Rio Baile Funk

Boom Shakalaka releases, remixes, mixes and parties.

2010-06-08T22:55:00.006+03:00

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.

Dj Emil vs. Kiharakolmio - Riddim And Culture by Boom Shakalaka

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.

DJ Svengali - Boom Shakalaka Mix 2010 by Boom Shakalaka

Tracklist:

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

Download from Mediafire.

Remix Time: MC Marcelly - Bonde Das Prostitutas (Bumps Twilight In Rio Mix)

2010-06-02T12:00:00.000+03:00

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)

MC Marcelly-Bonde das Prostitutas (Bumps-Twilight In Rio Mix) by Bumps

Mulher Melancia vs. MC Créu

2010-05-27T15:21:00.010+03:00

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".

She launched her independent singing career in 2008 with Velocidade 6 just to top MC Créu and rose amongst the most wanted baile funk live acts in Brazil after posing naked on an extensive (64 pages!) photo shoot for Playboy Brazil in April 2008. Then Vice made a coverage of her in 2009 on their VBS TV in an episode entitled "The Biggest Ass In Brazil" and everything was set up for an international breakthough. Check out this clip of her in Paris.

And these are the both parts of the VBS episode.

And guess what comes after Velocidade 6? Well why, Velocidade 7 of course! And yes, I'll keep you posted when she'll reach the velocidade 8.

Party pics from The Rumble (Malmö, Sweden)

2010-05-23T14:22:00.010+03:00

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.

See the whole set of photos at facebook.

DJ Rideon playing at The Rumble in Malmö, Sweden

2010-05-22T08:00:00.004+03:00

Wow, what a massive party weekend!

Today it's the the last ever Rumble at Inkonst in Malmö. The Rumble is somewhat of a club institution in Scandinavia, running for almost five years with guests like Diplo, Buraka Som Sistema, David Rodigan, Bode do Role, Sinden, Simian Mobile Disco, DJ Funk, Crookers, A-Trak, Scottie B, Rusko, Skream and so many more. I was playing there in April 2009 and it has been one of my top5 gigs ever.

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.

DJ Rideon playing at the Tropical Bass in The Rust (Copenhagen, Denmark)

2010-05-21T10:35:00.004+03:00

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.

Remix Time: Leo Justi - Dunno Riddim (Kid Conga Remix Instrumental)

2010-05-18T18:00:00.001+03:00

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.

Leo Justi - Dunno Riddim (Kid Conga Remix Instrumental) by Leo Justi

Party pics from Tape - Slick & Sticky (Ciccionina, Delft, Holland)

2010-05-17T10:00:00.001+03:00

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...

DJ Funk vs So Hot It Hurts - Playboy Gotta Love (Rideon Mash-Up)

2010-05-14T01:00:00.000+03:00

No tricks, just a straight forward mash-up of DJ Funk's ghetto house anthem We Gotta Love and So Hot It Hurt's vocals from Top Billin's Playboy Anthem. For the original plus tons of other remixes peep at the Top Billin blog.

DJ Funk vs So Hot It Hurts - Playboy Gotta Love (Rideon Mash-Up) by Rideon

DJ Rideon at Tape Slick and Sticky in Delft

2010-05-13T15:00:00.003+03:00

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.

Sany Pitbull - Made in Favela vol.1

2010-05-12T21:38:00.004+03:00

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.

Sany Pitbull - Made in Favela vol.1

Tracklist:

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

Hat+Hoodie Favela Love Minimix

2010-05-12T14:37:00.005+03:00

If you missed this baile funk 22 min minimix by Hat+Hoodie go grab it from soundcloud while you still can.

Favela Love (Minimix) by Hat+Hoodie

Tracklist:

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

Photos from DJ Rideon at Cocoloco in Stockholm

2010-05-12T04:04:00.005+03:00

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 tonight at Cocoloco in Stockholm

2010-05-07T13:39:00.004+03:00

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!

Pela O (Cocotaxi Remix) by COCOTAXI

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!

Oh, and this new Cocotaxi minimix is also pure heatery!

DJ Rideon on facebook, twitter, soundcloud & mixcloud. (Free track downloads included)

2010-04-30T06:00:00.003+03:00

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.

And because of that you can find DJ Rideon now also at facebook, twitter, soundcloud and mixcloud. So follow, like, listen, download and all that.

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.

Send me your track

DJ Edgar live videos

2009-06-12T13:00:00.003+03:00

DJ Edgar has been touring Europe for almost a month now and he's been rocking great shows, at least judging the video material on youtube.

Liege, Belgium 6.5.2009

Brussels, Belgium 30.5.2009

A great baile funk "ad"

2009-06-10T22:35:00.004+03:00

Found this funny stop motion fake advertisment by Hardcoure. 100% orange juice and MPC toasts!

DJ Rideon Eurotour; the last gig in Stockholm (+ download Cocotaxi summer mix)

2009-05-22T06:00:00.002+03:00

The last gig of DJ Rideon's eurotour will be at the opening of Cocotaxi's new summer club, Get Rowdy. It will go down at Reisen today, friday 22.5 so come and holler if you're around.

Check out also the brilliant summer mix the Cocotaxi boys did:

Cocotaxi - Summermix

Tracklist:

Everybody on it (ft mz Streamz) - Aaron Lacrate & Debonair Samir
Mikey Rocks - the Cool Kids
Dream - Sean Paul & Stacious
Bambam (Senbai Remix) - Sister Nancy
Money to burn - Top Billin
Born to Role (Gasolina 87 Remix) - The 87 Stick up Kids
Subidon - Meneo
Chapa Quente - os Tchutchucos
Mont. Piano Organ Donor - DJ Sandrinho
Mesquita - Bonde do role
Jolene partybreak - Cocotaxi
B-more Forward - Count of Monte Cristal
I Took the Night (DJ Ayres Flatbeat Mix) - Chelley vs Mr Oizo
Number Advisory - DJ Tim Dolla
Kingstonlogic (Kovee Remix) - Terry Lynn
Bulgarian Chicks - Balkan Beatbox
Hold the Line - Major Lazer
Bombon Assesino (Oro11 Remix) - Daleduro
I Am - Albrosie

DJ Rideon Eurotour continues in Copenhagen (+ download Kartellen mix)

2009-05-20T06:00:00.000+03:00

DJ Rideon eurotour moves on and the next party will be tomorrow 21.5. in Copenhagen. The bar is Vega / Ideal bar and I'm gonna be playing at a special miami bass sub-club of thursday hip-hop institution Kontoret; the appropriately named Booty and The Beat.

I'll be playing together with one of the hottest DJs in Copenhagen/Malmö area: DJ San-One. And I think you should enjoy also the Kartellen-ladies april 2009 live mix she made together with DJ BabyDoll.

Download: Kartellen-ladies april 2009 live mix

Tracklist:

1. Lele – Breakfast
2. DJ Mujava – Township Funk
3. DJ Blaqstarr/Miami Jam Crew/Rye Rye – Pretty Girls/Shake It To The Ground
4. Diplo – Heater
5. DJ Ayres, Frank Ski – Whores In This House
6. Armand Van Helden – Zulu
7. Chromeo – Bonafied Luvin (Eli Escobar Rmx)
8. Top Billin – Big Dancing
9. Hoodfellas – Special Teams
10. Bambabounce – Punchemindaface
11. Scottie B – Niggaz Fightin
12. Kazey & Bulldog – Gunshot vs Terror Squad
13. Amphibious – What Happened?
14. DJ Rideon – Fuck Me Baby
15. Mr Vegas ft. Aaron Lacrate – Oh My Gosh
16. Scottie B & King Tutt – African Chant
17. Salt n Pepa vs Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Push It
18. Emynd & Bo Bliz - Get F´d Up (Gimme A Bottle)
19. Ralph Robles – Takin Over
20. DJ Spin, Fresh Kid Ice – Let Me See That Booty Droop
21. Spank Rock – B-O-O-T-A-Y
22. Buraka Som Sistema – Um Milhao

Remix time: Sabbo - Tamborzuda (download mp3)

2009-05-19T06:00:00.000+03:00

It's remix time!

So many great baile funk influenced remixes have come around in the past years that I decided to start sharing them with you.

Tamborzuda - Sabbo Remix (direct link)

First up is a groovy remix of Sinden+Count feat MC Thiaguinho's "Tamborzuda" done by DJ Sabbo from Israel. I've been playing this on pretty much all my gigs past few months and damn it works!
(it really is crazy how music moves around the world nowadays... here I am, a finnish DJ playing a remix by israeli DJ of an english track with brazilian vocals relaesed by a german label.)

Pics from DJ Rideon's gig at Funkeiro Riot in Nürnberg

2009-05-18T13:08:00.005+03:00

The Funkeiro Riot party in Nürnberg was great. I thought so much baile funk could never ne played outside of Brazil, but people were totally getting down to all the most percussive macumbinha stuff... Here are some photos (taken with a lomo camera!) from the party by Dirk Such aka millioncolours. You can see all the pics from the party at myspace.

+ here's one photo I took at the end of he night: There was a girl at the party who was dancing so much and got so hot she decided to cut her jeans and make shorts out of them. I mean at the middle of the party. How cool is that?

DJ Rideon Eurotour continues in Delft, Holland

2009-05-14T06:00:00.000+03:00

Tomorrow I'm gonna play in Holland, at Delft in a cool small club called Ciccionina. (Check out the amazing videos and photos from the funny TAPE parties they organize, it's such an amazing visual madness...)

DJ Rideon & Joyce Muniz – New promo pictures

2009-05-13T06:00:00.000+03:00

We found the coolest spot last friday in Vienna and took some crazy photos, so here are the new promo pictures of DJ Rideon and Joyce Muniz... (and no, it's all live, no photoshop)

Thanks Vienna!

2009-05-12T12:47:00.002+03:00

It was a super nice party at Leopold last friday. DJ Rideon approves! Thanks for partying with me and Joyce, we had a blast!

DJ Rideon Eurotour

2009-05-07T06:00:00.000+03:00

I'm going on a small Eurotour again; the first weekend includes friday at Vienna (Zona @ Café Leopold) with Joyce Muniz & DJ Phekt and saturday at Nürnberg (Funkeiro Riot @ Club Stereo) with Mr Moneybenny and Ulrich Vinyl.

Come and holla if you're around Vienna or Nürnberg this weekend!

DJ Rideon vs Collabo Queens vs The Rumble at Malmö

2009-05-06T06:00:00.000+03:00

Last month the lovely Collabo Queens invited me to play at what is most likely the best party in Sweden; The Rumble.

I had mad fun and the party was absolutely crazy! These pics tell only the half of the story...

More pics at Djungeltrumman and at Rumble's homepage. Photos by Maya Hultmann & Max Adoflsson.

Rideon - Heater (download the new mix)

2009-05-05T15:14:00.008+03:00

I made a special mix to promote the Boom Shakalaka club opening. What we like to do is to get down to dance music and beats from all over the globe, so here I've gathered 55 minutes of cumbia/latin/house/hiphop/dancehall/baile funk/kwaito/balkan/bhangra/ghetto/remix/mash-up/whatever... Enjoy and tell me what you like!

