Warming up for his first European tour coming November, original Baile Funk Master DJ Amazing Clay has provided #1 in the new Man Recordings platform “Baile Funk Mixtape Series”, which will present mixtapes by various DJs from Rio De Janeiro.

Amazing Clay is probably one of the most legendary funk DJs from Rio. With a career that spans more than 25 years of DJ experience he knows how to get a party going. Recently his work shifted to international recognition, when he contributed to #4 in the Baile Funk Masters series on Man Recordings. Soon after, Clay remixed Munk´s “Live Fast Die Old” feat. Asia Argento, and contributed in the “Bossa Do Morro” compilation with a fierce remix of João Gilberto´s “Bim Bom”. Clay is also part of the “Astigmatic Inspired by Chopin” remix project, which includes remixes of classic Fréderic Chopin songs by heavyweights like Crazy Baldhead, Daniel Wang, Black Joy and Max Skiba amongst others (Clay´s mix is included in the mixtape) – released in November.

Amazing Clay will come to Europe for a few weeks in November, if you´re interested in booking Clay and his MPC for an original set of Rio Baile Funk please contact me at: info@manrecordings.com

Confirmed DJ dates for Clay´s Europe tour are so far:

Nov 13th, Berlin, DE
Nov 14th, Warsaw, PL
Nov 27th, Tübingen, DE
Nov 28th, Vienna, AT

Download the mix from here:
MAN RECORDINGS MIXTAPE SERIES #1 DJ AMAZING CLAY

Tracklist

01= Aquecimento Do Verão (Dj Amazing Clay)
02= Gringo Vai Embora (Dj Amazing Clay feat. Mc Gringo & Ninna)
03= Oi Novinha (Dj Amazing Clay feat. Bonde Zoeira)
04= Chopin In Da Party (Etude in C Minor) (Dj Amazing Clay)
05= Saudade da Ex (Dj Amazing Calay feat Mc Maiquinho)
06= Live fast Die Old (Munk with Asia Argento – Dj Amazing Clay Remix)
07= Upside Down (Sandra D’angelo & Dj Amazing Clay)
08= Super Jones (Extended Mix) (Dj Amazing Clay)
09= Berimbolô (Dj Amazing Clay)
10= Bim Bom (João Gilberto) (Baile funk Remix By Dj Amazing Clay)
11= Electro Sex (Dj Amazing Clay)
12= What The Funk x Mc Maiquinho x Ninna (P Funky / Dj Amazing Clay)
13= Hey Hey (Mc Maiquinho)
14= Fica Atrás Dela (Waguinho Caxangá)
15= Mulher de Cama e Mesa (Mc Betta & Dj Amazing Clay)
16= Soulfood x Mc Dandão (P Funky / Dj Amazing Clay)
17= Descendo e Mexendo o Ombrinho (Os Caçadores)
18= Tô Facinho (Mc Mágico)
19= Pode Me Chamar de Boa (Mc Dandara)
20= Daytripper (Baile Funk Remix Dj Fú & Dj Dinho)

Photo courtesy of Vincent Rosenblatt/ Agencia Olhares

Our favourite Rio De Janeiro sound system, DIGITALDUBS, released various singers on their Funk Milk Riddim, e.g. the sensational “O Comédia Vacilou” featuring Duda Do Borel, which we´ve released recently as 7″ vinyl (Man 028). Here´s an exclusive for you´ll to get a taste of Rio´s ruling ragga and dancehall sound system: It´s the Funk Milk Riddim featuring Tippa Irie.

DIGITALDUBS feat. TIPPA IRIE

Apart from djing and producing, me and Dj Functionist also do a mix show called “Unlimited”, Monday to Friday from 2 -3 pm on radio FM4 in Austria. What I like about doing this show is that we pretty much get to play whatever we want; the challenge is to make it accesible and entertaining to your average daytime radio listener and simultaneously keeping it forward thinking and progressive for the music loving freaks who know and care about new music.

Another reason I love doing the radio is that we are 2 like minded djs on 4 turntables, which means that a lot of cool music experiments will happen live on radio, totally out of the blue. Just last week, as I was playing Dj Mujava’s “Township Funk” in my set, Functionist decides to slam on Missy’s “Lose Control” over the riddim. It sounded good in the set, so a couple days later Functionist decided to do a studio blend.

Dj Mujava vs. Missy Elliot – Township Funk Control (Dj Functionist blend)

Did you notice that baile funk is changing in shape? Recent tracks showed: No more Tamborzãos, no more Volt Mix Beat, hardly any pop-samples. This year´s Rio funk flavour certainly´s been the Tamborzinho, the beatbox version of the Tamborzão (using a beatbox freestyle of Mr.Catra). Another much used element: Bahian drumming (which makes funk sound more “Brazilian”), and the ubiquious Perez Prado horn snippet.Some people call this new style “Macumba”. Whatever its name: Funk is going back to the roots.

Here´s one of the recent bangers from Rio
DJ IGOR feat. DANIBOY “SENTA SENTA NO CALCANHAR”

Photo by Vincent Rosenblatt, courtesy Agencia Olhâres

We are proud to present #7 in the Funk Mundial series: It´s by Jesse Rose and Oliver $ from Berlin, and both have teamed up with Rio funk MC queen Deize Tigrona and created two incredible tracks. We produced a limited edition of 300 copies in red shiny vinyl, so get to your nearest vinyl dealer or order the vinyl through us. Superduper-Anti Mp3-Sound included. For those without a turntable, go to Itunes or Beatport from next week to download the digital version.

