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Alma Negra is a Swizz collective that consists of four musically driven friends, the Figuiera Brothers Dersu & Diego who's roots are established firmly in their Cape Verdian heritage, Dario with his half and half Portuguese/Italian mix and finally Mario with Spanish roots.They are all passionate diggers who love playing music from all over the world, something that's evident in their productions as well. Encompassing jazz, african and latin sounds to soul, funk, disco, house and even techno.As far as inspiration goes they mention Donald Byrd ,Fela Kuti and Theo Parrish. Their creative output has let them to release on such fine labels as Sofrito, Highlife and most recently Basic Fingers.Fans of Alma Negra include Gilles Peterson, Ben UFO, Axel Boman, Detroit Swindle, Africaine 808 and Tim Sweeney. Digger's Workout Part 2 continues where Part 1 left us, proving once again Alma Negra are on a roll.Included is a killer remix from Osunlade and his Yoruba Soul Mix of Safari is deepness on a new level.

Alma Negra is a Swiss collective that consists of four musically driven friends, the Figuiera Brothers Dersu & Diego whose roots are established firmly in their Cape Verdian heritage, Dario with his half and half Portuguese/Italian mix and finally Mario with Spanish roots.They are all passionate diggers who love playing music from all over the world, something that's evident in their productions as well. Encompassing Jazz, African and Latin sounds to Soul, Funk, Disco, House and even Techno. As far as inspiration goes they mention Donald Byrd, Fela Kuti and Theo Parrish. Their creative output has led them to release on such fine labels as Sofrito, Highlife and most recently Basic Fingers.Fans of Alma Negra includes Gilles Peterson, Ben UFO, Axel Boman, Detroit Swindle, Africaine 808 and Tim Sweeney. Now they are back with Digger's Workout, a fresh and exciting instalment in the Basic Fingers catalogue - divided into three seperate 12's with remixes from Esa & Santuri, Osunlade aka Yoruba Soul, Rainer Trueby & Corrado Bucci present TRUCCY.Digger's Workouts, Part 1 contains three original cuts and one remix from Esa & Santuri with spectacular basswork worthy of Funkadelic. If you're looking for rattling percussions, irresistible basslines, melodic synths and vocal chants that interweave and do a delicious dance with each other - look no further.This first Part of the series is a sure-fire way to send anyone into a near shamanic state.

Aroop Roy returns to Basic Fingers with a second reworks release, this time all guns blazing.While the previous part focused more on disco and soul cuts, this one delivers three irresistible Afro-influenced house grooves. There's a reason why Gilles Peterson keeps playing Aroop on his radio show as soon as he gets his crate digging fingers on a new release.Um Trago on the B Side is definitely the fiercest offering here but don't miss out on the A-side with Ifa & Manuman. Both tracks are more than enough to get the juices flowing...

Amsterdam native Mr Mendel continues to churn out top notch edits at a steady pace in between crate digging and gigs around the world.This second 12" for Basic Fingers is a welcome follow up to his previous release which featured Fela & Gil.On release no.28 he's dug even deeper than last time and found not one, two or three but four absolute killer songs to take his razor sharp blade to.No messing around, Mr Mendel aims straight for the top with these joyful disco cuts.

Perhaps it's something in the water or just plain vodka, we really have no idea but one thing is for sure - there's something special about those Moscow disco heads. They sure know how to find a perfect beat and re-edit it to perfection. After Lay-Far it's now time for Arsenii to step into the Basic Fingers arena.Both sides on this 12 are filled with Jazz-Funk and library infused disco at its best. 'Allegria' sounds like Bob James is jamming with The Headhunters and on the flip 'Turbo' with its generous use of synthesizers almost has an outer space theme.Essential indulgence for disco heads & connoisseurs everywhere.

Afro-Latin warrior Jose Marquez is back once again on Basic Fingers with two new percussion infected workouts. Those familiar with Jose Marquez's previous works will not be disappointed as this might be his strongest release yet.On 'Quinto Y Bongo' he goes on dark tribal journey with hints of electronic layers and some serious bongo action. The flip track 'Canto Del Caribe' is more direct & to the point with a full on percussion assault and fierce latin chants.