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Gator Boots Vol. 20
Gator Boots
- Cat No: GB20
- updated:2025-09-03
A 12-inch edit by JKriv, released on *Gator Boots*, the re-edit label run by Soul Clap Records. Alongside a mix of unique tracks with African and Afro-Latin influences, it also features an edit of ANGELIQUE KIDJO’s “BATONGA” (sample 1). Great track!
Track List
DJ Support: Soul Clap, Antal, Mendel, Justin Carter, Renata do Valle Trepanado, Jacques Renault, Tigerbalm, Pabels, Megatronic, Peter Croce
“Valsadeira” is a pulsing uptempo excursion from the African island nation of Cabo Verde, with driving percussion, impassioned vocals, and tasty synth work. Sung in Portuguese, the track begins on a romantic note which builds toward a dramatic flip halfway through that gives way to a hypnotic tropical vamp. The drum tool extends the rhythmic breaks of the song into a useful standalone percussion jam. Odo Kakra Sika Kakra is a bouncy and joyous slice of Ghanaian highlife. With crisp 90s-era production and sweet vocal melodies, JKriv edited this one with love for maximum booty shaking and smiles. "Batonga" is a mid tempo slice of Afrofunk with a mid 1980s downtown NYC feel, led by angular and funky guitars, layered synths, and a female vocal with African chants. The drum break features a textured beat including big electronic drums, percussions and an interlocking kalimba line.
“Valsadeira” is a pulsing uptempo excursion from the African island nation of Cabo Verde, with driving percussion, impassioned vocals, and tasty synth work. Sung in Portuguese, the track begins on a romantic note which builds toward a dramatic flip halfway through that gives way to a hypnotic tropical vamp. The drum tool extends the rhythmic breaks of the song into a useful standalone percussion jam. Odo Kakra Sika Kakra is a bouncy and joyous slice of Ghanaian highlife. With crisp 90s-era production and sweet vocal melodies, JKriv edited this one with love for maximum booty shaking and smiles. "Batonga" is a mid tempo slice of Afrofunk with a mid 1980s downtown NYC feel, led by angular and funky guitars, layered synths, and a female vocal with African chants. The drum break features a textured beat including big electronic drums, percussions and an interlocking kalimba line.
A1 is “Valsadeira” by the group Cabo Verde Show from the island nation of Cape Verde, off the northwest coast of Africa. The album opens with an exquisite track that blends Caribbean and African influences—evoking a sense of nostalgia—with a cheesy, fantastical vibe reminiscent of light, synth-driven 80s urban pop-disco. Track B2 features an edit (sample 1) of “Batonga” by ANGELIQUE KIDJO, a song familiar to many from A HUNDRED BIRD’s cover version! (Original Japanese text by Saito)