MAJOR SWEDISH LAZER PIRATES
Busy on tour, the blog gets a bit neglected… Andy & I are playing Tuesday through Sunday, a show (or two) each night. This much real-world sound translates into online silence (I don’t have an iPhone).
Warding off that soundlessness, here are two ultra-fresh new jams ::: MAJOR LAZER ft. Jahdan & a SWEDISH PIRATE CUMBIA REMIX by yours truly.
[Jahdan Blakkamoore]
first up: June is a good month for Dutty Artz’s Jahdan Blakkamoore, he features on Diplo and Switch’s reggae project ‘Major Lazer’ (album streaming now, out next week), and Jahdan also drops some verses on a Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry 12″. Here’s our man nicing up a Major Lazer tune.
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Major Lazer – Cash Flow feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore
It’s a pleasant surprise to hear Dip & co. workin with JD in a conscious roots reggae mode (JD’s roots roots run deep). Cash Flow is a very satisfying appetizer to the incoming Jahdan Blakkamoore album Buzzrock Warrior (produced by Matt Shadetek, myself, and the Dutty Artz family, out this September on Gold Dust). Which will crush everything.
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I’m in love with D.F., Mexico City. Forget leafy Berlin, let’s all move there, sísísí!
When Geraldine Juárez, one of my favorite piratas/artistas, asked me to remix a Swedish piracy jingle to accompany a video of Mexico City’s young Internet Embassador, Mila, playing in an Embajada Pirata / Embassy of Piracy — made from repurposed US postal service envelopes and constructed in a D.F. park — I said claro k si! (Piracy? Distribution. I have been known to defend the pig.)
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Cumbia de L@s Piratas – DJ Rupture refix
Cumbia DNA courtesy of Discos Barba Azul. Guitar by Andy Moor. Swedish Pirate anthem remix files here.
Speaking of Sweden – as Europe swings even further to the right, at least the Swedish Pirate Party won a seat in European Parliment! Kinda crazy! But nowhere near as crazy as, say, Dutch far-right or British National Party gains.. Anyhow, before we resume fighting the power, check Geraldine’s sweet video with my sweaty cumbia refix soundtrack:
June 10, 2009
Drip Drip Drip
June 10, 2009
say jahdan in DC this weekend – fantastic show, can’t wait for the new record to come out.
June 14, 2009
damn sweaty cumbia! lovely tempo! and dont stay shy of copenhagen when u r around… email yours truly if noone else is responding.
June 16, 2009
Pirates of the internet wtf?
June 17, 2009
the Jahdan track is great too btw
June 26, 2009
Major Lazer @ iTunes here: http://bit.ly/2zirn
July 1, 2009
[...] Mavado – Blessed (De Tropix Remix) ((Mad Decent)) 14. DJ Rupture – Cumbia De Las Piratas (Refix) ((Mudd Up)) 15. Amadou & Miriam – Sabai (Uproot Andy Remix) ((Ghetto Bassquake)) 16. Cooly G – [...]
July 3, 2009
[...] Mavado – Blessed (De Tropix Remix) ((Mad Decent)) 14. DJ Rupture – Cumbia De Las Piratas (Refix) ((Mudd Up)) 15. Amadou & Miriam – Sabai (Uproot Andy Remix) ((Ghetto Bassquake)) 16. Cooly G – Narst [...]