Photo courtesy of photogragher Joann Gomez
Excerpt from my post at Society HAE:
We’ve had a few scorchers these past weeks, but things got even hotter last Friday at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn. CELEBRATE! Brooklyn and LAMC teamed up to present the Bud Light Latin Music Series, a multicultural smashup concert event featuring Latin artists Ozomatli, Fidel Nadal, and Toy Selectah. With a huge crowd turn-out as diverse as the lineup, the event provided everyone with an awesome assortment of fusion flavored sounds, including rock and reggae, hip hop and salsa, funk and merengue, and dancehall and cumbia.
Toy Selectah warmed up the crowd as the opening act, spinning some of his sickest mixes and giving us a taste of what happens when you mix infectious riddims with Mexican sound scapes. After his set, I got to dust off some of my Spanish-speaking skills to link up with this DJ/Producer of Monterey, Mexico and speak with him about his one-of-a-kind mixes. When asked about his process for seamlessly intermixing music, Toy explained that it “depends on the cadence, growth, and shuffle action” of a particular track. He also attributed the classic process of trial-and-error to some of his best mixes.
“Some fit perfectly,” said Toy.
(Post continued at Socitey HAE…)
