Ruta Panamericana del Sonido, is back again.
This time we go to the top of the whole continent. Literally, RPS strikes from Bolivia.

The trip which started a-la Che Guevara, is not political oriented, but it does have a very political intention: trying to unveil the Urban Culture and Music from each country “La Panamericana” crosses by.

Ruta Panamericana’s own Caballo & Chong X are joined by Bolivian bassheads Ale Cassis, Dj Quien, Villa Victoria Soundsystem and Oliver Sky.

If Che Guevara died in Bolivia, these rebels are trying to make sure Bolivia doesn’t get behind in the collective mind of the Empire in terms of sounds.

So, join us for this amazing trip.
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Having in Mind that Bolivian Music is perhaps one of the lesser known scenes from South America, we needed to make a strong alliance with Oi Mas Bass, who are perhaps the strongest Bass Collective from La Paz.
If Che Guevara died in Bolivia, these rebels are trying to make sure Bolivia doesn’t get behind in the collective mind of the Empire in terms of sounds.

The final result is exactly what the Bolivian Bass scene sounds like. A perfect blend between Andean roots, and Modern Bass. From Digital Cumbia, to Moombahton, to Bashment, or Cumbiathon; Bass en la Alturas is just the perfect example of the modern music played in the under Bolivian Scenes.

Ruta Panamericana del sonido is a project started by Chong X and myself, and on each stop we are joined by local musicians.

This time our Bolivian bassheads are Ale Cassis, Dj Quien, Villa Victoria Soundsystem and Oliver Sky.
Ale Cassis

Chong X decided to go for a brass-cumbia inspired in the Bolivian take of the rhythm

Villa Victoria went for a heavy bass approach

Dj Quien again dropping his 8bitsCumbia

I (Caballo) went for a moombah-Bubbling Bolivian inspired track

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This time our Reggae and Dancehall roundup is much more globally influenced than before! This time, we have tunes by artists from italy, hungary, germany, UK and japan, next to those coming from the caribbean, of course. But no long talk, just enjoy the music…

110% original Moombashment from Italy by Ackeejuice Rockers and their local dancehall vocalist Loudish! Grab it for free: Boooom

This one is a Moombashment tune from the new Irie Maffia album. The famous hungarian reggae band teamed up with the king of the dancehall beenie man for this one!

NICE☆J drops a wicked bass driven version of the legendary Punnany Riddim! “Rain From The Sky” is a collaboration with japanese singjay Ninety-U from his second album.

My munich based buddy Doubla J has voiced the Rico Tubbs tune from the T & A released Moombashment EP “Fresh Meat”. Free Download!

This one is a remix by Schlachthofbronx from Wildlife!’s Roxy Reboot Remix album. Get their remix of Natalie Storm’s cover version of “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” by The Clash, for free.

I like this mashup a lot! Lord Lyta from the Flash It Up Soundmachine/Belgium took the “1 In A Million” Brostep Riddim from Flow’s Cosmic Jam EP and put a Kiprich acapella on it. Well done dude, it’s awesome.

Last one for this roundup is a heavy Ragga-Dubstep tune by US producer FreQ Nasty and UK vocalist Spoonface, out soon.

Tell all your friends about it and remember where you’ve seen it first! Gato Preto is back with a brandnew video to their kuduro single Pirao, released on british label Wobble Records in march this year. To celebrate the release of their fourth official music video already, the duo has compiled a free EP with three great remixes that weren’t featured on the actual release. Don’t worry, of course these are no wastage or b-stock! Like always Gato Preto just gives you top-notch and high quality tunes.
By downloading the EP you’ll get a free remix by Cafe De Calaveras, Chuckupbeat and Ckrono + Slesh each and a instrumental version of the Ckrono + Slesh remix.

Watch the awesome music video here:

minimix:

free download:

Facebook: Gato Preto

New series here on TropicalBass.com! You might have run into Andrès Cumbia Weekly Roundup or Leub’s Reggae & Dancehall Roundups.

Now, with the Soca roundup we want to give you a selection of new tunes of Soca and other styles like Bouyon, Calypso and Steel Drum. The Caribbean, esp. the Lesser Antilles, are still a hotpot when it comes to fresh music.

