SOUL UNLIMITED Radioshow 601

We embark on an adventurous journey through the sonic worlds of global soul. There are some new things to introduce, a number of exciting albums and a few new songs and singles. And so it goes until we come to VuVuVu’s first new album. “The Remixes” is a digital album with reworks of some songs from VuVuVu’s debut album. The versions contained on the album are quite interesting and can add some new aspects to the original songs by VuVuVu. The album is available for free download on the website of the label Wax Thematique.
Two of VuVuVu’s band members are also active in the band Sababa 5. They have just released the new album “Kokoro”, which they recorded together with Japanese singer Yurika Hanashima. It also contains the songs that the band released as 7″ singles in 2019 and 2020. Together with singer Yurika, Sababa 5 create a magical sound that fuses psychedelic sounds from the Middle East with soul, funk, disco and Japanese folk and pop. It’s hard to escape this magic and I’m absolutely thrilled with “Kokoro”. It’s the album of the week!
The Brazilian band Os Barbapapas played in Reutlingen on July 5 as part of the great event series “Encore – Art, Music and Alchemy” and the concert was fantastic. The band’s sound is characterized by a glass harp, which was played and built by musician Tomas Gleiser. He has also connected several electronic effect devices and wah-wah pedals, which he uses to manipulate and alienate the sound of the glass harp. In combination with the accentuated guitar licks of Rubens da Selva and the hypnotic rhythms of Barbara Mucciollo and Fernando Lima, this results in a unique sound. This comes into its own on the album “Enigma” and I think it’s wonderful. The album was released in November 2023.
The French duo Bonbon Vodou has also created an extraordinary sound that is difficult to categorize. On their new EP “Afrodiziak”, they present a really cool combination of Creole roots, folk and contemporary club sounds that I immediately loved.
Yemanjo goes one step further in the direction of electronic club sounds. This is a project by producer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Harris. In the songs on his album “La Misma Fuente”, we hear musical influences from all over the world, especially from Latin America and Africa. Very nice.
Another highlight comes almost at the end of the show: The “Estrellas Remixes”. Four remixes from Gut’s album “Estrellas”, which was released in 2023, have now been released as a double 12″. The songs appear here in a compellingly danceable club sound that really gets you in the mood. Great!
Have fun listening!

Tracklist:

Soul Unlimited – Radioshow Theme
Ezra Collective - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing
Sai Galaxy - Normalizo
Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel - Nomadic
Or Kantor - Sarda Sarda
Altin Gün - Gönül Dagi
Saturno 4000 - Ma Belle Fille
VuVuVu - Supernova Express (Markey Funk Rework)
VuVuVu - VuVuVu (Pao Pao Rework)
Buttering Trio - Little Goat (Iza Ktana)
Sababa 5 & Yurika - Tokyo Midnight
Sababa 5 & Yurika - Kokoro
Saigon Soul Revival - Ai Thật Lòng Yêu Ai (Nickodemus Remix)
Psyche - Cumbia Mare
Ana Frango Eletrico - Electric Fish
Ana Frango Eletrico - Insista Em Mim
Os Barbapapas - Pelegos E Porongos
Os Barbapapas - Se Liga Na Sequencia
Bolbec - Vengeance Tropical
Bonbon Vodou - Ceremonie Du Piment Piment
Bonbon Vodou - Le Nougat
Yemanjo - Baobab
Yemanjo - La Misma Fuente
Florence Adooni & Erobique - Mam Tola
Guts - Por Que Ou Ka Fe Sa (Poirier Remix)
Guts - San Lazaro (Bosq Remix)
Bosq & Kaleta - Meji Meji (Folamour Remix)
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 feat. Damian Marley - Dey