Tropical North Podcast

We are back with a distinctly Brazilian flavoured selection from Craig Kirkby.

Craig is an integral part and resident DJ at the always excellent 'Cavort' and 'Liaison' club night's based in Ulverston and his home town of Barrow In Furness. Craig brings the ethos of these club nights to his 'Liaison' radio show on Manchesters online radio community MCR LIVE.

Definitely one for lovers of Brazilian vibes and fans of the house, nu-disco and re-edits scene alike.

Craig's selection features no nonsense dance-floor grooves from the likes of Fatnotronic, Aroop Roy, Sartorial and Joutro Mundo.

Perfect.

Tracklist.

1. Fatnotronic / In Flagranti - Botoque

2. YSE Saint laur'ant - The Optimistic Voyeur​

3. Painel De Controle - Relax​

4. Joutro Mundro - Tropical Affair​

5. Satorial - Music Power​

6. Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra - Vendetta (Al Kent Re-Mix)​

7. Joutro Mundro - Olhos De Sa​

8. Hotmood - Superstar​

9. Aroop Roy - Quem Vai Querer​

10. Pete Herbert & Dicky Trisco - Coconuts For Breakfast

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Tropical North is on selection duties for episode six with an hour of uplifting Caribbean disco and calypso Funk flavours.

Features tracks from Shadow, Wild Fire, Nadie La Fond, Kalyan, Nappy Mayers and Embryo.

Summer. Vibes.

Tracklist.

1. Mavis John - Use My Body

2. Wild Fire - The Rebels

3. Ronnie Butler and the Ramblers - Peace Without Love

4. Nappy Mayers - Music Man

5. Shadow - Way Way Out

6. Embryo - Light The Light

7. Umoja i-Nity - Foxy Sourcy Lady

8. Nadie La Fond - Hot For Your Love

9. Don and Oli - Superman

10. Tru Tones - Dancing (Vedit02)

11. Naddie La Fond - Wanna Believe in Love (Al Kent Edit)

12. Smile Street People - Lypso Disco

13. Kalyan - Trini Vibes (Charles Maurice Edit)

14. Orlando Julius - Disco Highlife (Percussion Tool)

15. Charles Maurice - Bio Rhythms

Tropical North Podcast returns with another selection of positive music from around the world. This month we are pleased to bring you 90 minutes of tropical flavours and on point balearic action from highly regarded Leed's selector Andy Hickford (Downtown Science).

Tracks from the likes of Makadem, Lord Shorty, Dan Shake, Tom Blip and Giles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band.

Vibes.

Tracklist.

1. Makadem - Myako (Jimku Remix)

2. Mala - Calle F

3. Manu Dibango - Les Cavaliers (Plaid Edit Over Dub)

4. Gilles Petersons Havana Cultura Band - La Rumba Experimental (MCDE Remix)

5. Toby Tobias - Aouta Gabon

6. Esnard Boisdur - Soufwans (3am Mix)

7. Tom Blip - Wrong Guanco

8. Adaye - Turn It Up (Frankie Francis 3am Edit)

9. Tirago - We Like To Party

10. Eno Louis - Hot Love

11. Bayo Damaio - Listen To The Music

12. Afro National - Jokenge (IG Culture Edit)

13. Mutable - Unknown

14. Dan Shake - De I Comahlee Ha

15. Coco/Fabert - Dan DI Fwan

16. Lord Shorty - Vibrations Groove

17. Mighty Shadow - Dat Soca Boat

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Tropical North Podcast returns with a two hour selection of global grooves and sonic gems supplied by highly regarded northern selector Graham Newby.

Graham, more commonly known as DJ Gripper(Sonic Zoo Radio/Barrow Underground Music Society)effortlessly blends Latin-Jazz, Brazilian and Afro flavours, Psych and Afro-Synth oddities to create a heady sonic excursion full of rhythm and soul.

Impressive.

Tracklist.

1. Sunburst - Simba Angunuma

2. Odion Iruoje - Love Care

3. Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers - Kurifuna

4. Sunburst Band - Enzi Za Utumwani

5. Dikalo - Equality

6. Afrodita - Africa My Dear

7. JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra -BOMB

8. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Dege Dub

9. Count Ossie & The Rasta Family - Chanting Higher Heights

10. Francis Bebey - Savanah Georgia

11. Professor Wouassa - We Thit

12. The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down In The Basement

13. Fawda Trio - I Got The Blues

14. Sonido Gallo Negro - Cumbia De Sanación

15. Sofiane Saidi - El Ndjoum

16. Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers - Aljahalat

17. Spaceheads - Moon Boots (4th Continum Pt 2)

18. Jeevan Anandasivam - Alan When It Was Time

19. Rapossa - Flames

20. André Sampaio & Os Afromandinga - Ecos De Niafunke

21. La Chicherata - El Ultimo Grito Del Tucan

22. Binario - Jazzhole

23. Marisol Brown - Hasta la Noche

24. Bossacucanova - Brasilidade

25. Oribata - Batuki

26. Aillacara 2743 - Para La Libertad

27. Mirtha Y Raul - El Sueño De Andria

28. Jorge Reyes - Pocito 11

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For our fourth episode we are delighted to welcome Secret Life Music's fox bothering balearic badman Mike Boorman to the podcast.

Mike delivers an exclusive selection of sunset psychedelia and blissed out electronica recorded live at Hostel La Torre in Ibiza. Mikes own productions sit nicely alongside tracks from David August, Nightmares on Wax, T- Coy, James Brown and The Rolling Stones.

