Oh man, I am feeling this Vegas tune.. Vegas is quick to draw for the uplifting, brush-your-teeth-and-eat-your-vegetables, sparkle dust in the production, live-up-clean kind of choruses. But sometimes they switch to some raw, straight-ahead business after the drop, like whoa, what happened! Kind of like this one, actually:
mr vegas fr overmars - raging bull
Actually Ele is kind of the originator of the unrelated positivity chorus paired with disco-inferno bars.. Remember this one?
Danny Scrilla is either a part of or affiliated in some way with the riseandshine camp, I can't remember. They got on my radar from making three really solid mixes of uk funky. Here's a remix he's done of major lazer's hold the line.
I found this culture mix posted up on the massive b site, where I was half-heartedly looking for some events popping off last night. It seemed like saturday was the off-night between some mega arena jams at bb kings on friday and later tonight, so I was a little thrown to see bounty + beenie together on the marquee at Roseland - whoops! It was not to be though, I had a date with the russian vodka room which was kind of cool in its own way, and the line looked a little out of hand anyhow.
late on this but after listening to chief boima on mudd up a few weeks back, i decided to pull his mix for fader back out of the vaults. it's big, it's big. the tracklist says it all really.
1.Black Nature, vocal intro (homie of mine that's in the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars) 2. Abdul Tee-Jay, “Ka-Bubu No.1” (Sierra Leonean [in London I Think] bubu music) 3. Chi Boogie, “Move Back” (Chicago juke) 4. Janka Nabay, “Ah Gboleah” (Sierra Leone bubu) 5. Boca Chica y El Presidente, Boca3 (Unknown name and artist, from Boca Chica in Dominican Republic. Boca Chica is a city with a popular beach and DJs sell mixtapes on the beach. These guys were Haitian descendants.. This was from a mixtape by selectas Boca Chica y El Presidente) 6. Ghislain Poirier, “Karnival” (Montreal...electro-soca?) 7. DJ Black, “Los Locos Somos Mas” (Panama... Haitian influenced reggae soca) 8. Silver Star, “Va Canon” (Honduras punta) 9. Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars, “Ya N'Digba” (Sierra Leone [Not sure the style, but traditional from the villages]) 10. Joe y Kello, “Mambo Gaga-Gaga” (Dominican Republic gaga) 11. Zion I, “Geek to the Beat” (Bay Area rap) 12. Didacia, “Misseru” (Mozambique marrabenta) 13. Dj Terrivel, “Danca So” (Angola tarraxa kuBass) 14. Unknown, “Micola” (Angola kuduro) 15. DJ Click, “Bloque Brandy” (Ivory Coast coupe decale) 16. Eedris Abdulkareem, “2 Legs Up” (Nigeria rap) 17. Akon, “Right Now (Na Na Na)” Chief Boima Remix (Sierra Leone, Senegal, Jersey, Oakland, Milwaukee, Atlanta mbalax decale)
also, the chief is one half of bannana clipz. not really sure who the other half is, but they've done a lot.. check them out on myspace.
I first heard this tune on joy's mix on low end spasm, but it seems like it's popping up everywhere now. hypnotic shuffling broken, heavyweight... this has gotta be stiff on a real soundsystem.
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