For this episode, we went the Mithra Jazz Festival in Liège, Belgium, in May to meet the legendary DJ AMIR and talk about on his classic mixtapes with KON, the incredible tracks he has dug up in a lifetime of dedication to the craft of record digging, meeting and working with some of the biggest names in hip hop in 90s New York City, as well as his newest project with the Jazzanova crew to reimagine the music from the catalogue of Strata Records, the Black-owned underground jazz label from 70s Detroit.

During the show, we focused on music from the Strata records catalogue and the new double LP, “Strata Records – the Sound of Detroit – Reimagined by Jazzanova” on BBE Records, as well as music from and inspired by KON and Amir’s mixtapes (especially the On Track and Off Track series) and the A&R, production, and remix work Amir has done for various labels over the years.

Track list:

KENNY COX – Samba de romance
100% PURE POISON – Windy C
HUDSON PEOPLE – Trip to your mind
MOS DEF/DIAMOND D – Hip Hop (Instrumental)
J-LIVE – Don’t play
MARIUS CULTIER – Nestor
THE ED KELLY ENSEMBLE – Samba
MELVYN PRICE – Voodoo love dance
THE LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION – Saturday night special
EAST OF UNDERGROUND – Smiling faces sometimes
LARRY NOZERO – Tune for LN
THE LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION – Creative musicians
SAM SANDERS – Inner city player
JAZZANOVA – Saturday night special
JAZZANOVA – Face at my window
KENNY COX – Lost my love (DJ Amir & Re.Decay Jazz Reimagined mix)
KENNY COX – Beyond the dream
CO-REAL ARTISTS – What about you

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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
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