Top 10 2008 Records You May Have Missed, According to Señor Oz

Our old and funky friend, KCist-turned-San-Franciscan Oz McGuire, dropped the following list in our inbox over the holidays.

Top Records You Might Have Missed This Year (2008)

Señor Oz (Afrolicious, SF)

Ocote Soul Sounds, The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL Music)

Someone called this “mescalin music.” I don’t know about that, but this collaboration between Adrian Quesada (Brownout) and Martin Perna (Antibalas) takes elements of Afrobeat, Latin, downtempo and dub and turns it into pure gold!

Dunkelbunt, Cinnamon Girl (Chat Chapeau)

Balkan music influenced many electronic styles the last couple of years, but I hadn’t heard anyone combine swing jazz, gypsy lines, dub and dancehall with deep beats until Dunkelbunt showed up in the record bin. Check the White Chocolate remix! Also check the Dunkelbunt spice mix!