Ok, the best flag is the black flag, no doubt, but when I just stumbled across these flags, I thought these look like some great alternatives to the US flag.

In fact, six of Brazil’s twenty-six federal states have flags that resemble the US flag, which was itself the basis for the original flag of Brazil after it became a republic in 1889.

The flag of São Paulo (at the bottom) was one proposal for a new Brazilian flag in 1889, abandoning the traditional green and yellow, as those were the colors of the royal family. During the 1932 civil war, the map of Brazil was replaced by a map of São Paulo state.

The best version of the US flag however is still the African American flag by artist David Hammons, from 1990:

Hamburg super dons So Shifty just sent us a link to their dope remix for Chan Dizzy which has excited some VIP DJ´s selections in the last couple of weeks. Grab it here as free download and let di pistal salute!

Chan Dizzy – 21 Gun Salute (So Shifty Remix) by So Shifty

My “Rambazamba” album will be released in a redone version in April as “Rambazamba Remixed” with remixes by Oliver $, Chrissy Murderbot, Bert On Beats, Big Dope P, Kry Wolf, El Dusty, Urbs and a handful other hot tickets.

To warm up for the “Rambazamba Remixed” release, we´re starting a remix contest today for which you can rework my version of “Din Daa Daa”, the seminal 1980s club tune by German drummer extraordinaire, George Kranz. The winning remix of the contest will be officially released on the “Rambazamba Remixed” release and will receive the “Rambazamba” double vinyl, CD and some Man Recordings extras .

The deadline for submissions is February 3rd 2012, that´s in two weeks from today.

Here´s the rules for the contest:

1. Listen to “Din Daa Daa” below.

2. Download the stems from here: http://tinyurl.com/7hgthjb

3. Once you completed your remix, drop it into the Man Recordings Soundcloud dropbox: http://soundcloud.com/manrecordings

4. The winner will be proclaimed on Feb 6th on www.manrecordings.com

5. The 2nd and 3rd winning remix will receive a “Rambazamba” double vinyl, CD and some Man Recordings extras.

Now you can do the Trommeltanz!

Daniel Haaksman – Din Daa Daa by MANRECORDINGS

Bert On Beats, who was just nominated for the best electronic album of the year with his Man Rec debut “Antenna Of Tallinn” at Estonian Music Awards, will play two shows this weekend in Belgium (20th @ Regulate in Brussels) and France (21st @ Pussymagnet, Strasbourg). Both shows get promoted by dope videos which we want you to watch:

If you won´t make it to Bert´s shows, listen and download his recent DJ mix which includes his favourite picks of 2011:

BertOnBeats “This mixtape is so 2011″ by Bert On Beats

Beat Laden from Lisbon just sent us his remix for the classic Ku Bo feat. Tshila “Kaggua” tune which we want you to hear, download and bang out as loud as possible!

Ku Bo feat. Tshila – Kaggua (Beat Laden remix) by Beat Laden