Premiere Stream: El Guincho, “Antillas (Prins Thomas Remix)”
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Leonie Purchas (F54)
In his feature about El Guincho in FADER 54, Jace Clayton (aka fellow collage artist DJ /Rupture) outlined their shared nerd-out:
After 15 minutes shooting the shit about Dilla and Guinean label Sylliphone and how focused Dr Dre was when NWA first dropped, I’m outclassed when he starts talking about Frank Sinatra’s use of spring reverb. The conversation drifts from Milton Nascimiento (Zeus in El Guincho’s Pantheon) to calypso king Mighty Sparrow, and he says, “When I started producing, I was obsessed with exotica records.” It’s odd to meet a musician so energetic about other people’s music. Some can’t do it even when you specifically ask them too, but El Guincho’s a guy who big ups Martin Denny’s use of panning right before sharing this thoughts on Trinidadian harmonies, a guy who remembers where the cymbals were placed on that Bowie record.
El Guincho and Prins Thomas both have similarly varied tastes and keen ears, and the ability to reap a cross-section of sounds and house them under one rainbow. For his remix of “Antillas,” now available on 12-inch, Prins Thomas does not scamper far from the source, simply chopping and extending much of El Guincho’s vocal and removing and then teasing the original’s main melody, abstracting many of the song’s ancestral samples. It’s a cut up job, but more a sidestep and extension than a progression or regression.
Stream: El Guincho, “Antillas (Prins Thomas Remix)”
Interview: DJ /Rupture
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Jason Nocito (F61)
As is the best policy, we like to let DJ /Rupture speak for himself. Under his regular name, Jace Clayton, Rupture has been a consistently fantastic writer for our magazine and many other publications, skillfully espousing on an endless spectrum of music. As a DJ, he practices similar unified diversity, as is the case for his new mix, a joint project with Matt Shadetek called Solar Life Raft, out today. We asked him about the album and how it reflects the current state of music, be it physical or spiritual. Because the internet fooled us, we also asked him about a person we thought was real but who is probably fake. Check out the smart shit he has to say after the jump.
Audio: Maga Bo Plays A Bunch Of Songs We Have Never Heard
- story THE FADER
Over on Sinden’s unfuckwithable KISS radio show, DJ Rupture’s Soot Records signee Maga Bo came through to play a bunch of “transnational bass,” which apparently is just another way to say JAM CITY: POPULATION MAGA BO. One of our favorite moments comes when Maga Bo blends Unknown, “Untitled,” (Unknown) into Unknown “Work it Cumbia” (Unknown). For real, we appreciate Maga Bo for reminding us the world is ridiculously huge, and encourage other DJs to do the same. Tracklist after the jump.
Audio: Maga Bo on Sinden’s KISS Radio Show
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posted on Feb 12, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags caribbean, DJ Rupture, electronic/dance, hip hop, Maga Bo, Sinden
NYC: Get Weird With 77Klash And DJ Rupture
- story THE FADER
Last month we got weird with Andrew WK. He sang improvisational songs about trying to gain weight and then everyone got up and danced in a circle. We don’t exactly need to tell you that it was totally out of control. This month’s installment of Get Weird (curated by ex-FADER EIC/Permanent FADER fam Alex Wagner) features some Get Weird/FADER synergy: Current issue Gen-Fer 77Klash is bringing dancehall to the museum along with DJ Rupture, who traveled to Buenos Aires to write the cumbia feature also in our summer music issue. Is there any doubt that this WON’T be fun? If you hurry, you can still buy tickets here.
