Flamin’ Hotz

So if you have ever gone out and a DJ has dropped a Baltimore Club set then you most likely have already heard a Dj Class track. Dude is responsible for probably the biggest Baltimore Club track “Tear Da Club Up” co/produced by Scottie B. The 12″ originally came out in 2000 on Unruly Records and has been a staple in almost ever single Club set I have heard since.

Here is dude doing it live at My Crew Be Unruly 7/18/2008

On a personal level this was the track that got me into Club music and was actually the first club record I ever bought on the Unruly Bootleg from DSJ at Aramands (RIP). I remember him going in the back to find me a copy of it. It was a couple years later I was down in Bmore and was able to cop the og 12″ with some other edits on it. But that’s how I found out Scottie B co produced that mark.

Anywho Dj Class has constantly been my fav Dj/Producer of Club since that day. Every Trip to Baltimore I have gone coping records he is the first name I drop. I even was able to get his first record on Son of Unruly Records with Come Quick See sample the Tupac track.

This whole rant is just to let you know that Dj Class got some new club heat out called I’m The Ish from an album about to drop on Unruly. Will have more details as they come but go to Unruly Online to get more info or just stay tuned.

Download Here
DJ Class - I’m The Ish - Clean 320 Kbps
DJ Class - I’m the Ish - Dirty 320
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Here are some bonus clips of Class doing it big in Europe.

We have also been pushing DSJ to bring this dude out to a Brick Bandits Beat Down so stay tuned…

The good dude Wolfram from SoundGoods just put up this mix and a nice write up of places to get Kuduro around the world. Well informed and on that real shit. Read it here…

Fixed!!!

The Brick Bandits Beatdown party is this Wednesday and is the official release party for The Brick Bandits EP featuring 6 tracks from the whole Brick Bandits Crew, Jersey to Philly to Chicago.
The track list is

A1. DJ B-Stee - Robot Club Rock
A2. DJ Tim Dolla - Number Advisory
A3. DJ Sega - Colours

B1. DJ Rob3 - The Chase
B2. DJ Tameil - Shotgun Buck
B3. Mike V - Feelings

The record and digital is officially out December 12th on Ol Head Records but you can pick up the record tomorrow at the release party.

Brick Bandits EP release Party at the Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave. $5

Brick Bandits Space, Ol Head Record Space

Giveaways, cheap dranks, no cover, Medusa Lounge

Yo Chip and Becky early playing rap music from like 10 to 10:45 like WuTang joints, That Gillie Track, Maybe some Random Drum and Bass tracks
10:45 to 11:20 House music of the jackin Chicago style…
11:20 to 11:45 20 mins of Bassline Pressure PBR chug and shotgunning competition…
11:45 to 12:00 Gun$ on the Mic doing her tracks and maybe even this new track called “Bitch I will Smack You” and classic tacks like “Mother Fuck Me, Bitch Mother Fuck You” and “Find me at 6th and Master”.
12:10 ish till 2:15ish Claire Hux & DJ Morsy destroy it all night long.

Come out it should be fun.

Friday, Nov 28. Medusa Lounge, 21st and Chestnut, Philadelphia, PA

5151, Claire Hux

Fresh off the heels of Funkeiros e Progresso EP and the massive Pancadão do Morro: O Funk do Flamin Hotz, Já É?, which brought fair trade funk carioca to the table, Flamin Hotz brings a dose of funk’s brother from another mother, a heady combination of bass-heavy dance beats produced on the periphery.  Kuduro is yet another ricochet of sounds to echo across the black Atlantic and percolate to ears worldwide.  Throughout Angola, and especially its capital, Luanda, the dominant sound is this electronic combination of traditional Angolan percussion with the straight kick of house and techno. For more than a decade, local producers have been mimicking beats using whatever technology has been at hand – most recently the program Fruity Loops – to produce the soundtrack to a sweaty Angolan night, with rapid-fire toasting in Angolan Portuguese.  The flow may sound Jamaican, but it is uniquely Angolan – another musical link across the African diaspora.

