NYC-based producer Atropolis is following up recent EP Jump with another multi-cultural release, and this time he has brought along Brazilian singer Zuzuka Poderosa for a track seething with anger. Last time we featured Atropolis he was in... Read Article
Lots of new music on our radar, so let’s just dig right in. COLOMBIA: Sángo Groove’s Mezcla Cali Colombia’s Sángo Groove describe themselves as a musical sancocho, a thick soup popular in the Caribbean and South America consisting of meat... Read Article
It’s been a tough few years for Queens-based producer Atropolis. After taking a hiatus from making music he returned to the production chair only to have his hard drive fail and lose him two years of work. Questions... Read Article
Renowned crate digger and turntable meister Cut Chemist, along with the Beats of All-Nations crew, took a trip to Colombia last year, enjoying the fineries of Petronio Alvarez festival as well Cali’s fine assortment of vinyl markets and... Read Article
Swiss label Hawaii Bonsaï look set to cause quite a storm when they release their first-ever album, a double vinyl compilation of cumbia from all over Latin America and the rest of the world. Seriously, why has nobody... Read Article
On his latest mixtape Andrés Digital has moved from the cumbia of his Conjunto Terrestrial release to the Pacific sounds of the marimba, while still keeping the heady bass sounds that are always a big part of whatever... Read Article
It certainly seems to have been a busy week for Argentina’s tropical bass/digital cumbia producer El Remolon. Not only has he just announced the dates for a new European tour, but he has also released a remixes EP... Read Article
There is little doubt that it has been a great year for South American music. The proof of that can be found in how hard it was for us to select just 20 albums as representing the cream... Read Article
I first met Boogat through his 2011 record Pura Vida and his amazing collaboration with Mati Zundel in “Alto de la Paz” which, even through some broken-Spanish rapping, floored me because of the strength of Boogat’s delivery: powerful,... Read Article
Atropolis‘ debut album Transitions is the debut release from New York’s established tropical-bass collective Cumba Mela. Run by producers/DJs Atropolis, Thornato and 2Melo, for over three years the club night and production collective have been at the forefront... Read Article
Brooklyn-based musician/producer Adam Partiridge, otherwise known as Atropolis, released the first video from his recent album Transitions today. “Reza Por Mi” features the vocal talents of Lido Pimienta and continues the mix of electronic and tropical influences that... Read Article
It’s been a couple of years since Atropolis released his excellent first album but finally the sequel, Transitions, is here. Picking up where the debut kicked off, while also adding a larger tropical quotient, the new album represents... Read Article