Rideon - Heater

Download

tracklist:
S.O.S.: Colegiala Dub
Samim: Heater (Robidog Remix)
Samim vs Pitbull: Hot Chico (Jonas Arbsjö RDS Bump)
Juan Magan & Marcos Rodriguez: Bora Bora (Extended Version)
DJ Cleo: Do It Again
Degree: Goodoye (Remix)
Sizzla: I’m With The Girls (DJ ABCDEFG Remix)
[Dunkelbunt] feat. Fanfare Ciocarlia & RAF MC: The Chocolate Butterfly (Club Mix)
Jesse Rose: Touch My Horn
South Rakkas Crew: Mad Again (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
DJ Dennis: Aquecimento (DJ Rideon Edit)
Turbo Trio feat. Deise Tigrona, Bonde Do Role & DJ Chernobyl: Ela Tá Na Festa
DJ Mujava: Township Funk (DJ Rob 3 Remix)
Tigerstyle feat. Vybz Kartel, Nikitta & Mangi Mahal: Balle! Shava! (Sinden Remix)
Toddla T: Inna Di Dancehall (Count Of Monte Cristal & Sinden Remix)
Sir Nenis & Marked Man: Get Movin
Bonde Do Role: Trapstar (Bonde Do Role’s Tobaco Jeezy Remix)
Kid Cudi: Day’n’Nite (Crookers Remix)
Cajmere vs Eurythmics: Sweet Percolator (John Farrugio Mash-Up)
Balkan Beat Box: Bulgarian Chicks
DJ Deeon: Everyday (Remix)
!DelaDap: Goldregen (Noha Extended Club Version)

+CD cover:

P.S. Join the Boom Shakalaka facebook-group if you're diggin the tunes: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58770653717&ref=ts

Sany Pitbull European tour started from Finland

2009-04-28T17:07:00.009+03:00

We were very happy to be able to have Sany Pitbull beginning his european tour in Finland. Sany came, and rocked two sold out nights in Helsinki and Tampere. The crowd went absolutely crazy dancing their asses off, shouting and jumping ehen ever Sany pulled a new sample from his MPC. Total madness! Even so much Sany promised to change his nationality. You can confirm the result from his myspace.

Here are some pictures and videos from the first gig 17.4. It was the opening of my new club called Boom Shakalaka.

Sany before the gig giving his MPC a kiss for luck.

Sany beginning his set at Redrum.

The crowd cheering with their hand s in the air like WTF.

Banging the MPC.

Boom Shakalaka at Redrum with Sany Pitbull – True Ravin!

Sany played the MPC so intensly his finger tips started bleeding. See the blood stains on the pads...

The whole crew from left to right: Sany Pitbull, DJ Svengali, DJ Daffy Duck & me (DJ Rideon).

And a couple of videos from the evening:

See all the photos at facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104839&id=673697264&l=3862557526
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104813&id=673697264&l=4df0c26413

And one video from facebook too:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=73886093858&subj=673697264&oid=58770653717

Photos & videos by Timo Santala, Tuomo Lampinen, Riina Asamoa & Mirkku Pervonsuo.

Sany Pitbull nominated for DJ of the year at Folha de S. Paulo

2008-12-09T21:03:00.003+02:00

Sany Pitbull was nominated for the "Best new DJ" on the poll of one of Brazil's biggest newspaper, Folha de S. Paulo. (More then 20 years of career and still a "new" DJ...) He's the only baile funk DJ on the poll, so you might wanna give him a hand and vote:

http://polls.folha.com.br/poll/0833933/

Just click on the "votar" button.

Tira Poeira and Sany Pitbull: O Morro Não Tem Vez (mp3 download)

2008-12-07T22:16:00.004+02:00

Earlier I was writing about some curious mixtures in baile funk and a tune that a chôro group Tira Poeira and Sany Pitbull did together. Well, now I'm glad to share it with you:

Tira Poeira: O Morro Não Tem Vez
download 320 kps mp3 from zShare

Enjoy!

DJ Edgar at Low Up, Brussels.

2008-12-02T16:56:00.004+02:00

DJ Edgar has been touring Europe for the whole November and enthusiastic comments have been coming from all over. Check out this video from the Low Up party at Brussels. Nice vibe at the crowd.

Edgar also got nicnamed "El Loco Sampleador" by the Low Up crew...

And on his tour Edgar also started a blog.

Ghetto 808 mixes and podcast online again with updated links.

2008-11-01T11:16:00.012+02:00

I was quite suprised when I was asked if it's still possible to download Ghetto 808 vol.2 from somewhere cause I thought they're all online. But as you can guess they weren't, as zShare had flipped and removed em all, and even my podcast was somehow out of order. Well, now it's all back on a better service and also the podcast is working again.

So for all that missed them when they came, here are the fresh links to all my mixes and also to the remix download of "This My Shit". Enjoy!

Ghetto 808 podcast:
http://ghetto808.podomatic.com/

Ghetto 808 podcast RSS-feed:
http://ghetto808.podomatic.com/rss2.xml

Big Dancin All Night Long (direct link):
http://file.jaatiedostosi.com/lzDwfB/f/DJ_Rideon_-_Big_Dancin_All_Night_Long.mp3

Tracklist & info:
http://riobailefunk.blogspot.com/2008/04/dj-rideon-big-dancin-all-night-long-new.html

RaveRaveRaveYeahYeahYeah (direct link):
http://file.jaatiedostosi.com/FzqFJ1/f/DJ_Rideon_-_RaveRaveRaveYeahYeahYeah_(320).mp3

Tracklist & info:
http://riobailefunk.blogspot.com/2008/02/dj-rideon-raveraveraveyeahyeahyeah-new.html

Back To Miami (direct link):
http://file.jaatiedostosi.com/ylU_eQ/f/DJ_Rideon_-_Back_To_Miami.mp3

Tracklist & info:
http://riobailefunk.blogspot.com/2007/12/rideon-back-to-miami-new-mix-out.html

Ghetto 808 vol.3 (direct link):
http://file.jaatiedostosi.com/3LbjGD/f/DJ_Rideon_-_Ghetto_808_vol.3.mp3

Tracklist & info:
http://riobailefunk.blogspot.com/2007/10/ghetto-808-vol3-out-now.html

Ghetto 808 vol.2 (direct link):
http://file.jaatiedostosi.com/RFyM2v/f/DJ_Rideon_-_Ghetto_808_vol.2.mp3

Tracklist & info:
http://riobailefunk.blogspot.com/2007/06/ghetto-808-vol-2-out-now.html

Ghetto 808 (direct link):
http://file.jaatiedostosi.com/YUYXrw/f/DJ_Rideon_-_Ghetto_808.mp3

Tracklist & info:
http://riobailefunk.blogspot.com/2007/04/ghetto-808-mix-and-podcast-out-now.html

Rideon - This My Shit (direct link)
http://file.jaatiedostosi.com/PeT0R8/f/Rideon_-_This_My_Shit.mp3

Sany Pitbull mix 2009 - Hear the baile funk future now.

2008-10-24T08:49:00.004+03:00

Trick or treat? This time you get both:

Sany Pitbull on the mix with next years bangers.

Sany Pitbull Mix 2009 - Pós Baile Funk
Download from 4shared.

Tracklist:

01-Intro Gabi Conda
02-Sany Pitbull - Caraja's Massacre
03-Sany Pitbull - Tambor Roll
04-Sany Pitbull vs Daft Punk - Da Funk Around the world
05-Sany Pitbull vs Teriyaki Boyz - Tokio Drift Funk
06-Sany Pitbull - Faroeste Rmx
07-Sany Pitbull vs Madonna - Hung up - Baile Funk Mix
08-Sany Pitbull - Blues'n'Funk
09-Sany Pitbull - Arabian Lover Rmx
10-Sany Pitbull vs Deep Purple - Smoke on the water Rmx
11-Sany Pitbull - Nightmare
12-Sany Pitbull vs Daft Punk - Tecnologyc - Baile Funk Mix
13-Sany Pitbull vs Black Sabbath - Infected - Olelê Bass Mix
14-Sany Pitbull feat. Dj Dedé Mandrake - Tribos
15-Sany Pitbull - Let your body rock - Freestyle mix
16-Sany Pitbull - That P****
17-Sany Pitbull - Monotone - Baile Funk Mix
18-Sany Pitbull - JB Beat
19-Phabyo Dj - Jungle Bass - Carioca Funk Clube Mix
20-Phabyo Dj - Eletronic - Carioca Funk Clube Mix
21-Sany Pitbull feat. Juninho Carioca - Beatch Brazil

Leandro HBL talking about Favela On Blast on CNN.

2008-10-23T14:07:00.005+03:00

Leandro HBL on CNN talking about Favela On Blast. GRES Alegria do Zona Sul is the venue in Cantagalo where Sany Pitbull hosts his baile. Some sweet images from there and some preview material of the film. Thanks to Sany for letting me know!

Baile funk with chôro and bossa nova

2008-10-23T08:39:00.015+03:00

Baile funk is moving ever forward. We've already heard a lot of tunes and remixes incorporating samba and batucada elements with baile funk, but it's still a natural and expected mix. However combining baile funk with traditional 50's bossa nova or chôro sounds far more absurd. (Chôro is the classical, melancholic version of samba, that sounds more like portuguese fado then samba) And to understand the fully the abrusdity (at least on a brazilians mind) you have to understand that in Brazil also music is all about the social class. To make it simple baile funk is the music "by the poor, for the poor" as Daniel Haaksman puts it. And chôro and 50's bossa nova, maybe radical at the time, nowadays have the air of being the music your grandfather likes to listen. Elevator music they might be called by some. But certainly NOT something you'd go shake your ass on the dancefloor. And still, they are coming together. And the result is something very, very interesting.

Though this is only one of the ways baile funk is going, it is important in the brazilian context, hopefully bringing down some of the prejudism linked on baile funk in Rio.

And here are the news:

Sany Pitbull has teamed up with Tira Poeira, an awardwinning band playing traditional chôro with a touch of jazz enthusiastics. They've made together a version of the classic "O Morro Não Tem Vez" by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. The title translates "The hill doesn't have a chance" and I think this proves just the opposite.

Check out the video made by the Brazil's major TV channel, Globo, about the co-operation to get an idea of what it sounds like:

Sany Pitbull is going to be on fire on saturday at TIM festival in Rio, ending the whole festival as the last act. (TIM festival is pretty much the biggest and most respected music festival to occur in Rio; this year's line up includes Kanye West, Klaxons, Gogol Bordello & Switch amongst others) And Sany will invite Tira Poeira to do the track live on stage. Leandro HBL, the director of the film Favela On Blast, is also gonna be participating on the show with some visual art. I wish I could be there, but I can't. If you happen to be around Rio, don't miss this one!

The other super interesting project is of Daniel Haaksman, who got access to the bossa nova catalogue of Verve through Universal and to celebrate the 50th aniversary of bossa nova invited baile funk producers from Rio to do their own interpretations of some classic bossa tunes. I haven't heard any of it yet, but this sure sounds interesting as hell and as it's going on major distribution through Universal, it's gonna shake it up big time, also in Brazil. Read more about it from the Man Recorder.

According to the Man Recordings blog (they've been really spicing it up actively with some really nice stuff!) it should already be hitting the stores and there also a release party with DJ Edgar on November 4th at Bar Tausend in Berlin.

