New Years Eve in Bruxelles

December Chart & Gigs

London Snow Flakes December Chart 

 1   V/A  CDR Sessions/Burnt Progress album 2.1

 2   AB   Student Of My Dream LP      CDR

 3   Lady Blacktronica    First Lady Of Beatdown EP     YOF

 4   Reagenz      Playtime LP      Workshop

 5   Mosca    Gold Bricks, I See You     Elevator Music

 6   Dizz1     3rd Time Lucky EP     CDR

 7   Bopstar      This Is Not My Album      CDR

 8   Greymatter    Mind Over MAtter LP    CDR

 9   Zed Bias ft Omar & Mr Fox     Dancing Now   CDR

10  Donaeo  Party Hard REMIX    CDR 

11  Martyn   Freidrichstrasse  CDR

12  Sun Circle    Reborn LP    Futuristica 

13  Millie & Andrea   Ever Since You Came Down    Daphne

14  Ty    Special Kind Of Fool  LP      CDR

15  Octa Push     Dr Bayard     Elevator Music

16  Andre Lodemann   Still Dreaming EP   Freerange

17  Digital Mystikz    Pathways (Doc Daneeka Remix)    CDR  

18  Makoto & Kez YM  Chameleon EP   Mukatsuku

19  Georgia Ann Muldrow   Kings Ballad LP   Ubiquity

20  Grems   Broka Billy/Dimanche EP   Deephop

21  Blue Daisy  Strings Detached    Acre

22  Aeon   Various    CDR

23  STL   MyXmassong    Quintessence

24  Dj Qu    Party People Clap EP  Deconstruct Music

25  Elzhi    The Leftovers LP    CDR

26  Muhsinah    The Oscillations : Triangle  LP     CDR

27  Boogalouh Zoo    No Joke (Seiji Jack Remix)     Lovemonk

28  Florence & The Machine   YGTL (The XX Remix)    White

29  Wagawaga    Jinjanoon Bus   LP     Acroplane

30  Karizma  The Upgrade Remixes EP Vol.1    R2

31  Comfort Fit   Polyshufflez Remixes LP     Tokyo Dawn

32  V/A   Music Is What We Do Vol 2     Elevation 

33  Beezy   Dejavoodoo (Geeneus Remix)   Rinse

34  Zeb    Ana Arabi  (Simbad Remix)    CDR

35  Simbad   You Deserve (Dub)   CDR

19/12/09       JE NE SAIS QUOI with Frankie Francis (Sofrito), Al Badr & Freebase (Metalheadz)   @ Vibe Bar   E1    London

19/12/09       Burnt Progress Album Release Party @ Sosho  9-6 am  EC2   London

with Tom Trago, Bullion, Kay Suzuki, Mr Beatnick & many more... all nite 2 floors paaaarty !!!!

27/12/09        TBA    France

31/12/09       NYE Special @ Tavernier wid Lefto & Friends       Bruxelles   Belgium

05/01/2010   Kontrapunkt with Eddy Ramich & Seiji       Zagreb,  Croatia

15/01/2010   TBA 

16/01/2010   JE NE SAIS QUOI       Vibe Bar    London

21/01/2010   Clap Club Party with Javi Bayo & LaKalash @ Charada Club, Madrid, Spain

22/01/2010   TBC    

Next Deja Vu Fm show friday 8th jan 2010   8-10 pm  UK time

http://vulive.co.uk/content/

CDR Knowledge / A London Session

CDR (big up Tony & Gavin) Sessions Vol.2 out soon !!! Footage courtesy of Joe (The Independent Content Co) from earlier this year... Damn i look maaaashed up hahaha (lack of sleep !!!) :-)

From Bratislava to Zagreb

Saturday nite was loooooong !!! After no friday nite sleep i landed late afternoon in Bratislava (Slovakia) to play @ da just opened Nu Spirit Club with my man Eddy Ramich (Eddy Meets Yannah/Compost) from Zagreb (Croatia) who drove there wid his friend Josef (dope deep house dj), we were greeted by Marek & Rado who runs the Nu Spirit Club & Bar (the underground bar has been opened for many years), after a nice healthy meal we headed straight 2 play, startin around midnite we finished @ 6 am to a few enthousiastic youngsters who didnt wanna stop partying ... Was kinda strange as the crowd never remained steady for a long time but we had some gr8 waves in da whole 6 hours and met some really nice peeps, Eddy started on some dope bruk shhhh & went to da UK fonky side of things then i went deep & bruk again, the most fun was playin back 2 back 4 da last 3 hours and testin our latest productions on da dancers ;-) .
As a nu club it really looks promising, i know i'll b back (in da summer plz !!) and will have more time 2 visit dis beautiful city, (funnily nuff i've got some slovakian blood thru my polish roots & saw a statue of my great grand grand oncle the General Stefanik, strange !) , really lookin 4ward to da nxt Kontrapunkt party wid Eddy in Zagreb nxt month wid Seiji , now thats gonna b a fun nite !!!

