Radioclit did a Funana mix!  Since I spent the first part of the year in Cape Verde, that made my day. Second Radioclit post in a row I guess I owe them a beer for all that a sonic satisfaction.

Most people dont even know where Cape Verde is and now there music is poppin up. Why? Hm I guess Radioclit listened to some Buraka Som Sistema and checked the neighboring countries for something to redo theirselfes. What they did on their “Fu (Na Na Na) Mix” is actually the same Buraka Som Sistema did to Angolas Kuduro. You take the original music and mix it with fitting, high tech western music till it passes the bouncer. Since Lissabons Kuduro scene is made up of as many Cape Verdians as Angolans (the countrys are connected since they shared a colonial occupant), I guess theyd go bananas over some pimped out Funana too. The only western guys who did that before is Schlachthof Bronx from Munich far as I know.

Radioclit – Fu Na Na Na Mix

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Sabi Dimas – Xibioti e Sousa
Janka Nabay – Eh Congo (Radioclit Edit)
Uproot Andy – La Camisola
Raiss Di Funana – Nho Fifi
Naty Kid – Sereia
Pitbull feat Machem Montano & Lil Jon – Floor On Fire
Ricky T – Pressure Boom
Kidy – Apoia Tradisom (Radioclit Edit)
Skepta – Stageshow Rhythm
Ize – Tronku Di Mundo
Wiley – Sorry Sorry Pardon What (Radioclit Edit)
DJ Vielo – Decale Mon Afrique
DJ Gant Man – Boricua Juke
Maluca – El Tigeraso
Marius – Senhora De Luz
Tony Allen – Fuji Ouija (Diplo Remix)

I got wise to the mix by checking ghettobassquake.blogspot.com 

Thanks! He found it on corporatebloggin.com so they cool too.

Radioclit put some Pitbull & Lil Jon, Grime (Skepta & Wiley), Soca, Speed Merengue and whatever they felt was uptempo enough to the Funana tracks. It has the same effect as Buraka Som Sistema puttin some electro and dubstep to Kuduro in their production. It puts the pill in the cake. Talkin about pills: If you took an X pill the last month, the mix will bring it back.

 
Original Funana is based on two main instruments. The ferro, a metal stick with notches, scraped for the percussion and the accordion, called gaita. Drums and guitars get added. Its pretty monoton and repetitive what makes it hypnotising and right up my alley. I saw Ferro Gaita, one of the big bands, while I was in the city of Tarrafal and had a ball.

Ferro Gaita – É Si Própi

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It comes with some holiday pics if you dont mind. 

I guess thats due to the time I connect with it but I fuckin love that song. The melody makes me melancholic as fuck.

The Schlachthof Bronx track I was talkin about:

Schlachthof Bronx – Funana

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Even better than the traditional version is modern Funana. More base heavy and even faster. Listen to that on a pimped out share taxi speeding through serpentines, and you dont need no club no more.

An example I found on ghettobassquake.blogspot.com:

Duda-Dja Txiga Nha Bes

If youre looking for a news and elegant way of rubbing genitals against each other, learn to dance the Cabo Verde way.
I’m gettin itchy feed. And its not that I didnt change my tennis socks. Perhaps I should visit those palm trees again. Flights is cheap (check funana.de), the German summer sucks, so far, and Bundesliga is in its summer break. So what?

Skeptas “Sunglasses” Video is finally out. The track is still electro-ish and a dope party tune, despite the whack nursery hookrhyme.


SKEPTA – SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT



Ah yeah: fuck shutter shades.

Coffein is a hell of a drug. Not only does it help yourself work and your lil sister drink Vodka without pulling a face, it also generates money to invest in image building activities like the flight lab or the music academy.

The Red Bull Music Academy is taking place in Barcelona at the moment. people meet, connect, talk about music, i dont know. read on and it’ll make sense.

i just watched their interview with Skepta , and it was fucking good. He explains what Grime is to him (rapping about everything you hear), how important freestylin is (very), how drum n base, jungle and grime fit in a row,……. nice one. the half of it is grime 101, but since i just reached the second grade myself, half of it was new to me. best internview for ..dunno, long time.

they also got Questlove and one with Mehdi and DJ A-Trak that i’m lookin right now. it began like three nerds just started hosting Waynes World, but since we got 30 minutes left, i guess it’ll get informative.

next imma watch the one with Bun B , because of Mr.UGK himself and the host Davide Bortot , who brought me to Juice magazine some time ago and works with the energizers know. Great writer, great journalist, lets see what it does.