Maga Bo is a DJ/producer working with an international collision of styles, sounds, location recordings from all continents and beats that have yet to be classified. A study in the digital contortions of hip hop, ragga, breakbeat and jungle drum n bass, his sound is a divine (s)mashup of batucada, rai, capoeira, bhangra, and skewed electronic beats in a borderless conundrum of gritty street sounds, found and modified rhythms and melodies from Brazil, Morocco, Senegal, India and beyond. DJing and producing tracks with a portable laptop studio, he has worked and performed in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
World Up! has just released a Maga Bo mixtape CD entitled, World Up! Mixtape Vol. 1: Mixado por Maga Bo. Listen to the podcast here and buy it there .
You can hear an exclusive Maga Bo DJ mix on Blentcast . Contents made in USA, UK, Germany, Senegal, Brazil, Canada, Morocco, Jamaica, Spain, Cuba, South Africa, Egypt, India, Japan, Austria, Belgium and Holland. Unrestricted import/export.
Soot Records has released a Maga Bo mixtape entitled, "Confusion of Tongues" (in shops this month). Expect lots of unreleased material, remixes and contributions from the likes of Dr. Das and Pitcho, Filastine, Nettle, Black Alien, Instituto, BNegão, Digitaldubs Sound System, Slaughter Mob and Mr. Catra. 2 12" vinyls will be released just before and after the CD with guest MCs Xuman from Pee Froiss (Senegal), Bigg and K-Libre (Morocco) and remixes by Ghislain Poirier, Dr. Das (ex-Asian Dub Foundation) and Nettle.
Maga Bo blogs at Kolleidosonic .
Filmed and edited in Dakar, Senegal, "Fire feat. Xuman" is the first (of three) video clip to accompany the upcoming full length album (there are also two 12" vinyls out too!), Archipelagoes, on Soot Records .
Filmed in Dakar, Senegal, "Saye Mbott feat. ALIF" is the second (of three) video clips to accompany the upcoming full length album (there are also two 12" vinyls out too!), Archipelagoes, on Soot Records .