Leavin u wid an old dubplate i did couple years ago in Miami, some D'Angelo bruk ;-)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0bh242

November Chart part 2

Floods In Britain November Chart PART 2

1 Bako Dagnon Le Guide De La Révolution (Simbad Remix & Dub) CDR
2 Christo Various Nu CDR
3 Yse Disappear Lost My Dog
4 Dj Spinna presents The Boogie Back Various BBE
5 T Willy Come Out & Play (The 2 Bears Remix) Girsl Music
6 Build An Ark Love (Part 1) LP Kindred Spirit
7 Mike Slot 40 Winks / Amanallah CDR
8 Various The Real Sound Of Chicago BBE
9 Dj Romain & Darry D'Bonneau Its The Spirit (Bangana Mix) UC
10 Jonny Miller Snake Skin Jus' Listen
11 Pepita Project The Way We Were (Tomson & Benidict Mixes) Pep Sounds
12 Russ Gabriel El Juan We Play House
13 Basement Jaxx Scars (Seiji Remix) CDR
14 Untold Pangea & James Blake Remixes 10'' Hemlock
15 Omar & Zed Bias Hustle Little Baby (Special) Original + Atjazz + Simbad Mixes CDR

Next Deja Vu Fm show on the 4th dec , 8-10 pm (UK Time)
http://vulive.co.uk/content/

Havana Cultura

Shhhhhhhheeeeeeeit... Missed da last gig in Paris wid Gilles & the band, had 2 play wid the Sofrito crew here in LDN but still, Leeds & Manchester were brillant, all da people enjoyed the live cuban band (put 2gether last minute by Vince Vella & feat. Ogguere & da amazing Danay on vocal duties) and every1 stayed while we were droppin some funky joints in da clubs... The London nite was pretty horrible soundwise and most of the people were from the industry so not da craziest vibe hahaha but hey,
thats what u get in da capital when u do album release parties i guess... And the band still delivered despite the technical difficulties (its hard 2 have a good sound in a space that has very high ceilings wid only 2 speakers right ??? wasnt da right venue). I heard Paris was a smash. We still had time 2 record 2 songs in my studio wid Danay & Ogguere, i reckon i'll dfntly put one on my nxt (nearly complete) album, already tested it out and works da dancefloor a treat... Danay's got da swing !!! :-)
Check da album its out now, some really good joints on it & its a double cd.

As a little treat this week here's the UNRELEASED remix i did for da last Jose James single 'Black Magic'.
Turn da lights off when u drop dis one on da system ;-)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fs4o8q

November Chart Part 1

Puerto Rican Empanadas November Chart PART 1

1 Forces Of Nature Dark Angel Future Intelligent Audio
2 Mark Pritchard Elephant Dub/Heavy As Stone Deep Medi
3 S. Tellier L'Amour Et La Violence (Floating Points Remix) Lucky Number
4 Illskillz Stella Nova Illskillz Rec
5 Deadboy U Cheated EP Rounded
6 Fourtet Plastic People CDR
7 Al Tourettes Dodgem/Sunken Apple Pips
8 Flotilla Various Hohum Rec
9 Marcel Dettman Helix DNP
10 Trilogy Wanderling/In The Morning CDR
11 Slacker Come Back Home (Seiji Remix) CDR
12 Atjazz fr Sarah Jane Morris Fantasy (Maddslinky Remix) Atjazz Rec
13 Untold Gonna Work Out FIne EP Hemlock
14 Peverlist Jarvik Mindstate LP Drunk
15 Dfrnt Metafiction LP Otec
16 Debruit Various Nu CDR
17 Rainer Trueby ft Vanessa Freeman Livin In The Music Compost Black
18 Foreign Beggars Contact (Noisa Remix) CDR
19 Anthony Valadez Audio/Visual LP Recordbreakin'
20 Cem Salman Duz Deep Elevation
21 Reso Temjin EP Civil Music
22 Martjin Carnival (Dub) Baker Street
23 Uptown Funk Empire The Empire Strikes Back LP Soulab
24 Sigur Ros Gobbledigook (Gluteus Maximus Mix) Kompakt
25 The Zohar Fingers & Clay EP Quintessence
26 Al Kent Various BBE
27 Simbad & Danay Luce (Ruff Mix) CDR

