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    In The Cinema
     
    for the struggle
    Beat-driven folktronica...Acoustic guitars and warm vocals float alongside dreamy pianos, lush synth pads and innocent glockenspiel, while a deep sea of layered beats, samples and hand percussion provide the perfect substructure.
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    Cale Pellick
     
    In The Loop
    This CD creatively fuses electronic music with New Orleans influenced funk while exploring several moods, grooves and tempos - Funktronica, y'all!
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    Slicnaton
     
    Basendrums
    improvisations using electro-acoustic percussion, live electronics, bowed pieces of wood, found objects, extended bass techniques, multi-phonics and computer editing.
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    Various Artists
     
    Sanity and Soundness
    Five top Drum Funk producers created Drum & Bass tracks inspired from free jazz unleashing whole new styles of music ranging from funky to mellow and murky to open. (Includes two bonus tracks with heavy Jungle vibes.)
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    El David & Carlos Cartagena
     
    EL Nuyoriqueno
    Nuyorican Roots Music that fuses Bomba and Plena percussion, Bass and Guitar, Contemporary Hip Hop and Caribbean influences by lead guitarist and vocalist of the NJ Based Bomba and Plena Group Segunda Quimbamba, El David and Carlos Cartagena
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    Rocksta Mjonase
     
    Tshe tshe EP
    A rare combination of genres to produce a sensational electronic release, from easy listening to deep and tribal house mixes, gospel delivered in a silver platter get your grip on, feel South African house scene on the rise.
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    Los Ladrones
     
    Montana Rusa
    For anyone into that lovely samba fusion bossanova rhythm sound....a definite must get. And if you're just getting into it, the sound will push you over the fence quite quickly. Very infectious. Terrific grooves, smooth vocals.
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    suranjana ghosh
     
    vibration
    Indian meditative and spiritual music in classical and traditional form. Mostly based on indian raga. Meetings between indian and western style. Main instrument is tabla with Suranjana Ghosh. Three songs based on sanskrit chanting.
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    Chad Taylor
     
    Circle Down
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    Emanuel Xavier
     
    Legendary- The Spoken Word Poetry of Emanuel Xavier
    A spoken word/music collaboration between award-winning poet, Emanuel Xavier, and Nuyorican producer, El David, which celebrates one of the most significant voices of our generation.
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    Top Albums

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    Viento de Agua
    Fruta Madura
    Bomba and plena taken to the next level. The exuberant band, a 13 member ensemble, reinvents the traditional Puerto Rican rhythms incorporating a drum set and a powerful brass section to a team of some of the best percussionists around, led by Tito Matos.
    Viento de Agua plays bomba and plena, two genres of traditional Puerto Rican music that derive from African forms. Bomba, the oldest of the two, has been played and sung for more than 400 years. Plena developed a little over a century ago in the Island's urban barrios. Viento de Agua's sound layers horns, woodwinds and other contemporary instrumentation over the classic drums that drive the music: "barriles" or bomba barrels, a type of floor drums, smaller in height than a conga but bigger in diameter and "panderetas" or hand held drums used for plena. Fruta Madura is the result of many years practicing and reinventing bomba and plena. Ciudadano del Mundo, the first track on the album, was written and arranged by musical director Ricardo Pons, and singers Jerry Medina and Cubans Gema and Pavel, appear as guest artists. In Lola, written by Tito Matos, Puerto Rican saxophonist, Miguel Zenón, plays a solo. Director Tito Matos is a lifelong practitioner of bomba and plena, well known for his stylistic innovations as well as his respect for their traditions. He specializes in the "requinto" the hand held drum that improvises constantly in plena and he also plays the "barriles" or bomba barrels. He has been invited to add plena sounds to recordings of many different genres that range from jazz musicians David Sánchez and Miguel Zenón to pop star Ricky Martin. Composer Ricardo Pons plays the flute and saxophone, among other instruments. The two joined forces more than a decade ago in New York City, and they are now reunited in Puerto Rico to continue their goal of moving bomba and plena forward into a new century. Viento de Agua has a previous album, De Puerto Rico al Mundo.
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    Native Deen
    Deen You Know
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    Dafnis Prieto Sextet
    Taking the Soul for a Walk
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    Dafnis Prieto
    Si o Si Quartet Live at Jazz Standard NYC
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    Wild Dogs
    Reign of Terror NEW package 8 page booklet
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      Top Songs

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      1.
      Alhamdullilah (intro)
      Native Deen
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      2.
      Deen You Know
      Native Deen
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      3.
      For the Prophets
      Native Deen
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      4.
      Drug Free '05
      Native Deen
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      5.
      Paradise
      Native Deen
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      6.
      Test
      Native Deen
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      7.
      Pa'l Bailador
      Julito Fernadez Antillano
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      8.
      Intentions '05
      Native Deen
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      9.
      Small Deeds
      Native Deen
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      10.
      Dedication
      Native Deen
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