Nova Tunes: The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

A most rewarding by-product of trying to find Sara Schiralli's stuff was the discovery of Nova Tunes, a compilation series put out by Radio Nova, a Parisian station that sounds a lot like Radio Sing Sing, playing an eclectic mix of funky, rocky, hiphoppy, balladic, dancable stuff.

There are 22 of these compilations so far, and Sara Schiralli opens the 2.0th one (they sensibly started numbering at 0.1).

Here's Another fave off Nova Tunes 2.0:

The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - P.I.M.P.


This other vid's description gives some background, and explains why I've heard this tune before:

"Mocambo is proud to offer another 45 from the vaults of this obscure band from Trinidad & Tobago.
This moody downtempo tune shows the influence of Latin styles and Jamaican reggae in early 1970's Trinidadian music culture. The theme is said to be derived from Venzuela and was adapted by rapper 50 Cent for his massive smash "P.I.M.P.". Our chief engineer Steven "Def Stef" Tantrum did a wonderful job in restauring the old 8-track tape and mixing the track.
While the A-Side spotlights the pan section and a featured trumpet, the B-side underlines the impact of Jamaican dub on Trinidadian Steel Bands with the spaced-out melodica solo in the style of the great Augustus Pablo.
Each one is hand-stamped on the flip side!!!"

The description apparently was sourced from Mocambo, a German record label, but they no longer have the bit about Venezuela or 50 Cent.

If you love the steel sound give this a shot too. A traditional funk instrumental with a steel drum lead. Less catchy than the first, but then it is pretty damn catchy.

THe Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Look-A-Py-Py