Atropolis - Atropolis

It makes sense that a lifelong New Yorker has created an album that encompasses the best of a number of musical influences the city has to offer. By age 16 Atropolis was deep into sounds from Mali, Nigeria, the Balkans, the Caribbean, and South America and living in the melting pot meant that all those musical communities were nearby. Years later, he has created a fresh-to-death amalgamation of nueva cumbia, dubstep, moombahton, Afro-Colombian house, and kuduro. A perfectly-pitched 11 song assortment of Atropolis’s cheery melodies and chunky beats move a dancefloor like the best tunes of fellow NYC global bass producer Uproot Andy. Atropolis’ background in music composition adds a layer of detail and deep musicality...  live percussion, accordion, and trumpet alongside sampled intricacy. Four standout tracks feature female singers Anbuley and Atropolis’ sultry-voiced discovery, Uruguayan Noelia Fernandez. Crucially, his music isn’t some eclectic bloggy mash -- this is fourth-world funk that’s been tried and tested in NYC’s outer borough party scene, and united by his strong songwriting voice. Check out ‘NY Chero’ to taste his core sound, or head to his sensual mission statement, the Afro-Colombian-tinged album closer, ‘El Tambor del Mundo’ ft Noelia Fernandez. Dubstep fans will enjoy ‘Om Shanti’, sure to wobble its way into countless DJ playlists, uniting real songcraft with low-end thump. Atropolis = 100% original material from a city who has pioneered the tropical/global bass/world music 2.0 sound with Dutty Artz Brooklyn party series, where they showed the world that the crazy mash of cultures in NYC had evolved a counterpart for the cosmopolitan dancefloor, where the crowd was as mixed-up as the music. Atropolis also just returned from three months in Colombia doing grassroots collaborations with acoustic musicians, studying and sharing sounds with the utmost of respect. This is only the beginning of a very exciting new career.

TRACKLIST:

1. Som Sista (ft Anbuley)   2. Asi Asi Asi (ft Noelia Fernandez)   3. Mbria Funk   4. Che Bo   5. NYChero   6. Huepa' Je   7. Bahia (ft Noelia Fernandez)   8. Xingu Chief   9.  Sambahton (Huepa' Je Refix)   10. Om Shanti   11. El Tambor del Mundo (ft Noelia Fernandez) 

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