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.

Peyoti For President’s politically enfused lyrics invite obvious comparisons to Manu Chao and their world fusion punk does at times remind you of Gogol Bordello, but their influences cut way deeper than that. This is first and foremost dance music. From the samba-driven hip hop of ‘We The People’ to the flamenco rock of ‘Drifting’ they never sacrifice groovability for lyrical might.

Check out their music below and see them play a free gig at FFTANG! FFTANG!’s Live Sunday at Camino on 10 July.

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)

Adewale Ayuba – Fuji Music
Ahmed Janka Nabay – Eh Congo
Maga Bo – Wolofolatino Instrumental (ft. teba)
A.R. Rahman – Jiya Se Jiya
N-Ron and $mall ¢hange – Boa Tarde Povo (afternoon mix)
Relight Orchestra & DJ Andrea – Mama Africa
Zonora Point – Huachita Rica (douster remix)
ODB vs Uproot Andy – Brooklyn Cumbia
Sonido del Principe – Wucumbia
Sonido del Principe vs Josefa Matia – Cumbia Solede
Dub Traffik Control – Carlito Cumbia
Sidestepper – Sidestepper
Flowering Inferno – Cuidad del Swing
Red Astaire – Mambo el B-boy
Erykah Badu – Cleva (CP’s smarter samba mix)
Beatconductor – Balanço
Color Climax – Pa Coco Solo
AIFF ft. Crucial T – Afro Riddim (remix)
Los Hermanos Latinos – Baria Cumbia (remix)
DJ Lettieri – Waterman (tribal guaracha remix 2009)
Prince Nico Mbarga – Aki Special (uproot andy remix)
Alcides – Violeta (El Remolón remix)
The Emanons – Calypso Bop

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