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Finally: Here´s the result from our Funk Mundial remix contest. We received more than 70 entries in our so it took us a while to work through all the tracks from A-Z. In the end we had to make hard decisions, and we even had to extend the final winning selection to four as we simply couldnt exclude any of the last four entries.

The winners are:

João Brasil, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil “Soca Ali Baba – João Brasil Tecno Brega Mix”
Brabe, Amsterdam, Holland “Soca Ali Baba – Brabe Remix”
Vengeance, Australia, “Soca Ali Baba – Vengeance Remix”
Tim Turbo, Berlin, Germany “Tim Turbo Sonnenbank Lazer Remix”

Our winners will receive T-Shirts, Vinyls and a digital release of their remix on Man Rec this summer. We´ll keep you posted about the release date. Thanks again to all who provided their versions!

The deadline for submissions in the Crookers / Funk Mundial remix contest ended last night. Spreading out in the blogosphere like a wildfire the remix contest was featured on many blogs and websites, even XLR8R magazine featured it in its online version. Thus, the results are truly mundial. We received a reggaeton remix from Puerto Rico, a banging Tecno Brega mix from São Paulo and tons of ravey stuff from all over the planet, even from heavy weights like Brabe from Holland or Sticky K courtesy of Dubsided fame.

We are currently in the process of remix evalution – with more than sixty entries, a real challenging job. Until we´ll announce the winners of the contest this Friday, we´ll give you something to play with : The Funk Mundial cube. Download the construction sheet for your own cube here:

http://exiltiroler.net/download/manrecordings/funkmundial-cube.pdf

Special thanks to Analog / Michael Ostermann from Vienna, Austria for designing the cube.

And of course: We´d like to say many thanks to all producers that provided their versions and participated in the contest.

Yo, ever fancied remixing Crookers? Well, here´s your chance. To celebrate the release of the Funk Mundial compilation, containing the best tracks of the vinyl series on Man Recordings, we are giving away original acappella, bassline and drumfills from the Crookers track “Soca Ali Baba” feat. Baile Funk MC Dandão for y´all to remix.

The best three remixes will be officially digital release on Man Recordings and rewarded with Man Recordings goodies and a share in sales.

Please send your remixes to info (at) manrecordings.com. Submission deadline is April 27th, 2009 (we postponed it for one more week). And: It doesnt matter which format you send us your remix. MP3s are preferred, if the remix gets a full release, we´d ask you for .WAV formats.

Download the parts from here:

http://www.zshare.net/download/58089059d64facf2/

Listen to the original track snippet here:03-soca-ali-baba-feat-mc-dandao-snippet

Phra from Crookers just sent us this exclusive snippet from their upcoming album. There will be songs in autotune, dancehall riddims, and Phra toasting in Italian – right next to vocal contributions by Kanye, Kid Cudi, Yelle, Tim Burgess, and Rosin Murphy amongst others. But as Phra sings: Volevi l´album ma noi non ce lo abbiamo….., so we gotta wait a little bit more for it. But we´ll keep you posted.

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Our favourite Italian ragazzis, Il Crookers – currently sweating in the studio on their upcoming studio album – sent us a link to their brand new “We Make It Good” mix. Crookers say about the mix: “it seem like have pizza with spaghetti with Chocolate and Caramelle inside..strange…but sounds good!”. Enjoy this spaced out mix with a nice fat spliff.

Download it here: http://wemakeitgood.com/mix-series/volume-07-crookers

TRACKLIST

Marino Marini “Era scritto nel cielo”
DATA “Rapture part2″
Rusko “Boo Woost” / Caspa “Where’s BEST SH*T RIGHT NOW!
Equipe84 “Io ho in mente te”
Bombaman “Exia” (Setsuna mix)
Isa GT Feat. Crookers “Pelao”
DropTheLime “Hear me” (BSS Mix)
Hugo Moya “Move”
Dj Mujava “Township Funk” (Radioclit mix)
Sound of Stereo (Nic Sarno re-trix)
Dj Cleo “Rutheless”
Mr.Oizo “Cut20DIck”
Lucio Battisti “Il Veliero”