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Femi Kuti – No Place for My Dream

Afrobeat is to Nigeria as Reggae is to Jamaica: music intrinsically tied to its country of origin, while having profound influence on Western popular music. And the key keeper of Afrobeat’s legacy, Femi Kuti, has released No Place for My Dream on Knitting Factory Records.

Femi channels his father, which is not to say that he sounds like Fela, but that the spirit of Fela’s authenticity is present. Urgency is the musical message throughout the varying tempo changes and the tight musicianship of No Place for My Dream (tip: strap in before you play “Wey Our Money”), and the recurring theme of social and economic stratification can be applied far beyond Nigeria’s borders.

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Eric Lau – Lily of the Desert feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow

The coupling of Eric Lau and Georgia Anne Muldrow is a match made in heaven as witnessed on the 2011 Eric Lau & Dudley Perkins – Yet & Still (Ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow & Rahel), this workout seems to sing more sweetly though in my opinion. If you are familiar with the vocal talents of Georgia and her associations with the likes of Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper, Mos Def, Bilal, Wajeed, Sa-Ra etc you will certainly feel this. Eric Lau allows Georgia to really flex her soulstress self. Lau keeps it smooth with a slightly wonky beat feel to it with those dragging drums and quirky rhodes, and Muldrow goes for a wonderful vocal workout and this combination creates a sophisticated Neo soul turnout. Taken from “One of Many” by Eric Lau, which is out now.
Stream the album HERE and grab it HERE or HERE

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Typesun – Last Home (DJ Nature Remix)

Bristol, UK based musical business gets remixed by another Bristolian now based in the melting pot that is NYC…
Just as House music seems to be disappearing up the arse of EDM, a track arrives that reinstalls all the proper musical sensibilities that should be present when constructing a piece of music, and this is certainly a piece of music not just a maxed out waveform of noise!
Lush strings and heart beat tempo percussion build to create this warm, organic House track. Reminiscent of a 4hero or Faze Action production from times gone this track will have the nudeep house kids screaming for more… Typesun is pushing all the right buttons at the moment as anyone who has heard his track, The PL will testify… And with DJ Nature on the remix tip, this can only go one way… REAL music for real music lovers.

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