Sofrito // Warehouse Special with Owiny Sigoma
Poster for the Sofrito Warehouse Special, with Owiny Sigoma Band live. For more details and to buy tickets, go to the Sofrito site here. Listen to Jesse Hackett’s Owiny Sigoma Band influences mix here.
International Tropical Soundclash
Poster advertising a Soul Train night in Paris, with Quantic, Sofrito Soundsystem, Nickodemus and Setenta at Cabaret Sauvage.
Sofrito // Tropical Discotheque
Sofrito’s debut compilation! A presentation of the Sofrito Tropical Warehouse sound – 15 tracks from the tropics representing the Sofrito label and its sweltering parties. Strut Records, who are releasing the record, gave us free-reign and the result is a fully illustrated double gatefold LP, and 6-panel CD wallet, with liner notes from Hugo detailing [...]
Soul Spektrum / Sofrito Tropical Discotheque
Poster for club night at Djoon, Paris.
Sofrito // Night of the Dead
Halloween Sofrito style at the New Empowering Church. Selectors Hugo Mendez, Frankie Francis & The Mighty Crime Minister (Sofrito) Vs Miles Cleret (Soundway). With MC Kwasi on the mic. Listen to a recording of the night on Red Bull Music Academy Radio View photos of the party
Sofrito // May Bill Poster
A very special Sofrito for May! A live extravaganza with Karl Hector and The Malcouns (Stones Throw/Now-Again) from Munich and Nostalgia 77‘s new live project The Skeleton, with Sofrito DJs and Miles Cleret of the celebrated Soundway Records on the decks. A type-heavy bill poster to advertise the event. I may pull some screen printed [...]
Sofrito // Family Atlantica
Yet more Sofrito heat! Family Atlantica – led by the Venezuelan vocalist and cuatro player Luzmira Zerpa and Heliocentrics/Poets of Rhythm/Saravah Soul/Mulatu percussionist and flautist Jack Yglesias – include the extraordinary talents of Heliocentrics/Mulatu/DJ Shadow collaborator Adrian Owusu on guitar and Ghanaian percussion prodigy Kwame Owusu, and regularly collaborate with some of London’s finest Afro-Latin [...]
Sofrito Website
Hugo and Frank of Sofrito Tropical Sessions had me revamp their site/make it look like it’d been sat in the corner of a record shop in Colombia for the past 40 years. Go and visit Sofrito dot co dot uk for Sofrito releases, mixes and details about their exemplary Warehouse parties. Winter’s over, finally…
Sofrito // Easter Warehouse Bash
Gracias a Dios, Sofrito is back. Sofrito Tropical Sessions
Sofrito // El Año Tropical!
Sofrito‘s back to wrap up 2008 and see in 2009 with a tropical New Year (piñata) bash.
Sofrito // Casa de Sofrito!
Full colour, high-quality A3 Giclée print to promote the latest Sofrito Tropical Warehouse party in East London.
‘Tropical Discotheque’ 12″ single
12″ vinyl label and sleeve sticker for Sofrito Specials 002 – African Disco Power b/w Calypso Path/Disco La Calle – hard afro-disco on strictly limited heavyweight vinyl. This was a design spin-off from my poster for the Discoteca Tropical night hosted by Sofrito.
Sofrito // ‘Discoteca Tropical’
Poster for a night of deep tropical disco at Visions Video Bar in Dalston, London, hosted by Sofrito Tropical Sessions and Discolexia. Fifth in an ongoing series of promotional artworks for the Sofrito boys.
Sofrito // Souljazz Orchestra
Poster and flyer for 12-piece afrobeat outfit, The Souljazz Orchestra from Canada, at Cargo, London.
Sofrito // Saravah Soul
Poster and flyer for Saravah Soul at the Jazz Cafe, presented by Sofrito Tropical Sessions.
Sofrito party flyer logo
Discos Sofrito wanted a logo for their tropical funk parties in London. This was transferred on to brown luggage tags – with the details of the party on the reverse – using a rubber stamp.