>> Radio 2005
Sept 27 >> New Blood on the Block and Simon Reynolds in Brazil!

This show is dedicated to brand new Brazilian independent music produced around Brazil! Expect twisted funks and Brazilian grime including a frank interview with British journalist Simon Reynolds on the subjects of appropriation, funk carioca and grime! Unmissable!

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Sept 20 >> Slum Dunk >> As Mercenárias >> The Beginning of The End of The World!

Slum Dunk is proud to announce the release of the album The Beginning of the End of the World (Soul Jazz Records) by Brazilian all female post punk outfit As Mercenárias! You heard them here first so now listen to the girls talking about this release straight from São Paulo. Expect fresh and frank conversation plus music from Cadê As Armas (Baratos Afins 1985) and Trashland (EMI 1988) their two LPs that form this new release. Including rarities from Mercenárias archivies! Unmissable!

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Sept 13 >> Slum Dunk >> Bizarre Records

This show is dedicated to São Paulo’s underground label Bizarre Music. Expect weird experimental tunes, punk carioca, post punk funk, electronica, indie samba and other bossas. Their roster includes Objeto Amarelo, Duplex, Space Invaders, Romulo Froes, Tetine, Monokini, National and Inumanos. Unmissable!

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July 26 >> Ta Dominado, Berlin's the new Funk Carioca land + Shanty Soundz of Colombia

This show is tipo Colombia. Expect the amazing sounds of Bogota's shanty towns + Funk Carioca meets Grime courtesy of Tetine vs Deise Tigrona, Daniel Haaksman's mixes + plus Glasgow underground queen MC Soom T. Tunes from Berlin!

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July 19 >> Lick my Colombia! NEW RICHES ON THE BLOCK!

Tetine receives the great Beatriz Lopes aka B.Lo (China Tropical/ Nuevos Ricos/24/7) and artist & curator Pablo de La Barra (24/7 +To Be Political It Has to Look Nice / Blow de La Barra) for a live set of frank conversation, music from beyond and post tropicalism brutal!!!. Expect B. Lo live, Tetine vs Deise Tigrona's 'I go to the doctor' and other surprises along the show. All live in real time from Serpentine Gallery.

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July 12 >> Tetine perform Eletrobrecht live from Serpentine Gallery

Live sound art piece for electronics, piano and digitally modified voices based on Brecht's 'Setsuan's Good Soul' re-written freely by Tetine. USA 'princes' John, Nixon and George go to Setsuan for new enterprises, sex and silent exploitation.

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July 5 >> SAMBA ROCK! Black Betty, Brooklyn and The Beat Goes ON! (Third Part)

The Soul Of Samba Rock mixed and sellected by DJ Greg Caz. Expect Ruy Maurity, Samba 6, Ruban, Os Devaneios, As Quatro Damas, Nonato & Seu Conjunto and many more!

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June 28 >> AGORA É MODA! Black Betty, Brooklyn and The Beat Goes ON! (Second Part)

This show is dedicated to the great Black Betty Brazilian Beats party in Brooklyn, NYC. We’ll be playing a selection of amazing 70’s tunes made by DJ Greg Caz & DJ Sean Marquand! Expect great Rita Lee, Golden Boys, Os Incríveis, Gerson King Combo, Azymuth, Vanusa and many more! Unmissable!

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June 21 >> Slum Dunk >> Get The RIO Real Thing! Meet Deise Tigrona or Deise da Injeção!

Ai Ai doctor, wanna give me an injection?!?
Get the real thing! Meet Deise Tigrona, the greatest MC of Rio’s most sampled and controversial funk tune ‘Injeção’. This is Slum Dunk bringing to you the real funk carioca! That is what we are here for. Including a live interview with Deise herself plus queer MC and dancer Ramona Gitty, Tetine’s Ai Amor Me so Horny and many more. Get prepared to hear her own stuff and catch up cos this is historical! Unmissable!

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June 14 >> Slum Dunk >> Apavoramento live on Slum Dunk!

Slum Dunk dedicates a lunchtime to Rio de Janeiro’s funky crew Apavoramento. Expect fresh breakbeats & their loud and clear Rio’s neurotic bass plus interview.
All live from Resonance FM! Unmissable!

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June 7 >> Slum Dunk >> Lost in The jungle with Gang 90 & Absurdettes!

