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Carnival radio: Soca in the mix - 3 hours of groovy and jump-up Soca from 2012 plus some classics. Don’t miss this episode of Riddims Tropicale out of Berlin.

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Congratulations to the new Soca Monarch 2012 - Groovy and Power section: Machel Montano.

New video by Crazy - He Mad. Nice one!

Oh bacchanal!

Soca artist Scrappy performs at Soca Explosion on Montserrat, November 11, 2011. Video created during the Alliouagana Festival of the Word. Scrappy recently released his album S.O.C.A. with Faluma and won the Calabash award for the “Best UK Soca artist”.

Classic soca post: this one is Ajala with his tune “Bring down the riddim”. Question: Who was he refering to in this song?

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The monthly radio and podcast show Riddims Tropicale #17 hosted by Faluma boss and DJ Marflix comes in Oct loaded with some serious deep and soulful Afro-Deep & Afro-House. Info, playlist and free download: marflix.me or on TropicalBass.com.

1. Mr O feat Richard The Percussionist – Khoisan (Infinite Boys Roots Mix)
2. Nkhagy – Life (Nkokhi and Pex Africah Remix)
3. Bernadette Mutangara – Give me your love (Pex Africah Remix)
4. Afrkan Roots – Masibambaneni (feat. Buckz)
5. Black Motion – Drums of Africa (feat. Xolim)
6. G Man – Tlanga (Joyful Deep Remix)
7. AM Roots – Txeza.na.kaza (DJ Djeff & Silivy Remix)
8. Black Coffee – Someday (feat. Zano)
9. DJ Kent – Falling (feat. Maleh) (Tribeman Edit)
10. Bucie – Get over it (Senderos Edit)
11. Diklas – Bodja (feat. Black Motion, VC, DJ Havaiana)
12. Professor – Jezebel (DJ X-Trio)
13. DJ Cleo – Bring your own
14. DJ Cleo – Aaaiiiyyy (Remix)
15. DJ X-Trio & The Wizard Brian Coxx – Gone
16. Zakes Bantwini – Shake your bum bum (feat. Tumelo & Black Coffee)
17. Oskido – Ngongo Fela
18. Pepe Soup – Pump Tire
19. Black Motion – African Salsa (feat. Lady B)

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Bantu feat. Wanlov the Kubolor - Travel and Sea. Nice ghanian-nigerian colab from the album “No man stands alone” released on Faluma Africa.

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Lord Kitchener,
Curfew time

Trinidad’s State of Emergency and curfew in 11 areas of the country between 11pm and 4 am to fight crime (murder rate currently over 550/yr) is really a sad thing. Port-of-Spain has even been labeled as the “new Baghdad”. Take a breath while listening to this Kitchener calypso - “Curfew time” (thanks/via Trinizagada).

One of my favorite Calypsonians - the Mighty Shadow. This footage is from Carnival ‘94 and shows Shadow without his trenchcode. Better pay the devil!