Jamanta Crew

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2008-02-06T04:38:00.000-03:00

Everything about Jamanta Crew and Prztz here.

Bio

2007-01-28T03:42:00.000-03:00

Jamanta Crew is a Brazilian house music collective headed by producers Prztz (Eduardo Marote, São Paulo), Rafael Droors (Rio de Janeiro) and Rod Sponja (Rio de Janeiro). Their common sickness of producing music on computers generated this will of dropping tracks. Jackin house has been their style so far although they experiment with any funky shit.

Aroma Jacks. Greenhouse, Goodfamily, Public Access, Tango, Knockin Boots released Jamanta Crew EPs. Derrick Carter's Classic, So Sound and Mamma's Home Cookin delivered solo Prztz ones.

Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, Yousef, Fred Everything all released Jamanta Crew tracks on mix CDs.

Jamanta Crew has been intensely played by house music DJs worldwide since 2004, when they came together.

Prztz and Droors perform the Jamanta Crew Live PA. A live show using computers, keyboards and FX with a selection of the newest and most unreleased productions of the team. The PA has already travelled through US and Europe to London, Belgium, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Miami, Austin and Kansas City. In 2006 they played the biggest dance festival in Brasil, Skol Beats, including the brazilian jazz-funk legend Ed Motta. Now they are ready to a new US tour in march-april 2007.

Jamanta Crew Live PA, Rio de Janeiro, Jan 2007

Discography:

Jamanta Crew:

I Like 'Em Big Boned EP (12") - Greenhouse Recordings 2005
Different Sounds EP (12") - Goodfamily Recordings 2006
La Vida Loca (12") - AJ Recordings 2006
Shrimp & Caine (12") - Public Access - 2006
Three's A Crowd EP (12") Tango Recordings - 2006

Tracks Appear On:
Sessions - Mixed By Mark Farina (2xCD) - Jazz Band - Ministry Of Sound - 2006

Prztz:

Everybody (12") - Classic - 2004
Copacabronx E.P. (12") - So Sound Recordings - 2005
Mamma's Home Cookin 6 (12") - Mamma's Home Cookin - 2006

Appears On:
10 (12") - Small Talk - Classic - 2006

Tracks Appear On:
A Classic Decade - mixed by Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon - 10 Years Of The Classic Music Company (2xCD) - The King - Classic - 2005
Sessions001 (CD) - The King - IDJ (International DJ Magazine) - 2005
This Is Classic (CD) - The King - Dance Club - 2005
Sessions - Mixed By Mark Farina (2xCD) - Southic - Ministry Of Sound

"Everybody" video.

"Small Talk" by Prztz is out on "10" - new Classic series

2006-05-21T19:44:00.000-03:00

"Small Talk" is finally out on wax on "10" a new series by Classic with their favorite producers.

Here go two reviews:

Primal Records (UK):

V/A (BRETT JOHNSON FEAT DJ HEATHER, JUSTIN HARRIS, PRZTZ, NAIL) - EVERYTHING'S ELECTRIC - CLASSIC / CLASS ACT
Derrick Carter & Luke Solomon's latest venture, the "10" series where each release will host a combination of their favorite producers. The first single features tracks from Brett Johnson, PRZTZ, Justin Harris and Nail. Brett is first up with the acid killer "Everything's Electric" which features Heather on vocals and Brett dropping a sleazy production that oozes funk, sweat and raw jacking power. Next up is Justin Harris who drops the Freak-esque "Words N Lies". On the flip you'll find "Small Talk" courtesy of PRZTZ which harks back to Classic's heyday of bumping funk, very retro Derrick. Finally we have Nails first production in some time, "Low Cloud" a killer deep house jam reminiscent of early Larry Heard

Picadilly Records (UK):

Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon's latest venture features the first in a series of EPs entitled "10" hosting a combination of their favourite producers. First up is the highly sort after new single from Brett Johnson featuring world famous Chicago DJ, DJ Heather. Stripped down to the minimum of a killer acid line and a spooky vocal, this has been tearing up soundsystems all over Europe and The States. On the same side, Justin Harris, one half of Freaks, brings a more bumping affair on "Words And Lies (Don't Believe It)" that should fair well across the pond. On the flip, Brazil super house talent Prztz serves up "Small Talk". This funky jam is sure to cross over from the Chicago DJ's to European. And last of all the return of Nail. Having released a series of 12's on Classic 10 years ago, Nail has spent the missing time recording with pop act Bent. Nail returns to Classic with a killer jam reminiscent of early Larry Heard. All 4 cuts have been gaining support from Luciano, Doc Martin, Derrick Carter, Ralph Lawson, Dixon, King Britt and Andrew Weatherall.

Jamanta Crew and Ed Motta play together at Skol Beats

2006-05-21T19:43:00.000-03:00

Last week, in May 13th @ Skol Beats, brazilian biggest festival held yearly in Sao Paulo, we had the chance of doing this Live PA featuring the great brazilian soul/jazz artist Ed Motta. He was singing and playing Rhodes piano.

We did together 3 tracks: Ed Motta's own "É muita gig, véi", a sambajazz joint which I added many old sambajazz drums; "Crazy", another track of his, with the three of us dropping beats, fx and bass on my Minimoog over his vocals and Rhodes; and "Expansions", the old funk classic by Lonnie Liston Smith.

It was the first time we played with three synchronized computers. And it worked smoothly.

And we had a horn section! Yep! Funk Como Le Gusta Horns with Reginaldo 16 (trumpet), Cotarelli (flugelhorn), Kito Siqueira (sax), Hugo Hori (sax and flute) and Tiquinho (trombone).

