Soundsweekly Radio Ep. 22 - Coast

Time to get hot, sweaty and sandy. We got a hawt pineapple summer rolling in, so you better make sure you got your badonkadonk oils and coconut lanyards at the ready, cos you know when miami vrice is in town, there's going to be cleavage. Don't forget that 90+ chill factor or you'll be burnt by the spiciness of some of these tropical hip girators. Forecasts are also predicting a strong boogie front coming in from the deep, so all you hot boys and girls can expect some high returns when your out there juicing them toobs. All said, its looking like another perfect summer, see y'all there!

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TRACKLIST
Legend Of The Fount - Pat Metheny
Like A Magic Dream - Rene Costy
Mozambique - Les Baxter
Montara - Bobby Hutcherson
O Sapo - Joao Gilberto
E Vem O Sol - Marcos Valle
Rio - Tamba Trio
Koto Ye O - Bola Johnson
El Lobo - Wganda Kenya
Echando Un Pie - SAOCO
A Kilo Traigo - Chuito Velez Con Su Orquestra & Adalberto Santiago
Mambo De Bataan - Joe Bataan
Arallue - Ray Barretto
Corrige - Ti Manno
Baissez Bas - Tabou Combo
Cuisse La - Les Aiglons
Kiliboi - Coupe Cloue
America Latina - Osmar Milito & Quarteto Forma
Off and On - Moacir Santos
Vendaval - Ed Motta
Rock The Boat (Butcher Brown Remix) - Aliyah
Liquid Love - Roy Ayers
Beauty - Earth, Win & Fire
Bairro Negro - Ana Mazzotti
Pendulum Goat - Taeko Ohnuki
Scrabble - Rene Costy
Bananeira - Emilio Santiago
Xamego Da Ina - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi
Chica Chica Boom Chic - Rolando & Luiz Antonio
Vem Menina - Emilio Santiago
Music Trance - Charanga 76
Freak In Me - Dante
Make It Feel Good - Alfonzo Surrett
Here I Am - Dynasty
Asofo - Jon K
Tropique - Muriel Dacq
Summer Groove - The Joneses
Looking Forward To You - Jack J
9:15 - HNNY
He Enters The Room - Lay Far
Daybreak - Henry Rodrick

Vampiras/Hermanos Latinos - Grupo Magnetico

Baila!

Roberto Roena - Todos Quieren Saber

Love it when latin jams decide they wanna get a bit funky like this one from Roberto Roena. Not quite on the same level as say Coco Seco by Bobby Valentin, Roena rather opts for small injections of funk in the intro and round the 3:50 mark. Enjoy!

Willie Colón - Tiempo pa Matar

Never heard any Willie Colon but bought this today and gotta say this track is growing on me. Starts off with the stankiest licks, thoughts of Bobby Valentin's Coco Seco come to mind but slowly it becomes clear, a descending fog, you go to strut but you can't help but notice something over your shoulder. All light escapes but for a single street light as you turn back, strings stab out of the darkness, thought cycles consist of recounting steps, descending into the fire, no matter what you do it renders futile. Like Jose Mourinho, you could choose to put the icing on the cake here, and icing's great. But I work for the cake. Off the dark street you stumble, you'd have noticed the ol' western swinging door but for the blinding light behind it, THE GLAAAAAAAAAARRREEE!!! Senses reset as if jumping through dimensions, fumes rise to your head, straight into the sweet, juicy, liquid gold. Joy, pure undulated joy,  'Hey Memin, killing time is not the same as time to kill. Don't be rough'....you prick. And there we have it, the perfect Bilí.

Fania All Stars - Live In Africa

Superb footage of some delicious Latin grooves from the who's who of Latin music.

Who are the Fania All Stars? A conglomeration of all the best musicians on the Fania record label, a label based out of New York who sold out concerts (even stadiums) not only in New York, but also further south in countries such as Puerto Rico, Panama, Cuba - and also wider across the globe in London and as featured in this video in Zaire, as part of a huge celebration put on in conjunction with the 'Rumble In The Jungle' fight which also saw the likes of James Brown and B.B. King getting down for the festivities.

Perhaps never in any other genre that I can think of, has there been such a group which would feature so many significant names from a particular field of music, all under one umbrella, all so keen to spread their shared passion to the world. So significant is the group that their maiden performance at Yankee Stadium, in front of a 50,000 strong crowd was included in the list of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry.

Amongst the start studded line up for the Zaire concert are Bobby Valentin, Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco, all of whom I'd strongly recommend to check out if you are looking to pack your bags, figuratively speaking, and head on a Latin trip.