Description Of Music
Soundway proudly presents a long lost slice of percussive afro-latin disco.
Jorge Graf was a Uruguayan Percussionist and drummer who worked as a session
musician in Germany and Italy in the 70s. He returned to Uruguay in 1980
with uncompleted tapes of a project he had been working on: to combine
the boogie, funk and jazz he had heard in Europe with the heavy Candombe
rhythms of his home country (The Candombe drumming style and rhythm came
to Uruguay with the African slave trade and is part of the strong presence
of Afro rhythms along the East coast of South America).
Out of these tapes came an extended mix of bone-shaking Latin percussion, tight funk bass and jazzy saxophone that we have unearthed and brought right up to date with a re-interpretation by Gerardo Frisina. One of Italy’s top producers, Gerardo Frisina is responsible for intense new Afro and Latin influenced tracks such as African Seeds, Cubano and Descarga, all on Italy’s fine Schema imprint. His re-interpretation of Graf’s original track adds an extra twist to what is already an outstanding and unique sound.
Artist Jorge Graf
Title Dis-ka-ndombe
Format 12"
Label Soundway
Cat SNDW12004
Barcode N/A
Release Date 07/07/2008
Tracklist
Gerardo Frisina-Dis-Ka-Ndombe
Rework-6:59
Background
Both versions are consummate club bangers and will appeal to a broad market – Graf’s original not only fits into the latin/jazz/funk niche but it’s futuristic production and heavy bottom end will no doubt see it in the boxes of House and Broken beat DJ’s, while Gerardo Frisina’s update is already being championed by DJ’s like Mad Mats (Raw Fusion), Rainer Truby and Jurgen Jazzanova. Fully re-mastered and pressed on a nice heavy 12”, this release continues Soundway’s aim of presenting previously overlooked rhythms and styles that are relevant to today’s global scene.