Another guest post by Maga Bo: DJ, producer, and co-founder of Kafundó Records. In this post he gives us a little background on Stank. Their song “Godê Pavão!†appears on the Kafundó Vol. 1 Compilation:
I’ve got some major gigs coming up this July in NYC and I can’t wait create more dance space with you!
The Jazz Museum of Harlem has an exhibit up on Ralph Ellison’s record collection, and a few weeks ago Scheme and I went by to check it out. Before I went, I caught Richard Brody’s piece about the collection which sparked a lot of thoughts, I’ll try to weave them together below. (more…)
This is a guest post by Wolfram Lange, co-founder of Kafundó Records, and blogger at the Soundgoods website. In this post he gives us a little background on Lucio K. His song “Bahea!†appears on the Kafundó Vol. 1 Compilation: (more…)
Dance is an often overlooked, central part of many of the music scenes we are interested in at Dutty Artz. It has been important for us since the early days — when Matt Shadetek’s Brooklyn Anthem became dubbed Craziest Riddim and spread like fire amongst the Brooklyn-teen Dancehall scene. Today so many local dances and DJ scenes have such an intimate symbiotic relationship, so I’m gonna start a new column here to put some of the developments in musically-informed body movement back at the center of our attention: (more…)
This Sunday I’m presenting the Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner at the Bang On A Can Marathon in lower Manhattan. The event is free. The lineup is stellar. We go on in late afternoon right after the incredible Meredith Monk! (Eastman sang on Monk’s Dolmen Music) Other performers include Jherek Bischoff, Roomful of Teeth, So Percussion. Info.
Like I said yesterday, Maga Bo should be familiar to Dutty Artz listeners… but if he’s not check out this fire mix he put together to promote his tour and the new Kafundó Vol. 1 Compilation: (more…)
This is a guest post by Maga Bo, co-founder of Kafundó Records, and DJ/Producer extraordinaire that should be no stranger to Dutty Artz listeners. In this post he runs us down on BaianaSystem. His remix of their song “Oxe Como Era Doce” appears on the Kafundó Vol. 1 Compilation: (more…)
It’s been a couple weeks since my bandmates and I got back from our first tour through Mexico and El Salvador. I’m finally catching my breath to reflect on all the amazing music we heard and terrific crews we connected with. We stormed through an almost non-stop week of shows, press showcases, and TV appearances, but still managed to fit in some pyramids, beaches, and volcano climbs along the way. Pretty surreal.
As the world tunes into FIFA’s World Cup this week, Dutty Artz and Kafundó Records team up to bring you a Brazil that you might not see displayed on your TV screens.
Kafundó Volume 1, a compilation of digital roots music from Brazil, is out today on iTunes, Bandcamp, Juno, or any of your favorite digital download stores!
In order to give a little background on each of the artists that appear on the upcoming Kafundó Vol. 1 release, the guys from Kafundó Records and I are going to run down a little about each track on the compilation. I’ll kick it off with a song that has become a staple in my DJ sets these days: (more…)
Usually people put out a mix before their tour to promote upcoming shows… Well, I’m putting one out after — many excuses as to why — most importantly because I wanted to share a part of my set that got some interesting reactions from crowds this past month touring the U.S. (more…)
Swedish production duo Cocotaxi hit us with a remix of Blingo, a Panamanian cover of La Negra Tomasa by Papi Brandao y Sus Ekecutivos (from Soundway’s Panama Vol. 3). (more…)
