Weblog for Caribbean music – Soca, Calypso, Pan and Carnival Culture – Est. 2003
Grab the new Shurwayne Winchester tune “I want to make love” plus
bonus for free and nada at Toronto-Lime.com. Taken from his album
Y.O.U., Shurwayne has multiple music blazers, and today shares “I Want
To Make Love” with a bonus download of the chune “Elevator” by
Shazelle, and featuring Shurwayne.
Posted via email to DeCooler
Grab the free album by Soca Mafia, the crew aroud Steely, Contone, John Buck, Pong etc.
http://www.socarevolution.com/2009/09/soca-mafia-crushing-everything-2009.htmlPosted via email to DeCooler
Poirier aka PoirierSound drops another new tune from his upcoming album “Run The Riddim” which will be released soon on Ninja Tune. via generationbass.com http://bit.ly/11NfUb
Posted via web to decooler’s posterous
New track by Mista Vybe and Mr Killa from Grenada – free for a limited time at mistavybeworld.com http://is.gd/2BldP
full article: decooler’s posterous
We are very sorry for the very rare updates here on DeCooler.. we are busy with other projects like our soca label or our community website. To keep you updated with the latest buzz we tie this blog closer to the twitter/blogsphere and bring you frequent updates in form of short notice and a link. These articles are marked with the word “Buzz” in the header.
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This week people in Berlin celebrate the annual Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures). As the name might indicate, this festival is different from other Caribbean Carnival all-over the world. The KdK is a presentation of all cultures and communities living in Berlin.
During the Carnival of Cultures, visitors to the German capital, and “Kiezbewohner” alike, can experience the unique atmosphere of Berlin when the Metropolis shows itself at it’s best: cosmopolitan, multicultural and passionate. (Source)
Berlin used to have two Trinidadian mas camps: Caribbean Heatwave and TnT Masqueraders. A few years ago soca DJs and enthusiasts started to do their own soundtruck, followed by over 1000 people jumping and waving. No suprise that the demand for a new mas camp was high.. 2008 was the start with 30 costumes, 2009 with more than 80.
Here is a short list of soca events:
29/05: Carnival Jump-Up (Icon, U2 Eberswalder Strasse): Tony Tempo, Soca Twins
30/05: Hendrik’s / MashUp Crew traditional BBQ @ 1500h (Falkplatz, U2 Eberswalder Strasse)
30/05: Street festival in Berlin Kreuzberg with many stages (unfortunatly no soca, but nice)
30/05: Glow (by Escobar and Yard): for many years the main soca event for Berlin Carnival you shouldn’t miss: Mista Vybe (Trinidad), Scrappy (Montserrat), Jam Masters (NL), Soca Revolution (Sweden), MashUp Crew (Berlin), Threeks (Berlin) – Flyer (Bohannon, U+S Alexanderplatz)
31/05: KdK procession: get ready for the road (starting 1300h U Hermannplatz – map):
Truck numbers:
28 – Caribbean Connection
60 – T’n’T-Masqueraders (with MashUp Crew)
84 – Caribbean Heatwave
96 – Yard/Escobar All-Star Soca truck (with all sounds and artists from the Glow)
97 – YAAM
full list of groups
31/05: Caribbean Invasion (Yaam & Maria): Kevin Lyttle, Maximus Dan, Soca Twins and many reggae artists and sounds – flyer
More info: buy your rum at Ganick (map) – or try Berlin’s best energy drink Club Mate (available at almost all clubs and convenient stores). Shops are open till 20.00 or 24.00, but there are late night stores (so called Späti) open till late.
Twitter is getting more and more popular as medium of choice to communicate easy with other people. Many artists and other soca workers are already active and worth a read.
Feel free to add more in the comments section.
@mistavybe (Mista Vybe – artiste)
@THEGREATZEE (Great Zeee – producer)
@nursekaren (Nurse Karen – soca blogger)
@socaprince (Dr Jay – DJ)
@marflixone (MarflixOne – producer)
@AlisonHinds (Alison Hinds – artiste)
@WhenSteelTalks (When Steel Talks – pan magazine)
@3canal (3Canal – band)
@faluma (Faluma – soca label)
@bajantube (Bajan media portal)
@madmanjohann (Johann Seaton – producer)
@MastamindProd (Shawn Noel – producer)
@PrecisionProd (Precision Prod – producer)
@lilbitts (Lil Bitts – artiste)
@izatrini (Izatrini.com – portal)
@msalysha (Ms Alysha – artiste)
@maximusdan (Maximus Dan – artiste)
@SanMan_ish (San Man – blogger)
@knycky (Knycky Cordner – artiste)
@bacchanalist (that’s us..)
Yesterday we had the new Tara on the Soft Tune riddim here at DeCooler, now we bring you the full riddim with songs by Problem Child, Skinny Fabulous and Zeee himself.
Click on the tune name to download the song.
For more info on the riddim check out Zeee’s blog.
Riddim-Mix by Marflix1 for DeCooler
(direct download)
PROBLEM CHILD – WHEN I SEE YOU (BANG) (zshare)
SKINNY FABULOUS – LIKE JELO (zshare)
THE GREAT ZEEE – ONE NIGHT (zshare)
TARA – THE WAY YOU (zshare)
Listen to the new song by Tara – “The way you”, produced by Great Zeee/Hysyanz Recordings.
Listen/download (zshare)
New SVG 2009 soca by Problem Child and Skinny Fabulous, produced by Friktion.
via thegreatzeee.com
Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the Performing Arts (CPF) is today holding the nation’s soca artistes who performed in its Carnival 2009 competitions to ransom, by withholding their cash prizes until they sign over a percentage to the organisation. The contestants in the bmobile International Soca Monarch Competition and the National Lotteries Classic Groovy Monarch have no access to their price money until they sign a contract with the organisation. The contract commits the artists to give five per cent of their winnings back to the foundation, and in the case of Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez, the document obligates her to defend her crown. Former Power monarchs Bunji Garlin and Shurwayne Winchester, Hunter and Nadia Batson are the artistes who have gone public with the matter. Other artists, who did not sign the contract, had cheques cut in their names for Friday’s prize-distribution ceremony held at the Ballroom of the Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre in St Ann’s, Port-of-Spain. However, the money was deducted without their consent, a source revealed. Many local contestants boycotted the awards.
Read full story at Trinidad Guardian.
Soca is getting more and more attention from the outside world. Diplo / Mad Decent featured a Carnival 2009 mix on his wide-read blog by Double L and LP of the G13 crew. Go grab it.
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