Deckhead 2.0

A young man once said “They make me feel funny inside”. Now at the time i don’t know whether he was eating crackly popping candy or engaging in the conversation we were having, but he did sum up for us briefly how guys feel about girls. That’s the point, the make us feel. Normally we have the “emotional range of a teaspoon”, and ‘feelings’ comprise of a sexual nature, however now and again we realise we can actually sense and savour a moment, albeit provoked by the urge to have a quickie behind MacDs, but still…..you know.

Anywho here is one thing that turns us on……..a sexy female voice:

Major Lazer – Keep It Goin’ Louder (Feat. Nina Sky) (Diplo Remix) [M] [Y]

Major Lazer have had a year and a half, literally and proverbially. There originals, remixes (own and by others) and album has received a lot of support and enthusiasm, I definately backed them and still do. This remix by Diplo found it’s way into my Daily Mail a couple of months back and was chucked away with the rest of the r’n'b sounding shite, to recently resurface on the shuffle. I have a new found liking for this kind of music (i admit this isn’t quite Rhianna but its as close as i’m getting to it) and i totally blame my housemate who listens to Kanye, Tinchy and ‘all that shite!!’.

M83 – We Own The Sky (Udachi Remix) [M] [Y]

Udachi have been on the scene a while, a bit like this song to be honest. They come for the U S of A (NY i think) and make some deep, reverberating dub. I love this song and the original band has a most exsquisite girl lurking around in it.

Former Ghosts -The Bull And The Ram [M] [Y]

Listen to it in a nostalgic mood, absolutely amazing…….the album is available here and is for a long nostalgic mood.

Mustard Pimp – Cherry (Feat. Kali) (Mustard Pimp Dark Remix) [M] [Y] [Beatport]

Mustard Pimp are definately one to watch for 2010 as they have been making waves in late ‘09.  They killed with their Bad Man Horror Theme remix and have been going from strength to strength. Check and them & their giant ‘Hercules Mixtape’ here

Lots of Post Xmas Love

Tom

P.S. Laura Marling bringing out new album in 2010…..I LOVE HER VOICE

Is it wrong of me to slowly be getting into baile funk? As a genre it has slowly been developing for the better part of three decades, and recently I have started building a better appreciation for it.

After an hour or so of researching, here is what I have come up with about the genre and just naming a few of the modern day pioneers of the genre in the mainstream world. The genre started out as funk inspired street dance music from Braizl, which has evolved over the years and has greatly influenced modern day dance music. The commonly used drum loop can be tracked back to Dj Battery Brain’s track 808 volt, which is commonly referred to as Voltmix.

The growth and development of the genre can be dated back to the 70s in Miami, thanks to the developing music scene there and also the proximity to Brazil compared to other developing music cultures. It all started when Brazilian record suppliers would base themselves there in the hope of finding out the next smash hit or genre, slowly over time they started to have a real connection to the local “black music scene” and this was warmly accepted into Brazilian musical culture.

Over time the music in Miami evolved away from funk into new genres such as Hip Hop, but the term funk stuck in the Brazilain vocabulary. The greatest influence to the Brazilian Funk sound was its emergence from Rio’s Favelas (festivals) and takes components from Brazilain Funk and early Hip hop. These Favelas played a very important role in terms of integrating the culture of the favelas with the culture of the city at large.

The genre first became popular in the 80s and from the mid 90s it was developed into a mainstream phenomenon in Brazil, where songs were sung about poverty, racial pride of black people, violence, social injustice and the list goes on, it was a way for locals to express themselves.

One of the early producers outside of Brazil who took advantage and commercialized this new sound was Diplo and his work with M.I.A on the successful Piracy Funds Terrorism mixtape, with a series of three tracks simply entitled Baile Funk One, Two and Three, as well as some other mash ups with the drum kick supporting them.

♪ Diplo/M.I.A – Baile Funk Two

♪ Diplo/M.I.A – China Girl (Diplo Mix)

It is not right to talk about the genre without talking about Edu K, he is touted as “Brazil’s #1 MC and pin up boy of the baile funk sound. The fact that he was born and raised in Brazil would have a great influence on his music production, in his early years he was utalising the growing popularity of the genre to establish himself as a producer, and over time his production has matured and developed into a more distinct style. In his early days of production he was very much a big funk producer and brought the genre a lot of attention when one of his tracks was used in a soft drink TV advertisement in Germany.

♪ Edu K – Bundalele Baile Jean

♪ Bumblebeez – Dr Love (Edu K Baile Funk Remix)

So basically that is a little history about the genre, based on my research. I’d love to get some positive feedback about some artists who are currently killing it at the moment, because as it stands most of the stuff I am hearing is pretty repetitive and not very innovative.

Tomorrow’s post will be a review of the new DJ Hero game, so stay tuned !

Jax