V.A. MWB001

After two years of playing in multiple venues in Paris and across France, Mawimbi is now a label. MWB001 is a 4-tracker 12 inch record focusing on various expressions of the afro-centric musical influence in modern club music. "More Sekele Movement" (A1) is a much sought after Cameroonese afro-disco stomper, here remixed by Vulkandance residents Africaine 808. "Sogoni Kalimba" (A2) is a deep journey into the healing tones of the kalimba by 10 Foot Ballerina, an Atlanta-via-Detroit-via-Berlin native now renewing the links with his ancestry studying music in Windhoek, Namibia. "Ketjak" (B1) by Parisian producer Loâzo may very well be the most out there track, starting with a rather goofy asbtract hip-hop beat before pushing things up to 110bpm and building up a climax with its shouting vocals and distorted, techno drum patterns. "Afrikaan Beat 2.0" (B2) is by no means your generic afro-house track, drawing instead in the best UK bass has to offer while taking it to the next level with typical afrobeat drum patterns and ghetto house chopped-up vocals.