Review: Founded in 2018 by DJ and producer DeniShain (the man behind acclaimed compilations Space Echo and Pop Makossa), Atangana Records (and its digital arm The Pusher) is the logical follow up to more than 20 years of travels - constantly on the lookout for new artists and music around the world. Looking to the Caribbean's Islands, especially into Haiti of late, with a reissue here that's highly expected by various diggers - the acclaimed single "Divizion" by singer Fedia Laguerre. Originally released in 1981, this evocative track comes with a respectful remix by Voilaaa (that adds a bit more modern dynamics) and an instrumental cut exclusively based on the additional work by the French - Afro collective.
Review: On their debut album, 2016's the Tony Allen Experiments, Naples twosome Nu Guinea re-invented tracks by the legendary Afro-beat drummer as synth-heavy chunks of deep jazz-funk and nu-Balearica. For this follow-up - their first full length entirely made up of their own compositions - the duo serves up a set of jazz-funk, disco and boogie cuts rich in both their trademark colourful analogue synthesizer sounds and live instrumentation. It's a formula that guarantees a string of memorable highlights, from the sun-kissed peak-time brilliance of "Disco Sole" and rubbery, funk-fuelled "Je Vulesse" (a killer vocal number), to the wobbly downtempo trip of "A Voce E Napule" and Mizell Brothers fizz of closer "Parev Ajare", the album's most synthesizer-heavy cut.
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