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7-inch Series, part 756 – Fanga/Alma Afrobeat Ensemble

Fanga/Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Thiogo Thiogo/The Fight Is In The Streets (15M)
label: Enlace Funk
year: 2011
enlacefunk.com
fanga.fr | facebook.com/pages/Fanga-Afrobeat/214248021940613
almaafrobeat.com | facebook.com/pages/Alma-Afrobeat-Ensemble/151530984875525
side a: Fanga – Tiogho Tiogho (DJ Floro Y Ale Acosta Remix)
side b: Alma Afrobeat Ensemble Feat. Krukid – The Fight Is In The Streets (15M) (DJ Floro Y Oscar Martos Mix)


7" Series 756: Fanga/Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Thiogo Thiogo/The Fight Is In The Streets (15M)

Great single from Spanish funk warrior Miguel A. Sutil’s excellent Enlace Funk label, released a year ago around Felabration Day (celebrating the works and life of the late great Fela Anikulapo Kuti. It’s a split between the Montpellier, France based Fanga and Alma Afrobeat Ensemble from Barcelona, Spain, each contributing one original track, remixed by Madrid DJ and radio show host DJ Floro and Ale Acosta from (among others) Fuel Fandango, and DJ Floro and Oscar Martos from Pyramid Blue, respectively.

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7-inch Series, part 718 – Alton Ellis Tribute EP

Various Artists – Alton Ellis Tribute EP
label: Enlace Funk
year: 2010
myspace.com/superakatz
myspace.com/theupsttemians
thepepperpots.com
myspace.com/theoldians

side a1: Akatz – Aguafiestas
side a2: The Upsttemians – You Make Me So Very Happy
side b1: The Pepper Pots – It’s True
side b2: The Oldians – These Eyes

7" Series 718: Alton Ellis Tribute EP

A heartfelt tribute to the late great king of rocksteady Alton Ellis (1938-2008), commissioned by Spain’s bestest funk & soul magazine Enlace Funk, by four Spanish bands. All (more than decent) versions stay pretty close to the originals, but where The Upsttemians (Madrid, original here), The Pepper Pots (Girona, original here, and The Oldians (Barcelona, original here sing in English, Bilbao-based band Akatz do their rendition of “Dance Crasher” in Spanish, literally translating the title and staying true to the anti-rudie lyrical content. This one, and “It’s True” are Ellis originals, while “You Make Me So Very Happy” and “These Eyes” were hits for Ellis, but adaptations of songs by Brenda Holloway and The Guess Who, respectively.

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7-inch series, part 701 – The Blaxound Family

The Blaxound Family – Make Me Believe In You
label: Enlace Funk
year: 2010
side a: Make Me Believe In You
side b: Brand New Old Story
www.myspace.com/blaxoundfamily

The Blaxound Family - Make Me Believe In You

Single that comes with issue 36 of the fabulous Spanish funk & soul mag Enlace Funk. The Blaxound Family are a project from Barcelona, basically the brainchild of Rubén Román who lures the City of Marvels‘ finest musicians to his Blaxound studios for some good old seventies-style funky jamming. After 2008’s Return Of The Blaxound album, this single is the second official release. “Make Me Believe In You” is a reasonable interpretation of the Curtis Mayfield-penned tune made famous by Patti Jo, while “Brand New Old Story” is an original with special invite Paco Mantecao Manzanares of the Fundación Tony Manero strutting his stuff on the Hammond. Not incredible, but decent, methinks.

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7-inch series, part 668 – El Sr. Rojo

El Sr. Rojo – Madrid Aprieta
label: Enlace Funk
year: 2007
side a: Madrid Aprieta (Científico Remix)
side b: Mega Code Red (Científico Remix)
www.rojosway.com | http:www.myspace.com/elsrrojo

Spanish hip-hop, there’s some good stuff around. Lot of bad stuff, too. But this guy, one of the capos in jip-jop today, is not bad. Both tracks on this single, released as accompaniment of Spain’s finest funk mag Enlace Funk can, in their original versions, be found on the Madrid Aprieta album.

Video of El Sr. Rojo live in Santander with DJ Uve.