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

2009 has been a great year for dance music. Fresh tracks and new genres popped up from all four corners of the globe, while mainstream pop music has been the most boring since years (err, could anyone name one serious chart storming tune for 2009?) . As the year is coming to an end, it’s time to do what most bloggers do aka. make the ‘best of the year’ lists. Here’s some of our favourite tunes in 2009. With a lot of hot new stuff in the oven for Man Recordings (Schlachthofbronx EP,  Beware-Motorpitch EP, Edu K EP, Bert On Beats EP, Seiji EP, Isa GT EP produced by Crookers, Daniel Haaksman album, Man Rec 5 Years compilation) 2010 is going to be even bigger! Stay tuned!

EDU K

1 Krause Duo – Wurm
2 Coyu & Edu Imbernon – El Baile Aleman
3 Yolanda Be Cool – Afro Nuts (Edu K Remix)
4 Broombeck – The Clapper (The Dolphins Remix)
5 Piatto – Congo
6 Saeed Younan – Backroom Honey
7 Robert Sado – Cartonne Express (Philip Bader & Nicone Remix)* *
8 Chernobyl Ft Praga – Balança (Edu K Remix)
9 Tom Flynn – Vienna (Round Table Knights Remix)
10 Luca Lozano – Berlinetta
11 Acidkids – Big Foot feat. Marina (Zombie Disco Squad Dub)
12 DJ T – I Am Rhythm
13 Hobo – Symptom
14 Piemont – Cargo
15 Edu K – Avec Bon Bons
16 Daniel Haaksman Ft. MC Miltinho – Kid Conga
17 Worthy – Surdo
18 Daniel Steinburg – Cry All Night (Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner Remix)
19 Femme En Fourrure – Pull It Out
20 Supernova – Esta Loca (Bonus Tech Beat Mix)

DANIEL HAAKSMAN

Untold “Anaconda”
Digital Manges “Manges – Sharkslayer Clubmix”
Jan Driver “Rat Alert”
Gucci Vump “Sha! Shtil!”
L-Vis 1990 “United Groove”
Riva Starr “I Was Drunk”
Batida “Bazuka”
Oliver Dollar “Gypsy Carnival”
Yolanda Be Cool “Afro Nuts (Douster Remix)”
Major Lazer “Pon Di Floor”
Jesse Rose “Touch My Horn”
João Brasil “Hey, Ho, Let´s Go Bahia”
Daniel Haaksman “Pobum Coco”
Mixhell “Bom Da – Crookers Remix”
Ku Bo “Boha” feat. Joyce Muniz
Brodinski+Mumdance “Eurostarr -Zombie Disco Squad Remix”
Genghis Clan “Gatinha” feat. Mr.Catra
Schlachthofbronx “We Run Dis”
Grace Jones “Can´t Get Enough -Switch Remix”
Florence + The Machine “You Got The Love – The XX Remix”
The Count+Sinden “Mega”
Jammer feat. Silverlink “The Message Is Love – Lvis 1990 Remix”
Metronomy “Radio Ladio – Radioclit French Remix”
etc.etc.

JOYCE MUNIZ

Solo “Joga Bola”
Major Lazer “Hold the Line – Edu K Rmx”
DJ Woody “Buffalo Bill”
Crazy Cousinz “Bongo Jam”
Busy Signal “Da Style (Douster rmx)”
Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden “Bonkers (Doorly Remix)”
DJ C “This My Juice feat. K Swift”
Gift of Gab “El Gifto Magnifico”
MJ Cole feat. Serocee “AO – Zed Bias Wind up Mix”
Mumdance & Brodinski “Eurostarr- Zombie Disco Squad Remix”
Gucci Vump “Sha! Shtil! – L- Vis 1990 Rmx”
Daniel Haaksman “Kid Conga” feat. MC Miltinho
Fatboy Slim “Rockafella Starr – Rivastarr Remix”
Chernobyl feat. MC GI & Cabal “Mpina pipa (Samim´s Crashroots Remix)
Mad Kids “Capoeira no se”
Crookers “Put your hands on me (Jesse Rose Play Prime Remix)
Malente & Dex feat. Analogik “Gipsy Kings”
Mowgli “Tamiflu”
Round Table Knights “Belly Dance”
Schlachthofbronx “Vem Que Tem”
Camel “Lleba”