Check out Mr. Haaksman telling more about the project on youtube:

The tracklist sure looks interesting:

1. Sergio Mendes + Brasil 66 "Day Tripper - DJ Fú + DJ Dinho Remix"
2. Luiz Bonfá "Discussão - MC Gringo + DJ Bolão Remix"
3. Rosinha Da Valencia "Berimbau - DJ Nazz + Ernani Maldonado feat. Bani Silva Baile Funk Remix"
4. João Gilberto "Desafinado - DJ Nazz + Ernani Maldonado Remix"
5. Fernanda Meirelles "Barquinho - DJ Marrentinho Remix"
6. Luiz Bonfá "Embocada - DJ Dinho + DJ Fú Remix"
7. João Gilberto "Bim Bom - DJ Amazing Clay Funk Remix"
8. Tom Jobim "Agua De Beber - DJ Edgar Remix"
9. João Gilberto + Astrud Gilberto "Girl From Ipanema - DJ Nazz Funk MIx"
10. Klaus Doldinger "Insensatez - DJ Edgar Remix"
11. Rosinha De Valencia "Uma Noite - DJ Marrentinho Remix"
12. Rubens Bassini, Jorge Arena + Chico Bater "Macumba - DJ Dinho + DJ Fú Remix"

Favela On Blast premiere tomorrow.

2008-10-03T00:43:00.005+03:00

It's finally out!

The much antecipated baile funk documentary Favela On Blast by Leandro HBL & Wesley "Diplo" Pentz is gonna have it's premiere tomorrow (3.10.) at the traditional Cine Odeon in Rio. So if you happen to be in Rio, don't miss this one... Even though I haven't any more then small snippets of the material, I have to say congratulations! I hope this is gonna break baile funk all around the world BIG TIME.

And of course there is an after party with a heavy line-up.

Two tracks from MC Gi

2008-09-18T12:27:00.011+03:00

DJ Edgar sent me some tracks he had produced lately for a new female MC from Santos (a coastal city in the São Paulo state). And I have to say these ones are pretty original; baile funk with some nice oriental flavours!

Giovanna Avino aka MC Gi is an architecture student who's only 18. On the track "Origami" she goes to Japan and sings on how you should eat her sushi, throw her on tatami and flod her like an origami... "Quer Romance" however is pure putaría: "Se o jantar é à luz de velas, meu prato é frango assado." (If you wanna have a candle light dinner, my servings gonna be roast chicken.) The production is refreshing, pure gold as Edgar always!

MC Gi: Origami download from zShare

MC Gi: Quer Romance download from zShare

And the tracks are 320kps mp3s as from now on Rio Baile Funk is gonna get out of the low quality mp3s everybody plays...

If you can read portuguese, check out this interview of MC Gi on Revista Grito.

Updates in the baile funk dictionary

2008-09-03T16:14:00.003+03:00

Again I've done quite a few updates on my baile funk dictionary. I've started to cover also some expressions that don't necessarily have much to do with baile funk, but that are difficult to understand for foreigners. So get you portuguese going and if you have any words or expressions you don't understand, just them to me and I'll help out and then post them also to the dictionary.

Xão Productions - Aniversário Mixtape vol.1

2008-08-29T16:58:00.006+03:00

It seems like New York has a very active baile funk scene. There's the Nossa crew that keeps bringing out great mixes (just featured Cassiano's Favela Clash) and there the Xão Productions that now celebrates its birthday with a great mix full of cool baile funk blends and remixes. They've been lately doing some cooperation with MC Gringo and played alongside with him in Rio at last year's TIM festival and Gringo has also been over to NYC to do some gigs with them. All together it seems like there are a lotta baile funk parties in NYC coming up by both Nossa and Xão. It seems like I need to go there to check it out!

DJ Comrade - Xão Productions Aniversário Mixtape Vol.1 (download from zShare)

Tracklist:

1. Dennis DJ
2. Mc Gringo Fucky Fucky – (Dennis DJ)
3. Mc Rael – Ai Meu Peru (Dj Gordinho)
4. Mc Maiquinho – Ela Quis Me Imitar (DJ Amazing Clay)
5. Mc Dandao - vai para puta que o pariu (DJ Amazing Clay)
6. Solta Essa Porra!!! (Dj Edgar)
7. Espanca – (DJ Edgar)
8. International Syle Remix feat. Mc Maiquinho e Mc Gus (DJ Comrade vs. Shaka)
9. Sai Fora Remix – Mc Gi (Art Punk)
10. Mc Gringo feat. Ninna – Gringo Vai Embora (DJ Amazing Clay)
11. Aquimenceto do Sambinha – (DJ Amazing Clay)
12. Movado –Phone Call REMIX (Chaach)
13. Coolie / Kopa Baile – Various Artists (DJ Comrade)
14. Zuzuka/ 77Klash – Brooklyn Ghetto Fabulosa (Chaach)
15. Funk Rida feat. Mc Maiquinho, Ousados e Mc Creu (DJ Comrade)
16. Arrastao remix feat. Dead Prez / Mc Gringo (DJ Comrade)
17. Feliz Anniversario (Sexual Eruption) feat. Predadorez/ Snoop Dogg (DJ Comrade)
18. Mc Maiquinho - É a ponto 30 aqui o morro da Chatuba (Proibidao)
19. Busy Signal – Step Out Remix (DJ Comrade)
20. GG – Cocktail Molotov (DJ Junior)
21. GG – Eles Tentam da Desfalque

Zombie Disco Squad - Baile Funks Not Dead

2008-08-27T14:29:00.006+03:00

This has been around since June, but still have to lift it up: Zombie Disco Squad from London heats it up with a good selection of old and new baile funk served with fluent mixing.

Zombie Disco Squad - Baile Funks Not Dead (download from zShare)

1. Baile Funks Not Dead Introduction by Edu K
2. MC Seu Kuke - A Casa Do Seu Kuke
3. Bola De Fogo - Atoladinha (Enterradinha)
4. Os Hawaianos - Vem Kikando
5. Luciano DJ - Alter Baile
6. Carlinho e Celinho - Jogo do Bicho
7. SD Boys - Uh!Uh!Uh! Tá Tomando
8. MC Frank - Cabelo Encolheu
9. Tati Quebra Barraco - Boladona
10. Dennis DJ - Xacoalhado de Skol
11. MC Primo - Diretoria
12. Scottie B ft. Moleque Bil - Mais Ela
13. MC Biruleyby - Cria Asa Periquita
14. Jack e Chocolate - Dança do México
15. Amandinha - Essa é pra Virar
16. Edu K ft. Deize - Injeção TNT
17. Bonde Do Popo - ?
18. DJ Wally - Dança do Calango
19. DJ Luciano Oliveira - Funk Carioca
20. Montagem - Tá Mancando
21. Sandrinho - Organ Donor
22. Montagem - Black Box
23. Sandrinho - Yazoo
24. MC Pé de Pano e Rael - Ela Tá Doida
25. MC Cidinho e Doca - Rap da Felicidade
26. MC Camita - Mexe Com Meu Marido
27. Bonde do Come Quieto - Ela Balança Mas Não Para
28. Gaiola das Popozudas - Late Que Eu Tô Passando
29. Bonde do Tigrão - O Baile Todo
30. Os Carrascos e Bonde do Vinho - Três Tenores
31. Tati Quebra Barraco - Mirante
32. Gilberto DJ - Chumbo Quente

Super Classics Of Funk Carioca at Otra Luna

2008-08-26T15:06:00.003+03:00

A fellow finnish player, Teemu, substituting me at Rio de Janeiro at the moment (as it's been already one and half years since I came back to Helsinki from Rio...) is doing a wonderful job with his in-depth, thoughtful posts on baile funk and favela life at his blog Otra Luna. The whole blog is full of good read, but he's also got this "Super Classics Of Funk Carioca" series where he presents some of the old school tunes. Have a read on what "Rap da Felicidade" by Cidinho & Doca, "Boladona" by Tati Quebra-Barraco and "Rap das Armas" by Junior & Leonardo are all about. And there's mp3 download too...

Keep up the great work Teemu!

Diplo interview by Maga Bo

2008-08-26T14:30:00.003+03:00

The all around world beats specialist Maga Bo, who's based in Rio, has finally finished the series of his "3 white men in baile funk" mini documentary series and the last one's obviously with Diplo. He's chatting away about he's beginnings in Rio and about becoming a DJ and about collaborating with different artists around the world. Sany Pitbull and his manager Adriana Pittigliani (RIP) are also featured when they're checking out some scenes from the forthcoming baile funk documentary "Favela On Blast" (see the previews) by a brazilian film director Leandro HBL and Diplo.

DJ Edgar – Another tour in Europe and a brand new mix up.

2008-08-26T11:00:00.008+03:00

DJ Edgar, "the gentle giant", is coming to Europe for another tour in November. The booking period is 31.10-4.12. (All you party promoters, get the contacts here...)

To promote his tour Edgar put together this mix that features only and exclusively his own remixes. So many classics get a baile treatment here, but my favourite must be "The Power" recycling Snap's anthem "I've Got The Power".

DJ Edgar: Mixtape 2008-2009 (download from zShare)

Tracklist:

1. Abertura
2. Funknotronic
3. Boogie Down Beat
4. Samba com Funk
5. Explosão mix
6. Guns'n'Funk
7. I Can't Get No
8. Na Europa eh Assim oh
9. Prostituto, o Sonho Delas
10. Alegria
11. Salsa com Funk
12. We Will Rock-Funk U
13. The Power
14. Out of Space
15. Boxe vs Axel F.
16. Nirvana in 'Funk' Concert
17. Rock'n'Funk beat
18. Gaita mix
19. I Fly With Funk 'U
20. DJ Edgar, Aplica o Som
21. Sininho mix
22. Solta Esse Ponto
23. Link Funk Park mix
24. Psiu-Psiu

Chack out also his homepage for some downloads...

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

2008-08-25T15:05:00.005+03:00

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

2008-07-03T16:43:00.014+03:00

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"

Sany Pitbull mix at Radio Dadio

2008-05-14T22:14:00.002+03:00

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)

2008-05-06T10:58:00.005+03:00

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.

2008-05-05T03:33:00.003+03:00

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!)

2008-04-29T08:44:00.011+03:00

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

2008-04-24T14:18:00.002+03:00

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

2008-04-09T15:01:00.011+03:00

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.

2008-04-02T11:52:00.005+03:00

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...

DJ Rideon - This My Shit (Free Download!)

2008-03-27T15:36:00.011+02:00

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).

2008-03-19T15:28:00.009+02:00

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!

2008-03-18T20:34:00.003+02:00

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

2008-03-14T09:53:00.004+02:00

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!

2008-03-13T17:51:00.005+02:00

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.

2008-03-07T02:06:00.005+02:00

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!

2008-02-28T12:31:00.005+02:00

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

2008-02-12T16:10:00.002+02:00

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!

2008-02-05T14:38:00.000+02:00

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

2008-02-01T17:49:00.000+02:00

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...

Bonde Neurose - This group's to die for.

2008-01-24T18:22:00.000+02:00

The different favelas of Rio are governed by three rival drug gangs: Comando Vermelho (CV), Amigos dos Amigos (ADA) or Terceiro Comando Puro (TCP). And as we know, most of the forbidden proibidão baile funk songs are the ones that glorify one of them.

