Banana Hustle brings together infectious rhythms & grooves from around the world to create a dancing fever.
Originating in South East Asia the humble, hard working banana is one of the most popular fruits in the world. Naturally radioactive and the world’s largest herb, over 10 billion bananas are eaten every year. More songs have been written about the banana than any other fruit.
Just like the fruit, the Banana Hustle crew collect music from along the equator and beyond to bring you the hottest, freshest, ripest bunch of melodies and beats straight off the vine.
Afrobeat, Hi-Life, Desert Blues, Brazilian Tropicalia, Colombian Cumbia, Peruvian Chichia, Cuban Son, Latin Rare Groove, Salsa, and Disco from everywhere from Istanbul to Lagos to Sao Paulo, Folkloric House, Tribal Techno and Favela Bass.
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About the Bananas
The Stinking Bishop
The Stinking Bishop is a purveyor of eclectic beats and globe trotting rhythms. Jumping from Afro-Boogie to Latin-Funk, from Dub to Dancehall, from Mellow Grooves to Mighty Beats, this enigmatic DJ will get your knees wobbling and b***y shaking. Band in England he ran Tropical and Chillout club nights and parties all over London with crews including Love Carnival, Total Refreshment Centre and Flamingods, The Stinking Bishop has been bringing his search for the perfect boogie to Saigon for the last year, joining the Saigon Dub Station and Wat a Gwaan family playing across the city and VN. Expect to groove, move, get up, and get down to genre jumping mixes for your body, mind and soul! Once a Hazy Lemon now he is the Crazy Banana with an obsession with orange. http://bit.ly/thecrazybanana
G Nomad
For the last decade Da Nang based French DJ/Producer G Nomad aka Gigimix has been working to establish as one of the most vibrant and fun DJs on the Vietnamese scene. Growing up with turntablism in his heart, this natural born digger holds a huge collection of House, Disco, Funk, Hip Hop, Reggae and Electronic music. Since 2012 G Nomad has performed more than 1000 shows across France, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and South Africa. His tight mixing and cheeky tracks are sure dancefloor fillers. Perfect in the sunshine and the water or in the lights and smoke of any club. Bringing sunshine vibes wherever he goes, he is the Smiling Banana. http://bit.ly/smilingbanana
Kaztet D
From France but partly raised in Asia, Kaztet D is the hardest working DJ in Saigon. Expect unbelievable bass riffs and mind melting organ solos as Kaztet shows you the art of digging with his stash of pure musically mad genius. You can usually catch him jumping between Afrobeats, Latin Grooves to Reggae/Dub/Dancehall/Jungle … If there is a dancefloor Kaztet D can fill it. Founder of WAT A GWAAN collective. Performing since he was 18 he ran Massawa Sound with Selecta Elpee in France as well as helping found R2G aka Rouen2Ground. He is also part of the FuryBass and LootAYard families. After years of activism and Hundreds of performances in France and abroad, he settled down in Cambodia in 2013, where he founded WAT A GWAAN and YATRA Productions. Now moving his projects to Saigon and teaming up with Saigon Dub Station, you can see him perform live through Vietnam, Cambodia and Asia as well as jumping on the Mic with his seminal flow. With relentless energy from the universe itself, he is the Cosmic Banana. http://bit.ly/comsicbananamix
Puppa Elpee
Based in Da Nang and hailing from France Elpee is one of the most respected selectas working in Vietnam. Raised in soundsystem culture with Roots Reggae at his foundation Elpee created of Massawa Sound playing shows and festivals across france while remaining a strong pillar of the local scenes in Nantes and Rouen, pushing out sounds on the airwaves through Jet FM and HDR Rouen. Just as at home in studio, Elpee built spaces Conscience Locale 1 & 2 to work with local and international output. All this while still being an avid graffiti artist designer and visual artist. Since 2015 he has continued to broadcast reggae, world and bass music in Da Nang with Soul kitchen in collaboration with Cosmo. The monthly "An Bang Reggae Beach Fest" has been going strong for 3 years now, with international artists like Q-Mastah from DubStuy, Norris King, Ras Taro, Blood Dunza, Jado, Soom T, Bluntskullz, Art-X, Tomawok, Steppa Style, Anancy Sound and many more. Elpee teams up regularly with Saigon Dub Station for events such as Quest Festival, Vibe Nation and more. In Da Nang he represents Wat A Gwaan, continuing to provide selections oscillating between Roots Reggae, Rockers, Dub, Dubstepper, Bass, Drum and Bass, Afrobeat, World and Tropical. Guiding us all through the thick jungle towards the light, he is Papa Banana. http://bit.ly/papabananateasermix
Manny
Manny is a Paris native, currently living in Saigon. Manny’s love for music started with 90’s French hip hop music. Hip Hop samples paved the way which led him into soul funk disco music. Since then, Manny has dabbled with many genres, including African and tropical culture. He has developed his own style of soul to tropical groove with a touch of modernity. Every so often his music tends to be a little bit wilder, as he explores deeper dark sounds.
As well as playing with Banana Hustle he is also a resident at Hazy Lemons. Playing all over Saigon, from clubs like Arcan, Piu Piu, The Lighthouse, Indika, Broma, APT852, Knick Knack, to festivals like "Sur les Pointes #10"(Paris,FR), and "Vibe Nation #2 #3"(VN)
"Making the crowd shake their head is very satisfying, but make them shake their b***y….. it's or****ic!"
