A paean to the continent to which dance music owes most of its rhythmic heritage, 'Africa' announces its intentions with a dramatic vocal sample, in documentary voiceover style, intoning that 'it began in Africa'. Lo-fi crackles and a subdued metallic heartbeat give way to a massive tribal beat. John Matrix's characteristically dark and spacious sonic atmosphere is present here, but it's deployed to even more devastating effect than usual, knitted in with a rollicking 4x4 offset by syncopated percussion. Low-slung and compulsively rhythmic.
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from Africa / The Only One,
released April 3, 2015
John Mullen - Production & Artwork
Shane McEnhill - Mastering