This show is dedicated to Brasil’s new waver/larger than life pop-militant & and full-time dreamer Júlio Barroso and his Gang 90 & Absurdettes. Expect Gang 90’s amazing tropical post-punk from their first LP Essa Tal de Gang 90 (1983) including hits Telefone, Nosso Louco Amor, Perdidos na Selva as well as obscure tracks such as Jack Kerouac, Dada Globe Orixás. Unmissable!

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May 31 >> Slum Dunk >> AGORA EH MODA! Black Betty, Brooklyn and The Beat Goes ON!

This show is dedicated to the great Black Betty Brazilian Beats party in Brooklyn, NYC. We’ll be playing a selection of amazing 70’s tunes made by DJ Greg Caz & DJ Sean Marquand! Expect great Rita Lee, Golden Boys, Os Incríveis, Gerson King Combo, Azymuth, Vanusa and many more! Unmissable!

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May 24 >> Slum Dunk >> NOSTRADAMUS, this is not the end of the world!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to some of Brazil’s greatest camp heartbreakers! Meet king of cabaret meets rock & roll meets samba, meets guaranias meets electropop, ‘our camper than a row of tents’ Mr Eduardo Dusek. We’ll be playing from his first hits such as Nostradamus to his 80’s rock stuff made in collaboration with Jõao Penca & Seus Miquinhos Amestrados, including bizarre synth pops, guaranias and other theatrical experiences. Wonderful stuff!

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May 17 >> Slum Dunk >> HILTON RAW & his ART OF SADNESS.

Meet Hilton Raw, a Brazilian experimentalist who put together two great albums. Slum Dunk will be playing from Hilton’s albuns ‘A Arte da Infelicidade Número 3’ and Música Para Ver. Expect atmospherics, avant-gard MPB, experimental trip hop sung in Portuguese and more!

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May 10 >> Slum Dunk >> THEE BUTCHERS ORCHESTRA In Glorious Rock ‘N’ Roll mode!

Slum Dunk dedicates a lunchtime to the glorious dirty guitar driven sound of The Butchers’ Orchestra! They are a three-piece outift born out of São Paulo underground rock & roll scene! Dirty stuff from Marco, Adriano & Rodrigo Butcher. We’ll be playing from their 2 great albums In Glorious Rock & Roll and Golden Hits. Unmissable!

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May 3 >> Slum Dunk >> BEAT ME UP! FUNK CARIOCA IS HERE!

It doesn’t hurt that much! Expect the best new & old funk carioca tunes from Slum Dunk! Like nothing else! From Deise da Injeção, Tati, Vanessinha, Catra to Bonde Faz Gostoso, As Tchutchucas and many more. Through Tetine’s Bonde do Tetão & Defalla’s Popozuda Rock & Roll up to MIA’s Bucky Done Gun chic grime! It’s all here very close to you in case you didn’t realise it yet. So make sure you tune in! Unmissable!

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April 26 >> Slum Dunk >> The Sexual Life of The Savages

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to the music produced in the underground of Sao Paulo from 1980-1988. This show is a special preview to celebrate the release of ‘The Sexual Life of The Savages, Underground Post Punk from São Paulo’, compiled by Slum Dunk last year to be released on the great Soul Jazz Records. Expect unexpected music from As Mercenárias, Gang 90, Fellini, Akira S, Smack amongst others. Unmissible!

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April 19 >> Slum Dunk >> Tropicália or Pannis Et Circencis

Slum Dunk dedicates a lunchtime to Tropicália! For those who have never experienced the delights of Tropicalism, this is Brazil’s radical politico avant-pop movement from the late 60’s. Expect amazing string arrangements, a great deal of experimentalism and wornderful guitar driven tunes. We’ll play the whole ‘Tropicália ou Pannis Et Circences’ origianlly produced in 1968 by conductor Rogerio Duprat. Expect Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Nara Leão, Capinan, Torquato Neto, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa at their best. Unmissable.

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April 12 >> Slum Dunk >> All that we need is vital space! Obscure electronic acts from Brazi

Slum Dunk dedicated this show to obscure electronic music produced in Brazil. Expect weird electronica, industrial stuff, atonal pieces, guitar-driven electro punk tunes, from acts Temperamental, Silver Blood, National amongst others.
Plus 80’s obscure electro punk acts Harry and City Limits from Santos, Latin America’s biggest and weirdest sea port city
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March 29 >> Slum Dunk >> SABOTAGE!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to the late rapper and ghetto philosopher SABOTAGE! Expect great music from his area, CANAO in Sao Paulo, plus an amazing interview with Ivan Ferreira from 13 Producoes Crew.

