My peoples from Digitaldubs Sound System and their party every other week at Casa da Matriz are practically turning into an institution. Guests this month are Damien Seth (French producer and engineer based in Rio who makes some very dope beats and is also part of FURTO) and Marechal (one of my most really super favorite rappers from Rio (na verdade ele é Niteroiense)).

Digitaldubs has grown a lot over the last few years. I went to their very first party ever in Lapa. It was a bit of a bummer. (As I later found out) the amp blew and they had to find an emergency replacement at the last minute. As a result, they didn't open the doors until super late and there were only a small handful of people there (not including yours-truly - I was long gone home).

Now, their festa at Casa da Matriz attracts a very nice crowd as well as one-off events in other places around town and even in São Paulo. Nelson Meirelles, MPC, Cristiano Dubmaster and Kuque are the main dudes that hold it down on the 1s and 2s. In addition, there is the extended family of rappers and musicians (and there are a lot of them, so I won't even begin to name them all) that show up to make it a real sound system.

Aside from their performances, they have been really active in the studio and have just released their first record, "Digitaldubs Apresenta Brasil Riddims Vol. 1." There are some of the Digitaldubs MCs (M7, Lapide, RRamos, Jero Bantu and Biguli) as well as several guest apperances (Mr. Catra, BNegão, Ras Bernardo, Jimmy Luv and Gerson da Conceição). Expect dub, ragga, baile funk, samba and hip hop - all in varying degrees, combinations and intensities.

In the not so distant future, I'll be doing a special mix of Digitaldubs originals and remixes for my Sambacana show on Brazilnetwork.

From Brasil Riddims, "Pretinho Babylon featuring M7."