Maga Bo from Brazil graces the globesonic world with a new mixtape called Outras Terras, assembling unreleased material, own remixes and material from his globetrotting friends. Via his blog Kolleidosonic.

Download: MAGA BO – Outras Terras Mixtape

Related post: Maga Bo Interview at Club transmediale Berlin Jan ’09.

Playlist of Outras Terras Mixtape with indepth explanation of track origins below.

1. “Ê Boi (Maga Bo Remix)” Coco Raízes de Arcoverde (Unreleased)
Traditional coco meets dancehall. An unlabeled mp3 that I fell in love with – “…Eu vou morar em outras terras.”

2. “E Daí feat. Speed Freaks” Sonar Calibrado (Maga Bo and Filastine) (12″ Shockout)
Dancehall made with the samples of car alarms, cut up saharan blues guitar and the stream of conscious rhymes of the Niteroiense rapper, Speed Freaks.

3. “B’tallah (Maga Bo Remix)” Filastine (12″ Post World Industries – forthcoming)
Trilingual rhymes by Barcelona-based Algerian rapper Rabah (of MBS) float over ragga with trills of breakcore and cell phone speaker interference.

4. “Alesh feat. Jawad” Sonar Calibrado (Filastine and Maga Bo) (12″ Shockout)
Recorded in Meknes, Morocco with garage security guard/rapper Jawad, who speaks about difficulties being respected while washing cars over a mutilated coco ragga track.

5. “Longa Nahawand feat. Mohammed Issa Matona” Maga Bo (Soot Records)
A traditional arabic song re-interpreted in ragga dub fashion. Recorded in Zanzibar with multi-instrumentalist and star of Akhwan Safaa Musical Club, Mohammed issa Matona.

6. “Se Liga feat. Mario Z” Sonar Calibrado (Maga and Filastine) (12″ Shockout)
Cut up moroccan rhaitas, live cello, a dubbed out ragga groove provide the base for Mario Z’s admonition to pay attention (”Se liga”).

7. “Boucan (Maga Bo Remix of Dr. Das Bhajni Ragga Remix))” Pitcho (Unreleased)
A remix of a remix….dub hip hop ragga – Belgian rapper, Pitcho’s urgent lyrics on top of an implacavel bass line from Asian Dub Foundation founder, Dr. Das.

8. “Aunty Adoley (Maga Bo vs. Sabo Remix)” X-Pensive Nframa (Akwaaba – forthcoming)
Ghanaian melodic hip hop (sung in Twi) on top of hyped up pure percussion. Sung in Twi, the lyrics praise the beauty and power of a woman, while the beat is aimed straight for the dance floor.

9. “Maga Traz a Lenha feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore” Maga Bo (Unreleased)
A hybrid Brazilian rhythm inspired by the Sergio Mendes track, “Magalenha,” this track features live percussion by João Hermeto and vocals by Guyanese Brooklynite Jahdan Blakkamoore.

10. “El Critica (Maga Bo Remix)” Petrona Martinez (Unreleased)
Traditional Afro-Colombian tune pumped up with a deep bass, kicks and electronic trills tweaks.

11. “Kizomba; A Festa das Raças feat. BNegão” Maga Bo (Unreleased)
A samba enredo from Beija Flor sung by BNegão over a kuduro beat with live percussion by João Hermeto.

12. “Alleyways” Fletcher Meets Maga Bo feat. Neon Don (African Dope Records)
Cape Town rapper Neon Don espousing on the realities of the Cape Flats over a thick dub crunk track. Essential material for any South African dubstep party.

13. “Ransom (Pacheko Remix)” Maga Bo (Senseless Records – forthcoming)
Live masinqo recorded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over a dark dubstep track, mixed in Rio de Janeiro and remixed in Caracas, Venezuela. And now it’s in your hands….

14. “Earthshaking” Jahdan Blakkamoore (Produced by Maga Bo) (Duty Artz/Gold Dust)
Jahdan rocking his distinctive sing jay ragga flow on top of an Earthshaking cumbia dub (step) track. Produced for his recently released debut album.

15. “Nqayi feat. Teba” Maga Bo (Soot Records/African Dope Records)
Recorded in Cape Town with Gugulethu born and bred singer Teba over a slowed down ragga bounce. Sung in Xhosa, the chorus lambasts fake rastas and is highlighted by the distinctive and percussive ‘xh’ click sound.

16. “Wha La La Leng feat. Face-T (Maga Bo Remix) Poirier (Ninja Tune – forthcoming)
Live percussion based samba reggae built for the club and mashed up with Face-T’s melodic ragga danehall.

17. “La Paix feat. Xuman” Maga Bo (Unreleased)
Dubbed out live kora and provocative political lyrics by Gunman Xuman from Pee Froiss over a triplet african bounce groove punctuated by bursts of tama and sabar drums. Recorded in Dakar, Senegal.

