Dinosaur Dog: Dabö
Showing posts with label Dabö. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dabö. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Ice and Milk for Split Bananas!

 
A few weeks ago we presented here Dabö's selection of labels.
He is now back as a producer with his tropical, flavourous sound Huetos released on BossMan Records.


Given that he is a nice guy, he accepted to answer our questions.
What is the first music you've ever heard?
I can’t really remember. But I have a vivid memory of my first loves were the Dance titles of the nineties. When i was a child, my older brothers would make me listen Gala, Reel 2 Reel, Robert Miles, and so on…

C'est quoi la première musique que t'ai jamais entendu?
Me rappelle plus. Par contre, j'ai un souvenir assez net que mes premiers amours ont été les titres dance des années 1990. Quand j'étais gosse, mes grands frères me faisaient écouter Gala, Reel 2 Reel, Robert Miles, etc...



What was your first toy?

Probably lego. 
C'est quoi le premier jouet que t'as reçu?
Sans doute un lego.

What is your biggest musical disapointment?

My first productions, when i listened to them a few days after making them, haha.
C'est quoi ta plus grosse déception musicale?
Mes premières productions, quand je les réécoutais deux jours après ahah.

Where does Bérou come from, would he be the fifth stallion of club cheval?

Berou is not part of club cheval, contrary to what his proximity with canblaster and his weed consumption may let people think. He is probably too Belgian to be part of it.
Il sort d'où Bérou, il y aurait un cinquième étalon au club?
Berou ne fait pas partie du club cheval, contrairement à ce que sa proximité avec Canblaster et sa consommation de drogue pourraient laisser penser. Il est sans doute trop belge pour en faire partie.

Have you been to Huetos?

Every night before falling asleep
T'es déjà allé à Huetos?
J'y vais tous les soirs avant de m'endormir.

Is tropical over ?
I’m glad you ask. I have been resentful towards a few artists that let tropical down, even though it led them to the top, and start to play more UK Funky stuff, grimmer and more difficult to dance on. This movement from tropical to UK funky may let people into thinking that tropical was dead and that it was just out of fashion now.
But i don’t see things that way, the sucess of Diplo, Schlachtofbronx, Daniel Haaksman, Uproot Andy show that there is still room for a tropical scene in a strict way. And that makes perfect sense, people want sound that make them zouk, smile, dance with their gals, sing the life. I would add that on top of that tropical music keep interacting with other electronic genres. As far as i am concerned, Tropical is not dead.  

But after all, it’s just a genre one shouldn’t be too concerned about it
Le tropical c'est dépassé?
Je suis très content que tu me poses cette question. J'en ai un peu voulu à certains artistes d'avoir délaissé le tropical qui les avait portés au sommet pour partir dans des délires UK Funky un peu glauques et plus difficiles à danser. Ce mouvement de translation du tropical à la Uk a pu faire penser que le tropical était mort et qu'il ne s'agissait que d'une mode éteinte.
Mais je ne le vois pas de cette manière. Le succès de types comme Diplo, Daniel Haaksman, Schlachtofthebronx, Uproot Andy montre qu'il y a encore une place pour la scène tropicale au sens strict. Et c'est normal, les gens ont envie de sons qui fassent zouker, sourire, danser avec ta zouzette, faire chanter la vie. Je rajouterai qu'en plus le tropical continue à interagir avec les autres genres de l'électro. Donc pour moi, Tropical is not dead.
Après ça reste un genre, il ne faut pas prendre toutes ces questions trop au sérieux.

What makes an artist?
Sincerely, I must pass on this one. This quetion is far too complex for my restricted cerebral capacities.


Qu'est ce qui fait un artiste?
Franchement, Joker. Cette question échappe carrément à mes capacités cérébrales ramollies.

What is your mother’s best dish?
The Gougeres


C'est quoi le plat que ta maman fait le mieux?
Les gougères. 

Is the only sucess of French devolution electronic music?

