After flipping the script countless times as a DJ/producer/label mogul, Diplo continues to broaden his horizons and keep people guessing. In April, he will publish his much talked about book, 128 Beats Per Minute , a diary of his travels from private beaches in Barcelona to a music studio in Jamaica with photography by Shane McCauley and foreword by the CFDA/Vogue award winning fashion designer, Alexander Wang. Last year Diplo issued his debut documentary, Favela On Blast , a self-funded testament to his passion for Brazilian baile funk and cultural curiosity into the tough life of musicians in [...]
If you know Curtis Jenkins, you should know he LOVES baile funk. Baile Funk, also called funk carioca, is a Brazilian dance music that originated in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and is heavily influenced by 1980s Miami Bass music (like 2 Live Crew!) This is some serious party music, where thousands of young people gather together every weekend to shake their asses. Here's a clip from Diplo’s documentary Favela On Blast , a GREAT introduction to Rio’s baile funk counter-culture. Check the links that follow for more clips: [...]
The Brazilian Beat is contributor John Bohannon’s monthly column. Over the past two decades, a phenomenon has taken over the slums of Rio and trickled down slowly into the rest of the world. Brazil has always been known for its keen sense of rhythm, and now that Bossa Nova and Samba have become the foundations of a past generation, the Brazilians had to find a new way to evolve their institution in rhythm. Much like hip-hop in the streets of New York, the new generation needed its own sound – its own voice. [...]
M.I.A. Here's some M.I.A. (which, Wikipedia informs me, stands for both Missing In Action and Missing In Acton )for you. I'm not going to mess around with wishy-washy genres to try and describe her but most of these are electro remixes anyway so give them a try if that's your thing. There's been some brilliant remixes of "Bucky Done Gun" and I couldn't choose a single favourite so here's a couple of the best: [...]
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Luce, Silvia Capasso: testo e video della finalista di The Voice of Italy
