itt: NGUZUNGUZU

The Rainbow Arabia remix is my favorite track of this year btw.

― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 May 2011 17:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

relatively old but their remix of the a-team theme with rye rye is great

http://hypem.com/#!/item/13a6p/Rye+Rye+feat.+Nguzunguzu+%28presented+by+M.I.A%27s+Neet+Recordings%29+-+B.A.+Mix

― more fish for kunta (zachlyon), Saturday, 7 May 2011 22:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

IN OTHER NEWS

― jumpskins, Sunday, 8 May 2011 17:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

obv

― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Sunday, 8 May 2011 22:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

We named ourselves NGUZUNGUZU after a type of wooden canoe prow carving from the Solomon Islands. We liked the name firstly for its phonetics,when repeated rapidly it sounds like a digeridoo. And the idea of this guiding figure on our craft of sonic explorations. Something like a beacon, a navigational tool, a compass that points us in various directions.

http://wayneandwax.com/?p=979

― rob, Monday, 9 May 2011 15:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

looking for that post led me to this Moments in Love mix which I don't think has been mentioned in this thread yet: http://www.negrophonic.com/2010/moments-in-mixtape/. Not as wonderful as Perfect Lullaby but good.

― rob, Monday, 9 May 2011 15:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

they made for really boring/reticent interview subjects on /rupture's radio show, but some of the tunes were great, esp. near the end.

― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 9 May 2011 15:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

love that moments in love mix, such a great concept

― spätzle logic (donna rouge), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

loving this stuff, btw. mixtapes aside, the "bronco" rmx is stunning.

― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

Can anyone point me toward any other 'zouk' mixes? Preferably with 'zouk' remixes of rnb tunes like the-dream one in a perfect lullaby.

― badminton (rchrdb), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:10 (2 years ago) Permalink

― THAT'S LIGHTWEIGHT DICKERY (dayo), Sunday, 15 May 2011 01:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

haven't heard any of this but i do loooove sayin this band's name

NGUZUNGUZU!!!!!

NGUZUGUNZU!

― one dis leads to another (ian), Sunday, 15 May 2011 03:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

oops.

― one dis leads to another (ian), Sunday, 15 May 2011 03:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

The Rainbow Arabia remix is one of my favorite things this year.

― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 06:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah, i love the "bronco" rmx, too, but "without you" edges it due to heavier drums and that goddam thumb piano, amazing sounds

― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 06:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

their jhene "stranger" remix is very dope

― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

yes, it is. unstoppable beat. thanks for the heads-up.

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 18:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

playing a new museum exhibit in nyc with kingdom on thursday
http://www.newmuseum.org/events/557

then all at the submercer that night with mikeq

― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2011/07/nguzunguzu

― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

flawless. best people ever.

― lex pretend, Friday, April 8, 2011 2:56 AM

― the pallid white, noseless face of god (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

kind of a letdown after the perfect lullabye and moments in love mixes :(

― gr8080+ (gr8080), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 01:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

This was my fav mix of theirs. Heartbroken / Moments in Love track was great. Is that an actual mix or did they just create that for the dj set?

― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

Well it says it's a LOL boys edit so i'm gonna guess they're responsible

― Number None, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

They need to put out their "The Boy Is Mine" edit.

― bed bath and beyoncé (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Or....both of them?

― bed bath and beyoncé (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

btw

http://dublab.com/listen/archive/nguzunguzu-live-on-monday-music-meeting-06-27-11/

Bok BOk-CHarisma theme- Southside EP- Night Slugs
Nguzunguzu- TIMESUP – TIMESUP – fade to mind
Nguzunguzu- timesup (kingdom rmx) – TIMESUP-fade 2 mind
DJ Deeon – Everyday
Cassie (brey remix) – Kiss Me on the Claptrap
Dj Joker-Boy is mine
dubbel dutch- sweet harmony remix
dubbel dutch- a1 pressure
Benny Stixx- I don’t deserve you
Floetry (kingdom rmx)- Say Yes
Fatima al qadiri and Total freedom- One night Stand
Jam City- Aquabox- Night Slugs
Drake- Show me a good time instrumental- Young Money
Bad Autopsy- mag remix
jacques Greene – without you (kingdom remix)
Nguzunguzu- Mirage Girl Unit +Crush
Nicki Minaj/ Britney Spears- end of the world (kingdom re fix)
Jhene AIko (nguzunguzu rmx)- Stranger
Ironsoul- Shut the door
QB the problem- untitled- unreleased

― bed bath and beyoncé (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

>>>>> xlr8r mix

― bed bath and beyoncé (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh nm about the "both of them", the version in this is someone completely different. i should learn to read.

― bed bath and beyoncé (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

it was kind of gratifying to hear asma say some lame stuff over the mix, but maybe she was being purposely lame and disaffected

― dayo, Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

they're back in brooklyn this weekend for the clear incarnation of ghetto gothic or whatever it is. checked the new spot last week when rizzla was guesting, i'm into it.

