJ
Sonido Pancho is one of the most important and most influential sonideros (sound systems) from Mexico City. Lately playing apparently mostly salsa, its “baile sonideros” are social events where families and amazingly talented dancers from “club de baile” meet and party.
This fantastic and very diverse compilation (131 tracks!) by Heken DJ, filled with oldschool tracks and classics, is about cumbia, salsa, guarachas, rumbas, and much more. If this doesn’t make your butt move, it probably means your butt is made of stone. :(
<3
bought for 10 Pesos (approx 0.6€) on mercado Tasqueña in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Random playlist:
Classical cumbia (peñonera?) track “Arrepentido” from the (excellent, upcoming on datalove.net) compilation “Las Clasicas de Sonido Pancho” from Mexico. Sunny and beautiful. <3 [audio mp3="https://www.datalove.net/wp-content/uploads/51.-ARREPENTIDO-sonido-pancho.mp3"][/audio]
100% Brazil! 100% Samba! 100% Datalove!
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Os Originais do Samba is a Brazilian band formed in the 60s by members of samba school. They played with giants of Brazilian music such as Baden Powell or Jorge Ben.
This compilation (14 albums, 173 tracks) of their full (?) discography, found in the streets of São Paulo, from the late 60s to the 90s, is a very nice and warm dose of Brazilian samba. Muito bom datalove! <3
bought for 5 Reals (1.6€) on Praça Roosevelt in São Paulo.
More-or-less random playlist:
Os Originais do Samba
“02. Tudo Bem“. Amazing psych rock track from Brazilians <3 Os Mutantes, from compilation “Os Mutantes – Discografia – 13 Albuns Completos” and album “1976- Cavaleiros Negros (Compactos e Raridades)/02”.
(As a matter of fact, “tudo bem“, roughly translated by “everything is fine”, is also by all means one’s first lesson of Brazilian Portuguese… <3) [audio mp3="https://www.datalove.net/wp-content/uploads/02.-Tudo-Bem.mp3"][/audio]
“05 – Chicos De Barrio – Zenaida”
From meta-compilation “Cumbias Argentinas 2“, album “Chicos De Barrio – 2008 – The Best Of Da Comark”
Tango is this very peculiar music and dance originating from Rio de la Plata, at the border between Argentina and Uruguay. Very peculiar because influenced mostly by colonial and European sounds and harmonics, originating in great part from Italian immigrants, with characteristic instruments such as the bandoneon.
It’s 2/4 rythm is still extremely popular and very much danced in Buenos Aires and in many other parts of the world.
Its lyrics are often outrageously romantic and tragic. Tango is about life and death, love and indifference, joy and pain.
This quite exhaustive compilation (170 tracks), despite a few tracks being garbled (with an annoying “tic! tic! tic!..” noise superposed sometimes by the end of the track :/ …the modern equivalent of the scratches of vinyls?) contains tracks from “Kings” of Tango (Gardel, Camaro, El Caballero Gaucho, but no Piazzola!) but also much -apparently- rarer pieces. <3
bought for 3.000 Pesos (1.5US$) on Carrera7 in Bogota, Colombia.
Not exactly random playlist:
Los 170 Tangos de la Historia
Quintessential cumbia. <3 (from compilation Sonidero Pancho - Cumbia Rumba y Guaracha - Lobo DJ) [audio mp3="https://www.datalove.net/wp-content/uploads/24-hechizeria.mp3"][/audio] Download file: [mp3j track="https://www.datalove.net/wp-content/uploads/24-hechizeria.mp3@https://www.datalove.net/wp-content/uploads/24-hechizeria.mp3" volslider="y"]
The Internet’s Own Boy is a beautiful documentary about our lost beloved Bro, Aaron Swartz. <3 =~~( <3
Well documented piece features many details about the prosecution, including so much evidence of the US Government’s political motives for unacceptably harassing, scaring and exhausting him.
Our loss is immense.
Let’s celebrate Aaron’s ideas, which are so much alive! <3 (Like culture, that is by nature free/libre.)
source on The Pirate Bay (the link may be censored in your country, in which case you have to attempt to change that) : http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/10457003/The_Internet_s_Own_Boy_The_Story_of_Aaron_Swartz_2014_HDRIP_x264
This post about Brazil is NOT related to whatever ongoing spectacle/sport/advertisement event.
