DJ Babatr has announced a new EP, 'The Journey', via Marie Montexier's Berlin-based imprint Paryìa. The five-track package will be released on vinyl and digitally...
DJ Babatr
It's his first solo release on the label since 2021's 'Sogno' EP
The raptor house pioneer looks back on the last year in the Venezuelan genre with a name-your-price Bandcamp collection
DRC-based collective Ngwaka Son Systéme showcase the vibrant, big-room sounds of Kinshasa and beyond on their debut LP, ‘Iboto Ngenge’
The Venezuelan artists first joint single is out this Friday
In the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, a new sound erupted from the barrios of Venezuela's capital city. Propulsive, colourful and chaotic, this was raptor house. Pedro Elias Corro, aka DJ Babatr, was its creator. Two decades later, he is at last receiving his flowers on a global scale. Alongside a fiery On Cue mix demonstrating his sound, he speaks to E.R. Pulgar about the street parties where the sound took root, the violence and racism that marred its evolution, and bringing raptor house to world
Venezuelan raptor house pioneer DJ Babatr’s early hits get reissued and revamped by 19 electronic innovators for a new release on Terminal
The new release takes in two new tracks and 19 accompanying remixes
The four artists have stepped up to "pay tribute" to the "legendary tune"
The seven-track release includes a remix by Nick León