Enchufada Vinyl & CDs

Review: Portuguese producer and Enchufada label owner Branko is back with his fourth full-length solo album and once again he pushes his own high standards even further. Soma was recorded in Lisbon over a three-day jam session that saw him asking plenty of top local Lisbon-based musicians to improvise over rhythmic frameworks. The resulting man-hours live recording was the blueprint for the album which Brano then worked into the compelling and worldly tunes you have here with vocals from the likes of London, Cape Verde, and Brazil, including Jay Prince, June Freedom, BIAB, and Tuyo.

Review: Buraka Som Sistema is one of Portugal's most famous musical exports, and for good reason. They changed the musical landscape of their homeland with a number of mythical mixtapes, EPs and albums. Their high energy live shows are the stuff of legend and for the fifth anniversary of one such gig - their farewell show in Lisbon in 2016 - we're treated to an album made from recordings if it. The roaring crowd nosies are included with the first vocals, the buoyant rhythms and maximal synths and all the biggest hits are included from 'Kalemba' to 'Sound Of Kuduro' and 'Hangover.' Put this one on and you'll immediately have a rave on your hands.

Review: Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira aka Dengue Dengue Dengue's third album is an exploration of Afro-Peruvian musical traditions laced with their usual sense of so-called tropical futures and off beat rhythmic patterns. It makes for hypnotic grooves that are loose and jumbled, organic and fully authentic especially when members of the Ballumbrosio family, who are experts in traditional rhythmic styles like lando, festejo and crioullo music, as well as traditional dances and instruments like the quijada, have helped create this album. Fleshing out the drums are fizzes and woodblocks, smeared synthwork and occasional Latin vocals that drift to the top as the bass roams down low. An intoxicating listen that transports you to another world entirely.