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Radio Verde: Cape Verdean Dancefloor Music (Compiled By Americo Brito & Arp Frique)

Radio Verde: Cape Verdean Dancefloor Music (Compiled By Americo Brito & Arp Frique)

Artists

Various

Catno

CW 003

Formats

2x Vinyl LP Compilation

Country

Netherlands

Release date

Jan 1, 2019

Styles

African

Radio Verde: Cape Verdean Dancefloor Music (Compiled By Americo Brito & Arp Frique) on Colorful World.

Arp Frique returns with a brand new release on his imprint Colorful World Records in collaboration with Rush Hour. A compilation of 12 Cape Verdean gems assembled with the help and knowledge of Americo Brito, there is a very special story behind it. Americo Brito, who features on Arp Frique’s original Nos Magia, is a proud and important member of the Cape Verdean community in Rotterdam. His story reveals the historical connections between radio, vinyl, Cabo Verde and Rotterdam’s international music scene in the 70s and 80s.

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CW 003 - NLD - 2019

A1

Cabo Verde Band - Bo Terra Cabo Verde

3:12

A2

Americo Brito & Djarama - Rapaz Novo E Malandro

7:37

A3

Cabo Verde Show - Terra Longe

3:31

B1

Elisio Vieira - Tchon Di Somada

4:05

B2

Vlu - Rua D'Lisboa

5:50

B3

Galaxia 2000 - Coracao Dum Criola

3:55

C1

Mendes & Mendes - Mitamiyo

5:26

C2

Danny Carvalho - Roncanbai

4:38

C3

Mendes & Mendes - Walkman

4:51

D1

José Casimiro - La Mamai Ta Bem

5:03

D2

Elisio Vieira - Bem Di Fora

5:26

D3

Zeca & Zeze Di Nha Reinalda - Mocinhos

4:26

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