From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Thu Oct 29 2009 - 07:29:29 EST
*to listen to the remix blend click here:*
http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/28/ghetto-palms-77-mavado-natalie-storm-sizzla-de-tropix-exclusive-refixes/
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*GP77 Remix blend
*Faytinga, “Buba” (Eritrea LP)
Vybz Kartel, “Ramping Shop” (DJ Shredah UK refix)
Jahdan f. 77Klash and Spoek Mathombo, “Dem Nuh Like”
Mavado f. Natalie Storm, “Neva Believe You” (Favela riddim refix)
ZaZa Twins, “Couper Decaler Instrumental”
Sizzla, “I Was Born in a System” (De Tropix System Rough refix)
*Download: Ghetto Palms Remix Blend*
The intro is actually a killer Eritrean folk jawn I copped from Chief Boima
last week when I dipped out to SF for a guest set at his Baobab residency.
Don’t know much about the singer but apparently she took the name Faytinga
because her father was the leader of the “Faid Tinga” (translation:
“Fighting Gun”) independence movement, in which she fought herself starting
at the age of 14. Brap, indeed.
In addition to building with Boima, I also got to sit down over some South
African biryani with Ghislain Poirier and Guillame who runs the Masalacism
blog while they were in New York for CMJ. All of which makes me feel better
about reposting this Ramping Shop refix, cause it’s like I know dude now, so
it’s not style-biting. The Jahdan track that immediately follows is not new
but it didn’t seem auspicious to turn in the 77th Ghetto Palms blend without
including 77Klash in some form, and since it fit the tempo, the immortal
Payola riddim provided the perfect vehicle.
Which brings us to the Favela riddim. This exclusive Mavado remix arrived
fresh from Natalie Storm’s manager with no info on the production credit but
damned if it does not sound heavily inspired by the Tim Turbo “After Hours”
remix which debuted in this very space. The main difference comes from the
baile drum pattern breaking up under Mavado and Nats’ respective flows which
gives the beat its name: Favela riddim. Since Natalie gets much creative
support from DJ Max Glazer, I suspect Federation Sound had a hand in this
somewhere but in any case the ghost of Disco D is hovering over this
particular machine.
The ZaZa Twins instrumental is another Boima passed me and you can get it on
the Ghetto Bassquake blog that he runs with Vamanos from the UK. Apparently
this beat represents the newest wave of Coupe Decale which is fusing with
euro-house and the harder sound of kuduro in places like Paris. The result
is a dance-style called Logobi, which looks a lot like Pantasula moves
associated with kwaito and a little bit like certain versions of the Jit
from Detroit. Finishing up in style, Instinct from De Tropix road-tested
another pan-tropical beat in progress on this Sizzla vocal, which kind of
ties everything together, thematically, geographically and tempo-wise.
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