01 Traxman “Footworkin’ on Air”
02 DJ Tre “Ping Pong Trak”
03 Jlin “Erotic Heat” (Planet Mu)
04 Hudson Mohawke “Cbat” (Warp)
05 Cadenza “The Darkest Hype (Philip D. Kick Remix)” (Dummy)
06 Africa Hitech “Out in the Streets” (Warp)
07 Africa Hitech “Out in the Streets (VIP)” (Warp)
08 Krampfhaft “Perfect Gain Structure” (Saturate)
09 DJ Rashad “Welcome to the Chi”
10 DJ Earl “Dragged” (Booty Call)
11 DJ Rashad & DJ Rome “Dat Shit Huff” (Planet Mu)
12 Dillinja and Berti B “Lion Heart” (Bert 1)
13 LTJ Bukem “Horizons (Phillip D. Kick Remix)”
14 Ballistic Brothers “I’ll Fly Away” (Junior Boy’s Own)
15 Formula 7 “Soundboy” (Quayside)
16 Marvellous Cain “Roll Dat Shit” (R:IQ)
17 Ninjaman, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, and Ninja Ford “Bad Boy Lick A New Shot (Jungle Bullet)” (Greensleeves)
18 Traxman “Lifeeeee Is For Ever” (Planet Mu)
19 Moondog “Viking 1″ (Honest Jon’s)
Africa Hitech Announce US Tour + Digital Single due November 7th
Rounding off a landmark year that saw the release of their captivating, genre-straddling debut album ’93 Million Miles’, Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek have announced their first US tour as Africa Hitech, and a new four track single led by album highlight ‘Do U Really Wanna Fight’.
‘Do U Really Wanna Fight’ digital single
Release Date: 7th November 2011
01. Do U Really Wanna Fight
02. Silencer Riddim
03. Swair
04. Do U Really Wanna Fight (Instrumental)
Africa Hitech US Tour
10-Nov New York – (Le) Poisson Rouge w/ Sepalcure and Mux Mool
11-Nov Detroit – The Works w/ Mux Mool
13-Nov Austin – Barcelona w/ Mux Mool
16-Nov Minneapolis – Barfly w/ Lazer Sword
17-Nov Chicago – Smartbar
18-Nov Montreal – Cabaret du mile end
19-Nov Buffalo – DBGB w/DJG
23-Nov San Juan, PR – Red Shield Music Hall
24-Nov Toronto – The Drake Underground
25-Nov Denver – Beta Nightclub w/ Dibiase
27-Nov Los Angeles – Bardot w/ Clicks and Whistles
28-Nov Seattle – Chop Suey w/ Clicks and Whistles
29-Nov Sacramento – Townhouse
30-Nov Eureka – Nocturnum
01-Dec San Francisco – Venue TBD
02-Dec Portland – Holocene
03-Dec Vancouver – W2 Media Cafe w/Dibiase
Following the dancehall swordplay of first single Blen and the genre-straddling Hitecherous EP, Africa Hitech release their debut album, 93 Million Miles, on May 9th/10th 2011.
93 Million Miles is an unflinchingly ambitious product of international globe-trotting that carves a new faultline into the rapidly expanding terrain of “bass music”…or whatever it’s being called this week.
The first point of introduction for many will be the Ini Kamoze-sampling behemoth Out In The Streets, a combination of the ghosts of 1980s Jamaica and the youth-culture explosion of juke, and a track immediately championed by Flying Lotus, Untold, Toddla T, Benji B, Scratcha DVA and played recently as Gilles Peterson’s first audio punch when battling Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 .
If you want to delve a little deeper into the album just now you should check this free download of the Africa Hitech Soundsystem at Benji B’s clubnight Deviation late 2010. The keen amongst you will notice it includes a portion of title track 93 Million Miles. It only serves to get us more excited for the forthcoming shows – see some announced dates below.
Africa Hitech Background
Africa Hitech are Mark Pritchard (of Harmonic 313/Global Communications/countless more psuedonyms fame) and Steve Spacek (of Spacek fame and notable Dilla collaborator). They began bonding over their shared passion for the seemingly disparate spheres of bubbling Detroit techno, soul and fierce Jamaican digital dancehall. It was when they both, by pure coincidence, found themselves living in Australia that the connection was cemented. Africa Hitech is the moniker which represents both Steve and Mark’s love for all things progressive within music, whilst acknowledging that the roots of much of today’s popular music can be traced directly back to Africa.
Forthcoming Africa Hitech Soundsystem Shows
May
05 Italy, Milano – L.A.P. / Lambretto Art Project
13 UK, London – Fabric
14 UK, Camber Sands – Bangface Weekender
27 France, Paris – La Bellevilloise tbc
June
04 Ireland, Co.Clare, Cold Pro Music Festival
18 Spain, Barcelona, Sonar Festival
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Tracklist:
01. James Blake – Foot Notes
02. Anonymous – Black Out
03. 2562 – Love In Outer Space
04. TRG – Back In The Days
05. Joe – Level Crossing
06. Flying Lotus – Recoiled
07. Agoué – Dambala Skit
08. Blawan – Fram
09. Octa Push – Quebu Sabe
10. The Bug – Skeng (Kode 9 Remix)
11. Africa Hitech – Blen
12. Scuba – Three Sided Shape
13. Mount Kimbie – Blind Night Errand
14. Robot Koch – Gorom Sen
15. Zed Bias – Cosmic Minefield
16. Phokus – Inta (Wadadda Remix)
17. Unknown – Tuff Africa
18. Sbtrkt – Laika
19. Addison Groove – Footcrab
20. Ramadanman – Glut
21. Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix)
22. Joe – Digest
23. A Made Up Sound – Closer
24. TRG – Since Last Night
25. Jose James – Blackmagic (Untold Remix)
26. Jose James – Warrior (Sbtrkt Remix)
27. Africa Hitech – Sound Of Tomorrow
Production duo Africa HiTech will release their second EP on Warp Records this June. A side project of revered producers Steve Spacek and Warp stalwart Mark Pritchard (of Harmonic 313, Jedi Knights and a myriad of other pseudonyms), the first Africa HiTech release was lauded as a superb blend of grime, dancehall, techno and glitchy electronica.
The follow up EP, titled Hitecherous, promises to push the duo’s sound into hitherto unexplored terrain, with three tracks that touch on dubstep, rave and Lovers Rock.
Hitecherous will be released on June 28 via Warp Records.
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