ollowing on from last years’s “Mondo Organico” compilation, the latest Invisible Inc mini-compilation “Mondo Ritmo”, as its title suggests, sets its sights firmly on rhythm and percussion.
Featuring a global array of artists hailing from Argentina to Senegal and everywhere inbetween, the influences and styles on display include latin, afro, dub, dancehall, experimental, acid and more…although it’s safe to say none of the tracks are just one of these labels and some of them so impossible to categorise they are genuinely unique.
Initially this EP was intended to be Dancefloor Detonators Vol. 3 but the tempos and vibes of the music that found their way to Invisible HQ were so varied that the whole concept shifted in another direction entirely.
However, lacking in dancefloor killers this EP most certainly is not. Proven and tested dancefloor bombs are Mytron & Balam’s opening track “Cabasa Loca” which label boss GK Machine has been spinning at his Wrong Party nights and elsewhere for the last 6 months or so, resulting in track ID requests on several occasions…and the house/dancehall hybrid floor filler “Wicked Can’t Run” by LA producer Tom Chasteen (Exist Dance/Dub Club) featuring legendary Jamaican DJ and toaster U Brown, and mixed by equally legendary producer/keyboardist David Harrow who first came to our attention through his regular keyboard contributions to all things On-U Sound related in the 1980s.
The rest of the tracks may not be peak time bangers but they are sure to please the more esoteric and adventurous dancefloors out there….it’s an honour to have on board Calypso Records head honcho Thomass Jackson, Thomash (Voodoohop) and Gats (Suçuarana / Curuba) who together as Changa Boys bring in Senegalese drummer Ndiaxo dal Jaam, and finally the little-known Machine and percussionist Congo Caveman.