For my Brooklyn heads, I’m doing a party tonight, Tuesday 10.21 at my favorite little Bed-Stuy spot, BedVyne Brew. The theme is: a film noir set in 2075 Johannesburg. The homie Teleseen and I are spinning African tunes of the darker variety. So if you want a chance to hear Gqom mixed with Kuduro, and other heavy Afro-House bits stop by.
For the past decade some of my favorite House music has come from the African continent, and things just continue to evolve. When I was hipped to the “Gqom†scene that’s been bubbling in Durban I was hooked. (more…)
Another guest post by Wolfram Lange, co-founder of Kafundó Records, DJ, and blogger at the Soundgoods website. In this post he gives us a little background on Paraiban production collective Furmiga Dub. Their track “Forró do Ragga” is featured on the Kafundó Vol. 1 Compilation:
Out now, the remix EP for Chan Dizzy and Robzilla’s “Calling All Girls!” Grab it at iTunes, Beatport, Bandcamp, or any of your favorite digital stores!
Stream it below to check out all the remixes from Kush Arora, Deejay Theory, Lovetaps, and Samrai:
We have a little internal record pool going on over here at Dutty Artz that is too good to keep to ourselves. So I’m going to kick off what should be a regular series called “Inside the Dutty Pool” with my own selection from the month of September: (more…)
Ebola has been weighing heavily on my mind. From it hitting Ashoka, a friend who I met in Liberia in 2011 (and who’s attended Dutty Artz parties), to worrying about friends and family on the ground in both Sierra Leone and Liberia, I feel sort of stuck and unable to help while being in Brazil. However in the face of a seeming panic in the U.S. about the disease invading the country, and rehashed African stereotypes in the mainstream media, I find I can contribute something by writing… (more…)
This past month Rafi eL was a featured guest on DJ Chilly’s El Sonido show on KEXP in Seattle. Listen back to the interview and live performance where he and his band run through songs from his album Ay De Mi.
We at iBomba are super excited to have JULIANA HUXTABLE joining the ranks of iBomba’s bass bumping, mindblowing, change-your-night (and life) guest deejays, helping us to get people turnt up (and thinking too) at our intimate monthly residency at Bembe. (more…)
You know about Saturday’s party but what you may not know we are planning on getting you there.
If you are in Brooklyn or Queens, to add to your QB experience, we invite you to hop on one of our party buses letting you start your pre-game music-filled party bus direct to our venue at Court Studio in Long Island City.
I’m exited to share the news, this Thursday Oct 9th I have a video installation piece showing in an awesome group show” in NYC. If you’re around, come by!! (more…)
Another guest post by Wolfram Lange, co-founder of Kafundó Records, DJ, and blogger at the Soundgoods website. In this post he gives us a little background on Bahian multi-disciplinary artist Som Peba:
Released in early 2014 on Dutty Artz, Chan Dizzy’s “Calling All Girls” – the lead single from Robzilla and Matt Shadetek’s forthcoming collaborative album based on their sessions recording vocalists in Kingston – now gets the remix treatment from a set of both veteran and up and coming producers in the global electronic music scene. (more…)
written by Rupture; interview by UshkaÂ
Dutty Artz welcomes our latest member, Phillip Allen aka  ‘Selecta K7’. (more…)
