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"additional synth work by soundcloud.com/g-a-t-s"
Rap Samples: "Digable Planets - 9th Wonder" & "Bahamadia - Paper Thin"
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cover by soundcloud.com/dj-rotte

ᴴᴼᴾᴾ ᴴᴼᴾᴾ # 7 - chöko aba & STRANGE BEHAVIOUR

Multi Culti seasonal balance series continues with Equinox II

Ofofo flies solo on the positively-ebullient ‘Unlock the Future,’ striking a rare note of lightness in it’s sublimely ethereal groove. Instant sunshine!

Ofofo - Unlock The Future

Multi Culti are proud to present the debut EP from Sao Paolo's Voodoohop resident, Thomash.

DJ Thomash has set up one of the most influential nights in the bazooming Brazilian scene with his Voodoohop party, a fusion of tropical hedonism and avant-garde trance-inducing European electronic music, a lively mix that no doubt has its genesis in his transplanted German roots (he's from Cologne aka Kompakt-ville). He's shared the stage with guys like Rebolledo, Joakim, Acid Pauli and more, and now finally looks to colonize the world with his first release.

Interestingly, Thomash has a degree in artificial intelligence, so while it might just be our imagination, it does seem that the rhythms, full of oddly tuned percussion and colorful synth stabs seem imbued with a distinct internal logic, playful forms that bounce off each other in their own reality, according to their own laws. This narrative of the ethnoid, German-Brazilian AI ties in nicely with the title: Candomble is the name of an Afro-Brazilian religion, meaning literally 'dance in honour of the gods.' Fortunately for us, Thomash seems to be honouring some scarcely acknowledged, far-out deities... spritely DMT-elves. Ectoplasma further plays into this reading, both in title and in vibe, floating unconcerned with material dancefloor goals into a space of peaceful imagination and spirit. Finally, Calango Fumando Palha is a soft, dreamy morning peyote-fire anthem… a healing latin lullaby to soothe troubles and set positive vibes free.

Called in to take us deeper into the trip are Multi Culti's go-to sooth-sayers DREEMS, who lead us forwards in full-chakra-alignment with the originals, bringing bigger bass into the heart of the jungle, tripping on acid, leaving us loose-limbed, wide-eyed, and open-minded in bliss as the final chords tuck us in and kiss us goodnight. Sweet Dreems!
  

Multi Culti Japan

Thomash - Candomble (Dreems Remix)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/3_remixe_fuer_heiko_voss

Good things take time. What’s 17 years? Not even a quarter of Keith Richards! 17 years lay between Heiko Voss’ debut album “Call Me Killer” and the incredible follow-up “3:30 Minutes To Live”, which saw the light of day in 2022 on Michael Mayer’s “other label” IMARA. There are serious voices saying that the 80s were only really complete with the release of this album. Now it took the blink of an eye of a year for the remixes to be finished. And they turned out so well that Michael Mayer from KOMPAKT licensed the “3 Remixes for Heiko Voss” without further ado.

Running back guru GERD JANSON was an early adopter of the album. Highly motivated, he twirls “Follow Your Line” rhythmically somehow in the direction of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”. How did he do that? Never mind. It grooves like crazy and keeps even larger floors moving.

ADA, the Hamburg grand dame of techno pop, has taken on the in tongue speaking funk banger “Talking Man” and dipped it in fairy dust. The result is probably the most sensational, soulful club track ever. Honestly.

The package is rounded off with a powerful Dub Version of “Follow Your Line” by the IMARA and KOMPAKT boss himself. Because he can do it.

Open your heart, let the remixes in.

3 Remixe für Heiko Voss

Talking Man (Ada Mix)

Heiko Voss - Talking Man (Ada Mix)

released on www.other-people.net (issue # 76)
Esotro from Lucrecia Dalt's self titled EP released on Other People.
http://lucreciadalt.tumblr.com/

Lucrecia Dalt - Esotro (John Wall Remix)

HAMMER ON

In a small circle, the chanting chief is enclosed by half-dozen followers, frenzied and fired as they hear his song. A creature, half-man/ half-porpoise and a tribal head who has been wronged.

PREMIERE: Carrot Green & Selvagem - Ossain (Disco Halal)

Steve Reich - Come Out (Nicolas Jaar Remix)

Pitched as a “crazy trippy reinterpretation for open minded dancefloors,” the Dreems remix of ‘Simple Brain Dance’ accentuates the original’s mind-bending elements to no end. With its stripped-down, lucid use of metallic sounds helping to slowly establish the track’s multi-percussive rhythm, a variety of psychedelic, warping sounds also end up accompanying the lush, spaced out proceedings. Under his guidance, the original is taken to an even further plain of magical splendour.

'GW05' is out May 12th on Global Warming Records.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2pYoU4A

@dreemsdreems
@jaschahagen
@malcolmandmore

Simple Brain Dance / Resende

Premiere: Jascha Hagen – Simple Brain Dance (Dreems Remix) [Global Warming Records]

Pre-order (World)
LP/CD/Digital: bit.ly/2qoP6Xo
www.wonderwheelrecordings.com

Pre-order (Italy)
LP/CD: latempesta.bigcartel.com
Digital: apple.co/2qYKWsj
www.latempesta.org/international

Populous is Andrea Mangia, a producer hailing from Lecce, a small city on the heel of Italy's boot. In 2003, he made his first jaunt into the music world with the album Quipo (via Morr Music). In 2005 he released Queue For Love, influenced by his reggae/hip-hop-infused surroundings (Lecce is known as Italy's Jamaica, as reggae and dancehall are extremely popular there) and in 2008 he released Drawn in Basic. Both albums were widely received by international critics, earning him a spot on the global music map. He became known for the way he seamlessly blends digital sounds with the analog warmth of soul/hip-hop/whatever else he's influenced by at the time.

Azulejos, his forthcoming release, has a South American tinge to it (and is even partly in Spanish). He moved to Lisbon, Portugal to start work on the album bringing with him only a laptop, a small MIDI keyboard, and a microphone. "Lisbon became both my studio and my muse," he says. He wandered the city collecting field recordings— from trams to people singing on street corners. He sifted through flea markets for records to use for sampling (exclusively Portuguese and South American). Populous describes Lisbon as a city 'halfway between South American soul and European modernity, African in some aspects, and dramatically melancholic." He channeled these poignant fusions into Azulejos, named for the typical tiled facades in Portugal— simultaneously bright and decaying. The album features collaborations with Nina Miranda of Smoke City and Ela Minus, among others. It's a love letter to Lisbon, and a dreamy quilt of sounds he both grew up with and heard for the first time during his influential stay in Portugal.

Azulejos

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Populous - Caparica

Erytrea Nèdègé (Saho)

B SOL - Erytrea Nèdègé (Saho)

Music to trip to. Music to meditate on. Music to upgrade your DNA. Music to get your whole family dancing. Music to teach you. Music to live by. Music to die to. MUSIC TO MULTIPLY YOUR MIND.

CULT LEAD BY @vonparty & @dreemsdreems