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News, sounds, and movements from Tropical Diaspora Records—where music meets memory, and our ancestry speaks loud.

Berlin [TDR®] Sa.04.07.26 - Território de Encontro: Tropical Diaspora®; Capoeira Preservação Mandinga

Berlin [TDR®] Sa.04.07.26 - Território de Encontro: Tropical Diaspora®; Capoeira Preservação Mandinga

Território de Encontro: Tropical Diaspora® e Capoeira Preservação Mandinga

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Berlin, Olinda, Apr 10,2026 [TDR®]: Planeta De Pedras Is Here — But This Is Not a Traditional Release. This Is a Declaration.

Berlin, Olinda, Apr 10,2026 [TDR®]: Planeta De Pedras Is Here — But This Is Not a Traditional Release. This Is a Declaration.

Planeta De Pedras Is Here — But This Is Not a Traditional Release. This Is a Declaration.

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Berlin [TDR®] Thu.09.04.26 - Signals from the Crossroads #2 - Fellowship Plans and Dub Manual New Release Planeta De Pedras

Berlin [TDR®] Thu.09.04.26 - Signals from the Crossroads #2 - Fellowship Plans and Dub Manual New Release Planeta De Pedras

The signal from the Crossroads continues. You are still here. Or you have just arrived. Either way: the crossroads does not ask how you came. Only that you listen.

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Berlin, São Paulo, Mar 22,2026 [TDR®]: TDR® Keepers The fellowship plan, Announcement

Berlin, São Paulo, Mar 22,2026 [TDR®]: TDR® Keepers The fellowship plan, Announcement

TDR® Keepers The Membership plan, Support us and choose yours!

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Berlin [TDR®] Mo.23.02.26 - Signals from the Crossroads #1 - ÈXÙ-ELEGBA ENCOUNTER AT THE CROSSROADS, WITH FANON.

Berlin [TDR®] Mo.23.02.26 - Signals from the Crossroads #1 - ÈXÙ-ELEGBA ENCOUNTER AT THE CROSSROADS, WITH FANON.

When we sat down to create our first transmission—Signals from the Crossroads #1—we faced a question that every project claiming to be anti-colonial must answer: Do we use the tools...

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Berlin, Feb. 17,2026 [TDR®] The Tropical Diaspora Event Archive – From Illegal Basements to Printed History

Berlin, Feb. 17,2026 [TDR®] The Tropical Diaspora Event Archive – From Illegal Basements to Printed History

Meanwhile, the roots were spreading. Dr. Sócrates moved through the squat scenes of Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg—at places like Fishladen in Friedrichshain

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ENCOUNTER AT THE CROSSROADS, WITH FANON

ENCOUNTER AT THE CROSSROADS, WITH FANON

Your music is not unity. Your music is solidarity.

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We would like to thank Frantz Fanon, always a source of inspiration.

We would like to thank Frantz Fanon, always a source of inspiration.

We would like to thank Frantz Fanon, always a source of inspiration.

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Berlin, São Paulo, Jan 20,2026 [TD®R]: Izzy Gordon New Video Featuring the song A Vingança ( by Sergio Vaz / Renato Gama)

Berlin, São Paulo, Jan 20,2026 [TD®R]: Izzy Gordon New Video Featuring the song A Vingança ( by Sergio Vaz / Renato Gama)

Recognizing the moment that humanity is going through and not being oblivious to it all, Izzy is about to release The Day After the End of the World, an album...

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Berlin, Joburg, Jan. 19, 2026 [TDR®] Presenting Lesego Rampolokeng

Berlin, Joburg, Jan. 19, 2026 [TDR®] Presenting Lesego Rampolokeng

On Oratorio of a Forgotten Youth, Rampolokeng’s poetry provides the album’s narrative and moral spine. His words are the lens through which the ensemble’s "musical insurgency" gains sharp, unflinching focus....

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Tropical Diaspora Records Partners with Projeto Jusante to Channel a New Vinyl

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

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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