Jackmaster Oliver $, known for his fidgety, big bassed house tracks just gave us his rework / blend of Ying Yang Twins “Wait” that melts with some beats from Shlomi Aber and Kenny Larkin. Well tested on various dancefloors, this banger will get yo mama grindin´

Ying Yang Twins – Whisper Song (Oliver $ Edit)

There are certain individuals who just encompass the vibe of their city in everything they do wherever they go, and Bobbito Garcia is definitely one of those souls. When Bobbito came and did a mix  live for my radio show, a couple of weeks back, it was like New York City walked into the studio.

For those who don’t know, Bobbito, together with Stretch Armstrong  ran a hip hop radio show in the early, mid 90’s for on WKCR fm for 8 years in NYC. The show was also syndicated all over the United States as well to other continents. This was definitely THE radio show for hip hop  lovers,

a)they played the best tunes, no commercial pop rap stuff

b) they had the best guests – still unsigned Nas, Jay Z, Biggie, Big Pun, Fugees, Big L  and many more all came on the show for interview and freestyle

c)  with the help of Lord Sear, were responsible for some of the best comedy I have ever heard on any radio show.

Since the end of his radio days, Bobbito has been keeping himself busy as a DJ, writer, streetball player, magazine creator and sneaker consultant. Its been a good few years since he has been on a radio, so it was definitely an honour for me to have him on. We had a good chat, cracked a few jokes, and Bobbito did a wicked latin set.

Find out what Bobbito though his website.  Sneaker fanatics look out for his new Pro Keds basketball shoe coming out end of this month. Music heads look out for Bobbito and Rich Medina’s compilation “Connection- Modern explorations in Afro Beat & Afro Latin”.

Big thanks to Bobbito for letting me blog the mix and interview. Get it here.

This looks great! Recorded between 2006 and 2009, this documentary by directors Vladimir Cunha and Gustavo Godinho looks at the tecnobrega scene in Belém, Pará. Tecnobrega is defined in the film blurb as the digital adaption of romantic music from the 70s and 80s. The focus of the film is the relation of tecnobrega to the new business model of selling and distributing music that this unlikely genre seems to be pioneering.

The documentary features  the tecnobrega MC, Marcos Maderito,  the ”Garoto Alucinado”; DJ Maluquinho, a type of Iggy Pop brega from the periferia of Belém;and the DJs Dinho, Ellysson  and Juninho,  idols of the aparelhagens, enormous sound systems that are the main attractions of tecnobrega.

Even better is the fact you can download the film for free here.

This Brasilian drink maker is certainly down with what´s played on Brasil´s streets. The music is by made by our man João Brasil.

The baile funk viral:

The tecno brega viral:

do bem™ – Açaí Juice 100% fruit (Tic Tic Tac Wafer’s Keyboard) from Hardcuore on Vimeo.

A simple and effective deconstruction of The Prodigy’s Smack My Bitch Up, using pens, paper, household appliances, other peoples records, and a nice bit of editing.