SCHLACHTHOFBRONX

Dani L Mebius “Illegal Weapon”
Lady Stush “We Nah Run / Ready Fi Di War”
Gappy Ranks “Stinkin Rich – Schlachthofbronx Remix”
Major Lazer “Hold The Line”
DJ Mujava “Mugwanti Sgwejegwele”
Noob + Brodinski “Peanuts Club – Beataucue Remix”
Michel Cleis “La Mezcla”
Acid Kids feat. Marina “Bigfoot – Schlachthofbronx Remix”
Boybetter Know “Too Many Men – Jamie Duggan Remix”
Busy Signal “I Fucked Your Girl”
Jackbeats “UFO – K Hole Riddim”
Die Vögel “Die Blaue Moschee /Petardo”
Ku Bo “Sumanita – Daniel Haaksman Remix”
Maluca “Tigeraso”
Wildlife! “Jumbie”
Solo “The Big Stef”
Claude Von Stroke “Vocal Chords”
Demarco “Hustler”
Rainbow Arabia “Holiday In Congo (Myd Rmx)
Marvy Da Pimp “Best Best”

KU BO

Charles Webster “Sweet Butterfly”
Douster feat Spoek Mathambo “Punani”
Poirier “Let Them Hate feat YT”
Stagga “Sick As Sin Ultra V.I.P.”
Son Of Kick “Boom Box”
Stagga “Policeman Get Hype”
Daniel Haaksman feat. MC Miltinho “Kid Conga”
Brenk And Miles “10 Minutes”
Dutty Artz “Manuelita Rmx”
DJ Manaia feat. Deize Tigrona “Sobrevivente de Rave”
Mark Pritchard “Dirtbox”
ORF Beschwerde Remix

ISA GT

Julio Bashmore – Um Bongo’s Revenge
Fake Blood – Fix Your Accent EP
Telepathe – Dance Mother (Album)
XX – 2.0
Michel Cleis – La Mezcla ft Toto La Momposina
Jack Penate – Tonight’s Today (12″ ext version)
Duck Sauce -  Anyway
Tiga – Beep Beep Beep (Crookers Remix)
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
Silverlink ft. Badness + Jammer – Message is love (L-Vis 1990 Dub Remix
2009)
Busy Signal  – Da style deh (Douster Dagga remix)
Gucci Vump – Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 remix)
The Very Best – Warm Heart of Afrika (Album)
L-VIS  1990 – United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)
Joy Orbison
Zombie Disco Squad
Douster – Triassic Genesis EP
Click Box – Wake Up Call EP
Radioclit – Saga Africa EP
Fever Ray – Fever Ray (Album)
Daniel Haaksman – Kid Conga feat. MC Miltinho  (João Brasil Tecno Brega
Remix)
Jinder – Youth Blood (Bok Bok Remix)
Lauren Flax ft. Sia – You’ve Changed
Bot (Crookers) -La Roux vs Skream vs Diplo Mash Up
Buraka Som Sistema – The Blood Diamond Mixtape
Jesse Rose – Heavy Still (Zombie Disco Squad rmx)
Genghis Clan – Quero Buceta feat. DJ Panko + Dudu Siri
Ku Bo – Mela Feat. Joyce Muniz (Lazy Ants Remix)
Empire of the Sun – We Are the People (Burns Remix)
Kid Cudi – Day n Nite (Crookers rmx) (Number 2 in the UK!)
Major Lazer & Afrojack – Pon de Floor
Major Lazer & Crookers – Jump Up
Dj Koze – Reincarnations (Album)
R.I.V.E.R. – Fairycide
Boy 8 Bit – Baltic Pine EP
Renaissance Man – What is guru (Riva Starr rmx)
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Chew Fu H1N1 Club Mix)
Shakira – She Wolf
AppAloosa – The Day (We Fell In Love) (Acid Girls Remix) (Acid Girls Remix)
The Phenomenal Handclap Band (Album)
Rage Against The Machine – Killing in the name (Xmas Number 1 in the UK in
2009!)

