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Sunday, September 28, 2008 AT 11:58 PM - Category: News
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
The Brazilian Job
DJ Marky features Zinc and Needs on new mix CD
Keep The Movement Moving: Marky in Sao Paolo
Academy lecturer DJ Marky is taking a trip down memory lane with his new mix CD Influences, due out on BBE in October: 16 bossa, funk and jazz jams tracks that have coined and shaped the sound of the Brazilian breakbeat don, mixed by the one like Marky himself.
Thursday, August 7, 2008 AT 04:26 PM - Category: News
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
Rocket Number 9
New LP from Ed Motta
Whole lotta Motta... (pic: Mauricio Valladares)
Ed Motta prepares to drop his new LP Chapter 9, and it's just the cornucopia of surprises that we would hope for.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 AT 11:29 AM - Category: News
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
Magick Music Makers
New Drumagick mix featuring unreleased XRS, Marky in Montreux
Lean back: Xerxes living la boa vida at the Sao Paolo Academy in 2002
Guilherme Lopes of Sao Paolo-based, XRS-co-signed Brazilian drum ‘n’ bass duo Drumagick has hit the Beatmasters studio again to record the third mix of their podcast series, boasting two acetate adventures by his Tupy label boss XRS and an unreleased collabo with the artist commonly referred to as ‘the other LK guy’. You can download the one-hour mix, that also features free refill by TC, Lomax, and John B, amongst others, here.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 AT 07:32 PM - Category: News
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
Tupy or Not Tupy?
Brazilian Invazion!
Rose tinted... Luciana at the controls (pic: May Truong)
Corny puns aside, Toronto participant Luciana Amorim, and renowned Brazilian producer XRS have started a new label called Tupy, and the first release is a prime example of their open-minded and eclectic music policy. Drumagick drop a two-sided marvel of galactic proportions - one d'n'b beast called 'Green Notes', and 'Back to the Planet', a boogie joint that Flat Eric and Mr Oizo would be proud of. Keep checking them at TupyBrasil dot com and their myspace.
Monday, June 2, 2008 AT 01:08 PM - Category: Features
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
Sun Stroke Psych Out
Andy Votel's Brazilian psych on Far Out
Novos Baianos crew... (taken from their LP Acabou Chorare)
We hope that wherever you are on a Monday morning, there's sunshine. If not, you can always stick on Andy Votel's compilation of tripped-out Brazilian rock on Far Out. We caught up with the archive explorer and digger extraordinaire, for his take on the sub-tropical wig-out, and keep your ears peeled for the forthcoming 10th Anniversary Twisted Nerve showcase on RBMA radio, recorded live at Primavera Sound...