Mango

Helming Mo’ Horizons are two Hannoverian DJs and producers, Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark Wetzler, who have been plying their Euro-Brazilian grooves since the heyday of Jazzanova and Kruder & Dorfmeister. During their spell with the Stereo Deluxe label, their sound was wittily dubbed ‘bosshannover.’ Their seventh album typically opens with ‘Anotha Bossa’ and could have been cooked up by London’s Da Lata. The new single, ‘Mango Woman’, follows – a nice slice of lazy Afrobeat featuring the voice of the ubiquitous Ghanaian star, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley. The devilishly funky ‘Havanna B-Boys’ features just enough trumpet to give it a Cuban twist. Next up, ‘Huele Que Huele (feat Iván Camelo)’ has the kind of electro-Balkan groove in which the Berlin-based DJ Shantel specialises. So it goes: Venezuelan percussionist Nené Vásquez gives ‘Mascadito (feat Vásquez and Laura Insausti)’ a Pacific coast flavour; ‘Sunset in El Palmar’ has a Cuban reggae vibe; ‘Good 4’ is taken at a frisky ska lick; ‘Balkan-Maasai-Party’ showcases The Maasai Tribe of Tanzania to create just what it suggests; ‘Sudoeste’ is a relentless ten-minute mashup; and the Israeli singer Noam Bar Azulay illuminates the laid-back closer, ‘I Can’t Sleep’. This dance-oriented album is, to borrow guest vocalist Laura Insausti’s La Lupe quote on ‘Mascadito’, ‘Ggrrroovy baby, ggrroovy!’