This mix might be the best of Sound Travels' 2016, especially if you love funk and disco and lean towards the late 70's and early 80's iterations of it as I do. Had a lot of fun stocking this one with jams from many lands. Of course, you can only cover so much ground in an hour, but I did my best to keep the pond stocked with some funky fishes.
Checked the favorites box as I applied artists like Brazilian Tim Maia, Libyan funk legend Ahmed Fakroun and Italian one-hit funk wonder Pino D'Angio to the mix. There were other, more recent discoveries as well though; early William Onyeabor project Ndraman Blintch with its insistant, driving synth groove, exotic Turkish funk from Osman Ismen as well as Hall & Oates-like funk from Brazilian duo Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti. Newer material from Carrot Green & Selvagem as well as a new banger from French producer Patchworks under the new moniker Voilaaa that's a new staple in my DJ bag. So many funky delicacies to iterate...but it's always easier to jam with the mix...
Tracks:
Brother Resistance "Dancin Shoes Rapso"
Le Club "Un fait divers et rien de plus (Re-Re-Mix)"
African Vibration "Hinde"
Ahmed Fakroun "Yo son (prince language edit)"
Famks "Labirinto"
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti "Ginga"
Beres Hammond "Comin at You"
Tim Maia "Sossego"
Tim Maia "Vou Com Gas"
Barry Bryson "Going to the Party"
Carrot Green & Selvagem "Ossain"
Voilaaa "Enlevez-moi ça (feat. Pat Kalla)"
Pino D'Angio "Ma Quale Idea"
Osman Ismen "Ara Musizi"
Pat Les Stache "Tropique Lalabye (Re-edit of D-R-U-M's "Lalabye")"
Crazy & The Calico Band "Tarshika (Meistro Sol Power Edit)"
Mehmet Aslan "Baladi (Mehmet Aslan Edit)"
N'dramas Blintch "I First U Last"
Abdullah Dollar "Orient Express (jean pierre massiera '83)"