13/11 with Gilles P & Havana Cultura Live Leeds UK
19/11 with Havana Cultura + guests Manchester UK
20/11 with Havana Cultura + guests London
21/11 Je Ne Sais Quoi London
26/11 Discoteca Tropical with Sofrito Dj's @ Plastic People, London
28/11 TBC
04/12 Guanabara London
05/12 Bratislava Slovakia

Next Deja Vu Fm show on the 20th nov , 8-10 pm (UK Time)
http://vulive.co.uk/content/

Puerto Ricooooooo !!!!!!

Been here so many times since da last few years that Puerto Rico is kinda my second home now LOL ! Beautiful island, supa hot weather, latina chicks & home of da Bomba & Plena rhythms amongst otha things, im usually stayin in San Juan wid my brotha Chuki Rojas from Redshield Rec. (dope dj & producer too) , we alwayz record some music, hang out & dj of course... Last nite was craaaaaaaaaazy, i was guesting @ The Vatican for a nite called Hi Heels (resident Max & Chuki), brillant sound system & 400 capacity club. After many rhums (Don Q style) i went really on da techy vibe, threw some detroit techno, a bit deep (but not 2 much coz they really wanted it BANGIN) then dropped some dubstep that went down gr8, nuff props 2 that young crowd & 4 da guyz 4 organisin' them nites...Hopefully we'll manage to finish dis sick 6/4 tune we've been workin on wid Chuki b4 i leave... Nuff love & respect 2 all my peeps here, i'll b back nxt year 4 sho' !!!! Nxt stop London via Miami x

here's a lil' remix from 2004 Puerto Rico stylee
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ztwg77

From NYC to Frisco !!!

Ayyyyyye aye aye aye aye what a weeeeeeek !!!!! So glad i caught up my friend Keziah Jones performing @ Le Poisson Rouge in NY last wedn, after a nice studio session wid Nickodemus we went 2 check him out scrap his guitar & sing his ass off in a very intimate setting, bumped into Wumni & Imani Uzuri, loooooong time no seen, proper talent deze 2 yo !!
Then friday i played @ a club called BLVD on Bowery wid Chris Annibell from Afrokinetic, nice vibes but not too busy as it was da day b4 Halloweeeeeeen (here in da US they take that day really really seriously lol) then flew straight 2 San Francisco after no sleep, so yea saturday nite was da first Raw Fusion party in San Fran @ dis place called Eve Lounge, nice lil' space wid a decent sound system, Jayvi was warmin up b4 i got on & i went supa eclectic coz it was that type of vibe, party style wid some hiphop/afro/boogie/house/dubstep/dancehall/jungle thrown in da mix naaaa mean?? Loads of lovely ladies & everyone smilin' under their masks/make up/false teeth/wigs hahahaha supa funny characters in da place 4 real ...
I really love da vibe in Frisco, so dffrnt from any other city & still that Cali touch . Unique. Sad 2 see so many homeless people in da streets tho, that shhh breaks my heart ... Managed to catch up wid my Oakland fam da nxt day (just accross the bridge) & ended up cookin some crepes @ Cali & Amy's place (coz they have da riiiiiiight kitchen 4 cookin !!!!) , was really supa nice 2 see all of you, Cecil, Aybee & Brenna, Cali & Amy (hav fun in Southport!!) thnx 4 da good vibes, big up Carolyn , Tommy Bones from NY who was in town as well (nice set i caught him playin @ The End Up, anotha mythic club in SF), Jayvi, Hakobo & Marky (good luck wid your nu club !) and all my Brooklyn fam, OP , Jay Locke (dont worry) & Ian Rock, Busquelo Nat & Zarah & the girls, Nickodemus, Aaron, Amon, Chris Annibell, Pierre & Carmella @ Grand Dakar, Andrea & Lydia, Cracka Dawn & my bro Suga K'aan who was in town too ...
Let me leave you wid dis lil' interview done by Dan Canyon in my studio last month while im off on a looooooooong plane/airport journey 2 Puerto Rico !! I aint finshed wid the sun yet !!! :-)

