Toy Selectah
Bersa Discos #5 EP
Bersa Discos / BERSA-005
- Toy Selectah (a.k.a. Toy Hernandez) is a veteran producer from Monterrey, Mexico
- Founding member of Control Machete, one of Mexico's biggest hip-hop groups ever
- One of the producers of "Cumbia Sobre El Rio," a massive international hit (it's on the Babel soundtrack) that helped launch the new cumbia movement
- Toy Selectah has a forthcoming release on Mad Decent
- Vinyl version limited to 500 copies worldwide
- Bersa Discos has received press from the NY Times, FADER, XLR8R
- Online coverage from Discobelle, Mad Decent, Remezcla, Flavorpill
- EP contains sped-up cumbia and reggaeton, the latter of which Toy likes to refer to as raverton
- "Lamento en la Jungla" samples Los Mirlos, a psychedelic cumbia band from Peru in the 60s/70s
- Bersa Discos began with the new cumbia sounds coming out of Buenos Aires, but recent releases have expanded their scope to include artists from New York, Texas, The Netherlands, and now, Mexico.
Bersa Discos makes further in-roads into the Cumbia scene with this six tracker from Mexico's Toy Selectah (who is also slated for an upcoming Mad Decent release). The selection starts off with the hypnotic "Lamento En La Jungla," a track that samples an obscure Cumbia-psyche track by Los Mirlos. The dowtempo "Hay Guey" maintains a traditional Cumbia feel, enhanced by some well-placed drums. "Cocobola" represents the first "Raverton" track here, which is a sped-up version of Cumbia / Reggaeton. B-side begins with a Boys Noize remix done up Cumbia style, lots of crossover potential here (also a great transitional track for DJs). From there the EP gets deeper into club mode with two versions of "Mundo Querido," a thick song which features Batucada-style percussion. Excellent consistency throught, but really, where else are you going to find this stuff? Limited to 500 vinyl copies.
TOY SELECTAH - Lamento en la Jungla
TZOCHITL SOUNDSYSTEM vs. TOY SELECTAH - Hay Guey
JAPANESE vs. TOY SELECTAH - Cocobola (Raverton Remix)
BOYS NOIZE vs. TOY SELECTAH - Arcade Roboton (This Is Raverton Remix)
DJ NEGRO vs. TOY SELECTAH - Mundo Querido (Rave al Sur Remix)
DJ NEGRO vs. TOY SELECTAH - Mundo Querido (Rave al Sur Rebajada Dub)
