Ti Celeste has been on lock-down in mine and Hugo’s record bags for the last four years. Here is a wicked video of one of his Gwo Ka sessions in Guadeloupe.

Late night radio session – check out Hugo’s selection on the Gilles Peterson show on Radio 1 – Tropical crate digging!  Listen to some Classic Sofrito tracks, new edits and upcoming sounds from the new Soundway and Analog Africa compilations.






You can listen here…

Tropical Godfather John Armstrong is launching the new-look Kilombo Vibe website.  If you haven’t already, check out his “South African Funk Experience” compilation for Nascente – killer sounds from SA!

He will also be joining us on the 17th July for a special all-vinyl set of amazing African and Latin rarities to make the dancefloor shake!  We’ve been working with him on the forthcoming Soweto Disco EP so expect more collaborations in the future!  In the meantime check out his heavy mix of African sounds here!

King of the Mozambique Pello El Afrokan cuts loose on Cuban TV in the ’60s!

Heavy Afro-Colombian sounds!

Classic performance from El Rey Del Merengue!

Killer footage from an old TV documentary – the uptown Club Sombrero, Jamaica, 1962