DJ Beware

Geeneus-Yellowtail VIP

Subware- I need you

Untold – Anaconda

Chase Buch – Monkey Drum

Chelley – Took the Night (Alvaro rmx)

Drop the Lime – Set me Free (Zombie Disco Squad rmx)

Mowgli – London to Paris

Wiley – Never be your woman (Solo loves Garage mix)

Terror Danjah – Zumpi Huntah

Michel Cleis – La Mezcla (Dj Beware & Motorpitch bootleg)

MJ Cole- Volcano riddim

Sidney Samson – Riverside (Lil Silva rmx)

Sebastian Leger – La Moustique

Daniel Haaksman – Po Bumboco

Colin Munroe ft. Joell Ortiz – Piano Lessons

Schlachthof Bronx – Vem Que Tem (Dj Beware & Motorpitch rmx)

Gilles Peterson pres. La Havana Cultura – Chekere (Seiji rerub)

Wiley ft Emeli Sand – Never Be Your Woman (Solo Loves Garage Remix)

Skream – Burnin up

Crookers and Andy Cumming are on holidays and will present their faves later.

Almost half a year after the closing of Berlin´s Scala club, where we had our last regular club residency, we are now happy to announce the start of a new monthly club event in Berlin. The night is called “Heat” and will be every 2nd Thursday on the small floor at piping hot WMF club in Mitte.

Our very first guest at Heat next Thursday (10th of Dec) is DJ Beware. On January 14th there is João Brasil and February 11th Wildlife!. Every three months a Heat special will be staged on the big floor at WMF, the first is on Jan 30th with Sinden, Drop The Lime, Schlachthofbronx, Ku Bo Live and myself. Berlin, the heat is on!

WILDLIFE! releases his new EP “JUMBIE” with remixes from a whole bunch of Man Recordings artists such as Schlachthofbronx, Mixhell, Dj Beware & Motorpitch and Edu K. Once more WILDLIFE! highlights the tropic’s darker side of life with this dark, percussion driven smasher to keep caribbean ghosts busy on any given dancefloor.

Our homie WILDLIFE! (AKA the Swiss Johnny Depp) is a generous man, which is why you can get the WILDLIFE – Jumbie (Beware & Motorpitch Remix) for free here.

Be sure to check out the rest of the EP, out now on Beatport

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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.

Big shout out to Adia for letting me know about this. Another subgenre of hip hop that i can obsess over for a couple of months! Apparently Im late on this , since its actually something that’s been around in LA for a couple of years already. My excuse is that I’m not an African American high school kid living in Urban Los Angeles. If I was though, I would no doubt be wearing lime green skinny jeans with SBs or Chucks and a loud neon tee trying to “jerk”… to be honest I can see kids from South East Asia getting into this; the apparel is favourable plus we like doing group dances. All major labels putting out Jerk records in that part of the world please send me a cheque for this piece of valuable marketing advice.

I’ve heard maybe a dozen Jerk tunes, it sounds to me like a mixture of hyphy and snap music (nice!) Apart from the New Boyz “You’re a Jerk” in the video above, here’s a couple that I really like. Especially that Clothes off Movement tune, the way she says “I can pull a n!!ga h-way better than u can..” SEXY!

Young Rocky – Kicks real active

Clothes Off Movement – Better

Oh, and since Jerk is as much about the dance as it is about the fashion and the music, just go to youtube and type in “jerkin”, you will find amateur dance vids of this style aplenty!

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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!

Sorry its been a while… blame it on radio, Spring Festival (too much partying with Roundtable Knights, Motorpitch, Mixhell, Sinden …) , remixes, mixtapes and hay fever…

To make up for it, here’s a brand new bootleg of Michel Cleis “La Mezcla” that Motorpitch and I did. Big shout out to Toy Selectah for lacing me with the original Cumbia samples of the tune!

