Dudesons at the Gumball. [/caption]Last week, in the midst of the Eurovision song contest (which Denmark won! Congratulations Emmelie de Forest) and the Copenhagen Marathon, we celebrated the start of the 2013 edition of Gumball 2013 which this year will take its participants from Copenhagen, through Scandinavia, Russia, the Baltic states and through, Poland, Austria, Italy and finishing off in Monte Carlo.
It was the Cuban’s first experience of Copenhagen but we loved the vibe immediately – a sort of mixture between Amsterdam, Berlin and a bit of London. As experience Gumballers ourselves, it was also a reunion seeing our old friends from Dirty Sanchez, the Dudesons and of course David Hasselhoff.
DJ Kengosan kicked off the party after the string quartet in the National Opera House, followed by the Cuban Brothers show. Also on the line up was Eve, who took the crowd to another level with her set.
Despite some late night partying (obviously friends) we had to be up for 8am to see the cars start off the rally the next morning all amidst the rain and the marathon! More drivers joined us this morning including Xzibit, Dizzee Rascal and Bun B.

It’s always pleasure to return to Jakarta! A vibrant city that is dynamic – a constantly changing place with the friendliest people in the world.
So it was with great pleasure that we came to play Domain’s 3rd birthday. The brainchild of Yudha Budhisurya, also the creator of Playground Festival, the bar is a hub for good music in Jakarta. We were invited to attend the birthday ceremony which involved a speech, prayers and a feast of devotional foods – gotta love the Asian culture of doing it traditonal!!
Later on, the party was ON and on a tuesday night too!
Once again, big love to Yudha, Arief and Nazeera and the Domain Crew, Sheila and Citra. Also to the resident DJs Downey (happy birthday) and Reggy who are absolutely amazing!

From past experience, a strictly hip hop festival wouldn’t be a popular proposition anywhere in the world, let alone in Singapore – but here we were in Fort Canning Park, central Singapore, sharing the stage with the mighty Pharoahe Monch, rubbing shoulders with The Pharcyde and throwing down with Akil the MC from Jurassic 5.
The day was forecast rain but the audience was hyped with the hosting antics of Masia One and Lady Leshurr. The show was hyped with the audience rocking out to our album tracks!! RESULT!
Big ups to Andre and Eddie for putting on such a festival on in Singapore. Hats off!! And to the great crew of people that put it together! Shout outs to Tech12, Hydrophonics, Lady Leshurr, DJ Winchester, Akil, Pharcyde and crew, Pharoahe and band. Also special thanks to Gen and Roy for looking after me personally and introducing me to the underground scene here.

It’s with great anticipation, mixed with a slight fear about how little sleep I’m gonna get, that I come to Snowbombing. Where else do you see a constant party of quality acts for 5 days!!!
Having done the festival for 8 years now, this year was no exception. Although we had to leave on Thursday, there was still some intensely heavyweight acts from David Rodigan, Norman Jay, Miss Dynamite, DJ EZ, Toddla T to the house antics of Kerri Chandler, Deetron, Maceo Plex and Seth Troxler. Simply amazing!! Thanks to all the team who put this festival together – the Outgoing Crew, the Coast2Coast security guys, the locals, all the regulars and new friends I made. Always a pleasure!!

Yes Friends!

A great review here from Shout4Music!

“Right, so it’s snowed, which is great for all of 20 minutes until you realise you can’t get any where and (if you’re me) remember that you’re the idiot who falls over in front of a bus load of people. So thank God for The Cuban Brothers who’ve brought a genuine dose of all consuming sunshine to our shores with the release of their debut album Yo Bonita. Hip hop and reggae tendencies meet over a relaxed drink in an authentic Havana bar and get on famously. Forthcoming single ‘Mike 4 President’ sizzles with the vibrancy of chiming bells and a Latin rhythm, while ‘Ohms’ , featuring Omar, introduces itself with a combination of traditional sounding bongos and a shamelessly whirring bass sound. KT Turnstall and Tenor Fly are not two names you expect to see next to each other on an album, but on Yo Bonita the two tracks slot in next to each other perfectly. Oh, and there’s a cracking cover of Motorhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’ on there as well. Everything on this album works together wonderfully, no mater what musical characteristics an individual track might comprise, there is an over-arching personality to the record that holds everything together with a genuine and sincere warmth and vitality. Without question this is one of the best new releases to come our way in 2013, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if 10 or 11 months from now we’re still talking about this record as one of the best of the year.”