Since a few months, it seems that 80's zouk has gained some popularity again among the tropical dj's and crate diggers. A killer mix by Hugo Mendez and Emile Omar, the Digital Zandoli journey, and some amazing selections by my friend Jean Toussaint urged me to look deeper into my zouk records. I've been picking up Zouk Lp's in fleah markets for years, and always thought it wasn't really as tasty as 70's cadence, but when listenning to these records and pushing up the volume, I was mesmerized by the quality of the production and especcially the way the bass and drums were treated. The beat programming here sometimes recalls old school hip hop, before the emergence of samples and loops. The rythms are as heavy as varied, with sometimes boogie, latin or afrobeat influences. After listenning to the records, I couldn't resist putting this selection together. You can expect some other heavy 80's tropical stuffs in the following days or weeks! Listen out loud!!!!
