A Pomba Girou was originally released on 2006’s ‘Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines’ via Ninja Tune. This classic album has now been re-released by Brighton label Tru Thoughts. The LP opener “A Pomba Girou” gets a halftime broken beat edit that accentuates the heavy bassline.
“I thought if I stripped the drums right back and started again with a bruk inspired, club-ready pattern it would give it some fresh energy for the dancefloor.”
DJ Szajna (pronounced ‘shy-na’)
If you want to check out the original, here you go…
zero dB have been keeping busy at the cutting edge since the release of their debut ‘Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines’, making killer club music under various monikers, and packing out dance floors with DJ sets in some of the biggest clubs with the best sound systems out there, including Plastic People and Japan’s Club Yellow. Their ‘One-Offs, Remixes and B Sides’ compilation on Tru Thoughts has become an essential listen, not just for existing fans of zero dB’s unique concoction of Latin heat, jazz colour, startling beats and pure bassline filth, but for anyone who has been remotely moved by dance music in the last half-decade.
Szajna has been DJing and making electronic music for well over 14 years now. His productions got him noticed outside of the Manchester scene gaining popularity amongst the London bruk movement. Since then he has had multiple releases on labels; Dance Regular, Super-Sonic Jazz, CoOp Presents, Phuture Shock Musik, Boogie Cafe, Eclectic Beats and Cassé Records.
