Raising the roof

Wicked night! Station 9 is a great venue right on U St. that's definitely seen better days, but the powerful rig and polished wooden floor upstairs made for a great dancing party. Around 11:30 it got so packed they stopped letting people in and consequently there was a line up the stairs from the main room.

Bugalú Juan flew in to the gig straight from el Distrito Federal and was in a fierce mood, so we just played a back to back set of banging reggaetón, pitched up salsa dura, Balkan beats, vallenato, baile funk, dancehall and soca. Couldn't use the turntables as much as I'd have liked to as the floor was just heaving too much, but thankfully it wasn't a big problem.

Bouncers hit the lights at just past 3 AM.

Big up to Jorge G. and the rest of the Young Professionals for Latin America and the Caribbean crew for making it happen, and also Carlos E. and Tadashi for staying up past their curfew and keeping up the drinks supply all night long.

Makongo vs DJ Malvado - Kisselenguenha

Afro-Portuguese kuduro ravers Makongo* dropped their awesome video for DJ Malvado's version of their track "Kisselenguenha" today.

The original cut off their unmissable debut album Angolan Kung-Fu is more than twice the length and almost three times as mad, so head over to Juno to get your copy. Apart from "Devil's Daughter" it's an end to end burner so you'd do well to get the whole thing.

* Makongo = Rappers/champion beatboxers SP and Wilson + MC Petty of Buraka Som Sistema fame (e.g. "Yah")+ DJ Knowledge or DJ Stik Up on decks + live percussionists + Formula Armada, a top class troupe of break/kuduro/tecktonik dancers who tear it up at open airs, rock festivals and even on Portuguese afternoon TV.

Hard ass editions I

Hard Ass Sessions 1 — DJ Znobia in an original limited Artist Edition from thevinylfactory on Vimeo.

This looks incredible...I'm a get me one.

Levantando el techo

Raising the roof!

A multi-floor party in benefit of homeless families in Asunción, Paraguay
@ Station 9, 1438 U St., Washington, DC
Sep. 25, 930 PM
$15 at the door, $10 if you mention Juan P's or my name.

Me (a.k.a. Yonni Lodigo) longside Juan P. (a.k.a. Mr. Bugalú) in the upstairs, Charles "Carlo35" djing and the guys from Laissez Passer playing a live set in the main room. My first time playing out in DC!

Global Tropical

Abriendo el changarro...setting up shop...