After the phenomenal success of João Brasil ́s summer anthem “L.O.V.E. Banana” feat. Lovefoxxx, the Brasilian ghetto-pop-maestro returns with another smasher: “Funk Do Iphone” feat. Marina Gasolina.

The second release by João Brasil on Man Recordings is about the mobile phone everybody loves to use these days, and Marina Gasolina – the former front woman for the infamous Bonde Do Rôle and now proud solo artist – sings about the joys the funky phone is bringing.

Remixes come from a transnational team of hot remixers. Sheeqo Beat hails from Monterrey, Mexico and delivers a happy, club friendly, 3Ball remix. Coming from Brasils Amazon forest, star producer DJ Cremoso (who ́s identity is still unknown), has put “Funk Do Iphone” in true Tecno Brega format and made a “Brega Do Iphone”. Last but not least there ́s a remix by Moombathon renegade Sabo, who reworked the Iphone song into a deeper and more techno version of Moombathon, leaving the usual Moomba beat format for a more subtle groove.
The closing track of the EP is “Tropical Bomb”, João Brasil s take on the “Lambada” theme, in true old school Rio De Janeiro funk fashsion.

Who said that winter should be depressing? João Brasil ´s music always makes the sun shine!

Tracklist
1. Funk Do Iphone (Original Mix)
2. Funk Do Iphone (Sheeqo Beat 3Ball Remix)
3. Funk Do Iphone (DJ Cremoso Tecno Brega Remix)
4. Funk Do Iphone (Sabo ́s Moombathon Remix)
5. Tropical Bomb

DJ FEEDBACK

SOULCLAP: “Ha! All about the original for kicks!”
SCHLACHTHOFBRONX “Nice release. Cremoso Remix is our favourite”
DOUSTER: “Perfectly for those cold dayzz!”
MIXHELL: “Sabo Rmx is fire!”
ACID WASHED “Fun!”
WILDLIFE!: “Nice one!”
ISA GT: “Smasher Is right! João + Marina a pure Tropical Bomb!”
SABBO “Nice!”
CHERNOBYL “<3"
SCOTTIE B " Always forward"
JERRY BOUTHIER: "I love the title track"
BERT ON BEATS: "Sheeqo Beat remix wins"
SO SHIFTY: "10/10"
DJ BEWARE: "Such a fun record!"
PATHAAN "Old school but so fresh & so much fun!"
MARTELO: "I's sooooooo good to hear Marina on a funk beat!INSTANT FLASHBACKS OF 2007!" tSHIR KHAN "Love João, love Marina. Good vibes"
LARRY TEE "Funky Frwesh"
DJ YODA: "Yeh man!"
MOTORPITCH: "Can´t wait play it on the radio!"
FLORE: "Wicked!"

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While people in the Nothern hemisphere occupy stock exchanges to protest against the corrupt financial system, people of Rio De Janeiro celebrated yesterday in their downtown area the first ever Funk Parade. Unimaginable only a few years ago, the publicly still stigmatised genre showed it´s cutural muscle in the center of the city with a party at which the major baile funk sound systems from Furação 2000 to Big Mix, Cash Box to Curtisom and Pipo´s, plus all big name DJs and artists performed. More than 100.000 people came to dance in the area of Carioca subway station. This was a great day for funk culture.

A choreographer friend of mine told me some years ago that for a while Mick Jagger was doing his daiIy workouts to my 2nd “Rio Baile Funk Favela Booty Beats” compilation. Of course: There´s no better music to flex your bones than baile funk. However, when Till of So Shifty pointed out to me that DJ Amazing Clay´s “Deixa O Tamborzão Tocar” feat. MC Gus is one of the hottest tracks currently played at “Zumba” workouts (apparently the latest rage in the world of workout) I found it quite bizarre watching the videos:

“Deixa o Tamborzão Tocar” was released on Baile Funk Masters #4 by DJ Amazing Clay (Man 022).
P.S. We just got word that the mother of Dubble Dutch is a Zumba instructor.