Bonde Do Role - Marina Gasolina

The riotous Brazilians have a filthy image that would suffice in itself to fill out just about any grimy venue; being the only baile funk group in cohorts with both Cansei De Ser Sexy and Diplo, they've managed to send the party kids wild from here to Bangkok. Although maintaining no illusions of profundity, their latest release Marina Gasolina can be described as little more than a clumsily chosen ska-reminiscent horn solo layered with feisty vocals and then distorted beyond recognition. Remixes by Crookers, Peaches and Fake Blood present us with even dirtier interpretations of the track, all turning up the bass in an attempt to reduce it to the kind of beat-ridden fodder the majority of us love to listen to in any rough underground techno club come midnight, but the phrase 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear' comes to mind. [Emily Foister]