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Review: Inigo Vontier returns to Multi Culti with a crafty four-track EP. "Asi Si" is a rolling tribal house groove, populated by high-pitched tones and repetitive vocal samples. Dub influences loom large on the title track, where spaced out tones are fused with warbling 303s and subtle percussive builds. Vontier takes inspiration from Chicago on "Tumbada", with doubled-up drums and steely percussion providing the basis for gritty acid lines and a clanging bass. "Ultra Jungle" marks another shift in sound. On this occasion, Vontier deploys robust kicks and a throbbing, pulsating bass, making for a delightfully tripped out dub disco track.
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MC 074
01 Apr 24
Techno
01 Apr 24
Techno
Review: Multi Culti presents Orchid's vibrant homage to Spain's trance era on this album, blending Balearic charm with a rejection of modern techno's commercialism. Orchid, residing in a psychedelic-deprived environment, longs for the cultural amalgamation of sensuality, power, affection, and sweetness prevalent in Spanish-speaking music communities. Techno Valencia invites listeners to embark on a nostalgic voyage, conjuring the soul-stirring resonance of a bygone musical epoch. Through the exploration of archival sounds, Orchid revives the essence of unadulterated musical expression, urging a return to a time when music was deeply emotive--a testament to passion and enjoyment in an era overshadowed by commercialization.
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MC 072
29 Jan 24
Uplifting Trance
29 Jan 24
Uplifting Trance
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, Juno Recommends Techno, Earthly Measures, Andi Otto
Review: Earlier in the year, Multi Culti dropped the first collaborative album from MD Pallavi and Andi Otto, a decidedly cosmic and otherworldly, but undeniably alluring and accessible affair entitled 'Songs For Broken Ships'. This expansive remix package sees a wealth of artists give their spin on tracks from the set. The hits keep coming through out, from Simon De Kunovich's bleeping, intoxicating and heady deep house interpretation of 'Prayer To The Clouds', and Auntie Flo's South African Kwaito-influenced re-wire of 'Clockshop', to Bliz Nochi and Emi Jourjou's head-nodding downtempo rework of 'Velvet Flicker' and Poligra's sitar-sporting outsider house take on 'Puglisi'. Hannah Lee's deep, dark and tribal version of 'Prayer To The Cloud' is also very special.
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MC 070
20 Nov 23
Deep House
20 Nov 23
Deep House
Review: If alien, otherworldly club workouts with an exotic and intoxicating twist set your pulse racing, you need Thomas Jacksson's latest EP in your life. For proof, check opener 'Belgian UFO Wave', where progressively more psychedelic and intense 'acid' motifs and trippy, post-bleep electronic melodies dance atop a raw, stabbing bassline and hypnotic, locked-in beats. Or, for that matter, the hallucinatory electronic riffs, restless beats and mind-mangling TB-303 lines of 'Young Woman in Kashmir'. The intoxicating, enveloping early morning darkness continues on the weirder and more bass heavy 'Aphex Twinkie', while 'Back In Guadalajara' is a moody and stomping workout that subtly builds in waves.
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MC 067
03 Oct 23
Minimal/Tech House
03 Oct 23
Minimal/Tech House
Review: If spiky, industrial agit-pop is your bag then head straight for the title track here: with a huge throbbing bassline reminiscent of Belgian new beat and an aggy, in-your-face mockney vocal, 'Problem' should go down well with those whose record collections embrace the likes of Gang Of Four, Meat Beat Manifesto and early Shamen. Red Axes supplies a slightly funkier remix while elsewhere, 'Where I Am' is a slab of pounding dark techno-disco that gets smoothed out a tad by Orofo, and 'Funeral Of Past Affections' - oddly - recalls nothing so much as Hawkwind circa 'Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music'.
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MC 064
05 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Dreems, co-founder of Multi Culti, teams up with Jacoby under the alias Angelo Cruzman to deliver a diverse and captivating musical experience. Their collaboration showcases a fusion of symphonic dream pop and ambient sounds, creating a seamless flow throughout the album. This release draws inspiration from a range of influences from Daft Punk, Brian Wilson, The Avalanches, Nile Rogers, and even the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
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MC 062
15 May 23
Balearic/Downtempo
15 May 23
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Italian trance and slow acid on this new and typically wacky Multi Culti release from modular brothers A-Tweed & Oltrefuturo. Hot off releases for Whypeopledance, Sinchi Collective, Duro and Nein, the crazy pair present a mini LP of maximum strength. Get on your tunnel vision for the slo-mo chugger "Android Riot", go further down the vortex on the psychedelic locomotion of "Ushuaia Bottellon" before being taken to a higher state on the euphoric indie-dance of "Jaipuri Kundan Ring". Elsewhere, we never mind a good hit of acid do we? The 303 centred throb job "King Hippo" has you covered.
