Cabide live at Jang House.
After the jump interview with Gregzinho, Spank Rock and Si Young.
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Coming soon to a theater near you! Favela On Blast is a Mad Decent / Leandro HBL film documenting the baile funk scene in Rio.

More info can be found at Mad Decent and Leandro’s website
After the jump a 10 minute CNN interview with Leandro HBL.
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Remember when Cabide was playing here in the States? He played at the Barbary and at the Mausoleum for the after party of the Diplo show? Yeah, the video above is what it looks like when he plays in and around Rio. Here he was playing in Cataguases.

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Wanna see this pretty face live on stage Wednesday night?  She’s MC Zuzuka Poderosa (that’s Zuzuka the Powerful to you), a Brooklyn/Brazil baile sensation, playing the Discoteca party at Fluid, 10 pm - 2 am, $5.  And on the 1s&2s (and 3s&4s&5s, cuz y’know, MPCs got lots of buttons), it’s my man DJ Comrade of Xão Productions.

You might remember these names from by far o mais legal show that Cabide DJ did during his fall tour here in the States.  Here’s a brand new video of the proceedings to jog your memory.

Vigarista Collective at SOB’s - Baile Funk NYC from Vigarista Collective on Vimeo.

Show brought to you by DJ Rahsaan of Afrotaino Productions who gets double credit for big upping Taíno culture (holla back pre-Columbian history) and preempting me on the best party coinage for the Illadelph.  I swear I’ve wanted to throw a party called Braziladelphia since before I even moved here . . .

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So last night at Metropolis with the Philadelphyinz, Morsy dropped this track.  I’ve definitely heard this before, but finally tracked it down thanks to Skinny.  Ok, so this is old, not sure how old but eons old in blog years. Actual years? Not so sure. This video showed up on Youtube June 19, 2006, tens of videos have showed up since. According to the MP3, its by Furacao 2000, which is just a sound system / label of multiple djs and performers. According to the song its by “The Double MP4″. Trying to track this down is a bit difficult as the only results are for file type mp4. My resident Brazilian expert (gwpow here and the fine writer of Beat Diaspora) has this to say, which isn’t very helpful so maybe this will stir him to find out more.

I think I remember this from high school . . . one of the goofy things we found on the Internet and circulated around the computer lab. I didn’t realize at the time it was Brazilian, nor do I recall the fondling/porno mags. Hmm. I guess I’m not being that helpful. It seems like intentionally ironic Sao Paulo rather than unintentionally ironic funk carioca IMO.

This could be true since those partially responsible for this video are the design duo Neon. Neon began as friends in college in Sao Paulo initially creating beachwear and now have branched out since their beginning roots in 2002. Be sure to check out their website, I’ve linked the section in English.

Is the song intentionally ironic? Or is it just the video? Judge for yourself in one of these videos.  Whats your take?  Do you actually know more about this?  Please leave it in the comments.

Double MP4 - The Book Is On The Table

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Last night on the Jersey Turnpike, coming back from a fast&furious Mudd Up! appearance (followed by some Brazilian eats in Newark’s Ironbound), Casi G and I played Cabide DJ some Philly and Bmore club. “Maneiro, maneiro,” (”cool, cool”) he kept saying. When we got back to Philly, Casi hooked him up with the T&A Bmore Breaks. He’s been playing around with them on his MPC all day in my basement, so we’ll see what he’s cooked up for tonight in Bawlmer.

[cross-posted to Beat Diaspora]

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Spankro’ presents the Jang House tonight with Cabide DJ live on the MPC and Catcall & Sleater Brockman from Australia.  Resident DJ Si Young and friends warming things up.

The Barbary, 951 Frankford Avenue

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degauze on Vimeo.

In case you missed it (and I think you did, I don’t remember seeing you there), here’s some video from Cabide’s performance. Watch for the part where he’s hitting the pads so fast you can’t see his fingers.

- Seg

PS: Catch Cabide live at Jang House Tonight in what will likely be his last Philly performance

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This is so ill. See it live tonight at Medusa! No cover, optional $10 open bar 10 - 12. Giveaways all night. Hip hop, bassline, miami bass and then this man going crazy!

Medusa, 27 S. 21st Street

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Bill e Bolinho - Clipe do Buffalo Bill. More funk from Cabide. We went up to the Northeast yesterday, to the section of the city Gregzinho likes to call Braziladelphia. There are anywhere from 15,000 - 40,000 Brazilian immigrants in the area. Some great little stores with Brazilian foods including pao de queijo, acai, guarana, doce de leite and more. I so missed being in Rio. More in depth post coming soon.

Check Cabide out this Thursday at Medusa. Free entry, optional $10 open bar from 10 - 12. Hip hop, miami bass, some bassline and live mpc work.

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