New sound for B-town: Hugo Mendez from legendary Sofrito (UK) and DJ Zhao of Ngoma Sound (DE) team up to bring the deepest and heaviest African, Caribbean, and South American rhythms, connecting the roots of modern club music with hard hitting contemporary urban flavors. Simultaneously classic and urgent, sick and sweet, Tropical Sessions and guests brings you the timeless essence of groove: it is not "world music", it is simply the best dance music in the world.
PROMO MIXES: 1 and 2
Happening at the newly re-opend amazing Terrasse by the river,
an der Schilling Brucke with sound equipped patio and grill action.
Sunday 23 May 2010 //// 8pm - 6am
FIRST 50 PEOPLE BEFORE 10pm GET IN FREE
after 10pm 12 Euro includes access to Maria - YAAM Birthday party (details www.clubmaria.de)
RSVP on Facebook.
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Hugo Mendez' DJ style is a unique blend of African, Caribbean and Latin rhythms - a percussive explosion that includes heavy Afro grooves, old school mambo, Tropical Disco, bouncing samba, calypso funk and heavy Cumbia, bringing vintage styles up to date with exclusive dubplate edits and a contemporary club slant.
Hugo Mendez has put together several albums for leading record labels, including the genre-defining Tumbélé! compilation for Soundway Records and the highly successful Tropical Funk Experience album for Nascente. The albums come from digging trips across the Caribbean – scouring dusty warehouses and shacks for forgotten vinyl treasures and painstakingly tracking down artists and producers from back in the day. Hugo also produces the cult Rhythmagic Orchestra project with Nostalgia 77, and runs the Sofrito Specials label.
http://sofrito.co.uk
http://soundcloud.com/sofrito
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DJ Zhao brings contemporary and classic dance music together from all 5 continents, with focus on Africa - Kwaito, Hiplife, Bongo Flava, Zouk, Kuduro, South African House, Rai, Cumbia, Reggae, UK Funky - connecting "East" and "West", traditional and electronic. Dj Zhao also performs with El Congo (Tony Allen, Jimmy Tennor) on Trumpet and Robby Geerken (Los Van Van, Los Latinos) on Percussion as Ngoma Soundsystem.
Active as dj and sound curator since 2000, Zhao has organized critically acclaimed long running events in the US from Sound Art to Experimental Techno. After starting the Ngoma collective and series of Global Bass parties in Berlin, Zhao has been alternating between countless hours in the studio and performing regularly at festivals and clubs around Europe. Equal parts ethno-musicologist and booty shaker, Zhao brings unique perspectives and vision to every event, and has shared the stage with artists such as Pan Sonic, Rhythm and Sound, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Cooly G, etc.
http://myspace.com/zhaoism
http://soundcloud.com/djzhao
http://fairtilizer.com/users/djzhao
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