After sizzling hot selections by Schlachthofbronx and Douster, our very popular Man Recordings archives crate selection series, DJ Picks, continues with another volume. We are proud to present that #3 is picked by longtime Man Recordings friend Wildlife! from Bern, Switzerland.

Wildlife! made his first big splash when producing Terry Lynn´s debut album “Kingstonlogic 2.0″ and has since remixed Poirier, Marina & The Diamonds, The Very Best, Beware+Motorpitch and many others. With sudden and strong support from key DJʼs all across the globe, his debut solo EP “Jumbie”, released in fall 2009, had dancefloors bubbling for well over a year. The follow up, the “Buckup” EP in 2010 is still banged out in clubs today.

In between wrapping up the final tracks for his 2012 debut full length album, crashing together British punk rock legends and Jamaicaʼs dancehall avant-garde, Wildlife! chose his favourite picks from the Man Rec back catalogue with. Naturally, they´re on the bass side of tings, featuring tracks by Ku Bo/ Stereotyp, Seiji, Bert On Beats, Big Dope P´s block rocking remix of Bert On Beats or Wildlife!´s very own classic rework of “Pororoca” by Beware + Motorpitch plus many more.

Listen to the selection below and cop ten, still damn hot tracks from the Man Rec back catalogue for just 5.99 € now!

We have been a long time fan of the productions of Hugo Douster . Perfectly fusing Jamaican digital rhythm science with international club heat, Douster has steadily released quality music ever since we put out one of his first internationally released tracks on Man Recordings (”Puta Que Pariu”) for #8 in our Funk Mundial series early 2009. At the time he was still located in Buenos Aires and aligned to the ZZK crew, today he´s based in Lyon, France and is releasing on Mad Decent and Sound Pellegrino amongst others, and regularly DJs around the world.

DOUSTER

After Schlachthofbronx put together #1 in the DJ Picks series, we figured to ask Douster for his selection. For DJ Picks #2 Douster choose a lot of original baile funk tracks by Rio De Janeiro artists such as DJ Edgar, Amazing Clay or DJ Sandrinho as well as international interpretations of baile funk by Feadz, DJ C or King Tutt, keeping an eye on the roots of our label´s sound. Some of the tracks have been steady guests in many DJs playlist but are still fresh, others deserve an appropriate DJ re-discovery.

Hugo, merçi! Ton selection c´est chouette!

Listen and buy DJ Picks #2 selected by Douster here:

While everybody is going the beach, we continue to dig on our huge back catalogue to reveal hidden gems and debut unreleased tracks. For the very first time, Man Recordings presents some of the label´s best acappellas in one release. The Man Recordings Acappella compilation features the original baile funk acappellas used by artists such as Crookers, Feadz, Jesse Rose, Oliver $, Daniel Haaksman and others and features MCs such as Deize Tigrona, Edu K, MC Gringo, MC Jennifer or Bani Silva. The compilation is a perfect release for producers, DJs and studio wizzards to do their take on the great MC voices of Rio De Janeiro´ creme of the crop in baile funk. On top, we are debut releasing the acappellas of Ku Bo´s productions feat. the voices of Joyce Muniz, Daniecell, Sara and Tshila.

V.A. “Man Recordings Acappellas”

1. Crookers “Soca Ali Baba” feat. MC Dandão (Acappella)
2. Crookers “Para De Graçinha” feat. MC Leka (Acappella)
3. Edu K “Gatas, Gatas, Gatas” (Acappella)
4. Edu K “Hot Mama” (Acappella)
5. Edu K “Popozuda Rock n´Roll” (Acappella)
6. Edu K “Sex-O-Matic” feat. Deize Tigrona (Acappella)
7. Feadz “Subiu, Desceu” feat. MC Wes (Acappella)
8. Jesse Rose “Toca Pra Mim” feat. Deize Tigrona (Acappella)
9. MC Gringo “1 Real” feat. MC Binho (Acappella)
10. Oliver $ “Ta Com Medo Do Mim” feat. Deize Tigrona (Acappella)
11. Seiji “Todo Mundo” feat. MC Dolores (Acappella)
12. The Count & Sinden “Tamborzuda” feat. MC Thiaguinho (Acappella)
13. Daniel Haaksman “Rap Da Silva” feat. Bani Silva (Acappella)
14. Daniel Haaksman “Who´s Afraid Of Rio” feat. MC Jennifer (Acappella)
15. Ku Bo “Sumanita” feat. Daniecell (Acappella)
16. Ku Bo “Mela” feat. Joyce Muniz (Acappella)
17. Ku Bo “Lem Lem” feat. Sara (Acapella)
18. Ku Bo “Kaggua” feat. Tshila (Acappella)

