Tag: Boiler Room
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Marcus Harvey channels heavenly and spaced out R&B from South Africa’s Alexandra Township – out on the Paradise Soundsystem label
An amazing talent has emerged on the global scene from Alexandra Township in Johannesburg – Marcus Harvey’s beautiful new EP is entitled You Still Don’t Know Me and describes falling in love and combatting life’s adversities. The EP is an overall ode to a future lover, but also examines society’s role in gaslighting social issues, such…
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On The Corner Records release ‘Son of Sun’ EP by Moroccan producer Guedra Guedra, following remix of label mate Penya and acclaimed DJ sets
London’s On the Corner Records present the Son Of Sun EP from Moroccan producer Guedra Guedra (AKA Abdellah M. Hassak) – his DJ sets and productions are a potent brew of North African roots and traditions, with electronic sorcery. On The Corner Records have been world leaders in releasing fresh productions and remixes, with artists spanning the…
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Gülistan’s ‘Oriental Groove’ – as championed by Donna Leake – gets deluxe reissue by Hot Mule of France
Gülistan’s Oriental Groove was released originally in the summer of 1986 – recorded by a Kurdish immigrant and six Austrians in a small rehearsal room in Vienna’s 5th district. The resulting LP was inspired by gypsies from Turkey and the Balkan region and has been a cult DJ record for deep diggers like Donna Leake ever since. This…
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INTERVIEW: DJ Okapi, a world renouned taste-maker and head of the Afrosynth label of Johannesburg
DJ Okapi has been at the fore of rediscovering dance music from South Africa since his Afrosynth blog started seven years ago. He has just compiled Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth-Disco 1980-1984 for Cultures of Soul and is about to commence a DJ tour of Europe. As well as blogging about under-publicised artists from his…
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Mbongwana Star shine with Congolese house and electro for World Circuit
Mbongwana Star have streamed their first track Malukayi with the Boiler Room. It comes from their forthcoming album on World Circuit. A search for other content reveals a slick music video with some supreme dancing. Not much is known about Mbongwana Star so far, other than that they are a newly formed band from Kinshasa,…
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