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Busy Twist live @ Salvaje Festival 2024

Our remix of the The Funkees - Akula Owu Onyeara
this was released as  Part of the 'Radio Mawimbi Volume 1' compilation along with edits from Nomad (Africaine 808), Umoja, Cervo, Aroop Roy, Around The World and more. 
Download trough: http://wearemawimbi.bandcamp.com/track/akula-owu-onyeara-the-busy-twist-edit

07 The Funkees • Akula Owu Onyeara (The Busy Twist Edit) MASTER

Out now on Beating Heart Records South Africa Vol 1 

All proceeds go towards helping community projects in the areas where the samples were recorded.

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Afro Carnival - The Busy Twist

our remix of Did You See by J Hus, give us a follow on Spotify for a free download ;]

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J Hus - Did You See [The Busy Twist Remix]

Debut EP out now via Soundway Records. Buy now: http://boomkat.com/downloads/560087-the-busy-twist-floor-excitement-ep

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'Tucked-in Funky with a budgin' sort of Afrobeats funk and flex. Kneading parts of Kuduro, Funky, 2-Step and Kwaito, 'Floor Excitement' is "all about good vibes", and comes backed with VIP for even better vibes, beside the carnival-ready percolations of 'Yagga Skank' and '1995''s ravin' swagger. Wicked.' Boomkat.com

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With their last original release coming in 2016, It may feel like The Busy Twist have shied away from the limelight in recent years but during this time they’ve been travelling and working hard on some of their most ambitious music yet, and in the process have set up their own label Busy Life Records. 

Busy Life is a project focused on joining the dots between West African, South American, Caribbean and UK electronic music by developing a sound which not only melds the sonic genealogy of all four palettes but also presents such crossovers faithfully. Developing an exchange with local artists that works in both directions is key to the label, and crucial to creating borderless music that can be shared with their family worldwide. 

The opening EP on the label ‘Sunny Side’ is a record years in the making and highlights the ever-decreasing gap between UK and modern African music. It is therefore fitting that many of the ideas heard on ‘Sunny Side’ were born during their very first trip to Ghana, and have been continually refined as Afro and UK sounds intertwine year on year. 

The EP is led by strong vocal performances from lead singer Zongo Abongo. An artist from Northern Ghana who has been part of the Busy Life family since its inception. It also features additional vocals from Kyekyeku and Siaka Djarra from Burkina Fasso.

01. Sunny Side 
Vocals: Zongo Abongo
Production: Ollie Twist, Gabriel Benn
Mastered by Precise Mastering

Sunny Side EP

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SUNNY SIDE (feat. Zongo Abongo)

With their last original release coming in 2016, It may feel like The Busy Twist have shied away from the limelight in recent years but during this time they’ve been travelling and working hard on some of their most ambitious music yet, and in the process have set up their own label Busy Life Records.

Busy Life is a project focused on joining the dots between West African, South American, Caribbean and UK electronic music by developing a sound which not only melds the sonic genealogy of all four palettes but also presents such crossovers faithfully. Developing an exchange with local artists that works in both directions is key to the label, and crucial to creating borderless music that can be shared with their family worldwide.

The opening EP on the label ‘Sunny Side’ is a record years in the making and highlights the ever-decreasing gap between UK and modern African music. It is therefore fitting that many of the ideas heard on ‘Sunny Side’ were born during their very first trip to Ghana, and have been continually refined as Afro and UK sounds intertwine year on year.

The EP is led by strong vocal performances from lead singer Zongo Abongo. An artist from Northern Ghana who has been part of the Busy Life family since its inception. It also features additional vocals from Kyekyeku and Siaka Djarra from Burkina Fasso.

02. Traveller
Vocals: Kyekyeku, Zongo Abongo
Production: Ollie Twist, Gabriel Benn
Mastered by Precise Mastering

“Traveller” showcases Accra local Kyekyeku on vocals and guitar in a distinctive Ghanaian style melding folk and romantic urban Highlife. Alongside backing vocals and a killer verse from Zongo Abongo in his northern dialect, the pair sing about the trials and tribulations of the traveller.

TRAVELLER (feat. Zongo Abongo + Kyekyeku)

‘Yiriba’ is an ode to the food, music and traditions of Zongo’s heritage. Additional vocals can be heard from Burkina Faso musician Siaka Djarra.

Vocals: Zongo Abongo, Siaka Djarra
Production: Ollie Twist, Gabriel Benn

YIRIBA (feat. Zongo Abongo, Siaka Djarra)

NOW OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON VINYL
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Original sample: Zé Da Lua - Ulungu Wami 
https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/track/ulungu-wami
Peace and love to the original musicians and Analogue Africa for keeping the music alive

Zé Da Lua - Ulungu Wami (The Busy Twist remix)

Premiered for OkayAfrica on May 28th 2019. 
Check it out: https://www.okayafrica.com/the-busy-twist-remix-angola-luanda/
This previously unaired remix is part of our London Luanda Remix Series, out now on vinyl and digital. Grab it here: https://smarturl.it/LDN_LUANDA

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[OKayAfrica Premiere] Africa Ritmo - Olha O Pica (The Busy Twist Remix) - London Luanda Part 4

Premiered with Complex UK - the first single from the new collaborative project with Congolese artist Tres Aka 'Kinshasa Boy' - tapping into the roots /sounds of the Congo and francophone style influences with a modern afro /electronic twist. 
https://www.complex.com/music/2019/11/premiere-the-busy-twist-tres-etali-nga-te

Etali Nga Te - The Busy Twist x Tres

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Busy Twist is one of the leading lights of the new global dance underground, effortlessly hotwiring vibrant sounds from across the continents and teasing them into thrilling new
shapes. His upfront rhythmic workouts join the dots between Afro, Latin and UK bass. A fun, fresh and sophisticated fusion that has taken him to play everywhere from Glastonbury to Nyege Nyege in Uganda, to the Barranquilla carnival on the Colombian coast, as well as releasing music on international labels like Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce, Sony Colombia and Soundway Records.
The DJ and producer, otherwise known as Ollie Williams, has spent over a decade immersed in emerging musical scenes from around the world and his recent productions are fast-establishing him as an in-demand force in the studio: see the nocturnal afro-house of London-based artist Alewya’s breakthrough single ‘Sweating’ or his recent carnival track, ‘Romantica Champeta’, a dayglo carnival anthem with national treasures Bomba Estéreo and Kevin Flores, which was a runaway smash in Colombia this year.
Now one of the newest signings at Because London Records, Ollie continues to build the bridge between his travels and the UK capital, where he grew up, with an EP coming on the label soon.  “My music has always been about building friendships and real connections,” says Ollie. “ All the artists I collaborate with are not just people I go to work with, they're people I want to share food with and share stories of life and experience.”

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