Once produced, burned CDs circulate at lightning speed and Kuduro blares from condongueiros, the blue-and-white shared vans that dart insanely through Luanda’s chaotic traffic.  DJs pick up the most popular tracks to play at outdoor parties, raves really, across the country.  That’s where the dual meaning of Kuduro’s name comes into play.  Kuduro is also a dance, where slick moves and winding & grinding are the order of the day.  The word is a bastardization of the Portuguese phrase “hard ass” (cu duro transformed into Kuduro), whose origin story traces back to producer Tony Amado’s inspiration by Jean-Claude Van Damme’s ridiculous white boy “hard ass” dance moves in kickboxing flicks.  How’s that for globalization.

After hearing snippets of Kuduro that has filtered out of Angola, especially through the global ghettotech blog circuit, Flamin Hotz Records got in touch with Frédéric Galliano, one of the biggest foreign exporters of this sound, especially through his CD Kuduro Sound System (Frikyiwa 2006) and his video documentary on the history of Kuduro (http://www.myspace.com/fredericgalliano). “Força Kuduro!”, the 12″ EP he curated for Flamin Hotz, features a wide range of Kuduro tracks produced by Galliano, Dj Tecas, and Dj Patrick.  “Força Kuduro!” also features some of the hottest vocal talent out of Angola with Pai Diesel, Zoca Zoca, and Puto Lilas.  And in a nod to Kuduro’s increasing global currency, we brought in Rub a Dub Market from Japan on a Galliano beat that will jumpstart any party. Most importantly, while the free CD-R hustle in Luanda is essential to Kuduro’s musical economy, Flamin Hotz ensured that each track was properly licensed from the artists, who were justly compensated for their music.

Get it now in limited edition vinyl-only release.  Follow up CD of Kuduro beats scheduled for 2009.

Go read what Discobelle had to say

Get Werid Turn Pro Got an Mp3 up to DL

Superstar Dj Donna Summer linked up his fav track here

Fuck You On Friday knows whats the deallllllllll…..

Please buy the Vinyl over here and if you like Frédéric Galliano shit get at him on itunes…

For fans of the Tambourine Dream project go get the new Canyon Dancing Ep out by the very good people over at Flagrant Fowl. These two dudes are constantly killing it in the game and they sent me a copy of the new record and its freaking fire. Remixs include Liars, Patti Smith, Silver Apples, Yeasayer, Battles, Six Organs of Admittance, and Soft Circle receive that Flagrant flavor. Vinyl is pressed loud and sounds clean with that really nice attention to the mastering so its not a total barage of sound.

This is just another excelent record from two dudes who are constantly pushing the genre and putting out new records. Once again they take left field tracks and present a whole new take on them and reinterperte them for the dancefloor.

Can’t wait to drop these in the club…

Buy from TTL HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe

Tonight, Cabide DJ live at SOBs with Zuzuka Poderosa and Vigarista Dancarinas, DJ Comrade and Supervixen. Buy advance tickets at SOB’s box office or Tropicalia in Furs Records (304 E 5th St). Tix are $10 advance, or $15 at door. RSVP to VigaristaProductions@gmail for reduced door tix.

Cabide DJ was featured on FHZ010 Funkeiros e Progresso as well as the CD Pancadao do Morro

SOB’S - 204 Varick Street at West Houston.

Check out Todosantos tonight at the Whiskey Bar for CMJ. They’re on at 12:15. RSVP here.

Ninjasonik - Art School Girls from the new comp All Our Friends Are in Bands.

So we finally released the first CD of material. It features remixes of the Vivian Girls, Best Fwends, Team Robespierre, The Death Set, Snakes Say Hiss, and Matt & Kim (as well as a special bonus cut from Ninjasonik’s upcoming full length album.) Also the artwork was handmade by Carlos of Bikes in the Kitchen. We only printed 1000 of these and each is numbered. They will go fast.

You can buy a copy online by clicking the link below (the cost is $5 plus $1.50 for shipping in the US.

Pick up a copy here. If you haven’t already be sure to pick up the Tight Pants EP from the Lab or directly from us in the Flamin Hotz Store. Check out Ninjasonik at CMJ all this week.