We are proud to present #3 in the Man Recordings Presents Ghettoblaster party series. This Thursday at Tape CLub in Berlin we´ll clash with Mad Decent don DIPLO special guest is DJ Edgar straight outta Rio. Don´t miss it….

Directed by Rafael DJ, Deize´s husband:

ARTIST: DEIZE TIGRONA, DIPLO
TITLE: BANDIDA/ME CHINGA
CAT NR: MAN 021
FORMAT: 7“ SINGLE
VINYL RELEASE: JANUARY 25th, 2008

Deize Tigrona, the undisputed queen on the mike on the Rio Baile Funk scene, is back with a vengeance. After her collaborations with Edu K on the infamous „Sex-O-Matic“, a coop with London´s The Bug on the dancehallesque „Miniature Do Lulu“, „Bandida“ sees Deize Tigrona temporarly allign with the man they call Diplo.

DIPLO

„Bandida“ (=bandit) is the kick ass anthem against all male adulterers – and a warning shot to all women sleeping with married men. Even if you dont understand the full content of Deize Tigrona´s lyrics, the power of her voice soon makes clear that Deize is serious as cancer about all those women trying to snatch her husband away. Diplo, the world class beat maker from Philadelphia, M.I.A. co-producer and cream of the crop remixer, provides the musical background for Deize´s anger attack and sho´nuff, you cant get more punk rock than „Bandida“. While the average dance move for baile funk is usually the polonaise, for „Bandida“ the only option is: Pogo dancing.

DEIZE TIGRONA

The flipside of the 7“ single, produced by Deize´s husband DJ Rafael, is not quiet as punk rock as „Bandida“ but still rocking the bells. With a heavy riff and a bouncing Tamborzao, this one is more for the hips.

Tracklist
A: BANDIDA
B: ME CHINGA

Vinyl release only. Limited edition of 100 in red vinyl. Available exclusively through the Man Recording shop.

Rio de Janeiro´s TiM Festival is an annual live concert extravaganza sponsored by Brazilian-Italian telecom giant TIM. This year´s headliners included Björk and Arctic Monkeys, plus shows by Spankrock, Girl Talk, Lindstrom, Toktok, Juliette & The Licks, Killers the main attraction on the festival´s last night however was the FUNK MUNDIAL stage.

The line up was: MC Gringo, Daniel Haaksman, DJ Sandrinho, Sinden, Diplo, DJ Marlboro. A night in which the international ambassadors of funk would meet up with Rio´s hottest funk talents. Months before the event it was decided not to include any MC from Rio as political dynamics within the MC community wouldve boasted the night´s program. It´s still scarce that MCs from the funk community get the chance to participate in international festival stages in Brazil so to keep heat low, MCs were excluded, except for MC Gringo, the German-Brazilian MC, who was considered neutral for the event.

Sound rehearsals started in the afternoon – MC Gringo being the only artist performing with a live instrument, he needed some adjustment with his co MC Gus to warm up.

After rehearsals Sinden went off with MC Gringo to a footie match at Maracana stadium. Daniel Haaksman chilled at the pool of Sheraton Rio – to doze off after a hard party night in São Paulo. Diplo was busy putting his final hands on his “Favela On Blast” movie and a hungover from Björks party the night before.

While on his way up to his room, Haaksman crashed into Diplo. Sinden followed shortly after, together they hung out in the lobby, laer, a small bus took the bunch from Sheraton to the festival.

The TIM venue was rammed with people, three stages attracted tons of folks hungry for partying – the night before it was raining cats and dogs, Saturday night was a perfect and warm early Rio summer night. Soon the FUNK MUNDIAL tent filled up. Backstage all artists came together for a quick talk about running order and playing length. Sinden and Haaksman met TIM programmer Hermano Vianna for a brief chat

MC Gringo started the night in the giant tent and soon proofed his skills as a A list performer. Backed by DJ Comrade from NY and his Co MC Gus, Gringo filled the tent in a second and soon got the audience moving their hips in funk carioca stylee.

Up next was Haaksman who added extra bass to the stage and got the crowd moving fast. Hermano Vianna mentioned “It was the best set to make sex too”. Some dancers agreed, others like Deize Tigrona, Sany Pitbull, Diplo and Sinden decided to do other dance routines.

After Haaksman, DJ Sandrinho took over the decks. And with his party proof MPC/Pioneer CD-J wizzardry soon brought the tent to the boil.

Finally our boy Graeme Sinden burned the tent with a breathtaking mix of niche, brandnew tracks by himself as well as remixes from the Dubsided crew.

Last but not least, Diplo brought the party to the peak with his irresistible mix of Bmore joints, baile mashups and party bombs. Rio just couldnt do nothing else but dance – even the bouncers joined in.

The night was rounded up with DJ Marlboro playing tracks from his label – sorry, no photo available!

ARTIST: EDU K

TITLE:  “POPOZUDA ROCK N’ ROLL”
FORMAT: 12″ VINYL + DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
CAT.NR.: MAN 04
RELEASE: NOVEMBER 11 2005

With Edu K’s “Popozuda Rock n’ Roll” Man Recordings proudly presents a classic Rio baile funk anthem in a 2005 remix shape. Diplo from Hollertronix, Philadelphia, U.S.A., has worked the Brazilian burner into a highly personal interpretation of Rio’s favela bass sound. With a catchy snythie hook, percussive beats and the great voice of Edu K, Diplo had created a storming remix that no booty can resist.

Edu K – Photo by Sebastian Mayer

Remix Nr. 2 is by DJ Sandrinho from Rio de Janeiro who is one of the most famous original Rio baile funk DJs and producers. Sandrinho is the main DJ of MC legend Mr. Catra and has produced various bases for the biggest voice in baile funk. His remix is a genuine baile funk interpretation. With it’s clipping bassdrums, percussive grooves and a firework of free floating samples, the DJ Sandrinho mix creates the authentic sound of Rio.

DJ Sandrinho

Remix Nr. 3 comes from Edu K himself. The allround genius from the Southern Brasilian town of Porto Alegre, who has been in the famous Brazilian punk band De Falla for many years, is today one of Brazils most prolific musicians and producer. In his mix, he created a reggaeton mix of his heavy metal-funk anthem. Undoubtedly, this is the world’s first official baile funk-reggaeton clash released on wax. A magnificent remix, which will set any dancefloor on fire!

On the B side, there’s the original, the instrumental and the acappella – perfect material for every bedroom producer and DJ to create his own favela booty beats interpretations.

Three excellent remixes, the orginal version, plus tools for the individual deck and laptop use – Edu K’s “Popozuda Rock n’ Roll” EP is surely one hot release. It´s a must for every music lover, DJ and booty fan. Now VAI POPOZUDAS!