Bonde do Role are officially the biggest thing to ever come out of Curitiba, Brazil (except maybe Wanderlei Silva). The Diplo-produced "Gasolina(1)" is gonna be on their debut LP this Spring on Domino / Mad Decent, but we figured it was about time they had something proper for DJs. It wasn't intended this way, but the CD is a nice overview of where Mad Decent is at right now. The original "Gasolina" (which Diplo stretched out for the bonus beats and extended 12" mix) is easily the catchiest track Bonde's come out with yet; somehow it came together in one afternoon with Marina and Diplo collaborating on the lyrics. Unruly Records' Scottie B & King Tutt represent the Mid-Atlantic with a textbook Bmore remix(2) (nevermind that these dudes wrote the textbook…). Buraka Som Sistema slay on their mix(3), fusing their Kuduro styles with Bonde's bastard funk (and it's even got a verse from one of the best young MCs out right now, Petty). London transplants Radioclit round this thing out with a vicious electro rework(4) which has already been getting some UK radio burn. That wolf on the sticker pretty much says it all. Obviously recommended!

reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red