Although mp3 compilations burnt CDRs I found in the streets of Brazil were less interesting, because much less edited and personal than the amazing pieces found in Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico, and mostly amounting to compilations of existing records or full discographies, it is still notable how widespread this format is all around the continent.
Racionais MC’s is probably one of the most important hiphop groups of Brazil, active since 1988. Their very dark and implacable style, as well as their progression from oldschool to more modern and mainstream sounds reminds me of the French NTM (and their amazing albums from 91 and 93!).
This compilation (118 tracks) is supposed to be their full discography, actualized in 2013.
A very nice hiphop compilation, very cool Brazilian sound! <3
bought for 5 Reals (1.6€) cerca Galeria do Rock en São Paulo, Brazil.
Playlist made with datalove:
Racionais MCs All
Of all the incredibly diverse musical genres found in Mexico, Rancheras is the closest to the common stereotype. Splendid orchestras de Mariachis with strings and amazing trumpets, incredible voices, fantastic singing, with lyrics often tragic and romantico total!
According to Wikip<3dia: “[Ranchera] dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played by norteño (or Conjunto) or banda”
A lovely compilation (100 tracks) with a very retro charm and truly beautiful songs! <3
bought for 10 Pesos (approx 0.7€) en Metro CU, Mexico D.F.
Not exactly random playlist:
100 Rancheras Inolvidables
Do you like Chachachà (also known as Cha-cha-cha)? It is a very fun rythm/music/dance from Cuba, derived from Danzon!
I don’t know where and how frequently it is played and danced, but this compilation (80 tracks) found in Mexico D.F. bears a charmingly retro style, refreshing and super-bailable!
100% guaranteed to make you smile!
bought for 10 Pesos (0.7€) in the Mercado cerca M Tasqueña en Mexico, D.F.
Playlist made with datalove:
Lo Mejor del Cha Cha Cha
This compilation is dedicated to the two years of Julian Assange stranded in the embassy of Ecuador in London, wishing that he walks away soon. His courage, contagious indeed, is an example for all of us. <3
Ecuadorian music is striking not only by the incredible talent of its musicians, but also by the wide range of influences: colonial European with Andean sounds and melodies, Afro-carribean and Pacific costal rythms all beautifully mixing and interacting together! So much for such a small country!
The instrumental tracks of this compilation are from diverse styles from mambos to cumbia, some jazzy tracks, some other orchestral… including many one could instantaneously imagine as epic soundtracks of movies from the 70s! (special crush for Mosaico, heard also in the amazing “Cumbia de Antaño – Shark DJ“)
How delicious are these touches of hammondesque organs and old synths! What a charming oldschool relaxed and melodic compilation (134 tracks)! <3
bought for 1US$ in a park en Quito, Ecuador.
Playlist selected with datalove:
Ecuador instrumental – Eduardo Zurita – Pasillos Instrumentales 134 canciones
Cumbia Peñonera comes from Peñòn de los Baños, close from the main airport of Mexico, which is apparently, along with Tepito, the second birthplace of cumbia sonidera.
Although the two places are relatively close, Cumbia Peñonera sounds quite differently from the rest: More cheerful tracks, sounding more like the costal cumbia from Colombia, with much afro-carribean influence. It contains also lots of Gaitas (flute-based cumbias), Guarrachas (slower, slowed-down, “rebajadas” tracks) and some Salsa tracks.
An excellent, very relaxed, fun and muyyyy bailable compilation (150 tracks) by amazing Shark DJ (“Hecho en Tepito, la fabrica de las ideas, Shark New”).
bought for 10 pesos (approx 0.8 US$) in Taxqueña, Mexico D.F.
Not-random playlist:
Cumbias Peñoneras – Shark DJ
« “027.-cres q soy sexi” from …:::heken record.s:::…. Track 2. »
“Are you ready,
Are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?”
Amazing cover cumbiera !
