Shangan Shake 27th feb / Honest Jon's

(Limpopo / Afrique du Sud / South Africa)
electronic marimba hardcore Shangaan afro-swing & underground dance music from Damon Albarn's label HONEST JON'S.

booking France / Switzerland 20 Juillet / July >> 10 Aout / August 2012

A few years ago, Honest Jon's offered up a set of homages, entitled "Lagos Shake", to the great Afrobeat architect Tony Allen, using his own recordings and compositions as its starting point. Now, in a captivating series of these special compilations, the SHANGAN ELECTRO tracks that have been similarly fantasized - rather than just remixed - by some of the contemporary scene's most inspired artists and producers, from Detroit to London, Berlin to Bristol. Kicking off a prodigiously active year for the Hoenst Jon's label, the double CD "Shangan Shake" collect these new versions, presenting a cross-section of the most vital moods and grooves currently at large in underground dance music.

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