A new short film from Eck Echo, Berlin – Tropisches Tor (Tropical Gate), looks to shine a light on Berlin’s thriving tropical bass scene. The German capital has long been an essential destination for electronic music, famed for its techno... Read Article
Global bass artist Hector Guerra has a new video for the lead single off his third album and it’s visually beautiful. The inspiration for the theme of the video for “Vida” is a result of an unusual journey that... Read Article
After the piracy inspired Ilegal Vol. 1 compilation of bootlegs (downloadable from Hulkshare), that included many familiar faces of the Latin underground (Imaabs from Chile, Argentinean Che Cumbe and Bleepolar from Colombia, among others), Peruvian label Terror Negro... Read Article
We can think of few better ways of starting the weekend than with this latest dance floor gem from Thornato. “Rhinoceros” is one of 11 tracks that will feature on Thornato’s debut album, Bennu, which will be released... Read Article
As the year came to an end, 2 new productions were released by Wakan Tanka Records, a label based in Europe but formed by Latin American talent that we talked about a while ago, during the visit of... Read Article
Continuing a solid series of releases, Nico Bruschi unveiled Luna, a new EP in the final throes of 2016 under his SidiRum alias. Experimenting with ambient and downtempo elements, it’s a project that has always been situated in the periphery... Read Article
2016 may well be over but we’re not ready to forget about it just yet. There were many great releases out last year and January is a great time to catch up on them, especially some of the compilations... Read Article
There is no question that Boogat is a guerrillero urbano; an urban warrior of sorts. Some of the first verses the Spanish-(and by extension, English-)speaking world first heard out of his mouth were a rallying cry, scored by... Read Article
‘Barrioteca Tropical’ is a movement and Uproot Andy is at the forefront. Putting together parties in New York, releasing material on independent labels and mixing tropical tunes since the beginning, when even hashtags genres like ‘global bass’ hadn’t... Read Article
Following their successful Kickstarter campaign, Rhythm and Roots recently released A Guide to the Birdsong of South America, a brand new compilation featuring some of South America’s most interesting musicians and producers. The album was conceived by Robin... Read Article
At this point, trying to attach a single name to styles within the global bass/electro-tropical movement might as well be useless, as new and incredibly interesting fusions keep popping up from the urban centres and the peripheries of... Read Article
Every now and again, I stumble upon a mixtape so good, I feel the need to shout it from a mountaintop. This month, that mix is by Chorizo Funk, a member of the Austin, Tx., -based Peligrosa crew.... Read Article