Aah, on the contrary, to be honest, I think that music in France is over centralised. Everything happens in Paris, even when the artists come from somewhere else. And there is an explanation for that : There is no subsidised clun scene, it is therefore hard to back the artists outside Paris.
La seule réussite de la décentralisation en France, c'est par rapport à la musique éléctronique?
Ahah, franchement je pense au contraire que la musique en France est ultra centralisée. Tout passe plus ou moins par Paris, même lorsque les artistes viennent à l'origine de province. Et ça s'explique: il n'y a pas de scène club subventionnée, donc difficile de soutenir les artistes en province.

What is the best dinosaur story?
What does the dinosaur mum tell his baby to sleep?

She tells him a prehistory.
C'est laquelle la meilleure histoire de dinosaure?
Qu'est-ce qu'une maman dinosaure raconte a son bébé dinosaure? 
Une préhistoire.

How many cats can your dog fight at the same time?

My dog is dead
Ton chien il peut combattre combien de chats à la fois?
Mon chien est mort.

If the dinosaurs weren’t disapeared, which one would you have as a pet?

A pterosaurus, so I can fly laid-back instead of walking.
Si les dinosaures ne s'étaient pas éteints, t'aurais lequel en animal de companie?
un ptérosaure, pour pouvoir voler tranquillou au lieu de marcher.

 

Monday, April 4, 2011

Label Rouge



A friend of mine developed a thesis that whatever you want to do, someone has already been smart or stupid enough to go through with it.. He grounds his theory on dubious excerpts of the the daily star, the sun and Wikipedia.

I can apply his theory to my own case. Disappointment overwhelmed me when I realised that Dabö had already done the post I was thinking of. 

We already spoke of Dabo  as a producer, recently signed on Bossman, but it appears that he is as well a blogger (I mean for real). Anyway he is cool and has allowed us to traduce and pervert his “world tour in ten labels”.


Label : Get Flavor

Origin : France
Why follow them ? : In no more than five EP, the label managed to construct and impose its own minimalist style, characterised by a balance between tribal percussion and inspiring samples.

Artistes : Stinj (founder), Dakunt (founder), Skipteque, Deebs...
Website : http://www.get-flavor.com/
Newsletter : http://getflavorrecords.believeband.com/
Twitter : http://twitter.com/GetFlavorrec
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/get-flavor-records
The flaw : none
Sample : Dinosaur Dog’s favourites:

Skipteque "Jaguarundi" (Original Track) by get flavor records

Stinj "zumba" (Original Mix) by get flavor records



Label : Youngunz

Origin : France
 Why do we follow them :
A team of really young and promising producers (most of them would be underage in the US). A leading label concerning Electro Tropical.

Artistes : French Fries, Lazy Flow, Bambounou, Manaré, Alan Gay, Digikid84.
Website : http://www.youngunz.fr/
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/youngunz
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youngunz/156264711072048
the flaw:
A lack of coherence between the two sides of the label: Tropical (Lazy flow, French Fries..) vs Disco (Digikid, Alan Gray)
Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s Favorite :






Label : Top Billin'

Origin : Finland
Why do we follow them ? :
A really prolific label, with different artists for every EP, though never disappointing and offering the best of bass Music.

Artistes :A Different artist for each EP, until now: Swick, Them Jeans, Lol Boys, Sam Tiba, Bambounou, etc.
Website : http://www.topbillinmusic.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/TOP-BILLIN/127412320632503
Twitter : http://twitter.com/topbillinmusic
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/top-billin
The flaw :
Scatered in so many sound and artists, the label may seem to struggle in finding a characteristic sound, same thing concerning the design sometimes a bit cheesy.
Samples :
Dinosaur dog’s favourite: we already shared the exceptional banger Balloon by Them Jeans, here is a nice remix.

Balloons (Adam Tensta remix) by TOP BILLIN





Label : Sound Pellegrino

Origin : France
Why do we follow them ?:
Teki’s label offers an ever evolving version of house music.

Artists : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Panteros666, Renaissance Man, Zombie Disco Squad, etc.
Site : http://soundpellegrino.tumblr.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/SOUNDPELLEGRINOofficial
Twitter : http://twitter.com/soundpellegrino
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/soundpellegrino

The flaw : A few EPs that can be surprising

Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s Favorite
Para One - Kiwi by soundpellegrino

03 Horreo (feat. Club Cheval) by ClubCheval



Label : Sweat it Out!

