Review: A slightly confusing talent roster here, as New York-based producer Photay teams up with members of UK Afro-Latin dance band Penya as WEMA, then recruits Tanzanian gogo star Msafiri Zawose and London's Marysia Osu to take care of vocal and harp duties respectively. The Acoustic Version of 'ZEZE' is a melancholy, mournful piano-and-voice piece, the Photay Version adds rolling hand percussion and exotic-sounding wind instruments, but it's the Middle Eastern-tinged Magnus PI Version that stands out to these ears, and that's no doubt coming soon to a chill-out room near you.
Review: Paradise Sound System is a label inspired by building bridges between Africa and the world at large, which they do this time by pitching the sounds of Tanzanian gogo artist Msafiri Zawose with the future ethics of acid house, techno and electro. Taking up almost a fidget-house approach to Zawose's vocals and percussion is a gnarly Of Norway version, inspiring memories of labels like Man Recordings and Potty Mouth Music. Furthermore, for that classic, deep and dreamy house mix look to Thor Rixon's remix of "Pole Pole Pakazia", complemented next by Musumeci's Wild Pitch acid remix of "Karibu Bagamoyo" that's good enough to soundtrack any Africa Cup Of Nations football montage! And without overlooking that touch of abstract & downtempo syncopated goodness, there's a heavy and pumping Thandi Draai rework of "Jamii Yetu". Paradise found.
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