Amédée Suriam
Tension Hot-Shot

This 2015 reissue from Awesome Tapes From Africa is the whole reason founder Brian Shimkovitz started the blog and the label that grew out of it. Some 13 years before, Brian found a cassette copy of Obaa Sima in Ghana, leading to the foundation of the ATFA blog and long-running effort to track Ata Kak. 4 years after ATFA became a label, Brian finally tracked down the musician and was granted permission to reissue Obaa Sima, using the second-hand tape purchased in Ghana as the source. The seven tracks on this LP are a winning tinny combination of highlife, rap, pop, and more. Not everyone's cup of tea but I think it's sensational.

‘80s and ‘90s inspired future-oriented soulful improvisation jams from 3 Japanese electronic stalwarts - Kuniyuki, Soichi Terada, and Sauce 81! Across 3 cuts there's dreamy house, hypnotic leftfield 80's machine disco and a laid-back fusion of cosmic synths in an old-school rhythm section. Tip!!

Wicked triple album with 15 tracks of all exclusive unreleased material! Detroit-based music producer, Theo Parrish is internationally beloved for his inimitable downtempo house music style. With this DJ-Kicks, Parrish flips the script by inviting his Detroit peers to produce a collection of brand-new material, and in turn, creating the first-ever all-exclusive entry to the esteemed series. All love from Detroit! This thing is an absolute heater from end to end and a big DJ tool for the spinnaz!

HUGE Soca cover of Sade's classic cut "Sweetest Taboo" by Caribbean band Rebles from 1986. The Rebles played as the house band for mega NYC-based Caribbean label, Strakers Records, which released hundreds of Calypso and Soca tracks from 1970 to 2000. Tropical DJ essential!