Mi bredren, DJ Still Life blesses us with his Tropicaaliyah EP of Aaliyah remixes for your anniversary party needs. In case your not tuned in, he’s got a global bass show on East Village Radio called Worldwide Smash that you should check out

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I’d forgotten that I have a Soundcloud page. Remembered. Pasted up a set from the good ole days of January 2008 – the cumbia mix I did for Rob Da Bank’s BBC1 radio show. You can stream or download below. Enjoy! & feel free to send me trax.

DJ Rupture – BBC 1 Cumbia mix by djrupture

download DJ Rupture Cumbia mix for Rob Da Bank | BBC Radio 1, January 2008

TRACKLIST

El Hijo de la Cumbia – ‘Pista Para La Contra’

Pesadilla – ‘La Pava Congona’ (Discos El Papi)

Unknown – ‘Cumbia de la Selva’

DJ Panik – ‘Like This Like That’ (Bersa Discos)

Crunk Cumbia Bootleg

El Hijo de la Cumbia – ‘Para Bailiar Alika RMX’ (Soot Records)

La Yegros – ‘Trocitos de Madera:original mix’ (Dutty Artz)

Armando Hernandez – ‘Cumbia Doris’

Petrona Martinez – ‘La Vida Vale La Pena: Uproot Andy Remix)’

Pitbull – ‘Ya Se Acabo’

Noble Society – ‘The Swarm: Zuzuka Cumbia Klash remix’ (Klash City)

Los Destellos – ‘Elsa: Sonido Martines remix’ (Soot Records)

El Hijo de la Cumbia – ‘Cumbia Regional’ (Soot Records)

Los Daddy’s – ‘Cumbia Sampuesana’

J-Kwon – ‘Tipsy: instrumental’ (So So Def)

Julieta Venegas – ‘Eres Para Mi: Sonidero Nacional remix’

Ñejo feat Arcangel y Dalmata – ‘Algo Musical remix’

Crunk cumbia bootleg

Calle 13 – ‘Atrevetetete remix’

Crunk cumbia bootleg

Celso Piña – ‘Cumbia Poder’

DJ Rupture featuring Sister Nancy – ‘A Little More Oil: reggaeton remix feat. Pe Ere’ (Soul Jazz)

Uproot Andy vs. ODB – ‘Brooklyn Cumbia’

Maga Bo – ‘Earthshaking Riddim’ (Dutty Artz)

Jahdan Blakkamoore – ‘Earthshaking’ (Dutty Artz)

Matt Shadetek – ‘Pure Riddim’ (Dutty Artz )

Jahdan Blakkamoore feat Durrty Goodz – ‘Mesmerized’ (Dutty Artz)

Modeselektor and Matt Shadetek – ‘Dem A Idiot Riddim’ (Dutty Artz)

El Hijo de la Cumbia – ‘Conciencia de Barrio’ (Soot Records)

Grupo La Cumbia – ‘La Mulata’

Unknown – ‘Poco a Poco ‘Yes Yes’ (Discos Bones)

Celso Piña – ‘Cumbia de la Paz’

Eyebeam Open Studios, this Friday 3-6pm in the Chelsea space. I will present a cumbia research project I’m working on as one of Eyebeam’s resident artists this season. La Congona New Cumbia will culminate in a mixtape CD + bilingual poster, and be documented on our blog of the same name.

So feel free to drop by and see/say what’s up. A very diverse group of people will be showing their work-in-progress. For example: while I’m doing weird cumbia distribution/circulation mapping & hotwiring bootleg networks, Ted Southern, pictured below, is building honest-to-God astronaut gloves. (the last pair he designed outperformed NASA gloves on NASA’s own tests). Astronaut gloves!

Open Studios continue on Saturday, although I won’t be able to attend.

first posted at Mudd Up!

Today I’m going to host WNYC’s Soundcheck from 2-3pm on 93.9FM, then at night – tonight, Wednesday June 23rd – I’ll switch into my DJ /rupture costume and shake up the Que Bajo party.

