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Top 20 Winter Warmers 2013

  1. "Moombahton Forever" - T & A Records
  2. "Piano Loco" (Chong X Remix) Bert on Beats - Man Recordings
  3. "Night Is On My Mind" Oliver - Fools Gold
  4. 28 Days EP Disgraceland Sol*Selectas
  5. "Belong" (William Sabatini Remix) - Roxiny
  6. "Semillas EP" Chancha Via Circuito - ZZK Records
  7. "Suavemente" (Kennedy Jones Trap Remix) - Elvis Crespo
  8. "Regrets We Have No Use For" - Maxxi Soundsystem
  9. "Furtherer" Brett Johnson
  10. "Beg" (Hot Since 82 Future Mix) Yousef
  11. "Moombah Fiesta Vol. 2" - Sol*Selectas
  12. "Sambaca" (Original Mix) Alien Alien
  13. "Animal Instinct" (Re-Edit Mix) Agei
  14. "Love Somebody Else" - Maceo PLex
  15. "Riding High" (J Boogie edit) Faze-O - Moombahsoul Remixes Vol. 1
  16. "6AM" Boyfriend & Big Makk - Diabluma Sound
  17. "In the Air" Peter Corvaia - Pet Food Music
  18. "Everyday" Simian Mobile Disco - Wichita Recordings
  19. "I Believe" Lazaro Casanova - Pet Food Music
  20. "River Of Tears" Todd Bodine
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DJ Sabo Mention the name Sabo to anyone familiar with the tropical end of EDM and the response will be unanimous: deep, unquestioning respect, tinged with a healthy measure of awe. For the past 15 years, the globetrotting DJ and producer, now based in Los Angeles after moving from his native New York, has set the benchmark for his peers, thanks to his unmistakable signature style: ‘Funky music to make you feel good’, as he describes it - an irresistible, resonant, Balearic fusion that draws upon house, tropical bass, latin, Brazilian, afrobeat, disco, reggae, cumbia, dub, Miami bass, hip hop, funk and soul. In a glowsticks era when the word ‘uplifting’ has lost much of its meaning, Sabo’s productions, many released via his own Sol*Selectas label, are every bit uplifting as they are finely crafted and timeless. It’s led him to performing alongside the likes of Sting, Erykah Badu, Chromeo, Brazilian Girls, and Aloe Blacc, while publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin, Mixmag and The Fader, through to tastemaker sites like XLR8R, Generation Bass and Highsnobiety have all queued up to acknowledge his talents.

It has also led him to become a pivotal part of the fast-growing moombahton scene, with the sound’s creator, Dave Nada, openly crediting Sabo’s experiments with traditional latin cumbia and modern beats for Bersa Discos as a key influence on his Dutch house-reggaeton derived sound. Not only was he a major factor in its inception, Sabo remains one of the biggest influences on its ascent. He’s responsible behind many of the genre’s key tracks, he’s a driving force behind the already legendary Moombahton Massive parties at Washington DC’s U Street Music Hall and LA’s Vibrate monthly, and as the compiler of the seminal Moombahton Massive EPs, has set the tone for a legion of producers.

Sabo’s achievements don’t even stop there: in 2006 he was named in URB’s Next 100, while he has since become a staple on the New York gallery circuit, performing at the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and the Natural History Museum. High-profile clients such as Puma, Gucci, The Huffington Post and Bloomingdales have also sought Sabo’s brand of high-end beats, while influential record labels such as Diplo’s Mad Decent and MAN Recordings out of Berlin have commissioned him to remix their artists. He’s also had great success as a recording artist for a number of other respected labels, including his own, Sol*Selectas, Nickodemus’ Wonderwheel Recordings, nu-cumbia label Bersa Discos and on Irma Records with partner Zeb. In that time he’s remixed and collaborated with such artists as Dennis Ferrer, Gregor Salto, Nadastrom, Amadou & Miriam, Balkan Beat Box and Nickodemus.

As a DJ his career has included residencies at Turntables on the Hudson, Cielo, Submercer, and Bembe, a two-year stint hosting a monthly Global Beats radio show on New York’s 91.5 FM, and a long-term spell managing NYC’s legendary record store, Turntable Lab. Add all this up and you begin to see why Sabo is held in awe by everyone who’s heard him in action. Sabo Tumblr
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"Nobody has that groove like Sabo does – he’s the funkiest dude on the planet. He just has a natural funk that DJs and producers strive for their entire careers," Dave Nada, moombahton originator

“A New York City staple whose tropical house music and moombahton mixes will have you spilling your pina colada all over the dance floor” NYLON, July 2011