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MC 066
06 Feb 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Feb 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Balam's previous releases have tended towards the exotic and hallucinatory, cannily combining dirty electronics and tech-tinged beats with dense South American and African percussion and semi-tropical instrumentation. It's a sound that makes the sometime Hard First artist a perfect fit for the similarly minded Multi-Culti label. There's plenty to savour on Balam's first outing from the imprint, from the extra-percussive, shoom-powered chug of 'Tribus' and dark bass-propelled bounce of 'Yaka Jaus', to the Golden Teacher-meets-Maukovich Dance Band headiness of 'Reinos De Tambor' and the gently EBM-influenced electronic psychedelia of 'Revuelta'. Turn on, tune in, drop out!
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MC 061
30 May 22
Deep House
30 May 22
Deep House
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Review: For the second volume in the label's occasional Calypso Cult series, Multi Culti has snapped up two tracks apiece from "warriors of chug" (as they put it) Inigo Vontier and Thomass Jackson. Jackson steps up first, peppering a stretched out groove with trippy effects and hallucinatory electronics on the deliciously wonky 'Big Plastic Room', before opting for a bass-heavy, new beat-goes-to-the-moon vibe on the pleasingly out-there 'Slow Train'. Vontier instinctively pitches up the tempo and reaches for some ritualistic percussion sounds (think marimba melodies, oddball hand percussion and more) on the sparse psychedelic disco throb of 'Jungle Tungle', before reverting to 98 BPM on the psyobilin-doused weirdo dub of 'Hipocampos'. A brilliantly wayward EP all told.
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MC 059
11 Apr 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Apr 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: There's a time for accessible podium belters, and there's a time for deeper jams that aren't afraid to take a left turn now and again. This five-tracker is one to reach for when you're firmly into the latter zone, as Multi Culti serve up a collection of eyes-down, late-night cuts that mine various global musics for inspiration: Sheila Chandra has been a stalwart of the British Asian music scene for 40 years, Sababa 5's 'Nasnusa' is a take on a classic Mizrahi song, while the title of 'Amakondera' references a style of Rwandan music that uses horn- and gourd-based wind instruments. An EP that will delight those whose tastes lean towards the exotic and the less familiar.
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MC 060
22 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Releases on Canada's Multi Culti have come from artists as diverse as Zongamin, Red Axes and Jagwar Ma, but generally speaking electronic music from the more experimental/leftfield side is their stock-in-trade, and such is the case on this five-track V/A. Clear cosmic/Italo disco influences have landed the EP on this page but there are hints too of everything from dub (see Hermetics & Hannah Lee's 'Lux Naturae') to Indian/Middle Eastern music (check out Ponty Mython's hypnotic 'Pinto La Meah'), while special mention must be made of Magic Pirate's closer - we're just gonna go right ahead and love any track called 'Make Me A Jazz Coffee' on principle!
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MC 057
22 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: A four-tracker here that will suit those whose dancefloor tastes lean towards the exotic and eclectic side. Red Axes' 'Maztomeret' tops a Moog-y cosmic disco groove with a nursery-like "la la la la la" chorus, Zillas On Acid comes on like 70s Indian sitar funk given a Solomun remix, Tyu flirts with African and Arabic flavours on 'Kongaloka' and then finally there's the oddity that is Manfredas's 'Meshugas', a quirky slice of Balearica with a hint of The Clangers about it. Peaktime tackle for big, glitzy clubs this most definitely is not, but leftfield spinners would do well to check it out.
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MC 054
21 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Following the enigmatic release of an another Zongamin record, 'digital folk producer' Nicola Cruz returns to Thomas Von Party's Multi Culti label in remix form thanks to versions by Auntie Flo, John Talabot and Tunisia's Azu Tiwaline to Luis Maurette's Uji alias (and a Micro Dub by TVP himself). Plodding in some lighter dubstep vibes is John Talabot in his deep and steady mix of "Naeku" that Uji touches up aswell with some looped vocal chants, twinkling melodies and a slight of dub splayed across those dramatic piano chords. Next is TVP's bottom heavy, percussive and filtered remake, while Auntie Flo drops the tempos for something more rare groove in his mix of "Aima" that takes on a similar dub and vocal hook in Azu Tiwaline's version too.
