Florentino stepped up to The Kick On on Australia’s Triple J Radio over the weekend, playing a mix of unreleased tracks, new, and forthcoming material in his typical style of “reggaeton brought back from our post-apocalyptic future”. The mix has been archived and you can stream it here.
For more radio, check out Jubilee’s archived BBC Radio One Residency, or catch the label show on Red Bull Radio every month.
Were you aware? Florentino has his own show every eight weeks on NTS Manchester.
Tune in for exclusive dubplates, remixes and more as well as hand-selected soca, reggaeton, and dembow. Hear the latest effort, from March 3, below.
Florentino just released his Fragmentos EP with Mixpak – click here to hear more.
Florentino’s debut Mixpak release Fragmentos is now available on all platforms.
“One of club music’s biggest players[…] Florentino has created a lush soundscape you can’t help but sink into[…] 9/10.” – Mixmag
Building on the strength of two acclaimed releases for Swing Ting, Fragmentos finds Florentino broadening his sound to explore more introspective themes of heartbreak and melancholy, while maintaining the propulsive energy and colorful sonic landscape of his previous releases. It’s a side of Florentino that has been hinted at in previous releases, but never fully explored until now.
Setting the stage with the lush “Nadie Se Muere De Amor”, Florentino takes the listener through the titular “fragments” of relationships past, present, and future. Lead single “Por Ti” is a heart-on-sleeve collaboration with Catalan MC Bad Gyal, a tale of desire set to a driving dembow and anthemic bassline. “Fantasia” twists mutated vocals, synths, and handclaps into a warped, psychedelic lovescape, while “2 Late (Don’t Call)” marries hyphy bounce to snatches of forlorn conversation, before Florentino brings us back to the club with the emotionally charged “Mentirosa” and fiery “Seductora”.
Fragmentos covers a diverse range of sounds and moods, yet each track is unmistakably a Florentino production, blending UK bass pressure and Latin American rhythms with a trademark set of samples and motifs to create music that could be made by no one but “DJ Florentino -el mas romantico de los romanticos”.
Mixpak is back for a special one-off party in London, on May 26th at Village Underground. We have a super special line up to announce soon! Follow us on instagram to keep up with the updates.
Popcaan will be performing at All Points East next month, alongside LCD Soundsystem, Bjork, Lorde and more. The festival takes place at Victoria Park in London.
He also performs in Toronto with Spice on June 1.
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