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Collaborated remix done by Frank Mendez (aka 'Discotized') and Jimmy Michaels in 2007, Additional bass guitar was played by Frank Mendez (aka 'Discotized'). No multitracks were used to make this mix.

Take Me (Remixed By Frank Mendez & Jimmy M)

Take Me (Remixed By Frank Mendez & Jimmy Michaels)

Nineteen And Beyond: Paul Hardcastle 1984-1988

Eat Your Heart Out (Dub)

Anita Ward - Can't Nobody Love Me Like You Do (Kocho Edit)

Kalita are excited to announce the first ever re-release of ‘Adzagli (Jungle Funk)’ and ‘A Song For You (Ayawa)’, two phenomenal pieces of West African disco from Amsterdam’s Kofi Ayivor. Selected from his sought-after Nigerian 1981 self-titled debut album ‘Kofi’, at last these two recordings see the light of day once more via a loud-cut remastered 12” single. In addition, Kalita enlists fellow Amsterdam resident, DJ and producer Mendel to create his own remix of each recording, using the original multitrack session tapes to rework both for the modern-day dancefloor.

After having experienced life travelling with E.T. Mensah, as a percussionist for Afro rock supergroup Osibisa, and then as producer for Brit funk band Hi-Tension, in 1980 Kofi decided it was time to release his own solo album. With his own release, he could showcase his skills as a master drummer, combining these with the prevailing disco sound that had by this time taken over Western and West African airwaves. As he recalls, ‘all this time, especially on Osibisa's United States tour, I began to critically examine the difference between our native African music and the element of it that had been incorporated into popular Western music. And so my search began to find a modern African sound’.

Kofi was joined on both recordings by various musical superstars of the time, including Osibisa members Kiki Gyan and Jake Sollo, Eddy Grant on guitar and Theadora Ifudu on improvised backing vocals, and in 1981 the album was released on CBS’ Nigerian imprint. Unfortunately, without a touring sponsor and much label support the record soon faded into obscurity, and the record was lost.

Now, forty years later and with original copies highly sought-after and selling for triple figures on the second-hand market, Kalita unearth this masterpiece once more, accompanied by two remixes courtesy of Mendel.

Adzagli (Jungle Funk)

A Song For You (Ayawa) (Mendel Mix)

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B1. Kofi Ayivor - A Song For You (Ayawa) (Mendel Mix)

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Final Round - The Digital Pimps

Paradisco express (Ilya Santana edit)

Bad Girls (X'Spirit Mix)

Freak At Night Radio Edit

Dana Ali's anticipated follow-up to High Steppin' sees the funk turned up to TEN with Concrete Jungle.


AdFunk returns for production duties and builds on Dana's new sound, focusing on heavy grooves with a clear dancefloor sensibility, featuring Babe Ruth Band's original rhythm section (Dave Hewitt: Bass & Ed Spevock: Drums)


Produced by: AdFunk

Executive Producer DJ Hooch

Engineered by: Gary Hadfield

Disco Rub Remix by: Adfunk & Hooch

Dana Ali - Vocals
Dave Hewitt - Bass
Ed Spevock - Drums
Martin Chung - Guitar
Sid Szydelko - Strings/Horns/Lead Guitar
Rob Millis - Drums Engineer

Dana Ali - Concrete Jungle (Adfunk & Hooch Promo Disco Rub)

Another B-side winner from Kabbala. This one has a smashing horn section as well as a spicy enough guitar solo halfway.

https://www.discogs.com/release/2897693-Kabbala-What-Love-Is

Recorded using the Nagaoka MP200 > Technics 1210 MK2 > E&S DJR400

B1 - Kabbala - Yo - Yo Dance

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Dana Ali - Concrete Jungle (Adfunk & Hooch Promo Disco Rub)

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