Hope u enjoy!

B

La Mezcla (Beware & Motorpitch bootleg mix)

The prettiest girls of Vienna came down last Saturday to fiercly shake booty at Café Leopold in the Museumsquartier. Special guest Seiji played new remixes and his current UK funky favourites, while Joyce Muniz spanked the crowd hard with some serious Brasilian macho beats, topped with “Bambolero” from Gypsy Kings. DJ Beware shone brightly with seamless mixing everything from early 90s bogle to the latest Afro rave tunes. I dropped tracks from my new EP and was amazed to see people singing along “Subiu, Desceu” by Feadz which has become a radio hit on national radio in Austria. Big Up Vienna, you showed some big love for us again. A pity though the night had to end already at four though the club was still rammed. But we´ll be back soon!!

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!

No, I’m not talking about that old school rectangular object that you used to listen to in your dad’s car. I’m talking about the sticky kind. Big shout out to the Haaksinator for coming up with that… it’s probably the most useful piece of merchandising that I have ever seen.

The photo above demonstrates just one of the many ways that this tape can be put to use. The hairy leg in the photo belongs to Motorpitch, who can only do music in the summer while wearing his trusty Birkenstocks. To show his gratitude to the Man Rec Tape for mending his sandal, here is one very nice summertime mashup he asked me to put up to share on the blog.

Jackson 5 – I want you back (Motorpitch riddim mash)

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Haaksman is in Rio….again. He claims its for “label” business, but everytime I skype with him, he’s in a rush because he HAS to go to the beach.

Well, I wish I was in Rio too, and so does Joyce Muniz. Which is why we decided to do a mix of some of the records that we picked up from Rio when we were there last Summer. Most of the tunes in the mix are from vinyl, from the days when they still pressed up Baile Funk onto wax. Some real classics in this mix, from now defunct labels such as Pipos, Balanco, Spacelab and Explocao.

Download it here

TRACKLIST

Just got off tour with MPHO as support for Mongrel last weekend. It was two weeks a heck of a lot of fun. During this trip, I managed to break my headphones and get addicted to Roast Chicken flavoured crisps. Everything went pretty smoothly, everyone showed up on time for the gigs, except for one time when Drew, Mongrel’s guitarist, who missed his train from London to Sheffield. Dude turned up ten minutes before the show, calm and composed, just picked up his guitar and do his thing. Respect! I guess being in a band with Pete Doherty means that nothing can faze you, eh? Anyways, Here’s a pic.

Now to why this post is called what it is.

After the Brighton gig, we went and checked out Dj Donaeo play. Man, I love me some UK Garage/Funky. Donaeo smashed it, as well as Nice and Niche, who gave me a mixtape. The tape is sick (you can down download it from their myspace here), and the last track freaked me out. The tune is called “Make it funky for me” by Attaca Pesante ft. Shea. Its a Funky version of the Will.i.am track “Make it funky”, which is his take on Baile Funk. I’m being a music nerd now, but I get excited about stuff like that! You know, just how one type of music influences another… maybe I’ll come up with a UKG inspired Baile Funk track someday.

So attached are the two tunes I was talking about…. I had to take the Attaca Pesante track straight off the mixtape… I couldn’t find it anywhere! If anyone knows where I can buy UKG tunes online please let me know!

Will.i.am – “Make it Funky”

Attaca Pesante ft. Shea “Make it funky for me”

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Had a great gig in Geneva last Friday at le Zoo club. Me and Joyce Muniz tore it up to a great crowd of Genevans(?) and Brazilians. Big shout out to Rico, Steff and Dj Schnausi for their wonderful hospitality. As per usual, I forgot my camera, and was only able to take one half decent photo with my iphone…

Saturday was the birthday party of my radio station, FM4. I actually almost didnt make it back in time to play there, because of a snow storm in Geneva which delayed all flights coming in and out of the airport. It was proper airport nightmare. Luckily, I did manage to make it back only 3 hours later than scheduled, just back in time to see Deichkind play a wicked set of trashy electro combined with witty lyrics and an amazingly choreographed live show that was complete with illuminated costumes. The crowd went nuts for them. Photo taken from my crappy phone cam, again…

This Sunday I’ll be off on UK tour as the support act to UK indie supergroup Mongrel. We will be hitting up many cities in the UK, so please check the dates on their site or mine and come by to the shows if you are in the area! In the meantime, here is a remix that myself and Motorpitch did for their current single.

