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News, sounds, and movements from Tropical Diaspora Records—where music meets memory, and our ancestry speaks loud.
Tropical Diaspora Records Partners with Projeto Jusante to Channel a New Vinyl
In a partnership that honors the deep flow of organic sound and word, Tropical Diaspora Records® announces its collaboration with Brazil's Projeto Jusante to press the first-ever vinyl compilation of...
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Amandla Freedom Ensemble • Oratorio Of A Forgotten Youth by Dr.Sócrates
“The writing of our time is on broken skulls.” Lesego Rampolokeng's poetry is a statement of intent.
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Grupo Höröyá | Programa Instrumental Sesc Brasil
Afrobeat was in vogue some years ago. Everyone was looking at Africa for inspiration especially in the music and words of Fela Kuti, the great Nigerian musician who fathered Afrobeat...
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Berlin, New York, Nov. 12 (TD®R): Bugiganga Tropical Vol. 4: "Cotton" Featuring the History behind the encounter with Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo
Bugiganga Tropical Vol. 4: "Cotton" Featuring the History behind the encounter with Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo
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Berlin, São Paulo, Nov. 11 (TDR®): Bugiganga Tropical Vol. 4: "Cotton" Featuring the History behind the creation of Samba Blues
Bugiganga Tropical Vol. 4: "Cotton" Featuring the History behind the creation of Samba Blues
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Berlin, Olida, Nov. 11 (TDR®): Tropical Diaspora® Records presents new release on all platfoorms : Joanah Flor Releases Powerful New Single and Video "Amr Da Mata,"
Joanah Flor Releases Powerful New Single and Video "Amor Da Mata," A Musical Plea for Environmental Preservation
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Berlin, Buenos Aires, Nov. 1 (TD®R): Tropical Diaspora Records® Presents: Riosentí - Unreleased Recordings from 2015
Tropical Diaspora Records is proud to rescue this intimate universe and present "Grabaciones del Quilpo (10th Anniversary)," 4 unreleased tracks that are a journey back in time.
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Berlin, Johannesburg, Oct. 29 (TD®R): Tropical Diaspora® Records presents new release on vinyl : Amandla Freedom Ensemble, Mandla Mlangeni
Led by visionary trumpeter and composer Mandla Mlangeni, the Amandla Freedom Ensemble is more than a musical collective...
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Tropical Diaspora Records to Release Riosentí's 'Ser Feliz' on Limited Vinyl
Tropical Diaspora Records to Release Riosentí's 'Ser Feliz' on Limited Vinyl.
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Historic Vinyl Trilogy Celebrates Afro-Brazilian Resilience and Pan-African Unity Through Höröyá's Revolutionary Sound
Breaking Chains Through Sonic Innovation: The Höröyá-Tropical Diaspora Partnership.
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Dub Manual New Single: Tempo Featuring Alex Romariz
“Tempo” opens with a haunting, relatable question to the disenfranchised: “Tá desacreditando da ideia né, nêgo?” (“You’re losing faith in the idea, right, man?”). From there, vocalist Alex Romariz delivers...
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