DJ Rideon - This My Shit (Free Download!)

To celebrate Rio Baile Funk's 1st anniversary and the 50th post, I've got a present for you, my dear readers:

DJ Rideon - This My Shit

Listen/download:
http://soundcloud.com/rideon/this-my-shit

This My Shit by Rideon


And here's the cover art for your iPods:

Some people have been asking also for the "DJ Rideon - Fuck Me Baby" track that was featured on the Top Billin EP. The vinyl has already been sold out, but now it's also available for digital download at the Top Billin Shop, Turntablelab, Juno Download or Gigacrate.

Sany Pitbull in Helsinki (photos).

Yeah, so last friday we had a very special night with Sany Pitbull... and I have to tell you it was a CRAZY party! The venue, Redrum, fits about 500 people in and we had 650 during the whole night. The dancefloor was absolutely packed and people were just jumping and shouting. And you should have seen those jaws droppin when Sany started banging his MPC... Total madness! A friend of mine, Riina, from the dancehall scene commented that she had never heard such bass in Finland and that she didn't even know that Redrum's speakers can hold that much bass. (they sure can!) "You could feel it outside, you could feel it in the toilets and you could FEEL IT on the dancefloor."

Even Sany himself told me that it was "The best party I've ever played in Europe." Hell yeah! So thanks to Sany and the whole Kovalevy crew and of course everybody at the audience. A night to remember!

And check out the photos by Tuomo Lampinen:

On this last photo the whole crew from left to right: J-Laini, Rideon, Fiskars, Anonymous & Sany Pitbull.

Heads up DJs, don't miss the Rio Baile Funk Breaks!

While in Berlin last week, Mr. Haaksman from Man Recordings provided me with the brand new Rio Baile Funk Breaks vinyl and after listening to it at home I can't do anything but highly recommend this one to every DJ and producer interested in baile funk! Specially designed for turntablists with lock grooves and skipless beats it's a perfect tool for battle DJs and what most important for all home (and professional) producers there's finally a vital source for those baile funk samples and loops I know you all desire (and with GOOD sound quality!). From "tamborzão" to "Volt Mix" it's all here. The shit is compiled by DJ Sandrinho, Daniel Haaksman and the Vienna based turntablist champion DJ Beware and out now. The edition is very limited so get yours before it runs out...


And as I know this will inspire a whole lot of producers try on baile funk remixes and mashups I wanna announce a baile funk remix competition. So send your baile funk remixes for me at timo.santala(at)gmail.com and at the end of May I'll publish the 5 best on the blog!

DJ Sany Pitbull live 7.3. @ Fabric, London

Oh, check out this youtube-clip from Sany's gig at Fabric last friday. The MPC-recycling of Justice vs. Simian's "We Are Your Friends" begins after about 1 minute. And that's Sinden by his side diggin the set...



And Helsinki is on fire tonight!

Sany Pitbull touring in Europe - Don't miss!

As you people in London and Copenhagen propably already know Sany Pitbull is in Europe again. And this time I'm really happy that I managed to invite him to play in Helsinki also!

Ghetto 808 is having a special night together with Helsinki's finest hip-hop club night, Kovalevy, and we're bringing Sany over – he's gonna be the first brazilian baile funk DJ performing in Helsinki. And as (alongside myself aka DJ Rideon) we have also pretty much the best DJs in the whole town gathered together the party is gonna be blazing red hot right from the beginning!



DJ Anonymous is a great guy who's runs Helsinki's best record store Lifesaver. He's roots are in hip-hop, but he's so versatile it's unbelievable... He's propably the most respected DJ in Helsinki and also runs a great blog with quality tunes.

DJ Fiskars is an old pal of mine – we used to organize Bustin Loose! night together way back... He's been voted as Finland's best DJ 2006 and I just gotta agree, he's absolutely amazing on the decks! He's also one of the Top Billin peeps.

DJ J-Laini is also know from the hip-hop group Kemmuru. In my opinion he's one of Helsinki's best scratch DJs and at last Top Billin party he just blew the roof off my house with his bassline/speedgarage set...

So don't miss if you're around!

And he are also the other gigs Sany is gonna play while here...


Also check this mix out if you haven't heard it yet:

Sany Pitbull : Future Funk Express

Tracklist:

1. FUNK ALEMÃO – Sany Pitbull (Carioca Funk Clube)
2. ARABIA – Sany Pitbull (Carioca Funk Clube)
3. TIROTEIO - Sany Pitbull
4. MONOTOM rmx - Sany Pitbull
5. REBOLA O RESBOLAH – Comunidade Ninjitsu
6. Madonna HANG UP rmx - Sany Pitbull
7. MEXICANO - Sany Pitbull (Carioca Funk Clube)
8. FAROESTE - Sany Pitbull (Carioca Funk Clube)
9. Afrika Bambaata BE MORE SHAKE rmx – Marcos Carnaval e dj Mavi (Tommy Boy)
10. Edu K part. Deize Tigrona SEX-O-MATIC rmx –Sany Pitbull e dj Mavi (Man Recordings)
11. HALLOWEEN rmx – Sany Pitbull
12. TRIBOS – Sany Pitbull e Dedé dj (Carioca Funk Clube)
13. ROCK TAMBORZÃO com Cissa Milay – Sany Pitbull (Carioca Funk Clube)
14. BATUQUEIRO – Sany Pitbull (Carioca Funk Clube)

Dj Rideon in Berlin 7-11.3.

