Ever since I heard for the first time the sublime soundway compilation Palenque! Palenque! Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots of Colombia (compiled by Bogota’s Palenque Records owner Lucas Silva aka DJ Champeta Man and of course Miles Cleret), I knew I was in for a truly refreshing treat! I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of cumbia or other styles emerging from Colombia’s golden era (1950s to 1970s), but I never would have thought possible of becoming addicted to sounds from the 80′s… Oh boy was I wrong!

While digging in Barranquilla in December of 2010 I was very lucky to hang out with Felito Records grandson for a few days and go through the catalogue’s dead stock. After 5 days of record digging in Barranquilla I realized the only way to continue my one month vacation was to ship home the 100+ LPs and 45s I had purshased in that very city located on the caribbean coast of Colombia. Even though it costs about $200 to ship 100 records from Colombia to Canada, trust me it’s worth every penny when you’re able to get your hands on amazing records that are either impossible to find outside Colombia or super expensive when found for sale on ebay…!

So anyway, here’s a sweet little selection from my Felito LP collection. You’ll notice a few gems that were also included on the Soundway compilation, but feeling so lucky to have the original copies I thought I could nicely incorporate them into the mix! so either sit back relax and enjoy, or pump up the volume of your soundsystem and dance your a** off like there’s no tomorrow. Either way is good for me!

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Abelardo Carbono – Palenque
La Nina Emilia – Empuja Empuja
Cassimbas Negras – Bumburumbumbum
Groupe Las Aguilas Rojas – Yeye Yeye
La Nina Emilia – La Pelea es Peleando
Nelda Pina – El Sucusu
Ricardo Mendoza – la gaita del negro
La Agrupacion Bionica – Lamento Africano
La Nina Emilia – Tio Rano
Nelda Pina – Punta y Folclor
Abelardo Carbono – La Nega Kulengue
Los Cumbiamberos de Gamero – El Pajaro Picon
El Chino Acosta y su Banda – Jamon con Yuca

Here we go again! Winter is officially over here in Montréal (mid-April!), so I thought it would be a good idea to cook a little selection of some of my all-times favorite biguines from Guadeloupe and Martinique. Of course as usual it’s taken from 100% original vinyl records! Please enjoy and pump up the bass to maximum as old biguine recordings tend to lack a bit of that…

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Hello everyone! If you’re not already a fan of France’s LesMainsNoires blogspot website (now based in Sao Paulo, Brazil), then please go check it out ASAP. It is truly one of the best music blogs out there at the moment, period! It is self-described as “a project with multiple facets destined to all curious and to music & images lovers.” It also features mixes and other contributions by legendary record diggers, dealers and selectors from around the world, among them Grégoire de Villanova (Diaspora Records), A Man called Warwick (Turning Point), Paulo Gonçalves (Superfly Records), Nicolas Skliris (Superfly Records), Florence Chavrier aka Mambo C, Florent Mazzoleni, Orl, Fred Martin, the guys at Plexus Records and of course the one and only FAUD LesMainsNoires himself!

So having said all that, it’s with all the honor in the world that we cooked a special exclusive selection for Les Mains Noires blogspot. Hope you enjoy and PLEASE VISIT THIS AMAZING WEBSITE:

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Hello everyone! So after a few months since the last mix posted here is a brand new selection of some of my precious ethiopian records. Really hope you gonna like it, and if it’s the case please don’t hesitate to share with everyone you think would like it too. Many thanks and enjoy!

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