itt: NGUZUNGUZU

The Perfect Lullaby is fuckin' A+, although nothing beats their Ciara remix for me at the moment. Looped "Boy is Mine" harp, the Ashanti/Pura Inspiracao bit is also v. good. Suspect that this will be in heavy rotation all summer.

Their forthcoming (I assume) single "Timesup" is deployed to great effect in both Kingdom's XLR8R mix and their European promo mix: http://www.discobelle.net/2011/03/17/nguzunguzu-euro-promo-mix/

Go see them if you have the chance. Considering a trip to LA just to go to their monthly with Kingdom and Total Freedom.

nguzunguzu own

bout to listen to this for the 1st time, man i was just messaging w tim about my fantasy deep house mixes of millenial R&B concept & this sounds like what i was waiting for??

this is the best mix in the world right now

bout to listen to this for the 1st time, man i was just messaging w tim about my fantasy deep house mixes of millenial R&B concept & this sounds like what i was waiting for??

No this is not that but it's still very good in a different way.

good that 112 edit is still unclaimed

Thought the dis mix was really beautiful, but wasn't expecting so much cumbia beat. Euro mini mix's energy is killing me this morning.

Is this mix still live? Can't download now. On my phone.
http://www.mixpakrecords.com/blog/2009/12/nguzunguzu-mix/

Did they do the M.I.A. vicki leaks mix? Their name is on some of the graphics I've seen for it, but not sure what role they had.

Yeah, the implication seemed to be that they mixed vicki leakx. the leftover /\/\/\Y/\ tracks were produced by Diplo and Switch and the usual gang but the mix and some of the interstitials and the newer stuff was nguzunguzu. also they are her new tour djs?

asma from nguzunguzu was the dj for MIA's last tour

They'd be a much better fit for MIA than fucking Rusko.

asma is her tour dj and thusly working on production stuff too. think i mentioned it in another thread that when she was hired i called it that mia would probably start making good music again after maya. fun fact: she got hired because a mutual friend was sort of "hey you're southeast asian and so is m.i.a. and she needs an assistant so you should hook up", and hung around long enough for m.i.a. to notice she's got sweet musical chops.

yeah the nicki minaj part of that mix is still such a OMG moment for me

days later im still tyrna figure out why 'wave ya hand' sounds so much better here than it ever has b4

it's got such a wistful feel~

fucking SLAYYYYYYED night slugs tonight. flawless. best people ever.

- diddy/dirty money "sade" - in full - into a bounce remix of "cherish the day"
- nicki minaj's "best i ever had" verse over wiley's "ice rink"
- yummy bingham, ciara, dj kay slay, "is that yo bitch", diamond "lotta money"...

<3 <3 <3

i hope these guys appear at a not-downtown LA venue soon

Nice R&B mix for download here.

lol

you must have read the thread v closely

I see it's received the honour of being reviewed in Pitchfork now

So the million dollar question:

Is it NGUZUNGUZU, nguzunguzu or Nguzunguzu.

Huh, for some reason I thought that was new...

xpost

That mix is like 50% of what ppl dl from me on slsk now,

Ah, maybe the p4k thing is why?

That mix is like 50% of what I listen to now that it's summer.

anything else of theirs around?

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

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

IN OTHER NEWS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUjIl4_DYiU

obv

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

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.

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

love that moments in love mix, such a great concept

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

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

http://www.stonesthrow.com/uploads/images/product/detail/nguzunguzu-ep.jpg

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

NGUZUNGUZU!!!!!

NGUZUGUNZU!

oops.

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

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

their jhene "stranger" remix is very dope

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

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

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

flawless. best people ever.

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

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

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?

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

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

only 27 mins but i think nguzu fans will really dig this https://soundcloud.com/ssense/the-gtw-for-ssense-mix?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

kelela + nguzu <3<3<3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aFrXi5cYKE

did this get shared somewhere, i rally dig it http://www.thefader.com/2013/08/02/stream-future-brown-f-tink-wanna-party/

Jake Moore says:
August 2, 2013 at 2:21 pm
excuse me its splled F-U-C-C-B-O-I

https://soundcloud.com/fadetomind/nguzunguzu-skycell

just started listening so no idea how it holds up to vol 1 yet but: http://dismagazine.com/disco/58758/perfect-lullaby-vol-2/

oh shit

yeah this is nice

well then

*Thumbs up*

The T-Pain, Future, and MJB remixes! Also the Mariah one , but I've heard it before.