Deichkind is the only really outstanding German rap crew these days. This trio from Hamburg doesnt pretend to be gangster nor isnt trying to copycat any known US rap standards but just push the boundaries of what is called rap music. I always thought their legendary video “Limit” is one of the most incredible German music videos ever made, when I just watched their new clip by Berlin directors Alex+Liane, which blew my mind:

(”Arbeit Nervt”=”Work sucks”)

Ah and here´s “Limit”

Grandmixer D.ST is from the early 1980s generation of NY scratch DJs. His debut public appearance was as DJ in the amphitheatre scene of the movie “Wild Style”, shortly after D.ST hit the jackpot as being the guy responsible for the turntable parts in Herbie Hancock´s “Rockit”. Another D.ST´s highlight was the track “D.ST Cuts It Up”, which was featured on the – ESSENTIAL – 1984 Celluloid compilation “Street Music Material”. The compilation was produced by Material and contains tracks by Fab Five Freddy, Phase 2´s legendary “The Roxy”, The Clash (!) feat. Futura 2000 and with “The Smurf” probably the 1st electro funk track featuring a live hard rock guitar. Check D.ST´s video and try to track down “Street Music Material”, this is timeless electro funk. Some of the tracks have lately been released on the “Celluloid Years” compilation, but nothing beats the original album vinyl. Oh and the cover artwork is by Futura 2000. After listening to “D.ST Cuts It Up” again I have to ask myself: Why on earth is no one doing music like this anymore today? Why is everyone only looking to the block party prime years of hip hop and completely fading out on the shit that Celluloid Records released from 1983-1985?

Pardal, the manager of Rio´s fiercest female MC crew Gaiola Das Popozudas has sent us this new press photo of the Popozudas. Yes boys and girls, this is the funk carioca female body in full effect. Who needs Giséle Bündchen when there´s Gaiola Das Popozudas?

Download Gaiola Das Popozudas recent floor burner here:

GAIOLA DAS POPOZUDAS “DE SAINHA”

Save the date! At the final day of this year´s Popkomm music fair in Berlin, we´ll celebrate the “Big Booty Clash” at Scala club.
We´ll rep with DJ Beware, our new signing ISA GT live and myself on the decks plus a very special guest. Delicious Gutter a.k.a. Delicious Vinyl will front with Don Rimini and Aaron Lacrate, plus the whole Delicious Vinyl crew. Maybe Young MC will come down too and some other well known people . So don´t miss this party, it will certainly be this year´s Popkomm highlight.

Today, I present you a book recommendation. This book is also about music – gangsta rap in particular – but mostly it´s a pretty amazing book about the history and culture of gangs around the world. I picked it up because it has a foreword by Mike Davis, which already can be considered a quality approval (check also Davis´ books “The Birth Of The 3rd World” and “World Of Slums” amongst others). But most of all I bought it to get a better understanding of the social and economic reasons why gangs have institutionalized in urban areas around the world – and to realise the role of some of their cultural by-products, be it gangsta rap, baile funk or kwaito. So next time you say to your mates “I gotta cop me some of those ghetto beats from Man Rec” you can be a bit a more precise after reading “A World Of Gangs”: The music on Man Recordings (except for the fidget stuff, hehe) is in many aspects an intrinsic spin off of both globalisation and gang culture.

John M.Hagedorn “A World Of Gangs”, University Of Minnesota Press, 2008
The book´s author also runs a homepage worth checking out: http://www.gangresearch.net/

DJ EDGAR, one of our favourite baile funk DJs from Rio is currently putting together new dates for his 2nd Euro tour in November. If you fancy booking him, please contact his Europe manager Johan von Friedrichs in Stockholm: info@barbrasil.se. I can assure you: This DJ is rocking the bells!

Check out DJ Edgar´s latest DJ mix, full of new tracks and remixes from the Baile Funk Master himself. Check out the Max Romeo baile funk mix, woahhh!

Download it from here:
DJ EDGAR SUMMER MIX 2008

TRACKLIST DJ EDGAR SUMMER MIX 2008

01. Abertura (DJ Edgar)
02. Funknotronic (DJ Edgar)
02. Boogie down beat (DJ Edgar)
03. Samba com Funk (DJ Edgar)
04. Explosao mix (DJ Edgar)
05. Guns’n'Funk (DJ Edgar)
06. I can’t get no (DJ Edgar)
07. Na Europa eh assim oh (DJ Edgar)
08. Prostituto, o sonho delas (DJ Edgar)
09. Alegria (DJ Edgar)
10. Salsa com Funk (DJ Edgar)
11. We willRock-FunkU (DJ Edgar)
12. The power (DJ Edgar)
13. Out of space (DJ Edgar feat. Max Romeo and The Upsetters)
14. Boxe vs Axel F. (DJ Edgar)
15. Nirvana in ‘Funk’ Concert (DJ Edgar)
16. Rock N’Funk beat (DJ Edgar)
17. Gaita mix (DJ Edgar)
18. I fly with Funk ‘U (Gigi D’Agostino feat. DJ Edgar)
19. DJ Edgar, aplica o som (DJ Edgar)
20. Sininho mix (DJ Edgar)
21. Solta esse ponto (DJ Edgar)
22. Link Funk Park mix (DJ Edgar)
23. Psiu-Psiu (DJ Edgar)