Autonomous Africa - AA Bonus 10 - Limited edition one sided 10", due 15th September 2014. Vinyl only release. Distributed by Above Board.

This edit (originally created in 2008 for my dj sets) was supposed to be included on the recently released third Autonomous Africa 12". Unfortunately I didn't get permission to use it in time for that release but permission has now been given, so rather than wait for AA 004 in 2015 it is going to come out as a limited edition hand stamped 10" as soon as possible. All proceeds will once again go to the Mtandika mission in Tanzania - http://www.actioninafrica.org/about-mtandika.php

Mastered by Matt Colton. 

A big thanks to Ben UFO and Midland for championing this edit. The interest they generated directly led to the motivation for this release.

Amadou & Mariam - Ce N'est Pas Bon (A JD Twitch edit)

Sunbeam Path

“No Cigar” is a track that didn’t make it onto 2023’s 5 Songs, which was, technically, five songs, so there wasn’t room. It’s a pokey, plonky bit of dance music from Shit Robot (aka Marcus Lambkin), made with Joe Goddard and Al Doyle at their RAE Studios in London.

It sounded… dubby. Like “what if Adrian Sherwood got his hands on this?” dubby. So we asked. And he said yes!

The b-side is classic Sherwood at the controls—a version that’s not fully exploded, but submerged, warped, a little demented. We’re honored and still hearing crazy new sounds every time we play it.

The “No Cigar” 12-inch is out July 25. Pre-order it now before you can’t.

No Cigar (Adrian Sherwood Dub)

Silver Spade

Hot Milk (Original Soundtrack Album)

Free - Hot Milk credits

OUT NOW: 10" Vinyl - DJ Koze & Dirk von Lowtzow - Nur um Liebe EP
GET IT HERE: https://album.link/NurUmLiebeEP
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DE: Es lag schon in der Luft, viele hatten es befürchtet, nun ist es wahr geworden:
DJ Koze und Dirk von Lowtzow haben gemeinsam eine Single aufgenommen.
Die beiden kennen und bewundern sich schon dermaßen lange, dass man in eingeweihten Kreisen schon von Liebe spricht. Folgerichtig heißt das gemeinsame Lied auch: „Nur um Liebe“.

Da, frei nach Oskar Wilde, nur der Treulose die Tragödien der Liebe kennt, ist das Lied allerdings weit entfernt von Friede, Freude und Eierkuchen. Zum ekstatisch pulsierenden Beat durchleben wir die Geschichte der An- und Abstoßung eines Paares voller Leidenschaft und Zärtlichkeit.

Ein musikalisches Mikrolebensdrama!
Ein wilder Ritt durch das Gestrüpp!
Ein dunkler Sommerhit!
Taucht ein in diese dunkelbunte Welt, lasst euch von Kosi und Dirky verführen. Und denkt daran: „Am Ende ging es immer nur um Liebe“.
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EN: It had long been in the air, many had feared it, and now it's come true:
DJ Koze and Dirk von Lowtzow have recorded a single together.
The two have known and admired each other for so long that, in certain circles, people are already speaking of love. Fittingly, their song is called: “Nur um Liebe” ("Only About Love").

But, as Oscar Wilde once said, only the unfaithful know the tragedies of love—so this track is far from peace, joy, and sunshine. Set to an ecstatically pulsing beat, we witness the story of a couple drawn together and pushed apart, full of passion and tenderness.

A miniature musical life drama!
A wild ride through the undergrowth!
A dark summer hit!
Dive into this darkly colorful world—let Kosi and Dirky seduce you.
And remember: "In the end, it was always only about love."
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Cover Painting by Gepa Hinrichsen

Nur Um Liebe EP

GET IT HERE

Nur Um Liebe

AVAILABLE HERE

Nur Um Liebe (Sanfte Version)

Ata Kak's first new song in over 30 years!

Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release in 1994, the cassette found a new life online in 2006. A not-so-underground cult obsession grew after it appeared on  the blog Awesome Tapes From Africa as its very first post, a sort of manifesto for the project. His addictive amalgam of left-field electronic music and Twi-language hiplife reached surprising levels of awareness among music fans of many stripes. The mystery behind the musician’s identity grew. Eventually Yaw Atta-Owusu came out of the shadows, from his quiet home in Kumasi, to tour the world playing high-energy, sweat-soaked performances at major festivals like Glastonbury, Sónar and Pop Montreal. 

Now, for the first time since 1994, Ata Kak releases new music. Honed in studios around Kumasi over the last several years, the songs feature the rapper-singer’s acrobatic rap, signature scatting, dramatic drums and even traditional Akan harp. The compositions are more ambitious than his earlier work, with more complex arrangements and layered harmonies. Ata Kak’s new songs are also the natural expression of a restless artist—he is a prolific poet and author of a half-dozen books, as well as an active gardener and busy painter. 

Born in Ghana in 1960, Ata Kak wasn’t always involved in music. But his travels and openness to the world lead him into the music industry. While living in Germany, he was invited to play drums in a reggae band and subsequently played in highlife bands in Ontario after moving to the Toronto area. He recorded “Obaa Sima” there at his home studio and released it in Ghana in 1994. He didn’t participate in music much in the intervening years until “Obaa Sima” was reissued in 2015. He started performing his song live with the help of a brilliant cast of London-based musicians and has toured three continents and played to thousands of fans in venues of all kinds.

Preorder

Yasi Town

Club / Hotel Autarkic @TEDER.FM 14/07/25

Disconnection - Bali Ha'i 12" EP

A1) Bali Ha'i (Radio Mix) 3:17
A2) Bali Ha'i (US Discomix) 6:23
B1) Bali Ha'i (UK Discomix) 5:13
B2) Aaaah 4.00

Originally released on the mighty Y Records in 1982, this single by Disconnection was a mutant disco cover version of a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1949 musical, South Pacific which was made into a blockbuster film in 1958.

An odd choice of a song to cover? Well, something was in the air back in ’82 as at almost exactly the same time the Disconnection record was released Captain Sensible covered “Happy Talk” from South Pacific and had a UK number 1 with it. I’d like to think he got the idea after hearing “Bali Ha’i” but that would be pure speculation. What I do know is that even though the Disconnection record made barely a ripple at the time it is by far the superior record. Vocals are by Angela Jaeger

Long sought after and going for stupid money on Discogs, as a long time Y Records freak I am very honoured to have been given permission to make this curiously great record available again and to give it a home in the Optimo Music Disco Plates series. Dick O’Dell’s Y Records released so many great records - The Slits, The Pop Group, PIgbag, Sun Ra, Pulsallama, Shriekback, Maximum Joy, The Tesco Bombers and Mouth amongst others - and this one is up there with the best of them.

It is released in the original configuration; Radio Mix, US Discomix and UK Discomix versions alongside the faux exotica delight that is the Angela Jaeger penned “Aaaah”. It comes in a shrink-wrapped black disco bag with a 12” x 12” insert featuring the original front sleeve artwork.

Four track 12" EP (and digital release) released on June 3rd 2016. Distributed by Kompakt.

Optimo Music Disco Plate Six - Disconnection - Bali Ha'i 12" EP (sampler)

mix i found from somewhere , think it was in a club cant remember where or when may have been at home but who knows .....lots of killer tunes . 100% vinyl mixing as the way of old ! 

Brun/swayzak : (p)oddcast of an unknown nature

Swayzak