The Very Best - The Warm Heart Of Africa

The Very Best is a collaboration between European electronic production duo Radioclit and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya. It may seem an unlikely pairing, but the outcome is captivating. Fusing electronic, rock and indie-pop (an oxymoron, we know), and African music, this release will challenge the listener to see how different styles can be mixed together, rather than how they should be. The title track Warm Heart of Africa, which features Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, stands out as an unlikely match-up of styles that showcases Ezra's throwback 80's vocals over a back beat that could only exist beyond the year 2000. Listen to that track below. This release even manages to use auto-tune in a fully respectable way, which can be a challenge these days.

The music created by The Very Best takes us right back to the 80's, when Paul Simon, David Byrne and The Talking Heads and Joe Jackson (along with tons of 80's Ska greats) tapped the rich history of African music and words to create something new, that made you think about culture outside of The States, while working your groove muscle fully.

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