It’s been an exciting past twelve months for the Ginga Beat crew, that has seen specials on the new wave of electronic funk, the dubstep/funky love affair, Warp Records, dubtechno demigod Moritz von Oswald, the nu neo-soul movement, and Sir Otis Jackson Jr., as well as nuff local goodness, all streaming on Red Bull Music Academy Radio and Lisbon-based Radio Ant3na. Reasons enough for a big birthday bonanza Ginga Beat_On Air that will take place at Lisbon’s Lux on February 25.

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It’s only a couple of days before we switch to full London festival mode over here at redbullmusicacademy.com, so these might be the last Stray Shots in a while…

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"How’s your christmas?" - "Well, you know, my mother... food was awesome though." - "Aaah, too much food. And I’ll definitely stop drinking for at least a month." - "Me too, man. January, no alcohol." - "And no food." - "And no food." Meanwhile on Planet RBMA...

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From Instra:mentals halfstep roboballad Watching You to Cooly G’s bubbling love dubs to Untold’s rave signal-laden jungle music, 2009 has seen plenty tunes shedding some bright disco light on the grey areas of drum ‘n’ bass, garage and whatever-the-term-dubstep-may-mean-these-days. The good folks over at Fabric have now created a new platform for all these buzzin’ basstards currently shaking up dancefloors in London and beyond: Elevator Music.

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Class of '05 Kalbata drops a festive rumble for Bass Music blog, with mix no 13 in their series, to celebrate his new 12" Oh Gosh on Botanika.

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