Cassiano - Favela Clash (a mix for your listening pleasure...)

Sorry folks. I've so busy with work this summer that I haven't even had time to update my blog. I've got so many mixes lining up just waiting for your ears... But to recompensate I promise now I'll start to post also baile funk tracks for you to download. I know ya'll need to fuel for your DJ sets and party warming home session. But first I'll start with a DJ mix that Cassiano from NYC based Nossa crew hit on my inbox. It's a nice mix full of blends and remixes. Baile funk flirting with fidget house. If you're around NYC, catch up Cassiano at the Favela Clash release party on 30th of August at Santos.

Cassiano: Favela Clash (Download from zShare)

Man Recordings Melt Festival Mix by DJ Beware

All you baile enthusiastics in Germany have a treat coming up, since on the 19th of July Man Recordings presents a special line-up at the Melt Festival. Crookers, Bonde Do Role, The Count & Sinden (live), Edu K, MC Gringo, Daniel Haaksman, Deize Tigrona, DJ Beware and Say Hooo! are hitting the same stage on the same evening. Dope shit I'd say, and so does the festival as it coins the whole around-the-world-dance-beats-thing under a term "global dope".

For us, who can't join the party in Germany, there's luckily some dope shit to have a privite party on our headphones. DJ Beware has prepared a special mix in honour of the forthcoming festival and it's superdooooope. I know a couple of cars that'll go BOOM..!

Man Recordings Melt festival Mix by DJ Beware

Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. DJ Edgar "Boxe vs. Axel F"
3. Veronica Costa vs. Switch vs. Fatboy Slim "Dece Glamourosa Champion Sound - Edu K Mashup"
4. Daniel Haaksman feat. SD Boys "Parolar De Veso"
5. Crookers "Il Brutto"
6. Mark Ronson "Valerie - Count + Sinden Mix vs. DJ Conhecido - Edu K Mashup"
7. Stereotyp feat. Edu K + Joyce Muniz "Jeçe Valadão - Rob B/Stereo MCs Edit"
8. Buraka Som Sistema "Yah - Count+Sinden Remix"
9. DJ Sandrinho "Yazoo Medley"
10. Crookers "Lollypop/Crookers "Sveglia - Oh Snap Remix"
11. DJ Beware + MC Gringo "Tamborzão Con Scratchy"
12. Skream "Midnight Request Line Remix - Scottie B Remix"
13. Deize Tigrona "Injeção"
14. Bonde Do Role "Marina Gasolina Remix Buraka Som Sistema Dub"
15. DJ Znobia "Dandale"

Blogroll!

There are so many DJs and music fans out there dropping tunes and info about baile funk stuff that for some time now I’ve been wanting to do a proper blogroll of what’s going on. So check out these and thanks for all the baile funk fans for keeping the scene alive!


Fat Planet

Stuart is a DJ running a weekly radio show called Fat Planet in Sydney, Australia. Besides this he’s been writing the exellent Fat Planet blog since 2003. It was selected earlier this year as the best blog for world music by Guardian UK and truly so Fat Planet keeps it coming on full range and delightfully drops also quite a lot of baile funk news in midst. Check out for example this recent post about Big Hits From The Hill: Recent Baile Funk Releases. And don’t forget his exellent podcast; Slang Tang!


Masala

Guillaume and J.P. are a pair of radio DJs from Montreal, Canada and besides hosting an exellent world music show at CISM, they write an exellent bi-lingual (french and english) blog, both called Masala. Both have a keen interest on baile funk and it’s featured regurarly on their blog. Check out these posts (Give Me More Of That Bateria & Masala To Go 7 - Bateria Com Funk) on Macumbinha rhythm from Guillaume’s last visit to Rio.


Mad Decent

Then there are of course Diplo and Paul Devro from Mad Decent that drop a couple of killer tracks every once in a while on their superb blog. Here’s some of the latest: Focki Focki & DJ Edgar. And don’t forget that Diplo’s producing an baile funk documentary called Favela On Blast with a brazilian film director Leandro HBL. It’s on post production right now, so should be out for the summer (hopefully), but I’ll give you more on that later...


Ghetto Bassquake

Vamanos is a DJ based in London and he’s got this Ghetto Bassquake blog where he keeps on dropping baile funk tunes every once in a while... Check out this one on Funketa, a mix of baile funk and Colombian champeta by Isa GT.


