The Let Out: Maga Bo
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This week on the Let Out, the FADER’s weekly East Village Radio show, Dutty Artz’s Brazil-based cohort Maga Bo is going to come through for an hour of… actually we couldn’t tell you. We have a feeling there will be a lot of deep bass and a bunch of songs we will immediately love but be completely unfamiliar with. Totally related: Since we grabbed it yesterday, we have been all about this mix by Dutty Artz cohort Lamin Fofana, which, when paired with Maga Bo’s set tonight is the perfect way to prepare yourself for NY Tropical #9, featuring Ripley, Matt Shadetek, Rihannon, the aforementioned Lamin Fofana and the also aforementioned Maga Bo. Look at all those connections we made. Synergy is back! Listen live to the Let Out this and every Friday from 6-8 pm on East Village Radio
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posted on Aug 21, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Dutty Artz, East Village Radio, Lamin Fofana, Maga Bo, NY Tropical, The Let Out
Video: Maga Bo f. Teba, “Nqayi”
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Brazil-based DJ/producer/global bass fiend Maga Bo hooked up with Cape Town’s African Dope Records crew to make “Nqayi,” filmed in Cape Town’s Guguletu township. According to Maga Bo, this track is “a slow hybrid baile funk/macumba/ragga beat sung in Xhosa and English. The lyrics talk about the difficulties faced by youth in townships today and how society tries to force them to drink and take drugs. Nqayi means baldhead and refers to fake rastas posturing themselves, but then bending over to the pressures of society and shaving their locks.” Until we learn Xhosa we will take his word for it and jam it out cause the track is ill. See also: our Dutty Artz feature in our latest issue.
Video: Maga Bo’s Mini-Doc on Ghislain Poirier
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An Interview with Ghislain Poirier from Maga Bo on Vimeo.
When Maga Bo isn’t making crazy beats or blowing our minds with his setlists, he’s making super interesting mini-documentaries on his friends—who are equally crazy beatmakers and mind-olympians. In this latest installment, Montreal sweet potato Ghislain Poirier explains his origins as a DJ, being an outsider/insider and acting as a conduit between nations—in between live shots and awesome weird animation. Go here to watch his other interviews with the likes of DJ/Rupture, Diplo, Daniel Haaksman of Man Recordings, etc. You know, people you are into.
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posted on Apr 14, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags dance/electronic, Diplo, DJ/Rupture, Ghislain Poirier, Maga Bo
Audio: Maga Bo Plays A Bunch Of Songs We Have Never Heard
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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
