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Matasuna Records deliver once again for Latin soul fans as they re-release another classic on vinyl 7″. In this case, that’ll be the smouldering El Ratón from Panamanian outfit Los Invasores, first released in 1967. It’s one of many covers of the Joe Cuba Sextet classic and also one of the best. Also, as they often do, the
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Tag Archives: Panama Cardoon
LOS INVASORES: El Ratón (Vinyl 7″)
DEDY DREAD & DJ REBEL/ PANAMA CARDOON & AUDRY FUNK: Resense 040
It’ll be all-star party breaks action from a certain mighty edits label very shortly when they drop double slice of latin breaks – Resense 040. On A-side Mambo Perez, Dedy Dread and occasional cohort DJ Rebel indulge in Cuban fury of the kind to prompt much dancefloor parading (or even Prado-ing) while on the flip Panama Cardoon hooks up
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PANAMA CARDOON: Hasta La Wiggle Remixed (2015)
There’s all kinds of shit being talked about a ‘Grexit’ at the minute but here’s Athens-based producer Panama Cardoon making a convincing ‘re-Grentrance’ with this four tracker of remixes from his rather good debut LP – last year’s Hasta La Wiggle. Providing a remix aid package are Rafael Aragon, Cayetano, Balkan Riddims and Vida G, who, respectively, provide two re-versions of
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PANAMA CARDOON: Hasta La Wiggle (2014)
If you were wondering why there hadn’t been much action from Panama Cardoon and the Carnibal Records stable recently, here’s your answer. After a few years of booties and remixes on such labels as Resense, Bombastic Jam and Danny Massure’s Spring Strut, Carnibal main-man Cardoon is releasing his debut LP Hasta La Wiggle on which he gives full rein to his twin loves of latin breaks and reggae beats
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SMOKEY BANDITS: Debut Remixed Vol. 1 (2013)
George Fotiadis and Quasamodo enlist the aid of a wild bunch of remix bandoleros on what the ‘Vol. 1’ tag would indicate is only the first in a collection of remixes of Smokey Bandits‘ debut LP Debut. Buffalo soldier Blend Mishkin dubs up the riddim on dusty reggae cut Smoke From The Attic, Washington bandidos Empresarios increase the beat on A Son’s Lament, and remix rustler
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VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 008 (2013)
Carnibal Records have, within seven releases, established a reputation for top quality latin breaks with the occasional bit of something else thrown in for good measure. Carnibal 008 eschews the sound of South America however, and takes in as many continents in a single release as the plot of World War Z. First Panama Cardoon smuggles his mellow vibe from Europe to Asia Minor in Bosporus
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DJ ROAST BEATZ: Panama Ho’s (2013) Free download
Rating: I’m all for sisters not being held back by gender inequality but have you ever noticed how when DJs play tracks containing iffy lyrics like ‘shorty get on it’ and ‘she’s leaking, she’s soaking wet’ that the ladies, far from storming off the dancefloor in a fit of pique, get more filthy? It’s something that is almost certain to happen with this mashup bomb from DJ Roast Beatz
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VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 007 (2013)
Latin breakbeat freaks Carnibal Records are back with their seventh release and in the way of such things it is entitled Carnibal Records 007. Which, in the way of such things of course, immediately makes me think of James Bond causing havoc at some sort of fiesta. Thus it is that Palov & Panama Cardoon and Senor Griff all prove themselves capable agents in the field with Vamos
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PANAMA CARDOON: Now That I Found You (2013) Free download
“It’s not bassy enough and the beat’s a bit weak.” Not the usual complaint levelled at Jamaican reggae, even old school stuff but that hasn’t stopped Athenian producer and Carnibal Records main man Panama Cardoon adding big drums and giving the bottom end more boom on his Now That I’ve Found You re-version. Some may feel that this is gilding the lily but as a wise man once said to
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VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 005 (2012)
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Moving at breakneck speed with their release schedule, Greek label Carnibal Records drop volume 5 today and it’s the best one in a while. Lest anyone should accuse them of being a one-trick pony, this time they leap the hedges of the Latin breaks enclosure in several different directions at once. Doctor Stereo canters along the road
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