Berlin massive attento cause DJ Rideon is coming to town! This just came in in; last minute and surprise visit: I'm gonna be doing and special guest starring at Royal Funkaround's baile funk and kuduro party at Yaam. Holla there is you're around!

DJ Edgar – Coming with a full blast!

DJ Edgar is one of those persons you just have to like when you meet him: He's a bit like a gentle giant. The man's been DJing for 17 years now, played with the equipe of Furacão 2000, backed up the duo William & Duda (Duda do Borel nowadays) in the 90's, after that worked with MC Mascot and the duo Gorila e Preto, and for quite a while backed up Mr. Catra, toured with him and did most of the production for his albums.

Anyway, now he's going solo and planning an European tour for May. If you're interested in booking him contact Johan von Friedrichs.

His EP in Baile Funk Masters series has been out already half a year, but if you're not yet familiar with his stuff, do it now. His remix of Léo Canhoto's and Robertinho's "Chumbo Quente" is sure a hot gun blaze!

Also Edgar just posted me some goodies, I'm sure you'll also like! First check out this youtube clip where he's playing live MPC.



The second one is brand new with his new toy, MPC 500...



And here's an exellent 22 min mix he just did:

DJ Edgar Mix Tape 2008 (download from 4shared)

Tracklist:

01. Samba com Funk (DJ Edgar)
02. Coracao do Funk (DJ Edgar)
03. Super Samuel (DJ Edgar)
04. Pura Satisfacao (DJ Edgar)
05. Prostituto, o sonho delas (with sweet dreams) (DJ Edgar)
06. Nirvana 'Funk" in concert (DJ Edgar)
07. Be goes on (DJ Edgar)
08. Capoeira neurotica (DJ Edgar)
09. Funk-Ta tranquilo vs Racionais-Funk (DJ Edgar)
10. Gaguinho (DJ Edgar)
11. Gaiteiro Inch(DJ Edgar)
12. Chumbo quente(DJ Edgar)
13. Take this out (DJ Edgar - PsyFunkCarioca Project)
14. Don't touch the dial (DJ Edgar - PsyFunkCarioca Project)

And what's the best, Edgar has a brand new website out and as a gift he's giving out mp3's of pretty much all the tracks featured above (on the right corner there's a "download music" section! Valeu Edgar!

DJ Rideon - RaveRaveRaveYeahYeahYeah

Oh yeah, new mix is out again!

This time it's straight up mix for the dancefloor: only party tunes, with a lot of house; dirty, bouncy, bass-heavy house; rave synths, mad basslines, killer vocals, wicked samples, weird sounds. And then some speed garage, bassline, and dubstep vibes towards the end. So turn on, tune in, drop out and rave like you've never raved before!

If you dig the shit, please leave a comment. Also, DJ Rideon is going on an european tour 2-20.5, so if you wanna book me for your club or venue, or know someone who could or should, holla back at timo.santala(at)gmail.com

DJ Rideon: RaveRaveRaveYeahYeahYeah

Tracklist:

Yello: Oh Yeah (dance mix)
Armand Van Helden: I Want Your Soul (Crookers remix)
Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler (Jesse Rose remix)
Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler (Armand Van Helden remix)
Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal: Beeper
Rex The Dog: Circulate
Radioclit: Divine Gosa (Switch remix)
Hostage: Rave Rave Rave (DJ Donna Summer Rave Maximizer edit)
Crookers: Discommunication
Leonard de Leonard: Elephantizer (Facteur remix)
Hostage: Gluttony (Felix Cartal remix)
Crookers: Way We Are
Hervé: Cheap Thrills
Ocelot: Lo Sforzo (Gaetan remix)
Boys Noize: My Head (Para One remix)
Top Billin: Dodge
A1 Bassline: It’s Alot
T2: Heartbroken (extended mix)
Burial: Raver

Click here to download


And here are the links for the podcast:

RSS-feed:
http://ghetto808.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Hotlink to the podcast:

http://ghetto808.podomatic.com/

And the sleeves for your iPods:

And next friday (15.2.) I host the Ghetto 808 again at Kuudes Linja, Helsinki. Great party coming up with Luomo live and co-djing with me Lil' Tony, one of the true Helsinki club scene pioneers. So holla back if you're around the Helsinki area and hook up at facebook!

Os Ousados - Damn these guys dance!

I've got the youtube fever on, so I have to share some of my favourites with you...

Os Ousados must be the coolest male group of baile funk (along Os Hawaianos maybe). I mean, shit, when these guys get their dance moves on, it's like something totally crazy! Just check out these:

The first one is from the Tsunami 2 DVD of Furacão 2000.



Here they do some of their 2006 hit songs on the tv show Caldeirão do Huck.



Something of their huge popularity tells also this short clip, where one of the dancers, Sandrinho, is swallowed by the crowd full of girls, and the others desperately try to pull him out... ”They fingered me!” is what he says, when they finally get him up.

Mc Créu - Dança do Créu

Shit, I pretty much hate this song but I have to bring it on, because this live video puts together something essential of brazilian culture and baile funk...

"Dança Do Créu" by MC Créu must be the most silly, stupid and irritating baile funk song ever, and maybe because of that, it's popular as fuck at the moment in Rio. Check out this video out of Furacão 2000's Tsunami 2 DVD where MC Créu goes off. The whole song is practically about 5 stages of shaking it faster and faster. On the second half of the clip he calls in the girls and that's where you see what they mean with popozuda (=a girl with a big ass) and what's the whole dancing scene like in Rio. And as we non-brazilians also note, the brazilian idea of a good looking ass, differs by some 30cm at least...