And if you’re from a favela controlled by certain drug gang (no matter that you’re just an ordinary person and you don’t have anything to do with the drug traffic), you can’t show you’re face on the area of a rival drug gang. If you do so, you seriously risk your life.

Bonde Neurose was a group of three guys, Marcelo, Cado and King, and they were known for Marcelo’s grimey vocals (similar to Burro Banton – dancehall addicts know what I’m talking about) and heavy, theatrical, performance-like live shows full of scary costumes, and macumba (afro-brazilian voodoo-like rites). A big inspiration for them were terror films; zombies, skeletons and such. I think you get the idea from this music video of their song ”Baile dos Monstros” (Monster Party)

Well, it happended one night (according to a story I heard from DJ Marlboro in London) that they almost got killed because of a misunderstanding. You see they were from the favela of Pára Pedro (nearby Irajá) in the suburbs of Rio and the area there is controlled by ADA and some local drug bosses had heard a rumour that there was a version of one of their hit songs, ”100% Neurose”, with lyrics glorifying CV, the toughest rival of ADA. And that’s something you just can’t do; singing a proibidão for a rival, is an almost certain death penalty.

So the situation ended up to a point where the local drug bosses had thrown the guys of Bonde Neurose into some dirt hole and were threatening to shoot them right there if the matter wasn’t solved.

The interesting part of the story is that Bonde Neurose had a really dedicated fan, a groupie who was idolizing them and always hanging around, willing to do any favours for them - you know - bringing drinks, carrying their stuff etc. He kinda believed all this would make him one of them.

So also that night he was there and he jumped into the hole to be executed with them stating: ”Eu sou do bonde.” (I’m part of the group.) The guys of Bonde Neurose were telling him to get out, go home and save his ass. And even the drug bosses knew he wasn’t really part of the group and were yelling him to get out of there, but he insisted: ”No, no; I’m part of the group. If they’re bound to die because of a song, I’m going down with them.”

Anyway, the guys of Bonde Neurose were pleading their innocence; they have never recorded any proibidão praising Comando Verlmelho. And this is when DJ Marlboro gets a call in the middle of the night from the drug bosses trying to find out if these rumours were really true. Almost two hours he tries to calm them down; he hasn’t heard of any such song.

Finally it appeared that it was two other MCs, Cidinho & Doca, from another favela, who had done the version with lyrics that glorified Comando Vermelho. So this time Bonde Neurose gets off the hook. (The practice of borrowing and singing other people’s songs is very common in Brazil, also in other genres, but this time it almost led to a bloodshed...)

But talking about fans who are ready to die for you, how many artists in the world can claim that?

P.S. You can download some hot stuff by Bonde Neurose from Apavoramento Sound System’s homepage (including a pretty crazy track sampling Michael Jackson).

John Woo and Chico from Apavoramento have also released this fucking amazing comic book, "Break da Cavera" (in pdf), featuring Bonde Neurose. It’s drawn by Erick Rocker and so far there’s only the portuguese version out, but I seriously advise you to take a look - it’s really cool. They’ve promised to do an english version also, but it’s not out yet. I’ll sure let you know when it comes!

MC Gringo - Buzzing in Rio

2008-01-18T17:07:00.000+02:00

MC Gringo is coming up with a big buzz. He has an EP called ”Gringão” out, shows with Mr. Catra, a radio show called ”Xão” with DJ Amazing Clay, an documentary is being made about him, he’s singing live at João Soares, one of the biggest brazilian talk shows, really, what next. Well he’s coming back to his roots, doing a tour in Europe.

All in all MC Gringo is really an interesting case: A german guy singing baile funk in portuguese and doing shows in Rio. And he has an interesting history too: he used to play in a punk band back in Germany, but the met a brazilian girl, got married and moved to Brazil. When in Rio he got swept away by baile funk and started writing his own songs. Some og those are now represented on an 12” EP out by Man Recordings. You can read more about both, the new EP and his personal history at the Man Rec website.

You familiar with german might also wanna check out this interview on Spiegel Online.

He’s said to be one the hardest working artists in the scene, always ready for a gig, no matter how far it is and how hard to get to. And hard it also gets every once in while; trying to enter the highly competitive baile funk scene in Rio isn’t really easy for anyone, not to mention a foreigner, like Gringo. Check this youtube preview about a documentary being made about him.

This is the jam session at the talkshow (that's DJ Amazing Clay at the MPC)

And the MC Gringo european tour dates:

29.1. London, UK, Notting Hill Arts Club
1.2. Bristol, UK, tba
2.2. Stuttgart, DE, Bassschule, w/Schowi+Passion
3.2. Cologne, DE, Stadtgarten, w/ DJ Daniel Haaksman
8.2. Vienna, AT, Planetarium, w/Joyce Muniz
9.2. Geneva, CH, Zoo/Usine, w/DJ Daniel Haaksman
15.2. Marburg, DE, w/DJ Daniel Haaksman
16.2. Ingolstadt, DE, Maki Club, w/DJ Daniel Haaksman
21.2. Nürtingen, DE, Provisorium, w/DJ Daniel Haaksman
22.2. Sat, Feb 23rd, Zurich, CH, tba, w/DJ Daniel Haaksman
23.2. Zurich, CH, tba, w/DJ Daniel Haaksman

Baile mix from Hadrien

2008-01-15T14:07:00.000+02:00

This guy called Hadrien from South of France sent me a short mix to hear on myspace. It's done with Ableton Live, so it's pretty fast and loop-based, but there are some clever cuts and mashes, and nice tunes so I thought I'd share it with you.

You can download it from here:
http://juniorh.free.fr/BAILE%20MIX.mp3

And here's the tracklist:

dj sandrinho - italiano lento
mekon feat roxanne shante - sinden baile funk mix
m.i.a. - boyz
sinden + herve feat mc thiaguinho - tamborzuda rave new world
os tchutchucos - chapa quente
sweet dreams baile funk remix w/ bonde do role a capella
orgasmic & jean nipon - laura from eurogirls
fergie - fergalicious (felipe carvalho remix)
furacao 2000 - mengao 2000 pt 1
dj rui de janeiro - funk your love
bonde neurose - 100% neurose 2006
sany pitbull - troca-aplica
isa gt - pela'o (crookers remix)

Sinden - The London Bass King (Interview 16.11.2007)

2008-01-07T15:26:00.001+02:00

While I was in London in November I had the pleasure of chatting about music with Sinden, one of the most prominent new producers pushing forward dirty house music. And as you’ll see later on, he has his hands also in the baile funk game.

We met before Get Familiar – a regular night he holds at Fabric with his musical soul mate Switch. The night was special in many ways: It really was like a family meeting, since there was a truly all-star line-up that night. After the interview I found myself having dinner with some old, and many new acquaintances and fellow DJs: A-Trak, DJ Mehdi, Kid Sister, Autobot and JK2 from Flosstradamus, Martelo, Scottie B, the guys of Simian Mobile Disco and Buraka Som Sistema from Portugal were there (just to name a few...) ”I know every person in the house tonight.” like Diplo, who was also hanging out there, stated.

Fabric is often mentioned amongst the best night clubs in the world and after that friday night I’m pretty much ready to agree. I mean; have they got some sub speakers under the dancefloor or why was is trembling under my feet? And I think Simian Mobile Disco managed to pull the lowest and most gut-shaking 808 bass drum I’ve ever heard. And watching Mehdi turning and twisting the eq:s along side A-Trak, driving the crowd into one big maddness. Not to mention Buraka’s booty-shaking, booming kuduro-set and Flosstradamus’s flawless mixing; from Alone to Ass’n’Titties, I mean, is that even legal?!? All in all, I wish I had some proper words of how sharing you the feeling of seeing, hearing and dancing to some of undoubtly world’s best DJ and live sets...

But let’s cool it down and go down to the basics for you not yet familiar. Who is this Sinden and what’s this Get Familiar all about anyway, as some of you New World readers might be asking.

Sinden is a DJ/producer who’s come and taken his part in the London club scene by a storm. ”When I was young I got into music through collecting; hip-hop, hip-house, dance. But at the same time I was into guitar bands and indie, so I was into everything really. But only when I moved away to university I bought decks and started DJing.”

First he teamed up with Switch and from there the way up has been quite fast. ”Switch was the one who got me into the production side. I met him some years ago and he took me into the studio and taught me how to produce. I just shadowed him really. I had ideas and samples, but didn’t have the knowhow, so he set me up with the equipment. So we did some remixes together, first one for Lady Sovereign.”

They formed a production team remixing the likes of Basement Jaxx and Bugs In The Attic, and creating their unique bass-heavy, dirty house sound. You can hear from the way Sinden speaks about Switch that he highly respects him: ”He got me into house music again. His production was just different from anything else I had heard. Doing this garage and drum’n’bass thing but on a house edge. We ended up as really good friends while working together.”

It was also with Basement Jaxx that Sinden was spinning as a resident for one and half years at their club night called Inside Out in Brixton, before starting to run Get Familiar together with Switch at Fabric in the beginning of 2007. ”The main idea of Get Familiar is to bring all kinds of styles into one night. We wanna make it different then any other night in London. We bring over up-and-coming artists we really believed in. And I think we’ve managed to set a new trend in London. Get Familiar is known as the night where to hear new exiting and cutting edge music.”

Specially Buraka Som Sistema and kuduro breaked into the ears of the UK audiences through their shows at Fabric. ”We were kinda fighting with Diplo – in a good way – of who gets to host them first, so we decided to do a night all together. Now they’ve been over 4 times already. And next year we’re bringing Sany Pitbull from Rio and DJ Znobia from Angola.”

In October Sinden had the possibility to visit Rio for the first time, as he was invited to play at the Funk Mundial stage of a big festival called TIM Festival, happening both in Rio and São Paulo. Along Sinden, also Diplo, Daniel Haaksman, MC Gringo, DJ Sandrinho and DJ Marlboro presented themselves in a night put together following the ideals of the ”novo funk mundial” (new world funk) promoted by brazilian anthropologist Hermano Vianna. ”It was cool, but a bit funny playing in Rio. In Europe I guess I’m more familiar to people as an electronic music producer, but there I felt like out of place. It was really hard engaging the crowd and I felt the tracks getting best reaction were local music.”

In my opinion, it’s exactly the same situation for brazilian baile funk DJs coming over to play in Europe. Even though because of globalization in music the borders between coutries are gradually coming down, but they still do exist. ”Yeah, music tastes are still regional. Like some tracks I play in London, wouldn’t work in France.” Sinden notes.

Sinden is also known from supporting baile funk and bringing it on in his sets. Besides Sany, also Sandrinho and Marlboro have done guest appearances on his radioshow at Kiss FM. ”In the beginning there were all these low quality mp3s going around the internet, but Daniel [Haaksman] was the first one to go there, license the music, pay people and wrap it up in a for the western audience as a consumable package, which was the Favela Booty Beats. I like baile funk because it sounds like raw street music, something people are doing in their bedrooms; like grime here. The baile funk producers were also using breaks in a new creative way, and weren’t afraid or ashamed of sampling anything. You hear so many pop samples in baile funk songs. And that attitude definately influenced also my own production.

