How random would it be to meet co-founder and ex drummer Iggor Cavalera (bottom left) in Hong Kong 20 years later? Well that’s exactly what happened to me last weekend.

If I can remember anything from Sepultura’s actual music, it is the precise, fast, aggressive and powerful outstandingness of Iggor’s drum game.

Iggor is no longer part of Sepultura these days, however, he is still musically very active these days as half of the Brazilian electro dj/producer duo MIXHELL, with his lovely wife Laima. Both are working decks and MPC live, with some of Iggor’s live drumming mixed in. This be how they do presently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNM2HQb3NM

Them two graced the decks at Volar for a nite, and since we have a bunch of mutual friends, I was the chosen one to unleash my magnificent tourguide game on ‘em during their stay in the archipelago. I didn’t expect Iggor to bite off a live dove’s head or some shit like that, yet I was still surprised by the gentle and kind aura of this charming couple, so I ended up spending my entire day kicking it with them and showing them around in HK.

Mp3 Extravaganza:

MIXHELL – Bounce In Hell mixtape

MIXHELL on myspace

Roche delivers the latest installment in Solos Records digital release series. Poised between two of the mighty legacies of Detroit, ‘Space Blue’ takes the Dilla touch to an extended, 3 Chairs style house meditation on rhythm modulation, making Gottsching cumulii showersynth shards.

Space Blue: the title is a hint, a certain cold outer space melancholy which perforates the warmth of a shifting upright bass sample that underpins the track. Cosmic jazz tones for mental therapy. Or, maybe it’s it’s the trace of blue light in a club that catches the trails of smoky wonderment wafting upwards.

The flipside to this stunning piece is a remix by CB Radio, who strips away the A-side’s gaseous atmospheres for a physical disco house flex’n'bump refix that’s suitable for riding the back alleys of the city of the future.

Direct mp3 links:

Roche – Space Blue (pt I)

Roche – Space Blue (pt II)

Roche – Space Blue (CB Radio remix)

DJ Enso and yours truly will perform a back-to back DJ set on Sunday Nov 8th, 8PM, between Yacht and Blood Red Shoes at Cyberport, Hong Kong. Get your tickets at www.hkticketing.com

Is there any other band out there right now getting more buzz than this young quartet from the Bri’ish isles? Dunno! Whatevz! I just can’t resist sharing this remix of Florence And The Machines’ “YGTL”. Not only do the re-recorded vocals outshine Florence’s by the length of 10 rugby fields, but having ‘em layer those archangelic harps/xylophones over heavily UK Funky House influenced percussions, plus adding that viciously deep sub bass (don’t you dare listening to it through your laptop speakers), plus stirring in some of those brilliantly puzzled but still cautious vocal chops make this gem my fave jam of the week. E-z-ly.

Florence And The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (The xx remix)

The xx myspace