Unfortunately the entire Live PA was just one hour long and that one hour ran very fast. I think everybody we do that again longer very soon.

It was dope creating shit smoother and deeper than what we are used to.

There is a small video here.

US Post WMC Tour

2006-03-21T21:51:00.000-03:00

Jamanta Crew travels to US to WMC and some gigs around the country.

3/25 - Droors DJ Set @ Guests Of The Family - Chesterfield Hotel - 855 Collins Avenue, SoBe
3/25 - Live PA @ Lingo Recordings release party - SoBe
3/31 - Live PA @ Frisky - Kansas City
4/01 - Live PA with Ken ECB - Washington, DC
4/07 - Droors DJ Set @ Freethinkin - Los Angeles
4/08 - Live PA @ Dynagroove - Los Angeles

See yo there.

New Rod track on Tango

2006-02-21T22:45:00.000-03:00

Tango has just dropped a new EP called "Three's a crowd".

It contains Rod's very own "I Wanna Dance" in two versions. Original and a remix by Toka Project.

It also has a track by Tony France called "Spring Street".

Catalog number: TANGO 045

You can buy it on mp3 as well at Traxsource

Classic releases digital EP with Small Talk

2006-01-11T23:01:00.000-03:00

Classic released a digital EP in mp3 just on Beatport including Prztz's "Small Talk".

"10" is the name of the EP and these are the tracks:

"Everything's Electric" - Brett Johnson feat. DJ Heather
"Low Cloud" - Nail (Derrick Carter)
"Small Talk" - Prztz
"Words and Lies" - Justin Harris

Check it out @ Beatport.

Copacabronx EP - New Prztz is out

2005-11-21T12:50:00.000-03:00

So Sound Recordings presents: Prztz

Artist: Prztz
Title: "Copacabronx" EP.
Label: So Sound Recordings
Produced by: Eduardo Marote
Format: 12 inch
Cat. ..: SSR012
Release Date: November 21st, 2005

Finest House from Brazil

"Brilliant, amazing! … Prztz is back!"

Prztz is the house music project of Eduardo Marote, an amazing brazilian producer who worked with some of the drum and bass' big boys and now turns his hand onto the house scene.

His debut EP "Everybody", released on Classic in November 2004, made a huge impression in the underground house music scene and found instant support from DJs like Mark Farina, Diz, Jason Hodges, Derrick Carter, Sneak, Heather and many others all around the world.

Eduardo's influences range from Disco-Funk, Kraftwerk, Talking Head's film "Stop making sense" , James Brown to early Hip Hop and Electro-Acid House.

From the funky-quirky "South side", the Electro-P-Funk of "Copacabronx" to the hypnotic tones and soulful vocal snippets of Southic, this EP is guaranteed to set your party on fire.

So Sound brings you Prztzs' 2nd house release, a brilliant piece indeed…

Another essential release from So Sound Recordings

New Greenhouse EP is out!!!

2005-10-14T16:43:00.000-03:00

The new Jamanta Crew EP on Greenhouse "I Like'em Big Boned" is out. You can find it at Deep Fix Records.

It's got 4 tracks:

Crispy Chicken - Jamanta Crew
Byz Latz - Rod
Big Girl - Rod
Word Up - Droors and Gustavo Tata

Gustavo Tata? Who is that, maybe you are askin. Tata is a great friend of us and one of the best house DJs in Brasil. He did "Word Up" with Droors and it is our first comrade to feature in a Jamanta Crew release. Welcome, Tata.

In Europe

2005-10-09T18:53:00.000-03:00

Our first gigs in Europe were cool. A good first step for Jamanta Crew.

First gig in London was Reverberations / Tochka / 1 magazine Boat party @ River Thames. A party by bulgarian 1 Magazine, in which our mate Asad Rizvi released an attached cd with house tracks like "The King". Crazy party, where we first saw London by the river.

We really missed Rio's Guanabara Bay Boat Parties. Do you guys think we should throw one next Carnival? :))))

Saturday September 24th Jamanta played at the Classic Party @ The End. With such people like Derrick Carter, Diz Washington, Luke Solomon, Rob Mello and Jeff K. 1500 heads going nuts.

People from all over the world from countries such as Canada, France, Angola e Bulgaria came up to chat with us after the Live PA.

We went to Edinburgh to meet Greenhouse's Andrew Macari to pickup the first test presses of our new EP "I Like'em Big Boned". Then we stayed one week in Amsterdam making some new beats.

And finally we got to Leuven, Belgium. Really close to Brussels, Leuven is one of the main housevilles in Europe. It's the Stella Artois town and its city hall is a wonderful building built in 1680 with 365 statues of catholic saints each simbolizing a day of the year.

We played @ Silo, on this party run by the Touché Collective. I just can say one thing about our live in this party: maybe it was the bestest best, like the one on Rio's Sugar Loaf in August.

People there really have the vibe, and we could develop all the improvisations that we like to do on a Jamanta Crew Live PA. After these lives, we think we'll come back to Europe pretty soon.

Swirl People's and Aroma's own Raoul Belmans interviewed us on his Saturday night radio show in Brussels. Droors dropped half an hour of Jamanta Crew tracks as well. And we also met the producer Lucien N Luciano in the radio station. We found out two coincidences between us: The influence of Derrick Carter and a hardware synths passion. We spoke all the time in a kinda portspanish. While Luciano e Dudu were chatting, the radio station crew liked the portspanish sound so much that put them on the air without any of the two noticing. Belgian listeners must have learned a new language!!!