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Kalita are proud to unveil the first ever compilation focussing on the phenomenon of ‘Burger Highlife’, a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980’s and beyond. Highlighting key recordings from genre-defining artists including Thomas Frempong and George Darko, as well as more obscure sought-after tracks by elusive bands such as Aban and Uncle Joe’s Afri-Beat, Kalita come to the rescue of audiophiles, DJs and music-lovers alike with ‘Borga Revolution!’ Spread over a double-LP housed in a gatefold sleeve. Accompanied by a 16-page booklet featuring extensive interview-based liner notes on each artist and never-before-seen archival photos.

The 1970s had witnessed an increased Western airtime and physical presence in Ghana introducing funk, soul and disco sounds to the region. By the turn of the decade the country was also enduring economic turmoil, with rising poverty, military dictatorships and long periods of enforced curfews (amongst other factors) making it impossible for artists to survive.

As a result, many Ghanaian artists with a broader outlook began to pursue their careers in the West, moving to both Europe and America in search of stardom. It was here that Ghanaian musicians developed a digitised version of highlife music which fully embraced Western contemporary music styles and newly introduced technology such as the DX7 synthesizer and various drum machines.

It is in this context in which the evolution of Ghanaian dance music and the emergence of ‘burger highlife’ was born. With ‘Borga Revolution!’ Kalita endeavour to tell this story, with prominent and lesser-known musicians’ accounts and documentary evidence providing a comprehensive understanding of this shift to the digital age.

Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Dance Music In The Digital Age, 1983 - 1992 (Volume 1)

Obi Abayewa

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D1. George Darko - Obi Abayewa

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This is a Bootleg Remix by David Montoya meant for promotional use only and can not be sold in anyway,shape or form.
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Mile***(David Montoya Edit)

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PRE-ORDER VINYL HERE: http://wearemawimbi.bandcamp.com/album/mwb-001 

A1 Pasteur Lappe - More Sekele Movement (Africaine 808 Remix)
A2 10 Foot Ballerina - Sogoni Kalimba
B1 Loâzo - Ketjak 
B2 Jenovah - Afrikaan Beat 2.0 

Early support by Sound Pellegrino, Acid Arab, Cottam, Noema, DJ Zhao!, Joakim, Zaltan, Murlo, Lil' Mike (Birdy Nam Nam), Imhotep (IAM) 

Exclusively available through bandcamp until April 28th, 2015.
Catalogue number: MWB001. 
Distribution by Kuroneko Media. 
Mastered by Mathieu Berthet in Paris. 
Artwork by Clément Vincent from Mawimbi / Viatic. 
All rights reserved © Mawimbi, 2015

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After two years of playing in multiple venues in Paris and across France, Mawimbi is now a label. MWB001 is a 4-tracker 12 inch record focusing on various expressions of the afro-centric musical influence in modern club music. The record will be followed shortly by a digital release, containing 5 additional tracks by like-minded producers.

"More Sekele Movement" (A1) is a much sought after Cameroonese afro-disco stomper, here remixed by Vulkandance residents Africaine 808. "Sogoni Kalimba" (A2) is a deep journey into the healing tones of the kalimba by 10 Foot Ballerina, an Atlanta-via-Detroit-via-Berlin native now renewing the links with his ancestry studying music in Windhoek, Namibia.

"Ketjak" (B1) by Parisian producer Loâzo may very well be the most out there track, starting with a rather goofy asbtract hip-hop beat before pushing things up to 110bpm and building up a climax with its shouting vocals and distorted, techno drum patterns. "Afrikaan Beat 2.0" (B2) is by no means your generic afro-house track, drawing instead in the best UK bass has to offer while taking it to the next level with typical afrobeat drum patterns and ghetto house chopped-up vocals.

A1 Pasteur Lappé - More Sekele Movement (Africaine 808 Remix)
Written by Pasteur Lappe Courtesy of Disques Espérance, 1979.
Additional production by Africaine 808
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