Secousse This Friday

Posted Mar 2 2009 by in Uncategorized with 0 Comments


Secousse
‘Special Wormfood edition’

Secousse just gets better every month. This Friday its back to its African roots at Notting Hill Arts club with
3 live acts !!!

LIVE
The Worm
Afrik Bawantu
The Zambezi Experience

DJs
Secousse team : Radioclit, A.J. Holmes & myself
Bunton from The Zambezi Expreience
Wormfood DJs

Wormfood made a name for themselves with their ram-jam Dalston parties, their Valley of the Antics area at Secret Garden Party and their own Antic Banquet festival. They will be present behind the decks as well as on stage with their band The Worm and are also invinting their friends Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu for a 12 piece live performance. Also appearing, The Zambezi Experience, who smashed it so hard at Secousse we had to invite them for a second time. Their leader Bunton will also play a few of their favorite jams after.

Get there early to avoid the Tropical Traffic Blocking!!!!!!!!

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Caarniiivaaaaal

Posted Feb 23 2009 by in Brazil with 8 Comments

The grey grey skies of England make me want to be in Brazil this week. Wouldn’t even mind if it rained. Anyway…Caarrrrnivvaalll post.

Brooklyn’s very own baile funk princess, Zuzuka smashes up SOBs in NY with Cabide DJ and the Vigarista crew. Heavy, raw funk carioca the way the lord intended.

Can someone remind me of the nasty 80s sax sample in this ???

Cabide DJ – Tira Onda Montagem Tipo Colombia

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Tecno Brega is cheesy techno from Para in Northern Brazil – Sound System clashing Amazon Rave. It’s self sustained pirate economy is a pretty cool business model for these emerging genres working outside of the traditional national music industries. The BBC (!) investigates.

“What is going on is that people, sometimes in very poor areas, are appropriating electronic instruments like computers and synthesizers to create their own music,” says Ronaldo Lemos, a professor at the respected Getulio Vargas Foundation.

“So this is a phenomenon that is going on not only in the tecnobrega scene but with many scenes around the world like Kuduro in Angola, Kwaito in South Africa, Bubblin’ in Suriname.”

Tecno Brega is now a multi-million dollar music industry. With their music selling well in the street markets and a huge hit in the sound system parties, the artists can also go on to organise their own shows and earn their own profits.”

And here’s the first part of a great little documentary, ‘Good Copy, Bad Copy’, on Tecno Brega.

Part 2

And for the real jungle sound check Rio’s Soundgoods crazy Tecno Brega mixtape here

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And finally a pic of some dudes with blue noses at Barranquilla carnival, Colombia.

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Monday’s Cumbia Oscar goes to ..

Posted Feb 23 2009 by in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Sonido del Principe from Holland who has been making some sick cumbias recently. He’s just upped his own game with this cumbass monster.

And he’s got a great new blog throwing up all kinds of tropical stuff your gonna like…Generation Bass.

Sonido del Principe – Shake It

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Spanish Africa

Posted Feb 22 2009 by in Equitorial Guinea with 3 Comments


Afrika-Escucha tu Interior

This track stood out as my favorite on the Gym Riddim, by Germans Kingstone Sound. It’s a pretty track with a great vocal, but what really got me was the intro that shouted out Guinea Equatorial. I don’t know who Afrika is, I’ve looked, but the name is a hard one to Google. The first time I listened I must have missed the intro so I was expecting someone from the Spanish speaking Caribbean, but BIG UP Guinea Equatorial!

When I mention this Spanish speaking sub-Saharan African country, a lot folks at least stateside are surprised that Spain had a colonial influence in that part of the world. Why don’t we hear more about Guinea Equatorial? They’ve had their moments of shine, but it’s not often you hear about one of Africa’s smallest countries.

This track by las Hijas del Sol is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Hijas del Sol-Tirso de Molina

Guinea Equatorial representa!

Update: Afrika’s Myspace,
(Gracias a The Original Bandolero)

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Caan You Feeeel It??

