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MDR01 | 2021-05-21  
Raw Analog Funk duo Ben Men and Rob Malone are now stepping out with a brand new label project, Mondo Dingo Records. The Paris based indie promises to be a purveyor of all sounds deep and soulful and the first release comes from self-taught multi-instrumentalist Pinaud with remixes from Parisian based Peter Raw and the Raw Analog Funk band themselves.

Pinaud's style is imprinted in everything he does - intense grooves, deep basslines and a lightness of touch that has helped make him a well-established musician and DJ in Rio de Janeiro. His mixture of organic sounds with the bass and beats of house music and plenty of soul and 70s disco overtones has taken him to events and clubs all over Latin American and labels like Manga Rosa and Barco do Amor. The Carioca self-taught multi-instrumentalist dedicates this EP to the "cidade maravilhosa."

His stunning opener 'Afrojazz' is a lush, soulful house track packed with musicianship. It has live sounding broken beat drums, gorgeous chords and a real spiritual expressiveness in the Rhodes jams and glistening chords that leaves you feeling uplifted.

Peter Raw has been playing the sax since the age of six, has studied music formally and has influences that run from house to jazz to hip hop. He has run his own Run With Us parties at the Batofar and has put out music on French labels Beat X Changers and Sounds Benefit. His version is more playful and upbeat, with swaggering drums and big loops, dancing chords making you move your hips and a perfectly sunny disposition.

Raw Analog Funk aka Ben Men and Rob Malone have been key players since the 90s in their native France and beyond. They promoted at the legendary REX Club, have held various key DJ residencies and are co-founders of BTRAX Records as well as 45RDB Records, while also releasing under the BROZ Inc alias with artists like Mr K Alexi Shelby. They bring all their vast know how to a superb remix that has whispered vocal ad libs and jazzy chord work over a stomping Afro House groove. It's as perfectly organic and loose as they come.

Last of all, 'Georges Brassens' is a real basement jazz house workout with super warm chords and great swing in the drums, off-grid percussion and steamy French language female vocals that add a certain je ne sais quoi.

This is a bold and brilliant start to what is sure to become another essential label from the ever innovative Raw Analog Funk duo.

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