DEDY DREAD & DJ REBEL/ PANAMA CARDOON & AUDRY FUNK: Resense 040

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PANAMA CARDOON: Hasta La Wiggle Remixed (2015)

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PANAMA CARDOON: Hasta La Wiggle (2014)

If you were wondering why there hadn’t been much action from Panama Cardoon and the Carnibal Records stable recently, here’s your answer. After a few years of booties and remixes on such labels as Resense, Bombastic Jam and Danny Massure’s Spring Strut, Carnibal main-man Cardoon is releasing his debut LP Hasta La Wiggle on which he gives full rein to his twin loves of latin breaks and…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

SMOKEY BANDITS: Debut Remixed Vol. 1 (2013)

George Fotiadis and Quasamodo enlist the aid of a wild bunch of remix bandoleros on what the ‘Vol. 1′ tag would indicate is only the first in a collection of remixes of Smokey Bandits‘ debut LP Debut. Buffalo soldier Blend Mishkin dubs up the riddim on dusty reggae cut Smoke From The Attic, Washington bandidos Empresarios increase the beat on A Son’s Lament, and remix rustler…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 008 (2013)

Carnibal Records have, within seven releases, established a reputation for top quality latin breaks with the occasional bit of something else thrown in for good measure. Carnibal 008 eschews the sound of South America however, and takes as many continents in a single release as the plot of World War Z. First Panama Cardoon smuggles his mellow vibe from Europe to Asia Minor in Bosporus Thief, then Senor Griff makes it all the way to the Indian subcontinent to ensure there’s more than …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ ROAST BEATZ: Panama Ho’s (2013) Free download

I’m all for sisters not being held back by gender inequality but have you ever noticed how when DJs play tracks containing iffy lyrics like ‘shorty get on it’ and ‘she’s leaking, she’s soaking wet’ that the ladies, far from storming off the dancefloor in a fit of pique, get more filthy? It’s something that is almost certain to happen with this mashup bomb from DJ Roast Beatz. Ludicrous. Well – more Ludacris to be precise since …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 007 (2013)

Latin breakbeat freaks Carnibal Records are back with their seventh release and in the way of such things it is entitled Carnibal Records 007. Which, in the way of such things of course, immediately makes me think of James Bond causing havoc at some sort of fiesta. Thus it is that Palov & Panama Cardoon and Senor Griff all prove themselves capable agents in the field with Vamos…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

PANAMA CARDOON: Now That I've Found You (2012) Free download

“It’s not bassy enough and the beat’s a bit weak.” Not the usual complaint levelled at Jamaican reggae, even old school stuff but that hasn’t stopped Athenian producer and Carnibal Records main man Panama Cardoon adding big drums and giving the bottom end more boom on his Now That I’ve Found You re-version. Some may feel that …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 005 (2012)

Moving at breakneck speed with their release schedule, Greek label Carnibal Records drop volume 5 today and it’s the best one in a while. Lest anyone should accuse them of being a one-trick pony, this time they leap the hedges of the Latin breaks enclosure in several different directions at once. Doctor Stereo canters along the road marked Young Einstein breakstrumentals while Palov opts for the bridleway to Cut Chemist style swing-beat instrumental from J5’s Quality Control LP, for example. So…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 004 (2012)

The Carnibal cabal step up their activity here delivering Vol. 4 of their latin breaks series (which actually came out at the end of May) before the dust has even settled in the wake of mid-May’s Vol. 3. Time was when I would receive PR for a release a couple of months before it was due to generate ‘buzz.’ Then some marketing bell-end somewhere must’ve realised that ‘buzz’ has a bell-curve and generating it too early results in premature ‘buzz’ and before you know it you’ve effectively shot your publicity load before – er – release date. And the end result? …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 003 (2012)

The latin breaks party continues apace with Hammond Classics, Palov, Mr Bird and, of course, Panama Cardoon. A subtler affair than it’s predecessors, and largely mid-tempo there’s still plenty of upright bass, latin piano and shuffling breakbeat rhythms to swing those hips to which the ladies love…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CHART – April 2012

CHART – April 2012
(NEW) 1. Panama Cardoon – Feelin Roll

Massive party boom-bap beat, organs, island vibes. It’s like summer on vinyl...READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RESENSE 028: Panama Cardoon ‘Feelin Roll’/ Sono Rhizmo ‘Do Your Stuff’ (2012)

RESENSE 028: Panama Cardoon ‘Feelin Roll’/ Sono Rhizmo ‘Do Your Stuff’ (2012)
RATING: 5/5
amn! This is the best Resense 45 since the last one featuring Panama Cardoon. On it Cardoon’s feeling ‘roll’ which you can take to mean pretty smug with himself once again as he blends Mr Scruff and Wayne Marshall for a guaranteed hands-in-the-air, boom-bap bounce drenched in organ riffs and island vibes. But hang on – has Sono Rhizmo stolen his thunder with…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 002 (2012)

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 002 (2012)
The carnival continues as the Carnibal Records 002 float appears on the horizon. This time around things are ever so slightly more chilled – you know – it’s still a party but they’ve had a rum or two. Thus Palov and Panama Cardoon, Kil Emil and Monetrik all have a gentle shimmy through their latin music collections in a way that calls gently to the hips (which, as you know, never lie) but it’s Daytoner who …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 001(2012)

VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 001(2012)
RATING: 5/5
I may have said this before but I’ve got a playlist on my iTunes called “When this is full enough get Serato.’’ It’s not full yet but this is definitely going to boost the numbers since every track on here is going on it. Why? Because everyone involved on this four-track collection of Latin breaks has produced such a banger this is essentially a miniature digital carnival. Or even carnibal.…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CHART - December 2011

CHART - December 2011
(NEW) =1. GonesTheDJ – Done Nothin
Super-disco badass rework of lesser-known Stevie funk cut……READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

PANAMA CARDOON: Oye! EP (2011)

PANAMA CARDOON: Oye! EP (2011)
RATING: 5/5
The Oye! EP is Panama Cardoon’s follow-up to his superb cumbia beats combo Carmen and delivers a ridiculously joyous slab of boogaloo atop a fat-ass rolling breakbeat. It’s partnered with the mellower but equally dope Pito which is less a track than the musical equivalent of pimp rolling down Havana’s Malecon. Latin samples and funky breaks together are just the don aren’t they? And frankly…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RESENSE 021: Djtzinas ‘Cienaguera Bass’/ Panama Cardoon ‘Carmen’ (2011)

RESENSE 021: Djtzinas ‘Cienaguera Bass’/ Panama Cardoon ‘Carmen’(2011)
RATING: 5/5
Just too late for this month’s monkeyboxing chart comes the latest cheeky 45 from Austrian label Resense and it’s cumbia agogo. On the one side is Djtzinas’ 185 bpm, Cienaguera Bass which is all very well if you like to indulge in a little drum n bass but it’s the wider appeal of the feel-good hip-hop speed Carmen from Panama Cardoon that rules. It all starts off innocently enough with a deceptively basic break for eight bars but then ‘el carnival’ breaks loose and the wisdom of the simplicity of those kick drums becomes clear. Drop this at the right moment and you’ll…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM