User:Mr Bongo Records
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[edit] MR BONGO DJS
The Mr Bongo DJs specialise in taking the sounds championed and released by Mr Bongo and Disorient Records to dancefloors and events around the world. Recent events include hosting their own room at the MTV European Dance Music Awards in Lisbon (2005) play multiple gigs in Brazil (Feb 2006) and this summer will see them play club and outdoor sets in Berlin for events surrounding the World Cup finals, in the dance tent at WOMAD Festival, and multiple dates in Eastern Europe and India.
Musical styles include samba, disco, deep funk, latin, batucada, dance jazz, Brazilian soul, funk and hip hop, funk carioca and other modern electronic styles - music to make you move.
[edit] Mr Bongo
Founder and director of the Mr Bongo empire, David "Mr Bongo" has a huge and diverse record collection and is an incredibly experienced DJ.
As a result, David has played all over the world including the Mambo Inn, Blue Note Japan, Yellow Japan, Favela Chic France, The Jazz Cafe and AKA London, Union Brighton, Drum Rhythm Amsterdam, Elysee Montmartre, MTV European Dance Music Awards Portugal, BBC Radio One, festivals and carnivals in Brazil and a fair few others over the years.
Musically Mr Bongo can play anything from hip hop to reggae to jazz, but he is most renowned for spinning an eclectic mix of Brazilian; funk carioca, bossa, batucadas and samba soul and funk old and new
[edit] Brazilian Beats Brooklyn DJs
Greg Caz & Sean Marquand
Brazilian Beat is a club night first started by DJ Sean Marquand in June of 2001 at Black Betty in Williamsburg, New York, initially as a way to share the music he'd bought during a two-year period living in Salvador, Bahia.
As the months went on, the party began to take shape with the arrival on the scene of Claudio Meduza and, eventually, Greg Caz. The Sunday night weekly's focus gradually shifted from its psych/Tropicalia origins to a samba-rock groove.
At the same time, Caz's use of traditional samba dancefloor killers further upped the intensity and energy of the party, and the party's reputation began to spread. A series of promotional mix CDs, beginning with 2003's now-classic "Baile Funk Vol. 1," made their way around the world and brought further notoriety.
After four eventful years, Brazilian Beat Brooklyn now stands as the duo of Marquand and Caz, with Meduza making appearances on special occasions.
Along with Mr Bongo Greg and Sean are responsible for compiling the 'Brazilian Beats: Brooklyn' compilation on Mr Bongo Records and they will be touring the world over the next year with their boxes of Brazilian gems to promote the album.
[edit] Ben Mitchell
Sao Benitez / Mr Hermano / Mitchell & Dewbury
Bens DJ sets are renowned for their uplifting blend of Latin flavours, batucadas and funky soulful percussive vibes that reflect his own productions. He has played world wide, most recently at the Favela Chic - Paris, The Venice Film Festival, Movement -Toronto, One Happy Cloud - Athens and the Loop - Tokyo. At the end of last year Ben played at the MTV Awards in Lisbon as part of the Mr Bongo DJs. He has recorded various radio shows for Jazz FM, Bat FM, Milk Radio, Radio Shabuya, Tokyo and currently has a show on B-Live Radio
As a producer Ben has worked with artists such as Terry Callier, the Lo Fidelity All-Stars, Faze Action and Afrobeat legend Bukky Leo. His own projects include Sao Benitez whose remixes of Masters At Work, Paula Lima, Samantha Mumba and Jimmy Smith have all been club anthems in their own right and can be found on the Sao Benitez album �Elemental� released on Mr Bongo. He has also produced an album with Brighton DJ legend Russ Dewbury called "Rapping with The Gods"
[edit] Greymatter
Unique Uncut / Other Brothers / Hereldeduke
G is versatile and experienced, specialising in soulful music from disco, hip hop, funk, soul, dance/soulful jazz, deep funk, samba and Latin through to techno, electro, broken and house music - new and old. He is most well known as Greymatter, for a strictly dancefloor orientated sound that fuses broken beat/nu jazz, disco/boogie and electronic music with jazz, latin and soul. He has played alongside the likes of DJ Patife, Poets Of Rhythm, DJ Yoda, The Nextmen, Yungun, Koop, OK_Ma, Mr Bongo, Marcelo D2, Russ Dewbury, Mark de Clive Lowe, Novalima...
He is also a versatile up and coming producer and half of the Other Brothers with younger brother and 2 x UK DMC finalist Phat Kev, who specialise in 4 turntable + CD + sampler/FX jam sessions. Additionally, he is half of Hereldeduke who have had releases and remixes on Rocstar, Skint and Catskills Records. He is regularly involved in other soulful dance music production collaborations too.
G is the founder of the Brighton based Unique Uncut music collective.
One of his broken/nu soul DJ mixes is currently available on the Astrojazz website, and an all Brazilian - all Mr Bongo mix is available as a podcast here.
[edit] Lady Jane Bongo
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Having worked at Universal Music, Zomba Records, run her own artist management agency 'Siren' and now Label Manager of Mr Bongo Records, Jane's influences and record collection span a wide range of genres.
Her set's range from classic Brazilian, Latin and Afrobeat but her particular focus is hip hop and funk from around the globe and she is always searching for new and exciting acts within this category.
Jane's aim is to mix up old school classics with sounds from all over the planet, as long as it's good - it's in...
Lady Jane has held residencies and played at Heist Brighton, Union (Zap) Brighton, monthly at Guanabara London, Brazilian Beats (Sussex Arts Club), Cafe Kick London, Blag Club London, AKA Bar London, Jazz Cafe London and various worldwide gigs including MTV Awards in Portugal in 2005 and Recife Carnival in Brazil and Germany world cup events in 2006.
[edit] Phat Kev
2 x UK DMC Finalist / Other Brothers / Unique Uncut
A turntablist with a difference - Kev plays soul, disco, funk, rare groove, dancefloor jazz, samba, latin and boogaloo alongside hip hop. His first attempt at the DMC world DJ championships was in 2003 (at the tender age of 19) when he reached the UK final and in 2005 he placed 3rd in the UK Finals. The future could see him bettering it.
Kev has been Djing since the age of 13 and in clubs and venues since 16. He has supported artists including Ugly Duckling, People Under The Stairs, Jehst, Mr Thing, Blak Twang, Woody, DJ Yoda, Scratch (from The Roots), Jeru The Damaja and the Herbaliser Band. He has also appeared live on Ras Kwame's pre-DMC Radio 1 show (2005). Suffice to say he knows his onions.
Kev is a budding producer, drummer and keys player who's solo production work is likely to surface late 2006/2007