"New York Sabo's "Esa Loca Cumbia" turns a 1940's cut into a global bass anthem." Rolling Stone, June 2010

“A vital conduit for the dissemination of sounds” DJ Umb, The Fader, April 2010

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PRODUCTIONS:

  • SABO & ZEB "Global Warmbeats" Album, IRMA Recordings
  • SABO & ZEB "Jump / NYC" 12" Wonderwheel Recordings
  • SABO & ZEB "Afro Azucar / Gibraltar (Sabo & Zeb remix) - Wonderwheel Recordings
  • SABO & ZEB "Sambafrica / Rok Ur Rmx" - SOL EP 01- Sol*Selectas
  • SABO vs. DJ GRAY "Everybody Drunk / Trippin" - SOL EP 02 - Sol*Selectas
  • SABO "Sexy n Sick / Ay Loco / Dustbite" - SOL EP 03 - Sol*Selectas
  • SABO "La Noche / El Fuego / Club Cultura" - SOL EP 04 - Sol*Selectas
  • SABO & URIEL "Release the Beats / Feel Like Dancin' / Yo Oigo Yo Bailo / Estrella" - SOL EP 06 - Sol*Selectas
  • SABO vs. SOS "Easy Star (Uptempo) / Easy Star (Afro mix) - SOL EP07 - Sol*Selectas
  • SABO & ZEB "Pomba Giro / Over the Ocean / Rise Again" (J-Boogie remix) - SOL EP08 -SolSelectas
  • SABO & URIEL "Happy Gospel / Happy Dub / Mi Tierra"- SOL EP 09 - Sol *Selectas
  • SABO / EDUARDO CASTILLO "Afro Balearic EP" - SOL EP 10 - Sol*Selectas
  • SABO & CASS "Bersa EP # 6" - Bersa Discos

REMIXES:

  • Gregor Salto "Mexer (Sabo Moombahton remix)" - G-Rex 2011
  • Joao Brasil "Funk do iPhone (Sabo Moombahton remix) - MAN Recordings 2011
  • Dennis Ferrer "Hey Hey (Sabo's Moombahton remix)" - Mad Decent 2011
  • Javier Estrada "Azteca (Sabo remix)" 2011
  • SandroBianchi & BeLenuit "Dancale (Sabo's Afrodeep remix)" - Sol*Selectas 2010
  • Hallex M "Mi Casa (Sabo remix)" - United Recordings 2010
  • Nickodemus "The Love Feeling" - Wonderwheel Recordings 2009
  • Los Monos - "Promesas" - SOL EP 09 - Sol*Selectas
  • Empresarios - "Sabor Tropical" Empresarios - Fort Knox Five
  • Afroditas - "Ciclon del Caribe" - Space Cumbia
  • J- Boogie's Dubtronic Science - "Que Pasa" - OM
  • DJ Sun - "Para"
  • Achilli Funk - "Mirame" - Lovemonk Records, Spain
  • El Guincho - "Kalise" - Mad Decent Recordings
  • Davcar feat. Misfit - "Move It Closer" (Sabo & Zeb's Arabican Dub Mix) - SOL EP 08 - SolSelectas
  • Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra - "Sabroso (Sabo and Zeb remix)" - SOL EP 05 - Sol*Selectas
  • Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra - "Sabroso (Sabo's Dub Beats)" - SOL EP 05 - Sol*Selectas
  • Balkan Beat Box - "Digital Monkey (Sabo & Uirel's Baile Jump mix) - SOL EP 05 - Sol*Selectas
  • Pacha Massive - "Pachangueando (Sabo's One Love remix) - SOL EP 05 - Sol*Selectas
  • Nickodemus - "Gibraltar (Sabo & Zeb remix)" - Wonderwheel Recordings

COMPILATIONS:

  • Dave Nada presents BLOW YOUR HEAD VOL. 2 - "Hey Hey (Sabo Moombahton remix)" - Mad Decent 2011
  • Summer of Moombahton - DJ Munchi 2010
  • La Dolce Notte, feat. "La Noche" Mother Tongue Music 2010
  • Turntables on the Hudson 10 Yr. Anniversary 2 CD "Jump", "Gilbraltar"(Sabo and Zeb remix)
  • Beats n Bossa vol. 8 "Nosso Coracao" IRMA Unlimited, Italy
  • Jazz House Independent 6th Issue "Disco Down" IRMA, Italy
  • Feel Ibiza - "El Fuego" by Sabo - CKP Records, Spain
  • Turntables on the Hudson vol. 6 Remix Compilation- SABO "Sixtro" - WonderWheel
  • Nickodemus - Endangered Species Remixed - "Gibraltar (Sabo & Zeb remix)" - ESL Music