Flute Funk
Ever since hearing St Germain’s “So Flute” track off his groundbreaking Tourist LP released in early 2000 I always loved me some flute in my tunes. That being said, while browsing the Wax Poetics magazine‘s latest picks I stumbled upon this 1-hour mix of funky flute-driven tracks by New York producer, beatmaker, hiphop-connoisseur and avid...
Obaa Sima
Who else but the Awesome Tapes From Africa is now re-distributing this funkified, lo-fi production, an amazing find made by AFTA label founder Brian Shimkovitz back in 2002. Originally released in Ghana in 1994, the tape and its unique Afrodisco aesthetic went more or less unheard of for a rough 21 years.