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MC 053
26 Mar 21
Balearic/Downtempo
26 Mar 21
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Teniente Castillo (Play Pal Music), Juno Recommends Downtempo, Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Still in the game outta Montreal Canada is TVP's Multi Culti label with a second collaborative release from Berlin duo Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt! It follows up the project's Wismut EP from last year with three new and supersonic, primed cuts pumped up with new wave, cosmic and psychedelica-deutsche power! Take the "Blue Monday" atmospheres and Klaus Schultz-like instrumentation in "Kreidekreis" with its over the top crescendos and high voltage synths that balance out next to the stripped-back, future disco and spacey tribal effects of "Kometenschweif". With a heavier, grungy bassline given prominence in "Weg Vom Leder" allowing Niklas Wandt's sly vocals to take up center-stage, a similar recipe is followed in Whodammy's remix to "Kometenschweif". Adding some extra lo-fi effects and instrumental dub flavours to the record is Alexander Arpeggio and his post punk-y take of "Kreidekreis". New German New Wave, yeah!
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MC 051
17 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
17 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Juno Recommends Reggae
Review: For this next selection we can see that the Multi Cult team have assembled a top draw line up to showcase some super experimental dub music, allowing the future of the genre to shine. We kick off with the haunted atmospheric layering and wavy melodic structures of Drugface's ' In The Clouds, followed by the incredible persuasive manoeuvres of Dreems' Digi-Dub-Dub-Dub mix of Espiritu, originally by Nicola Cruz. Next we take it Lo-Fi as Zongamin delivers a trippy bullet with 'Cosmic Serpent', a woodwind led exploration into syncopation and subs. Finally, we hear the Muli Cult remix of Golden Bugs 'Tamba', a vibrant bop consisting of glittering melodic blips and crunchy drum structures. Lovely work!
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MC 050
06 Jul 20
Dub
06 Jul 20
Dub
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Look up keywords 'deep water' and 'dreams' and you'll have some idea of where this record is going...or at least comes from. A dark place, maybe...but not the ominous sort; a kind where colour is splashed around by Dreems ambient swirls, chimes and arpeggios of tracks "Coaster's Retreat", to the more laced-out, cosmiq and psych-synths of "Moonlight In The Depths". In Deep Waters presents a next release for Dreems on Thomas Von Party's Multi Culti label following last year's Diamond Bay LP, and you can xpect swathes of new age, exotica and synth, with more acoustic ballads to be found in "The Bends". A good place to dream that's for sure.
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MCLP 005DD
22 Apr 20
Ambient/Drone
22 Apr 20
Ambient/Drone
Review: Safely curating from Montreal a line up of disco, electro and dancefloor tracks to rise from the ashes of the early 2010s, Thomas von Party, aka Tiga's brother, has curated a discography that includes the likes of Zongamin, Golden Bug, Jamie Paton to Sascha Funk and Red Axes. Hybridism presents a second record for Cruz in 2020 and this five-track drop sees the French-Ecuadorian drum up a dubby and jazz-tipped assortment of lo-fi, exotic percussion and space rhythms that remain slow-mo while maintaining their chuggings pulses. 5 stars.
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MC 048
24 Feb 20
Balearic/Downtempo
24 Feb 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: 2019 is shaping up to be a busy year for Golden Bug aka Antoine Harispuru. Following on from an EP on Ivan Smagge's Les Disques De La Mort, he now drops this idiosyncratic release. The title track features stop-start beats and heavy use of the echo chamber as an eccentric male rambles away in the background. "Tamba", featuring Viktoria Wehrmeister on vocals, resounds to strung out tribal drums, while on "Yama", Harispuru delivers an immersive, dubbed out sound scape. The label has chosen the remixers wisely, with Marc Pinol turning "Trigger" into a wigged out acid track, followed by Krikor's broken beat version of "Yama".
