As Gruff and Tony collaborate on a new album, we look back at the time they first met, during Trocabrahma 2007.

Gruff Rhys meets Tony Da Gatorra mashing melancholic melody with DIY Brasilian electronic-noise protest singing. While mixing sweet songs with electric beats and tweets, we sample typical Sao Paulo eats and treats.

Our series host, Diplo, introduces Ira, the bassist from CSS, our guest presenter for this episode who guides us through the wonderful world of Super Fury Animals front man Gruff Rhys with the enchantingly enigmatic Tony Da Gatorra in her home town, Sao Paulo. Along the way we much on some Brasilian treats, including the infamous chicken hearts and go clothes shopping with CSS in Glasgow. Plus exclusive live music from the collaboration recorded on location in Brasil and the UK.

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Those of your that know the Radio Magnetic team will know of Tiff and those of you from Scotland will have seen the Peaches name in association with various south American / Latin / African DJ sets and club nights.

Well to be honest Tiff it’s been far to long since your sultry tones Graced the Radio Magnetic airwaves and for all those thinking “Who the hell is tiff and is his name really Peaches?”, think no more. Sit back, switch off and slurp on that imaginary caipirinha as the man like Peaches plays as well as sings a heady collection of baile funk, carioca, samba and bossa.

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*Tracklist coming soon

Glasgow’s premier alternative beats night Kinky Afro took to Connect Festival’s Unknown Pleasures stage under Slam’s curation on Sunday afternoon.

Those that have seen the duo will know it’s one half Radio Magnetic head honcho and instigator Dougal Perman with one half Clash Deputy Editor Matt Bennet. Together they join forces to create the unmistakable DJ talent that is Kinky Afro. Mr Mafro (Matt) usually lays down the dubstep and dancehall while The Kink Dog (Dougal) brings the heavy dancefloor driven electro which we’re sure you’ll find out on this mix is a match made in dancefloor heaven.

Unfortunately Sunday at Connect’s Unknown Pleasures tent was less of a dancefloor and more of stomp swamp after the deluge that the site experienced during the day but thanks to the Kinky boys the crowd could come out of the cold rain and into the tent for a wee shaboogie in their wellies.

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*Sorry there is no tracklist for this set*

For more Kinky Afro manoeuvres make sure to check out the next event at Glasgow’s Sub Club with Christian Vogel Vs Neil Landstrumm on Fri 26th Sept 08. It’s gonna be HUGE this one!

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Neil Landstrumm VS Christian Vogel
The Sub Club
22 Jamaica St,
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£10

Leftfield, musical it girl Santogold has teamed up with the don of all beats south of the equator, Diplo to produce possibly the best mix of the year.

Although tipped for the top Santogold’s debut album ‘Santogold’ didn’t become the alternative hit it was hyped to be but that’s no matter as she proves in this collaboration. Since we heard of this girl she’s been dropping bass flexin tunes all over the net and it won’t be long before the next batch are ready to come out and play.

Diplo on the other hand has been on a constant rise to success introducing the world to the new sound of Brazil through acts like Bonde Do Role, Radio Clit and Mix Hell. Not only that but he’s been backing some of the world’s premier female rapping/singing stars along the lines of Santogold, MIA and Amanda Blank (We’re big fans of Amanda). This boy is well placed to become one of the most important men in music never mind the busiest with his own label, bookings as long as you’re MySpace page and a Mad Decent podcast which we feature on Radio Magnetic.

So, put these two together and it’s set to be mayhem on the decks! Guess what? that’s exactly what you get. Tons of exclusive Santogold remixs from you’re man Diplo as well as a pretty spectacular mash up between Santo’s ‘Unstoppable’ and Benga’s classic ‘Night’. Not to mention an amazing cameo appearance from Mark Ronson!! Mark you will forever be in our hearts and in our minds or until we hear you’re next horn poppin cover.

Right enough of the banter we know you’re dying to get you’re ears round this one so get those blue classics on and get ready to dance you’re ass off!!

