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img by photog_friend (cc) Tonight at Beat Research , we’re happy to play host to one of our favorite producers/DJs of the moment, Kingdom ! Have you heard his recent mix for Discobelle ? You really should. It’s so many different colors of awesome, I can’t even tell you. ...

I’ve been dying to get back to Mexico City since I first went there a couple years ago . I’m headed there today (primarily to attend the SEM conf ) and will be staying through the weekend, and I’m excited to report that in addition to #sem09 I’ll be playing a couple ...

For those out-of-towners who were wondering (and I’m flattered, really), it turns out that last week’s talk at MIT, “ Skinny Jeans and Fruity Loops ,” was recorded after all. That said, it’s audio-only whereas my talk was fairly visual-centric at times, so ...

Tonight at Beat Research : the one-and-only Sonido Martines ! For those who don’t know, Sonido has been a driving force in the recent (re)surgence in cumbia interest outside of its longtime hotspots. He co-authors La Congona New Cumbia with Sñr Rupture, and he’s largely ...

First, tomorrow @ MIT (5:15pm, 14E-310): What can we learn about contemporary culture from watching dayglo-clad teenagers dancing geekily in front of their computers in such disparate sites as Brooklyn, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, and Mexico City? How has the embrace of “new ...

When Guillaume was here last week, we discovered in conversation that we both had long been sitting on posts that centered on the question of Africanness and UK funky. I joked that we should both finally get around to finishing these posts and drop them on the same day, causing a ruckus ...

Afropop Worldwide has a new program, airing currently on terrestrial radio in the US (and soon to appear online as streamable audio), which focuses on a subject near&dear to the heart of this blog: world music 2.0 , aka nu-whirled music, aka global ghettotech. Or as they put it – ...

I’m happy to report that our modest Monday throwdown, Beat Research , has been nominated for best Monday Night club thing in the Weekly Dig ’s 2009 Dig This Awards . We’re honored & flattered to be considered for this, as we do our best to hold it down for ...