December edition of my radioshow Riddims Tropicale, guest DJ Silent Pressure (Berlin).
Over 2 1/2h of mixing back to back, travelling through genres: Semba, Soca, Mambo, Bass, House, African, etc. Available at TropicalBass.com or on iTunes.

Muppets are brainwashing kids against capitalism.
I’ve to admit I grew up on the (old) Muppets - did it make an antiauthoritian, chaos loving anarchist out of me? Hell yeah!
Damn liberal Muppets!!
Velodrome ride
Had no bike post since a while - here is a nice pic from the Velodrome in Öschelbronn by Daniele Barcheri. Note to myself: buy tickets for the Six Days Berlin 2012 in January.
Parang numero 2: if you prefer roast fowl over pigs, this song is for you. Marcia Miranda entertaining as always in front of the camera.
Parang song of the day by Joseph Adams.. doh kill me piggy!
The Lectures of this years’ Red Bull Music Academy are up on vimeo: in this lecture DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn talk about Chicago Warehouse to Cajmere, ghetto house and the creation of the term ‘juke’ which became the synonym for Chicago’s footwork scene. Also recommended: the lecture with Scuba.
DJ Flavio - Yumbala
Didn’t post some Semba for a while: check out this beautiful instrumental track by Dj Flavio.
His Semba-Mix on soundcloud lead me to this bomb tune by Ely Constantino which made my evening:
No female DJs in DJ Mag's top 100
As a female DJ I’ve had guys telling me how to use the decks and even changing the speed of my records for me – so perhaps it’s no surprise we’ve been left out of a list of the best DJs
How to make Rum Caviar
Bubble tea stores are spreading everywhere now in Berlin. Looks nice but you probably don’t want to hang out with school kids and also have other preferences in taste. Perfect solution is the Rum Caviar which is made out of Agar-agar powder, Oil and of course brown rum.
(via lifehacker)
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