Mongrel – Hit from the morning sun (Dj Beware and Motorpitch rmx)

I’m off to pack my camera in my bag already, so you can actually see some good photos next time!

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So, Haaksman and I just got back from our gigs in Asia.  It was a fun trip, gigs were great, plus we also managed to squeeze in a few days of holiday in between. In this trip, I also decided to give up smoking… I succeeded for about a week.

Our first stop was Hong Kong for the infamous Pimpin’ Aint Easy night. Pimpin’ Aint Easy is definitely THE night out in Hong Kong for eclectic dance music- a small intimate club with a great crowd who just love to hear all the latest sounds. A big shout out to the hosts of this wonderful night, my good friends Kid Fresh and Dj Enso, for always bringing the good stuff to Hong Kong, as well as keeping the vodka (over)flowing! After the gig, we all went and ate at Chui Wah, my favourite post gig restaurants. I think one of the things that I miss the most about living in Hong Kong is the possibility to get a proper meal at anytime of the day. Hong Kong is just one of those cities that never sleeps and never rests, a place where you can get whatever you want whenever you want.

After spending a few days in Hong Kong buying stuff and visiting family and friends we went on to Taipei, where we were invited to play by local dj legend and all round man of good taste DJ Mykal. Haaksman and I got there a day earlier to check out the city. Taipei is a cool city with a strong Japanese influence and excellent food – big shout out to DJ Noodles for taking us to the amazing food spots! The club where we played, Mint,  was in the world’s tallest building, the Taipeh 101. Party was big fun, and I tried to compete with DJ Mykal and Haaksman in drinking Tequila shots- I was destroyed because I am a crap at drinking.

Some pics:

Haaksman and Beware,Taipei flyer

Pimpin Aint Easy, Hong Kong Flyer

L-R Beware, Kid Fresh, Daniel Haaksman @PAE, Hong Kong

Ladies!

Some of the crowd showing love for the camera @PAE Hong Kong

Dj Mykal and DJ Beware

Once again, a big fat thank you to Kid Fresh, Enso, Mykal, Noodles, Alive Not Dead and everyone else who took care of us this trip!

Happy new year to everbody also from this side of the globe. Sorry for almost two weeks of non-posting. DJ Beware and me are travelling Asia these days. In between DJing (Hong Kong with Kid Fresh was rocking!) we put the blog on hold and enjoyed quality time with our girlfriends or relaxed at the beach. We´ll post a short diary of the Hong Kong and Taipeh sessions soon.

So just a quick post today: Here´s what excited the Man Recordings office in 2008. The list is not complete, just a few albums, tracks and films that kept us alive and inspired in 2008.

LONGPLAY

Portishead “3″
Santogold “Creator”
OST “There Will Be Blood”
V.A. “Funky Nassau – The Compass Point Story”
Quiet Village “Silent Movie”
Sebastian Tellier “Sexuality”

Funkmaster Flex “The 90s Mixtape”
Flying Lotus “L.A.”
Moritz von Oswald + Carl Craig “Recomposed”
Chancha Via Circuito “Album”
V.A. $olal Mixtape
Santogold “Top Ranking Diplo Mixtape”
V.A. “Daniel Haaksman Presents Bossa Do Morro”
The Beatles “White Album Covered 1+2″ (Mojo Magazine)
Jesse Rose “What Do You Do If You Don´t?”
Crookers BBC Essential Mix
Flying Lotus BBC Essential Mix
Erykah Baduh “Amerykah”
Munk “Cloudbuster”
Kanye West “808s + Heartbreaks”
Mr.Oizo “Lambs Anger”
Bigga Bush “13 Faces Of Lightning Head”
Maurice Fulton “Bubbletease Communication 1+2″
V.A. “Astigmatic Presents Frederic Chopin”
The Clipse “Road To Till The Casket Drops” Mixtape