Vibes.

1. Afterlife - Spanish Fly

2. Reverso 68 - Baa Boo

3. Nightmares on Wax - Ethnic Majority

4. Sothy - Lam Sueng Bang Fai (Shelter’s Edit)

5. Jams Brown - Givin’ up food for funk

6. Endgames - Ecstasy

7. Rolling Stones - Dance

8. Memoryman - Somebody

9. T-Coy - Da Me Mas

10. Mike Boorman - Consequences

11. Radar - Nothing is real

12. David August - Instant Harmony

13. Mike Boorman - The land where the pharaoh died

14. Ananda Project - Moment before dreaming (Idjut Boys dub)

15. Silicone Soul - Room 666 at the deadly hotel

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We continue the series with a two hour selection of worldly electronic gems and left of centre dance music supplied by northern party starter and all round top bloke DJ Turtlewax (Lost N Found).

His mix has a distinctly psychedelic feel to it bringing together old school balearic vibes, dub, percussive workouts, afro-latin grooves and tribal house and techno from stalwarts such as Flying Lotus, Faze Action, Giles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band, Dub Colossus and Henrik Schwarz.

Bang on!

1. KLF - Chill Out (ODC1 Remixes) DJT'S 241 Edit

2. DJQ* - Glasgow's Jazz *intro* from (D's 'Ring Your Thing To Get Past Fast' Re-Dub) -

3. Elmore Judd - Bass Bully

4. Flying Lotus - Melt!

5. Wareika Hill Sounds - Coconut Head Special

6. The Sunshot Band - Stinger

7. Salsoul Invention - Salsoul Machine

8. Palov & Mishkin - Et De Clarinete

9. Tape Five - Tequila (Garden of Delight Extended mix)

10. Obafunke - Bush Workout (Attica Blues Nocturnal mix)

11. Cultural Mambo - Docking in Outer-space

12.Bruno E - Dado (Bruno E remix)

13.Faze Action - Samba

14.Zero dB - Te Quiero

15.Transglobal Underground - 7-5

16.Tinariwen - Qualahila Ar Tesninam (Trasglobal Underground mix)

17.Ustad Sultan Khan - Sayaji (Joe Claussell Saragi Dub)

18.Issa Bagayogo - Kalan Nege

19. Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde [Herbets Fred and Ginger mix)

20.Henrik schwarz - Balletsuite 1 (Masse Unknown Touch)

21.Dub Colossus - A Voice Has Power (Insentisi mix

22.Susumu Yokota - Nisemono No Uta (Remix)

23.Ragout De lapin - Ginger Vibes (Short Version)

24.Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band - Havan Sessions (Pablo Fierro

25.Jose Gonzales - NuLu Dance (Nulu Dance mix)

26.DJ Duke - Tribal Journey (Sun mix)

27.DJ Bouto & Etienne C - OchoOochO

28.Deadbeat - Groundation (Berghain Drum Jack) / Hardfloor - Into the Nature (Plastikman remix)

29.Pole Pole - Congos

30.Layo & Bushwacka - Djembe (rework)

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For episode two we are delighted to bring you a selection of retro flavoured sunshine grooves from mysterious Melbourne based producer PARADISE BOX. (Echovolt /Crimes Of The Future)

As expected the mix seamlessly brings together tropical vibes, Japanese boogie, dusty deep house, techno, international proto-house flavours, electro funk, and uplifting vocal jams from the likes of Ruff Dug & Glowing Palms, Model 500, Colonel Abrahams, Brother Resistance, John Rosa and Rick James.

Cooler than the other side of the pillow and absolutely essential!

1.Ken Muramatsu – Ocean Breeze

2.Masahiko Kondō - 風のドライブイン

3.JT Taylor – Long Hot Summer [Dub]

4.Total Contrast – Sunshine

5.Glowing Palms x Ruf Dug – Rachael’s Team

6.Judy Mowatt – So Many Eyes

7.Tony McKenzie – Ha Chica [inst]

8.Brother Resistance – Can I Get a Witness

9.Massive Sounds – I Want You

10.Paul Rutherford – Seduction

11.Colonel Abrams – You Don’t Know

12.Blaze – If You Should Need a Friend

13.Annette - Dream 17

14.Robert Palmer – The Silver Gun

15.Model 500 – Sound Of Stereo

16.John Rocca – Move

17.MSQ II – Too Much

18.Bernard Wright – After You [inst]

19.Rick James – Love Interlude

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Tropical North starts things off with an hour of his favourite high energy Afro-Disco, Boogie and Electrofunk floor fillers, on institutions such as Soundway, Soul jazz, Mukatsuku, Cultures Of Soul, Crown Ruler and Rush Hour!

Essential.

1. Ofege - Burning Jungle (Guynamukat Edit)

2. Ondeno - Mayolye (Afro Disco Monster Edit)

3. The Sivertone Steel Band - Steel Band Disco (Caribbean Feeing Edit)

4. Peter Abdul - Dont You Know

5. Danny Offia and The Friks - Funk With Me

6. Benis Cletin - Soul Fever

7.Christy Essien - You Cant Change a Man

8. Houn Pierre - Mansoun Djouwi (Guynamukat Re-Edit)

9. Mukat Edits 1 - We Like De Disco (Dirty Diggers re-edit)

10. Mukat Edits 5 - Funk Is what You Want

11. Hotline - Stay Close

12. Focus - Zulu EP ( HAY! HaY!)

13. The Hardworkers - Ayoba Yo

14. Christy Ogbah - advice

15. Harrari - Party