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MC 045
08 Jul 19
Experimental/Electronic
08 Jul 19
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Jamie Paton
Review: Jamie Paton (Cage & Aviary) is back with more of his moody indie dance workouts, as previously heard on classy imprints such as [Emotional] Especial, Bahnsteig 23 and Roam Recordings. This new one is for the ever reliable Multi Culti camp, and features the lo-slung psychedelic punk-funk of "Squeeze The Prime Time", followed by the deep down and dirty acid house influence on the remix entitled "Squeeze The Dub Time". Elsewhere, the brooding disco-noir of "Syrens" receives a reduced and hypnotic rework by the label bosses - presumably Thomas Von Party or Dreems - that sits somewhere between acid house and lo-fi techno and was right up our our alley.
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MC 044
20 May 19
Minimal/Tech House
20 May 19
Minimal/Tech House
Review: More oddball exotica from the Berlin-based Multi Culti camp, this time courtesy of local veteran Sascha Funke (Endless Flight/Kompakt) who returns to the label to follow up 2016's In Relationen EP. Here on the Wismut EP he teams up with drummer/percussionist/singer/ Niklas Wandt, known for his involvement in projects with Wolf Mueller, Neuzeitliche Bodenbelaege and running the Smells party series at Sameheads. Featuring such folked-up and psyched-out journeys like "Die Saege" which is heavy on the dub aesthetics, the lo-slung kosmische disco of "Lobotomie" or the bouncy 8-bit Bollywood vibe of "Fur Die Paar Heller". Knowledge of the German language is helpful but not mandatory!
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MC 043
14 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
14 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Ghanaian musician Blay Ambolley (alongside Sammy Lartey and Ebo Taylor) envisioned a future for high-life music in the late '60s and early '70s and helped transform the genre fusing it with funk and jazz. He is also considered the first musician from the country to formally incorporate rap forms into local high-life rhythms - in turn creating the musical genre 'Simigwa'. Multi Culti is honoured to reissue the 1996 classic "Simi Rapp", plus a crafty edit by label head honchos Thomas Von Party & Dreems, plus two wicked remixes: a lo-slung punk-funk makeover by Israeli heroes Red Axes and a booming rendition by Brit Johnny Aux that incorporates classic house elements.
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MC 039
01 Oct 18
International
01 Oct 18
International
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Hamburger Andi Otto's Bow Wave LP from earlier this year gets the cult remix treatment here on Thomas Von Party's Berlin based imprint. Man of the moment Nicola Cruz gets some Ecuadorian folklorica vibes happening as always on "Bow Wave", "The Taste Of Bamboo" gets deep into the exotic, sitars tablas and all - courtesy of Sao Paulo's R Vincenzo's remix (Voodoohop Collective). But they save the best for last with "Six" (featuring the seductive vocal chants of one MD Pallavi) which receives two remixes: the first is a lo-slung psyched-out epic by Parisian Golden Bug, and then the Center Of The Universe remix - where the Norwegian delivers a truly meditative exercise in trance induction.
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MC 037
04 Jun 18
Balearic/Downtempo
04 Jun 18
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: Australian indie-house hero Dreems is back, with a track most likely named after his old stomping ground in Sydney - the affluent inner city suburb of Rose Bay and its amazing view of the iconic Sydney Harbour. After hooking up with Multi Culti boss Thomas Von Party a few years ago, he's since moved to the label's headquarters in Montreal and now of course the global epicenter of electronic music - Berlin. "Milk Beach" (original mix) is an eerie and hypnotic perspective of modern balerica, full of whirry synth textures, mesmerizing bell tones and slack beats. It then receives an energetic folktronica rendition by man of the moment Nicola Cruz. Speaking of remixes: Berlin legend and one half of Saschienne Sascha Funke delivers an impressive, acid inflected remix of "Coasters Retreat". Elsewhere there's the lo-slung tribal punk funk of "The Point Piper" (feat Luka - original mix) that was equally impressive.
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MC 036
11 Dec 17
Balearic/Downtempo
11 Dec 17
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Tunnel Signs, Alvaro Cabana (Rotten City), Jad & The, Richard Rossa, DIONIGI, Future Bones
Review: Having set out their stall via a fine first collaborative release on Bordello a Parigi a couple of months back, Mytron and Ofofo pitch up on Multi-Culti. As you'd expect from a label with such a strong track record of multi-cultural musical fusion, much of the EP defies easy categorization. Sure, you'll find a chunk of Italo-influenced electro ("Non-Binary Joys on the Venus Holodeck") and a couple of slabs of madcap disco-funk fusion ("Si Jambo" and "2Tac Onana"), but also a heavyweight slab of low-slung punk-funk/post disco ("Czary Mary"). Oh, and the skewed electro-funk-meets-intergalactic synth pop insanity of "Something for Your Mind", which also boasts some notably brain-melting vocoder action. More, please!
