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Dutch People Love Baile Funk
Mad press from the Dutch at Gonzo Magazine on the Big Hits From the Hill
Various Artists
Pancadao Do Morro
(FLAMIN’HOTZ)
| Je hebt van die platen die je hart stelen, meteen bij de eerste beluistering. Of sterker nog, er zijn platen waarvan je weet en hoopt dat je ze schitterend zult vinden, als je nog maar de hoes en het artwork bekijkt. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzaam, maar ‘Pancadao Do Morro’ is er zo eentje. Het nog jonge Amerikaanse ghetto techlabel Flamin’ Hotz schiet met zijn eerste full cd meteen pal in de roos. Samen met een NGO uit Rio de Janeiro stelde Flamin’ Hotz een staalkaart samen van het heetste uit de funk carioca, de hitsige achterbuurtenmuziek uit Rio de Janeiro. Flamin’ Hotz werkte daarvoor samen met een NGO uit Rio, een garantie dat alle artiesten op de compilatie ook betaald worden, wat lang niet evident is op dit soort compilaties. Maar goede bedoelingen zijn puik, het gaat ons natuurlijk om de muziek. En die is fenomenaal. Vanaf de opener, de Duitse Braziliaan MC Gringo, over lokale legende MR Catra en de jungle bass van Phabayo DJ tot de krolse vrouwelijke funkeiro MC Loura. Muziek die vanaf de eerste noot op de onderbuik mikt. Dat mag je overigens letterlijk nemen want de teksten zijn vaak pure pornografie. Wie geen portugees kent kan die teksten nu overigens meevolgen, want nog een primeur voor een funk carioca compilatie: de teksten worden in Engelse vertaling meegegeven. Wat ons meteen bij hoes en artwork brengt. Ook hier zet Flamin’ Hotz een standaard. De schilderijtjes en tekening van Tony Minister zijn subliem en bij de plaat horen twee boekjes met achtergronden en songteksten. Wie downloadt krijgt nooit zo’n verzorgd en met liefde samengesteld pakket bijeen. Dankzij dit soort uitgaven blijven vinyl- en cd-platen relevant.(www.turntablelab.com)(lv) |
Dank u Gonzo!
No commentsDesigner Drugs Update
We gotta give it up to our boys over in Designer Drugs. After releasing a killer remix on the Hail Social comp they get a massive remix of Theives Like Us “drugs in my body” and have finally inked a deal with the dudes over at iheartcomix to release there new single out on soon. These guys are still doing parties all over the east coast and are soon gonna be tearing it up all over the West Coast.
Philly make sure you check them out October 25th with JHN RDN over at the Barbary for the ever awesome Live Forever party.
Gettemmmmmmm
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Pocketknife mix from Fairtilizer
Big ups to the bol Pocketknife who has had unbridled success after releasing the Tambourine Dream ep on Flamin Hotz. With a new production deal recently inked in the UK, he brought a brand new baby girl into this world and is still bangin out great mixes. This guy is making Great in 08 an understatement. Check the mix and interview below…
Much hyped Brooklyn based producer & dj Pocketknife aka Skooby Laposky caught the DJing bug when he befriended DJ Wolf (original 70s disco/deep house icon in Chicago) and then perfected his craft with Theo Parrish (Sound Signature) while they were in art school together. Production was then inevitable, dropping original joints as well as unique remixes of Lykke Li or Bruce Springsteen tracks.
Check out his exclusive Fairtilizer mix.
Plus an interview below!
What’s your mix about?
The mix I did for Fairtilizer is more of a sampler of the kind of tracks you would hear in one of my sets. I snuck in a Yeasayer remix I did that’ll be out on an art rock remix EP called “Canyon Dancing” this Halloween. The Lykki Li remix I recently posted on Fairtilizer was commissioned, but won’t be released. Enjoy!
What’s goin’ on in Pocketknife’s world right now? Heard you were doing big remixes lately.
Well, Tambourine Dream got Cousin Cole and I some attention. We ended up getting some representation and now we’ve got someone who coordinates official remixes for us. It’s cool to try our hand at reworking an established artist even if our versions don’t always see an official release. I’ve been busy this entire summer working on getting Tambourine Dream 2 closer to completion and of course finishing commissioned remixes. I’m also working on some original material that I hope to release early next year.
How’s Cousin Cole doing?
Cole is busy as usual. He’s working on a new club-oriented Flagrant Fowl EP, which will solely be his project. The main track on his EP has a crazy music video that accompanies it. I made up a dance for the song while we were in Sweden, which I perform in the video and it is hype! Cole’s also working on his share of remixes for Tambo D 2 and as always more new party tracks.
read more over here and get the scoop on the mix…… http://blog.fairtilizer.com/?p=343
feeling this new track m8
Yeasayer “Sunrise (Pocketknife’s Rise and $hine Remix)”
I loved this song the first time I heard it. I decided to beef it up a bit with some Pocketknife trademarks so I could play it in my sets. Keep the bearded indie world music thing going, guys!
