DJ Set I can't ado much about - Dj Rogii "Funaná do Ghetto"

A nice meal is best conducted with parameters.

 The consumption of good food, for example, is best enjoyed with even better company. Fine bottles of wine also work wonders in the realm of private home entertainment. The culinary possibilities are endless. Alas, shortcuts are sought, and with any luck, found with ease. Enter fava beans: love them or hate them, the consensus says they pair well with a nice Chianti.

But perhaps oversized, green Spanish legumes and Carthaginian general doppelgangers are not the ideal dinner party. Methods of nutrition do vary from person to person. Fortunately, tastes are subject to change. And while wine recommendations are hardly the author's forté, what follows is an inoffensive suggestion. Moreover it can be said free of controversy that it pairs well with last week's "Rapicada so pa Baxu."

The reason for the above claim is quite simple: as was the case Dj Wilson & Dj Mika, DJ Rogii put together a brief collection of funaná music. Granted, the timing of this post is less than chronological. These two mixes, though, differ in more than a four month calendar disparity and a three song differential. On "Funaná do Ghetto" Rogii focuses more on the electronic variant of the genre as opposed to proper band recordings. Transitions are seamless and inventive; and while plenty of accordion is heard, diversity is not altogether absent. No setlist is provided; inconvenient, but no obstacle to enjoyment.

The key to unlock the door obstructing fun, after all, is to check coat and prerogative at the door. Funaná is merely an excellent facilitator.

- John Noggle