Origin : Australia
Why do we follow them :
Beyond the world hit "we no speak americano" Yolanda Be Cool’s Label has offered for 2 years, quite a few sunny, jazzy and most importantly good riddims

Artists : : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Yolanda Be Cool, Vhyce, Teenage Mutants, etc.
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/sweatitout
Twitter : http://twitter.com/sweatitoutmusic
The flaw : none



Label : Night Slugs

Origin :U.K.
Pourquoi les suivre :
L-Vis 1900 and Bok Bok's label offers a new approach of British bass music. This cutting-edge label was endorsed by pitchfork which ranked Girl's Unit Wut 17th track of the year.


Artists : Bok Bok, L-Vis 1990, Kingdom...
Website : http://nightslugs.net/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Night-Slugs/30447315816
Twitter : http://twitter.com/NIGHTSLUGS
The flaw : none
Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s Favorite




Label : Man Recordings

Origin : germany
 Why do we follow them ? : For five years, Daniel Haaksman’s label has kept toiling to give us the best tunes of electro booty music.

Artists : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Schlachtofbronx Daniel Haaksman, Beware & Motorpitch, Edu K...
 Site : http://www.manrecordings.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/Manrecordings
Twitter : http://twitter.com/MANRECORDINGS
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/manrecordings/
The Flaw : none
Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s favorite

Zombie Disco Squad - Dança Do Zumbi by MANRECORDINGS



Label : Made to Play

Origin : Germany
Why do we follow them?:
Started five years ago, the label offers an unique technoïd house.

Artists : Riva Starr, Jesse Rosse, Round Table Knights, etc.
Site : http://www.madetoplay.net/
Newsletter : http://www.madetoplay.net/mailing-list/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/madetoplay?ref=ts
Twitter : http://twitter.com/madetoplay
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/made-to-play
The flaw : none (Wait.. Maybe Jesse Rosse )

MTPCD005 Round Table Knights - Say What?! Album by Made to Play

Label : Bakehaus records

Origin : Australia - New Zealand
Why do we follow them? :
Why turn your back on such a feel-good electro.

Artistes : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Tim Corin, Tom Piper, Dany F, etc.
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/bakehausrecords?ref=ts&v=app_178091127385
Twitter : http://twitter.com/bakehausrecords
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/bakehausrecords
The flaw : none
Sample:
Dinosaur Dog Favorite

Tom Piper & Daniel Farley - AIRBAG Original Mix by Bakehaus Records



Worth Watching :

PMR : Since the 10 January, with a good EP from Julio Bashmore.
Ten Thousand Yen : Since July 2010.
Bossman records : A fresh label that declared its intentions with a sweet EP that you can legally download here (http://www.mediafire.com/?cv5cb148y888crs), to be continued.
DBTY : The label of the crew, 4 quality EPs so far.
No Brainer Records : Malente’s label gave birth to three good EPs and a product that I will personally define as catastrophic (remixing Star Wars Theme… not a good idea).



Dinosaur Dog note :

As I said this Post aggregate most of the thing we like here. However, there is a big disappointement concerning the availability of the tracks of certain labels such as night slugs or sweat it out! on the web. It would be nice to embed some of their tracks with soundcloud.

And concerning Malente Star Wars Ep, yes it is a really slippery slope but as bad as the original and the video may be, I think the remix by Myd is quite nice.

Klipar - Imperial March (Myd Remix) by Myd

And a last one by Dabö
  Jali Bakary Konteh - Combination (Dabö Remix) V2 by Dabö

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Down Under Tropic Thunder


Today I made the discovery of a young digilabel from the land down under. This Melbourne based herd of dj's have already found themselves being featured on recognised blogs and labels such as Maddecent and Topbillin. Bossman Records happy family is made up of -Gilsun, Naysayer, Boy Go Yoko, Swick with remixes from Airwolf, Lucid and Tranter. They have also recently welcomed French blood into the family, in the form of 22year old tropical dj Dabö adding to the cosmopolitan vibe which we cant escape in such global electronic times.

They describe themselves as- "Inspired by the wave of DIY digilabels churning out great music all over the interwebs, Bossman was started by a few friends to jump right on the bandwagon". The overall outcome is a bit of a scorcher and will leave a big smug Aussie smile on your face, its sickening really.