Africaine 808 - Basar album flac

Africaine 808 - Basar Africaine 808, the Berlin-based duo of Dirk Leyers and DJ Nomad, has a straightforward MO. Since debuting with "Tummy Tummy" three years ago, their EPs have explored various strands of African music, tying them to the pair's "third member," the TR-808. They raise a basic yet complicated question: what is African music? Basar could be seen as the start of an answer. An ambitious album, it connects the continent's traditional genres with their familiar descendants-jazz, samba, gospel-and a Japanese drum machine

Listening to all the ethno and acoustic instruments on Africane 808's debut album recalls the work of '90s techno artists like the Orb and Tranquility Bass, but the Berlin production duo don't sound quite as wide-eyed and sprawling as their spiritual predecessors. Members DJ Nomad and Dirk Leyers take the African and Caribbean flavors of Leyers' previous dance project.

In stock now for same day shipping. Given the quality of their output to date, its little surprise to find that Africaine 808's debut album, Basar, is rather special. Built around their now famous polyrhythmic, Afro and Latin-influenced drum machine programming, it begins with a touch of snaking jazz, and climaxes with a dense, uplifting Afro-gospel workout. In between, you'll find 21st century bruk, delicious downtempo torch songs, Juke-influenced Cajun blues, and hard-to-define - but thoroughly engaging - wig-outs.