Name: Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Blaq Pages Remix) by Blaq Pages
Duration: 3 min 38 s
Description: Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Blaq Pages Remix)

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Secousse records presents:

ORCHESTRE LES MANGELEPA - NYAKO KONYA
(Congo / Kenya, 1979)

Out now on limited edition 12’’ vinyl.
remastered original version + 3 remixes
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Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Blaq Pages Remix)

In anticipation of the forthcoming Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s and '80s compilation, Soundway release a special remix and edit 12" featuring two tracks from the collection and two exclusives. 

The A side kicks off with Batida's remix of a 1977 benga 45 (Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe) from the Mbiri Young Stars.  Fast 120bpm plus 4/4 rhythms with liquid guitars and machine-gun drumming are married with kuduro drum programming. Second up and surging with sub bass, British production duo The Busy Twist inject The Kalambya Boys' Kivelenge (also from 1977) with a slice of London club culture. Many late 70s Kenyan benga 45s were cut loud and heavy with often ludicrous amounts of low end squeezed onto sides that technically shouldn’t have exceeded three-and-a-half mins but frequently topped five. Perfect fodder for remixes these cuts were way ahead of their time production-wise and sound even more amazing considering the limited equipment Kenyan engineers had at their disposal in the late '70s.

On the flip Sofrito's Frankie Francis subtly tweaks a sublime Nairobi Matata Jazz track from the mid '70s: focusing on the wobbly guitar lines and letting the blaring horns speak for themselves. Consisting of both Kenyan and Congolese musicians Nairobi Matata Jazz were a perfect example of how rumba from Congo (which consumed East Africa in the 1970s) was blended with rat-a-tat-tat benga style Kenyan drum patterns and Swahili language vocals. These same rhythms are in full effect on the last track by the Gatanga Boys Band, edited and chopped up by Hide and Smile (Frankie Francis and Miles Cleret) - super fast instrumental benga guitar and drum interplay, heavy on the cymbals and dynamite on the floor.

A2 - Kalambya Boys - Kivelenge (The Busy Twist Remix)

We would like to welcome @kluebeats to Wile Out family as he brings a modern perspective of the Australian sound. Over the years Klue has been developing himself as a multi-talented musician, singer, songwriter, producer, dj, radio host (@barenecessitiesmusic) as well as touring the world with the @truevibenation band playing some of the world’s biggest festivals and nightclubs including Gladstonbury festival & Brixton Academy just name a few.

During Klue’s time touring the world he was approached by a sound guy who saw his live show and said to him “I’ve got these stems I think you could do something with”. A few weeks later Klue received an email from him and it turned out to be the parts from Superstition by Stevie Wonder, Klue’s favourite artist of all time. Klue is such a fan of Stevie Wonder that he usually wouldn’t touch things that are already perfect, but in this cause he couldn’t not have a play.

If you’ve ever witnessed a live KLUE show in the time since, than you would have probably seen a live rendition of this rework, but during these times of Covid-19 we have not been able to attend live shows, so we want to bring the live show to you by giving you a copy of the live rendition for you to play during you lockdown parties.

Klue quotes “For me the purpose of a remix is to make the spirit of a song come to live in a different room/culture/space to where it was meant for, that was the goal here.” Respect to the King Stevie (Klue’s actual favourite artist of all time)

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Klue - Superstition Rework [Wile Out](GCB066)

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Vocals from I am An African speech by Thabo Mbeki
Sax by Joshua Zook
Mixed & Mastered by Jerry Lang II

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