http://spinetv.net/magazine/2009/10#3

Voodoo Mondays in LA

U know what ???? Best ever mondays in LA r hosted by Eduardo Castillo & Ron Garcia, too bad ass dj's who likes their vibes deep :-) thats what it says on da flyer : " VOODOO IS A NIGHT OF EXPLORING ALL GENRES, MAKING FOR A NIGHT OF DANCING, WONDERING, THINKING, INSPIRING. THE BOOTH WILL BE BUSY WITH RECORD SHUFFLING AND INTERESTING ECLECTIC MIXING, EXPECT QUALITY SOUND. IT WILL BE A TAG TEAM DJ FORMAT THAT WILL TRIGGER SPONTANEITY ALLOWING SETS TO BE EXTREMELY CREATIVE, ALWAYS SURPRISING AND FULL OF RISK. NEVER A COVER AND FREE PARKING, VOODOO IS NOT ABOUT MONEY OR FILLING A SPACE. VOODOO IS ALL ABOUT MUSIC AND VIBE. "
Set in the beautiful Foundation Room of the House Of Blues in Hollywood its a truely special weekly nite.Spread da word !!!

check Eduardo's site & radio, few mixes to grab on there too !!!
http://theeclectech.com/radio.html

October Chart Part 2

No Sleep In America October Chart PART 2

1 Burial Fostercare (Simbad Remix) CDR
2 Club Ice Looking For Someone (HHA Re-Edit) restless soul
3 Milton Jackson Revolutions EP Dark Energie
4 Ramadanman Revenue (Original & Untold Mix) 2nd Drop
5 2562 Unbalance LP Tectonic
6 Various/4 Hero Extensions LP Raw Canvas
7 A Made Up Sound Various CDR
8 Funkineven 1956 Kleer ft Fatima Eglo
9 Floating Points People's Potential CDR
10 Mark P A Special CDR
11 Planas Agbekor Ranking Rec
12 F Nightdive CDR
13 King Cosmic Freaky Queen Hot Milk
14 Robert Strauss Odissey Man Ep BBE
15 Mr Beatnick Fallin' Apples/The 4th Day Futuristica
16 Fantastic Mr Fox Sketches EP White
17 Stagga Face Gets Splat Ep Rag'n Bone
18 Trus' Me In The Red LP Fat City Rec
19 Aardvarck Bloom 3 EP White
20 Breakage Rub 'Em Out Soundboy
21 Fluxion Constant Limber LP Resopal
22 Various Steppa's Delight Vol 2 Souljazz
23 Jekal Jekal (Widdler Remix) CDR
24 Falty DL Party Ramp
25 Q-Tip ft D'Angelo I Believe (Simbad Remix) CDR

CALI FIIIIIIIIRE !!!

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... Daaaaaaaaamn what a gr8 past few dayz !!! Friday nite big warehouse party wid Chaka, Yosaku & Eric Wisacre in this huge space (outdoor patio and all that) , sound wasnt amazin inside but was still fun 2 do back 2 back all nite wid Domu, he had 2 leave straight away @ 5 am 2 catch his plane @ 6 am 2 Memphis, craaaaaaaazy... Then saturday went 2 San Diego, 3 hours on da Amtrak train from Union St (dis train station is da most beautiful ive seen, all wooden roof & proper leather harmchairs, its like a giant library...), dj Beatnick came 2 pick me up, spun @ his hip hop party in Bar Dyniamite (so many hotties !!!) and then we went to play @ Candela, Marques Wyatt was playin house in da main room so we just dropped disco, boogie & hip hop flavaz, was mad fun... Not much sleep after Beatnick brought me to eat @ an amaaaaaaaaaaazin sea food place, we had some 'cerviche' & i had a tasty calamar sandwich, then we hit da road in his car to LA 4 da Do-Over party... WAAAAAAAAAAOW... Laaaaaaaaaadies !!!! Good viiiiiiiiiiibes @ da Do-Over (nice outdoor party in Hollywood) !!!!! Janeiro J. (aka Dr Who Dat) was playin when we arrived, then Benji B took over 4 90 min of dilla/danger zone boogie/deep house & bit of funky while Aloe Blak was hostin on da mic, one of da CDJ was really fcked so we both struggled a bit on that 1 but still...
i took over around 7.30 and carried on da dance ;-) and Computer Jay finished wid a classic hiphop set... Then food wid Hossein & Michelle & then crashed @ Eduardo's in Downtown LA in his dope loft space... Claaaaaaass !! i'll write about monday & da Voodoo nite 2moro, just got arrived in NY now and need 2 lie down... Mad props 2 every1 i met & saw, Nnenna, Aloe, Domu, Beatnick, Kyle, Chaka, Hossein, Eric, Jeremy, Tamara, Mary, Jamie & Stonesthrow fam, Janeiro, Jay, Eduarto & Mistie, Ron, Charlie Rock, Ivan G ( yes iiii !!!), Wajeed & Jackie, Benji, Michelle & all of you x nuff luv x