Tropical enthusiasts will not be disappointed: humid city, rich old cumbias, synthed-up new beats, we got you covered. Geko Jones and I trading off all evening. Santos Party House, $5, 11pm. Village Voice writeup.

para empezar: a nice ‘Cumbia de la Playa’ version, group unknown:

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? – Cumbia

and a 6-minute medley from Ecuadorean genius, Polibio Mayorga. Mayorga’s telltale bounce goes through subtle musical shifts as shouts of encouragement animate a real or imaginary dancefloor. The guy who gave me this CD was worried that, back home, it was old people’s music – but, he said, it would get them dancing every time. There’s little bass in the original; you need to boost the low-end to get an idea of how it’s supposed to sound. “Bass weight”, in dubstep parlance…

I have a wonderful life-affirming Polibio Mayorga / soundsystem hoarding story from Mexico City, will share soon.

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Polibio Mayorga – medley

Classical Peruvian chicha cumbia band Los Destellos running through New York with DJ assistance by Geko Jones and Benoit of Masala & La Congona.

You may have heard Los Destellos as remixed by Sonido Martines a year or two back:

Los Destellos – Elsa (Sonido Martines remix feat Fefe)

Sonido tracked down Los Destellos, explained to them what was going on in the slippery world of ‘new cumbia’, and with their blessings got permission to flip this remix. Now-thing realness with respect for the foundational musicans!

THE PURE CAPITAL DANCE PARTY

WITH DJS
N-RON AND REAGANOMICS

COME FOR THE CASH AND STAY TO DANCE TO THE SOUNDS OF
BAILE FUNK + CUMBIA + BRASIL + BHANGRA + KUDURO + BASS + TREBLE + EVERYTHING ELSE IN-BETWEEN

FRIDAY MAY 21, 2010
11 PM ON AT B.EAST NYC
171 east bway
FREE

Here’s DJ N-RON’s  M-C-M1 Mixtape to get you hype for the free party. Head over to Spannered, where it was originally posted for download link, tracklist, + info.

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& from Reaganomics SoundCloud page:

E boi by dj reaganomics

20 meninas remix by dj reaganomics

fuego puro by dj reaganomics

This party is going to be multiple varieties of bananas. serious – cumbia villera pioneers Damas Gratis (for those who don’t know, read up my Fader article on cumbia which involves careening around Buenos Aires w/ Damas Gratis leader Pablo Lescano), Bomba Estereo, Toy Selectah, and me with special guest vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore, raising temperatures down in Monterrey Mexico. Puro fuego!!!

also on the bill, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Sonidero Nacional, etc….. BOOM.

29 de Mayo #MEXICO | Presentado por @HellowHellow con DAMAS GRATIS, @ToySelectah, @djrupture, @BombaEstereo, IMS (@CamiloLara), y mas!

(Note the fine print: children under 5 get in free – amazing!)

 

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Here are some photos from Tormenta Tropical at SXSW. I don’t have time to write a long post but suffice to say I was honored to play with all these great people and have such a great party. You are all legendary and I love you. Photos by El Subcomandante Quito, full album here.

ORION REPPING, JONES SMILING

MALUCA AND HER COOKIES GOING IN

POSE

OK WE’RE MOVING

MS MALU MCING WITH ME

NGUZUNGUZU INCITE MAD SKANKING

RAVERS

ME MAKING A MAD FACE TO NGUZUNGUZU, JUBILEE STANDING BY

MRS ORION

PARTY PPL

ME MAKING A MAD FACE FOR TOY SELECTAH

VAMANOS PUTOS! (LVIS1990 STANDING BY)

ANDY IS ENJOYING HIMSELF

JONES HOLDING IT DOWN (WITH HAIR!)

