Brighton-based record collector Matty S delivers a  terrific vinyl mixtape full of uplifting and warming sounds from Africa via Brazil !

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*Tracklist:

    Bola Sete - Bettina (1971)
    Rosinha De Valença - Summertime (1971)
    Tim Maia - Imunização Racional (Que Beleza) (1974)
    Ana Mazzotti - Feel Like Making Love (1974)
    Bebeto - Neguinhio Poeta (1980)
    Astrud Gilberto - Black Magic (A Gira) (1987)
    Obina Shok - Sika (1986)
    Slim Young (Siaw Akyemfo) - Otan Hunu (1984)
    Siassia & Tokobina– Mama Africa (Year Unknown)
    Sam Fan Thomas - Poma (1985)
    Mac Gregor -  Nan Ye Li Kan (Year Unknown)
    Ghetto Blaster - Life Goes On (1985)

Tracklist & Info

Asymetrics Present: Matty S - Africa via Brazil

One of 26 tracks available on the <a href="http://georiot.co/3TgR">Strut Africa</a> sampler on iTunes.

Taken from the album <i>Inspiration Information</i> by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics, "Esketa Dance" is one of the songs included on our Strut Africa collection, which also features music from legends including Ebo Taylor, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tony Allen, and more. 

For a limited time, the original albums on which these songs appear are also available for at a special discounted rate. Happy holidays from the Strut crew!

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Dewel

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Esketa Dance (Strut Africa)

Super-Sonic Jazz was the first album to be released on El Saturn Records, the label run by Sun Ra and his business partner Alton Abraham. Set up in 1955, they released their first singles, including a doo-wop group The Cosmic Rays and the Arkestra's Saturn, at the beginning of 1956, and had recorded the whole of their first album by the end of the year, to be released in March 1957. El Saturn is now considered, along with Charles Mingus and Max Roach’s Debut label and Harry Partch’s Gate 5 label, "one of the very first and most active artist-owned record labels." Often pressed in editions of 75 — sometimes as few as 20 were made for specific concerts — the records would be manufactured using local black businesses, and often put together in Abraham's own home.

*Sun Ra And His Arkestra - India (Mop Mop's Rework)*
Additional production and remix by Andrea Benini
Used Equipment :
MFB Tanzbär Drumcomputer
Roland Space Echo RE-201
Monacor EEM-2000 Analog Echo
Boss KM-60 Mixer
WEM Audiomaster Power Mixer

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Sun Ra And His Arkestra - India (MM's Rework)

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Here’s your first taster of Afrobeat icon Dele Sosimi re-imagined in dub by two production masters, Prince Fatty and Nostalgia 77. ‘Dance Together’ is a never before released track from the same recording session that brought you Dele’s most recent album ‘You No Fit Touch Am’.

"It was such a rush to have Prince Fatty and Nostalgia 77 work their magic on Dele's material. With Fatty bringing the spirit of 80s On-U Sound, Mikey Dread and Mad Professor, and Ben Nostalgia having mixed Dele's original LP, this was always going to be something very special." Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s)

'You No Fit Touch Am', Dele Sosimi's first full-length album in almost a decade, was released by Wah Wah 45s in May 2015. It represented where Dele is today - something of an untouchable force in the music scene that he has always been such a vital part of. The album provided a musical representation of Dele’s strong socio-political opinions, as well as delivering classic song-writing that could have come straight out of 1970s Lagos.

Born in Hackney, East London, but soon to return to his parents’ native Nigeria at the age of four, Dele Sosimi was schooled and raised in Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s shadow at the height of early 70s Afrobeat. Having been chosen by Fela to join his band at somewhat of a tender age, he was still a young man when sharing Fela’s Glastonbury stage in 1984, and became both Musical Director for both Fela’s Egypt 80 and FemiKuti’s Positive Force. After Fela’s passing in 1997, Dele went on to concentrate on his own solo career and, with diligent patience, carved out his own Afrobeat crown. In London, where he now resides, his Afrobeat Vibration all-nighters are charged with his passion, labours and his unrelenting spirit.

“So fresh, while staying true to the template” The Quietus
“Blistering Afro-funk from a true legend” Clash
“Clinical in execution and brimming with vitality” London In Stereo

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Dance Together (feat. Prince Fatty & Nostalgia 77)

Dele Sosimi - Dance Together (feat. Prince Fatty & Nostalgia 77)

Artifacts

Bones

1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection.

Hello, my name is Will aka Skinshape, I do old school sounding psychedelic-funky-souly-stoner-rock music... Or something like that. I'm working on my fourth album now. I also run a label called Horus Records, we do exclusively roots reggae. I'm also a record trader and collector. Living in London provides a lot of opportunities for record digging. I've been collecting for about 8 years... First reggae mostly, then moving into soul and funk, and now I'm more into African music.


2. 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.

The 7" for some reason is a near-mythical thing. I don't know quite what it is about it... But something grabs me a lot more than an LP does. 7" Just feels like the coolest format, and I love the artwork on 7" records. If you're into certain genres, especially reggae, the 7" is really the only way to go! 


3. One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?

I've pulled out my favourite 7" singles, but then realised there are still way too many. I've worked it down to records that I can't really let go of, or that I'm just really into at the moment! It starts in the USA, then hops across the Atlantic to Africa (West to East), then hops back across to the Caribbean for a final blast of a few of my favourite reggae singles.


4. Where can people catch you / listen to your music?

You can check me out at https://skinshape.bandcamp.com for my own music, and then for the Horus Records stuff, you can check it at https://horusrecords.bandcamp.com , we just put out two new singles actually! 

5) Top 5 all time fave records

Not really sure, there's too many to say. But... I'll just pick a few I like a lot, in no order:
1. Dinah Washington - This Bitter Earth
2. The Congos - Fisherman
3. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
4. The Beatles - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
5. Pink Floyd - Echoes Part I (Live at Pompeii)

45/7 #42 ARTIST: SKINSHAPE

Some people asked me for Part 2...

20 min of pure vibraphone and marimba sound. 

Vinyl Only.

Tracklist :

Lennie Hibbert - More Creation
Cal Tjader - Speak Low
Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet - Mulatu's Hideaway
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Ain't No Sunshine
Mop Mop - Fior Di Loto

Part One - http://soundcloud.com/a-benini/the-pure-sound-of-vibraphone

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The Pure Sound Of Vibraphone Part 2 - Mop Mop minimix - Vinyl Only

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Andrea Benini African Mix

One rainy afternoon in Bucharest, we took the sound-system indoors & shared some real good vibes all day into the night. Lots of new music in the mix here. Big thanks to Flavours in the Garden, AT NOON, Vinyl, rum, tapas & wine family Bucharest. All the great DJ's Alt Om, UFe, Nico de Transilvania & all the DJ's & dancers that showed up for the get down! What a weekend we had... tbc

Nickodemus DJ set VRTW Bucharest 2019

this mix celebrates the release by Mulatu Astatke &amp; the Heliocentrics on Strut UK, for Onsa Records Tokyo, june 2009.


a kiss before dawn - a tribute to mulatu astatke & the heliocentrics

soul bonanza