Saudades & Soul Shakin'

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Derhay left a comment on our recent MAS(Doowad and Robert Song)mix Stepmama Africa asking why no Cesaria Evora. I contacted him telling him I was big fan of the barefoot diva from Cape Verde and suggested maybe we could do an alt-dj mix starting out with her.
And here is the result. This came together rather quickly but the mix is outstanding.
Wikipedia describes Saudades as a word for a feeling of nostalgic longing for something or someone that one was fond of and which is lost. It often carries a fatalist tone and a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might really never return.
Certainly Cesaria Evora is a master at singing in that style. She can be heard on the second track in a duet with Malian Salif Keita.
But what better way to shake yourself out of a wishful longing then by some soul shakin'. Once this mix gets in the groove there is no stopping it. Seriously Funky.

Stepmama Africa

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A follow up to the Mama Africa Mix that Doowad and I did earlier in 2009. Again this covers music from Africa Diaspora.

Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?

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The 16th mix by JohnnyDark and myself. And it has turned out particularly well I think.

Odisea Ibero-Americana

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Doowad and I, like some latter day Pedro Alvares Cabral or Christopher Columbus have used the Iberian Peninsula as our launching point for our latest globe trotting musical odyssey.

The Spanish and Portuguese endeavours in exploration and colonization have for better or worse left a lasting legacy in the Old and New World including many musical styles that loosely fit under the "Latin American" banner.

Ay Caramba! , how can you refuse a mix with The Most Beautiful Song in the World on it?