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Producer and DJ from Berlin - searching for the perfect beat since the early 90s.The man behind the label Faluma.

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Riddims Tropicale #39

It took a few years to bring a busy DJ Silent Pressure and an also busy Marflix back to the turntables to put back together another episode of Riddims Tropicale. 

Enjoy 3h of our trademark Tropical Bass blend of #dancehall #reggaeton #soca #mumbahton #afrobeats #afrohouse and many other sounds. Mixed Live and back2back from 90bpm up to 165. Enjoy! To celebrate Trinidad Carnival we added some bonus material at the last 60min - brandnew 2020 Soca tunesand best-of Soca jumpup section.

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Riddims Tropicale #38

Afrohouse Special by Marflix, recorded live in 1/2016

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Riddims Tropicale #37

Finally a new episode of Riddims Tropicale arrived, as always mixed live and soaked with rum by yours truly Marflix –  this time fully dedicated to Kompa (or Compas): The Punch en musique Edition.

Kompa – The father of Zouk, grand daddy of other genres like Kizomba was always here, maybe kinda hidden in the shadow the omnipresent Zouk Pop and Zouk Love. Since a while a young generation of bands (like Cruz La, Xtassy, Harmonik and more) and producer / DJs (like DJ Excel, 5Lan, Krezibeatz, DJ Douly) of the Haitian diasporas, esp in Montreal, NY or Miami are creating a new style and giving Kompa a new twist. Maybe not really new, let’s say more radical: the riddims get slower and the songs have less focus on the vocals. Many DJs even cut out the vocals, leaving just a chorus and looping the instrumental parts. Reduce to the core, reduce to the gouyad.

In Berlin you might hear Gouyad Kompas on our “Punch en Musique” night, a monthly in the Caribbean restaurant Madinina where we lime with some rum punches and Martiniquen food.

Listen on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/marflixone/marflix-riddimstropicale37

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Riddims Tropicale #36

Live Show from 2014 Host: Marflix with DJ Silent Pressure (Berlin)

https://hearthis.at/marflix/marflix-riddimstropicale36-djsilentpressure/

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Riddims Tropicale #35 – AfroHouse Kuduro Special

It took a while to bring Riddims Tropicale back – almost a year! Last September we had Peligrosa in the house, after that I went to Trinidad for a few months, and, while back in Berlin early 2014, I was mostly busy with my new job.

But thanks to the many people who keep asking for the next episode I decided to bring the show back. Monthly? Hummm can’t promise that, but let’s try.

Anyway here it is – episode #35 with mostly Afro-House and Afro-Duru/Kuduro stuff from Angola and South-Africa. The last show which featured Afro-House was in 2012, so time to update! Hope you enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAQ_Ecl-5TI

Tracklist

Problem Child – Beat Afrika Boddhi Satva, Game Walla/Boddhi Satva Feat. Game Walla – Apaga O Fogo (Uhuru Remix) Tldreamz, Djeff – Undi Da Ki Panha (Djeff Kazucuta Remix) Zakes Bantwini ft Tumelo & Black Coffee – Shake your bum bum Lady X feat. Uhuru – Loving You (Black Motion Mix) DJ Bolado – Mwangolé (Ft. Nacobeta, Agre G & Game Walla) (E-Jay & Over12 GM’s Touch Remix) Afrikan Roots Feat. Xoli M – Angel Bucie – Shela Boddhi Satva Feat. Fredy Massamba – Warriors Of Africa (Dj Dorivaldo Mix Wawera Remix) Character Feat. Busiswa & Uhuru – Nangu Heavy-K – Imithandazo Heavy-K Feat. Mpumi & Revolution – Wena (Uhuru Remix) Afrikan Roots feat. Zulu & Da Donz – Samba Gada (Original) Liloca Feat. Zav – Welele Winnie Khumalo Feat. Uhuru – Too Late (Original) Dj Malvado Feat. Uhuru – Wadunusa (Y-Tjukutja Remix) Yuri Da Cunha – Atchu Tchutcha (feat. Dj Kadu & Dj Malvado) Puto Prata Feat. Dj Djeff – Broka Dj Kassy Feat. Afro Shine & Lasperrone – Perna De Boi Adleny Daniel & Dj Pancada – Tchula Mama (Hard Remix) Dj Yannick Feat. Bebucho Q Kuia – Encosta Na Dama Do Outro Pharrel – Happy (Dj Cleo Remix) Turma Fecha – Yoga DJ Elex Feat. Yolanda – Taratara Dj Djeff – Yebba (Remix)

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Riddims Tropicale #34

Riddims Tropicale, the most progressive radioshow on the net as far as I know :P, is back from the Summer break with three amazing guest DJs: DJ Orion and King Louie, who also visited Riddims Tropicale last year, are back back again, together with Shawn Reynolds.

DJ Orion and King Louie are part of Peligrosa crew, a party night and DJ & producer crew in Austin, Texas USA. Both were on their European tour this August, visiting Berlin for a few days.

With them came Shawn Reynaldo (twitter), who was in Berlin as a writer for XLR8, so we invited him to do a set, too. Shawn is  on of the founders of Bersa Discos label dedicated to Cumbia. He’s also doing a monthly night in San Francisco called Tormenta Tropical.

Expect a radioshow extraordinairy where genre names are not much of a help anymore.. dive into the world of Tropical riddims.

