Ayobaaaa! We are proud to present the winners in the “Ayoba” remix contest today. After receiving more than 100 contributions from all over the globe, we spent hours and hours going through our Soundcloud dropbox. We received a lot of halftime pounding dubstep and wobbel remixes (in fact, a bit too many), there were seriously far-out remixes (the heavy metal remix of Chernobyl, the “Schnitzel” dub remix of Jah Power), a lot of Kuduro inspired remixes (One Man Ben, Barney Iller) and some very well produced remixes (PPP Refix, BamR, DJ Alarm, DJ Densen). In the end, we had to make some tough decisions, there were more than a dozen really good remixes, but we had to cut them down to three. So here´s our nominees:

Jakob / Schlachthofbronx:

Bros Before Hoes
Hood Regulators
Sabbo

Bene / Schlachthofbronx:

Bros Before Hoes
Hood Regulators
Africa Raver

Daniel / Man Rec:

Barney Iller
DJ Chernobyl
One Man Ben

After the jury´s selection was clear, we decided to announce two winners:

BROSBEFOREHOES (France)
AYOBA (BROS BEFORE HOES Remix) by Bros Before Hoes

and

HOOD REGULATORS (Switzerland)
Ayoba! (Hood Regulators Remix) by hoodregulators

CONGRATULATIONS!
And many thanks to all who have participated! This was a truly amazing contest with a lot of new, and unknown talent contributing, which we hope to engage in future projects. The winning remixes will be added to the “Ayoba Remix” EP after they´ve been mastered, expect them to be available end of March.

A while ago I went to the Position Normal website and ordered the Goodly Time LP (buy it! It’s only five quid and it’s wonderful!). Position Normal’s music is difficult to describe, it is as English as a cup of tea and a buttery crumpet, and uses guitar, samples, loops and extracts that recall Britain of a bygone era. It is a sound that is deliberately lo-fi but at the same time very evocative. It is the predecessor of the sound that has been labelled “Hauntalogical” and that the label Ghost box  has gone on to develop and explore. Listen to the ASDA mix by Moon Wiring Club at TheWire.co.uk, and you can hear the influence.

I started exchanging some e-mails with the aforementioned Mr. Normal, and he showed a curiosity about our own Man Recordings, Daniel sent him some Schlachthofbronx track parts and below is the result. I like this a lot, it’s someone who is worlds away from the Man universe putting their own stamp of eccentricity on what is already a bonkers Bavarian baile pile up. vive la différence!

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Schlachthofbronx – Vem que tem (Position Normal Remix)

Yessir, we are serious. It’s the second issue of Man FM, the Man Recordings podcast and we are already relaunching the whole thingy!

Me, Tim Turbo, turned anchorman and moderator (no hateration ’bout my spoken englisch!), the podcast got itself some real radio show swagger and we will dedicate every show to an upcoming Man Recordings release from now on. You’ll get exclusive first listens to all our new releases, Interviews with all our Artists, DJ mixes by special guests plus brand new tracks and classics that inspire us. Man FM is your access to selected Man Recordings content!

This month’s guests are DJ Beware and Motorpitch, presenting their upcoming EP entitled “El Toro”, giving us all the key facts in an interview, an exclusive listen to the tracks and, like last month, a premium DJ mix. Welcome to a brand new Man FM, enjoy the show!

Man FM 002 – El Toro

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Hi my dear Man Recordings fellowship,

I’m Tim Turbo and I will take care of the new monthly Man Recordings podcast series Man FM from now on. In rotation with the infamous asian invasion DJ Beware we will give away an exclusiv DJ mix every month, brimful with the music we think you need.

Today’s first issue of Man FM is put together by DJ Beware and Motorpitch and will demonstrate you how great Kwaito and UK Funky can dance hand in hand. Brand new Kwaito meets the very best of UK Funky. Let the rhytm catch you!

DJ Beware & Motorpitch – Township Funky – Man FM 001

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01 N.B Funky – Riddim Box
02 DJ Killer – Trap
03 APPLe – Messed
04 DJ Bigga – Boeke Anthem (Bubbling)
05 Mastiksoul – Bofe De Elite
06 Funkin Matt – Zee! (Original Mix)
07 Laidback Luke & Diplo – Hey! (Sidney Samson Remix)
08 Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura – Chekere (Seiji Rerub)
09 Efdemin/Martyn – Acid Bells (Martyns Dark Mix)
10 Beware & Motorpitch – Poraroca
11 DJ Killer – True House
12 Swimming Pool – Brickz

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.

