An uptempo style of music influenced by British, French and native Caribbean tribal rhythms, soca features rhythms deeply rooted in Asia and Africa. It was created especially for Carnival and played ...

Each week, FACT trawls through the untamed world of free mixes, radio specials and live blends so you don’t have to. This week we’ve got missives from Moscow and Düsseldorf, tough-as-boiled-boots ...

Each week, FACT’s Mixtape Round-Up trawls through the untamed world of free mixes, radio specials and live blends so you don’t have to. We’ve now decided to break this into two features: the week’s ...

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With Carnival 2025 just around the corner, we asked three of the hottest soca DJs on the planet–DJ Private Ryan (Ryan Alexander), DJ Ana (Ana-Leesa Ramnarine) and DJ Adam 2MV (Adam Gonzales) – to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first edition of Brunch and Soca at the Police Officers Club in St Andrew on Friday was a big success. It was a great way to start off the Jamaica carnival weekend, with many ...

DJ Ali Twizt from 'Dame Du Show' gets you ready for Leeds & Notting Hill Carnival 2017 Seani B & DeeJay Dee Soca & Carnival Mix Seani B & DeeJay Dee deliver a hot soca mix to get you warmed up for ...

Soca music fans subsist in a feast-or-famine world. Feasts come during Carnival — especially Trinidad Carnival, king of them all — when the exuberant, dance-driven tunes are released faster than soca ...

BBC 1Xtra kicks off its highly anticipated Carnival Weekender, bringing the vibrant sounds of Soca and Dancehall to audiences across the UK and beyond. From Friday through to Tuesday, listeners can ...