Posted Feb 19 2009 by in Africa, Caribbean Islands with 1 Comment
The official map of House Music Density per square centimeter in Southern Africa.

Angola and Mozambique have got me goin crazy. ESH has inspired me to submit my entry in the Global House mix category:

Afrocan House Mix-Chief Boima

Come listen to it tonight (Thursday) at Otis Lounge in San Francisco. Info here + Ramblings

Tracklisting:

1. Fuego-Dejalo Caer
2. Dj Furreta-Minha Mangole
3. Unathi-U R Devine
4. DJ Damost-Wa Ku Kuluka feat. Mr. Dino
5. DJ Jesus-The Thanks
6. Bob Sinclair-The Love Generation
7. Dj Furreta-Ola La Yeah
8. Dj Joca-Djokidos
9. Dj Cleo-Gabz to Mbabane w/Brickz
10. Black Runner-Pump It Up
11. Magic System-Zouglou Dance
12. Dj Killer-Revolucionário
13. Murder Cat-Blam Blam
14. Enur-Calabria Riddim
15. Ding Dong-Go Away
16. ?-?
17. Goapele-Closer (Remix)

My biggest excitement is the regional similarities. A bunch of tracks are from Southern Africa: Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, and not included, but don’t forget Botswana. Also, as evidenced by the start and end of the set, house is big in Latin America and the Caribbean.

I added a little Bay Area pride at the end. (But still reppin South Africa!)

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‘Ave It

Posted Feb 18 2009 by in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Multiple Gunfingers for Ghetto Bassquake’s very own Bass soldiers Vida & Andy (especially for enduring hours of enforced Donk raving) on their heavy new documentary on the Northern UK’s Donk scene. You can watch all 5 films over at VBS TV. Here’s the last episode.

Now go get some Caribbean Donk.

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Vamanos @ Muevete Sat 21st

Posted Feb 16 2009 by in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Catch me at a NewNewNew night this Saturday at Notting Hill Arts Club. Tropical Rave Business. Expect a full pelt Latino Bass Attack and some seasonal Carnival wining carribean heaters. I’ll be dropping a few mambotronix jams like this.

Moreno Negron – Chichorizo

Doing it live on Dominican TV.

Also appearing are Movimientos’s Head Honcho resident Cal Jader and the Digame DJs dropping Colombian Heat. Who needs the beach and sun?

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Smile. More.

Posted Feb 16 2009 by in Cuba, Germany with 2 Comments


Our Black forrest buds (ok Munich), schlachthofbronx, who are on FIRE, drop another banger. A sweet but deadly remix of Cuban rappers Madera Limpia.

Madera Limpia – la Lenta (schlachthofbronx remix)

Both DJ/ Rupture and myself played lots of their songs at the excellent Audio Poverty last week in Berlin. Really, Really loudly. A lot of fun. Big shout out to Ekki, Björn & Marcus.

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Nice an Fierce

Posted Feb 15 2009 by in Uncategorized with 0 Comments


The bassline on the first track off Paleface’s Rinse Cd Mix nearly gave me an internal nervous breakdown.

Ill Mana – Shut Ya Mouth

I posted his Pay As You Go ‘Know We’ remix back then.

Buy the cd here.

He is playing some dates in Dubai. Bassline in Dubai!!

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Valentino for the City

Posted Feb 14 2009 by in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Abdel Aziz El Mubarak is Sudan’s Bryan Ferry and he apparently has a fondness for spangly jackets. His love songs are songs of the city. This is from the early 70s. The sleeve notes say “Reggae has influenced the rhythmic content of the music and the distinctive stamp of Sudan leaves musical images of Kingston and Brixton definitely in the background”.

Abdel Aziz El Mubarak – Ah’laa Jarah

“The whole universe became engulfed with happiness and the night became illuminated. Existence appeared to be a very beautiful scene, because when you walked it seems as a rhythm”

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