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Tracklist

1. Dub Selection Intro
2. 3-6 Mafia – Late Night (Unstoppable Mix)
3. Santogold – Shuv It (Disco D Blend)
4. Santogold – I’m A Lady (Diplo Mix Ft Amanda Blank)
5. Sir Mixalot – Posse On Broadway
6. Santogold – Lights Out (Diplo’s Panda Bear Mix)
7. Aretha Franklin – Save Me
8. Devo – Be Stiff
9. B52’s – Mesopotamia
10. Gerri And The Holograms – Gerri And The Holograms
11. Santogold – Anne (Switch Mix)
12. Santogold – LES Artistes (XXXchange Mix Ft Movado)
13. Cutty Ranks – Dutty Six Pack
14. Santogold – Find A Way (Graeme & Switch Mix Ft Kid Cudi)/ Lunar Camel
15. Richie Spice x Ratatat - Marijuana
16. Desmond Dekker – Shanty Town
17. Santogold – Guns Of Brooklyn
18. Dixie Cups – Iko Iko
19. Tony Matterhorn – Big Belly Guns
20. Santogold – Get It Up (Radioclit mix Ft MIA & Gorilla Zoe)
21. Mark Ronson In Studio
22. Trouble Andrew - Run – Hide
23. Sister Nancy - Pigeon Rock
24. Nora Dean - Barbwire
25. Shinehead – Know How Fe Chat
26. Clash – Ghetto Defendant
27. Warrior Queen - Check It
28. Santogold x Benga - Unstoppable / Night Dub
29. Shawty Lo x Skream - They Know / Stagger
30. Santogold – Creator (Mumdance Mix ft Jammer, Badness, Chronik Rage, Slikman & Tempz)
31. Xray / Turbulence Duplate (Starstruck Diplo Mix)
32. Barrington Levy - Send A Moses
33. Prince Jazzbo - Ital Corner
34. Santogold – Icarus
35. Santogold x Diplo – Right Brigade (hidden track)

Anyone who knows the ten year history of Big Dada must also know the name of DJ A La Fu. Aberdonian Kenny Atkins spent his teen years in California before returning to London around the time that Big Dada was setting up.

In the decade that followed, Kenny became a resident at the short-lived and much missed GOSH! nights at Plastic People, as well as supported and shared a stage with the likes of Gil Scott Heron, De La Soul, Afrika Bambatta and Blackalicious.

His most recent project is the worldwide critically acclaimed Radio Skool series which features among others Maseo (De La Soul), Juice Aleem (New Flesh), Mike Ladd (!K7) and Infinite Livez (Big Dada), as well as being a top five seller on New York ‘s Turntable Lab alongside DJ Shadow and Coldcut.

This special Universal Forces mix was recorded live in Moscow and features some crazy-ass Russian chick speaking god-knows what at the start. In a way though, it doesn’t matter as it’s a freekin’ awesome show which simply begs you to raise your glasses to Kenny A La Fu. DJs don’t get much better than this!

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* Sorry, there is no tracklist available for this mix *

This marks No 42 in the illustrious Blogariddims mix series, helmed by Droid and co. at weareie. If you’d like details on past podcasts, check on the link for a round up of the first 40 that Droid has conveniently summed up. Suffice to say its been a constant source of new music and ideas to me. The breadth of this project never ceases to amaze me

And now here’s Vamanos with a bit more about this mix:

“Sun and bass. Two things I love. I don’t see enough sun in the UK. Bass however, is another thing.

When I was asked to do a mix for Blogariddims I initially had issues about what I could provide in such an awesomely diverse series. I couldn’t think of any one particular genre that I’d want to listen to for 60 minutes so I just thought I’d make something that I’d want to hear if I was on holiday at a beach party, rum flowing, bass hammering.

Not the most specialist or obscure concept but the kind of music that I’ve been writing about here and why I started Ghetto Bassquake. The mix is a clash of sounds that I’m influenced by: From where I live in Brixton, south London – The UK’s Bass shattering sounds of reggae, grime, drum’n'bass and dubstep. And the Latin American & Jamaican bass party music of the Caribbean and South America – dancehall, cumbia, baile funk, reggaeton, soca with a bit of baltimore thrown in for good measure.

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Tracklist

Intro
1. Shark Records Remix - Joyride
2. Lady Saw - Sycamore Tree
3. Wayne Wonder – Bashment Girl
4. El General – Muevelo
5. Unknown – Panamanian Reggaeton
6. Lucky Kumbias - Tocando Palmas RMX
7. El Hijo De La Cumbia – Bombon Asesino Version
8. Mims – Why I’m Hot (DJ Panik Remix)
9. Jowell & Randy - Bajaera De Panty
10. The Bug feat. Warrior Queen – Poison Dart (Original Mix)
11. Coki - Spongebob
12. Rusko – Cockney Thug
13. Terror Danjah - Reloadz Rmx feat. Durrty Goodz, Badness & Shabba D
14. Trim – I Can C U
15. Ghislain Poirier – No More Blood feat. Face-T (Deadbeat Remix)
16. Dj Jeff ft Kiss – Cavalier ô Dame
17. Machel Montano – One More Time (Remix)
18. Japanese vs Toy Selectah – Cocobola Tripiton Remix
19. DJ Amazing Clay – Montagem Aquecimento do Sambinha
20. Scottie B feat. Moleque Bil – Mais Ela
21. Cobra Krames feat. Rye Rye – Get Familiar (Start The Violence! Remix)
22. Ricky Blaze – 2 The Beat

