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The recovery of this Sexteto Fantasía album is another event that El Palmas Music is proud to promote. The leader of that Venezuelan group that released this album in 1968 is Virgilio Armas, a pianist with a truly enviable record of service. To confirm it, just skim the list of artists he once...

El Palmas Music to release a new compilation of songs by the famous Venezuelan singer and percussionist Tabaco. Tabaco Quintana is, without a doubt, one of the great masters of Venezuelan salsa. Born in Caracas in 1943, he was tall and very skinny, which earned him the nickname 'Tabaco'. A...

Straight from Salvador, UBUNTO is the freshest kid around clubs and parties in São Paulo and Brazil. DJ, Producer and multi-instrumentalist, Ubunto mixes the deep sounds of his motherland Bahia with modern eletronic textures of today. "O Vento", originally composed by all time famous "Dorival...

Dionisio Ramon Emilio Valdés Amaro, better known as Bebo Valdés, was born in Cuba in 1918.He is considered one of the pivotal figures in Cuban music. Trained as a pianist, he also became a master arranged and conductor and worked with figures like Olga Guillot, Celia Cruz or Elena Burke.A trip to...

Following the "0-Rama" and "Supersound" compilations, the "Jukebox Music Factory" by good ol' El Vidocq begins a brand-new oh-so-caliente collection. Aptly named "Mambo, Cha-Cha-Cha & Calypso", this swinging program comprises several sessions, for the musical production of the '50s and '60s was...

Volume 2 of the brand-new "Mambo, Cha-Cha-Chá & Calypso" compilation, lovingly crafted by no other than El Vidocq. Inspired by vinylic insanity, his latest brainchild knows no bounds, accepts no limits. This great melting pot of '50s and '60s creativity once again presents a winning balance of...

El Vidocq pursues his 'Mambo, Cha-Cha-Cha & Calypso' voyage with this third, vitamin-D-rich ensemble: 'BluesSession'. Following in the footsteps of the feminine first volume and insane second ensemble, he here explores the rawest roots of this warm, sun-drenched music. What a delight to discover...

Grouped together under one Caribbean banner, these typically Cuban melodies from the 1930s (Mambo) and '50s (Cha-cha-cha), further spicened with Trinidadian tunes from 1915 onwards (Calypso) bubble over to form a frothing tryptic of irresistible dance songs. First released in the States, these...

This sampler compiles 14 killer tropical tracks for the dance floor, all taken from the vaults of Peru's MAG records, including cumbias to descargas, boogaloo to salsa. Classic songs such as 'Arroz Con Coco' or 'Aprieta (Oye Como Va),' and also obscure recordings like the stunning 'Ritmo Veregua'...

Less than a hundred miles inland from the capital City of Lima lies the great Peruvian jungle, an untamed land of impenetrable forests and endless winding rivers. In its isolated cities, cut off from the fashions of the capital, a unique style of music began to develop, inspired equally by the...

Finally, and thanks to the hard work of the fine folks at INAMU (Instituto Nacional de la Música de Argentina) and the amazing selection job of Nekro (Fun People & Boom Boom Kid), we're proud to present "Locura Tropical vol 1", the first of a 2 volume set of mind blowing lp's compiling the finest...

In the decades after the second world war, outer space was on everyone's mind and the 'space race' of the 1950s and 60s not only produced groundbreaking efforts to launch artificial satellites, send space probes to Mars and land a human on the moon, it also had a huge impact on the movie and music...