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What we have released on Man Recordings so far since 2005 has become a sizeable catalogue. Some of the tracks from our 250 plus strong set have faded it memory or have not yet been discovered but are still piping hot, e.g. Crookers “Para De Graçinha” is a track which is still playable today after all these years, the same for Seiji´s “Todo Mundo”, or the just recently released remix of “Kid Conga” by Dubble Dutch – just to name a few.With tracks by the who´s of who of baile funk but also its big name European and American adaptors, we figured it´s about time we ask our favourite DJs to pick their favourite tracks from the Man Recordings back catalogue.

The first volume in the series comes from our beloved Munich partymeisters Schlachthofbronx, who have put together a selection of club ready, dancefloor shaking tracks some of you may not heard before or which have been so ahead of their time it only makes sense to play them out now. On Amazon and Itunes you can get the whole bundle of ten tracks for just 5.99 € or 5.99 US$, you probably can´t start an impromptu party cheaper than that.

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Today is the offical release date for the already much acclaimed Bert On Beats album “Antenna Of Tallinn”. Buy the album in hi-res from all major platforms such as Itunes, Beatport, JunoDownload etc. But the best thing is: As you´ve been such nice people to us lately, we decided to give the album away for free. Just click here, click on the “Like” button on the Facebook Man Recordings page, leave your email-adress and you can download the whole Bert On Beats album for plain and simple F.R.E.E.!!!
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Boy, are we proud of this release! Bert on Beats, a.k.a. DJ Critical releases his debut album on Man Recordings today – exclusively on June Download one week ahead of its actual release date!

The Tallinn, Estonia based DJ fuses the rich legacy of UK bass science with the beat alchemy of Angolan Kuduro and other „New World“ genres , establishing a trans-national, hyper-hybrid sound that directs towards the future. After his first two singles „Suomo“ and „Alemão“ on Man Recordings he now presents „Antenna Of Tallinn“, his debut album.

In his hometown Tallinn, Estonia, Bert Prikenfeld has been a household name since the mid 1990s. Starting his career as DJ Critical, Bert soon became Estonia´s Nr.1 Hip Hop DJ, playing various club shows every week, and starting to produce his own cuts. Bert soon moved to Drum n´Bass and released his first album in 1999 which was critically acclaimed in Estonia and Finland.

Throughout the 00s, DJ Critical forged his sound engineering skills in productions for various Finnish and Estonian music projects and proceeded musically to early Dubstep and Baltimore club, the Rio Baile Funk compilations, and the releases of Berlin DJ and Man Recordings head; Daniel Haaksman. When Haaksman initiated a remix contest for his track „Kid Conga“ in 2009, Bert provided a remix under his new moniker Bert On Beats. Haaksman immediately recognised the production quality of Bert´s remix contest contribution and it became the winning remix. Soon Haaksman asked for more tracks by Bert On Beats and he was impressed by the fresh approach that Bert showed in fusing Dubstep basslines with the in-your-face aesthetic of Jump Up Drum n´Bass and the wave of new, „ghetto“ genres like Kuduro, Baile Funk or Soca.

BERT ON BEATS

Soon Bert On Beats was officially signed to Man Recordings and with „Suomo“ and „Alemão“ he released two EPs which created a strong buzz worldwide. For „Suomo“ Bert On Beats collaborated with the Ghanaian singer and MC Anbuley. For „Alemão“ he worked with São Paulo based Baile Funk MC Gi – two tracks that illustrate the trans-globe music approach from Bert On Beats. In between his single releases, remixes followed for Buraka Som Sistema, Ku Bo, Gotan Project (another remix contest won) and Sekta. His tracks currently get support from world class DJs such as Diplo, Sinden, Skream, Feadz, Buraka Som Sistema, Foamo and Douster to name but a few.

