Kon & Amir Off Track Volume 3 - Brooklyn

Digging duo Kon & Amir occupy a select corner of the DJ world, with radio, mix-CDs, live sets and compilations on
their radar. Theirs is a slowly-but-steadily growing catlogue crammed with timeless releases: six volumes of their
widely celebrated On Track mixtape series; a highly regarded compilation The Cleaning (2004); a breaks-heavy
instalment called Kings of Digging (2006) with DJ Muro from Japan and now the third volume of five in their Off Track
series for BBE. Not to mention tours spanning the US, Europe and Far East taking in appearances at clubs, festivals
and weekenders; in addition they?ve a strong affiliation with record diggers? bible Wax Poetics, and have just
completed an 18-month residency of their own monthly show on online music ?zine Spine Magazine?s radio station. Off
Track III finds the New York/Boston-based pair shining light on another diverse array of underexposed vinyl. The
eclectic African disco and soul cuts Amir highlights on his disc are Americanized by style but inherently authentic in
feel, demonstrating the very best of the region?s dance music from the period following Fela Kuti?s mid-70s creative
peak. Some standouts: Tee Mac?s 1980?s insistently catchy ?Living Everyday?; Effi Duke?s percussive materpiece 'The
Time Is Come'.