1. Shark Records Remix – Joyride

This is from random Ragga hip hop cd I picked up in Brooklyn a few years back. Its the Joyride version with some AV8 style rap loops to get the party cracking. Simple but effective.

2. Lady Saw - Sycamore Tree
3. Wayne Wonder - Bashment Girl

Staying with the Joyride riddim, a couple of bashment anthems. When King Jammy made the Sleng Teng riddim, loads of Jamiacan DJs complained as it had such a big bassline that it was hard to find anything to follow it. Same with Joyride. Weight.

4. El General - Muevelo
5. Unknown - Panamanian Reggaeton

I picked up these tracks in Nicaragua off a taxi driver. He was playing this incredible cd really loudly while speeding driving around the city. I managed to persuade him to swap it for another cd. Having never really heard spanish reggae, it blew me away. Later on I learned this is old school Panamanian reggaeton from its birth in the early 90s. I love this stuff, El General especially- over a minimal beat, the mc flows just keep you hooked. Video here. If anyone knows the second unknown artist please hit me up.

6. Lucky Kumbias - Tocando Palmas RMX

DJ/Rupture posted this on Negrophonic. A great piece of texas crunked cumbia from the Lucky Kumbias mixtape vol.1 where the traditional mexican cumbia has been given a US bass heavy sound for the clubs.

7. El Hijo De La Cumbia - Bombon Asesino Version

This is from the Bersas Discos record, the first proper physical release of Nueva Cumbia scene centered around the Zizek night in Buenos Aires. This dub version is crazy, quite psychedelic, it almost turns into dubbed out drum ‘n’ bass. Future Latin music.

8. Mims - Why I’m Hot (DJ Panik Remix)

Another excellent texas cumbia, this time a mash up with Mims. The acapella has had plenty of outings but it sounds hot over the bumping cumbia shuffle.

9. Jowell & Randy - Bajaera De Panty

Rafi Mercenario produced this who I think is one of the best reggaeton producers, he also made also Don Omar’s La Batidora. His beats are always really hard and stay true to the dem bow drum heavy origins of the genre which always does it for me. My spanish is pretty bad but I have a feeling this track is quite rude.

10. The Bug feat. Warrior Queen – Poison Dart (Original Mix)

There’s alot of swirling depth in this track, Warrior Queen’s sweet vocals riding a massive dub bassline. London FYA from The Bug.

11. Coki – Spongebob
12. Rusko - Cockney Thug

Two fairly recent big dubstep bangers that I’m feeling. I’m generally not massively into dubstep as i find it a bit dull but tracks like these are alot more exciting and dancefloor friendly – it seems to be going this way. Spongebob does sound a bit like a dentist drill on the rampage however so probably best to avoid if you’ve got a headache. Loefah played it at DMZ’s third birthday and it went off. Rusko’s Cockney Thug is a more reggaefied dancefloor roller.

13. Terror Danjah - Reloadz Rmx feat. Durrty Goodz, Badness & Shabba D

This is a heavy track from Terror Danjah’s Harddrive vol.1 cd. Great rhymes and tempo switching all over the shop. He’s a massive talent in UK music right now and he can turn his slick style to loads of genres. This is like an old school drum’n'bass banger.

14. Trim – I Can C U

A heavy new Radioclit produced track from Trim’s excellent Soulfood Vol.3. I like the minimal African drums and samples in this. Less is more. A very ungrime beat underlaying Trim’s stream of conciousness flow.

15. Ghislain Poirier - No More Blood feat. Face-T (Deadbeat Remix)

Ghislain sent me this recently and its awesome – lyrically positively on point and futuristic production. Ghislain makes music like no one else, he has his own genre.

16. Dj Jeff ft Kiss - Cavalier ô Dame

This is from a cd that I picked up from a guy selling bootleg African music in a market in London a few weeks ago. I don’t know anything about what genre it is but I’m really feeling the accordian sound and rattling beat. Check out the video.