Your trustworthy hosts of the Soca Roundup are Dave, the soca die-hard from Paris and Marflix, de original bacchanalist from Berlin. Drop us a note in the comments how you like this new section on TropicalBass.com and what you’d like to see more in future episodes.

Jus Now – Tun up feat. Bunji Garlin

Before we start we have to rate this mega banger by Bristol-based team Jus Now. This one will blow up every roof at every Soca party on this planet!

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Shurwayne Winchester – My Music

Very nice R’n'B’ish track produced by UIM Records (Jamaica) including a black and white video without the usual Carnival stereotypes.

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Denise Belfon – Wining Queen

In opposite to Shurwayne, Trinidad’s own “Saucy Wow” is 100% Carnival with tribal costumes and – of course – wining. Nice out-take of the Project 5 Riddim by StarBlu Ent. & Millibeatz Ent.

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Roy Cape All Stars & Blaxx – Leh Go Offical

Another official video-clip representing Trinidad Carnival – Blaxx from the Roy Cape Allstars.

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Supa Mario – Wuk It

Nice and mellow groovy track by Antigua’s Supa Mario, who simply likes the girl to wuk it!

Written & Performed By: Supa Mario
Produced By: 3P Productions
Mastered By: Kamau Georges

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Blood – Go!! / This is the one Remixes

Amazing remix project by the soca label Faluma: Tropical Bass producers from all over remixing Blood from Barbados. Remixes by SoShifty, Murlo, Poirier and many more.

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365 Riddim

New Bouyon Riddim outa Dominica

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Jammerz HP – Fete feat. Avalance

St. Thomas in BVI’s just had it’s Carnival. This smasher is by Jammerz HP.

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Fusion Band – We Wan Jam

More VI Soca, but moving over to St. Croix with this bad tune by Fusion Band.

Picture of Roseau Carnival by Julia.

Hurray, it’s about that time when Berlin hosts it’s biggest yearly event – the Carnival of Cultures. Originally a procession of the different cultures living in Berlin, it grew over the years and decades to the size we see today. Altough the event has over a million spectators, it still has not the size of Notting Hill Carnival where you sometimes need an hour just to get to the other side of the street.

The “Karneval der Kulturen” has no Caribbean roots, unlike the diasporic Carnivals in London, New York, Miami or Toronto – and this is one of the few things which makes Berlin so unique: Soca trucks with people jumping up next to the Angola and Samba truck, followed by Kurdish moms, a Squaredance Cowboy group or a local youth project.

No doubt the main event is the big parade on Sunday, starting Hermannplatz, moving down Hasenheide to Yorkstrasse. The parade starts at 12 am, the last truck usually reaches Yorksstrasse after 9pm. There’s also a street party from Thur till Sun with several stages (African stage, Latin America stage etc) going down in Kreuzberg near Zossenerstr / Hallesches Tor.

Lusotronics

Besides a whole lot of Soca- and Dancehall-Parties this year we are especially looking forward to Lusotronics, a two-day festival dedicated to the urban digital music of the Portuguese-speaking (lusophonic) world, brought to you by Man Recordings.

The musical styles from Angola, Brasil, Mozambique and Portugal are a staple amongst Tropical Bass listeners and artists – the whole genre is deeply influenced by Baile Funk, Kuduro, Angolan Afro-House, Kizomba, Tecnobrega or Funana.

To quote the Lusotronics website:

“Produced on cheap digital instruments, these genres were born in the shanty towns of megalopolises such as Rio De Janeiro, Luanda, Maputo, Belém or Lisbon and are rapidly distributed worlwide through the Internet. A situation which is in stark contrast to the pre-Internet-age in which these countries considered themselves “peripheral“, with little access to the global pop and culture events. But since Portugal´s former colonies are now online, audio visual information, music and dance styles circulate in unprecendentend velocity around the world, reaching publics beyond language and space barriers. The results of this development are adapted and re-contextualised in the cities of the “first world“ with Lisbon as it´s main hub.”

Well said. Let me just add two words: Zouk Bass!

