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A uniquely vibrant tripartite affair, A Tribe Called Kotori new ‘Osuga Remixed’ may well be the epitome of music as an act of togetherness and space-time-transcending soulfulness. Born from a decisive journey to Kenya where house veteran Djuma Soundsystem traveled over a decade ago, encountering the voice that would give ‘Osuga’ (a slang term for ‘sweetheart’) the kiss of life, this single sheds a bright light on the power of music as a universal, genre-unbound tool for unity. Having brought back recordings of Kenyan singer Olith, whose voice struck a deep chord in him, Djuma Soundsystem eventually came up with the right scenario for it during a studio session with psy-trance producer and friend Emok. Brushed up again by the talented hands of Bhaskar and Tayllor.
The result here presented is an ode to the transfixing power of a voice and love of a mother, with elements from both Djuma & Emok’s musical vocab being given a fully new club-focussed dynamic. True to the original’s merging of “percussive elements with analog electronic gear, blending Emok’s psy-trance production expertise with Djuma Soundsystem’s organic Afro house beats”, this sizzling hot churner comes tweaked and finessed by Brazilian superstar Bhaskar who treats us to a propulsive blender of hi-NRG tribal rhythms, wistful house accents and hypnotic trance layering. No doubt i’ll get you drifting into a state of unrelenting euphoric feelgoodness while Olith’s singing elevates us to higher spheres of consciousness effortlessly. Next up is Dubai’s Tayllor, jumpin in with a further syncopated, heavily swaying rendering, elegantly stressing on the haunting beauty of Olith’s vocals through a shiver-inducing break and percussion-heavy drop that’ll bring all ravers to their knees without further ado.
Release date: November 22nd, 2024.
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