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Mr Raoul K
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Review: Since launching in May 2020, Frappe Records has released a string of multi-artist EPs, each with its own conceptual theme. They've continued this approach on Afrodisiaque, an attempt to join the dots between Afro-house and "the French sound of the early 2000s". Floyd Levine's opener, 'Creda Mutwa', offers a perfect encapsulation of this, combing jacking Chicagoan acid house grooves and wild TB-303 lines with densely layered African style percussion, while Mr Raoul K's superb 'Raining Love' is authentic West African deep house rich in fluid xylophone melodies, melancholic chords and foreboding electronic riffs. Elsewhere, Saudade hits the heights on the luscious 'Bougarabou', Ten Fingerz doffs a cap to the disco-house/Afro-house futurism of DJ Gregory's Africanism series ('Blow de Conga') and Basile de Surneses rolls out some rave-ready Afro-acid ('Bastoss AfroK47').
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FRPP 005
24 Sep 21
Deep House
24 Sep 21
Deep House
Review: Hamburg-based Ivorian Mr Raoul K has long been one of the best producers of Afro-infused house around, a fact confirmed by last year's terrific "African Paradigm" album. Here he delivers the the third volume in the accompanying EP series,which features a trio of previously unheard collaborations and remixes. To kick things of he joins forces with Pablo Fierro and vocalist B'Utiza on "Ancestral", a deep, tech-tinged chunk of Osunlade style Afro-house that strikes a near perfect balance between percussive power and melodious dreaminess. Fierro returns to action on the track that follows, offering a dark, hypnotic tech-house take on Manoo collaboration, "Bara". That comes accompanied by an arguably even better Dub Mix, which includes some fantastic stereo panning and haunting snippets of Ahmed Sosso's intoxicating lead vocal.
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CPT 5693
03 Apr 20
Deep House
03 Apr 20
Deep House
Review: The producers making the most interesting electronic dance music are usually the ones who come at it from an unusual angle. This is certainly true of Mr Raoul K. Hailing from the Ivory Coast, he moved to Germany in the early 90s and since then has slowly but steadily honed his art. "Teachers" starts with a hypnotic drum intro before welcoming a hypnotic series of chants and warm, dreamlike chords. It's understated, organic and a million times more authentic than the mnml producers who use obvious drum samples. This guy is the real deal - no wonder Henrik Schwarz and Jerome Sydenham support his work.
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BBM 1107
04 Jul 11
Minimal/Tech House
04 Jul 11
Minimal/Tech House
