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Artist:  A08
Album:  Waiting For Zion
Cat.No.:  CPT 620-1/-3
Format:  2-LP incl. poster & download card / Digital

Tracklisting:

Side A
1. Waiting For Zion (4:27)
2. Life (4:22)
3. Yamahaica (3:41)

Side B 
1. Water (3:12)
2. Pomplemousse (5:48)
3. Nineoneone (5:13)

Side C
1. I Want More (4:22)
2. Big City Blues (4:04)
3. Five G’s (4:02)

Side D 
1. Kisumu Bound Bus (Nyatiti Mix) (6:16)
2. Bubbles (5:06)
3. Sunset (4:09)

Info:
Caribbean, jazz, afro, reggae the full spectrum of world music ingeniously and ingeniously fused with electronica. A08 is the brainchild of the two Berliners Dirk Leyers and DJ Nomad. Formerly known as "AFRICAINE 808" – the studio/live music project with an album and various EPs on NYC’s Golf Channel Recordings and Vulcandance. 

AFRICAINE 808 started as an experiment where the two succeeded in the amalgamation of rhythmic world music heritage with the zeitgeist and aesthetics of electronic dance music.
After ten successful years touring the globe as a live music project, a praised double album, 5 EPs and remix work for legends like Tony Allen, Amadou & Mariam among many others, the two decided to re-invent their sound for a new album, exploring Jazz and Caribbean music among their "classic" working genres of electronic world dance music.
For the production, A08 included an illustrious crowd of guests into the band line-up, featuring artists from Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Trinidad and Germany.
The outcome is "Waiting for Zion", a double album that will be released on Compost Records in winter 2023.
As a live P.A. A08 are performing either as a Soundsystem with Dirk Leyers and DJ Nomad playing live and DJing, or as a live act with live percussion.

All tracks written and produced by Dirk Leyers and Hans Raabe.
Dirk Leyers: keys, bass, guitar on track A2 / A3 / B1 / C2 / C3 / D1 / D2, lyrics on A1 / B3 / C1, vocals on track A1, programming on all tracks
Hans Raabe: lyrics on A1 / B3 / C1 / C2, vocals on track B3, programming on all tracks
Eric Owusu: percussion on track A1 / A2 / C1 / C2 / D1 / D3
Andre Hasselmann: additional drums on track A1 / B2 / C2
Ben Abarbanel-Wolff: horns & flute on track A1, tenor sax & bariton sax on track C2
Makadem: vocals, lyrics & nyatiti on track A2 / D1
Nickolai Salcedo: vocals & lyrics on track B1 / C1 / C2 / D3
María del Rossario: vocals on track C1 / C2
Laura María del Rosario Cardona: lyrics on Track C1 / C2

Links:
Instagram > www.instagram.com/a08.music.official
Facebook > www.facebook.com/A08OFFICIAL
Spotify > open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/3gdn7xdZxwccaxuO2chpMy

A08 - Yamahaica (Snippet)

More than 30 years in business, over 800 catalogue releases, over 8000 songs + remixes and still going strong!! Compost is one of the most prolific, highly acclaimed and in demand indie labels in Europe. Compost and its sublabels Compost Black Label, Compost Disco, Drumpoet Community, Derwin Recordings and rumpelmusig standing for quality music, a sophisticated mixture of electrifying disco, house, techno, soul, jazz and a little bit of pop. XLR8R wrote: "...top address where electronica meets musicality". Besides internationally respected artist like Robert Owens, Trüby Trio, Koop, Beanfield, Christian Prommer, Felix Laband, Karma, Ben Mono, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Marsmobil, Eddy Meets Yannah, Sepalot, Alif Tree, Shahrokh, Wigald Boning a.o. the label is also well known for its praised compilation series V.A. "Elaste" (Vol.1-4), "Future Sounds Of Jazz" (Vol.1-14), "Partykeller" (Vol.1-3) or "Glücklich" (Vol.1-5). Like Gilles Peterson once said: “With great pleasure I pronounce Compost the most consistent and forward thinking record label of continental Europe.“

A08 - Yamahaica (Snippet)

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