Volcanics Mix Erupts!

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to return to Nicaragua for a little trip. Bootleg Cd stalls lined the street and the sound of cumbia blasted out everywhere. The music in Central America is pretty special because it has a huge melting pot of influences from South America, the US and the Caribbean, so you get an awesome soundclash of amazing tropical sounds. A musical mash up isthmus as well as a geographical one.

Reggaeton, Cumbia, Bachata, Hip Hop, Dancehall and Merengue are still massive there but I kept hearing this new uptempo club sound which I guess is rowdy latino Booty Bass house. Hooolllly shit! After deciphering what the tracks actually are from the photocopied sleeves covered with naked chicas sitting on cars, I've put together a mix of some of my favourites. Also look out here soon for loads more stuff like Coast music, tropical cumbia from Nicaragua's Caribbean coast.

La Matraca has a special place in my heart. I heard it pounding full volume on a local bus one morning. Funny and heavy at the same time. I found it later in a market which was lucky as I don't think I could have left Nicaragua without it. Maybe its the new Chacarron? Los Arremangadorres agree!

Enough talk. Party time amigos. Crack open the rum.

(Re-upped)

Vamanos - Volcanics


El General - Digame Cual
Tito - Vengo Caliente
Dolmus - El Gatito
DJ Warner - Tra Tra (DJ Tony remix)
Nejo & Dalmata ft. Arcangel - Algo Musical
JR Ranks -Yo Se Lo Toco (Remix)
Los Guajiros - Veo Veo
DJ Saidd - Wasso Coolie Remix
Mr. V - Put Your Drink Down (Bob Sinclar Remix)
DJ Glenn - La Matraca (Remix)
Enrique Flores - Si Quieres
Ricky T ft. Mr Vegas -Pressure Boom (Remix)