A little taster for what to expect at a night of Tropical heat in the depths of small intimate space with a heaving sound system…. we bring you Pineapple Republic, the first edition to a regular ting where some of Sydney’s finest selectors delve into sounds from all around the globe. So come get sweaty, eat some pineapple, frolic amongst the blow up palm tress and meet your future lover.
It’s only 5 bones on the door and it is a fundraiser for the greatest station in the world FBi 94.5 FM.
So come down bring your one pieces and tropical attire and we will provide the vibbesssss..
Warming up before any night out is key. Especially if you’re warming up for two of the hottest summer events showcasing a mix dancehall, latin heat and tropical bass – complete with plenty of ass-shaking, grinding, dizzy footwork and dutty wining. Gappy Ranks and Radio Maleme rolled through today and lawd, did they ever show us how to get a dancefloor moving.
Gracing the Australian shores from London, Gappy came at us 110% with a solid interview and a bashment live performance. Melbourne’s RU-CL came in strong with support and hey, during their performance my hips in the studio weren’t the only ones gyrating.
Radio Maleme representing part of the Pineapple Republic, finished the show with a spicy, caliente, tropcial latin heat. Rapid BPM’s, soulful singing and the perfect mix had people calling far and wide wondering who the heck is blowing up the airwaves and where did we get him from. His name is Sr Bolivar and he is from Colombia, folks. That’s right COLOMBIA. Knowing his stuff, Sr Bolivar provided the perfect preview for next week’s Pineapple Republic – a night you will not want to miss.
Want to know more? Of course you do.
Gappy Ranks Feb 9
Pineapple Republic Feb 15
Podcast and playlist, below.
Playlist:
Celia Gonzales – Yo Soy El Punto Cubano (Dj Reaganomics Remix)
Banginclude – Oyemeilo
Los Fulanos – Sobran Cueros (SABO RMX)
Billy The Gent – La Mania (Sabo’s Corto Edit)
Sister Nancy – Bam Bam (Top Billin Remix)
South Rakkas Crew – Mad Again (Mike Who Edit)
DJ Melo – Que Pasa Que Pasa
Captain Planet – Dame Agua
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Drummer Some
Buena Vista Social Club & Celia Cruz – Guantanamera
Wyclef – Guantanamera
Diafrix – Helicopter
Gappy Ranks – Stinkin’ Rich (Thornato Remix)
Popcaan – She Want Hood (Raw)
Erup – Click Mi Finger (Poirier Remix)
Deva Bratt – Hot and Ready
Popcaan – So We Do It
Tifa – Champion Bubbler
Gappy Ranks – Money Finger ft Busy Signal
Gappy Ranks – Long Time
Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora – Pisicodelia (Nego Mozambique Remix)
Vybz Kartel – Half On A Baby (Mosca remix)
Matanza – Puya (Chong X Remix)
Diplo – Diplo Rhythm ft Sandra Melody
Dubbel Dutch – Madloopz
Names You Can Trust – Cubano (Dub)
Names You Can Trust – Oye (Dub)
SR BOLIVAR OF RADIO MALEMBE MIX
Dreadsquad – Me Want (Feat. Skarra Mucci, Mandinka Warrior, Alex Hudson)
Major Lazer – Hold The Line (Frikstailers Remix)
The Clash – Guns of Brixton (Kinky Electric Noise Remix)
Anthony B – Dem Can’t Stop we From Talk
Zonora Point – Huachita rica (Douster Remix)
DJ Panik – Like This, Like That (Original Mix)
Miramar Vs Topcat – Cumbia del sol (Criollo refix)
Mr Mention – Big Up Sister Nancy
Faraon Bantu Soundsystem – Macaco (Novalima Remix)
Malente – Mash Up The Town
Listen: Gappy Ranks – Money Finger ft Busy Signal | Buy Me
So i have been well and truly off the grid as far blogging has been concerned. For anyone that doesn’t know iv’e been back home in Sydney for about 2 and a half months, after a year away on the South American continent and since coming home iv’e been kind of busy eating ice cream, catching up with fam and friends and playing some really fun shows. But for now i’m going to try and make an effort to post some goodness on the regular.
This is nothing but a few tunes that have been in my crates of late and thought worth sharing with you good people. Enjoy, Mike Who
There was nothing but hip hop love tonight. All-around nice guy Dialectrix rolled through with a promoter and camera crew and graced the airwaves with an interview and his raps. We have a picture of the set up on our Facebook page and a link to the show’s audio above and below. Have a look and listen and tell us what you think.
Before Dialectrix, me and Mike Who? had another ice cream debate, but more of that in a later post…
Playlist:
Kendrick Lamar – Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
A$AP Rocky – Get Lit (Durkin Rework)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden (Hackman Dub)
Rudimental – Spoons ft. MNEK & Syron (Woz Remix)_192
Swing ting ft. Fox – Head Gone (Murlo Remix)
Pusherman – Donuts (Original Mix)
Noisses – Run Your Mouth feat. Rtkal, Lady Leshurr, Foreign Beggars
(Original Mix)
Scrufizzer – Steam
Cortex – Troupeau bleu
Rick Ross Ft Wale & Drake – Diced Pineapples
Taku – Stay ft Asaad
Cash Out ft Trinidad James – M.O.E.
Main Attrakionz – Do it for the Bay feat. Davinci (Produced by Harry Fraud)
Dom Kennedy – Lately (Prod By Troy Noka)
Chux – 925 (Feat. Thandiwe Phoenix)
DJ Nu-Mark – Tonight (Main) J-Live and Lucious Beats
DJ Maseo ft. Mac Miller – I Bring The Soul & He Brings The Funk
Organized Konfusion – Prisoner of War
Dialectrix – What Has The World Come To?