Kalleidosonic

Maga Bo is a DJ and a producer working on various styles of world music, but since he lives in Rio, he’s constantly doing also baile funk stuff. He has this Kalleidosonic blog on his Comando Digital project and it’s highlights include the video interviews with Daniel Haaksman and MC Gringo and reports about the Rio violence (Everyday Violence, Rio Body Count & What If This Was Your House?).


Beat Diaspora

Greg is a DJ and a university student writing Beat Diaspora blog that deals with a lot of baile funk issues. (often with a very critical point of view; Seleção do Gringo part1 & Stirring The Pot) But more importantly he’s been curating the release of the Flamin Hotz CD Pancadão do Morro: O Funk do Flamin Hotz, Já É? (Big Hits From the Hill: Flamin Hotz Funk, You Down?) labeled by Greg ”Fair Trade Funk”. Check out also this valid critisism on the Priobidão C.V. CD I also wrote about a while ago.


Otra Luna

Teemu is a finnish all around media worker currently working with the Fundação Dois Irmãos in Rochinha, Rio. His blog Otra Luna features also some baile funk posts every once in a while (Fresh Funk: the Bad, the Good, and the Ugly). Check out also this exellent post about Rio’s hip hop king, MV Bill.


Cabaret Eletrônico

Sabrina Fidalgo is a brazilian journalist living in Germany and currently doing an documentary about baile funk. Her blog Cabaret Eletrônico features also baile funk themes like this Sany Pitbull interview.


Man Recorder

Man Recordings chief Daniel Haaksman does also a blog with a lot of label related info and mish mash.


MC Gringo

And finally something from the lighter side: MC Gringo has a blog also, some funny stuff up there..!

Sany Pitbull mix at Radio Dadio

One of the baile funk enthusiastics in Switzerland, Raphallus Orgasmus, hooked me up with this Sany Pitbull exclusive mix he recorded for Radio Dadio when Sany was playing there in April. Unfortunately there's no playlist, but it's pure baile heatery!

DJ Cornelius - From Rio to Toa Payoh (a new mix from Singapore)

Baile Funk travels far... My friend Wan aka DJ Cornelius from Singapore (!) sent me this cool mix with a lotta baile funk tunes I've been feelin lately. I know DJ Edgar will be all amazed when I tell him next friday that his songs have made their way all the way to south-east Asia... (Even Europe is soooo far away for the carioca DJs.) Anyway, check the mix out, it's really good!



DJ Cornelius - From Rio to Toa Payoh

Tracklist:

01 DJ Sandrinho - Italiano Lento [Man Recordings]
02 DJ Sandrinho - Never B Alone We R Ur Friends Remix [Unreleased]
03 DJ Edgar - Pura Satisfação [Man Recordings]
04 Bonde Neurose - Melo De Michael Jackson [Unreleased]
05 MC Vanessinha - Gira [Unreleased]
06 M.I.A - Bucky Done Gun (DJ Marlboro Funk Carioca Remix) [XL Recordings]
07 Mekon Ft. Roxanne Shante - Yes Yes Yall (Sinden Baile Funk Remix) [PIAS/Wall Of Sound]
08 Kanye West - Stronger (Diplo Work Is Never Done Remix) [White]
09 DJ Edgar - Prostituto (Sweet Dreams) [Unreleased]
10 Dj Edgar - Desteny [Unreleased]
11 Bonde De Role - Solta O Frango [Domino Recordings]
12 DJ Sandrinho - Pumpere Up [Man Recordings]
13 DJ Edgar - Nirvana Funk [Unreleased]
14 M.I.A - Galangtion (Diplo Remix) [Unreleased]

Download from zShare:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/112856451678be21/

Next weekend, DJ Rideon in Prague and Brussels.

Greets from Vienna! Had a blast in Leopold, great parties! Pics soon come... Meanwhile don't forget to come and holler next weekend in Prague (when I'm playing alongside DJ Edgar) and in Brussels!

DJ Rideon - Big Dancin All Night Long (A new mix out!)

Aaawwww shieeeeet! Here we go again! DJ Rideon is going for an European Tour 2-17.5. and to celebrate that here's something to get warm with for all my peeps around the world. A super mix with 55 minutes of baltimore club, baile funk, dirty fidget house and a whole lotta huge remixes and blends!

