#RecordOfTheDay “Cariñito” by La Chamba

So far this #RecordOfTheDay series has been a different song from different every single day since the start of the year (WTF am I doing???), however since tonight we are DJing tonight for the San Francisco leg of the #ChichaSummit tour which features La Chamba and Money Chicha there’s no reason why not to pull another track from this excellent LP Ecos De La Selva. This is one is a cover of the Peruvian classic song Cariñito by Los Hijos Del Sol which happens to feature Jose Carballo, the frontman of Los Hijos. This is a song we’ve played at practically every party we’ve DJ’d as it never fails to get everyone dancing and singing together.

I’m super excited for tonight as it will be my first time listening to Money Chicha who also have new record out that I for sure be coping. Listen to their 🔥 track Tiro al blanco!

 

#RecordOfTheDay “Flying Machine (The Chase)” by WAR

I’m not sure exactly when it happened, late 80s maybe, when we lost movie soundtrack albums. Nearly every “soundtrack” now (excluding animated kid films), are really nothing more than just playlists. The days of having one popular artist or band compose new music to be used in actual scenes well before the credits ever roll are sadly gone. This formula peaked in Blacksplotation films like Super Fly and Shaft, but there were so many more. One of my favorites was WAR‘s soundtrack to the 1978 film Youngblood . WAR scored all sorts of scenes for this including this one for a chase scene. Just imagine if Marvel would have had The Roots do the same for Black Panther!

#RecordOfTheDay “What the World Needs Now” by Brother Henderson’s Watts Community Choir

In January I shared an old school gospel record by The Savannah Community Choir that got a good response so how about another for February? This time from the West Coast we have Brother Henderson’s Watts Community Choir doing a rendition of Burt Bacharach’s What the World Needs Now. To rearrange this tune from the popular Dionne Warwick version seems like a bold move for the time, but I guess when you got the Lord on your side. Personally I’m loving this version more—sometimes gospel makes everything better. And you have to love this cover of the choir all in front of the Watts tower, fists up. ✊🏽

#RecordOfTheDay “Wejene Aola” by Dexter Story ft. Kamasi Washington

Over the past few years there’s been an exciting wave of music that’s about combining the past with the present—traditional rhythms and/or vocals with current beats and production. One of the labels that has really made this a key part of their catalog is Soundway Records. A couple years ago they released this single Wejene Aola from producer and mullti-instrumentalist, Dexter Story featuring Kamasi Washington, where we get a perfect mix of East African funk and head nodding production work. #45Friday

#RecordOfTheDay “Un Shipibo En España” by La Chamba

I figure why not have stay with new music for the whole week, which leads me to this awesome new LP from La Chamba. If you’re into L.A.’s cumbia scene you know these cats have been repping Peruvian cumbia chicha for awhile now and have come a long way with their sound. This LP Ecos de la Selva is one of those you’ll never lift the needle off of—no fillers just great music straight through the whole record.

If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ll be on the turntables for their show with Money Chicha at the Brick and Mortar on Saturday, March 3. Come say hello and dance with us!

#RecordOfTheDay “If I Was President” by Las Cafeteras

It’s President’s Day here in the US and rather fume over how our current and past presidents have let us down time and time again let’s do some visioning and imagine what you or I would do if we running the White Houes. No better record for this one by Las Cafeteras who offer what they would, which I’m 100% with.