This one goes out to Scott The Gay American and cohost of the Ghey Metal Shows on Radio Clash – I dunno how black metal can get gayer/cheesier/stranger than this. Cumbia Metalera! Obviously in Spanish but with some english names in there you’ll get the idea. Cumbia started in Columbia but is all over Latin America – close to mine and DJNoNo’s heart as it uses accordions traditionally, with modern updates with far too cheesy Casio/Yamaha synths.

This is an example of Cumbia Mexicana:

Been on a bit of a South American binge tonight. with finding out about Tecno Brega (literally ‘cheesy techno’ – and it is) whos creation and distribution methods should sound familiar to mashup artists:

Basically they take existing songs and add synth accompaniment in a local style in Belém (although a lot of them sound like autotuned Shakira b-side forcibly copulated* with a paper-thin sounding cheap Casio synth – ‘cutting edge latest equipment’ my arse – maybe for 1986!) but the interesting thing is not wondering whether the people dancing to this are doing this ironically as some bad art statement (it’s crossed my mind) but that they distribute to street vendors for free and don’t get any money from the remixes. It’s all about the performance/DJ fee – as most mashup people tend to operate, as selling mashup CD-Rs is frowned upon, unlike white label vinyl.

Those who like the cheesier karaoke side of music might like the tecnobrega version of Toxic. Or not. By the way the beat never diverts from this standard ‘Casioton(e)’ beat. This is it, song after brain-melting song.

Other latin american music, more my style and more I think inventive than tecnobrega is Champeta which is Columbian like Cumbia but has a wonderful stuttered/cat on a keyboard approach to sample/percussion use – something closer to funk carioca from Brazil if it had hot messy sex* with Nawlins Bounce. :

Rock those SA1s! Where’s the sound of the breaking glass? Oh there it is…you controllerism peeps check out the last video for how it’s done, old skool…who said synths and samples can’t be funky?

BONUS: The booby prize for oddest mix AND video with EVERYTHING thrown in (rather charmingly like the MORE IS MORE of Champeta the makers of these videos reflect the music by throwing everything at reaching distance into them, however bizarre), from GIF animations to Deluxe Paint colorcycles, video effects from the ‘don’t use – too cheesy’ folder, dancing gherkins (?), bubbles, fireworks, falling christmas presents (??) and text animation that would make an Amiga demo writer circa 1987 blush. BRAVO!

* you can tell John is away can’t you?

Just found this rather funny and very drunken (and NSFW, scurrilous, loud, and extremely rude) interview at Podcastcon 2006 by Scott of the Night Nurse Show (now Gay Ass Rock Show) for Radio Clash (well more he saw my little iRiver recorder and insisted on doing an interview and wouldn’t take no for an answer!).

If you listen to his discussions in part one with Linda Mills (then of Podcast User) and Conrad Slater of Bitjobs for the Masses about masturbating to Radio Clash and spoken word podcasts, fannies and blowjobs…or in part two joined by Rob Dolby (Top of the Pods) with Scott talking about starfucking and probably libellious discussions including Podshow being the darkside…you might realise why I didn’t use it (also I was busy doing the San Francisco podcasts just after).

• A drunken interview by Scott – Part One
• A drunken interview by Scott – Part Two

It makes my and Scott’s interview with Twinkleboi seem well nice and clean and sober…goodness knows what the legendary all-podcaster Top of the Pods recorded that night sounds like then, that was so rude never made it out there

But as a stroll down memory lane, it’s very funny.

And more of this re-release mania – back in May 2008 I appeared on Pete Juxtaposeur’s Skip to the End podcast as DJNoNo and created a 30minute mix specially.

Here’s the 320kbps separate version for your separate listening pleasure (although I heartily recommend listening to Skip to the End show I was on for chat and great music from Pete).

Also another mix I’m quite proud of is the Cuddle the Present mix I did for Jeb 50 Pound Note‘s podcast – that’s now back up after being unavailable for a few years and available here.

Also back up is the show I did with Jeb and Lee from I Motor Away and the first of the 3 shows Scott, Jeb and myself did. – the second is available here. Also the Xmas show I did with Scott and Jeb on Scott’s 30th birthday.

Oh and still one of the best podcasts I ever did – the Hijack Happy Birthday podcast me and Jeb did for Lee’s I Motor Away podcast is now up (it seems I Motor Away has podfaded and is not up anymore so I uploaded it for good on my server)

Phew! Did I really do all that?

EDIT: and now courtesy of Scott the 3rd podcast myself, Jeb and Scott did the Night Nurse Show ‘Podwhores’ – joined by Stefan is now up on my server. It is very very rude though in true Night Nurse Show tradition, be warned

Scott, who long-term Radio Clash listeners will remember co-hosting various RC shows including the excellent Ghey Metal Shows #1 and #2 and Suck Satan’s Cock shows is just produced the first proper Gay Ass Rock Show – his long awaited solo podcast since the sad demise of the much-missed Night Nurse Show. Woo!

There are also some good pilot episodes where he was demoing the setup which although not as polished are well worth listening to – so if you enjoyed the Ghey Metal Shows or The Night Nurse Show, or just like good metal and rock like I do, I’m sure you’ll enjoy these too

Just to let you know I guested (guested? is that a verb? Is it like gussied?) on the Night Nurse Show #121 with Dat Gay American Scott, Stefan in da shizzle, Rowley from Dark Compass and  me – well into any lineup a little rain must fall, but the other 3 made good conversation.

We bitched about Twitter, dodgy kebabs, fucking deaf blokes, Tsar Tsar Gabor, Stefan and Scot traded handbags (again), I got grilled about work by Scott handcuffed to the chair with the desk lamp on full blast, I was honorary Twinkleboi for a bit and talked about his Gargantuan Penis (there the similarity ends, sadly) and that Scott is the Evil Company Destroyer having killed every company he’s worked for, bar one. It was very funny and not the Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker showdown Scott was probably expecting, thinking wrongly Rowley was my mortal enemy…naw he’s lovely.

Sadly though this will be the last time I’m on the Night Nurse Show…as it’s ending in 4 shows. I’ll miss it