Kid Kameleon “Must Love Loops” Mixtape
Guess who got some massive play on the new Kid Kameleon mixtape out of Berlin based Cock Rock Disco…
enjoy
Kid Kameleon
“Must Love Loops”
Crockp3-010
Kid Kameleon is a sort of witchdoctor on the one’s and two’s. He can mix every style of music flawlessly at any tempo with any sort of gear, blindfolded, without headphones, in zero-gravity, drunk and unconscious. Seriously, he’s THAT good. Now he’s made the ultimate B’more mix for CRD with more tracks crammed in than any other mix made in history. “Must Love Loops” is destined to be a classic so you had better get in on the action now.
Check the track list after the jump
1 commentBird Peterson Up on the New Exploited record
Not sure if you know this but the dude Shir Kahn out of Germany has been running one of the coolest electro labels doing the god damn thing right now. The label is called exploited and is seriously the shit. Killer music paired with killer killer art work. Take a look at some of these past covers. Just smoking design with smoking music with remix’s by the one and only Crookers, Bombo, Oliver $ and our good friend Mr. Bird Peterson is up next on current remix duty.
Get em Bird you are killing it in 2008.
Check out the cover art and myspaces and websites for these spots. So dope…
NINJASONIK TIGHT PANTS EP 12″ VINYL OUT NOW BITCHES
For all my tight pants wearin ass niggas… Come and get it…
Buy Ninjasonik’s Tight Pants EP from us direct and get a free sticker and the wmd’s if you promise not to share…
Chief Records (Brooklyn) and Flamin Hotz (Philadelphia) enthusiastically present the first release of Brooklyn’s crunk-punk duo Ninjasonik. Individually, DJ TeenWolf and DJ Rev McFly have been champions of New York City’s Lower East Side nightclub parties for years and years Now partnered as Ninjasonik, they bring a whole new type of hyphy to the dance floor. Part hip hop, part electronic, all punk, Ninjasonik is the latest and most exciting baby of the Brooklyn DIY scene. You already know!
Check the Tracklist:
Side A
A1. With the K, Not the C
A2. Tight Pants
A3. Holla for a Dolla
A4. Internet Bitch
Side B
B1. Tight Pants (Rap remix feat Telli Gramz)
B2. Tight Pants (Elsewhere’s Silence of the Jamz remix)
B3. Internet Bitch (Pharoah’s 4×4 on the Floor mix) (this my jam right here)
B4. Bastardmore (Ninjasonik refix)
This is what TTL had to say about all this…
“Oh no, he didn’t.” “Dude is taking it there.” “Oh my Gaaawd.” “That’s fucking awesome!” “That sucks.” Whatever you wanna say, Rev. McFly’s first single on Flamin’ Hotz as Ninja Sonik definitely knows how to get people buzzin’. The EP is a mixture of electro/rave/Bmore coming straight from NY. The scene for this shit is some real durt-ass parties (used to see dude floating around the earliest Trouble & Bass sessions) where all the hipsters, rock heads, and freaks jam out to hard pumping tracks all night. Just click “Tight Pants(1)” to get an idea. The dude loves his dirty rocking club beats and to yell out Lil Jon inspired phrases like “Whaat n*gga!!!” and “I’m a tight pants wearin’ ass n*gga!” Like I said, real dirt talk. The raps by Telli Gramz make it complete. Also check out the drier original version(2) and the electro/rave sound of “Elsewhere’s Silence Of The Jamz Remix(3).” The shit is straight cray! There’s also the “King Of The Internet” jam, called “Internet Bitch(4) - Pharoah’s 4X4 On The Floor Mix.” It’s got samples for all you net-kings over a jazzy old skool house sound. Also, check the surprise ending with the Bmore version of ODB’s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” called “Bastardmore - Ninjasonik Refix.” If nothing else works, at least you have a surefire banger you can rely on.
The CD with bonus tracks and other funness is out on Chief records and can be bought at Ninjasonik shows, online soon, and on emusic and all that goodness.. Cheif also has the tracks for download for all you instant gratification dudes.
Yeahhhhh
More records on the way…
1 commentNYC Tonight NINJASONIK TIGHTPANTS EP RELEASE PARTY
OHSHIT NEW YORK ITS OFFICAL TIGHT PANTS EP RELEASE PARTY TONIGHT.
I guess we should also mention that we teamed up with Ninjasonik for the Tight Pants Ep release full of pure hot bangers….
You should be able to buy it in a day or two from TTL. And maybe even from us on our own singles shop.
01 With The K, Not The C
02 Tight Pants
03 Holla For A Dolla
04 Internet Bitch
05 Tightpants Rap Remix feat. Telli Gramz
06 Tight Pants Elsewhere’s Silence of the Jamz Remix
07 Internet Bitch Pharoh’s 4×4 Remix
08 Bastardmore Ninjasonik Refix
NYC Thursday Greg Scruggs Djing at SOBS
HEY NYC…. The very excelent Gregzinho is going to be in NYC this week djing almost every song from the Big Hits From the Hill CD. Go check out Greg at SOBS with the Cumbia killers of Zizek and Oro11 (pronounced Oro Oche by the way) who will all be spinning.
Looks like a killer night… Greg promised to play all the tracks from the CD PANCADÃO DO MORRO and also to drop all new Baile Funk bangers.
Check out Gregs Blog Beat Dispora over here.
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