papito - from lagos to caracas

another diggin trip, another great selection from papito
after two amazing mixes that have been downloaded a few hundred times, here's number three

From Lagos to Caracas Mix
Funky, Jazzy and Psych cuts from the Andes
selected by Dj Papito

01 - Joselo con Manny Delgado - Tema del pavo Lucas (Comencemos) - Discos Victoria
02 - Grupo Bota - Guarishiguara - Polydor
03 - Jimmy Salcedo y su Onda Tres - Berraquera - Philips
04 - Grupo Atlantis - Zaire - Discomoda
05 - Son Palenque - Palengue Palengue - Felito
06 - Dargil y su Nueva Dimension - Carruseles - A.S. International
07 - Abelardo CarbonÚ y su Conjunto - Quiero a mi gente - CosteÒo
08 - Jacob y su Grupo - Americano - CBS
09 - Piro Mantilla - Bambani - Tropical
10 - Danny Rivera - Todos estan sordos - Velvet
11 - Rolando Laserie - El ballet hippie - Capitol
12 - Nelson y sus Estrellas - Rumba rumbita - Discomoda
13 - Tita Duval - Batukatuco - Fuentes
14 - Manuel Alvarez y sus Dangers - Esclavo moderno - Curramba
15 - Juaneco y su Combo - Caballito Nocturno - Sonolux
16 - Sugar Ice Tea - Bananaticoco - Fuentes
17 - Los Siderals - Dongoh - Lider
18 - Los Orientales - El Dragon - Caliente

These are mainly colombian and venezuelan artists, some from Peru, others from Puerto Rico. Listening to some of these tracks you can hear the big influence Fela Kuti had on the latin community back in the days. While "Let's start" was a huge hit in Venezuela, inspiring bands like Phirpo y sus Caribes and Joselo, "Shakara" was massive in Colombia and was covered by artists such as Lizandro Meza, la Cumbia Moderna de Soledad and Wganda Kenya. The track by Abelardo CarbonÚ, featured in the mix, is another great example of the african roots you can hear very frequently in certain latin music.
Another big influence in these tracks is the afro-american music. Maybe the best known example of the fusion between R&B and latin dance music is what we call boogaloo. Here we have some hybrids where the line between these two styles is more blurred and can't be defined easily. Call them latin funk, latin soul, whatever you want. I can only tell you this is latin music at its best!
All these records turned up during one of my digging trips in South America. Since i've been more concentrated on the folkloric stuffs lately, i must confess i had some difficulties with finding a good number of quality funky tunes to make a new mix. But after a few months searching for the right stuffs, i finally found some really interesting tunes, and some of them were totally unknown to me.
I really hope you will enjoy the selection!

Cheers
Papito

papito - from lagos to caracas