Dj Cliffy from london brazilophile club Batmacumba has put together the collection Black Rio 2 original samba soul 1968-1981, this is a sequel to Black Rio, an excellent compilation on Strut which managed to introduce Brazil’s wealth of samba summery rare grooves to  western punters. This collection promises more of the same, many already familiar from house partys and black bailes if you reside in Brazil, but a nice funky selection all the same. If you are patient, you can still find these tracks on vinyl in Brazillian second hand record stores, if you look outside the big urban centres where the knowledgeable record collectors are, you can pick them up cheaply, although in pretty scruffy covers. Anyway Cliffy seems to know his bananas and courtesy of The Fader has done a half hour promo mix to sample the album.

Download mix here.

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Okay, I promise this is the last post I will do on MJ, but I just wanted you all to hear this. My homie Dj Whatever let me know about this one. This mix is called “Michael Jackson – The Soulful Years” done by Jaycee, who happens to be Ludacris’s tour dj as well as a radio host on V-103 Atlanta. It’s not a tribute mix actually, because this mix was done in 2006. I like it for Jaycee’s selection, his skills on the turntables and the whole flow of the tape. Recommended!

You can find the above mixtape over at Dancing Cheetah blog. I haven’t listened to it yet but it looks like a really interesting mix of cumbia, carimbó, tecnobrega, merengue, funana, coupe decale, reggaetón and some arabian shit.

you can download it here

Why am I so crap at posting stuff on the blog? Why is that I always have to wait till Big Dan Haaksman writes and complains about my lack of posts do I then actually write a post. Why? why? WHY?!?!?

I think it’s because I’m shy to share with the world  my humble opinion.  Plus the fact that at the moment, I don’t do much else than radio, gig, studio and the occasional game of ping pong.

Anyways…

I’ve done a couple of mixtapes for the beautiful and talented MPHO. MPHO is a singer from Brixton, previously best know for her work with the likes of Bugz in the Attic and Coldcut. She is now coming out with her debut album “Pop Art” on Parlophone/Wall of Sound. MPHO’s amazing voice and incredible song writing make the album an irrestible pop album. The first single “Box n Locks” is produced by Switch and has a sample from Echo Beach by “Martha and the Muffins”. They also got Armand Van Helden, Herve and Crazy Cousins to remix the track. My  favourite is still the original though.

MPHO -Box n Lox

and here’s a link to the mixtapes that we put together for MPHO

Art of pop vol.1

Art of pop vol.2

Enjoy!

Its really hard to write stuff like “this is the ultimate 90s mega mix” or the “only 90s mix you need” without sounding like some terrible infomercial for some cheesy product that comes on at 4 in the morning on some TV shopping channel.

For those who know Dj Spinbad’s legendary mixtapes like “Rock the Casbah (The 80s megamix)” and “Needle to the Groove”, my guess is that you’re probably not even reading this anymore and have already clicked the download link and trying to contain your excitement as you watch that status bar grow.

I don’t really know what else to say about this mix other than its just straight sick… “Rock the Casbah” influenced my shit so much, and this one here just reminds me of how creative you can get with a bunch of records, two turntables and a sense of humour. Please just download it and listen to it.

Dj Spinbad -90s megamix

BIg shout to Dj Whatever for letting me know about this one!

Slightly unsure of the exact legality of this mix, it was commercially available as a CD at turntable.com when it came out in 2004/2005, but the pure logistics of legally clearing the tracks seems pretty impossible to me.

This was referred to as “the third world brainfreeze” when it was released. DJ Nuts is a renowned and well-respected Brazilian turntablist with some hip hop production credits with the usual suspects, but here he has really outdone himself with a lightning, deftly mixed 54 tracks in 77 minutes, no mean feat with funk and soul. And this is no ordinary funk and soul mix, all the tracks are pretty rare seventies Brazilian rare groove that only the most knowledgeable or well-connected plunderer with an insiders knowledge of São Paulo’s second hand record stores (sebos) could unearth.

As you can imagine the mix is full of deep funky samba grooves, nevertheless, throughout the mix familiar melodies spring out -Wilson Das Neves “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” brings on puffy skirted 80’s flashbacks, Antonio Carlos & Jocafi’s “Kabaluere” has been sampled by both DJ Nu-mark and Marcelo D2 and I’m sure I even heard a funky R&B version of the batman theme.

A fascinating document if only to hear the Brazilian perspective on an area that is constantly being cited for its influence but has rarely been explored or exploited with such expertise and zest. So ignore that crappy cover, read the tracklist and weep (…and then download).

