A nice in dept review of Juba's Latest release "Orange Juiced: remixes& B-sides" from a very cool mag in Copenhagen called "Bitchslap Magazine ( great name!!)

Big ups to the crew in Copenhagen!!!!

Read it below & here's a link to the magazine:http://www.pagegangster.com/p/hEdwg/

There is a fresh breeze blowing through this music, a lightness of touch that takes in experimental edges as well as classic party and pop stylings. It is and it isn't hip hop and it doesn't really matter. There is an appetite at work here, strong electronic tones, rich
blues and breaks and a house music undertow that place this musical voyage in it's own orbit.
Juba Dance is two very talented fellows, singer and instrumentalist Ben Lamar and tight producer Polyphonic the Verbose. Lamar is a Chicago native resident in Rio de Janeiro. The Brasilian influence is not only evident in the rhythmic sensitivities and lyrical turns but also in the treatment of influences. The Tropicalia movement in the 60's favoured the term Antropofagia, a form of cultural cannibalism set out in a manifesto by the Brasilian poet Oswald de Andrade. The willing consumption of influences becomes artistically speaking not a confusion but a full on cannibal feed as a means to set one self apart, to resist. What goes in comes out different. This album is actually a remix of an album called Orange and fea-
tures a new worldwide constellation of remixers. Helsinki, San Francisco and Berlin all take brilliant turns and Chicago and Sao Paolo also represent. For cool instrumental evidence check the electrified and modulated late night jazz of "47th wave of Louise" or "Message From Cham" with its car ride hypnotics. Electro burps and offbeat hooks. strings and rising swells and lush synthesiser sensitivities.Lyrical strength comes with the Wajeed and Theo
Parrish endorsed 'Gone'. Southern influences come with a taste of Outkast on 'Favourite Words' while 'Vivo Viajar' celebrates the other deep south with the latin ocean of sound. 'Cachaa' gives mythological proportions to Brasils renowned rum in two equaly great mixes by Sicker Man. The name Juba Dance comes from an old slave dance and rhythm performed by patting and slapping the body. This body percussive communication was originaly used at gatherings and dances because no drums were allowed for fear of secret codes hidden
in the rhtyhms. It's a fitting touch for a sound stewed in so many of the forms derived from Africa and imported into Brasil and the United States by the slave trade. It's a small miracle that somehow in reaching for them at all Juba Dance manages a natural balancing
act and keeps all the plates spinning. Big ups and hugs and money all round for this one. Hunt it down on the internet for your parties car rides or headphones. Go to the
label audio8.com for excercising your purchasing power!
FM