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MC 035
28 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Progressive House, Juno Recommends Downtempo, Richard Rossa, Kenneth Bager // Musicfordreams, DIONIGI, Pete gooding, Dave Mathmos, Lurid Music, Problematic Disko
Review: Irishman Peter Power has become quite a well known figure in Berlin since moving there several years ago and has been one of the figures behind some of the city's now legendary haunts like Kleine Reise (RIP) and the successful Loftus Hall/Bertrams: which has had a great run thus far too. Now the man behind the Ufordia imprint returns with his second outing on Thomas Von Party's Multi Culti, which itself has also made the move to the German capital. Power delves deep into the exotic here, borrowing heavily from African music and getting very atmospheric and esoteric in the process. The life affirming raindance of "Adama Waro" (original mix) is certainly geared for some moments of truth on the dancefloor. Equally spiritual is the traditional percussion based journey of "Mori Baka" (original mix). There's some great remixes by label manager Dreems and Bucharest duo Khidja: the latter's contributions which shine the most, particularly on their balearica infused/Second Summer of Love sounding remix of "Dansakoni".
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MC 033
19 Jun 17
Balearic/Downtempo
19 Jun 17
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: Nicola Cruz polishes off a trippy tryptic of cult releases for Multi Culti with the Espiritu LP. As folklorica's chosen lord, Cruz has shepherded the masses from the church of high tempos and brought trance-formed revellers down to earth with his fusion of crisp electronics and organic, indigenous vibrations. "Espiritu de Proteccion" is a deeply esoteric tribal groove that's geared for some life affirming moments on the dancefloor. The "Multi Culti Flute-A-Pella" up next does exactly what it says on the tin hereon this quirky and psychedelic journey into the exotic.
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MC 034
22 May 17
Balearic/Downtempo
22 May 17
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Chris Coco, Juno Recommends Downtempo, Richard Rossa, Markus Schneider / Robot Scientists, Lisa Laud
Review: Aussie balearic house larrikin Dreems returns on Montreal's Multi Culti: a label that he's actually co-owner of. The Running Mate EP like its name may suggest does indeed feature a bunch of great collaborations that result in some fantastic jams. First up he teams up with label boss Thomas Von Party on the title track where acid house meets the native sound of Down Under via its droney didgeridoo solos. He also teams up with Lithuanian-Israeli nomad DJ OI on a couple of tracks; our favourite was the latin infused slo-mo house epic "Kamp Krusty". Jagma is rumoured to be another Aussie who collaborates on home turf on "Bilbio Bush Baby" a dusty deep house track with esoteric elements.
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MC 032
27 Mar 17
Minimal/Tech House
27 Mar 17
Minimal/Tech House
Review: More indie world music vibes courtesy of Thomas Von Party's esteemed Multi Culti imprint. The folklorica of Ecuadorian producer Nicola Cruz's Cantos de Vision EP gets a bunch of wicked remixes on this EP. Starting out with Simple Symmetry's dark, bumpy and grinding rendition of "Tzantza", Earthly Delight's Yor Kultura from the Netherlands deliver a lo-slung deep funk makeover of the track too. "Bruxo" gets a couple of remixes as well, but it was all about the aforementioned Von Party's deep tribal voodoo acid groove: which will take you deep into the spiritual home of the the rainforest.
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MC 031
06 Mar 17
Minimal/Tech House
06 Mar 17
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Hailing from Ecuador, Nicola Cruz is a mysterious producer whose fine work tends to appear on esteemed label Multi Culti. Here is back with more occultish offerings (to the gods), four in fact, all of which will have you feeling light headed and possibly even aroused. Spiritually of course. "Tzantza" opens as nocturnal shuffle in the jungle, kind of like an organic body music. Elsewhere "Bruzo" mixes off-kilter rhythms and cut ups tribal chants, "Danza De Vision" is a livelier affair that's adds pan pipes and electronic bleeps to the mix and "Rio Branco" is a linear fusion of minimal percussion.
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MC 030
23 Jan 17
Balearic/Downtempo
23 Jan 17
Balearic/Downtempo