Curated by Daniel Haaksman the festival on Saturday and Sunday not only brings you a huge line-up with household names like Edu K, Bonde do Role, Batida, DJ Edgar, Bbrave, Titica, DJ Marfox, Gato Preto and more, there will also be lectures and and a movie programme. Perfect to get totally immersed in the lusophonic soundscapes that are predominant from Rio to Luanda.

Saturday, 18th & Sunday 19th, Club Gretchen, see lusotronics.com for timetable and more infos
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Besides the Lusotronics we’ve put a few recommendations for your Carnival schedule together for you:

Friday, 17th

Soca at the beach (Badeschiff)
The must-see location Badeschiff is a swimming pool swimming on the river next to a huge beach bar. Perfect afternoon hang-out with music by international Soca DJs (including TropicalBass.com’s Marflix).
Facebook event

Afro Heat presents Carnival Xplosion (Festsaal Kreuzberg)
The Afro Heat team brings you the Azonto, Dancehall and Afro flavor. Including BBQ and African food.
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Carnival Jump Up 2013 (Gretchen)
The traditional Friday Soca event hosted by Soca Twins to get you in the right Carnival mood. Headlined by Peter Ram (Barbados).
Facebook event

Saturday, 18th

Carnival Glow & Soca Family BBQ Lime (Astra)
The Carnival Glow hosted by the Carnival Fever crew is THE event for all you Soca fans out there – wining and drinking crews from all over Europe make this party a total madness. If you miss this one, you haven’t been to Berlin Carnival. Btw: Glow means you must wear white!
This year headlined by superstar Kes from Trinidad.
In the afternoon before the event there’s also the traditional hangout Soca Family BBQ Lime, starting 1pm (come at 4pm and the lime is already HEAT).

Soca Family Lime
Carnival Glow

Sunday, 19th

Great Procession from Hermannplatz to Yorkstrasse
Absolutely do not miss out this one – 77 groups and trucks are parading down the Hasenheide boulevard. If you wanna be on the sure side, come early (starting 12 am), take some pictures of the early groups, grab some drinks and then join the very last truck Yard/Escobar for full Carnival madness! TropicalBass.com crew will be around for sure.
Pro tip: Wear sneakers if you serious about jumping up!

Caribbean Invasion (Yaam)
Official after-party at the Yaam, a very unique hangout and club for Africans and Reggae heads. Live: Stylo G (UK), X-Caliber (Trinidad).
Yaam event page

Ok here it comes again – Andrés Digital Original Cumbia Round Up on tropicalbass.com and it seems to get normal that I run dobble Round Ups here, again you get 10 Cumbias in a tight mix. My newest ting you’ll find here – Panama Cumbia Lounge -Check “Yomira in Portobello” mixed for the Beat Making Lab.

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Cumbia No 1 – El Paso del Tamal – Sonido Satanas
This time we are starting with some Tamales Satanicos desde Guadalajara, Mexico. This Cumbia is from the EP “Barrio de mis Amores” wich you could download for free here.

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Cumbia No 2 – Pendejita – Candelaria
Candelaria from Oakland, US seeks to combine long lost cousins cumbia and dub reggae. By combining the sounds of the old afro Colombian traditions with the dub mixing techniques of the Jamaican masters from the 60′s and 70′s, Candelaria has created something that is both new and familiar as the same time.

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Cumbia No 3 – Cumbia de la Salvia (Hypnotize) – Dj Insane B
Dj Insane B comes from Iquiqueño en Valparaiso, Chile and here are ending my informations. Download his EP “Latin Bombs” here

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Cumbia No 4 – Los Mirlos – Chinito en Onda (Dengue Dengue Dengue! Remix)
Dengue Dengue Dengue! is a duo audiovisual from Lima, Perú. Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereiras Sound is a mixtur of different elements like Cumbia, Dancehall and Techno with deep Bass and a bit of Dubstep and Drum&Bass. Here they are remixing a classic Chicha Tune from Los Mirlos, wich is a cool example for using Melodies “oriental psicodélico” from Cumbias out of the 70’s. The two “Masqueraders” will release a new Album via Berlins Chusma Records soon.

