HELLO EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO A BRAND-NEW EDITION OF OUR WEEKLY GLOBAL RIDDIMS RADIO SHOW. JOIN US FOR AN HOUR OF THE FRESHEST AND HOTTEST GLOBAL GROOVES. EXPERIENCE A VIBRANT BLEND OF FUNKY TROPICALISMO AND WORLDWIDE BEATS.
OUR ALBUM OF THE WEEK: VVAA – NIGERIA ‘80 (STRUT RECORDS)
NIGERIA 80 EXPLORES THE EXPLOSIVE AND CREATIVE SOUND OF 1980S NIGERIA, FOLLOWING THE LEGACY OF THE INFLUENTIAL NIGERIA 70 SERIES AND UNCOVERING RARE RECORDINGS FROM LAGOS TO ENUGU.
FURTHER MUSIC FROM:
‘BANQUISE’ BY UNDER THE REEFS ORCHESTRA BLENDS HYPNOTIC RIFFS, ASYMMETRICAL RHYTHMS AND ATMOSPHERIC TEXTURES INTO A POWERFUL, CINEMATIC SOUNDSCAPE. ON ‘VICTORY (BRAZILIAN MIX)’, GHANAIAN HIGHLIFE LEGEND EBO TAYLOR JOINS HAROLDO BONTEMPO FOR A VIBRANT AFRO-BRAZILIAN GROOVE THAT BRIDGES THE RHYTHMS OF BRAZIL AND WEST AFRICA. MORE BRAZILIAN FLAVOURS FOLLOW WITH A DRUM & BASS VERSION OF THE CLASSIC ‘MAS QUE NADA’, PLUS A CLASSIC BY FAZE ACTION FEATURING NINA MIRANDA, GIVEN A LITTLE GLOBAL RIDDIMS TWIST.