Download link:
From compilation “Mundo Sonidero – Heken”, soon on datalove.net! :)
Mundo Sonidero – Heken
“Me gustan los tamalitos… Los tamalitos que vende Olga! Pican? No pican?.. Los tamalitos de Olga!” (tamalitos are most probably small tamales)
Good to realize, sometimes in your life, that you totally *love* Cha-cha-chá!
Download link:
From mp3 compilation “Lo Mejor del Cha Cha Cha”, soon on bittorent on datalove.net! ;)
Porros, Cumbias and Gaitas have in common to be traditional music from Colombia. As Cumbia is present all over the Spanish-speaking part of the Latin American continent, it seems that Porros and Gaitas are much more local.
Porro is a festive afro-carribean style of Columbian music, with lots of cowbell (and as everyone knows, as a general rule: “MOAR cowbell!”).
As far as I know, gaita is the name of a traditional Colombian flute, made of the heart of a cactus, and used in similar types of afro-carribean rythms and cumbia.
An impressive (235 tracks!) and lovely compilation, sorted by different selections and types of rythms. Muy bailable traditional Colombian music! <3
Bought for 2.000 pesos (1US$) in the streets of Bogota…
More-or-less-random indicative playlist:
Porros Cumbias y Gaitas
Boleros are dance-oriented songs with Spanish and Cuban forms which have separate origins.
This compilation (163 tracks!) is about what is apparently the Cuban form. It contains super lovely antique songs from those described as “The Kings of Bolero” (Los Reyes…), namely: Julio Jaramillo (Ecuador), Olimpo Cardenas (Ecuador), Orlando Contreras (Cuba), Alci Acosta (Colombia), Roberto Ledesma (Cuba?), Javier Solis (Mexico) y Daniel Santos (Puerto Rico).
Deliciously lyrical y romantico! <3
bought for 3.000 pesos (1.5 US$) on Carrera8 in Bogota, Colombia.
Random playlist:
Los Reyes del Bolero
An apparently well-known Ecuadorian track, interpreted by the Cojunto Armonía Nacional, From mp3 compilation “Lo Mejor de la Musica Instrumental Ecuatoriana”. Could be the music from an adventure film from the 70s! <3
Brazilian Funk, (“Funk Carioca”, “Favela Funk” or “Baile Funk”), popularized by the amazing M.I.A, actually really derives from the Funk of the 60s and 70s. As for Hip-Hop, one could argue that Favela Funk branched from Funk in the slums, in the black communities, when the first samplers, drum machines and “poom!tchak!” beats appeared.
Favela Funk is in a way sister-music of Hip-Hop… except only in Brazil. Both come from the late 70s/early 80s, from the slums (ghettos, favelas), describing its crude realities, mostly from communities discriminated against, sometimes linked to crime. Like Hip-Hop, Favela Funk does often contain sexist lyrics(!).
Another point in common is the heavy use of samples. Maybe a specificity of the Brazilian Funk is that it shamelessly remixes *anything* from the mainstream pop culture. Permanent mix of everything with everything.. so Brazilian! <3
This compilation of 9 compilations (Dj Kilesse – Funk Verao 2014, É Top Funk Vol.01, Fabrica dos Deejays – Mix Sond Deejays, Funk Paredao 2013, Funk Total 2013, Mc 2K – Tu Ti Kundin, MC Cabeça Mc Robinho – Nosso Bonde é o Bicho, O Bin Laden (!) – Bin Ladem Não Morreu, Pesadão – Vol.3 (2013)) gives an interesting panorama. (Recommended for a start: É Top Funk Vol.01, Funk Paredao 2013 and Fabrica dos Deejays – Mix Sond Deejays)
Note than instead of relying on a stupid repressive application of Copyright, Baile Funk has always spread through live acts and the free flow of mixtapes, and -as one can hear- shameless advertisement for the DJs and MCs in the middle of the tracks. <3
Bought for 5 Reals (2US$) near Galeria do Rock in São Paulo
Funk 2014
100% CDR, 100% Cumbia, 100% Tepito.
If Hector Campos claims he is the King of records in Tepito (“El Rey de los discos en Tepito”) there might be a reason.
