Here is the new clip of Makala’s tune Ska con Boogaloo, included on his recent album Unexpected Tapas. Recorded at Teatro Sarobe (Urnieta, Basque Country) by Igor Eizagirre “Aeroclick” & Iker Trebiño “Debolex”.
San Sebastian, in the North West corner of Spain, is the home of the best tapas in the country. It is also home to Makala, a DJ and producer that’s been making waves over the last few years with tasty club rocking tunes that fuse old school rumba, salsa, reggae, swing and mambo with breakbeats and chugging 4 to floor beats. This June Lovemonk is proud to present Makala’s 2nd long player ‘Unexpected Tapas’, where his fusion of traditional music with contemporary club productions reaches it’s zenith.
The album collects his previous singles “Partió La Tabla / Cartoon Tune” (2009, Lovemonk) and his killer second double 7-inch called “Vamos a Comer” (2010, Lovemonk) and adds a load of new tracks and remixes from DJ Farrapo (Agogo), Dusty (Jazz & Milk) and Dubben (GAMM). It’s an extremely varied album taking in the reggae and ska flavours of ‘Ska Con Booglaoo’, ‘Máquina De Amor’ and ‘Friendly Fire’, the swinging breakbeats of ‘Cartoon Tune’ and ‘Happy Sound’, the latin-beats dancefloor gold of ‘Meneíto Magistral’, ‘Vamos A Comer’ and ‘Partió la Tabla’ and many more!
Makala’s strapline line is ‘Happy Sound’, a fitting and self explanatory term, you can clearly hear joy in his music. And just like any of the many tapas bars in the old town of San Sebastian, with a myriad of tasty delicacies covering the bar, this album is full flavoured, exciting and very satisfying! Perfect for the summer’s parties ahead, throw it on the turntable, grab a cocktail and swing baby!
Makala did it again!
A neat 10″ with 4 cuts which have summer written all over.
Remix action comes from our friends and heros Dusty and Dubben.
Buy the vinyl here or download here.
Watch out for his forthcoming album, unexpected tapas!
This is the first videoclip from Makala’s album Unexpected Tapas, artwork made by Igor Cholda (Aqualoopa.com).
As Pete Isaac from Jelly Jazz said, “Makala does tasty club rocking tunes that fuse old school rumba, salsa, reggae, swing and mambo with breakbeats and chugging 4 to tha floor beats”.
Remix action here from our friends and heroes Dusty and Dubben. Both delivering amazing takes on the originals. Watch out for Makala’s new album, coming soon!!
Background info:
Makala, or Mikel Unzurrungaza Schmitz as his mother calls him, surfer dude, music freak and all round good guy, hails from the picturesque Basque town of Zarautz. Having entered the music scene in the nineties as part of the Novophonic posse (with Javi P3z and Txarly Brown), he quickly established himself as a versatile musician, producer, DJ and remixer – playing all over Spain and Europe with Javi P3z Orchestra, Makala Banda, Makala Sound System or Funkel Sound System. Apart from that, he hosts his own radio programme Boom Shaka Laka on the Basque station E-Gaztea (EITB).
The man who brought you the fabulous “Partió la Tabla” and “Cartoon Tune” last year (LMNKV35) is back with a double whammy of deliciously swinging electrified Latin ska-hop boogaloo – four sides, four tracks in a beautiful cardboard package designed by the slightly fabulous Txarly Brown (of Achilifunk fame). Luscious!
Background info:
Makala, or Mikel Unzurrungaza Schmitz as his mother calls him, surfer dude, music freak and all round good guy, hails from the picturesque Basque town of Zarautz. Having entered the music scene in the nineties as part of the Novophonic posse (with Javi P3z and Txarly Brown), he quickly established himself as a versatile musician, producer, DJ and remixer – playing all over Spain and Europe with Javi P3z Orchestra, Makala Banda, Makala Sound System or Funkel Sound System. Apart from that, he hosts his own radio programme Boom Shaka Laka on the Basque station E-Gaztea (EITB).
Lovemonk is a small record label from the Malasaña borough of Madrid. It may sound like the biggest cliché in the history of popular music, but there is not one particular label that can be used to describe Lovemonk’s sound. Indeed, many different labels can be and have been used, and all of them are valid at some point. If there is one word that sums it all up, it’s – hold tight, another cliché alert! – “eclectic”. That, and “sunny”.
But what better way to explain than to release a label compilation that says it all? Enter “Los Discos Buenos Suenan Mejor” (“Good Records Sound Better”), a CD that travels many roads – progressive disco-rock by the ever so surprising The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Latin boogie by the Grammy-winning Los Amigos Invisibles, folkie Russian Red singing to the dancefloor with Nelue, a bomb track previously unreleased on CD by The Right Ons, Makala doing ragtime-hop, a boogaloo by The Gigoletto Brass Band, the Flaming Groovies classic “Shake Some Action” soulified by Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents, New Orleans grooves by Speak Low, carioca-funk by Open Foraina, groovy folk by Bing Ji Ling, deep funk by Chip Wickham and of course the label’s classics such as Gecko Turner, Pajaro Sunrise and Martín Buscaglia, the latter with a preview of his upcoming album!
And all this comes in a marvellous digi-pack with beautiful artwork by Polish designer Animiwiesasz.
Enjoy the ride!
Tracklisting
01. Open Foraina feat. Jack Quiñonez – Fala Tanto
02. Bing Ji Ling – Home
03. Soul Vigilantes feat. Xan Blacq – Under Water
04. Los Amigos Invisibles – Plastic Woman
05. Nelue feat. Russian Red – Deconstructed
06. The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20
07. Gecko Turner – 45,000$ (Guapapasea) (Afrodisiac Soundsystem Remix)
08. Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents – Shake Some Action
09. Pajaro Sunrise – Perfect
10. Martín Buscaglia – Jaula de Motos
11. Speak Low – Black Used Shoes
12. The Right Ons – Hey Yeah!
13. Chip Wickham – Feelin’ Alright (Instrumental)
14. Makala – Cartoon Tune
15. The Gigoletto Brass Band – Boogalow
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