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El Niño y El Sol by Ami Kealoha
Ocote Soul Sounds) and Adrian Quesada (Antibalas and Grupo Fantasma) took from Brooklyn to Mexico in 2004, the instrumental tracks weaving flute, saxophone, african drums, and more, make for a debut collaboration that's ideal subway theme music for iPod commuters or lends a meditative background sound for more experimental films, like watching real-time summer sunsets.
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