Download: direct (right-click)

or as always as iTunes podcast.

DJ Orion & King Louie on tour. Photo courtesy of MadGods

Order of appearence:

DJ Orion – start King Louie – 23min Shawn Reynaldo – 43min Marflix – 67min

Cover credit: Blnd (logo) and Julia (photo)

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Riddims Tropicale #10 feat. Poirier

October edition of our monthly radioshow Riddims Tropicale on Raggakings presented by TropicalBass.com

Special guest: Poirier

We have over 2,5h of pure vibes and niceness mixed live at my place in Berlin. Grab a cool drink and enjoy!

Part 1: Marflix (Tropical Bass, House spiced with some Soca tunes) Part 2: Poirier (Bass, Remix, Electric Dancehall) Part 3: Marflix (strictly under 120bpm: Zouk, Soca, Moombahton)

Download (To download the full show please click on the link.)

If you like the show or looking for a tune id, holla back at us and leave some comment. Poirier at facebook |twitter Marflix at facebook | twitter

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Riddims Tropicale #9

September edition of my radioshow Riddims Tropicale.

Back from Notting Hill Carnival in London we just jump right into a new edition of Riddims Tropicale. The Carnival itself was fantastic, even if the roads seem to get fuller and fuller every year. Anyway we meet some old and new friends, enjoyed the Caribbean kitchen (Roti & Chana & Pepper Sauce) and feting hard on the numerous events.

On this picture you see Poirier and myself taking over the Heatwave Fete in Brixton. :P

Beside tracks from the new compilation “Valeu” on Man Rec., a new exclusive Danny Scrilla track and new remixes by SoShifty this show has a focus on Coupe Decale (inspired by the Rue Princesse Festival last week in Berlin – more about this soon on TropicalBass.com). The last 30min we digg deep into Cadence, Bouyon and Soca from the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean – Dominica and Martinique.

Download show / full article on TropicalBass.com / show archive

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Riddims Tropicale #8

August edition of my radioshow Riddims Tropicale - presented by TropicalBass.com.

The August edition with a focus on the Summer carnivals in the Caribbean and the diaspora (Rotterdam, Notting Hill UK, Miami, NY Labour Day,..) was never posted here because unfortunatly the last 20min got lost while recording the stream. I wanted to recover or redo the lost party but never found the time – but hey, the show is already 1h 40min listening pleasure!

Download (right-click) / full article / show archive

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Shows in September

You can catch me DJing in September:

09/09 - Berlin - Elektrik Motherland, with BBrave (Akwaaba), DallaDalla (OutHere), DJ Zhao (Ngoma) - Facebook Event

09/18 - Chemnitz - Global Thrills, with Anna Love and Buenos Aires Showgaze / Tropical Industries Chemnitz - Facebook Event

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Riddims Tropicale #7

July edition of my monthly radioshow.

The summer is here in mainland Europe and we Berliners are facing a solid heatwave with over 38 degrees in the shade. To get through the heat with some laidback selection we invited DJ Zhao for this edition of the Riddims Tropicale radioshow. He came by for a cold beer, a aged rum on the rocks and a handfull of amazing tunes from Africa and the Caribbean - Kizomba, Zouk, Dancehall, Reggaeton, UKFunky..

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New video for my song "Vuvuzela Funk", released on Faluma Africa. Stopmotion flick made out of ca 3000 pictures. Cam & Editing: Christian Grabo; Idea: Jelka Baranowski.

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Riddims Tropicale #6

This edition of our monthly radioshow we focus on urban music from South Africa, namely Kwaito and Kwaito House, the “township music”. All artists in this show are from South Africa (to my knowledge) except Lady May (from Namibia) who released two albums on my label Faluma Africa, and “Vuvuzela Funk“, a Kwaito House / Funky – Hybrid with myself on the beats. Article and download: TropicalBass.com

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Vuvuzela Funk

The compilaton Laduma! has been released on Faluma last week with many great tracks from the Caribbean, Africa and Europe to celebrate the Football World Cup in South Africa this year. It includes a track by myself called "Vuvuzela Funk". The vuvuzela trumpet is very common at football games among South African fans. “Vuvuzela Funk” is a pro-statement for this instrument that is threatened to be banned at the world cup games in spite of being an integral part of the South African fan culture. So don't wonder when you hear noises from this plastic device, layed on a minimal kwaito-ish beat. Available at Faluma or any other major download portal (iTunes, amazon, juno, fnac).

IMPORTANT: Due to an error many shops have a broken 2:44min version of the song instead of the full 4:05min. If you already bought the song, email Faluma: encoding at faluma.com with a receipt of your purchase and we send you the full version asap.

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Riddims Tropicale #4

April edition of the radioshow Riddims Tropicale I di for TropicalBass.com. The almost 2h show is packed with fresh new music: Kuduro and Cumbia from the Caribbean, UKFunky, Soca, Tropical Bass,House, Electric Dancehall and much more..

Get it at TropicalBass.com or

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BeatCamp A.K.A. Hydraulic Pump Squad

Another classic cassette mix released in 2003: Mix/remix tape with Dancehall and Soca tunes from 2003. Many exclusive productions on this.

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Calypso Breaks Vol. 1

A blast from my past: Soca and Calypso classics mix for BeatCamp from 2002 released on cassette.

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