Sinden is known for eclectic music taste and his DJ-sets melt together also varied styles like Baltimore Club, Dirty South Hip-Hop, Miami Bass, Dancehall, Grime, Electro and Garage besides before mentioned House, Baile Funk and Kuduro. During the current year he’s also been opening for MIA on her world tour. ”Playing at the festivals for massive audiencies was the best. People were going bananas. We also supported Björk and Prince, and that was amazing.”

The same musical diversity comes also out in his own production: ”It’s exiting how nowadays all the genres seem to be melting up and everybody seems to be mashing up different styles. At the moment you can’t really say there’s a single sound dominating the dancehalls. You can get away of playing a hip-hop track in a house party. The scene is not so specialist and seggregated anymore, but more open-minded and creative. You can make tracks that don’t conform to any style, you can just chuck in all kinds of sounds and make it unique.”

Besides Switch, Sinden has done a lot of tunes with Hervé, aka Count Of Monte Cristal. (You must know ”Tamborzuda” done with MC Thiaguinho on the Funk Mundial series of Man Recordings, but be sure to check out also ”Beeper”, an absolute hit track with Kid Sister on the vocals.) ”When I produce I also try to cram everything together. My tracks are bass-driven, so the core is the bass-line. I’ve always been curious and thirsty of new music. I like to sample a lot with a hip-hop attitude and for example Beeper is really sample-based. But I’m really respectful about sampling, I wouldn’t even think of rubbing someone from the scene the wrong way.”

The teamwork with Hervé goes so well, that there’s a full length album of Sinden & Count Of Monte Cristal due to come out some time towards summer of 2008. ”It’s gonna be a mad mix of different influencies and styles.” Sinden explains.

Together with Switch Sinden also runs a label called Counterfeet, that has, along with their own stuff, released some exelent stuff from Radioclit.

As he is a forward looking, trend setting DJ, I also asked Sinden what’s gonna be hot in the dancefloors next year. And as you can expect from a man with broad listening habits, he provided a nice list of his favourites: ”It’s hard to predict, but in UK, garage is having a real renaissance. It was big at one period, but then it went underground and split to grime and garage and then morfed into dubstep in the south. But in the north of England they're gettin into the old garage and it’s moving south again. There’s a kid called T2 that has a massive tune out called ”Heartbroken”. And there’s a big buzz around him and if it breaks on to the charts, that could set a new trend nationwide.”

”Also dubstep is great and really emerging into a exiting sound. I’m not so deep into it, that I could tell you the newest, freshest sounds, but my favourites are Benga, DNZ, and Skream. I hope that dubstep would get a bit faster though, so I’d be able to put it more into my sets.”

”Buraka Som Sistema have got a lot of potential. Also Bonde do Role have taken off well and toured a lot, but I’m not sure if people are ready for non-english music, if we talk about chart success.”

”In Baltimore Club Blackstarr is hot, he’s an artist who can sing and produce. Electro is big and bass music will also bounce back. Trouble’n’Bass from New York has a good rave twist on their breakbeat and grime style. Dancehall hasn’t had a good year, but you never know, it can surprise. My favourite producer from Jamaica is Stephen McGregor; his so young and such a talent, that something’s gonna come out for sure.”

”Punky band dance music is kinda dying out. Instead fast hip-hop like Spank Rock could be the next big thing. And all in all more hip-hop in dance music. R’n’B also has massive dance influencies. All my favourite records this have been r’n’b records, just because they’ve got really cool synths in’em. But you never know what’s gonna come out.”

Even though nowadays record business isn’t really the one looking at a bright future ahead with free digital downloading and everything, Sinden still believes releasing is worthwhile. ”I think it’s worth paying a bit extra to get good quality. I think mp3 is not gonna last, it’s gonna die out. People are gonna start demanding high quality files.”

The only good thing about mp3s is that they’re small sized, but in the future hard drive space will be so cheap, that it won’t be needed anymore. So people: Demand quality also when consuming music. And remember next time you go crazy on a tune in the dancefloor, that there are artists behind it. (And if it’s one of those rocking dirty house anthems with massive wobbling basslines, it’s propably Sinden with his pals Switch and Hervé...)

A new, more complete baile funk dictionary on its way.

2007-12-20T16:52:00.000+02:00

When I first thought about the dictionary, I only wanted to clear up some portuguese terms because I might be using some words common to the baile funk scene that don’t quite have equivalents in english. But as interest and feed-back has been plenty and I think it's time for you guys to begin to understand also the lyrics of baile funk, some expansion is needed. So here comes the first phase of a more complete baile funk dictionary by DJ Rideon!

I’ve consentrated on such words, expressions , different meanings and slang that you might not find in other dictionaries. Also suggestions of what could I add there are welcomed. And if you really wanna understand some phrase or word, post it on the comments of the dictionary and I’ll try to help.

Check it out:
http://riobailefunk.blogspot.com/2007/01/dictionary.html

Rideon - Back To Miami (New Mix Out!)

2007-12-12T13:34:00.002+02:00

Yes yes ya'll, it's time for a new mix!

This time we're taking it back to the old school. As most of you know one of baile funk's greatest influencies in the early days was Miami Bass, the bass-heavy, car-booming 808 sound with dirty lyrics that dominated in Miami during 80's. So for this mix I dug into my crates and brought you some pieces of history, a few miami bass essentials and a couple of rarer ones. It's 42 minutes of booming bass.

And if we're talking about baile funk's putaria style and sex-filled lyrics, here's where it all comes from. Needless to say that for example 2 Live crew were hugely popular in the baile funk scene of Rio suring the mid-80's.

(And I also must note that this isn't for those who take sexist lyrics too up-tight and serious. And this is definately NOT to be played on your computers toy-speakers or those poor-quality iPod whitey-headphones, but on a good hi-fi stereo with a lot of BASS. Or more suitably on your pimped ride full car-bass-boosters...)

Anyway, here you go:

DJ Rideon: Back To Miami

Tracklist:

2Live Crew: Shake A Lil’ Somethin’
Freak Nasty: Down Low
Fresh Celeste & M-4 Sers: Give It All To Me
J.J.Fad: Eenie Meenie Beats
Soundmaster T: 2 Much Booty (In Da Pants)
The Boys From the Bottom: Megalittlemix
The Boys From The Bottom: My Girl’s Got That Booty
Future Shock: Just Go
DJ Magic Mike: The Booty Dub
Gigolo Tony: Shake Your Pants
Egyptian Lover: Girls
Stone Age: Raw Dog
P.F.P: She Like It Hard
2Live Crew: Me So Horny
2Live Crew: Head, Booty & Cock
Rideon: Fuck Me Baby
2Live Crew: C’Mon Baby

Click here to download

Cover art:

Is portuguese THE new language to learn for the clubbers?

2007-11-22T18:17:00.000+02:00

There was an interesting blog entry on The Guardian's Music blog by Danny McFadden. He states that by the rise of baile funk and kuduro on the dancefloor of western world, portuguese is becoming one of the dominant languages of electronic music.

I myself think it's a pity that most of the people who dig baile funk can't understand the lyrics, because that prevents it to fully boom on the western market. The lyrics are often funny and full of double meanings and without understanding what the artists are saying, the beats and the rhythm can be a bit repetetive after a while. Like, what's the point on listening to hip-hop if you can't really understand what the MC is rapping about. Of course you can dance to it, but for you to really get envolved and follow the scene, it would be crucial to understand all the tendencies that the lyrics hold inside. In baile funk for example there are various songs that have given birth to response songs and a lot of jokes that open only to the ones following the scene. (though don't worry; not even all the portuguese speakers understand the baile funk lyrics, since they're so loaded with street slang...)

Danny McFadden is starting with an "obrigado", but how about you, my readers? How many of you are irritated of not being able to understand baile funk lyrics and trying to learn some portuguese?

(for you to start with there a baile funk dictionary on my blog)

Seleção do Gringo on Beat Diaspora blog

2007-11-08T16:03:00.000+02:00

I came across this Beat Diaspora blog by Greg Scruggs and found out that he’s just put together a nice baile funk mix called Seleção do Gringo (you can download it from Blogariddims). It’s a nice journey through time from old shool funk antigo to some tamborzão and proibidão tunes and going off to pós-baile-funk beats. But the best thing about it is that in his blog he opens each track and tells about it: the artists, tracks, and other things connected (such as the favela communities). It’s a really nice read-through while listening and plenty of useful and interesting information for those not directly connected in the Rio baile funk scene.

Greg has volunteered at an NGO called Instituto Dois Irmãos (Two Brothers Foundation) that’s based in the favela of Rocinha. He also highlights other favela based NGO’s like Nós do Morro. (At some point I’m gonna feature some of these organizations on my blog too: even though they’re not directly linked to baile funk, they do fabulous work there! Nós de Morro, Afroreggae and Dois Irmãos: Keep it up!)

He also brings out an interesting study about proibidão baile funk style. It’s written by Paul Sneed and called "Machine Gun Voices". But I’ll comment more on this after I’ve read it.

He also writes about Flamin Hotz, a record label that put out a bootleg 12” without any credits:
”The version of this song I got on relatively high-quality mp3 ripped from the Sou Funk EP, which I later discovered was 100% pirated, a pretty rough culture-vulture case. Fortunately, Flamin Hotz Records turned out not to be such bad guys, and I helped them track down which artists we could and pay them back. Júnior and Leonardo were one of them.”

Now this is an interesting case, as the guys from Flamin Hotz have publicly apologised for their bootleg actions on their website and aim to compensate the artists afterwords. They’re also planning on releasing another compilation directly with the artists. I hope this kind of responsibility is honest and leads to some good results. Anyway I’d like to hear more of this one!

But on the other hand Greg also makes some quite bold accusations:

Accusing Diplo of ”failing to credit artists” on his mixes I can understand; crediting the right artists is the only way they will ever get even some change to compensation by gaining some reputation. But as Greg and anyone who has bought CDs from the Uruguiana market or the streets of Rio knows, sometimes artist names and track titles are hard to find. And if I’d be Greg (having himself also has some unknown artists on his tracklist), I wouldn’t be so eager to judge others.

Accusing Bonde do Role as ”a cheap ripoff” and ”jokers from Curitiba” is another thing I don’t quite understand... I don’t see baile funk as a musical genre having some musical dogma or boundaries. So adding rock guitars to baile funk in De Falla style, in my opinion, isn’t any different then sampling Kratfwerk and indian chants as Sany Pitbull does. I believe Bonde do Role themselves have never claimed being ”authentic” baile funk, just having baile funk as one of their infuencies...

And then accusing Man Recordings of ”questionable contracts”. First I’d like to know how and what does Greg know about the contracts? And then arguments and some justification of how are they ”questionable”. I think it’s a bit low to throw in accusations without prooving anything and standing behind one’s words...

And I’m not trying to act as a judge or anything, I just feel that these kind of things should be argued and talked about properly.

But dispite of these it’s a very interesting blog and a good read. So I recommend to take a peek.

Kuduro vs Baile Funk – An interview of Frédéric Galliano (14.2.2007)

2007-11-05T18:34:00.000+02:00

Last spring when I was in Rio I met there also a french producer called who is one of the world’s leading kuduro connoisseurs. He was in Rio on a project attempting to put together kuduro beats with baile funk MCs. We met at his rental appartment where he had set up his mobile recording studio. Right after me MC Xana was coming over to sing on top of one of Galliano’s kuduro rhythyms.

