My latest mini-documentary endeavour. This time with Diplo. Filmed on a still digital camera at Leandro HBL’s house in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. Leandro and Wes were screening the almost finished cut of “Favela on Blast” (yes, it DOES exist….I saw a big chunk of it and it’s very cool) for Sany Pitbull and Adriana Pittigliani.
KUBO MIXTAPE SUMMER 08
Download/listen here
01. Parolar De Veso Remix feat. SD Boys
02. Rebola feat. Joyce Muniz
03. Turnament Version feat. Yasmine Seydi
04. Turnament feat. Fefe MC
05. Uepa feat. Joyce Muniz
06. Um Korpo feat. Joyce Muniz
07. Kubo Precut (no name yet )
08. Lem Lem feat. Joyce Muniz
09. Tindao
Immediate Sounds Vol. 1 from Heatwave
And from El Hijo de la Cumbia:
EL HIJO DE LA CUMBIA La Ventana Esta Abierta
01_Intro_Real_ElHijodelaCumbia
02_Siempre Suave_ElHijodelaCumbia
03_Cambie la Historia_ElHijodelaCumbia
04_Como te Voy a olvidar_Angeles Azules_vs_ElHijodelaCumbia
05_Viento_Aron y su Grupo ilusion_vs_ElHijodelaCumbia
06_Homeja Al Dj Taz_ElHijodelaCumbia _Mix
07_Pobre mara_ElHijodelaCumbia
08_Cumbiatoons_ElHijodelaCumbia
09_Un escalon_ElHIjodelaCumbia
Turntables on the Hudson
Friday, July 18 at Water Taxi Beach
Maga Bo (Rio de Janeiro/Soot Records)
accompanied by Blanquito Man pon di microphone (Venezuela/King Changó/Rayo Blanco). Cumbia Sobre el Rio feat. Blanquito Man, Control Machete – Celso Piña Y Su Ronda Bogota.
with resident DJs Nickodemus & Mariano + Nappy G & Christiano on percussion.
Starts at 8 and goes to 2ish. Maga Bo set will be from 10 to 12.
#2 Borden Avenue in Long Island City QUEENS – Right on the EAST River. Check Water Taxi Beach for full directions by Water Taxi, car, subway.
Nueva Cumbia Mix
01 DJ Negro – Cumbia Rabiosa Feat. Capleton
02 Celso Pina – Cumbia Sobre El Rio
03 El Hijo De La Cumbia – La Mara Tomaza
04 Villa Diamante – Fauna vs. Black Eyed Peas
05 Zurita – Back To The Punk
06 Obama Cumbia
07 El Remolon – Andres Lanredo vs. Madonna
08 Calle 13 – La Cumbia de Los Aburridos
09 DJ Blaqstarr – Shake It To The Ground (Chico Sonido Psych Cumbia Beat)
10 Grupo Kien? – Cumbia Nueva
11 Chancha Via Circuito – Cumbia Malembe
12 The Peronists – Cumbia Check In Ura
13 El Trip Selector – Cumbiancherita
14 Fantasma – Danza Fantasma
15 Sonido Martines – Stone Guacharaca
Here is the link.
Reggie Watts: Out Of Control from Jakob Lodwick on Vimeo.
Mr. Reggie Watts….he probably doesn’t even remember me, but I remember him. Nor do I know where he is now….wherever he is, he’s doing some cool shit. Part of the “old” school soul funk hip hop crew in Seattle back in the day (Jamabalaya, Sharkskins and alla dem), I met him at a house party where he did his first ever solo performance in the basement for about 10 people. It was killer. Fortunately, he’s still doing his thing. The above clip shows him creating a new track on the fly by sampling himself singing and looping all the instruments, singing on top and tweaking FX in realtime.
Below is Zeitghost a sort of (re)mixtape fusing video, music, digital production. Reggie is our host for the ride.
ZEITGHOST TV (prototype episode) – June 17, 2008 from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.
In my digital ambulations on vimeo, I found a couple other jaw-dropping-ly cool animated video clips – see above and below.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
Science Machine from Chad Pugh on Vimeo.
The second (of three) video clips to accompany the upcoming release, “Archipelagoes” on Soot Records. This was filmed in Dakar, Senegal.
What happens when you take advantage of the MTA strike (this was a while ago – notice WINTER colors).
This lovingly manipulated shot is by the one called Steven Miller.
Oceans away, I just found out via Wes’ blog that Adriana Pittigliani (Pitti), passed away on Sunday. Aside from being a great photographer (she donated her time and energy to help me with some of my first press photos), she was sort of the grand lady of funk behind the scenes. She knew everybody and was always looking to connect people, communicate and help everyone involved in funk grow. She was crazy and fun (she did the bottle dance alongside all the 15 year olds) and had a really positive and excited energy. She invested a lot of time and energy in helping people professionalize their art and get connected with the rest of the Carioca music scene from people just starting out to the old school crew – Mr. Catra, MC Gringo, Diplo, Sany Pitbull, DJ Marlboro and tons of other people (myself included). The photo above was taken at my house during a Sonar Calibrado recording session with Mr. Catra, doing what she did so well – communicating, connecting and facilitating. She will be greatly missed. Adriana descansa em paz.
Another Maga Bo mini-documentary. An interview with MC Gringo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008.