SHOW OFF

MR WAYNE IN THE PLACE

JUAKALI DEYA

STARK RAVING MADD

Dutty Artz podcast series brings some springtime treats deep from the Peruvian Amazon via the digger par-excellance, Sonido Martines, who spends incredible amounts of time & energy in obscure corners of Latin America searching out mindblowing music. Brother is far offline. So it’s great to hear that he’s gonna chime in over at La Congona regularly and will be selling some of his cumbia 45s soon…

Here’s his original mix description (en espanol). Which translates to something like:

This mix is a collection of vinyl rips: pure Amazonian cumbia! “El Sonambulo Orientalista (the Sleepwalking Orientalist)” includes songs from the gold and silver age of Peruvian cumbia, with groups from cities like Pucallpa, Tarapoto, Iquitos. Times when the western Peruvians wanted to present themselves via the modernity of amplified guitar strings, folkloric dress, and petro-dollar fantasies…

Nowadays the region’s tropical sound is different: other searches, other standards, the same business… but let’s save that for another post. Enjoy!

 

 Sonido Martines - El Sonambulo Orientalista: Play Now | Play in Popup

Sonido’s photos (below) show the works of Ashuco. “His paintings can be seen in bars, brothels, hotels, and various other spots around the city of Iquitos.”

On the radio tonight, I’ll be hosting Austin’s DJ Orion, performing live in studio! He’s extending the great Texan tradition of keeping cumbia crunk with his latest release, Carajo Colombia. After his DJ set we’ll find time for a quick interview and ticket giveaways to his Que Bajo show @ Santos on Thursday.

Here’s a taste of ‘Carajo Colombia’, you can buy it – setting your own price! – here

El Hijo de la Cumbia has a new video out: La Mara Tomaza. This is a version of classic tune “La Negra Tomasa”, whose tropical mutations Sonido Martines blogs about here.

Bay Area DJ Disco Shawn was on my radio show this Monday, which he kicked off by playing H.D.C.’S Mara Tomaza (from Bersa Discos #1 as well as El Hijo’s debut album, Freestyle de Ritmos, published on Soot).

In addition to great tunes, Shawn shares consistently fascinating observations on cumbia, tribal, and what’s catching his ear from the UK: you can stream it here or grab the podcast (his show will be available as podcast next Monday).

[cross-posted to Mudd Up!]

A last-minute note to announce: I’m returning to WNYC’s Soundcheck program at 2pm today, for a live performance and interview with host John Schaefer.

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This Monday, Boston people can catch me doing an “experimental set” at Beat Research, alongside residents Wayne&Wax and DJ Flack. FREE. @ The Enormous Room in Central Square.

Simultaneously, I’ll be hosting my Mudd Up! radio show on WFMU, with special guest DISCO SHAWN!

Cumbia fans will know his as the innovator, along with Oro 11, of the Bersa Discos label and the Tormenta Tropical west coast club nights. A Bay Area native and former Buenos Aires resident, the Cuban-American DJ is coming to share tunes & discuss cumbia’s latest explorations into Remixlandia, what’s poppin over in the Bay, and more…

UPDATE: Contest over!

Alright, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to One Step Beyond.  We’re going to keep this simple and straightforward; the first person to email family [at] duttyartz.com with the correct answer to the following question wins a pair of ticket to the show; What was the first joint-release from DJ Rupture and Matt Shadetek/Team Shadetek?

You must also include “One Step Beyond Ticket Giveway” in the subject line.

- more info below -

The FADER Presents

ONE STEP BEYOND at the American Museum of Natural History

Friday, November 13, 2009

DJ /Rupture
Matt Shadetek Feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore
Maluca
Sonido Martines

9pm – 1am
$25- Price includes admission to the Space Show and a free return visit to the Museum.

Buy tickets in advance at http://www.amnh.org/rose/specials/

The Rose Center for Earth and Space
Enter on 79th Street at Central Park West
Must be 21. ID Required

amnh.org/osb

The FADER Presents

ONE STEP BEYOND at the American Museum of Natural History

Friday, November 13, 2009

DJ /Rupture
Matt Shadetek Feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore
Maluca
Sonido Martines

9pm – 1am
$25- Price includes admission to the Space Show and a free return visit to the Museum.

Buy tickets in advance at amnh.org/osb

The Rose Center for Earth and Space
Enter on 79th Street at Central Park West
Must be 21. ID Required

amnh.org/osb