Movimientos

Movimientos showcases an alternative view of Latin American music and culture and explores the depths of the London/UK Latin and global music scene. DJ Cal Jader brings the tunes with an across the board selection from folkloric roots & global fusions to Urban Latin and cutting edge electronic, with regular special features and interviews with the artists, bands, performers, filmmakers & cultural protagonists at the forefront of a diverse scene. Movimientos runs regular Latin American cultural events combining music with documentary films, performance art and poetry. It also programmes the Latin section of Global Local - a festival project that seeks to support and showcase new & exciting artists.

Cal Jader talks to Micheal Chanan - director of a new 3 part film on the protest movements in Chile "3 Short Films About Chile" who explains the background behind the films, the situation in Chile in general and the context of a highly privatised education system. Setting the scene with two hard hitting tracks by Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, one featuring controversial Cuban rappers Los Aldeanos.

Movimientos: Los Charly's Orchestra

Cal Jader is joined by DJ/ producer, lmagenes label head honcho and one of the men behind Latin Disco outfit Los Charly's Orchestra Jorge Montiel for a chat about the new Los Charly's Latin edition EP. They play tracks from the new EP, some of Los Charly's recent hits, plus a few exclusives. Plus Cal drops unreleased tracks from Lokkhi Terra and from the new Quantic and Alice Russell album, a track from the Ray Lugo Boogaloo album out last year and more from Venezuelan's Bituaya featuring Los Van Van's Mayito Rivera.

Cal Jader drops an exclusive remix of WARA's "Pretty Cliche" by Palov from Palov and Mishkin! World exclusive!! Plus a selection of fresh dancefloor Latin beats from Hip Hop, Dancehall and Reggaeton to Afro-Latin beats, Moombahton and House finishing with some Latin Ska - Reggae and two great new London based bands They Say Jump and a brilliant fusion of Ethiopian rhythms and Hip Hop from FUR taken from their debut EP.

Cal Jader welcomes Russ Slater from the Sounds and Colours website for a musical takeover with some gems from Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. An across the board selection with the psych-rock meets Afro-Colombian rhythms of Los Pirañas, Brazilian Afrobeat from Criolo and Bixiga 70, MPB from Passo Torto, a new track from the latest Fauna album on ZZK records, alongside some experimental folk, pop, electro and rock, plus a new track from the brilliant new Ana Tijoux album.

Cal Jader welcomes two very special guests in the studio. Firstly Ramsey Estevez from Cuban fusion band Remolino Kieto talks about the band and plays 2 acoustic tracks live. Also Phaxsi and Paloma from Warmi tell us about the concept of their all-female Latin American folk-roots group and also play 2 tracks live. Also featuring brand new tracks from Reverso, Mano De Dios and Lokkhi Terra.

To ease you into the new year Cal Jader presents a very chilled selection of some of the freshest new alternative Latin music. Tracks from Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, the US (east and west coast), the UK and Sweden! Amongst others there's an exclusive track from the brand new album from Afro-Peruvian crew Novalima. Experimental dub from Metis, conscious reggae, hip hop vibes from Bituaya, Fidel Nadal and the UK's own Zona Protesta. Psychedelic cumbia from Las Piranas and Daniel Fridell. Beautiful acoustic soul from Adanowsky and in their own words "rooted luminous songs unfolding in sonic landscapes" from Lulacruza. And a soulful rock ballad trumpeting their new album - just released -from our good friends Reverso.

Movimientos - Tropicalista mix and best of 2012

Cal Jader presents a rundown of some of the hottest dance floor joints from this year with a special best of 2012 (tracks, gigs, labels etc) programme. Some shamelessly upfront hits from some of the biggest names in latin music Oscar De Leon, Juan Luis Guerra, Gloria Estefan and Gotan Project to plenty of underground tropical bass, Moombahton, Cumbia mash ups, Salsa and Timba plus big ups to consistently good independent labels like Electric Cowbell Records, Agogo Records, Bersas Discos and Urban World Records.

Nuevo Colombia part 1

Cal Jader blasts through a veritable treasure trove of new music from Colombia. Tons of new fusions mashing Afro Colombia rhythms, Champeta, Currualao and Cumbia with rock, funk, hip hop and jazz. Self proclaimed "Marimba De Chonto" from 13 piece La Reveulta, plus more pacific coast Marimba sounds feature on the radical voices and beats of Tumbacadre and our good friend Jota Ramos from Cauca (check out a previous Movimientos podcast for an interview with Jota).

30/11/11 - Rio Film School feature

Cal Jader burns through another hour of fresh tunes - mixtape style with an across the board selection through the whole spectrum of Latin music. Featuring London based artists Los Charley's Orchestra with a great new Boogaloo track from their forthcoming EP plus a rootsy Colombian vibe from Kena player Mauricio Velasierra. New tracks from Spain with Txarley Brown's Banda Achillifunk with a cover of a Jorge Ben classic, Mestizo Cumbia from Che Sudaka and a recent classic from Ojos De Brujo. Elsewhere Gotan Project go Cumbia, a great new Salsa track featuring Ruben Blades, Hip Hop from Ana Tijoux, and a dose of Tropical bass bizness. Plus a couple of tracks from the Red Hot and Rio 2 album that came out earlier this year, and an Interview at the end of the show with Dorian Needs and Luis Nascimiento the men behind the Rio Film School.

Movimientos - Sounds and Colours special
Cal Jader is joined by guest Russ Slater from the brilliant South American cultural website Sounds and Colours who brings in a few fresh exclusives with new tracks from Chile, Uruguay and Brazil.
Amongst a swathe of fresh music from the Latin underground there's two upfront tracks from the London latin scene with solo material from Wara's Eliane Correa featuring Binisa Bonner from Ruby and The Vines and a track from new Cuban fusion outfit Remolino Kieto. Plus another track from the Gilles Peterson Havana Cultura 2 album and a brand new release from ZZK label with the dirty digi-Cumbia of Super Guachin.

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