― fauxmarc, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

New mini mix here: http://www.openingceremony.us/entry.asp?pid=4187

along with one from physical therapy that is also A++/

― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 23 September 2011 14:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

indeed

― fauxmarc, Friday, 23 September 2011 14:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

Their first 12" is out now on Kingdom's Fade to Mind label and it hits hard like a 135 juke exorcist.

― jimitheexploder, Saturday, 24 September 2011 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://dismagazine.com/blog/23964/sleep-%E2%88%9E-over-romantic-streams-nguzunguzu-remix/

kind of disappointing on first listen

― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Not the best thing they've done but OMG SO MUCH BASS

― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

I don't think i've really loved any of their original work and yet the Perfect Lullaby mix is basically my favourite thing this year. This saddens me.

― Number None, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

getthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthatgetthat

― TALiB KWELi SODMG (The Reverend), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

Hm?

― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 7 April 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

TIMESUP

― The Reverend, Sunday, 8 April 2012 08:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

nicki minaj's "best i ever had" verse over wiley's "ice rink"

i think about this every once in a while and what i'd give to be able to hear it

― uberweiss, Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh really!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/539hs6

― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Sunday, 13 May 2012 09:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

:o

:'(

THANK YOU SO MUCH

― uberweiss, Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

ooooh

― ogmor, Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

lex you are amazing.

― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

I need more music from them. They've fallen a bit quiet lately. :/

― The Reverend, Sunday, 13 May 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

I need more music from them. They've fallen a bit quiet lately. :/

Wasn't there an announcement a month or so ago that they had some new material in the works for release on Tri Angle?

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Monday, 14 May 2012 04:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh word?

― The Reverend, Monday, 14 May 2012 04:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://pitchfork.com/news/46621-nguzunguzu-to-release-warm-pulse-ep/

― jabba hands, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://soundcloud.com/hipposintanks/nguzunguzu-delirium

― they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Thursday, 14 June 2012 02:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

nice

― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 16 June 2012 04:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

So I saw them again last night and all is forgiven for the kinda wack previous time I saw them they were AMAZING and then I talked with Asma about the "Body Party" video and Alan about being new uncles. ^_^

― The Reverend, Monday, 17 June 2013 20:25 (3 days ago) Permalink

what was it like?

― the late great, Monday, 17 June 2013 20:34 (3 days ago) Permalink

I caught them at SXSW and they were also really good. Said a nervous "you guys were badass" to female DJ whose name I don't know.

― Moodles, Monday, 17 June 2013 20:45 (3 days ago) Permalink

Unlike last time I saw them they weren't playing a venue too big for them. Chop Suey is kind of unforgiving to anyone who can't fill it (that's also where I saw the underwhelming Bok Bok show a few weeks ago), whereas Barboza where they played last night because it's narrow and long is more forgiving to any size crowd. The crowd last night was really mixed and interesting and had lots of people dancing but kinda thinned out as the night went on until at 1:30 after they'd been playing for 2 hours it was just me and my friends and one random other dude still dancing which we were all kind of exasperated at cause they'd been killing it all night. But it didn't matter cause we kept dancing hard right until the end.

Trying to think of stuff they played off the top of my head...

Bwana - "Baby Let Me Finish"
a club remix of "Loveeeeeeee Song" can't remember if it was the DJ Sliink one or the Brenmar one but one of those two
B. Ames - "Vogue If Ya Nasty"
Ciara - "Wake Up No Make Up"
that crazy "Fuck U All the Time"/"Claptrap"/"Ice Rink" blend
"Cashin' Out" (not a remix)
a vogue remix of "Beez in the Trap" but not the Schwarz/Kevin Prodigy one
some Soulja Boy thing from after I stopped paying attention
that one unreleased Kingdom track with the Busta/Mariah sample
L-Vis remix of "Bring in the Katz"
A really noisy remix of "Body Party"

also a lot of grime-y stuff I didn't recognize

― The Reverend, Monday, 17 June 2013 20:57 (3 days ago) Permalink

rev, you're off by one 'e'

― 乒乓, Monday, 17 June 2013 21:00 (3 days ago) Permalink

:D

― 乒乓, Monday, 17 June 2013 21:00 (3 days ago) Permalink

oh I guess the Kingdom track is this:

Kingdom - Stop What You're Doing and Give It to Me

― The Reverend, Monday, 17 June 2013 21:04 (3 days ago) Permalink

damn you, dayo

― The Reverend, Monday, 17 June 2013 21:04 (3 days ago) Permalink

oh and also the version of the Girl Unit remix of "Mirage" with the vocals from Beat King "Crush" over it, which still kills me

― The Reverend, Monday, 17 June 2013 21:19 (3 days ago) Permalink