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Cumbia No 5 – Moombahlanga – Los Reyes De La Milanga
From Cordoba, Argentina comes Ramiro Aquiles & Los Reyes De La Milanga. This Remix is Part of the EP “Musica para el colectivo” wich he made for the beautifull Cassette Blog. You could download this here

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Cumbia No 6 – La Cumbia Piraña – Dany F
Deep House + Cumbia = Deep Cumbia. Daniel Florez comes from Medellin, Colombia and is master of this marvelous “genre” combining House Beats, Rhodes Sounds, Cumbia Percussion and straight good Vibes.

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Cumbia No 7 – Caminito de Belen – Ovni Guaraje
Ovni Guarajé from Madrid, Spain is no ordinary electronic tropical music group. It´s a mission. A spaceship which makes the feet move fusing rhythms and cultures, savouring Cumbia, connecting with the Sun and the stars. Ovni Guarajé is the ritual of definitive reconciliation in which poetry, music, tradition and modernity dance together with the same steps towards happiness. To the rhythm of cumbia, tropical beats, reggae and other mixes, “Ovni Guarajé” calls us to dance and enjoy, mixing the most popular and refreshing Afrolatin settings in an energetic and vibrant ritual. Their first disc, “Don de Maya”, rises up like a corkscrew that uncovers the intergalactic pipework connecting the Afrolatin and electronic waves for the rest of the world.

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Cumbia No 8 – Rude Boy Rock – Lionrock (Kinky Electric Noise Remix)
People wake up and feel the new Skank remixed by Miamis Kinky Electric Noise. Easy Skanking Big Beats cumbianized to make you gettin wild in the Dancehall – Skuuumbia !!

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Cumbia No 9 – La Campana – Vetiver Bong vs Dj Dero
Vetiver Bong get inspired by Mexico City to create this kind of soundtrack of his life. But his escapes to the beach during Eastern inspired them too, as well as any starred table dance establishments, and the night, the bars, its decadence and double senses. The streets, the country bars, ‘ficheras’ films, marketplaces, bongs, ‘Que transa con las bandas’ book, magazines, amongst many others inspire them too. There’s an unofficial story that says Joaquin had to rob stone sacks to buy Vetiver Bong’s mask and his white shirts… but that will never be known for sure.

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Cumbia No 10 – Tambo Tambo (Boombahchero Edit) – DJ Melo
OK, last Tune, not really Cumbia, but very related, comes from Arizona US. Jorge Melo aka DJ Melo is a key member of the Arizonaton Dj / Producer crew, he has been on the fore front of the Moombahton scene since its birth nearly four years ago. This is labled as Boombachero wich allways fits good into a hot Cumbia Bass Set. Enjoy !!

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See you soon – hasta pronto
Andrés Digital

No Puede Conmigo is a free EP by Panama Beat Making Lab released by Mal Dicen x Latino Resiste x ARTVSM. The EP features beats, original songs and remixes inspired by the carnival festivals, youth and prisons of Panama. All original songs were recorded in Portobelo, in a community music-studio in where the set the Beat Making Lab up.

The final result is a FREE ALBUM full of trap, moombahton, hip hop, latin-jazz and heavy bangers.
PLUS a whole bunch of BONUS remix EP, made by some heavyweight producers.

No Puede Conmigo also features Kulakostas and Tree City – the first and second-place winners of the Panama Beat Challenge. They were given the task of making a trap beat out of a sample a young Panamanian accordion prodigy named Martin.

Beat Making Lab family/judges: Apple Juice Kid, Caballo and The 13th Tribe selected the top winners, who also received free SoundCloud Pro accounts.
Winner

EP opens with a a great example of the collaborative nature of a Beat Making Lab. Producer Apple Juice Kid sampled Barrio Fino – a Panamanian comparsa band – and The Beast – a hip hop and jazz quartet from Durham, North Carolina – to make the beat. Guest vocalist Yomira John blessed the track with an her amazing voice and lyrics. Yomira’s recording session, which took place during a blackout in Portobelo, was turned into a music video.
Video only used and Iphone light and a USB mic!!! great example you can achieve big things with mere talent!

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One more song that made this BML very unique is the addition of beatbox to moombahton!!

The final OG track on No Puede Conmigo is a remix of RAM, or Rehabilitacion a Traves de la Musica (rehabilitation through music) – a beat created inside a prison by Apple Juice Kid and an incarcerated beat maker named Professor Angel Sound. To make the the beat, the duo sampled found sounds around the prison studio including a leaky faucet, clicking handcuffs and a guitar. The remix was produced by The 13th Tribe.

