VA - Freestyle: Afro & Latin (2019)

Freestyle by name, freestyle by nature - and this 45 track selection focuses on the latin, bossa, afrobeat and afro-funk side of the labels catalogue, that has been part of the labels musical diaspora and influences from the very beginning.
Going right back to Afrodizz, Quasimode and Chip Wickham's Malena, and taking in the jazz infused afrobeat of The Shaolin Afronauts, Ray Lugo's New York City boogaloo, the Floridian latino funk of Ray Camacho & The Teardrops - and not forgetting one of the originators of afro-cuban based jazz & high life; Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers.
Stir into this mix Uk legend Omar's 'Ordinary Day' The Fantastics! organ based African based adventure 'All The People - Part 1'. A blistering performance by percussionist, bandleader & DJ, Snowboy and you have a wide ranging highly eclectic collection of sounds rooted in the world most syncopated musics.

Track List:

01. Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers - I Jool Omo (4:07)
02. The Manuel Azevedo Quartet - Futebol de bar (4:35)
03. Snowboy And The Latin Section - Snowboy's Special (4:57)
04. The Fantastics! - All the People, Pt. 1 (4:57)
05. Lance Ferguson - Sweet Power Your Embrace (4:09)
06. Omar; Stuart Zender - Ordinary Day (4:26)
07. Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers - Nawa (4:30)
08. The Shaolin Afronauts - Ojo Abameta (5:27)
09. Jessica Lauren Four - The Name of Fela Will Always Stand for Freedom (5:42)
10. Kalbata; Mixmonster; Major Mackerel - Congo Beat the Drum (4:07)
11. Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers - Adura (3:35)
12. Sirius B - Samba Selvagem (4:02)
13. The Shaolin Afronauts - Brooklyn (3:34)
14. Jazzinho - Aos Meninos De Angola (5:15)
15. The Fantastics! - Kinshasa Five (4:14)
16. Afrodizz - Propaganda (8:40)
17. The Shaolin Afronauts - Amhara (5:17)
18. Sirius B - Um Grande Carnaval (6:19)
19. Jazzinho - The Lagoon Monster (3:11)
20. Sirius B - Clarear (5:41)
21. The Society - What He Needs to Know (3:41)
22. Shirley Eubanks Ensemble; Sexteto Excelencio - The Blessing Song (6:49)
23. Manteca - Muchacha (4:27)
24. Quasimode - Down in the Village (6:31)
25. Angeline Morrison - The Feeling Sublime (2:56)
26. Maléna - Fried Samba (6:41)
27. Brownout - The Sexican (3:55)
28. Flow Dynamics - Bossa for Bebo (Original) (5:00)
29. Grupo Fantasma - Arroz Con Frijoles (4:03)
30. The Shaolin Afronauts - Kilimanjaro (6:27)
31. Afrodizz - Kif Kif (12:23)
32. Quasimode - Skelton Coast (6:34)
33. Ray Camacho & The Teardrops - Si Si Puede (3:30)
34. Maléna - More Afro (5:21)
35. Mkali Bahari Orchestra - Black Rite (4:36)
36. Quasimode - Ipe Amarelo (6:47)
37. Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers - Witchdoctor (3:29)
38. The Shaolin Afronauts - Journey Through Time (5:16)
39. Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers - Lord Morocco (4:02)
40. Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers - El Ritmo De Nueva York (3:31)
41. Sexteto Exellencio - Nautilus (4:59)
42. Frootful; Angeline Morrison - Slowtime (Latina Version) (4:06)
43. The Shaolin Afronauts - Winds Across Gayanamede (5:05)
44. Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers - Hi Life (4:23)
45. Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers - Combolu (2:59)