Chosen by Billboard Magazine as one of the “2008 Faces to Watch”, Anane was born in Cape Verde, on the Western coast of Africa and soaked up the culture of African, Portuguese, Mediterranean, and Latin American customs and traditions. Anane’s vocal talents were raised from family’s traditions of gathering and playing music and singing together. Moved to Ney York with music in the head, she met Louie Vega who was so impressed to include her into Elements Of Life collective. read more »

Have been presented at WMC this year, “Come Out” is finally… out on Muted Trax. :) Muted Trax is New York based label run by Mike Dominico and Shawn Christopher. Mike is natural born New Yorker, played in many venues, and been involved in producing for Jennifer Lopez’s “Let’s Get Loud”, Michael Jackson’s “Butterflies” etc. Shawn is djing around the world covering all aspects of music industry in NY for many years. Together they’re teamed up under Watu Wote guise, grabbed Wendy Starland (also appears on Moby’s latest album) for a soulful latin flavored vocal and read more »

Another great oldie from 1960s has been covered by house producers. “Vem Quente Que Eu Estou Fervendo” by Mustafa was released on April 1st at Stalwart. The release features brazilian singer Elisangela and has a great package of remixes. read more »