At this point some of you might ask what is kuduro. Well, to put it short kuduro is hyped up ghetto techno and house out of Angola; a mixture of electronic beats with traditional angolan carnaval music. By the name of kuduro goes also the crazy, freaky dancing style that combines with the music. Something of the music and the dance might tell the direct translation of the word kuduro that is ”tight ass”.

That’s about all I knew about it by that time, so that’s why I wanted Frédéric himself to explain more about the origins of kuduro:

”Kuduro was created by Tony Amado 1996. He used to listen house music. During that time songs like Reel 2 Real: I Like To Move It were international hits and he thought that it’s good but it lacks angolan flavour. So he wanted to do and angolan version of these. So kept the straight kick drum and all around the kick he produced traditional carnaval rhythms. It was an instant success. He called the style kuduro because he had created a dance style inspired by a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, in which he dances all stiff and with a tight ass. (Amado thought the Van Damme dance was really funny; white man's dance...)”

On this clip Tony Amado explains it himself (in portuguese) and you can see the Van Damme dance.
The creation of Kuduro by Tony Amado

”The dance is special; broken, stupid, funny; they fall on the floor, bounce to walls. It’s acrobatic and more like clownery. Everything is possible in kuduro dance.” As it def is better seen then described I searched some kuduro madness on video for you to check out:

Kuduro Nenuko Vs Dinis

qui na mata

After Tony Amado all the DJs in Luanda copied the style and 10 years after it’s really popular in Angola and spreading around the world. But still kuduro doens’t get really much airplay in the radio in Angola, because the lyrics are so harsh; some sexual slackness some social and political. But it gets played in the popular mini taxis of Luanda, so everybody hears the new songs anyway.”

”When I heard it for the first time two years ago Kuduro hit me right away: For me kuduro is the first and only original electronic music from Africa. It’s fast as techno, but groovy as zouk. The mixture is incredible and completely african. It’s contemporary like european electronic music scene, but with 100% african style and attitude.” Since then he’s been to Angola to learn and record kuduro three times. And went again in March 2007.

”The composition of kuduro is really strict. It comes from the traditional carnaval music of Angola and all the snares and hi-hat hits have to be on a certain place.”

Frédéric learned to produce kuduro with DJ Kito da Machina from Luanda. ”After two weeks of everyday practice with him to learn the rhythm and the composition he said that now you’re qualified to do it alone. But I still send my batidas to him to Luanda to be approved, because the DJs in Luanda are the ones who created the whole music. And you know if someone does kuduro without the strict composition, they say it’s a ”kuduro de branco” (=white man’s kuduro). Some people in Portugal do kuduro, but with europan vision, and that’s stupid, because angolan kuduro is stronger, more original. They miss the real nature of kuduro and that’s very unfortunate.”

It was also with Kito da Machina that he produced the exellent album Frédéric Galliano presents Kuduro Sound System, where many of the hottest kuduro MCs like Tony Amado, Dog Murras, Pai Diesel, Zoca Zoca, Pinta Tirrù and Gata Agressiva lay their vocals on top of their booming kuduro batidas. In the future he’s producing a dub version album of Kuduro Sound System, and he’s also touring live with different kuduro MCs and dancers: Paris, Mexico, USA, Portugal, Roskilde Festival... the list goes on.

8.11, next thursday, he’s gonna be performing with his Kuduro Sound System at Cargo in London, UK. Also DJ Marlboro is there. And so am I, so come and holla if you’re around.

Edu K - new 12", video and tour

2007-10-30T18:27:00.000+02:00

Edu K - The Popuzuda Rock'n'Roll bailepunk artist has just released a new 12" on Man Recordings. "Gatas Gatas Gatas" is an anthem booming on Sony Ericsson's new ad campaign and the vinyl has 3 remixes, including a superb baltimore remix by Scottie B, that's also found on my latest mix. So def worth checking out!

As is his new video, directed by Bryan Barber who has done also the video for "Hey Ya" by Outkast. There some serious costume partying going on there!

And if you're around, don't miss his tour in Europe and Australia! Here are the dates:

15.11. YoYo, London, UK
16.11. AYCE, London, UK
23.11. Unity, Frankfurt, DE
24.11. Usine, Ceneva, CH
29.11. Little Sex Machine, Amsterdam, NL
30.11. Wasserpark, Bern, CH
7.12. Perth, AUS
8.12. Brisbane, AUS
14.12. Melbourne, AUS
15.12. Sydney, AUS
16.12. Bondai Beach, AUS

Ghetto 808 vol.3 out now!

2007-10-18T19:12:00.002+03:00

Ghetto 808 vol.3 is finally here! This time we go crazy and get down on straight forward party mix. 55 minutes of baltimore club, baile funk, remixes and whatever that makes you go dumb on the dancefloor. Can you dig it?

This time I wanted to bring out a lot of fresh talent from Finland, big up to DJ Anonymous, Herman Prime, DJ Pushups, Sir Nenis and all the Top Billin crew! And also huge ups to Duda and Sany for the exclusives!

Ghetto 808 vol.3

Tracklist:

DJ Rideon & MC Duda do Borel vs Gnarls Barkley: Crazy rmx
Edu K: Gatas Gatas Gatas (Scottie B Baltimore Club Remix)(DJ Rideon Edit)
MIA: Jimmy (DJ Rideon Remix)
Rayvon: We Love To Party (DJ Anonymous Blend)
Ciara: Like a Boy (DJ Phinesse Club Remix)
DJ Pushups & Sir Nenis: U Don Kno Meh
Herman Prime: Take Me Out
DJ Anonymous: Name Brand Party Break
DJ Mentalcut: Gasolina Haterz
Makossa & Megablast feat. Gaiola Das Popozudas: Late Que Eu Tô Passando
Top Billin / Good As Gold: Shake My Ass
Sinden & Count Of Monte Cristal feat MC Thiaguinho: Tamborzuda
James Braun: James Brown is Dead
Pipo’s DJs: Hot feeling
DJ Phabyo: Despaired
Herman Prime: Fyah!
Top Billin / Good As Gold: Money For Nothing
DJ Junk: That’s Fresh
Top Billin / Good As Gold: Dancefloor
Pipo’s DJs: Dance With Me
Os Hawaianos: Vai Que Vai
Sany Pitbull vs Red Hot Chili Peppers: Other Side
Nina Gordon: Straight Outta Compton

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 here are the sleeves for the cd version:

And tomorrow we are puttin it all to practice as we celebrate the grand opening of Ghetto 808 party in Helsinki. It's Rideon, Sir Nenis and Polar Soul on the line, and if you're around don't let yourself miss it.

If you feel like it you can also join the Ghetto 808 on Facebook and Myspace:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5596675039
http://www.myspace.com/ghetto808helsinki

Download Big Mix 2007 baile funk hit CD

2007-10-15T13:22:00.000+03:00

A reader of my blog asked if I could provide a list of the current hit songs in the bailes of Rio and even though there are no such things as Billboard Top100 Charts in the baile funk scene of Brazil, I thought that maybe the biggest nationwide hits of each year are published by the Big Mix of DJ Marlboro. So through these compilations you can get a feel of what's hot in the radio and tv in Brazil. Though I'd like to note that what plays in the radio and what plays in the favela bailes in usually a bit different...

Anyway I found on a blog called Eterno Contestador DJ Marlboro's Big Mix 2007 CD for download. It includes almost all the huge hits of past few years. It's 128kps mp3, but at least you get to know what's playing in Rio now.

New baile funk website

2007-10-09T17:44:00.000+03:00

Jim from Czech Republic made this bailefunk.info site and specially the mixtape selection is quite nice, so if you're needing to heat up your iPod with some baile funk, check it out!

Another fairtilizer playlist

2007-09-26T20:50:00.000+03:00

Here's again one fairtilizer playlist for your listening pleasure. 15 tracks of pure baile funk, just click play to listen! (and please send me some feedback if you think it's a good idea to post some music on the blog to listen...)

I also added on the right column two players: The first one features a whole lotta baile funk and related tracks, and the second one some of my own remixes. Enjoy!

Gaiola das Popozudas

2007-09-19T18:27:00.001+03:00

After the last video I though I’d write something about Gaiola das Popozudas, also since the next Funk Mundial release on man Recordings in gonna feature their hit ”Late Que Eu Tô Passando” with a hot electro house treatment by Austrian producers Makossa & Megablast. You can listen to the track at Man Recordings’ site. It out on 28.9. (and the vinyl 11.10.)

The original ”Late Que Eu Tô Passando” is actually some kind of a girl power manifest. (though also giving nice dancing instructions...) (and suggesting that men should go down on women and give’em some oral sex...)

Here’s some of the lyrics translated:

”Hey jerk! It’s different now, and the women are commanding. So go down on four and swing your tail. Give me your paw and put your little tong out. And BARK. Bark you dog! Bark, cause I’m passin by.”

Here's the group having a beach day last summer...

Sex, or some hints of it are pretty much present on every song. On their freshest one ”Agora Sou Piranha” Walesca sings how she ”goes to the baile without underwear”. So no wonder Gaiola das Popozudas is so popular is Rio.

In some of their shows (so I’ve heard), they also have as an highlight an ugly tiny male stripper that notoriously comes out with a huge inflatable penis. Only in Brazil...

Also in the beginning of the year there was a big fuzz about a porn video produced by “Brasileirinhas”. Gaiola das Popozudas was featuring on it, but would the girls actually gonna be acting on it? And they are; but they only perform their songs on it, not really fuck. Anyway the video is heavily marceted with the popularity and image of the Gaiola das Popozudas and the thing works vice versa for their popularity...

You can get the new song and other greats like ”Um Otário pra Bancar” and ”Olha Que Vacilão” from their brand new website: http://www.gaioladaspopozudas.com.br/ (baixar means download)

And there’s also some songs from Os Ousados, MC Tikão, Mc Kátia & Nem and Bonde Tesão. (though all are 128kps mp3s)

Gaiola Das Popozudas & Os Hawaianos on Youtube

2007-09-17T18:48:00.000+03:00

Finally some video goodies!

Gaiola Das Popozudas must be the hottest girl group there is at the moment. It’s no wonder they’re a huge hit in Rio. This one at a party of Unidos do Morro at Baixada Santista shows the live show just like it normally is: Down right dirty, sexy and with bad sound quality. But just listen the people screaming when the lead singer Waleska shouts ”Who wants to have sex?!?”

But it’s not only gals that can do it - male groups are just as good and popular. Just check out Os Hawaianos doing one of their hit songs of 2006, Passinho do Bonequinho. And do the girls go wild in the audience!

I’ll keep these coming as soon as good ones come around. Also if you find or come across some really good clips on youtube or elsewhere, please send me the link so I can feature them on the blog.

Fairtilizer

2007-09-16T20:52:00.000+03:00

After all the conversation that if I should post baile funk mp3s on this blog, here comes the solution!

Fairtilizer is a new internet music community that's bringing the freshest tunes out, a great way for artists and labels to promote themselves and of course a great way to discover new music from pretty much any genre or country. I was asked to do them a regular playlist of baile funk, and this is the first result. 14 songs for your listening pleasure as you browse through this blog. Enjoy!