As Tepito is one of the birthplaces of Cumbia Sonidera, being king of such a rich (and somewhat chaotic) kingdom must not be an easy task. Campos therefore has to establish his authority by publishing *amazing* compilations of cumbia! This one is not an mp3 compilation, and despite my obvious attraction to this format, I bought it anyway in standard audio CD (and converted it to FLAC with datalove).
It contains some of the most amazing cumbia tracks I listened at, all soooo sonidero! Some old, some new, some guaracha.. Can’t believe all this fits on one ol’audio CD!
<3
Bought for 20 pesos (about 2US$) to Hector Campos himself in Tepito, Mexico.
La Musica que Mueve a Mexico con El Talento del Barrio – Campos Tepito – Discos y Sonido (El Original del Sr. Hector Campos)
100% CDR, 100% Salsa!
MOAR salsa sonidera from Tepito, Mexico!
A very nice compilation (70 tracks) by Shark DJ, mixing old and new style salsa. Romantico y mucho bailable!! <3
Bought for 5 Pesos (0.3€) near Mercado La Merced in Mexico D.F.
Random sampler playlist:
Vive la Salsa – Nuevos + Exitos – Shark DJ
Histoire de Melody Nelson
Not only is he probably the greatest French songwriting genius of the XXth century, writing hit songs for so many famous singers in France between 1960 and 1980, but his two concepts albums “Histoire de Melody Nelson” and “L’Homme à Tête de Chou” deserve to be in anyone’s pantheon of masterpiece albums. Forever.
As its Pirate Bay torrent is not that easy to find (named without keywords such as “discography” or “intégrale”) and appears to be censored under pressure by the copyright mafia, here is the torrent link:
<3
100% CDR, 100% Reggaeton, 100% 2020!
Reggaeton emerged in Puerto-Rico as a crossover between carribean rythms and latin music. It often contains vocal flows similar to dancehall or some kind of modern reggae (sometimes with sexist lyrics) and is very electronic. It shamelessly mixes and remixes mainstream tunes.
Reggaeton is very much present these days in Ecuador, Colombia and elsewhere in Latin America, mostly in popular neighborhood (and is probably, like hiphop, baile funk, techno and other popular genres before, considered a “sub music” by the mainstream).
A very nice compilation (with a futuristic title, translatable by “Reggaeton from the ‘hood 2020”) of 180 tracks.
Bought for 1US$ in a feria in Quito, Ecuador.
more-or-less-random teaser playlist:
Reggaeton de Barrio 2020
100% CDR, 100% Argentina, 100% Cumbia!
WARNING: CHEESY ALERT!
A compilation (183 tracks) of compilations and records (14) of moderately recent (2008-2009) Argentinian Cumbia.
Argentinian cumbia is very peculiar (it took me some time to get into it). It is typical by its modern orchestrations, very electronic and based on lots of synthetiser sounds. Lyrics are romantic sometimes corny and clearly cheesy, cliché, with a voice almost unavoidable because so much on the forefront of the music (It is sometimes too much for me like Bandy, El Polaco)… I suggest starting with “Chicos del Barrio” and “Pibes Chorros”.
Will try to look for more recent stuff in Buenos Aires.
Bought for 2.000 pesos (1US$) on Calle7 in Bogota, Colombia.
Teaser Playlist:
Cumbias Argentinas 2
100% CDR, 100% Panchos, 100% Romantic!
Eydie Gorné was born in NYC and had a long (and fruitful) singing career in the US.
This compilation of 90 tracks by MTV Records (!) focus on the part of her discography comprising boleros played with the Mexican trio Los Panchos in the 60s. A Wonderfully romantic crossover of Latin American music! <3
Bought for 5 Pesos (0.3€) near Mercado La Merced in Mexico D.F., Mexico
Teaser playlist:
Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos – Grandes Exitos
100% CDR, 100% Cumbiaaaa!, 100% Sonidero
Dedicace Especial a Ana & Ricardo! Happy hacking! :*
MOAR Cumbia! One more short (70 tracks) but excellent compilation by Shark DJ.
As the name suggests, it mixes a clash of classic, antique cumbia with the modern stuff, sometimes electronically produced. The antique, as the newer, is mixed in a tradicional Salsa Sonidera… mucho bailable!