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The Bonus EP full of remixes features big names indeed, like Faluma’s headmoncho and Tropicalbass very own Marflix

From Cafe de Calaveras

CHAIKOV made a moombahsoul remix

Bomb diggy, the Netherlands bangerist drops this one

Germany’s cumbia master, Andres Digital, also is present, with a cumbia-moombahton (cumbiathon) remix.

Uruguay’s Lechuga Zafiro

About Accordion-Trap Challenge, as you saw winners made it to the official release.
but Da fingaz got also a prize

but we could not skip these honorable mentions

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Before the Caribbean island of Barbados again jumps into the new Carnival season (called “Cropover” with the great parade in Bridgetown – “Kadooment”), we want to put some spotlight on this remix project:
The legendary Soca singer Anderson Armstrong aka Blood, former lead-singer in the band Square One (together with Alison Hinds) and now part of Soka Kartel, has been remixed by some household names of the Tropical Bass scene:
SoShifty, Poirier, Max Le Daron, Murlo, Kingsize Noize, Andrès Digital and Marflix.

This project was initiated by the Berlin based Soca label Faluma. Faluma, celebrating it’s 10th anniversairy this summer, is releasing and distribution Blood’s albums and compilations for many years.
The cover artwork was done by 263art.

TropicalBass.com in cooperation with Faluma is giving away a free tune from the EP. Just scroll down to the end of the article.

Here’s a quick mix of the whole EP.

Murlo

Poirier

SoShifty

Max Le Daron

Pushking Noize

Andrès Digital

Marflix

Wonder how the original versions sound like? Here are the videos to “Go!!” and “This is the one”.

Go!!

This Is The One

Download the EP “Go!! / This Is The One Remix EP” at Juno / iTunes / amazon.com

Grab the freeload – exclusive on TropicalBass, only available for a few days:

Blood – This Is The One (Murlo Remix) (like to download)

Faluma.com website

Finally, the wait is over.
Tropicalbass is also present in the premiere of Carnnibal’s which Crime mi a talk.
Videos and tracks are insane.

Carnnibal’s debut EP is finally out. GET THE ALBUM HERE
Which Crime mi a Talk

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Different approach to the genre, TWERK

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To celebrate the release the guys from Puracrema TV have made an exclsuive and yummy video alongside the Bonus track

This is our FREE track (100 Downloads) to support the release, if you are into trap/space bass

But if you are more into Major Lazeresque approach then this banger called RAS TRENT is for you

Shitstem explores high pitch cymbals and deep bass

Steam

Last Track of the EP features Iconic Spanish Dancehall pioneer Paul de Swardt!!

FIVE BUCKS. All this OG wicked music for less than a beer in a club!!
Support the artist! GET THE ALBUM HERE

Get to know one of the most exciting releases from Panamanian VS Global Bass beats. This project will be unveiled next week.

Join Professor Pierce Freelon and producer Apple Juice Kid on a Field Trip to the rain-forests of Panama. They make a beat at a prison called Centro de Rehabilitacion El Renacer; with Professor Angel Sound – an incarcerated DJ who was blackmailed into muling cocaine for the Nigerian mafia – and his fellow inmate, who has an appetite for macarroni and cheese.

The “Prison Beat,” produced by Angel Sound and Apple Juice Kid at a studio called RAM, or Rehabilitacion a Traves de la Musica (rehabilitation through music), was created by found sounds around the studio/prison cell, which included audio samples of a leaky faucet, clicking handcuffs, guitar paying, and vocals. The collaboration is part of an ongoing Beat Making Lab experiment called “Field Trip,” where Freelon and Apple Juice Kid take their Beat Making Lab (mobile-studio) from the community centers where they are housed, to make beats in unlikely places. An upcoming Senegal Field Trip takes place at a health care facility.

Now if you want to know more about proffesor’s case

Now about the music!! The first leak off No Puede Conmigo is called Diablos. Diablos was created in a Beat Making Lab at La Escuelita del Ritmo and inspired by festival de los Diablos y Congos
This is the video!!

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