POT-POURRI IS A FRAGRANT MIXTURE OF VOICES, BEATS AND BASSLINES, OFTEN ENHANCED WITH ETHNIC FLAVOURS, USED FOR DANCING. THIS MUSICAL MEDLEY OF UNRELATED GROOVES TAKES YOU FROM COLOMBIA TO UGANDA, FROM CUBA TO ANGOLA AND FROM MEXICO TO JAPAN!
PIXVAE RIDE THE WARM WAVES OF COLOMBIA’S PACIFIC COAST ON «DE LADO A LADO», BLENDING THE HYPNOTIC POLYRHYTHMS OF CURRULAO INTO NOISY ART-ROCK FOR A BRIGHT FROM THE LYON UNDERGROUND.
RECORDED LIVE USING UGANDA’S AUTHENTIC TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS, “KIYIRA” BY NILOTIKA CULTURAL ENSEMBLE INTERWEAVES LOCAL JAZZ, HYPNOTIC RHYTHMS AND THE RAW POWER OF TRADITIONAL PERCUSSION.
CUBAN PERCUSSIONIST MANSFARROLL EXPLORES THE DEEP LINKS THAT UNITE THE AFRICAN CONTINENT WITH THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND, CONGOLESE RUMBAS WITH CUBAN RUMBAS, JAZZ WITH THE WHIRLWIND OF AFRO-CUBAN RHYTHMS ON HIS NEW ALBUM “ÁFRICA SÍ”.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: PIXVAE – DE LADO A LADO
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: NILOTIKA CULTURAL ENSEMBLE – KYIYIRIRA
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: MANSFARROLL – ÁFRICA SÍ
TRACKLIST:
1. PIXVAE – NO HE VISTO NA
2. CYPRESS HILL FEAT. MELLOW MAN ACE – CAMPEONES
3. MANSFARROLL – DONGA Y DUABA
4. KILTIR – PAPA (VOILAAA’S REMIX)
5. ACORDEÓN REBELDE FEAT. KUMBIA BORUKA – CALLE MAMBO
6. MINYO CRUSADERS FEAT. FRENTE CUMBIERO – HANAGASA ONDO
7. MUYIWA KUNNUJI – GREEDINESS
8. MANSFARROLL – AFROBEAT GUANTANAMERO
9. PIXVAE – EL REBULU
10. THE HELIOCENTRICS, MARSHALL ALLEN, KNOEL SCOTT – WHERE PATHWAYS MEET
11. NILOTIKA CULTURAL ENSEMBLE – KADIMANDA
12. BURAKA SOM SISTEMA – PURO MAMBO
13. COCANHA – REMENANUÈCH
14. NASHWA – NASHWA
15. NILOTIKA CULTURAL ENSEMBLE – ZION RIDDIM