★★ ★ CARLOS MENA PROFILE★★ ★
Carlos
Mena is a music producer and DJ that has produced music for platinum selling
artist Arrested Development, Tre Hardson (The Pharcyde), Osunlade’s Yoruba Records,
Vega Records, Got Soul Records, and Atjazz Record Co, just to name a few.
Carlos is also the founder and president of Ocha Records, and Ocha Mzansi a
sub-label focused on the house music of South Africa. Artists that have
releases and remixes on the label, include, Black Coffee, Culoe de Song, Black
Motion, Mzee, Lulo Café, DJ Qness, Atjazz, Osunlade, Layabouts, Manoo, Deetron
and Ezel.
His ability to bridge South African sounds and
the international house scene has found him remixing major South African acts
like Professor and Freshly Ground for official international release. His
eclectic DJ sets continue to garner him the label of one of the hottest DJs on
the U.S.A. circuit, playing at major house music events like Dance Ritual,
Deep, S.A Miami Invasion and Libation.
Carlos Mena has been with SA’s biggest youth radio station YFM99.2 on their house show The Warehouse 99.2 for the past two years. The 2 hour show is hosted by Just Mo and Josi Chave. Carlos, also affectionately known as “King Casamena” in South Africa is on the program presenting an exclusive mix every last Friday of the month. Known for his consistent ability to break records on the wildly successful Casamena Radio Hour, he continues to do more of the same on his segment on YFM.
