I’m very excited to announce that today, on March 5th, Sierra Leonean singer Sorie Kondi’s latest album, Thogolobea, is out on Dutty Artz! Buy it on iTunes or at any of your favorite digital stores.
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Negus: Conquering Lion Needs A New Pope
Simone from the Palm Wine blog recently launched a crowd funding campaign to bring Lee “Scratch” Perry to his Italian hometown and help exorcise its imperial demons. Simone takes a second to tell us about his exciting project:
Apart from my Palm Wine project, I am part of Invernomuto art group together with Simone Trabucchi (owner of the record label Hundebiss). We founded Invernomuto in 2003 and since then we have been working as a duo. We make works without a set format, with an emphasis on the collapse and subsequent mixture of different languages. Our research ranges from the production of single-channel videos and installations to the staging of events and site-specific projects.
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Wayne & Wax and Chief Boima at Bembe
This Friday Wayne Marshall aka DJ Wanye & Wax and I will be holding it down at Bembe in South Williamsburg Brooklyn. It’s my great pleasure to be able to play with Wayne in New York after he brought me up to Boston for so many years. Brooklyn Shanti will be holding down the toasting duties.
It’s also my birthday at midnight so get your marathon shoes out, and get there early!
Sonic preview for your enjoyment:
Black History is Dead, Long live Black Mystery
[Yacoub creates the White man in defiance of the Divine using the marvels of ancient technology. From a performance of Amiri Baraka’s A Black Mass]
Bredren & sistren, I’m pleased to announce the Afrabian is joining our little dutty family. He kicks off things in fine style with a plutonium-grade essay on Lack History Month, ‘scuse me I mean Black History Month, I mean – as Invisible Man taught us – history is a boomerang; keep a steel helmet handy. Wither historiography as Sun Ra & Ousmane Sembene beautifully rebuke the eaters of time. OK, on to Wendell’s thought-provoking call for Black Mystery – Jace Rupture
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February Mixtape Mondays, pt. 4: Chief Boima & Geko Jones
For our final chapter of the Dutty Artz February Mixtape Mondays (check previous mixes by DJ /rupture & Sonido Martines, DJ Ushka, and DJ Ripley), my brother Geko Jones and I decided to chime in with a collaborative submission.
Passinho: Fancy Footwork in Rio de Janeiro
In this guest post, DA friend Jez Smadja shares with us thoughts & context on Passinho, a hypnotic new dance style that is contouring the complicated culture of the Rio’s baile funk scene, suggesting alternatives to the cartel-ization of funk, sidestepping standard dancefloor machismo, and (hopefully) challenging the gentrification of Rio, one of the most expensive and most touristed cities of Latin America. Enjoy!
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Today, at 6pm New York time, we’re launching a new web series/podcast called the DuttyCast. Big things are in store for this one, a mix of media to present thought provoking discussions, performances, and just plain old online shenanigans. Whatever happens it it’ll be worth tuning in just to see what goes down live! Because after all, this is the revolution…
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MATT SHADETEK – I LIKE TO MOVE ft. KID KURUPT, 77KLASH, CHAN DIZZY
On I Like To Move Matt Shadetek enlists Jamaican talent Kid Kurupt and Chan Dizzy with Brooklyn’s own 77Klash to transform Reel 2 Real’s ‘I Like To Move It’ into a stripped down and pounding smugglers anthem. Chan Dizzy, known for his dancehall hits ‘Strange Face’ and ‘Hello Bad Mind’ showcases his talent as a rapper while Dancehall veteran Kid Kurrupt sets the tune off with a blast of energy with long time Shadetek collaborator 77Klash chanting the chorus. I Like To Move is an explosive combination of dancehall, hiphop and dance music. Kaboom.
February Mixtape Mondays, pt. 3: DJ Ripley
Up next for our February Mixtape Monday’s series (previously featuring DJ /rupture, Sonido Martines, and DJ Ushka) is a veteran on the decks, but (semi)-newcomer to Dutty Artz, DJ Ripley!
Brooklyn Shanti’s Moner Alo EP Out Now!
Purple Flowers
On the Valentines Day before the release of Matt Shadetek’s new album The Empire Never Ended on March 26th, the Brooklyn producer has assembled a gift for his fans containing a previously unheard mix and alternate versions which re-imagine his 2010 project Flowers as hazy baby-making music for paranoid shut-ins. Dragging Flowers to a halftime crawl Shadetek connects the dots between the bouncing effervescence of Flowers and the heavier, darker tone of Empire. In addition to the mix the Purple Flowers EP features remixes from Dubbel Dutch, Lamin Fofana & Shiftee. The Empire Never Ended is released March 26th on Dutty Artz.
Grab the project for free over at the Dutty Artz Bandcamp.
February Mixtape Mondays, pt. 2: Ushka
Next up for Dutty Artz February Mixtape Mondays is the one and only Thanu, or DJ Ushka of iBomba fame.
Africa Remix Theory and Practice
I’m headed off to Boston into a snowstorm that may leave me stranded, but I have the pleasure to be participating in two very exciting events this weekend, making it well worth the travel madness.
February Mixtape Mondays, pt. 1: Rupture vs Sonido Martines
This February we’ve decided to take a cue from our homies over at Okayplayer (as well as a few other places) and do a little crew-focused run of Mixtape Mondays, music to help you kick off your work week!
First up this week we have the Cumbia collabo between DJ /rupture and Sonido Martines: 1100 vs. 2200.