Dj Do Ghetto, by DJ N.K.

Dj Do Ghetto

by DJ N.K.

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1.	Black Magic 05:33	buy track
2.	Punched Horn 03:40	buy track
3.	GSOL ft. Marfox 03:39	buy track
4.	Urban Mafia 03:44	buy track
5.	Zuguza 03:21	buy track
6.	Tribalistic Face 04:28	buy track
7.	Orixás Grove 05:00	buy track
8.	Matumbina 03:45	buy track
9.	Hoy ft. DJ Nervoso 03:41	buy track
10.	Sambapito 03:16	buy track
11.	Caipirinha 03:40	buy track
12.	Fiquei Diesel 03:37	buy track

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Tiny Mix Tapes:
When we talk about the aesthetic qualities of music after the advent of the internet (what might be termed “post-internet”), the conversation often alights on “futuristic” sounds with no discernible sense of place. Glossy, hi-fi, and maximalist productions, which seem to spring from the internet itself, are taken as emblematic of its new forms of production, distribution, and reception. What gets lost in this rush to focus on new and post-geographic musical forms is the concurrent emergence of forward-thinking music that is very much in conversation with its place of origin, as well as its global reception. These embedded styles often emerge from locations outside of the cultural capitals of the West, making their way into Anglophone consciousness through labels like Honest Jon’s, Planet Mu, and Lit City Trax. Lisbon’s Afro-Portugese club styles (kuduro, tarraxinha, afrohouse, batida, etc.) are exemplary products of these internet-driven systems of production and consumption. Head-spinningly fwd, artists like DJ Marfox, DJ Nigga Fox, and Normal Nada are straight up producing some of the best dance music around, all while retaining a firm sense of connection to the material realities that birthed it.

DJ N.K. has been in this mix since the beginning. Part of the pivotal DJ’s Do Guetto compilation, which amalgamated various incipient crews and presented their unique fusion of styles to a wider audience, he’s as much a steward of this sound as DJ Marfox or DJ Nervoso. DJ Do Ghetto, his first full-length, is being released through Lit City Trax and stands as a personal intervention into the “Ghetto Sound of Lisbon,” a meditation on N.K.’s past, present, and future within this community. It’s a heady brew, content to keep the listener guessing with its variety of sounds, rhythms, melodies, and textures. DJ N.K. skews toward the organic, minimizing distortion in the percussion and melodies in favor of a crisp and inviting sonic palette: rich synth-work, visceral drum production, and an acute ear for a sample. The resulting sound is polyvocal and polymorphous, twisting and turning through styles and moods with the jocularity of a DJ set. Tracks lock into a groove — both functional and playful — before a rewind or filter is applied, sending the track in a different direction, suddenly augmented with a new element, a new sample, another rhythm.

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released July 14, 2016

ARTIST: DJ N.K.
TITLE: “DJ Do Ghetto”
LABEL: LIT CITY TRAX
FORMATS: DIGITAL
CAT#: LCTRAX014
RELEASE DATE: July 14th, 2016

All tracks composed by DJ N.K. except track 3 composed by DJ N.K. & DJ Marfox and track 9
composed by DJ N.K. & DJ Nervoso
Mixed by DJ N.K.
Mastered by Rusty Santos
Artwork by Erik Spanne

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DJ N.K. Lisbon, Portugal

Born in 1988, Pedro Cardoso p/k/a DJ N.K. (pronounced EnKappa)is one of the main proponents of Lisbon’s Kuduro sound. A bastion of one of the most exciting and talkedabout nationalised scenes, DJ N.K. is no rookie. He has been pioneering the modern face of Lisbon urban music, often generalised by his peers as Batida music, which translates simply to “Beat” music. ... more

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