Dialectrix – Stop
DJ Yoda – Wheels
Visioneers – Funkbox (Visioneers remix)
UMC’S – One To Grow On
K Bouns – Never Say Never (Blackjoy Edit)
Sheen Bros – Never Say Never (Whiskey Barons Remix)
Swamburger – Sun Vibes
DJ Yoda – U No Likey Like That ft Roots Manuva & Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Up and coming Sydney beat maker Kilter joins us for a DJ set. We play some spacey rap and we take you to the House of Who.
PLAYLIST
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – Foe Tha Love Of $$$ (Durkin Rework)
Kirko Bangz – Drank in My Cup (Tokyo Hands Edit)
A$AP Rocky – Get Lit (Durkin Rework)
Feadz, Kito – Wettex (Cashmere Cat Remix)
2 Chainz – No Lie (feat. Drake)
2 Chainz feat. Drake – No Lie (Cashmere Cat Edit)
Rockie Fresh – Superman OG Feat. Lunice
A$AP Rocky – Long Live A$AP
Action Bronson – Thug Love Story 2012
Janet Jackson – Any Time, Any Place
Kendrick Lamar – Poetic Justice (Feat. Drake)
Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip – Poetic Justice (Freestyle)
UGK Hit The Block (Ft. T.I.)
Iggy Azalea X Juicy J – Flexin & Finnesin
Azealia Banks – BBD
Sampology – Eagle Theme (Hermitude remix)
EL-P – Stay Down (feat. Nick Diamonds)
Jessie Ware – What You Won’t Do For Love
KILTER DJ SET
Kilter – Dunno (feat Benchwarmers Clique)
Kilter – One for Me
Modjo – Lady (Kaytradanon remix)
Bondax – Baby I Got That
Kilter – Untitled 1
Kilter – Untitled
A little teaser for the Player Haters NYE Ball at Goodgod Small Club, Milan performs a little Frank Ocean and Kendrick Lamar mash up. Catch her NYE performing covers of Destiny’s Child, TLC, R Kelly and a few more surprises alongside DJs Shantan Wantan Ichiban and Mike Who at Goodgod. More details right hurrrr
It starts off okay, and gets pretty shit towards the middle. Yes, it is our annual Christmas special. Bon Bon Battles, terrible jokes, silly hats and every genre of Christmas song you could imagine. Ellesquire and Raoul Von Trapaport join us to do some of their worst freestyles ever on trap christmas songs. Milan Ring comes in to do a non-xmas cover – Frank Ocean’s ‘Pink Matter’ mixed with Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Swimming Pools’. Ho Ho Ho Bittccchhhheeezzz!
It never rains it pours. So much happening on this show. Mike Who returns after being in Chile for a year. Spit Syndicate do one of their best live performances on the show to date. We talk rugby and 4 Loko adventures with Smoke Dza, then he totally kills it on a Biggie instrumental. All of this smack bang in the middle of supporter drive.
It is not too late to sign up as a member of the station. Not only will you be keeping great music on the airwaves, you will be supporting a station that has played a big part in improving the culture of this city. Around this station their has been a community of artists, djs, promoters and other awesome folk, putting on great events, collaborating, generally doing great stuff and making Sydney a better place to live. This station has been a vital part of that.
Playlist
Shinehead – Jamaican In New York (LP Version)
Busta Rhymes – Woo Star
Sean Paul – Infiltrate
Buju Banton – Beat One
Cecile – Miss Dynamite
Missy Elliot – Get Impeccable (Heatwave Refix)
Urthboy – The Signal
Hell Razah, Talib Kweli And Viktor Vaughn – Project Jazz
Radiohead – Video Tapez (Amp Live Remix ft. Del the Funky Homosapien)
Aesop Rock – Daylight
Jean Grae – Don’t Rush Me
Dead Prez – Walk Like A Warrior (Ft Erykah and Krazie Bone)
Kendick Lamar – Maad City ft MC Eiht
SMOKE DZA INTERVIEW
Smoke Dza – 4 Loko ft ASAP Rocky
SMOKE DZA INTERVIEW AND LIVE FREEEEEE
Smoke Dza – Independence Day ft Al-Doe & Styles P
Beenie Man – Let’s Go To The Beach (DJ Theory Edit)
Popcaan – The System (Loudspeaker Riddim)
Machel Montano – Go Down (Loudspeaker Riddim)
Pipekid – Bionic Ras Riddim Freestyle (Mike Who Special)
SPIT SYNDICATE INTERVIEW
Spit Syndicate – Beauty In the Bricks
SPIT SYNDICATE LIVE FREESTYLE
Spit Syndicate – Set The Record Straight ft Fame
Kendrick Lamar Recipe ft and Dr Dre
Old man rap. The Beatnuts and The Liks join forced together to create one super old group. They also checked Onyx out of their nursing home to join them on tour of Australia. Here is some pictures from their Sydney show.
Listen: The Liknuts – Bang
Listen: Dead Prez & Onyx – Last Dayz Reloaded | Buy Me
For one night only we resurrected three hip hop greats. Using the bodies of Sydney DJ’s Bad Ezzy, Shantan Wantan Ichiban and Levins as hosts, we opened up a portal to the spirit world and brought back – Left Eye, Eazy E and MCA (mad scientist version from the Intergalactic video – too soon) for EXCLUSIVE DJ sets.
Too many shots. Not enough food in stomach. Dark sunglasses in a dark club. All factors which contributed to one of the most ram shackled mixes I have ever done. Fortunately I think everyone else was too drunk to notice at our very loose Hip Hop Halloween Party.
If your memory is as hazy as mine, maybe these pictures will help you piece together this very spooky, very trashy night.
Janini Panini
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