Includes immense names such as Sonido Santana, Mr. Pato, Chucho Ponce, Grupo Kandombe A very clever and entertaining selection! So full of Datalove! <3
Bought for 10 pesos (0.80 US$) in Tepito, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Random slice-in-the-middle as teaser playlist:
Duelo de Cumbias – Nuevas Vs Antaño – Shark DJ
100% CDR, 100% Made in Tepito, 0% Universal Music Group
Another great 70 tracks eme-pe-tres compilacion by Shark DJ from Mexico!
“Cumbias pa (para) gozar” literally “to enjoy” is a bunch of fun and modern cumbia sonidera. Many electronic instrumentation of classic sounds. Some cheezy stuff…
Pa gozar y datalove! <3
One slice-in-the-middle (aka “carrotage”) as a teaser playlist:
Cumbias Pa Gozar – Shark DJ
100% CDR, 100% romantic, 100% Salsa!
Lobo DJ strikes again! Excellent and mucho caliente compilation (72 tracks)!
Salsa, originating from New York City in the 70s by Cuban and Porto-Rican immigrants, is apparently currently booming all around Latin America. It is now apparently fully part of the sound of the Sonideros in Mexico.
Salsa always tell these extremely romantic stories… <3
Bought for 5 Pesos (0.4US$) near Mercado La Merced in Mexico D.F., Mexico.
More or less random teaser playlist:
Titanes de la Salsa – Lobo DJ
100% CDR, 100% Cumbia, 0% Eurovision!
Another fantastic compilation (71 tracks) by Lobo DJ.
Pure Sonidero delight. Cumbia “Peñoneras” comes from Peñon de los Baños near of Mexico City (thx Chamukitta!), the other birthplace of sonidero culture along with Tepito.
Sounds like very classy antique very musical and orchestrated cumbias. Some lovely surprises sounding like surf guitars, lots of brass, of fun and such. (some overlap with Cumbias de Antaño – Shark DJ)
Guaranteed to give you a smile!! <3
Bought for 5 pesos (0.4US$) near Mercado La Merced in Mexico D.F., Mexico
Not-so-random contiguous teaser playlist:
Changa – Cumbias Peñoneras – Lobo DJ
100% CDR, 100% mp3, 100% vintage!
Corrido is an antique traditional Mexican (and Colombian?) polka-like style of singing with guitar, accordion, often trumpets, inspired by Spanish colonial songs. Corridos distinctive feature are their lyrics, often political and realistic.
Corridos apparently used to be a people’s way of education and subversion about various topics such as oppression, history, the daily life of peasants, etc. Narcocorridos are about drug trafficking, mostly glorifying these activities (while denouncing the corruption of political representatives) and were for that reason often banned.
A very interesting and charming compilation! (160 tracks)
Found for 1US$ in Parque El Ejido, in Quito, Ecuador
(more or less random) teaser playlist:
Corridos y Narcocorridos
Special dedicace to Emily & JBounet <3
100% CDR, 100% mp3, 100% Champeta!
Upon popular request, another compilation (100 tracks) of these modern afro-colombian Champeta rythms.
Candid, often cheesy, but sooo bailable!
Bought for 2.000 Pesos (1US$) on Calle7, Bogota.
(more or less random) teaser playlist:
“MJ Music – Inimitable!!!! – Mejor presentacion… Calidad superior!!!”
Champeta Rey de Rocha 2013
100% CDR, 100% mp3, 0% copyright, 100% vintage cumbia
Another fantastic compilation (71 tracks) by DJ Shark, from Mexico City!
Lovely sounds of antique cumbia, including many 60s and 70s rock and psychedelic sounds, all in Sonidero salsa, mixed with love! <3
Bears the logos of Sonidos: Condor, Estelar, Santana
Bought for 5 Pesos (0.3€) near Mercado La Merced, in Mexico D.F, Mexico.
Cumbias de Antaño – Shark DJ
100% CDR, 100% Colombia, 100% vintage Datalove!
More Vallenatos, from Colombian Carribean region!
Rafael Escalona was recommended to me by the hyper-knowledgeable/adorable lady selling CDRs in the music/movie mall of Calle7 in Bogota as a godfather of Vallanato. I was right to trust her!
