Dutty Artz t-shirts are now available in tropical colors!
plus, a piece I wrote on the Black Stars compilation (of new music from Ghana) is in the current issue of Frieze magazine.
click on the thumbnail below to see a scan.
i had this fantastic new Darkstar tune as hi-rez, so i opted to crunch it down to 100kbps but WOW, this duo (?) does the melancholic-dubstep thing exquisitely. Mining a rich vein:
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there’s a great comp of hiplife out: Black Stars: Ghana’s hiplife generation
amazing stuff on here - highlife ragga hybrid bizness with enough sweet sung choruses to keep even the most demanding Akon fan happy. My favorite track was remixed by a white German dude who calls himself Red:
Tony Harmony ft. Triple M - My Body (Selectah Red RMX)
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