Also big up to Cosmo Baker & DJ Eleven from The Rub, Paul Devro from Mad Decent, Sir Nenis & DJ Fiskars from the Top Billin Crew, Cocotaxi from Stockholm, Joyce Muniz, Sany Pitbull and all who contributed a shout for the mix!

DJ Rideon - Big Dancin All Night Long

The Whitest Boy Alive: Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
King Tutt: The Future
DJ Class: Tear Da Club Up (Ruff Ryders)
KW Griff: Chris Rock Joint
Kanye West, A-Trak, & Diplo: Stronger Is Never Over (Them Jeans Remix)
Movado & Busy Signal: Inna Badman Rave (Polarsoul Blend)
Emynd: A Bit Patchy Club Theme
Enur feat Natasja: Calabria 2007 (DiscoTech Remix)
DJ Serafin: It Takes B-More
Sany Pitbull: Macumbinha 2
Sany Pitbull: Aquecimento do Pontinho
DJ Alex MPC feat. Gaiola Das Popozudas & Os Ousados: Passinho de Ladinho
MC Buiú: Ela Balança Mais Não Para (DJ Dennis Remix)
Bonde da Oskley: Batucada Funk
Bounce Camp: Big Dancin
Cassidy feat Swizz Beatz: My Drink N’ My 2 Step (Pimp The System remix)
Teddybears feat. Mad Cobra: Cobrastyle (Diplo Remix)
Sharkslayer: Bad Ding
Count Of Monte Cristal: Dibby DJ
Sany Pitbull: Pump That P
Yelle: Je Veux Te Voir (Cocotaxi remix)
Jacknife Lee: Making Me Money (Switch Remix)
AC/DC: Thunderstruck (Crookers Remix)
Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse: Valerie (Count Of Monte Cristal Remix)
Lionel Richie: All Night Long (Rico Tubbs Remix)

Click here to download

Or get it from the Ghetto 808 podcast:
http://ghetto808.podomatic.com/

And here are the sleeves for your iPods:


And the dates fot the DJ Rideon European Tour May 2008:

25.4. Top Billin w/ Paul Devro (Mad Decent), Sir Nenis, DJ Anonymous & DJ Rideon @ Redrum, Helsinki, Finland

2.5. Joyce Muniz (Man Recodings), D. Schaerf & DJ Rideon @ Salon Leopold, Vienna, Austria

3.5. Joyce Muniz (Man Recodings) & DJ Rideon @ Cafe Leopold, Vienna, Austria

9.5. Dutty Weekend w/ DJ Edgar (BRA), Tuco & DJ Rideon @ Bordo, Prague, Chech Republic

10.5. Low Up w/ Dave Luxe, DJ Mellow & DJ Rideon @ Momo’s, Brussels, Belgium

16.5. DJ Rideon @ Sunrooms, Southend-On-Sea, England

Come and holla if you're around!

Rio Baile Funk Breaks - The video

Some time ago I wrote about this magnificent Rio Baile Funk Breaks release on Man Recordings. Well, now we've got DJ Beware and DJ Rockid showing what you can do with it. Essential - Don't miss!

Sany Pitbull & DJ Rideon in Tallinn, Estonia - Party photos & some video

Two weeks ago we were playing in Tallinn, Estonia with Sany Pitbull at a party called Bassikultuur (Bass Culture) hosted by top notch estonian DJs Alari Orav and San Antonio. I have to tell you the vibe was soooo great. Bangers after bangers and the crowd dancing and jumping like crazy! The party was almost as good as in Helsinki. So big up Alari and Anton!

First it's DJ Rideon hyping up the crowd:

Wooo-Hoooooooo!!! (Alari on the left...)
Setting the dancefloor on fire...
Takin'em up. (Only girls on the front row... lucky me!)
Time to switch:
Sany will rock you!
The guy's like diggin it!
Louder, better, faster, stonger!
The Maestro:
Crazy!
MPC tryout...
DJ Rideon & Sany Pitbull: Thanks Tallinn!

Also and extra special thanks to Laur Laanemaa, who took the photos! You can see more photos at the website of DJ San Antonio...

And the video by San Antonio:

Proibidão C.V.

For some time now, I've been meaning to write about this Proibidão C.V. CD that came out on Sublime Frequencies. But I kinda have lacked words as the whole record and it's existance make me frustrated. However, now my exellent fellow blogger Stuart at Fat Planet and MC Gringo on his blog summed up some of my feelings, so take a read...