I definitely like how back to basics this is compared to their recent output.

I spent about half the remix thinking, damn, what if they both picked up the harp and started wearing doublets

(In the best possible way of course)

This is the closest I ever get to appreciating anything that can be even loosely associated with reggaeton.

Amazing mix, so good.

did not expect the O_O moment in this mix to be "diamonds" of all things

so relieved by this mix, best thing they've done since the first perfect lullaby

(not quiiiite on that one's level but i'm not complaining)

The website is also beautiful, since retro-contemporary webstyles going on. Almost steals the show.

Since = nice!

They did a mix a few years ago that had a killer mashup of Moments in Love. Does anyone remember what that was specifically and whether it's available as a standalone mp3?

https://soundcloud.com/nguzunguzu/moments-in-mixtape

I have that mix but this one mashup was just 1 song in a mix, not every song in the mix mashed with Moments in Love. I'll just add their mixes to my mp3 player again and see if I can find it to be more specific about the other song that was mixed with MiL. Thanks for the link though. I've got the mix on now and it's adding some fun to my afternoon lull.

It was the XLR8R Nguzunguzu podcast where they mashed it up with T2's "Heartbroken"

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4j52okTgO8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYTudvwhAQ

This is a version that wasn't ripped from the mix

Thank you! That's the one. Two great tastes that taste great together.

awesome

oh man "Honest" is so good on this

god bless them for salvaging that aaliyah sample used in that chris brown song

wow the t-pain remix on this is unfair

I just got to the Enigma drop on this and laughed out loud at it on the bus.

The annoying thing is that I'd been assuming for years that the original Perfect Lullaby was a fluke and yet it appears that all this time they've been actively choosing NOT to play beatific sparkly My Little Pony R&B zouk shit and that really is inexcusable.

Okay Africa posted a track listing (not sure if it's posted anywhere else): http://www.okayafrica.com/2014/02/20/nguzunguzu-perfect-lullaby-zouk/

TRACKLIST
Dj Fofuxo & Dj Pausas vs. Yuki Koshimoto – Tarracho Exxelentt/ New Moon (MA edit)
Dj Lil Thug vs. Aaliyah – Hot tarraxa/ Dont think they know (MA edit)
Dj N.k – Não Chora Mais Não
Dj Cratera – My girl. My Music
Cassie – Diced Pineapples (NGUZU kizomba remix)
Marbonu – Pura Melodia
Dj tiba – Tarracha Poderoza 2009
Dj Dadifox vs. Ciara – Tarraxo Dueces (MA edit)
Usher Ft. Rick Ross – Let Me See (M&N PRO REMIX)
Nova & Jory – La Noche Perfecta
Chris Brown – Another Round (Phraze zouk remix)
Dj Malcolm – 4 ev
Marques Houston- Clubbin Zouk mix (by N.G productions)
Dj NigGa fox vs. Kelela- Tarraxo HUMBÃ√/ The High (MA edit)
Dj Rick & Dj Lil thug – Saudade Eterna
Dj Salez – Tarracha di nhOs
Dj Bison – Tarraxo Indiano
T Pain – I cant believe it (Peejay Zouk fusion remix)
Dj Malcolm – 14 malo
Rihanna – Diamonds (Kizomba remix by MalcriadoBeats)
Mariah Carey – Touch my Body (Zouk remix by Phraze)
Future – Honest (Zouk remix by Phraze & StyloBeatz)
DJ Joyce Gomes & Revolucion – Choro do Corno
Dj Xocolath – My Song
Mary J Blige – Be without you (NA remix)

Timesup EP is still a 10/10 classic imo

anyone who likes the overall sound of this mix would dig the great Bison EP mentioned in that link: http://www.okayafrica.com/2014/01/15/tarraxinha-bison-wave-of-tarraxinha-ep/.

the tracklist is on soundcloud if you click the link.

that first track is so killer.

perfect lullaby still goes