Kink Gong

Tanzania

Discrepant presents another unique document of Kink Gong's electronic deconstructions this time stepping away fromhis usual South East Asia area of expertise and releasing some of his first re-interpretations and field recordings made inthe late 90's in Tanzania, Africa.''December 1999, Tanzania. I had an appointment with James Stephenson an American friend from the 90s in NYC, heused to skip the American winter every year to be with the Hadzas bushmen and other Tanzanians tribes in Tanzania.Whilst there, James and I lost completely track of time and did not give a shit about what day Christmas was, or NewYears for that matter- with the majority of the planet knowing they were heading into the 21st Century.At some point end of December or early January 2000(?) we asked a group of Hadzas we were hanging out with, “what'sthe date today?” None understood the question but one Hadza who had been sent to school in the early 70s answeredthat we must be in 1975!Tanzania in 1999/2000, this intense trip away from all the millennium bullshit celebrations. I gathered all kinds of sounds,not only music, that expresses proximity and that was the first time I decided I was going to remix those raw recordingsinto a decent soundscape. It was also the first time I was pleased with the result- to go into a direction of redefining worldmusic, away from the commercial clichés. This has been the direction I've taken and focused on ever since with therecomposing of my Asian recordings.''Laurent Jeanneau, Berlin 2015 | Vinyl pressing to 500 copies | Mastered & Cut at Dubplate @ Mastering by Rashad Becker