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Hedzoleh Soundz Remixes

  • Cat No: MEA042
  • Release: 2023-10-16
  • updated:2023-12-11

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LP+DOWNLOAD CODE 3250 JPY

Meakusma brings us remixes of Hedzoleh Soundz, the Ghanaian band whose name, Hedzoleh, means "freedom." Remixes come from Mark Ernestus, Jimi Tenor, Equiknoxx's Gavsborg, and Cologne's Waltraud Blischke. Sound samples start from B2. Highly recommended.

Hedzoleh Soundz, the Ghanaian group who collaborated with Hugh Masekela and have also released an album on Soundway, fuse a highlife foundation with modern sounds. This remix project is a joint effort between Soundway and Meakusma. A1 comes from Mark Ernestus of Basic Channel, who has also led projects like NDAGGA RHYTHM FORCE with Senegalese musicians: tribal polyrhythms and dub, cut-ups and bass. Also recommended are the mixes by Jimi Tenor, long an explorer of the Afrobeat approach; Equiknoxx's Gavsborg, who has been actively putting out solo material; and Waltraud Blischke, a key figure in the Cologne and Düsseldorf scenes. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

After reissuing Hedzoleh by Hedzoleh in 2022, a collaborative effort by Meakusma and Soundway, this new 12inch features remixes by Jimi Tenor, Mark Ernestus, Gavsborg and Waltraud Blischke, transporting and transfusing Hedzoleh's tracks into new spheres and circumstances. Hedzoleh Soundz were one of the first and most original ‘Afro’ bands from 1970s Ghana, playing an unusual mix of traditional music and western rock as part of the West African Highlife scene. The music for the Hedzoleh album was used by legendary South-African trumpeter Hugh Masekela as the backbone to his afrojazz classic, “Masekela – Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz”. The Hedzoleh Soundz Remixes 12inch features an eloquent, deep, deeply poppy even, dub by Mark Ernestus, Jimi Tenor taking the original Rekpete track into even more joyous territory, adding some subtly hypnagogic touches at the end, Gavsborg transforming Y Yes Baa Gee Wo into a beat-based drone of sorts, a toolin the right hands, and a majestic experimental twist by Waltraud Blischke, sampling one Hedzoleh track and one unreleased solo track by Sascha Todd, son of Hedzoleh bass player and vocalist Stanley Todd.

This record came about with the support of Ostbelgien.

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