Sônia Santos – “Intro (0:15)”
Orquestra Som Livre – “Tema De Tucão (2:02)”
Weather Report Feat. Dom Um Romão – “Non Stop Home (0:59)”
Airto – “Peasant Dance (1:22)”
Raulzinho – “Tesouro De São Miquel (1:15)”
O Incrivel Manito – “Tucks Theme (1:51)”
Ed Maciel – “Não Há Dinheiro Que Pague (2:26)”
Hot Stuff Band – “Ju Ju Man (1:27)”
Paulo Moura – “Bicho Papao (0:37)”
Marlos Noble E Orquestra – “Ritual (0:28)”
Azymuth – “Melô Da Cuica (0:47)”
Tim Maia – “Imunizacao Racional Que Beleza (1:12)”
Bertrami E Conjunto Azimute – “Pela Cidade (1:55)”
Osmar Milito – “Morre O Burro, Fica O Homem (1:19)”
Trio Esperança – “Não Aguento Voce (0:54)”
Ronie E Central Do Brasil – “Remelexo (1:41)”
Quarteto Em Cy – “Salve O Verde (1:27)”
Ivan Lins – “Hei, Voce (2:05)”
Wilson Das Neves – “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (1:20)”
Jair Rodrigues – “Deixa Isso Pra Lá (0:29)”
Tom E Dilo – “Amanhangá (0:49)”
Miguel De Deus – “Black Soul Brothers (1:15)”
Abolicao 1860-1980 (0:58)”
Tony & Frankye – “Vou Procurar O Meu Lugar (1:08)”
Tony Bizarro – “Não Vai Mudar (1:08)”
Azymuth – “Esperando Minha Vez (0:56)”
Eumir Deodato – “Also Sprach Zarathustra”
Flora Purim – “Open Your Eyes You Can Fly”
César Mariano & Cia – “Metrópole”
Carlos Dafé – “O Metrô”
Banda Black Rio – “Na Baixa Do Sapateiro”
União Black – “A Familia Black”
Som Nosso De Cada Dia – “Black Rio”
Gerson King Combo – “Mandamentos Black”
Sos Band It – “Big Splash”
Gerson King Combo – “Mandamentos Black”
Boogaloo Combo – “Hot Pants Road”
Toni Tornado – “Podes Crê, Amizade”
Antonio Carlos & Jocafi – “Kabaluerê”
Sonia Santos – “Marraio”
Ed Maciel – “Kool & The Gang”
The Fevers – “Batman”
MPB-4 – “Faca Cega, Faca Amolada”
Hermeto Pascoal – “Coalhada”
Jorge Ben – “África Brasil Zumbi”
Mão Branca – “Melô Do Mão Branca”
Miéle – “Melô Do Tagarela”
Marcos Valle – “Estrelar”
Banda Black Rio – “Subindo O Morro”
Osmar Milito E Quarteto Forma – “O Bofe”
Assim Assado – “Sol Amarelocinza”
Kris E Cristina – “Uma Rosa Com Amor”
Trio Mocotó – “Swinga Sambaby”
Wilson Das Neves – “Pick Up The Pieces”

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Happy new year Man people. As a new year’s gift to you all I present the KL Jay Mixtape “Rotação 33″. KL Jay is the DJ for brazil’s biggest hip hop group Racionais MCs, who come from the favelas in the suburbs of São Paulo and whose songs potray quite harrowing scenes from the periferia and are chock full of ctiticism of the social situation in Brazil (all in Portuguese of course). They are into quite epic structures with songs typically stretching for 7-8 minutes and musically they are influenced by gangster rap but also RZA’s productions for WU-Tang Clan with heavily string laden backgrounds. One of the downsides of their popularity is that virtually every rap group that came out of São Paulo after them wanted to sound like them. And this is where the mixtape comes in as it mixes the old school of Braziilian Rap, De Leve, Costa a Costa, with the new school, Maloka S/A, Livia Cruz E as Camaradas, to show where Brazilian hip hop, rap, whatever is today.

My personal experiance of KL Jay was when I put on party with some friends a few years ago and KL Jay djed for us (racionais MCs had played in town the previous night). His Djing was pure old school funk, with him playing old funk, disco and soul tracks ( to a mainly bohemian white crowd) which must have been what they played in the 70s and 80s bailes in the periferias. he even slowed things down for couples to slow dance and was constantly chatting on the microphone between tracks – unbelievably he included “Grease is the word” by Frankie Valli in the set, and it sounded great!

Download Mix.

Pic and link courtesy of the ever-fantastic Trabalho Sujo.

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Original Baile Funk Master Sany Pitbull has sent us his new mix, the”Future Baile Funk Express”. Yahhhh!
Download it from here:

SANY PITBULL MIXTAPE

Tracklist:

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