Dexter Story - "Shuruba Song ft. Hamelmal Abate"

Here's the guest list (beyond Hamelmal Abate featured on this first single):

Kibrom Birhane
Sudan Archives
Haile Supreme
Jimetta Rose
Marie Daulne
Endeguena Mulu
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Josef Leimberg

Here are Dexter Story's credits:
multi-instrumentalist for Sa-Ra Creative Parners
manager for Snoop Dogg
producer for Dayme Arocena's Cubafonia
worked with Kamasi Washington on his most recent single, "Wejene Aola"

Here's the label Story's album Bahir is coming out on:
SOUNDWAY

If all of this doesn't get you exited for the May 15th release of the sophomore release from this LA. musician, take a liten to "Shuruba Song" below and put the date in your calendar.

Share Some Love

If you follow this blog on the regular then you know I've talked about labels like Tru Thoughts, Finders Keepers, ZZK, Strut and Soundway. If you dug any of that stuff, then you're in luck. The fine folks behind those even finer record labels have banded together for the seventh installment of Label Love, a compilation featuring selections from their recent catalog. AND IT'S FREE. Get it, and then chase down full-lengths from the likes of Nicola Cruz, flako, Quantic presents The Western Transient and more and support the folks that put this thing together.

Ondatropica - "Los Irreales" mixtape

If you follow this blog, you're already hip to Ondatropica and Soundway. So you'll want to check out this mix.

[Apologies for my absence - September long followed by Orientation Week at the U I work at have been crazy]

Ondatrópica - "Punkero Sonidero"

Apparently Will Holland is trying to release enough new projects / albums this year to completely sweep my year-end Top 20.

  Ondatrópica - Punkero Sonidero by Soundway

Los Miticos Del Ritmo - "Otro Muerde El Polvo"

A friend once told me that Tom Petty could shit on a disc and he would still buy it. I kinda feel the same way about Will Holland (aka Quantic). Though he's never taken a dump. Strictly golden.

Los Miticos Del Ritmo - Otro Muerde El Polvo (Another One Bites The Dust) by Soundway

More info on the record here.