Ménage du printemps.

[Un dude qui s'appelle Jean-Robert / Some dude named Jean-Robert]

Il y a quelques années, j’ai downloadé ce morceau sur le site de Diplo. Aujourd’hui, je me suis souvenu de son existence en faisant du ménage. Appréciez !

A few years ago, I downloaded that tune from Diplo‘s website. Today, I remembered its existence while cleaning my virtual shelves. Enjoy !

Diplo – Haiti On Blast
(Sorry..its not Bhangra. I’m so off-beat…)

Word.

The beguinning of a new love affair…

Digital Dancehall Gems: Ward 21 & Half Pint

Here’s a couple songs I love this days. I’ve been listening to a lot of digital dancehall from the 80′s lately, while reading that really excellent book by Lloyd Bradley that Ghislain lend me. Still not at the 80′s part of the book, but so far I must say that I learned a lot about social and historic context of reggae music emergence, or should I say “modern” popular Jamaican music. On a complementary note, I would suggest having a look on that article by Wayne Marshall that put in perspective the notion of copyright in regards to Jamaican idea of riddim. Nuff said let’s groove:

Ward 21 – Petrol From :

Half Pint – Greetings From:

Voici deux chansons que j’aime beaucoup ces temps-ci. J’ai écouté pas mal de dancehall digital des années 80 ces derniers jours, pendant ma lecture de cet excellent livre de Lloyd Bradley que Ghislain m’a pretté. Je suis pas encore à la partie sur les années 80 mais j’ai déjà beaucoup appris sur le contexte historico-social de l’émergence du reggae, ou devrais-je dire de la musique populaire Jamaicaine “moderne”. Je suggérerai comme bonne lecture complémentaire cet article de Wayne Marshall qui remet en perspective la notion de copyright au regard de l’idée de Riddim jamaican.

El General – Juana Pelame La Banana

El General – Juana – ZappInternet

Le tube de l’été?

Shows cette semaine / Radio show & Show This Week

Jp est parti au Brésil et nous a laissé un petit montage des podcasts en guise d’émission pour la semaine dernière. Vous pouvez l’écouter ici. Et pour les montréalais je vous invite à venir écouter un peu de Masala sound en live durant ces deux soirées! Aussi n’oubliez pas le Baile MTL qui s’en vient le 15 juin avec Wayne & Wax!

Jp went to Brazil last week for two month and he gave us a little montage of the podcasts as for last week radio show, you can listen to it here. And for the montrealers, you can get some of the Masala sound during the two nights i’m djing to this week. Come say hi and don’t forget the upcoming Baile MTL on June 15th with Wayne & Wax!

Daddy Yankee New Album WTF ?!?

You might have heard the first single “Impacto” from Daddy Yankee’s new album El Cartel due on June 5th. And you might have said to yourself, damn that’s some unusual electro sound for a reggaeton track. Vocoder and acid sounds in a reggae track? Well it’s only the beginning my friends!

El Cartel is a very solid album of 21 tracks, different styles hip-hop, reggaeton, dancehallish, salsaton, ballads, arena tracks. But the main thing about this album, is that it’s really bringing reggaeton to a point of natural junction with mainstream american music. Using electroish production make the Dem Bow beat even more accessible to non-latin audiences. It’s like TI was adapting “My Love” to the different aspects of the style. Or a ravy version of reggaeton, which of course might appeal to the hipsters that are into fluo and “rave” sound (haters everywhere). Like on that track for example:
Daddy Yankee – Fuera De Control

But the track which really blow me away is a FUCKING REGGAETON-HOUSE TRACK !!! I mean wtf??? I know Pitbull is already in the place doing that kind of things, but that song is actually something different. It’s not using clichés of Dirty South sound production and it sounds more like if a NYC house producer was collaborating with Daddy Yankee. But ain’t no Joe Claussell here and the song is in fact, a collaboration with one of the Black Eyed Peas guys! I find the result of that obvious move towards white audience and commercial radio really interesting and wonder what will be the reactions.
Daddy Yankee ft. Will.I.Am – Plane To PR

We will play more tracks of this album in the next radio show, so stay tuned!
Désolé pour la traduction en français, je suis trop faignant!