Mixes

This mix is a bunch of sounds and concepts I’ve been exploring through the last year that has to do with memory, tierra, familia, nuances of connection to territory--Isla, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Antillano, Globalization, Diaspora--music as a transference mechanism--Dembow, Palo, Club, Black Music is the root of all Music, History--Black Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Black Caribbean, Black Sea, Black Ocean--Afro-Indigenous History-Memories-Dreams-Speculations. What it means to be the first entry point, the first project; what it means to have a door of no return. Cicatrices, tempo, beats, percussive voice, untold history retold through transference mechanisms of music, sound, repetition, ritual, somatic memory, altar memory....the list weaves on like the braids that held maps and seeds or the plant fibers of cana or guana used for caps, rugs, roofs--weave through the blends hopefully summoning up a memory or a connection that lies there within you, latent in the marrow of our bones.

Maldita Vaina x Afrohunting [Oroko Radio] (18 July 2023)

In this show, I will explore the connection across global Black diasporic rhythms from dancehall, to reggaeton, dembow, amapiano, afrobeats, baile funk, hip hop, club music, and more. I plan to also interview guests (if possible) and create unique sets spotlighting the origins and fusion across these genres.

Maldita Vaina (@malditavaina) joins MLE for a very special guest mix on RIDDIM CNXN EP 3: FEMMEBOW, an exploration of the women/femmes in modern Caribbean music. FEMMEBOW is also an all new biweekly femme/queer event in Houston, TX hosted by MLE and produced by @tumbao.htx.

Maldita Vaina is a Lesbiana Prietx artist, facilitator, and open format DJ based in Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana exploring Black, Afro, Caribx memories, history and imagination through sound.

Find more on our station and the artists involved at :

linktr.ee/sharedfrequenciesradio
www.sharedfrequencies.live/

RIDDIM CNXN EP3 | MLE invites Maldita Vaina | September 2023

Los proyectos de Maldita Vaina @malditavaina son exégesis de sus identidades y experiencias como persona negrx (dominicanx sudanés) trans no-binaria. En su trabajo, la música  es un dispositivo de transmisión de contra-narrativas y al mismo tiempo tecnología para activar-conectar corporalidades. Su investigación explora conceptos como la memoria, el archivo, Black Futures. Vive en Itabo, República Dominicana.

Sobre su Especial Mix para desculonización: “Esta mezcla es un escape sonoro y un gesto donde experimentó con un especie de encantamiento sonoro para invocar y despertar lo que necesita brotar dentro de cada unx de nosotres. Lo que resulta son unos paisajes sonoros de un club fantástico caribeño—saturado, misterioso, colorido y fugaz.”

tracklist:
From The River To The Sea - Loris x Wildkatz
TWITCH (COCO BRYCE Remix - BAMBII	
La Cura De Rosa - Raulin Rodriguez	
Collard Greens (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) - SchoolBoy Q	
VEM PRA ZONA LESTE (DJ Marfox 3 de la mañana remix) - BADSISTA
gamo aqui sin - DJ SOSA RD     
Kuumbia Del Raro Gaitero Kumbiaaa Pa El Gaby Ja - DJ Chino Sonido Landero
CONFRITAMENTO - LYM.	
La Muerte de Martín Enerolisa Nuñez y Grupo Salve Mata Los Indios
Sagatte Ft. Haoussa - Tatyana Jane 
Mon Ex - DJ Kawest, T Dedonia, Christofer
DANGERE / MEN MO MACAYA MEN MO - Racine Mapou de Azor
DADADA - Brunoso	     
La Máxima en Gagá - John J Poly	
Palo Santo (Ft. Enerolisa Nuñez y Grupo Salve Mata Los Indios & Dos Flakos) - Saso
Dammi Falastini - BAE BAE
BIYI - Kontronatura
Donde Tu Ta (Ft. Mestizo Is Back, Kreizy K,  La Melma Music ) - Papaa Tyga
Medley de Bandido (Ballads Jersey Club Edit) - DJ Jeeh FDC
The Cat ft. Lua Preta - Tony Quattro & Siete Catorce
Bata Dois - Pearls Negras	
Shake Sumn HA - Amarji King     
Bate o Pé (Bate o Sebele) - Própria Lixa 
The Bassdrum (Ft. Timberlee) (Original Mix) - Schlachthofbronx
Land Back - Madre Guía	
Land (Black) First Ft. Sisian & Kasiva - Coco Em	
DeepCavity.Bmore - (Aqua) Marine

Maldita Vaina Sounds

Maldita Vaina - Especial Mix 006

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This mix is a selection of tunes that accompanied my 2024 summer and didn't get played in any of my London sets. Although, many of the artists did feature in those sets. Mix if full of newer release from Black and LGBTQIA+ electronic music makers. It’s genreless, global and diasporic, like me, like many of us. 

