This is going straight into the sequel to No Sleep Till Bogotá.It’s got FFTANG! running through it like a stick of cumbia rock

MC Bener One – What up Ese (Prod by DJ Tranzo) by djtranzo

Huskiii has contributed a new mix for art & music blog Synth Eastwood with a track by track breakdown. Read and listen AQUI

New mix up of moombaton and latin dancefloor goodness

DJ Lengua – La Jungla
Pickster & Melo – Fat Booty
Joyce Muniz & Shanti Roots – Cumbia Nightlife (dave nada moombahton edit)
The Binary Cumbia Orchestra – La Inconformable
Caminito Serrano – La Bandita (avatar edit)
Sono Rhizmo – Soledad
Sabo – Spock’s DeeeLite
Dr Dre ft. Snoop Dogg – Next Episode (dj melo moombahton blend)
Frente Cumbiero – Pitchito (sonora remix)
Tantelas – En Do
La Sonora Dinamita – Yo Soy La Cumbia (doc adam moombahton edit)
Mighty Shadow – Dat Soca Boat
Z-Funkster – Woman Del Callao (z-funkster regroove)

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Making a rare UK appearance tonight (Favela Chic) and tomorrow (Notting Hill Arts Club) is Brooklyn DJ Uproot Andy. Been wanting to catch this guy in action for years… If you’re unaware of the man’s output school yourself below.

A Pharcyde classic from quite possibly the greatest hip-hop album of all time gets the cumbia rebajada treatment from DJ Dus…

Passin My Cumbia By by djdus

A block party mix of mashed up cumbia and hip-hop made to celebrate the event of the year happening this Friday. Nah it doesn’t involve weddings – we’re bringing Phuture Motion down to Camino to play their unique, twisted brand of wobbly, next-level, latin shiz. Only three sleeps to go. It’s what Kate & Wills would have wanted.

María Alba – Negra yo Soy (huskiii remix)
Ying Yang Twins – Jigglin (acapella)
DRXL – King of Cumbia
Deejay Mati – La Cumbia Rebajada
Cali Swag District – Teach Me How to Dougie (812 remix)
Acorde On – Texano Hop
Cherman – Sure Chorro
Mexican Dubwiser ft. Candice Cannabis – Cumbia Of The Great
J Boogie – Kick in the Kikuchi
Fauna – Piratas del Zanjon (zurita mix)
DJ Dus – Flexicumbias
KRS One – Sound Of Da Police
El Hijo De La Cumbia– Latin No Plastic
Zurita – Real Hip Cumbia
Ice T – Colors (DJ Dus remix)
Run DMC – My Adidas (acapella)
DJ Avatar – Cumbia a Mujer Bonita
Andrés Digital – Under mi Cumbia Ting
Zurita – El Gigante Del Style
Aniceto Molina ft. Ghostface Killah – Dime Luna (kinky electric noise cumbia nativo remix)
Notorious B.I.G. – Party & Bull Shit (el kool kyle remix)
Hauyon – Sure Shot a Morirrrrr

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FFTANG! resident Huskiii adds a l’il bit of bboy bounce to María Alba’s ‘Negra Yo Soy’.

It’s one of the most famous cumbias of all time, Will ‘Quantic’ Holland says it’s the track that led him to Colombia, and 50 years on it’s still moving dancefloors. The insanely catchy ‘Cumbia En Do Menor‘ (‘Cumbia in C minor’) was made famous by Armenian born Lito Barrientos, who introduced the coooooooombia to El Salvador. Here are some tracks that share the love…

Tontelas’ ‘En Do’ is always in the FFTANG! record bag due to it’s musician-friendly sparseness. The 12″ was released in 2007 but you can still find it if you hunt around. It also was included on the Gamm best of. Check out the breakdown.

More recently, Minimatic subtlely spruced it up with a bit of added swing like it aint no thing on ‘The Medellin Bopper’.

While DJ Dus reimagines the melody as an 80s electro track on ‘Soy Yo’.

Here’s the original to download

Argentina’s finest drops his first full length release Golazo (español for goal). Consisting of his first ep 0110010101110000 and various tracks and remixes that have surfaced since, Golazo showcases The Binary Cumbia Orchestra‘s trademark sound of electro chewing up cumbia villera with b-boy love.

Listen/Buy here. Or if you still like your beats tangible there’s also been a 7″ released.

It appears Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s ’95 Wu anthem ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya’ is everything to fuck wit’. Mash ups abound. I constantly used to play it over Pest’s Chicken Spit, which now sounds barren to me when heard ODB-less. Here are some recent mash-ups, covers and remixes…

J Boogie shimmies shimmies up the Nicodemus remix of Empresarios‘ Cumbia…

While Hiphopreggae Dubs swipe the beat and overlay Beenie Man vocals…

Forgetting that mashup business, Prince Fatty cover it from scratch…

As does El Michels Affair. With added niños…

Tommy Diaz reworks it into a bmore track…

And the track that first led me down this nueva cumbia rabbithole. Finally now available to download at a decent bitrate: Uproot Andy‘s classic ‘Brooklyn Cumbia’…

Still you know what they say: Ooo baby I like it raw…

*Edit*
I’ve just been sent this jungle version of the Prince Jammy cover by Axewound. oh oh OH!