At the moment the site is invitation only, but once it open up publicly for everyone, I'll write more about the whole thing. Meanwhile check out www.fairtilizer.com and www.myspace.com/fairtilizer

Sany Pitbull & Duda do Borel in Finland

2007-08-30T10:35:00.001+03:00

18-21.7. I had the pleasure of meeting again DJ Sany Pitbull and MC Duda do Borel. I interviewed them already in Rio, but this time it was in Finland where we all 3 were heading to Pori Jazz Festival to throw 4 funk bailes.

Elsewhere in Europe the audiences have been lucky to see many great gigs by different baile funk artists, but in Finland this was the very first time ever. And straight ahead we started with the best! Here’s some little memories about the parties, but mainly I just wanted to show you some great photos I took...

The program was pretty much the same every night: We started around 1am and first Sany banged for about a one and half hour playing mostly old school miami bass and electro and little by little moving towards more hard edged electro rave and future funk beats as the floor filled steadily. And then slipping the tamborzão beats in by playing a lot of remixes with vocals in english. And then full on tamborzão for a while before Duda grabs the mic. By this time people were already pretty hyped up by Sany’s set and both were greeted with loud cheering and applauding as I introduced them on stage.

Then starting with the new hit beat ”Macumbinha”, Duda tearing up the audience with raw lyrics with his booming low rapping. And I can tell you Duda was on fire! When he gets some ”gasoline” to his engine, he just goes on hyping the crowd with some hits like ”Crazy” and ”Menina da Matemática”. Duda bounces, cheers the crowd, dances the stage away and even goes Kikando! (dance that’s done sitting on the floor, bouncing forward.) He even sings lying down on the stage! And you should have heard the crowd cheering and shouting when he ended. Then ”Rap de Felicidade” and some others for encore.

But that wasn’t it yet. Then Sany did his craft: Some 20 minutes of pure MPC live. Incredible live banging with well known samples re-worked with unbelievable agility. Flirting with rock samples like ”Satisfaction” by Rolling Stones and ”Come As You Are” by Nirvana. And the crowd went absolutely bananas!

Saturday night there was even a ”bonde do sacanagem” (a dirty dance done in a line tightly in touch with the ass of the person in front of you...) in the stage danced by the producers, singers, musicans and dancers of the festival... So you can really say that Sany and Duda rocked Pori Jazz festival and Finland!

After the last evening, when we were sitting together outside the venue 6am, a girl came up to us and showed her shoes. ”I danced so much my shoes tore up, thanks!”

Thanks indeed for Sany & Duda for throwing a hell of a baile and putting up a show we won’t forget that easily! Now there are at least 2000 finns more that know what baile funk is really about...

And to get a real feeling about what it is at it's best check out this video from Youtube:

My remix out on Top Billin 12"

2007-07-11T14:33:00.000+03:00

It's Finally out!

One of my baile funk remixes "Fuck Me Baby" is featured on a brand new 12" remix EP "Tales from Top Billin". It's released by Top Billin, a hot DJ crew that run spectacular parties in Helsinki and also features some superb baltimore remixes, like my favourite "Shake My Ass" by Good As Gold. All together there are 6 tracks; the finest new remix shit coming out of Helsinki, Finland. The vinyl is a very limited edition, so get yours before it's too late. Available of record stores that know where it's at these days and also on Turntablelab.

You can listen to the sampler here:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1416667d64d601/

check out Top Billin at myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/topbillinmusic

and read more on their site:
http://topbillinmusic.com/?cat=6

Ghetto 808 vol. 2 out now!

2007-06-20T21:18:00.003+03:00

The second edition of Ghetto 808 mix/podcast is finally here! It's 33 minutes of pure dancefloor killers guaranteed to make you dance your ass off!

Ghetto 808 vol.2

Tracklist:

Diplo: Gold Digger rmx
MC Pé de Pano & MC Rael: Ta Doida Pra Rebolar
Malha Funk: Vira de Ladinho
Edu K: Bundalele Baile Jean
Michael Jackson vs DJ Sandrinho: Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough rmx
Sany Pitbull: Funk Alemão
Justice vs Simian vs DJ Sandrinho: Never Be Alone rmx
DJ Rideon: Scorpius ripoff
Eurythmics vs DJ Sandrinho: Sweet Dreams rmx
Rolling Stones vs DJ Sandrinho: Satisfaction rmx
Pipo’s DJs: The Good, The Bad
Madonna vs Sany Pitbull: Hung Up (Baile Funk remix)
Pipo’s DJs: Megamix of Alone

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/

Ghetto 808 club is proud to present also it's Grand Opening party 19.10. at Kuudes Linja, Helsinki.

I'm also planning an european tour for Ghetto 808 during September/October 2007, so if you wanna book the best baile funk dj set in Europe for your venue/club/party/whatever or know someone who would or should be interested give a holla to me at timo.santala(at)gmail.com

And here are the sleeves for the cd version:

Pushing baile funk forward - An interview of DJ Sandrinho (7.3.2007)

2007-05-10T11:19:00.000+03:00

When we climb up the winding, narrow streets and allyes inside the favela of Borel I understand why Sandrinho wanted to come to pick me up from the bus stop - I would have gotten helplessly lost in the midst of this drug and violence ridden favela, trying to wonder my way up to his home. Once there, he takes me through a tiny entrance to his studio upstairs. The room is small with some records lying around and the studio-part is formed by a computer, a technics turntable, a good pair of speakers, a couple of audio mixers and microphones and of course his beloved MPC 2000. ”Nice view, huh?” he asks when we go to chat on the small roof terrace that opens up to the shack filled hill slope of Borel.

Sandrinho is one of the best acclaimed new school baile funk djs. Something of this tells that he was elected by the baile funk artists as the best producer of the year 2006. This hasn’t been left unnoticed by anyone who has seen him working his MPC live. And opportunities for this have been plenty, even outside of Brazil.

27-years old Sandrinho was born in Borel and lived there ever since. Even though life can be ruff sometimes... ”Just a little while ago a 12-year old girl got shot by a bala perdida (=stray bullet.) Or that’s what they call them even though everybody knows it’s the police and the drug gangs confronting. I’m not against security, but I’m against the covardice of police when they enter the favela shooting all over the place! Everybody knows what follows of that. The authorities just don’t treat favela dwellers as normal citizens. I mean most of the people living in the favelas are normal people; workers, students, elderly people, children... People who live here need to live in the favela; they don’t choose it, they don’t have options.”

”Luckily life in the favela has also been improved a little bit by the city lately; we’ve got here a new asphalt road. You know, earlier it was a dirt road only and the stairways that lead up the hill were in bad condition and dangerous, specially for the older people. Now we’ve got also a new Wlan house for the internet, new football field, new basquet ball field, that kind of things. So good things are also happening, despite of the bad reputation of the favela. But we still need more; the politicans don’t often see favelas as a part of the city and their inhabitants are neglected the basic citizen rights. So we need also a change of attitudes. But I think we’re going to a better direction. Just take a look at Rochinha: There’s a supermarket, a bank and even a McDonalds. So there are good things happening also.”

Still he considers moving out someday, after raising up enough money. ”How can I live here with all this violence? If my son is out there playing with his mates, flying kites and police invades the favela shooting madly all over... What can I do to save him? So I have to leave, sooner or later... Nobody stays living in the favela voluntarily you know.”

When he tells about his youth and the bailes, Sandrinho still feels for the old days. ”My older brother was also a DJ and he was well respected back then. So when I was about 13-14 he used to take me to the bailes. Back in the days all was bigger; the sound systems used to clash against each other and compete about who had best sound and lights and all. Once there was a clash of 8 different sounds all piled up on the different corners and walls of the hall. And I tell you, the sound systems were HUGE in those days, nothing like today anymore. For me the era of -95, -96 was the best time of baile funk in Rio. Since then many of the sound systems have disappeared and I think it’s a pity. Nowadays it’s only proibidão and putaria...”

”When my brother was playing I used to watch him mixing and I was thinking: ”Shit, that must be so difficult, all these people and it’s live; you can’t make a single mistake.” And it’s like a marathon playing all night, but then when you see the crowd responding you realise what it’s all about.” Having an older brother as a role model Sandrinho got soon interested in the trade of DJing. ”I owe him a lot; he used to push me forward as he saw that I was interested. He gave me some advice, records, let me open the baile when he was playing. By the time I was 15 I was already DJing.”

”1998 I got my opportunity; they were looking for new DJs at Furacão 2000 and I participated in the auditions. I even lied to my boss I was going to a radio, in order to get there and not lose my job.” Sandrinho tells laughing. ”When I came, there were over 50 DJs lining up for 5 places... But I did my best and hoped the best. That was on wednesday and on friday I got a call, that I’m on the stage the next day. So I guess I passed the test.”

”It was Furacão 2000 who really trained me to be a professional DJ; I got to work with the best DJs; Jefferson, Dennis... and I learned a lot from them about DJing and producing. After that I played for 5 years with Mr Catra. Nowadays I don’t DJ for any MC anymore, because you have to be in it 100%. You have to go touring with the MC, you have to live for the MC. It was like where Catra was I was also. I learned a lot from Catra also and he is one of the icons of baile funk. It was through him that I got to play in Europe for the first times also. But nowadays I wanna concentrate on producing. You know how many tracks I produce per week? 20, I do 20 tracks per week and for that I can’t go fooling around with any MCs anymore.”

”So I produce tracks for many MCs; I still work with Catra a lot, also with Galo, Sapão, Mascote, Deize, Tikão, Frank, Menor do Chapa and so on. But whom I work most with is Didô. I’m my opinion he’s definately the most talented newcomer around. And I’m telling you man, more then half of the MCs in Rio use my beats. At the time I was working with Catra I did more simple beats, you know, raw and dirty. But those beats worked full on. And still even nowadays MCs are using those beats. And also many DJs use them. they loop them and recycle my beats, because they work. And they work because raw is the essence and flavor of the baile funk; it’s gotta be heavy and down low dirty.”

If you listen to Sandrinho’s beats and tracks you’ll understand what he’s talking about. He really is one of the most innovative DJs/producers in the Rio scene. If you listen a lot to baile funk, you’ll see that the same samples are used over and over again and when a new thing breaks out, everybody’s doing their version of it. And it’s not really the artists who keep it going, but the DJs and producers who do endlessly montagens and remixes. All the DJs have their own special versions that they play at the bailes. Even though tamborzão is ever present, Sandrinho has lately been moving on from the used miami bass and techno samples to experiementing more with the elecrto rave side and baltimore club sounds. ”I get ideas also from Jamaican sounds, drum’n’bass, house... 5 years ago we still used 125bpm, but I grew faster a little by little. Nowadays I do all my beats in 130 bpm. It’s easier to mix. And goes perfectly together with the baltimore club beats...” And as those who know something about baltimore will surely notice, it has a lot to do with baile funk after all. ”But these new sounds are only for night clubs; in the favela you play baile funk, and only baile funk. Maybe a little bit of comercial hip-hop, but still baile funk with tamborzão is the sound of the favela.”

