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.

With the Dudesons at the Gumball.

YES FRIENDS! After much excitement and anticipation, the moment you’ve all been waiting for has come – our debut album is here!

If you’ve managed to wrap your eardrums around the sinewy funk and heavy beats, consider your summer officially under way!

If you haven’t then you might like to know that the album also features all star band, The CB’s.  Originally put together to support James Brown on one of his last tours, they are a crack outfit of some of the finest funk players on the planet who collectively boast a CV that features a who’s who of musical greats, including Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, Nick Cave, Amy Winehouse, Edwyn Collins, Prince Buster, Pharrell Williams and many more.

To get your digital copy of Yo Bonita! just

To pre-order your CD (released May 13th), just click here

The usual suspects!

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!

Miguelito Hoooooo!!! Photo by Christina Baudin

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.