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SSS 019EP
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"Brian d'Souza (aka Auntie Flo) brings together an international group of musicians to explore musical differences and celebrate shared visions across two extended tracks. Produced and arranged over an intense, collaborative two day session at the Santuri studio as part of the Ugandan Bayimba arts festival in Kampala in September 2015, the project draws on Senegalese Sabar drumming, the plaintive notes of the Adungu (a Ugandan 10 string harp) and the vocals of Gio Kiyingi, underpinned by d'Souza's arrangements and drum programming. The title The Soniferous Garden is taken from the writings of Canadian composer and environmentalist R Murray Schafer, a concept he defines as 'a garden or place of acoustic delights' -- an aural space of retreat from the oppressive overabundance of acoustic information that characterizes the modern industrial world. The two compositions are a response to this idea -- drawing the listener into meandering, ever-evolving themes that weave in and out of a rhythmic base that is equal parts traditional percussion and electronic production. The title track showcases the virtuoso Adungu playing of erstwhile Burnt Friedman collaborator Hakim Kiwanuka, and vocals from regular Highlife World Series contributor Giovanni Kremer Kiyingi whilst 'Rainfall On Red Earth' (inspired by the vivid colours of the landscape around the studio) pushes the talking drum of Mama N'Dieck Seck Thiam to the fore."
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SSS 017EP
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"Flan'm Cho / Banbou La / Kowidow Man'm Boe / Bazouka. Rootsy, body-rocking Gwo Ka rhythms with dashes of drum machines and electronics, from 1988-93. Dancefloor mayhem. During this period, the 808, 909 and co. were permeating music-making world-wide. From pulsating Chicago house and rough Detroit techno, to the dancehalls of Kingston and the shebeens of Kinshasa, every place and every scene reacted to the new technology in a different way. The French Caribbean was no exception. Long the bedrock of Zouk, it was fertile ground for the new equipment and fresh sounds. Kaloukera Percussions celebrates the music of celebrated Guadeloupean singer and percussionist Erick Cosaque. Staunch activist in the name of the music, language and culture of Guadeloupe, his musical career spans five decades."
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SSS 015EP
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"Three minutes of Haitian-styled dancefloor perfection by Dominica's finest, sixty years in the business; and cattin' Latin on the flip, injected with cowbells and Rhodes."
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SOFRSS 013EP
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"A fresh installment in the Sofrito Super Singles Series: a limited 3 track EP of raw percussion sounds from the Alma Negra crew, at the crossroads between organic percussion and electronics, and inspired by the Carnival celebrations on the Cape Verdean island of Santiago."
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SOFRSS 012EP
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2016 repress. "A double shot of vital Soukous / Coupé Décalé hybrids out of Abidjan & Paris."
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SOFR 011EP
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"The founder member of Afro-disco legends M'Bamina wickedly go-betweening Congolese roots and swingeing techno: three boom shots of raw, virtuosic percussion, threaded with complex drum-machine programming and sparse synths."
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SOFRSS 009EP
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"Esnard Boisdur is one of the great voices of Gwo Ka ? the folkloric rhythm of Guadeloupe. Frankie Francis & Simbad flip hIs 1991 track 'Soufwans' (Sufferance) into a groove that combines hypnotic percussion and mournful vocals with Detroit-inspired synths and a deep deep bassline.:
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