Africa

When Honest Jon’s released that Shangaan Electro every music geek totally creamed their pants. They produce, compose, market, transport and even silk screen their own cover art. You don’t see James Blake doing that, do you? This influx of freakish beats, irregular speed and quirky little synth lines from Africa has created a new kind of dance music, it has no context and no lame metaphorical story behind, it’s just raw and ridiculously fast fun-filled summer music. The second section of It’s a Trap show consists of some pugnacious bass tracks from the futuristic CIAfrica label, a label which dedicates itself to putting out artists who are being sidelined by the big music industry assholes. These dancehall and ragga edits most definitely take you on weird and kooky journey full of eccentric stop offs.