Mix starts off house-y vibes with a beautiful track from ARN4L2 "Caribe", a nod to my home, bringing you into the soundscape then straight into a lush amapiano-baile-house vibe from Evehive.  Moving from house-y Caribbean and Arab vibes, to dembow and deconstructed club sounds, eventually building into a pulsing global dance floor, returning back to the Caribbean, and the island of Ayiti with the closing rhythms of Palos, Dembow, Gagá, and Haitian Rasin by activist and singer Sò Anne in long conversation with Chicago Juke, a historical connection between the etymology of the word Juke from Wolof and the first Black rebellion in the Dominican Republic. 

Working on my mic play, and there's nothing like a crash and burn mix-in at the end, but here it is. Thank you so much for listening. I'd love to hear your feelings and thoughts in the comments.

Thank you, @djbushbby, for the invitation, and the crew at Foundation FM for the welcome into the studio. 

For the full broadcast with Bushbby's opening and closing set check out https://soundcloud.com/djbushbby/specialists-bushbby-wmaldita-vaina

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Este mix es una selección de canciones que acompañaron mi verano de 2024 y que no logré tocar en ninguno de mis sets en Londres. Sin embargo, muchxs de las artistas sí sonaron . El mix está repleto de nuevos lanzamientos de creadores negrxs y LGBTQIA+ de música electrónica--sin género, globales y diaspóricos.

El mix comienza con un sople de house con el hermoso tema de ARN4L2 "Caribe", un guiño a mi territorio, que te transporta al paisaje sonoro y directo a una exuberante onda de amapiano-baile-house de Evehive. Pasando del house caribeño y árabe, al dembow y sonidos de club deconstruidos, finalmente se convierte en una vibrante pista de baile global, regresando al Caribe y a la isla de Ayiti con los ritmos finales de Palos, Dembow, Gagá y Rasin haitiano de la activista y cantante Sò Anne en una larga conversación con Chicago Juke, una conexión histórica entre la etimología de la palabra Juke del wólof y la primera rebelión negra en la República Dominicana. 

Sigo trabajando mi uso del micrófono, y no hay nada más vergonzoso que un grave error en la ultima vuelta. Pero na, aquí está. Muchas gracias por escuchar. Me encantaría leer sus impresiones y opiniones en los comentarios.


Caribe - @ARN4L2	
AMAPUTANO - MC VICK, @EVEHIVE	
Sin Señal - @Loris	
BANDIDAS  - La Yeimy	ft. FENIX & LA CHOCOLATOSA
Lo Diablone en el Suzuki - Duglaung ft. LaChukada		
Dagidede  - Duglaung ft. July Queen		
Battle Beat - @madre_guia	
Zonbi nan klib - @Negdedunn	
Drums of Affliction - @shespellsdoom
Drum Core - @djobeka	
EZTLI - @BrujaPrieta, @Yakuzzi			
Durban Funk - @StateOFFF	
Q ISSO POHA - @gadutra			
RITUAL DO FUNK RAVE - @wilhelmmmm
T.OMA.EH - @AyaIbeji
Mata - @nidiasukulbembe & @magadrum
London Fasi - @jarreauvandal	
Me dê Amor - @tdotno
No me la apague  - Tato el x5 ft Negrette Game Over
Watch Me ( Jersey Club Edit ) - @wearesanto
PTP-FTB (Dirty) - @DJSlugo
Heaven Sent - @dj-rashad & @djgant-man
Simbi Makaya - Só Anne		
Gagá Duro Dominico - Haitiano (Clásico) - John J Poly	
Palo Ajeno - Chimbala ft. Mestizo is Back

MALDITA VAINA Guest Mix @ Foundation.FM Specialist Bushbby ✿ London, UK  (22/08/24)

A guest mix by Maldita Vaina, a multi-disciplinary artist, facilitator, and DJ based in the Dominican Republic.

Jokkoo Collective : guest mix Maldita Vaina - 14 Janvier 2025

Dominican Sudanese DJ exploring sonic possibilities within a  fantastical queer and irreverent Caribbean (post) club wake.

Pronouns they/them/elle/rara

BOOKING UK/EU for September  - Nov 2025. 

Let's talk! klk@malditavaina.soy

14 Sept - London, UK @ Club Bodega
21 Sept - Vienna, Austria  @ Weinwoche Festival 
26 Sept - San Sebastian, Spain 
27 Sept - Zaragoza, Spain w/ Sassy Collective 
10 Oct - Leeds, UK - GOBSA
11 Oct - TBC
14 Oct - Paris, France @Rinse France