San FranCarioca Featured On 'Man Recorder'

I got a nice email the other day from Daniel Haaksman of international funk powerhouse, Man Recordings in Berlin. Daniel and his stable of artists have been featured prominently in a few postings here on the San FranCarioca. My recent video interview with Dj Beware caught his attention and he wrote asking for permission to repost it on his blog, Man Recorder. Of course I was flattered and told Daniel, by all means, go right ahead. If you're a fan of carioca funk or innovative dance music in general, do yourself a favor and head over to the Man Recorder now to read recent posts on influential German New Wave act, DAF (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft or German American Friendship, a reinterpreted expression from the Cold War era) as well as more newness from those crazy Italians, Crookers. Essential reading (and listening)!

New Tracks From Dj Edgar

'Baile Funk Master', Dj Edgar (pronounced in rio: Edgy-gahr) and the San FranCarioca, just before he passed out on the dance floor

Last Tuesday night left me reduced to a helpless puddle of sweat on the dance floor. While every dj that played that night is guilty as charged (Beware, Joyce Muniz, Ben Mono, I'm talkin' to you!), one offender was particularly egregious...Dj Edgar!


Rockin' the decks since the Miami Bass era of rio funk and coming up under the tutlege of the Furacão 2000 Crew, Edgar has taken his sound international as of late. With regular appearances in Sweden, Denmark, France, England, Norway, Holland, Poland, Switzerland, Prague, Germany and Austria, the 'Gentle Giant' still makes time for the home town crowd. And it was in front of this home crowd at 00 (zero zero) Tuesday that I was so thoroughly abused. I was not alone; the carnage was total. The man from Man left everyone devastated with his mix of exclusive tracks, remixes and live displays of MPC dexterity (see photo).

Well, it's now Friday....three days later. I've had a chance to recover and was beginning to regain feeling in my bass receptors when these tracks showed up in my inbox from Edgar. Oh lawd, let the flash backs begin!

The first cut, 'Beat Goes On', is built around an Egyptian Lover vocal sample and a chopped and screwed take on the synth line from Axel F (note to the youngsters: if you think Axel F was originally by Crazy Frog, read about Harold Faltermeyer NOW!). I believe Edgar dropped this one tuesday and I believe the effect was total.

Download 'Beat Goes On'

The second cut brought a smile to my face. If you remember the post on Dj Marlboro a short while back, I had a clip of him playing 'Let's groove Tonight' by Earth Wind and Fire. Well to bring it full cirlcle, here's Dj Edgars 2008 Funk Carioca update.

Download 'Boogie Down Beat'

Edgar refers to his sound as 'Baile Funk With High Quality' and I would have to agree.

Much thanks to Edgar for sharing the tracks and photos and to his homie who was taking the photos. Respeito!

more Dj Edgar links:

djedgar-rj.com
Dj Edgar ORKUT page
Dj Edgar on Myspace
Dj Edgar demonstrating the MPC 500 (via Youtube)

Interview With Dj Beware (Man Recordings)

Born in Hong Kong, raised in the UK on a steady diet of skateboard culture and the music that accompanied it, and now based in Vienna Austria, Dj Beware is a one man international line up. Who better then to be one of the newest international artists to contribute to the funk carioca sound, a sound that prides its self on its ability to draw inspiration from all corners of the globe.

Earning his stripes in the trenches of DMC dj battles, Beware eventually garnered the attention of Daniel Haaksman, international funk carioca evangelist and owner of Man Recordings, baile funk's biggest non Brazilian distributor and proponent. He's contributed production to the Stereo MCs (remember them? well they're back!) and MC Gringo as well as a dj mix for Man Recordings.

I had been chatting a bit with B via the internets and when I heard he was coming through RJ on a mini tour do Brasil, I knew I had to track him down and say 'wutup'. I caught up with him after his show at Circovoador, before his gig at 00 (Zero Zero) and during his set at Diesel. The kid was going nonstop but was cool enough to take a breather long enough to conversate with the San FranCarioca. The four minute video was created from this conversation.


(L to R) Tee, the delightful and talented Joyce Muniz and Dj Beware