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March 30, 2007
Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
A rollerskating party is happening tonight. It will take place here. It is going to be awesome.
I get to be one of the Disco Army DJs, and I am momentarily in 1981 mode. SHALAMAR!
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March 26, 2007
Bonde Do Role: CANCELLED
First Reyshawn, now Marina. Strep throat has struck again, this time causing the Bonde Do Role singer to be hospitalized. Once again the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area will have to wait for something that it really would've enjoyed seeing. Oh well, life doesn't always go like you want. Get well soon, Marina.
The ERECTRO/LOCK guys are troopers, they are still going to DJ at Local 506 tonight. And the show is now free.
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March 25, 2007
Bonde Do Role: Música Novo
A few months ago, BONDE DO ROLE signed to esteemed British indie Domino Records. A BDR full-length will be coming out later this summer...but until then, the band has a couple of great new singles out. Maybe the Domino lawyers spent some time explaining copyright law to Bonde Do Role, or maybe it's just the fact that Diplo took on some of the band's production duties...but to my ears the two new tracks are a significant step up musically from the highly entertaining but very sample-centric songs that Bonde released in 2006.
"Gasolina" is the new 12-inch/CDEP on Mad Decent....it's got Afrika Bambaataa namechecking and some awesome synth tuba oompah-farts. Highly recommended, check it out on the Bonde Do Role MySpace player.
"Solta O Frango" is the forthcoming Domino single with what seems like more of a "traditional" Rio-baile-funk vibe. Equally hot, check out this great video. I promise it's got a lot more than just cows in it...
Bonde Do Role hit the Local 506 stage in less than 24 hours! Yes, it's an earlier show than normal so the band should be playing right around 11PM-ish. The ERECTRO/LOCK guys will get things started with an awesome dance mix.
BRING 'EM OUT!
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March 23, 2007
Battles Hymns
In the midst of my BONDE DO ROLE promo blitz (Monday night! They're from Brazil!), I gotta come clean and confess that at this very moment I am equally if not slightly more excited about tomorrow night's Local 506 show. BATTLES will be playing their first area show in almost two years.
I recently obtained a copy of Battles' forthcoming Warp full-length Mirrored...and it's pretty damn impressive, with all kinds of cool make-the-music-with-your-mouth craziness that I wasn't really expecting. For a sample, check out new single "Atlas" on the band's myspace player, or better yet, check out the awesome "Atlas" video that's bouncing around the internet right now. Dance 'til record skips...
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March 20, 2007
Bonde Do Role: Quem sois vós?
Only 6 more days until BONDE DO ROLE hit the stage at Local 506!!!
Now who the hell are Bonde Do Role, you ask? Good question! Bonde Do Role are two guys and a girl from Curitiba, Brazil. They make a somewhat more self-aware "next-generation" variation of the baile funk/funk carioca sounds that people have been dancing to in Rio De Janeiro favelas for many years now. I think there might be some sort of tenuous "art-school-variant-of-NYC-punk" analogy that could be made here....maybe "Bonde Do Role : Rio baile funk :: Talking Heads : Blondie & Television"??? I'm not so sure, I'm just throwing that out there without thinking it through all the way.
In any case, Bonde Do Role released their first EP on Diplo's Mad Decent label in early 2006. That EP's "Melo Do Tabaco" is still up on BDR's MySpace player, but it was the other cuts that I dug the most. If you got a copy of my 2006 DJ mix, you might have heard the "Summer Nights"-sampling "Funk Da Esfiha" at the beginning of Track # 4.
I will post something about Bonde Do Role's newer 2007 releases later this week, but since I have never posted a YouTube video on here before, I would like to close out this post with an old Bonde Do Role video composed almost entirely of cow footage! The song itself is kinda awesome in its own right....that is, if you're like me and enjoy the judicious use and abuse of AC/DC samples.
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March 05, 2007
Bonde Do Role at Local 506!!
Exactly three weeks from tonight, Tuba Frenzy and Local 506 proudly present the amazing BONDE DO ROLE! The Brazilian trio will be bumpin' the baile funk beats and bringin' the plunderphonic party to Chapel Hill on March 26th. Tickets are a mere 8 bucks 10 bucks, and since it's gonna be a Monday night, the whole affair will start pretty early, with Bonde Do Role going on around 11 o'clock or so.
Our friends in the mighty ERECTRO/LOCK crew will be warming up the crowd with a hot DJ set, so come early and get ready to dance!
Stay tuned to this space for more on Bonde Do Role and other upcoming shows...
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