With April 20th on the horizon (4/20), tokers all around the globe will be stocking on their favourite flavours so that they can celebrate their annual day by strapping up a few fat ones to blaze the day away. If you happen to be one of those people, this new mix from the Latin alternative group, Empresarios, will be the perfect soundtrack to your chilled, hazy day. It features a very cool selection of Reggae, Dub, Latin, Cumbia and Hip Hop music and has been put together ahead of their upcoming show at the National Cannabis Festival in Washington DC. As well as Empresarios performing on the day, other acts on the bill include Backyard Band, Talib Kweli and The Pharcyde.

We appreciate the subject matter of this post may not be to everyone’s taste, but the music in the mix is most definitely worth a listen, especially if you’ve had one of those days where you need to end it by chilling the ‘f’ out.

If you’re in the area this coming Saturday (22nd April) and want more info, Click Here.

Links for Empresarios :

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Tracklist

Little John – Smoke Ganga Hard
Moresounds – Weeda
Bad Brains – Day Tripper/She’s A Rainbow
Cumbiaman y Su Sonido Nueva Religion – Rimsky
Empresarios – The Vibes (Kinky Electric Noise Remix)
J Boog & Fiji – Smoke Bomb Bud
6Blocc – Collie Weed
Erick Jaimez – El Cumbiambero
Roll The Weed – Little Lion Sound
Las Poetas x Tony Touch – Cien
6Blocc & J5 – Mexico City
Supercat – Dolly My Baby (Kinky Electric Noise Remix)
Chronixx – Here Comes Trouble (Craze Refix)
Version – Hot Version
Barrington Levy – Here I Come (Chuggin Edits)
The Groovers – Where You Belong
Flamingosis – Flight Of The Flamingo
Teddy Presberg – Nancy (Quasimodo Dubbed Mix)
Baauer – Rasberry (Nick Bike Edit)
Louie Rankin – Typewriter
Collie Budz – Collie Budz (Streetwise Edit)
Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie

Back in 2004, Angelos Stoumpos aka, Timewarp, was hugely influenced and inspired by the Nu-Funk and Dub Electronica sounds that were around. He knew that in his homeland of Greece those styles of music were lacking and knew this had to change, so he went about creating his very own label, Timewarp Music.

From 2004 to the present day, Timewarp Music has grown massively and has released a staggering amount of high quality music. There’s over 500 tracks to be found on the labels Soundcloud page which is enough to keep anyone highly entertained for a very long time. With all these successful releases it might go without saying that Angelos has created one of the go to labels for all things Nu-Funk, Nu-Disco, Dub and Breaks. I’ve dug in to a small portion of what’s available from Timewarp Music and I can assure you that I will be digging a lot deeper in the future.

Should all those words need backing up, check out the fifth compilation album in their ‘Freestyle 4 Funk’ series and you’ll soon see why the label is one you really need to keep tabs on. 16 tracks make up the album that’s features a incredible selection of old, new and unreleased tracks in Downtempo, Dub, Reggae, Nu-Funk, Soul and Breaks styles. The range in styles means there will always be something different around the corner which will have locked on with excitement to see what’s up next. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again “there’s some seriously good albums to have graced the ward this year” and this one from Timewarp Music is right up there with the best of em!

Buy ‘Freestyle 4 Funk 5′ here from Bandcamp.

Links for Timewarp Music :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / YouTube / Twitter