Curumin at Slim'sJanuary 22, 2009
Photos by EKAphotography
Better Than: Watching Brazilian Football on Telemundo
It was a triumphant night for Luciano Nakata Albuquerque, better known as
Curumin. Flanked on stage by a handful of the Bay Area's musical and cultural tastemakers,
the Brazilian samba-funkster created a steamy tropical paradise within
the cozy environs of Slim's, despite the icky (and occasionally drizzling)
weather outside the club.
Curumin's Amazonian soul is beyond seduc
Funkin for free: Del
Taking a cue from President Obama, our own beloved Hiero hero Del the Funky Homosapien has recorded his own stimulus address. "As we all know, funk is depleting rapidly in America," he says, describing the current musical and cultural crisis affecting this country. "There's a lot of people out here who want to take your funk and use it for their own evil means. For all of you who have been waiting, listening to hip-hop, and been frustrated because of its lack of funk
EKAphotographyOfficially Hip: M.I.S.' Camilo Lara with Tommy Guerrero and Money Mark
Cumbia is the new Afrofunk/Batucada/Baile funk/Bhangra/Reggaeton. Hipsters have embraced the quirky Latin dance music, just as they did other global sounds of recent note, with open arms. If you need further evidence of that, you shoulda been at the Makeout Room last Saturday night, when a live set by the Mexican Institute of Sound preceded El Kool Kyle y Roger Mas' weekly "El Superrrrrrritmo!!!" cumbia DJ n
