Por Federico Moreno El sinuoso camino de los músicos que utilizan samplers para crear sus obras a partir de retazos del pasado, los conduce en algunas ocasiones por el costado más artístico del asunto, mientras que en otras, la curva se acerca al abismo de la demanda legal producto de la apropiación del trabajo de otros. Simon Reynolds , periodista e historiador inglés, editó un libro llamado Retromania sobre la cultura contemporánea y su constante revisión del pasado. Polémico, pero de lectura muy recomendable (por cierto de reciente edición en [...]
Yo yo! It's time to get our bang on. Today's blog post has been put together in a different way than before, and is the shape of things to come. Rather than mainly being my own choices of tunes, the blog posts are going to be the collective effort of our stable of DJs. We'll all be picking out tunes under the different themes, and sharing them with you. The core contributors are the FAUX DJs, Dom Brogan, Andy Campbell, Phily Taggart and Cillian McDonnell , and myself ( Jonny Tiernan ). Seriously stoked to have so [...]
" Africa Hitech is more than a name, it's an ideology - one that embodies its members' passions for an eclectic diaspora of electronic styles: soul, dub, acid, UK garage, techno, house and Jamaican dance hall... " Yeah, what last.fm said. Africa Hitech is made up of Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek, the two men responsible for some of the deepest chunes I've heard in awhile. Africa Hitech - Out in the Streets
For those of you who are new to the site, this is a list of my favourite dance music from the last year. It's not exclusively remixes, and yes, you can argue you could dance to the songs in the Top Tracks list too. Out in the Streets - Africa HiTech The Look (Koreless remix) - Jacques Greene Surph - Rustie Sketch - Synkro Sicko Cell - Joy Orbison Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) [...]
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In this short follow-up to their album 93 Million Miles , Africa Hitech distills their aesthetic to a compelling essence that nevertheless inevitably fails to capture the chaotic charm of their long player. Mark Pritchard (of Global Communication renown) and Steven Spacek have been busy, like desperate men with something to prove and the wit to do it without making it sound like work. The two men comprise Africa Hitech, a high concept name that sounds like it could be deadly and high-minded. Fortunately their recorded output doesn't entirely reflect the obvious mix of electronica with world music [...]
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TYPHOON, MIMICKING BIRDS ( Mississippi Studios , 3939 N Mississippi) Aw, remember when no one outside Portland knew about our amazing, adorable 13-piece band? Now folky Typhoon have gone big time and they're BFFs with David Letterman. Luckily, they're no worse for wear and are headlining three sure-to-be-great shows this weekend, playing songs off their new album and EP. SARAH MIRK AFRICA HITECH, !!! (DJ set), JONWAYNE, DIBIA$E, LINCOLNUP, BEN TACTIC ( Holocene , [...]
Photo by Mads Perch This year saw the collaboration of two luminaries in the electronic and dance music world. Mark Pritchard has a long history in a wealth of projects, from Global Communication and Troubleman to his recent Harmonic 313 guise for Warp Records. Steve Spacek formed the trio Spacek with Ed Spacek and Morgan Spacek (now Morgan Zarate on Hyperdub) before moving on to solo releases under his own name such as Spaceshift , which featured J Dilla on one song. After both relocated to Australia and found themselves living near each other, they [...]
Nov 14, 2011, 12:30pm
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Afrika Hitech - Do U Really Wanna Fight ( mp3 )
Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek together form the duo by the apt name of Africa Hitech . They released their latest EP, Do U Really Wanna Fight , on November 8th on Warp Records , and this collection of four tracks lives up to their moniker. You might call this dubstep or UK garage or any number of limiting genre titles, but it's also laced with tribal influences and hints of old-school dub. It's funky and glitchy all at once, a meeting of the slick sci-fi future and the indigenous past. You can play it loud for [...]
Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek together form the duo by the apt name of Africa Hitech. They released their latest EP, Do U Really Wanna Fight, on November 8th on Warp Records, and this collection of four tracks lives up to their moniker. You might call this dubstep or UK garage or any number of [...]
Nov 8, 2011, 10:00am
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Le duo qui apporte de la chaleur chez Warp frappe à nouveau avec son Ep Do U Really Wanna Fight juste avant de commencer leur tournée sur le continent américain. L'EP démarre fort avec « Do U Really Wanna Fight « un genre de ragga hybride coupé aux bleeps qui réchaufferait n'importe quelle soirée, mais le reste de lEP change de ton. On passe en mode émeute bien ghetto avec « Silencer Riddim » et son grime crasseux, on poursuit dans cette ambiance grimy [...]
Heaps busy in several Melbourne studios over winter finishing the Cumbia Cosmonauts debut album Tropical Bass Station with fellow Cosmonaut Soup (aka Sopa Loca), it is now time to escape the coming Melbourne heat by heading over to wintry Europe for a short tour this November and December. I finally got my act together to post mixes on soundcloud - here is a Club Mix I've been meaning to do for some months now. It gives you a taste of the direction of Tropical Bass Station, and there are a couple of tracks [...]
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En esta edición les mostramos lo nuevo de M83 ( Hurry up, we´re dreaming ), High places ( Originals colors ), S.C.U.M. ( Again into eyes ), Africa Hitech ( 93 millions miles ), Yatch ( Shangri La ) y Big Troubles ( Romantic comedy ). MP3: Super45 Podcast # 644 (16 octubre, 2011) Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 en iTunes
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