As some of you might know I'm part of a DJ crew called Boom Shakalaka here in Helsinki, Finland. This summer is gonna be big for us as things are moving forward on many fronts.
When we do remixes we've always searched samples from african, brazilian and other latin american sources trying to dig deep into other cultures. But then we started wondering why don't we ever dig to our own roots and own musical culture. And as a result we started experiementing with old finnish folk and accordeon samples and updating them with modern club beats and sooner then we realised we had crazy music originating from finnish traditional music. It sounds totally new, so we named the genre Baltik Bass (as of coming from the countries around Baltic Sea). We've got several cool tracks and remixes and they're gonna be compiled on Boom Shakalaka presents Baltik Bass vol.1 EP that's gonna be out on Maasto Records during this summer.
As a first official promo, here's a track by DJ Emil.
Boom Shakalaka is worth following also on facebook, soundcloud, mixcloud and twitter for new remixes, releases and mixes will be dropping during the summer.
And Boom Shakalaka has also a brand new blog out where we post tunes we like from around the world; reggae, dancehall, soca, reggaeton, cumbia, baile funk, kuduro, kwaito, bongo flava, bhangra, desi, balkan beats, you name it – you got it! www.boomshakalaka.fi
We've also got a whole summer of parties coming up and the opening of the Boom Shakalaka summer club is thursday 10.6.2010 at Kuudes Linja, Helsinki, Finland. So if you finnish peeps are around, come holla for free punch, clothes give-aways and hot tropical music from around the world. More info from the facebook event.
DJ Svengali made a special Boom Shakalaka mix for the summer with nuff reggae, dancehall, cumbia, balkan and tropical vibes.
Lady N - Hey Massive Los Telez - Yo Soy Tu Maestro Sabo & Cassady - Kuff Kumbia Sekreto - Gota(El Hijo De La Cumbia Remix) Lember Hussainpuri - Saukhi Ni Kammai Shava ft. King Gurcharan Mall - Päälliköt on voittamattomii Deux Vultures - Mona Lisa (Homeboyz Club Edit) Daddy V - Mahooks Dully Sykes - Shikide Ward 21 ft. Snoop Dogg - The Power (Luke Rich Remix) Ward 21 - Pretty Gal Mr. Lexx - Dem A Pree Point O - Everyday Sunny Brown ft. Lomaticc, Baba Kahn, Blizz & Rochester - Bombay Bo (Bootleg Remix) Anu Malik - I Was Made For Loving You Afrodisiac Sound System - Another One Bites The Dust Forty Thieves Orkestar - Balkan Babylon Balkan Beat Box - Digital Monkey (Soulico Remix) Shazalakazoo - Chocheque (dunkelbunt) & Cloud Tissa - Kebab Connection (Club Edit) Mahala Rai Banda - Tu Romnie Feel Good Productions - Dancing In Draut Caravan Palace - Jolie Coquine Mitsoura - Lei Toi Major Lazer - Jum pUp (Genghis Clan Vs Riva Starr Mambo Jumbo Remix) Major Lazer vs. Harold Faltermeyer - Pon De Foley (Ludachrist Remix) David Guetta ft. Akon - Sexy Bitch (Royal K’s Mighty Refix) Markku Lepistö vs. DJ Svengali - Hermannin Polkka (Boom Shakalaka Baltik Bass Remix) Soul Captain Band - Liikkuvat luut Ziveli Orkestar - Da Zna Zna (DJ Tagada Remix) Shazalakazoo - Ajde KMC - Am Not Drunk (DJ Emil Boom Shakalaka Remix) SIG - Älä Sinä Huoli Apache Indian - Boom Shack-A-Lack
The baile funk producers in Rio love all kinds of horror samples to create an intense atmosphere in the favela bailes. The western producers on the other hand usually tend to concentrat on the more percussive side of baile funk that prevails in Rio nowadays. However Bumps from the UK has picked up the terror na baile mood for his remix of MC Marcelly's Bonde Das Prostitutas and actually this one sounds a lot like some tunes in Rio 2004/2005. Sometimes you need a foreigner to take it back to the old school... (though I feel other vocals would suit the atmosphere of the track better)
This can probably happen only in a Brazil; Mulher Melancia (Watermelon Woman), the dancer with an enourmous ass who became famous of performing all 5 speeds of Dança do Créu on MC Créu's stage shows is actually become a bigger star than Créu himself. While the MC with the 2007/2008 biggest hit hasn't been able to follow up the success, Mulher Melancia (Andressa Soares is her real name by the way) is constantly gaining new admirerers of her "skills".
Oh yeah, we smashed it, we killed it with DJ Babydoll and The Rumble exploded! The maddest, craziest party ever. The people we're really down on it, from the cartboard space invader dropping from the ceiling to the gals climbing up on the walls. Gotta love The Rumble, the crowd gives such a massive response immediately when they digg a tune! I mean, hands in the air like WTF! I can't remember sweating so much in a loooong time... Special shout out to Gnucci Banana for gettin pon the stage to sing Ayoba live with me.
But this time it's a very special end party with DJ Ayres from The Rub and at least half of Malmö is gonna be there, so I can't even imagine how crazy the party is gonna end up. I'm also extremely proud to be able to be there for the party as this night will be something to be remembered! Facebook event here.
Copenhagen get ready! Tonight I'm playing at the Tropical Bass in the basement of the Rust with the cumbia and baile funk enthusiast DJ Copyflex. Facebook event here.
Leo Justi is a curious case; A son of a oboe/piano musican, back ground in rock bands and musical taste as varied as can be. A carioca from out side of the baile funk scene and maybe just because of that producing some of the most interesting baile funk influenced remixes I've come across for a while. Check out this Dunno Riddim for example; baile, bmore and other drum loops nicely twisted and turned into a future Ninja Tune type of riddim that works both for brain and feet. Download from 4Shared.
