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When London quartet Sons of Kemet released its debut album 'Burn' last year (out now on Naim), no one could have predicted the impact that it made. The band won a MOBO, featured on many 'Albums of the Year' and 'Best Of' lists from iTunes to the Quietus and gained a reputation for incendiary live shows. Unsurprisingly, remixes started to appear, but two in particular caught the eagle eyes of their record label Naim. Rather than consign these masterful reinterpretations to the digital domain, Naim decided to go one step better and release the tracks on vinyl. 

'Going Home' was the Sons of Kemet track in question and to sidestep conformity even more, it was decided to release the remixes on a 45rpm 12” inch single, with a remix on a side each, and not to include the original (this was a difficult decision of course, being very fond of the original too). And so White on Black was born: a series of 45rpm 12” singles on heavyweight black wax, all of which will be limited and numbered to 300 copies. In the true spirit of the white label culture that inspired the series, 'Going Home' will be the first of these special releases.

Side A - Blludd Relations is a collaboration between producer Bullion (best known for his work on Young Turks and his very own DEEK label) and Jesse Hackett (multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer with Brownswood’s Owiny Sigoma Band/Elmore Judd and one half of Pipe Down! a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio). Together they make daring, alternative pop of the highest order and this tune, using 'Going Home' as a foundation, but building with more electronic architectural daring (and ringing telephones), is no exception.

Side B - Hello Skinny is acclaimed producer/composer alter-ego of Tom Skinner (who is one of two drummers that can be found in Sons Of Kemet), and here boldly employs his signature use of hypnotic rhythm alongside cuts of dexterous horn from the original 'Going Home' to create a progressive concoction of world music and 2-step!

Expect equally brilliant collaborative experimental and electronic gems that need to be championed (but a digital release just won’t cut it) from White On Black in the future.  
White On Black Vol. 1 is out digitally and on ltd numbered 180g 12” 45rpm single from 24th November 2014 on Naim.

Catch Sons Of Kemet at XOYO in London on 29th Oct 2014 (last London show of the year). Buy tickets here: http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/sons-kemet-xoyo/

Pre-order the 12" single of 'White On Black Vol.1' here: http://www.naimlabel.com/recording-white-on-black-vol-1.aspx 


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Going Home (Hello Skinny Remix)

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Hot Water
Adesuwa


Vocals, Drum Programming, Guitars, Keyboards - Denitia Odigie
Drum Programming, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards - Brad Allen Williams
Trumpet - Jason Arce

Written by Denitia Odigie
Produced by Brad Allen Williams and Denitia Odigie
Recorded by Denitia Odigie and Brad Allen Williams in their homes, and at The Bunker Studio
Mixed by Brad Allen Williams at The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn NY
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk


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Hot Water

"I created this song to focus on two topics and both are depicted in the riddles of the lyrics. I found that these two things have helped me in many ways during this thing called life and if used correctly they are the answers to one of life's most troubling questions, why does everything thats wrong make you feel so right." -Troop

Riddle Me That Ft. Josias

'Only God Knows ft. Leith Congregational Choir' Out Now - 
Big Dada / Stream / Download: https://youngfathers.lnk.to/onlySO

Taken from 'Only God Knows ft. Leith Congregational Choir' released 24th January 2017 via Big Dada.

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Only God Knows ft. Leith Congregational Choir

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production by @josiahkosier and vōx
mastering by @vermaasaudio
photograph by David Gomez Maestre

i think i died this week
the earth slipped away
i didn't leave
you didn't stay
you didn't stay

i think i died this week
the lights dimmed out
i didn't scream
you didn't shout
you didn't shout

it was the loneliest occupation
only my soul to keep me warm
and the mumbling and the shaking
wouldn't let up til i was born
til i was born
til i was born

i think i died this week
but i can't be sure
i wasn't chaste
you weren't pure
you weren't pure

I Was Born

A song of longing for love lost and love to come, blending zulu folk and soul, 'I Found You' perfectly encapsulates something Spoek Mathambo's been looking for for a long time, a new paradigm to present South African sounds. Written in collaboration with Johannesburg based electronic-soul duo Kajama and Spoek's Fantasma band, 'I Found You' is from Spoek Mathambo's forthcoming album 'Mzansi Beat Code', out on 14th April 2017.

Available on all digital platforms (iTunes/Deezer/Spotify/Amazon etc)

MBC: Mzansi Beat Code

Spoek Mathambo - I Found U (feat Kajama & Fantasma)

Included in my new album "Disconnect". Premiered by Andrew Weatherall in his show at NTS Radio. Hope you like it!

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Disconnect

Setembre

I’ve walked this land so far 
Over through desert 
And follow north star 
I never thought i’d make it all the way so near 

I’ve waited for so long 
Just for a minute there i thought i’d gone 
But now i’m here to take it all the way to see you 
Yes now i’m here to take it all the way to reach you

Harry Jay-Steele - Reach You (Enrico Sturm Unofficial Edit)

Reach You - LV Remix

2nd single taken from Msafiri Zawose's upcoming album "Uhamiaji", due for release on 1 September 2017.
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Uhamiaji

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Desert In My Heart

Written by Sipprell 
Guitar: Andy Vickery 
Drums: Samson Jatto
Bass: Rocco Palladino 
Strings: Sipprell 
Production: Sipprell x Marie Dahlstrom 
Additional vocals: Jevon
Mixed by Alex E
Mastered by Prash 'Engine-Earz' Mistry at Forwa3DStudios
ARTWORK by @koby_martin 🌹

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"Harry Jay-Steele has an innate percussive sense, a near-telepathic ability to rise cresting waves of rhythmic effusion." "New cut 'Reach You' is a highly potent piece of songwriting, nodding towards rock, soul, jazz, and even afrobeat while refusing to sit in any pigeon." Clash Music - Robin Murray

Reach You - LV Remix

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