SHORTPLAY

Snoop Dogg “Sensual Seduction”
AC/DC “Thunder – Crookers Remix”
Edu K feat Marina “(Edu K) Me Bota Pra Dançar”
Estelle ft. Kanye West “American Boy”
South Rakkas Crew “Mad Again – 8 Boy BIt Rmx”
Fake Blood “Mars”
Lil Wayne “A Mili”
Buraka Som Sistema feat. M.I.A. “Sound Of Kuduro”
Buraka Som Sistema “Kalemba”
Erykah Badu “The Healer”
Madera Limpia “Loco – Daniel Haaksman Remix”
Duke Dumont “Hoy”
TC “Where´s My Money? – Caspa Remix”
Digitaldubs feat. Duda “O Comedia Vacilou”
Freestyle “Don´t Stop Atabaque (DJ Dinho + Fú Remix)

DJ Edgar “Montagem Smoke On The Water”

DJ Beware + MC Gringo “Tamborzão Con Scratchy”
Funk Mundial #6
Sergio Mendes “Day Tripper – DJ Fú+DJ Dinho Remix”
Byano DJ “Montagem Piroca No Cha”
Larry Tee “I Love U – Bart B More Secured Dub”
Italoboyz feat. John Coltrane “Bahia”
Peter Fox “Haus Am See”
Kid Cudi “Day + Night – Crookers Remix”
Zombie Disco Squad “Esperanto”
DJ Mujava “Township Funk”
Chavy Boys Of London “Friday Night”
Crookers “Mad Kidz Ep”
Dédé Mandrake feat. MC Maiquinho “Hey Hey”
Dennis DJ feat. MC Dandara “A Buchecha É Minha”
DJ Znobia – All tracks
A-Trak “Say Whoa – Sinden Remix”
Jesse Rose feat. Deize “Toca Pra Mim”
Edu K feat. Marina “Edu K Me Bota Pra Dançar”
Daniel Haaksman “Whos Afraid Of Rio?” EP
Busy Signal “Tic Toc”
Oliver $ feat. Deize “Tá Com Medo De Mim?”
Boyz Noize “Oh – A Trak Remix”
Walter Murphy “A Fifth Of Beethoven (Soulwax Rx)”
DJ Amazing Clay “Supa Jones 2008″
Jazmine Sullivan “Need You – Seiji Rmx”
Buraka Som Sistema “Yah – C+S Mix”
DJ Blaqstarr “Shake It – Santogold + Switch Remix”
Alphabeat “Fantastic 6 – Radioclit Remix”
Herve “Cheap Thriller – Armand Van Helden Remix”
T.I. feat. Lil Wayne, Jay Z, Kanye West “Swagger Like Us”
Beastie Boys “Intergalactic – Cumbia Remix”
Ku Bo EPs 2+3
MC Gringo “Fucky Fucky”
Young MC “No Hat – Debonair Samir Remix”
Yo Mayesty “Fuck That Shit”
Count+Sinden “Stinging Nettle”
Lützenkirchen “Drei Tage Wach”
etc. etc.

FILMS, SERIES

Klaus Kinski – Jesus Christus Redeemer
Before The Devil Knows You´Re Dead
There Will Be Blood
Cocaine Cowboys

No Country For Old Men

Burn After Reading
The Wire Seasons 1-5
Entourage Seasons 1-4
The Office Seasons 1-3
The Dark Knight

Waltz for Bashir

Zodiac
Bastards Of The Part

Yes I do. Very much so in fact. All kinds of drums too – from machine gun style marching band percussion to tight ticking Kraftwerk beats.

I started liking drums because of the Chinese Lion Dance. The Lion Dance is a traditional Chinese dance that people would perform for festivities.