While the English version of football may not be ‘coming home’ after all the hype, I’ll go home to my birthplace and start this latest round-up with a London connection. Vasconcelos Sentimento “Movimento” And we’ll kick off, so... Read Article
Tight dance-floor-beckoning beats, chattering percussion and sage-like vocals form the backbone of “Oggun Onile”, the first track to be taken off a new release by Cuban musician Kumar Sublevo-Beat. To be released on Wonderwheel Recordings, El Olimpo de... Read Article
Few know better the freshest tunes coming out of Latin America than Cal Jader – one of the busiest tropical DJs in the UK, and the man behind the Movimientos radio show, record label and parties. It’s for... Read Article
Part of the Wonderwheel stable of artists – that includes Chancha Via Circuito, Novalima, Thornato, Atropolis and label head Nickodemus – Populous is a global bass producer of some distinction. Across his five full-length albums to date the... Read Article
A Long Engagement is not just an album name. Nickodemus has been a long time defender and evangelizer of world music. Putting ethnicities to one side, he is always blending Afro-Latin heritage with diasporic flavours from every corner. It’s a... Read Article
After an incredible 15 years as a band, Novalima prove they’re as fearless as they’ve ever been. Not content with writing the rulebook on interpreting Afro-Peruvian music for an audience accustomed to electronic beats, on their latest single... Read Article
A virtuous ensemble of Peruvian musicians from different corners of the world, Novalima is to Afro-Peruvian music what Gotan Project is to tango. At a quick listen they hit you with a heady dose of nostalgia, but crucially... Read Article
The press blurb about the debut LP from Gitkin talks about inspiration coming from the artist’s wandering guitar salesman uncle and the international influences he came into contact with along the way. It makes sense of what is... Read Article
New York City producer/DJ Thornato has a new EP on Nickodemus’ Wonderwheel Recordings and it features artists from Sierra Leone, Ghana, and the United States. Back it Up contains four upbeat Afropop and 90s dancehall style tracks featuring NYC-via-Sierre Leone’s... Read Article
Head of Man Recordings, a label responsible for keeping tropical bass alive around the world, Daniel Haaksman boosts up the title track from Populous’ latest release, coming out on Wonderwheel Recordings. The remix is included on the “Azulejos” single released... Read Article
El Origen is a brand new collaboration between Chile’s Rodrigo Gallardo (Matanza) and Nicola Cruz – whose Prender El Alma blew up Andean Step all over the world. On this release the duo work together, but apart at... Read Article
Argentine producer Lagartijeando (real name: Mati Zundel) has released a new album, El Gran Poder, on Wonderwheel Recordings. The album was inspired by a trip that he took through Latin America: “It’s a synthesis of that exploration, of going to... Read Article
