We got a massive party coming up in Jan. FFTANG! FFTANG! take over The Big Chill House in Kings Cross on Friday 13th and we’ve got a hell of a line-up, including a scorching headline performance from the amazing Yaaba Funk and live electronics, scratching and balkan surf-rock from Gypsy Hill. All for the price of nada, nothing, Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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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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If you tried to nail down Peyoti For President‘s sound using musical genres then Flamenco and Punk are going to feature highly. This is why we couldn’t resist coming up with a cheeky Spanish homage to The Clash for this weekend’s Live Sunday flyer.

Come down to Camino on July 10 to see three of their members play a free live gig with support from the FFTANG! Soundsistema.

Ever since I heard DJ Phooey drop Bolero at one of of our early clubnights I’ve been smitten with these guys and I doubt a gig’s gone by since without me playing either that 12″ or their latest album. They’re making exactly the kind of genre-spanning latin fire that powers our parties and were our immediate choice of guests for our first Super Friday at Camino. Forget the Royal Wedding – this is the must-see event in the capital on April 29.

Here’s the aforementioned Bolero…

Followed by a fierce remix of the b-side’s Carne Negra which you can find on The Thief…

And they’ve kindly given us a freebie hip hop jawn for you all you downloaders. Gangsta-ish…

Mixcloud’s got a new star…. Check the dope mixing skills in these rides thru “African, Caribbean, South American & Tropical vibes flavoured with nuff bass”. Absolutamente sublime.

mixcloud.com/marsali/paixao_mix/
mixcloud.com/marsali/abrazame/

And see the live deal when Marsali brings her tropical tormenta to FFTANG! FFTANG! at 93 Feet East on July 15th.

Teaser mix for Thursday’s FFTANG! FFTANG! from Huskiii, who’ll be playing alongside Mohak (aka Miss Blitz) from Heart in Migration.

20 minutes of Nu Latin b-boy beats and bass.

HERMANOS EN HOODIES (rightclick to download)

Zurita – Zurita Back To The Punk
Sonido Del Principe – Rigo vs Daft Punk vs SDP
DJ Lengua – L Pachecos Cumbia Squares RMX
Greenwood Rhythm Coalition vs Luz Mob – Tabaco Y Ron
Systema Solar – Ya Veras
DJ Avatar – Boricua Bounce
Sidestepper – Sidestepper
Phuture Motion – Bolero
Los Hijos Del Sol – Linda Muñequita (el sonidero quilombo rmx)
DJ Lengua – Mi Camino (sonido del principe remix)
Instituto Mexicano Del Sonido – Para No Vivir Desesperado (nsm remix)
The Binary Cumbia Orchestra – La Inconformable

FFTANG!’s Huskiii is playing a Latin American set at Notting Hill Arts Club tonight. Check the flyer for deets.

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Come down to 93 Feet East next Tuesday to catch DJ IZEM from GROOVALIZACION radio play blazing tropical-meets-western-grooves mashups. Cumbia, samba, reggae and hip-hop kindle the audio burn…

A bit of info on the station…

Groovalizacion project comes from a radio programme called « Musicas Migratorias » (migratory music) on UPV Radio Valencia, Spain, a social an artistic initiative born in 2006. Its main purpose was to promote communication between alien cultures through art and instigate integration and dialogue amongst our multicultural societies. It started as a project performed by artists from various countries and dedicated to this intercultural dialogue.

The brightest civilizations and golden ages have always been the result of melting pots and combinations of different traditions and knowledge. Groovalizacion likes to believe that progress comes from mutual understanding and tolerance. That it also comes from the pleasure to meet foreign cultures, to taste the subtle contrasts which enrich our perception.

Groovalizacion wants to give a voice to the new musical scenes, to create a place where traditions and modernity freely mingle: Fusion, world, electro, Celtic music, flamenco, jazz, tango, reggae, ska, soul, urban sounds, bossa-nova, klezmer, raï… There is no end to the list of sounds and perfumes which, build identities, bring dialogue and food for thought.

Groovalizacion is a music lab, a meeting place and one of cultural exchange. Its doors are wide open to the curious kind eager to try the cocktail a la Groovalizacion, rich in flavours and ingredients collected along the way and the different latitudes. It’s a torrid, fun and passionate atmosphere which will take you from São Paulo to Casablanca, Berlin to Dakar, Bombay to Buenos-Aires, Hong-Kong to la Havana…

DJ IZEM – ANDY PALACIO vs CHUCK D

BOMBA ESTÉREO – FUEGO (DJ IZEM GROOVALIZACION REMIX)