17. Machel Montano - One More Time (Remix)

I posted this on this blog a while back. The tranceish production goes great under Machel’s vocals, dare I say erm uplifting….I’m not really into trance or soca particularly but this is one of those tracks that makes me wish it Notting Hill Carnival every weekend.

18. Japanese vs Toy Selectah - Cocobola Tripiton Remix

This was posted up on Mad Decent. Japanese is an excellent Panamanian MC who is currently pretty massive in Central America i’ve heard. From the original reggaeton beat, Mexico’s Toy Selectah’s remixes it into a driving juggernaut of a tune.

19. DJ Amazing Clay - Montagem Aquecimento do Sambinha

From what i’ve read, the Aquecimento has been massive in Rio for a year now, at first I didn’t get it but now I do, its just nuts, pushing the funk sound forward like the Tamborzao did. Amazing Clay, who I wrote about here has cut it up with the berimbau and other traditional baile samples to make a blazing Montagem. I think a version of this appeared on his Baile Funk Masters EP on Man Recordings.

20. Scottie B feat. Moleque Bil - Mais Ela

Another track from Man Recording’s Funk Mundial series. A really basic beat from one of the Baltimore originators, Scottie B, with cut up baile funk vocals from Moleque Bill, an MC from Rio’s Bonde do Sonho crew. It feels like a totally pure clash of two bass music ethos, sparse unrelenting, with a bassline straight from ’88 . Simply Baile funk Vs Baltimore.

21. Cobra Krames feat. Rye Rye - Get Familiar (Start The Violence! Remix)

This is one of those tracks that I can’t stop listening to. Cobra Krame’s warm rave synths are perfect over a sick switch-esque bassline. I feel like you could play this anywhere and people would be feeling it. Rye Rye’s got the most party starting flow that i’ve hear in a long time. Baltimore goes rave.

22. Ricky Blaze - 2 The Beat

Finally from Brooklyn’s Ricky Blaze, He shouts out the all the dance crews, instead of going on about himself, which is nearly as original as the acidic trance beats he uses. Heater!

Internationally renowned DJ, producer, podcast presenter and remixer, Diplo, talks shares his thoughts on the contemporary Brazilian scene while Ben Westbeech introduces us to the collaboration between Diplo’s protégés, Bonde Do Role and the UK’s Radioclit and Amanda Blank.

Ben also finds out what everyone involved in Trocabrahma made of this year’s culture jam and we find out what Bonde, Amanda and Radioclit would do with super powers. Plus exclusive live recordings from Sao Paulo and the UK of Bonde and co, one of Domino Records’s hottest acts of 2007.

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Four Tet finds out how a group of musicians, and non-musicians, in Sao Paulo came together to found the Open Field Church, a group of friends who perform a cappella versions of indie classics.

Hear how Four Tet fused his intricate electronica with their enthusiastic singing, and marvel at their eclectic repertoire.

Meanwhile in the UK, a street artist from Sao Paulo, Speto, collaborated with three UK graffiti writers to improvise around the themes of Trocabrahma and create original artwork on the walls of London, Liverpool and Glasgow.

Street art co-ordinator Andrea McCarthy paints a picture of the process (with photos on the enhanced version of the podcast and in the www.trocabrahma.net blog) and we hear from artists around the UK and Sao Paulo.

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King Creosote meets Romulo Froes fusing Scottish folk rock with contemporary Bossa Nova.

KC and his band visit the market in Sao Paulo, marvel at the pigs trotters and eat fruits you wouldn’t wear. We meet independent Brasilian label Mondo Melhor records and new bossa singer Julio Bareto and hear about new bossa, samba and maracatu music in Brasil.

King Creosote’s band talk about how they found the collaborative process, and then get Romulo’s side of the story. Kenny from King Creosote learns a little Portuguese and there’s exclusive live music from Trocabrahma gigs, recorded for the Trocabrahma podcast in Sao Paulo in May and the UK in July 2007.

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Gilles Peterson hangs out with young jazz singer and Bristol-based beats producer Ben Westbeech as he jams with Brasilian soul jazz singer Tita Lima.

Ben and Tita hit it off together musically and we hear snippets from the rehearsal process plus exclusive live recordings.

While he was in Sao Paulo, Ben spent a wad of cash at infamous record shop Eric’s Disco. Gilles finds out how important and influential Eric was in turning Far Out Records boss Joe Davis on to Brasilian music, which in turn inspired Gilles and helped to create a whole cross cultural scene in the UK.

We also cross borders with new Far Out act Zeep (aka Nina Miranda and Chris Franck from Da Lata and Smoke City).

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