Brand new mix of all african and tropical funk 45s - original records from Guinea, Nigeria, Trinidad, Barbados, Ghana, Colombia, Panama, Benin, Mali, Brazil and the USA (although a couple of sneaky edits on 45 also squeeze in too!).  This mix is all about good music; mixing skills were mostly left in the locker in favour of letting the record tell the story.  
On it you will hear some of my all-time favourite, not to mention the rarest, gems from deep in my crates.  Several of the these I turned up on the side of a road or buried in a market in the country of origin so there are lots of 45s in here that are really special to me.  
Hope you dig it!

Tropidelic funk 45 mix

Got around to recording a live blend I've been doing in my sets recently... Mos Def over some fiery african drums recorded straight off my mixer.  Hope ya dig!

Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty (dj manchild tribal blend)

I'm a founding member and director of The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra.  This track originally from our debut 12", was recorded live at The East Coast Blues & Roots Festival 2011.  We were playing at the same time as Bob Dylan and weren't expecting a particularly big crowd but there were plently there to see us and it just grew as people flocked away Bob.  This gig was a real highlight for the band

The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra - Two Sides of the Truth (live)

SCATTER SCATTER TROPICAL SOUNDSYSTEM
The Scatter Scatter Tropical Discotheque is an ephemeral music experience that celebrates the good vibes and dance floor rhythms of African and tropical music. Expect the unexpected with a mix of live elements, MCs and DJ Manchild's impeccable selections and DJ skills and you have a performance destined to stay firmly embedded in the memory banks!

Scatter Scatter Battle 8 2015 Entry Mix, mixed by DJ Manchild

DJ Manchild Biography

DJ Manchild has been playing his funk, soul, latin, african, hip-hop, disco and beats to the dancefloors of Melbourne and beyond since early 2001.  He has DJ'ed and dug for records in places as far flung as Mumbai, Lagos and Tokyo, bringing back booty for his PBS radio show The Breakdown which has been running for 6 years on Friday afternoons.  

In New York he and two friends were inspired to start an large afro-beat ensemble, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, which has since played Big Day Out,  WOMAD and Falls as well as sold-out shows across Australia.  Their debut album 'Do Anything, Go Anywhere' (which they recorded, produced, mixed and independently released) was nominated for an ARIA in 2010.

He has supported the likes of Marva Whitney, Quantic, Nas, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Eddie Bo, The Bamboos, Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Pharoah Monch, Roy Ayers, Prince Paul, Mos Def, Norman Jay MBE, Eddie Floyd, DJ Rob Swift, Ghostface Killah, The Jungle Brothers, MF Doom, Kurtis Blow, Talib Kweli, Jean Grae, Dead Prez, The Black Keys, DJ Roc Raida, Betty Harris, DJ Z-Trip, Aloe Blacc, Loop Troop, DJ Dexter, Cookin' On Three Burners, Ohmega Watts, Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop.

He has also played onstage with The Beatnuts, Jeru Tha Damaja, Nfa, DJ Z-Trip, Aloe Blacc and Kurtis Blow.

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