18. “Rise Again feat. Abena Koomson” Jahdan Blakkamoore (Produced by Maga Bo) (Dutty Artz/Gold Dust)
Sweet melodic strings, nostalgic lyrics on an 808 bouncy dub beat featuring Jahdan Blakkamoore and Abena Koomson from the Broadway musical Fela!. Recorded in Brooklyn, NY.

Yes! I found a new mix, something really innovative, with lots of stuff I don’t know sh**t about. Wanklerotaryengine, the head behind this mix, from Australia is part of the collective Croaking Lizard in Melbourne and has a broad background of breakcore, jungle, drum n bass and that sort of stuff. It somehow seems that people on Australia are quite open for different styles and furthermore dare to put them  together. The “Enigney Ratorel’k Naw – Bludwize” mix features some rawwwwwww breakcore in the middle and combines everything from jungle, dubstep, dancehall, outernational bass stuff to bollywood crash. In short, a really heavy trip around the underground music world. Furthermore, someone who combines Filastine, Maga Bo, Mochipet, Bong Ra and Istari Lasterfahrer is just very worth to present.

Enignay Ratorel’k Naw – Bludwize

Timeblind from /ruptures Soot imprint (among others, such as Shockout and The Agriculture), supposedly living in Berlin right now, just layed down a perfectly trippin’ Dubstep Mix. Mahout means the long-term companian and caretaker of an elephant in India (where he went travelling) and well, now it’s the name of a Mixsession for big mad urban Euro cities as well!

DOWNLOAD: Mahout here.

And don’t forget to watch the video from Timeblind @ Raum 18 in Neukölln’s best hidden secret venue!

Browsing through my CD’s I just came across Bnegao from Rio, who recently toured with Maga Bo as MC. Formerly he was singer of the hip hop rock band Planet Hemp, which was founded in 1993.

“Planet Hemp began attracting attention because their shows always ended up in big fights and confusion. In 1994 B Negão joined the group, they signed up to Sony Music and put out the disc Usuário, which shed light over the band and produced a number of hits, like Mantenha o Respeito and the polemic Porcos Fardados (or Pigs in Uniforms), criticizing police brutality. It went Gold. Planet Hemp has played along with big hip hop names, like Beastie Boys and Cypress Hill. The follow-up, Os Cães Ladram Mas a Caravana Não Pára, was made by the end of 1996 and went Platinum. Due to their engagement with legalization and their explicit lyrics, Planet Hemp has suffered a lot of legal distress. Seized albums, cancelled gigs and arrests are still part of the band’s routine.” (source www.cliquemusic.com)

Lateron Bnegao teamed up with his own band Os Selectores de Frequencia and toured Spain 2004. One song from their last album is like a freaky hybrid of hardcore rock and Baile Funk, which I think is a must for those of you collecting all this cheesy bad lyric Baile Funk from nowadays. Take a leap back in time, when Funky Carioca was just swapping over to Europe. And get a full version of the Funky Carioca History here!

Hey, I just discovered Fftang Fftang on Mixcloud and afterwards came across them on Generation Bass again! They just dropped a cool mixtape with afro, cumbia, bhangra beats which you can download here. (Playlist is here)

And btw, why do those guys drop a mix? Because they’re clever and promote their new party in London on 93 Feet East in Bricklane this way. Check them out, if you happen to be around!

Crisis Mix download.

Playlist:

KU BO_Mix (Crunchtime)

Sonar Calibrado_Os Asassinos (Shockout)

DJ Sandrinho_Sweet Dreams (Clek Clek Boom)

Uproot Andy_ La Vida Vale la Pena (Bersa Discos)

DJ Zizisso_ Revolution (Unreleased)

Schlachthofbronx_Landergschwister (Disko B, Blitz Rfx feat. Maga Bo, Filastine, Radioclit)

Miss Blitz vs JUF vs Brodinksi (Unreleased)

Edu K feat Madame Mim_Headbanger (Miss Blitz Refix feat Radioclit)

(Man Recordings / Refix Unreleased)

Deize Tigrona_Injecao (Mr Bongo)

Edu K _ Hot Mama (Essay Recordings)

DJ Dero_Batucada (Revelde Records)

Moleque Manhoso_Danca Do Rodo (Essay Recordings)

Wild Marmelade_Sunrise Eyes (Grooven Music)

Leftfield_Afroleft (Hard Hands)

Infected Mushroom_Becoming Insane (Bne H’ART)

Sphongle_Behind closed eyelids (Twisted Records)

Bumblebeez_Zulu (Radiolcit Rmx) (Modular)

Kid606_Sprouce Goose (Tigerbass)

Zol_Syphillisuperstar (Jarring Effects)

Dhruva_Banga (Sub Swara)

Miss Blitz_Darbuka Solo (Unreleased, feat. Maga Bo, Filastine, Radioclit)

Maga Bo, the sonic traveller from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, just came for a visit to Berlin to play at Club Transmediale, the digital media culture festival. His set was a fluent mix of Brazilian tunes, Baile Funk, Dubstep and Elektronic bits n pieces, all supoorted by his rapper MC Bnegao. Just before his great set I had the chance to do an interview and get some more insight about his travels, music and the “Funk Mundial” night in Berlin.

