Huzzaa! The soccer championships are in full swing , which means it‘s finally time to go inside the cave of the rave to cope with all your emotions. Here is how to make the most of your last June weekend. with the best event, the „coolest“ place to rock & rave and the sweetest action on four turntables with your hosts of the evening: Danny & Janatic.
After more than 3 dozen top partynights Danny & Janatic aka the penalty killers are still serving you their own mix & selection of 80’s, Classic’s, Rare Grooves, Mash Ups und Bootybass, skandinavian Disco-Hits, Baile Funk, Funk Carioca, Baltimore Club, Miami Bass, Electro, Tropical,Soul & HipHop-2.0.
So be awesome and legendary at the same time, get your glasses & your pants and move your ass over here to rock around the clock!
The Fugees translated an intriguing blend of Jazz-Rap, R&B, and Reggae into huge success during the mid-'90s, when the trio's sophomore album `The Score` hit number one on the pop charts and sold over five million copies. The trio formed in the late '80s in the New Jersey area, where Lauryn Hill and Prakazrel Michel ("Pras") attended a local high school and began working together. Michel's cousin Wyclef Jean ("Clef") joined the group (then called the Tranzlator Crew), and the trio signed to Ruffhouse/Columbia in 1993. After renaming themselves the Fugees (a term of derision, short for refugees, which was usually used to describe Haitian immigrants). Though the group's debut album, `Blunted on Reality`, was quite solid, it reflected a prevailing gangsta stance that may have been forced by the record label. No matter how pigeonholed the Fugees may have sounded on their debut, the group had obviously asserted their control by the time of their second album, `The Score. With just as much intelligence as their Jazz-Rap forebears, the trio also worked with surprisingly straight-ahead R&B on the soulful "Killing Me Softly With His Song," sung by Lauryn Hill. Elsewhere, Clef and Pras sampled Doo Wop and covered Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry," giving the record familiarity for the commercial mainstream, but keeping it real with insightful commentary on their urban surroundings. `The Score` became one of the surprise hits of 1996, reaching number one on the pop charts and making the Fugees one of the most visible rap groups around the world.
(taken from their Myspace)
The first single from `The Score`was called `Fu-Gee-La`. The single entered No.2 in the U.S. Rap Charts and No. 29 U.S. Hot 100 in 1996.
The first sample from the single is `If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don`t Want To Be Right by Ramsey Lewis` and the second sample is by California singer `Teena Marie` and her 1988 hit `Ooo la la la`. Enjoy...
Moombahton!? Anybody!? The interview with the explanation is taken from thefader.com.
DJ Ayres sent us this little interview with Dave Nada explaining the TOTALLY amazing origins of “Moombahton,” which is essentially Dutch house screwed down to sound like reggaeton’s weird little cousin. Check the interview after the jump (hint: involves ditching high school!).
Ayres: How did you come up with Moombahton? It’s such a weird idea, usually dance producers take slower songs and speed them up, not the other way around. I’m imagining you playing an Afrojack 12″ on 33 rpm instead of 45, by accident.
I probably shouldn’t tell this story, but here goes. Lo ciento Tia Sona! My little cousin Jean-Pierre is a huge Nadastrom fan and he’s about to graduate from high school. Him and his boy Mike are notorious for throwing these wild skipping parties. For those that don’t know, “skipping parties” are when you throw a house party mid school day and you tell all your friends that morning, and everyone who knows about the party skips school to go wild out. Word of mouth only too, no internet/paper trail. Anyhow, around their homecoming last fall they asked if I could DJ one of their skipping parties, and I, being the supportive/bad seed cousin that I am, agreed. They had a beat up system, but like 329439 speakers all over Mike’s basement so it sounded huge. They told me it would last about an hour because cops usually bust it up. The house/neighborhood was right by the woods so it was convenient to bounce and hide if need be. Anyhow, so here we are at Mike’s empty house around 11:30AM and everything is set up. Kids start pouring in around noon and the music starts. Mike and JP are dropping bachata and moving into reggaeton. This shit was getting crazy. Twenty minutes in and the place is PACKED, all Latin kids and everyone is fuuuucked up. Haha! I was gettin mad nervous (oldest dude there) and JP was like, “Yo you gotta go on soon primo!” and I’m thinking, fuck I cant play house/techno shit, I’ll get jumped. So I had the idea of slowing down some of the tropical/Dutch house stuff I had on CDs. Afrojack’s “Moombah Remix” being the biggest tune, I said fuck it and turned that shit down to 108 bpm. JP told all his people about me so bamas started cheering when I went on. And that’s when shit popped the fuck off. The minute that T-t-t-t-turn up the bass! part came in and dropped the place went insane! I played it all the way til the end and then did the same to Sidney Samson’s “Riverside” and EVERYONE is yelling the “Riverside motherfucker!” part and shit was just too much. I was losin’ it and told myself, I need to make some edits of this shit! And thus, Moombahton was born. Long story short, neighbors complained a good 15 minutes into my set and threatened to call the cops. Half the party started to bounce and then a few minutes later Mike yells, “Cops on the way!” and like clockwork this party was done. All in about an hour. I parked down the street and drove both my cousin JP and Mike back to school so they could catch the end of their classes as if nothing ever happened.
Have you played these songs in the club? What kind of response have you gotten?
Well, after that experience, I had to try this in the club and I’ve played a few edits here and there at Taxlo in Baltimore to huge reactions. Then I did an entire set of Moombahton at a gig at the Olympics in Vancouver last month. This Moombahton shit was also inspired by Bersa Discos (#6) who make some amazing bugged out mixes of cumbia/reggaeton/Latin jams, so I like to mix Moombahton with that. Canadians are gettin wild with it now. I gave Moombahton edits to several of my DJ cousins who DJ Latin parties and clubs in DC and it pops off like mad.
Are you going to be producing official Moombahton remixes, or just keeping it bootlegs all the way?
Both! Be on the lookout for Steve Starks, “Lydia (Nadastrom Moombahton Remix).”
Other producers are already picking up on the style, doing their own Moombahton edits. Are you at all concerned this will be your crowning achievement? On your tombstone it will say “Dave Nada. Creator of Moombahton.”
Ha! I don’t know about all of that. But I do know that Moombahton sounds funky as hell on a system, at a party, at a club, at a function, by the beach, etc. so why not? As long as I can keep the floor moving, I’m good.
Shakira’s “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” has been named the official song of the 2010 World Cup. Hate it or love it! But a Latin American singing the anthem for the first African World Cup? That ain’t right. So check out the original song. It´s from a group called `Zamina` out of Cameroon and was a big hit in 1986. Enjoy...
and here is a nice acapella version of the song...
as a bonus enjoy this song played by Capetown-based Freshlyground, an eclectic band with African rhythms at the heart of their music and several wonderful vocalists, lead by Zolani Mahola.Why not just have them play the official song?
Freshlyground - Ma`Cheri (Click the arrow on the right to download)
New track from one of my favorite Hip Hop bands straight outta Philly, The Roots. The track is called `The Fire` and so are the features. The legendary John Legend and Bobby Ray. The new album `How I got over` hits the stores today!! Enjoy...
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