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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the electronic project from Berlin-based DJ Nomad and producer Dirk Leyers that features influences from West African music.
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- Record Label: Golf Channel
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock
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Apr 4, 2016Key track "Rhythm Is All You Dance" is the zeitgeist with a thumb piano plus a keyboard line that's kin to the Ohio Players' "Funky Worm," but this excellent debut is a journey worth taking from beginning to end, and often.
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MojoJan 15, 2016Afrucaine 808 have perfected a highly effective remedy to standing still. [Feb 2016, p.94]
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Feb 16, 2016With Basar, they have assembled a vast glossary of fresh sounds, considerably enriching the language of contemporary dance music in the process.
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Feb 19, 2016As a survey of Africa's influence on contemporary dance music, Basar is an inspiring document. As an album, it's every bit as good.
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Jan 15, 2016There are times where the album is inconsistent; the beats aren't as addictive on 'Rhythm Is All You Can Dance'. The album is at its strongest when it bravely introduces seemingly incompatible music styles to each other.
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Jan 15, 2016The nature of this very premise could so easily have made for a messy and confused effort, but Africane 808 somehow manage to make a cohesive piece of work out of so many conflicting elements.
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UncutJan 15, 2016Basar is marred by a couple of misguided forays into coffee-table trip-hop, but when Africaine 808 aim for the dancefloor, they usually hit the spot. [Feb 2016, p.71]
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