Tracklist:

1. AKIRA ISHIKAWA – Let’s start
2. JARIBU AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA – Legend of Yoruba (pt. 1)
3. AJATE – Butakusa
4. STEPAK-TAKRAW – Slugfest
5. MINYO CRUSADERS – Hohai bushi
6. KINGDOM AFROCKS – Anti-violence
7. STEPAK-TAKRAW feat. TEN – African rhythms
8. AJATE – Mammamelie
9. ANNA SATO & TOSHIYUKI SASAKI – Watasha
10. STEPAK-TAKRAW – Apache (RYUHEI THE MAN edit)
11. COMA-CHI – Endless rhythm (QUEEN BEETZ dub)
12. DOIT SCIENCE – Spy vs spy (YASU-PACINO Remix)
13. AMANITA – Makossa
14. JARIBU AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA – Bomb (ultimate take)
15. KIALA & THE AFROBLASTER – Sorrow, tears and blood
16. KOICHI SAKAI feat. ALFA SACKEY – Wono (POCZ Remix)
17. TAKASHI NAKAZATO – Toshiafro
18. TAKUYA KURODA – ABC
19. KINGDOM AFROCKS – Ichikabachikaano
20. STEPAK-TAKRAW – Socotra
21. NAOITO – Voodoo grease
22. AJATE – De de

Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA // EPISODE 26 // 17.10.2023 // Japan Afrobeat

We are two Luxembourg-based record diggers who love warm, organic, analogue, eclectic and deep sounds which bring to mind tropical sunsets, campfire parties on the beach, humid jungle nights and star-filled skies. Maracas, vintage synths, saxophones, drum computers and echo machines are common ingredients. 

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @editionsdelux.

Head in the Clouds is a monthly show on Radio ARA focused on new, rare, and rediscovered underground music, 100% on vinyl records from our own collections. Genres covered during the show could be labelled Balearic, electronic, deep house, jazz, Brazilian, funk, Japanese, African, folk, cosmic disco, boogie, Afro-Caribbean, ambient, New Age, dub reggae, soul, downtempo, vaporwave, Fourth World…

Overlooked records, forgotten gems, or classic masterpieces, no bias and no limits when your head is in the clouds!

Artwork by @JanineCharlotte (Instagram).

Hear more music from Editions de Lux at 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/sWhnp and https://www.ara.lu/shows/head-in-the-clouds/

Playlist with songs played in the shows: 
Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JNn2QD5ckILm7PEpaKjvB?si=148b7670a89646d6