While flipping through my record collection lately I found the compilation “Sun City” which was released in 1985 as an artist effort to raise awareness for the apartheid rule in South Africa. The album title related to a lavish South African resort named Sun City in which various UK and US artists performed (i.e. Queen, Elton John, etc), thus supporting the Apartheid regime. The Artur Baker and Little Steven produced “Sun City” album became a international success with stars such as Miles Davis (!), Bruce Springsteen, Run DMC, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Cliff, Lou Reed, Joey Ramone, Hall+Oates, U2, Peter Gabriel amongst others joining for the cause – raising awareness about an intolerable political issue .

While listening to the “Sun City” album I wondered: Why isnt such a thing set up today – for the climate cause? The World Climate Summit in Copenhagen will take place from Dec 7th to 19th, and so far I dont know of any relevant music alliance put together, demanding some serious change in policies . Wouldnt it be about time to start an initiative called “Artists Against Climate Change”, feat. all our favourite global beat heros like M.I.A., Diplo, Buraka, The Very Best, Sany Pitbull, DJ Mujawa, to just name a few – teaming up for a musical artist project to raise awareness and start serious discussions for the world´s most important issue of the coming decades? This shouldnt be handled by Sting or Bono and their friends but by us all who follow global music.

Please leave a comment and let´s start to discuss what can be done.

Tim Turbo, who just celebrated the 50th volume of his acclaimed “Tim Turbo Thursday´s” podcast has terminated his podcast and now moved media – from podcast to club – with a new monthly club night in Munich. Come down to the debut tonight of “Tim Turbo Thursday” at the “Neue Münchner Hypestadl” Crux Club, with the man Tim Turbo and myself on the decks. TTT y´all – Bavaria is getting hotter!

Brazil’s Os Gemeos– Portuguese for “The Twins”– are at it again. After getting some press earlier this year for a Deitch-sponsored mural in New York’s Lower East Side and “Vertigem” exhibition in Sao Paolo (catch it through December 13th), the brothers recently put on an amazing show for a street fair in the latter city. Thanks to the French duo Plasticiens Volants, who specialize in inflatable puppets, Os Gemeos got to see some of their characters in giant inflatable balloon form. Along with the 10-story-high blow-up puppets, Os Gemeos also got to paint enormous murals on the buildings lining the streets of the parade route, a nod to their roots in graffiti.

See the video here:

“Babarabatiri”, originally a 1950s tune by Mambo don Perez Prado, just won´t die. Picked up by Todd Terry in the early 00s and remixed by Masters At Work and other house bigsters, the tune recently returned. Since big horns became the latest craze, a couple of new “Babarabatiri” remixes surfaced, one of my favourite versions is by DJ Critikal from Talinn – our “Kid Conga” remix contest winner, and new signing to Man Recordings. His debut EP is on Man Recordings as Bert On Beats is scheduled for a spring 2010 release. In the meantime, grab his baile funk version here:

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DJ Critikal – Babarabatiri Funk