Nowadays Sandrinho is known in Europe of his amazing live gigs with the MPC. And when you see him working it live, you really can’t help wondering how he gets it all out of the box and puts it together so smoothly. Sandrinho estimates that nowadays 60% of the DJs in Rio use MPC in their live gigs, but it hasn’t always been like this. So where does this special way of playing it live come from? ”The first time I saw someone using MPC here in Rio was in 1999 at the Furacão 2000 studio. It was Dennis doing some programming. Also Jefferson and Grandmaster Raphael were experiementing some things on it. But at the time it was more for producing beats. Next year, in 2000, Dennis was already using it live for effects and so. But it was simple, MPCs they had weren’t that avanced yet. But from there people picked up the habit and created more styles. The most amazing thing I saw was DJ Marcelinho at Castelo de Pedras doing live an remix of ”Saturday Love”. First I thought it was a recording, but then when I got up the stage I saw he was banging it out live. And I was just wondering how the hell he was doing that. ”

”Another great one in DJ Pokemon. Once I saw him play with 2 MPCs at the same time. It was at the grand opening of the ”Evolution” sound system by Pipo’s. It was the biggest wall of sound system I ever saw, enormous, new, shining and still smelling of fresh paint! Pipo’s was playing against Big Mix of Marlboro and they were doing the opening. The new ”Evolution” sound wasn’t still on. And everybody was like: ”Look at the SIZE of that wall, just imagine the sound coming out of that...” So Big Mix ended their part and Pokemon gets on the stage with 2 MPCs. I was wondering what’s he gonna do with 2 MPCs; I mean he doesn’t have 4 hands! When he started banging out the beat: ”tum, tum, ta, tum, ta, tum, tah”, everybody was pushed backwords. The pure pressure of the soundwave hitting your chest was enourmous! He kept fooling around with the MPCs, releasing the beat loops from the other one and sampling and effecting with the other. It was absurb man!”

MCs in Rio usually have a regular DJ that produces for them. But along that all the MCs get beats and tracks from other DJs also. The beats are sold on a single hit basis for the MC or for the label. Afterwords most never hear from any royalties or radio play benefits. ”When I sell by beats... 5 years ago I sold them for about 50-80 R$ (18-30€) each. Nowadays it’s a bit more. Or if it’s a friend then less. When Didô was starting his career, I did beats for him for free, because I saw that he has talent, but he doesn’t have any money on him. So then it’s like an investment for the future. When it’s a friend price, like for example MC Gringo, whom I like to help out, he pays about 80R$ (30€). But if it’s a regular artist who’s on the radio and tv it can be from 200R$ to 300R$ (75€ to 110€)for the production.”

Sandrinho has also done some remixes, both bootleg and official, like the ”Aumenta O Som” for Gotan Project. ”When I was asked if I wanna do a remix for Gotan Project, I was like ”what the hell why not? Send me the material.” I had never heard about the group and when I listened the track I was thinking: ”Shit, this hasn’t got anything to do with baile funk.” But heck with it, I started trying out something; took some samples from it constructed a funk beats around it... And it came out good!” Sandrinho says also that he likes to do his own production, but remixing is also fun, so if someone wants a booming baile remix of their track, contact this man!
Sandrinho is propably the most seen baile funk artist in Europe. ”First time I went to Europe was in 2004 with Mr Catra. We were invited to play at the Favela Chic in Paris. All went perfectly and the people loved it. So because of that I’ve been back to Europe already 12 times, more or less every 3 months. I always stay in France, it’s like my second home; I have friends there, people like my sound. And from there I do other shows in other countries. Since I’ve been there so many times and I got a 12” out on Man Recordings and some remixes like the one for Gotan Project, people are already recognizing my name. So I think year 2007 will be a good year for me. A year to collect what I’ve planted.”

Now Sandrinho is coming to Europe again and staying here for almost a month and touring with Tchiky Al Dente. So if you’re around, be sure not to miss this one, because Sandrinho is without a doubt one of the best DJs coming out of Rio and he’s sure to throw a hell of a party!

Dj Sandrinho on Myspace
Sandrinho's 12" EP on Man Recordings

Ghetto 808 mix and podcast out now!

2007-04-21T12:46:00.002+03:00

And here's another thing I was promising:

Ghetto 808 is a regular club night I'm going to start hosting here in Helsinki in the nearby future. And the first promo mix is finally ready. It's 58 minutes full of the hottest baile funk and kuduro and some other joints too.

Dj Rideon presents Ghetto 808:

Tracklist:

Bass Check
DJ Rideon: This My Shit
Os Hawaianos: Vem Kikando Rmx
DJ Sany Pitbull feat DJ Woody: I Feel Good (James Brown Funk Carioca Mix)
DJ Cabide: Montagem Baile Lotadão
Menor do Chapa: Vida Loka (DJ 17 Pistola Mix)
Bomba Funk 2: Aquecimento 2006
Bomba Funk 2: Mega Doido
DJ Rideon: Fuck Me Baby
Gaiola das Popozudas: Late Que Eu To Passando
Os Ousados: Passinho do Basquete
DJ Sandrinho: Pump It Up
DJ Sandrinho: Serrote Funk (Cleck Cleck Boom)
Bonde Neurose: 100% Neurose 2006
DJ Sandrinho vs. Justin Timberlake: Sexy Back
Puto Prata: Sai La Daqui
Buraka Som Sistema feat. Petty: Wawaba
Luky Gomes: Patiri
Leo Canhoto & Robertinho: Chumbo Quente (DJ Edgar Rmx)
DJ Sandrinho: Pump Friction
SD Boyz: Uh! Uh! Tá Tomado
95 South: Wet’n’Wild (DJ Laz Booty Bounce Mix)
DJ Assault: Sex On The Beach

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Hotlink to the podcast:
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In the future there'll be more mixes and maybe also some interview and radioshow stuff, mainly on baile funk, but also other hot ghetto stuff that's out there. So tune in!

And here are also the sleeves for the cd-version, or if you wanna add them to your iPod or something.

Two sites to get some baile funk on mp3

2007-04-21T12:06:00.000+03:00

Here are couple of nice links to get mp3s of baile funk:

Funk Neurótico is a pretty famous site, where you can get proibidão songs as well as other stuff. The good thing is: There is plenty of stuff available for download and they put more on the site every week. There's a lot to go through and since you can listen before downloading, it can be frustrating shooting in the dark. The quality is also always 128kps so it's nothing to dj with... Also every song ends on a vinheta (= a radio hook) advertising the site and it's pretty annoying. Anyhow, loads of stuff there, browse through! (From the main site you choose músicas and then either atuais, rap's, melody's or montagens) And don't forget to peep through the video section...

http://www.funkneurotico.net/

Another one lesser known is DJ's club, which is aimed mainly for the producers. Here you'll be able to find songs from some of the top DJs in the produções section. But what's more important there's loops and samples and instrumentals for producing baile funk. Some of them are in wav, but others in 128kps mp3s and since you can't tell before you've downloaded them, it can be pretty frustrating going them through. Once I've browsed more I'll let you know which one's are in wav and worth while. If you find some, please leave a comment and I'll link them on the blog. Besides the loops and a capelas that everybody understands, browse through also the pontos (=sample-loops taken from other songs) and viradas (=the "turnings" which is more or less like a break or a bridge). Bases means instrumentals.

http://www.djsclub.net/

Enjoy!

About posting mp3s

2007-04-02T09:42:00.000+03:00

Some people have asked me to post mp3s to my blog, but since these artists are poor and getting ripped off so much anyway, I don’t feel too comfortable supporting this trend without the permission of the artists.

However there are some great mixes and podcasts available totally free in the internet. And in the future I promise you’ll hear more of my mixes too.

And down on the other post are most of the main players provided, so just put Limewire (or whatever peer-to-peer network your using) singing and search by the artist names if you need to get the mp3s.

But anyway this issue is something I'd like to hear some of your opinions too! The main purpose of this blog is to spread the music and information about Rio Baile Funk and I know providing people with the music is vital for it to spread. But is there enough music available or should I post some lo-fi mp3s? Please leave some comments to have some conversation about it!

Different styles of Baile Funk

2007-04-02T09:33:00.000+03:00

Even though to western ears it all might sound pretty much the same, in Brazil baile funk has different styles inside the genre. It’s no wonder since the division is made pretty much by the content of the lyrics, not how the music actually sounds like. The four categories baile funk styles are normally devided into are funk sensual, funk melody, funk realidade and montagem.

Funk sensual is the most popular of the styles. It includes all the slackness; the most openly sexual and nasty stuff, including putaria. The lyrics are often straight forward ”advices” of how the girls should shake their booty. (”down to the floor winding slowly, put your hands on your knees and throw your ass up” etc.) Some of the songs are cleaned up of all the dirty words for radio, but everybody knows the nasty versions anyway and sings them out loud when ever a song is played. But it’s not only men who sing putaria; some of the most dirty and sexual songs are sung by women like Tati Quebra Barraco and Deise Tigrona. Singers, mcs and groups doing funk sensual are many, but here are some names to check out: Mr Catra, Os Ousados, Os Hawaianos, Os K-rrascos, Vanessinha do Picatchu, Gaiola das Popozudas, As Experiementas, As Divinas, As Tchutchucas, Bonde do Tigrão, Bonde do Vinho and Bonde Neurose.

Funk melody is a soft, romantic, melodic style of singing baile funk. The lyrics normally deal with love and passion and the beats might be softened with acoustic guitars. It’s suitable for radio play, tv and also for children. Dj Marlboro, who calls it funk novo (new funk) is pushing the style forward introducing new artits all the time. One of the forefathers of the style is a slick artist called Latino and nowadays artists like Perla, Leozinho, Marcihno and Andinho are popular. For many of the old school funkeiros, funk melody isn’t real funk, but only a try to please white and middle class audiencies, neglecting the roots of baile funk of favelas. Any how the style is getting ever more popular in Brazil.

Funk realidade is the harshest and the most hard edged of the styles. Into this category fall all the gun lyrics about ghetto violence and suffering, all the songs about the inhuman living standards favela dwellers have to face. Many of the songs also deal openly about the drug traffic and the factions and insert not so convinient truths about police brutality and that’s mainly why most of funk realidade is also proibidão (highly prohibited) and it’s is forbidden to record, make, sell or even listen to it (and you can get fined by doing so). The name funk realidade (reality funk) suggests the this problematics of the proibidão in brazilian society; the people against such lyrics insist they are an ode to the drug factions and violence and there as encouraging young kids to become outlaws. Where as the artists and the funk audiencies consider they are only showing to the elite the reality of the favelas. But I’ll deal more of that controversy is another post. Even though many artists sing proibidão geared to the favela audiencies along with other styles, the main contributors to the style are pretty much Menor do Chapa, Mr Catra, MC Galo, Duda do Borel, Cidinho & Doca, MC Sapão and MC Sabrina to name some.

Montagem translates pretty much to remix and this is where the DJs step into the front row (though besides that DJs do also all the production and the beats for the MCs and singers). Baile funk remixes are made very simply with loops and samples in a colláge style. When a song comes out by an MC it’s already in the first place kind of an interpretation by a DJ. Then when it becomes popular, pretty much all other DJs also do their version of it. Then there are the classic vocal samples and gunshots everyone uses. Those with recording studio devices can call up the artists to do specials in a dubplate style, but most of the DJs trade vocal samples with each other and most are recorded from live preformances. Nowadays most of Rio’s established DJs also do live montagem with MPCs. Some of the best DJs putting out remixes include Sandrinho, Sany Pitbull, Grandmaster Raphael, Edgar, Dennis, Marlboro, Eliel Campos, Cabide, Jefferson and Mancha.