Midweek Mixdown: Canicule Tropicale's Philippe Noël

Here's a superb hour-long set of vintage Caribbean cookers from Philippe Noël. Check out Canicule Tropicale at Montreal's La Sala Rossa on Feb 15th.

Hear Philippe Noël's East African Selection

Check out the stellar mix of vintage vinyl gems from Montreal's Philippe Noël of Canicule Tropicale fame.  

DJ Fred Lavik spins Kenyan gems @ Turning Point, Saturday

DJ and record collector Fredrik Lavik – the man behind Soundway's Kenya Special compilation and Jazz Aggression's Quintonal retrospective – appears on the World Skip The Beat podcast to share some choice selections from his 20000+ collection of Kenyan 7" records. He is currently in Canada for a mini-tour that begins at Montreal's Canicule Tropicale on Friday (February 6) and continues in Toronto on Saturday (February 7) where he'll play a set at A Man Called Warwick's popular Turning Point party at The Garrison (1197 Dundas St. West).

February 2, 2015 - 7" selections from Kenya's Golden Age with Fred Lavik on World Skip The Beat

For more mixes and information on Jazz Aggression's Quintonal release and soundclips, check out Fredrik's Afro7 website.