The release of „Antenna Of Tallinn“ will quite likely propel Bert On Beats profile into new global realms. Call it a new-bass-masterpiece: The album contains thirteen tracks that range from bogle bouncing tunes like „Zonin“ to the Kurudo beat inspired „Girl Ninja“ and all the way to the Dubstep slammer; „Bone Dat“. Many genre´s are touched, all are grounded by Bert´s skillfull usage of bass. There´s two more collaborations with Ghanaian MC Anbuley in „Kelewele“ and „Shika“, which bring together African lyrics with 21st century sound manufacturing. „Amon Ra“ and „Subkiss“ re-engineer the rootsical JA legacy with sci-fi-low-end wisdom. And with „Chega Mais“ feat. MC Gi, Bert On Beats even shows that he has the skills to create pop and radio compatible tunes too.

Now catch the signals from the Antenna Of Tallinn!!

DJ Feedback on Bert On Beats:

Diplo: „Good shit! Bone Dat Is In My Sets“
Sinden: „Gunclap is my fave!“
Skream: „Big tunes!“
Feadz: „Shika is good!“
Foamo: „Really love the tracks!“
J-Wow (Buraka Som Sistema): „Can´t Wait To Bang Some Of These Tracks“
Larry Tee: „Fresh & Smoking Hot!“
AC Slater: „Really feeling this. Fresh!“
Lex: „Diggin This A Lot!“
Mixhell: „Full support!“
Daniel Haaksman: „Amazing beats, top production!“
Mumdance: „Huge release!“
Tomb Crew: „Bert On Beats Coming On Strong!“
Reso: „Nice Grooves Will Play Out In Sets!“
Scottie B: „Great stuff!“
Rob Smith / Smith & Mighty: „I Like Bone Dat!“
Kid Kenobi: „Nice And Frehs! Bone Dat and Gun Clap Are Wicked!“
Auqaksi: „Bone Dat Is The Best!“
Act Yo Age: „Another killer from Man Recordings. Full support!“
Flore: „I´m a huge fan“
Beat Laden: „Big Up to Bert, amazing album!“
Joyce Muniz „Massive! Big Up!“
Moveltraxx: „OMFG this is so dope!“

As a celebration gift for the release of Bert´s debut, we´ll give you “Zonin” away for free! Grab it here:

Bert On Beats – Zonin by MANRECORDINGS

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And now available at all major download shops!

We are clearing out our vinyl backstock and make you a striking offer: Buy the Man Rec vinyl package! Twenty random selected Man Recordings vinyls for only 60,- € / 80 US$ plus shipping. We ship worldwide.

Man vinyl were only released in mini editions, and are collectables already, make them grace your record collection!

Unfortunately, no longer available vinyls are:

Man 012 Baile Funk Masters #2 Sany Pitbull
Man 014 Funk Mundial #3 Crookers
Man 015 Baile Funk Masters #3 DJ Edgar
Man 024 DJ Sandrinho, Daniel Haaksman, DJ Beware Rio Baile Funk Breaks

All other releases from catalogue number Man 03 to Man 043 are still available on vinyl,

Here´s how you order:

- Place your order via info (at) manrecordings.com and tell us your home adress
- We´ll send you the info on shipping costs
- You transfer the final amount via Paypal or bank transfer
- We´ll send you hot Man Recordings wax

Man FM is the Man Recordings podcast radio that gives you access to exclusive first listens to all the new Man Recordings releases, Interviews with all our artists, DJ mixes by special guests plus brand new tracks and classics that inspire us.

Today, for the first Man FM of the new decade, we are very proud to introduce to you the leaders of a new movement from Mexico – Erick Rincón, DJ Otto and Sheeqo Beat are the 3Ball MTY crew and alongside their mentor Toy Selectah it’s their goal to make you dance to a beat called Tribal Guarachero. Get to know what all this is about in the interview Daniel Haaksman did with the whole gang in Berlin. Check out the the exclusive 1.5hour mix that Toy Selectah, Erick Rincon, DJ Otto and Sheeqo Beat recorded at Man Recordings HQ in a monster back-to-back-to-back-to-back set.

You better believe the hype!

Download: Man FM 008 – 3Ball MTY Crew

Stereotyp aka Ku Bo gives away this happy new ear greeting for y´all to download. Have a good NYE and all the best for 2011!!

KU BO Happy new year ! grab it while its hot , i will toss it 2011 ! by stereotyp ©