Rafael Escalona sounds like such a sweet dude! His music is the perfect mix between latin and carribean. Goes well with some nice rhum (cachaça artisanal feito com amor would do as well..)! Very nice accordeon-powered compilation (99 tracks)!
Found for 2.000 Pesos (1 US$) in Bogota?
<3
Teaser Playlist:
Rafael Escalona – Bovea y sus Classicos Vallenatos
100% CDR, 100% mp3, 100% Sonidero!
Guaracha is a cuban rythm influential of Salsa. It is used by Mexican Sonidero DJs with various speeds (lots of debajadas, slowed down tracks) and tweeking as part of the Cumbia Sonidera. It is gorgeously charming and warm! <3
An excellent compilation (71 tracks) by Lobo DJ! (apparently another star mp3 DJ, along with DJ Shark <3)
Found for 5Pesos (0.30€) near Mercado La Merced, in M<3xico D.F, Mexico
Teaser playlist:
Sonido Santana – Guarachas – Lobo DJ
100% CDR, 100% Sonidero, 100% mp3.
Another compilation by DJ Shark, apparently representative of the sound of Mexican Sonideros.
A great mix of Cumbia indeed, but also lots of Salsa (extremely popular in Latin America these days…), some Cumbias rebajadas (lowered = low speed cumbia, kind of dub) y mas!
Bears logos of many famous Sonideros: Siboney, Sonoramico, Pancho, Condor, Santana, El Pato <3, etc. For more about Sonideros, the Mexican soundsystem culture and economy (Latin-style raves since the 60s, with no need for fuckin’ copyright to thrive!) check the excellent book of El Proyecto Sonidero: Sonideros en las Aceras, Véngase la Gozadera.
Bought for 5 Pesos (0.4US$!) near Mercado La Merced, in Mexico DF, Mexico.
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100% Sonidero – Shark DJ
100% CDR, 100% mp3, 100% Datalove!
Merengue! Merengue! Merengue! Ritmos freneticos! Muy bailable y muy caliente!
Of Dominican Republic origin, these rythms very popular in Latin America will blow your mind!
Very diverse compilation (72 tracks) by DJ Shark (apparently emblematic figure of mp3 compilations in Mexico City!) High voltage, completamente loco!
Found for 5 pesos (0.40US$) near Mercado La Merced in Mexico City.
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Indicative Playlist:
Merengue – Las + Fiesteras – DJ Shark
Expect torrents of Cumbia, Llanos, Vallenatos, Porros, Gaitas, Merengue, Salsa, Italo Disco(!), Champeta, Guarachas & muito mas! <3
MOAR Datalove
Teaser playlist:
From Tepito, cerca La Merced y varios mercados in Mexico City, from Carrera8 in Bogota, From markets in Quito, Ecuador…
Wonderful documentary about 8bit chip music! Retro Datalove on C64, Amstrad, and lots of Gameboys
Excellent chiptune soundtrack and properly glitched images. Major artists interviewed (<3 8bitpeoples, micromusic). Makes you cry pixel tears!
Available on: http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/9838092
(<3source l'BenouZ)
100% CDR, 100% Champeta, 100% Colombiano
Champeta is a super-popular rythm, mixing traditional Colombian sounds with modern tropical rythms of obvious afro-carribean influence. toum!tatoum!tatoum! Muy caliente!
“Champeta Del Futuro – Lo más nuevo y lo mejor” is quite a representative compilation of the sounds of Champeta, including tracks appearing to be completely African! (pls help identify sources!)
Bought for 2.000 Pesos (1US$) on Calle7, Bogota.
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100% CDR, 100% Colombiana, 100% vintage!
Musica Colombiana de Exportacion is a very interesting double compilation:
* The first, “MUSICA COLOMBIANA DE EXPORTACION” is a charming compilation of antique traditional Colombian music, with a strong colonial/European influence.
* The second, “PORROS CUMBIAS GAITAS” contains a great selection of antique Cumbias, Porros and Gaitas. Much more danceable, african-influenced, rythms. (note how some Gaitas sound surprisingly similar to Balkanic sounds!)
Bought for 2.000 pesos (1US$) in the street (Carrera8) in Bogota.
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