DJ BeBeDeRa: Clássico LP

Properly deadly and highly screwed body-rattling tarraxho and Afro-house kink and grind by DJ BeBeDeRa - frankly freaky as f*ck club killers for those who need to get down..

Beloved for a pair of 7”s in 2018 for Paris’ Promesses and OG kuduro powerhouse Bazzerk, DJ BeBeDeRa has also snuck a few jams on Príncipe comps over the past decade, leading to this super heavyweight retrospective on the world-leading label from Lisbon. Despite his relatively limited output, BeBeDeRa’s has become part of the tarraxho canon for the likes of DJ Marfox, who praises the horny, frictional propulsion of his gear-grinding grooves, which have likewise translated to the sets of Low Jack & Simo Cell, characterising his productions’ virile versatility.

‘Clássico’ now charts what brought BeBeDeRa to cult acclaim, expanding upon his signature heavy downstrokes with a set also trampling to fleet-hoofed up-steppers and moody rave prayers that remind us of prevailing, parallel actions from Brazilian heat by the likes of DJ Anderson do Paraiso or Ramon Sucesso. Every cut deploys a distinctive junkyard palette of panel-beaten metal, wood and toxic gunk according to beguiling, lascivious urges, from the mucky swivel of ‘FodanCia Do Mais Velho Aguado’ thru the sinuous batida swang and parry of ‘Guitarra do Guetto’ with a proper injection of moxie.

His ‘Fodencia TaraDinha 2 Apito Dourado’ swerves hard to a sort of industrial cyborg warehouse bop, and ‘Tarraxo Guetto Muita Liamba’ sloshes log drums in swingeing triplets next to a standout centrepiece of dive-bombed subs and slurred rave signals ‘La Parede Tarraxante Thanks My Followers’, whilst the piquant hook of ‘I Will Beat The Top High’ proves his equally adept at nimbler Afro-house.

Sick.