Do Over set
http://www.divshare.com/download/8984425-22f

October Chart PART 1

1 Tony Lionni Treat Me Right EP Freerange
2 Joy Orbison Hyph Mngo (A.Saag House Perspective) CDR
3 Hyperdub 5 Years Comp Various Artists Hyperdub
4 Favorite Flava So Cruel (Sauce 81 Remix) CDR
5 Yellowtail Mongoose EP Backpack Music
6 Pangaea Why/Dead Living/Beacause Of You/5-HTP White
7 Bonobo ft A. Trianna The Keeper (Redeyes Remix) Ninja Tune
8 Youthman Various Nu CDR
9 AFMB Here & Ther (Sunshin & Rain Live version) Compost
10 The Revenge Forever In Debt EP Home Taping Is Killing Music
11 Eddy Ramich Booba Mah Ra CDR
12 Redlight Lobster Boy EP CDR
13 Shuanise Voice Of Reason EP Up My Alley
14 Robert Walker Nobody Else (Nomumbah Remix) CDR
15 Portico Quartet Lines (SBTRKT Mix) CDR
16 The Clonious Between The Dots LP Ubiquity
17 Flore ft Rodney P We Rewind (Youthman War Dub) CDR
18 Roses Gabor See Mi Inna Dance CDR
19 Domu Various Edits CDR
20 Keziah Jones Lagos-NYC (GP & Simbad REMIX) CDR

US Tour :

16.10 Los Angeles with Domu/Wisacre/Yosaku/Chaka
17.10 San Diego with Mr Beatnick
18.10 @ Do-Over Los Angeles
19.10 @ Voodoo with E Castillo Los Angeles
23.10 Raleigh (North Carolina)
24.10 NY or Atlanta TBC
26.10 Philadelphia TBC
29.10 TBC
30.10 NYC with Chris Annibell
31.10 San Francisco RAW FUSION Special Halloween
1-8/11 Puerto Rico with Juan Rojas


Simbad Airport Beat
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vtv3qr

Brazil i love u !!!

Waaaaaaaaow what an amaaaaaaazing trip !!!! Just got back from Rio, ridiculous vibes om Copacabana beach da day they announced the city won the 2016 Olympics hosting, thousands and thousands of half naked peeps dancin' 2 da sound of Samba !!! Was like Carnival but earlier LOL 
Was lucky 2 stay @ a friends place in Santa Teresa, just above the center and not far from the hectic Lapa district where most of the clubs are... Had da privilege to go to a Candomble last saturday (Yoruba Ceremony, its like the Cuban Santeria...) in da ruffest suburbs of Rio (was like being in Bamako or Dakar in a way...)  and really felt the energies there, everyone wearing white & most of the people falling into a trance state while the bata drummers and chantings would go on for hours and hours... Truly profound experience i tell u ! !!!!
Sao Paulo (massive babylon, 20-25 millions habitants) was great too, ended up playin @ 2 parties, one being da legendary Sunday Sessions with my brother Rafael Moraes from the Nomumbah crew, good house music & da best caparihnas too ;-) (happy birthday libra brother Rogeeeeeer !!!!!)  Big up dj Tahira & Leo for da last minute set on saturday, beautiful crowd & got 2 drop some faves hiphop & disco joints, respex to Abilio Samuel from Subcultura, thanx 2 Tete & Chico & Glenda & Rafa of course, man we gotta finish that tune we started !!!

Nxt stop is da US

Dom Um Romao
http://divshare.com/download/8814628-a5a