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March 22 >> Slum Dunk >> Peligro Discos!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to the new sound of Brazil’s underground. We’ll be playing from the catalogue of Peligro Discos. Expect new releases by great obscure acts such as Gustavo Jobim, Jess Saes, Sol, Wandula, Lunasigh, Satanique Samba Trio, amongst others.

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March 15 >> Slum Dunk >> Samba de Monalisa

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to Tetine’s Samba de Monalisa LP. In 2002 Tetine made a record in collaboration with French artist Sophie Calle for Sulphur Records Meld Series. Expect a great road movie in the form of an electronic music piece, atmospherics and Sophie and Greg’s narratives from New York to Vegas.

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March 8 >> Slum Dunk >> I’m Ugly but I’m Trendy!

Slum Dunk play from Funk Carioca’s diva Tati Quebra Barraco’s brand new album Boladona! Plus a live interview with film director Denise Garcia who’ll be in town for the world premiere of her movie I’m Ugly but I’m Trendy at Slum Dunk Film Programme! Unmissable!

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March 1 >> Slum Dunk >> The Very Best of Jumbo Elektro!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to the music of 7 piece outifit Jumbo Elektro. We’ll be playing from their first LP ‘The Very Best of Jumbo Elektro just out on São Paulo’s new independent label Reco-Head Records. Expect great new wave and Devo-like tunes straight from their local Jumbo supermarket. All sung in invented English!

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Feb 22 >> Slum Dunk >> Cassia Eller, Try a Little Tenderness!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to the late Cassia Eller. Expect great music from Cassia’s albums. We’ll cover from the beginning of her career with ‘Marginal’ and ‘Cassia Eller’ up to her last recordings alongside singer songwriter Nando Reis. Including her flirt with Vanguarda Paulista’s composers and her incredible version for ‘Try a Little Tenderness’. Unmissable!

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Feb 15 >> Slum Dunk >> Funk Carioca

Slum Dunk dedicates a lunchtime to our beloved Funk Carioca. Expect a great selection of new tunes by Os Karrascos, Raffa, MC Serginho, Mr Catra plus the XXX tunes from PROIBIDAO! Dangerous stuff!

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Feb 8 >> Slum Dunk >> Triplex

This show is dedicated to experimental duo Triplex from Rio de Janeiro. Expect an amazing selection of great physical IDM, ghetto electro, dub and other clicks from their album TriKids. Featuring Bartolo, sound artist Paulo Vivaqua and Dado Vila Lobos. Unmissable!

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Feb 1 >> Slum Dunk >> Renato Russo and his Stonewall Celebration Concert!

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to late singer songwriter, poet and troublemaker Renato Russo. We’ll be playing from his first solo album ‘Stonewall Celebration Concert’ where he covers amazing tunes from Irvin Berlin to Nick Drake. Expect a set of queer politics meets piano bar tunes pus his takes on Madonna, Billy Joel, Tanita Tikaran, Bob Dylan, Leonard Berstein amongst others.

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Jan 25 >> Slum Dunk >> Los Hermanos

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to Rio de Janeiro’s great outfit Los Hermanos. Expect tunes of love and loss in a mix of old school samba, ska and post punk from their 3 albums. Unmissable!

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Jan 18 >> Slum Dunk >> Tom Ze’s new album Imprensa Cantada

Slum Dunk dedicates a lunchtime to Tom Zé! Expect music from his ‘Imprensa Cantada’ album and a great selection of tunes from his Tropicália period. Unmissable!

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Jan 11 >> Slum Dunk >> Sexo Explícito, Pato Fu

Slum Dunk dedicates this show to legendary Belo Horizonte’s outfits Sexo Explícito and avant pop 4 piece Pato Fu. Expect music from Sexo Explícito first album ‘Combustível para o Fogo’ and some solo work by their vocalist Rubinho Troll as well as Pato Fu’s Mutantes-driven tracks. Including an interview with Rubinho Troll.

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Jan 4 >> The Best of Slum Dunk 2004

Slum Dunk dedicates an hour to the best music you heard on our show in 2004! Expect an amazing selection of Funk Carioca, ghetto electro, twisted disco punk, punk funk, avant pop, experimental and other surprises! Unmissable!

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Slum Dunk Radio Shows 2004