For his steamy Truth combine Felix Corridor bounds by an hour of the dancehall, dembow, reggaeton and membership warmth that he’s feeling probably the most throughout this ultimate stretch of summer time.
Ever since unleashing his beloved Warning mixtape on The Trilogy Tapes again in 2016, London-based DJ Felix Corridor has frequently confirmed himself to be one of many UK’s most educated selectors, shifting by the breadth and historical past of dancehall, dembow and reggaeton with a jubilant spirit and a deep and profound respect for sound system tradition. Juggling a day job in information science, creating deep studying fashions for predicting pure disasters, with operating the reliably sensible CHROME imprint, his long-running NTS present and releasing killer mixtapes for Promesses, Cav Empt and $hotta Tapes, Corridor’s is likely one of the deadliest ears round. Initially changing into obsessive about music and document accumulating throughout formative experiences attending Luv Injection and Stone Love sound system events as an adolescent, his lifelong love for reggae and dancehall was then augmented with a preoccupation with the tresillo drum patterns that snake by the Caribbean and the Americas, growing right into a laser give attention to dembow kinds from the Dominican Republic and reggaeton from Puerto Rico.
It was throughout a interval spent residing in Medellín, Colombia that Corridor’s appreciation of reggaeton blossomed into its ultimate kind. “The style is a large, big deal in that metropolis, particularly in working class areas,” Corridor advised MusicMap again in 2019. “I at all times bear in mind a DJ there who performed a residency in a bar referred to as Loule in Barrio Buenos Aires. He continually went backwards and forwards between older dancehall tunes and newer reggaeton. Undoubtedly one thing that at all times caught with me.” For his steamy Truth combine, Corridor bounds by an hour of the artists and kinds that he’s feeling probably the most throughout this ultimate stretch of summer time, shifting between some modern dancehall requirements, a loving number of some the most effective dembow tunes from the final six months, together with tracks from Kaly Ocho, Braulio Fogon and Yomel El Meloso, in addition to prime membership cuts from Florentino, Low Jack, Bitter Babe & Nick Leon, Iueke and Demdike Stare. He additionally treats us to unreleased tracks from DJ Plead, Ploy and up to date Truth mixer MOBBS, in addition to a handful of fabric upcoming on CHROME, an exciting style of what the remainder of 2022 would possibly sound like for Felix Corridor.
You’ll find Felix Corridor on Instagram and on the CHROME Bandcamp.
Tracklist:
Ward 21 – ‘President Of Hoochie Land’
Busy Sign – ‘Deh Yah’
Architect – ‘Neptunes Edit’
El Alfa Ft. El Mayor Clasico – ‘Galapin’
Nely El Arma Secreta – ‘Tremendous Perreo’
Josi Satan Ft. Ward 21 – ‘Cost’
NPLGNN – ‘Hazy Pit’
Bibi Gardner – ‘Atomic Bomb Riddim’
Yampi – ‘Los Terribles Beat’
Yaviah – ‘Contacto’
Ñengo Circulate – ‘Encendia’
Luny Tunes – ‘No Me Importa’
Yaviah – ‘En La Mia Remix’
Kelman Duran – ‘Lento’
Ivy Queen – ‘Guillaera’
Florentino – ‘Buzz’
Aidonia – ‘Assault’
Vybz Kartel – ‘Crime Minister’
Low Jack – ‘Discover Them’
SIM – ‘Wired’
DJ Plead – ‘El Es’
Nick Leon – ‘Rompe Discoteka’
Florentino – ‘Prendelo Remix’
Nipo Y Sujeto – ‘Cilantro Ancho’
Braulio Fogon – ‘Polvo’
Chael Produciendo – ‘Trapbow Pista’
Yomel El Meloso – ‘La Raya’
Quimico Extremely Mega – ‘Gatillero’
El Shick – ‘Dale Que Te Dio’
Kaly Ocho – ‘No Hay’
Leo RD – ‘Freebow Beat’
DJ Ploy – ‘Rochy Edit’
Bitter Babe & Nick Leon – ‘Tranki’
Iueke – ‘Election Software’
Daneton Blake – ‘3 Star Riddim’
Busy Sign – ‘Step Out’
Vybz Kartel – ‘Licensed To Kill’
Gavsborg – ‘Step Out Riddim’
Demdike Stare – ‘Caps Have Gone’
Kaval – ‘Drum Hiss’
Simo Cell – ‘Tronico’
Heron Fischer – ‘Angels’
MOBBS – ‘Rang Residence’
Jamby El Favo – ‘Los Que Son’
Ele A El Dominio Ft. Ñengo Circulate – ‘Full Y Semi’
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