Right now there is a lot of global bass culture coming up and a lot of artists mix electronic music with traditional sounds from all over the globe. Is it true, that some artists start creating a similar sound, even though they live in different places, but that there is a connection anyhow?

Yes there is defenitely a conection. I don’t think it has to do with marketing really, or people start to do the mareting afterwards. Because there are festivals like the CTM and they get involved, and they want to frame it in a way that people can digest it or consume it. But as far as there is a connection between porducers and musicians has just evolved, it’s an organic thing. Just as the whole world music scene was twenty years ago, is a completely different thing. And they way it was marketed was different, the way it was performed and how it was transportable and moved aroud the world. Today it’s much more the punk rock DIY vibe. Everyone has access to a computer, even people in Mali and Nigeria, so if they really wanted to they can get a compyter. So now, we can put tracks on the internet and send it around the world, and things are copied and maluable. But right now is an exiting time for that…

Nowadays, it’s easy to download music and no one really buys CD’s anymore. That’s the problem that the music industry encounters. On the other hand you can connect travel easily, so is it a rather positiv thing for you?

It enables us to connect with booking people or filmakers, other musicians, or booker, just anybody that we wnat to anywhere in the world. Without email the way we are touring around the world it wouldn’t be possible. But in terms of selling music, no of us really make money of it. Non of us are getting rich, it allows us to travel, but you know, I’m a sound recordist, I do sounds for television and film and for example after Europe I go back to Brasil, and then I go back to Granada to make a documentary there and then have a stop-over in Trinidad, the flight is payed for. There are also times when I’m invited to play festivals in Australia or now in Berlin, so I can come here and show my work, and perform and collaborate. It’s allin betwine, because without a record out, nobody is gonna know what I do. It used to be that if someone brought out a record he could live on it, but even now if you sell 10.000 copies it’s not really enough to live on it, so you do performances and other things.

You playing together with Ghislain Poirier, Filastine, DJ Mujava and Radioclit together. So is it somehow special to you to play here or is it just another gig?

Yes, for me it’s really special, because Ghislain Poirier is gonna be here, my friend from Montreal, and Markus Wanstorn who I know from Cape Town is gonna be here, Filastine my long time friend and collaborator is gpnna be here, I don’t know DJ MUjjava yet, or Radioclit, I’m looking forward to meeting them. To see all those people in one place and do a show is awsome, and my MC Benegao is with me here, and it enabled us to do other shows in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and Paris, so it’s great to be here.

You travel a lot, because you also do documentaries and sound recordings. How much does it influence you and your music?

I think my music would be how it is without travelling, actually for sure, there is no question about that. Well, I don’t know, I have always lived this kind of nomadic existence, and even more nowadays, so … It”s funny that I’m saying this right nbow, because when I’m finishging this tour, I’m planning on staying at home, for four month, to only do Brasilian stuff. Which is kind of new for me because I’ve lived in Rio for 9 years, and I’ve done a lot of work ther, but I’ve never really released a lot of work there. So I really want to put something together from there.

How do you usually get in contact witht the artists you work with?

They all came along in different ways. I always had the curiosity to go to all those places I go to. I have some attraction to those places, I don’t always music in all the places I go to. But the places on this record (Archipelagoes – Soot Records 2007) where places I really wanted to go to and I wanted to get involved with this musical scene and communicate and connect on a musical level. My experience with South Africa was different as the one with Senegal, when I went there I was working on a documentary film and when I was finished with the film I wanted to connect with the hip hop community there. An so I stayed for anoter month and went to a lot of festivals and shows and just meeting people and if I liked somebody I said hey I like what you do let’s do something together. There where a lot of things that didn’t work for whatever reason but there were things that did work, there were some that worked better than others. It was the same in Morrocco, so when I went there I went to festivals and shows and introduced myself to the people. So some wree more successfull than others, and it came out like that on th erecord. I’ve been in to Zanzibar in 1995 and always wanted to go back there, aI also spent a lot of time in Kenia learning Swahili, and so the opportunity to do a documentary in Zanzibar came up and so I did the documentary for three weeks and then stayed three month, just working on music. And I was really interested in the whole orchestra tradition, because I love Egyption orchestral music and that’s really present Zanzibarian music, So I wanted to do something with that stuff and hook up with poeple, but also to do some electronic stuff and meet the Bongo Flava people and all that. To see the hip hop and ragga scene and combine all that, that was my idea.

Is electronic music also a good way to combine all those different style, or would it be possible without electronic music too?

People have been doing that for the history of men, I think. Synchronism, exchanging ideas and this exchange of ideas and styles of music is something that has been going on for years. The only thing that changed is the speed in which that happens and the distance over which that happens…Electronic music is just a kind of way of making sound, when they invented the electric guitarre, and now we are just carrying the musical tradition…

In this way we carry on the tradition, be it in clubs, on the street or on the internet. Thanks a lot for the chat and good luck for the future!