Wow, the Tape Slick & Sticky party in Delft was pretty damn wild: First the lights go off at midnight just when the party's kicking off. There's a city wide black out and the whole town is out of electricity. It goes on for two hours, almost everybody leaves and just when we're resolving that the party has died and it won't come back, the lights suddenly come back and people come rushing in from all over, the party goes off the hook and people go crazy on booty bass, ghetto tech and 160bpm soca. But what the hell, the pics say more than 1000 words.
So yeah, the tape was everywhere and it looked pretty damn mad. The rest of the pics you can check out at facebook. I thought it would have hurt more to get it off my face and head, but luckily I had sweated so much it came off pretty easy...
The next DJ Rideon gig is gonna be at an amazing small club in a small town of Delft in Holland. The place is called Ciccionina and the last time I was playing there a year ago the party got pretty out of hands in a good way. Loads of ghetto tech and sweating...
This time I reckon it's gonna get even more out of hands as it's the third of their special parties called Tape Slick And Sticky. The dresscode is colorful duct tape and as you can see from the photos of the last parties, it looks dumb ass FUN. I seriously CAN'T WAIT to play there!
Oh, and the facebook event is here. Saturday 22.5.2010 it is.
It's so nice that some brazilian DJs have also picked up the habit of doing longer mixtapes. Earlier on Sany Pitbull and Edgar have consentrated on doing showcase mixes of their own material, but this time Sany comes with an exellent cross section of what's going on in baile funk on 2010 – and to be more precise, what's going on the original favela side of Rio's baile funk.
01. Sany Pitbull - Beat Intro 02. MC Mascote - Cadeia 03. MC Crazy - Pra Defender Minha Favela 04. Priscila Noscetti - Já Estou Sarada 05. MC Lano - Respeito Não Se Compra 06. Marcelle & Koringa - No Calor da Madrugada 07. Cris Thuthuca - Aquecimento do Stereo Love 08. MC Romeu - A Te Esperar 09. MC Marechal feat. Matheus - Sangue Bom 10. MC Sabrina - Super Poderosa 11. Naldo - Chantily 12. Nayara - Passinho das Solteiras 13. Menor do Chapa - Quem Traiu Vai Pagar 14. Anitta - Eu Vou Ficar 15. Nany & Jhonny - Vida Bandida 16. MC Sapão - Brincando com Fogo 17. MC Romou - Solidariedade 18. MC Suzy - Vem Ficar Comigo 19. Bonde da Oskley - Ela Desce Louca 20. Fagner Pinheiro - Demais 21. MC Jean Paul & Inimigos da HP - Hoje Tudo Pode
1. Intro 2. DJ Amazing Clay feat. MC Gus - Deixa o Tamborzao Tocar 3. João Brasil - Dig Minigame (The Beatles X Montagem Minigame) 4. Sujinho & Cassiano - Sweet Dreams 5. EDU K feat. Deize Tigrona - Sex-O-Matic (DJ Edgar Baile Funk Mix) 6. Mr. Catra - Roubo Da Motinha 7. Crookers feat. Kid Cudi - Embrace The Martian (Seiji Booty Remix) 8. The Count & Sinden feat. MC Thiaguinho - Tamborzuda 9. Schlachthofbronx feat. MC Leka - Sai Safarda 10. Buraka Som Sistema feat. Deize Tigrona - Aqui Para Voces 11. Genghis Clan feat. Mr. Catra - Gathina 12. EDU K - Mexe Mexe
Wow, the Cocoloco in Stockholm was truly loco: Serious soca madness there and baile funk also dropped like a bomb. A cool hands-in-the-air crowd and I lost my voice completely after shouting too much on the mic. Gals were really going off and damn, what can I say, this is the way parties should be... Some party pics here, the rest you can see in facebook. (specially like the last one, I mean that looks almost like the baile funk parties in Brazil, exept that these are both girls...)
DJ Rideon is on the road for a couple of gigs around Europe. First one is at the ever crazy Cocoloco in Stockholm, Sweden. It's hosted by Stockholm's finest remix duo Cocotaxi and for the party you might wanna checkout their brand new Isa GT remix. Pela'o with a serious ghettosoca vibe!
We'll continue tonight with massive caribbean + brazilian tunes. If you're around remember to tune in also at Metropol radio where I'll be guesting around 18.30 local time. And sure you can listen to it online also!
As you propably noticed this blog has been inactive for a long time now. I've been damn busy with other things and since it's been already four years since I've been to Rio the last time I've felt I couldn't offer interesting content from the Rio Baile Funk scene. Anyway, I'll still try to post interesting tracks, mixes and news when ever they come along my way.
But I've got also some good news for you: DJ Rideon is back in business. In May I'm gonna be going around Europe and DJing a couple of gigs in Sweden and Holland. In Helsinki it'll be a busy summer with Boom Shakalaka and We Love Helsinki nights.
All the latest news will come through facebook and twitter while from soundcloud you can download two of my old remixes: Fuck Me Baby & This My Shit. Also new tracks coming very briefly.
On mixcloud you can check out all the old mixes. As a bonus there one, Yummy Yummy Yummy, that hasn't been published outside Finland yet. And also there, new mixes coming up very shortly.
I'm also constantly on the look for new, interesting tracks to DJ at the parties, to play on our Boom Shakalaka radio show at Helsinki's finest, Bassoradio, and to blog about so if you produce tracks, remixes or whatever, please hit me with a promo (320kps mp3 or wav). You can send them for example on my soundcloud drop box.
