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Jimi Bazzouka is back!!!! We all know Jimi's love for all sorts of music and especially African and traditional music. For this 3rd episode of outstanding edits, Jimi goes Industrial + Synth Pop + Techno + African music. Don't sleep if this ones sells out as fast as the 2 previous volumes.

Awesome Tapes From Africa surely scored one of the best reissues this year with the vinyl and CD edition of Obaa Sima, a quite startling album from Ghanaian musician Ata Kak that covered highlife, rap, pop, and more. The fact the discovery of the original tape was ATFA founder's Brian Shimkovitz original reason for starting the label made it all the more special. With copies of that album no longer in press, Awesome Tapes From Africa have tempered demand with a series of 12" releases featuring cuts from Obaa Sima. Here the title track makes the transition, pressed nice and loud at 45rpm (do try it at 33 too for a different vibe), whilst the slower electro funk-edged bliss of "Adagya" lines the B-side.

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Dubb-ble A f/New Zealand's Lord Echo & California's DJ Day. Day gives Echo's "Bohemian Idol" an 80s machine reggae vibe while Echo turns Day's "Land of a Thousand Changes" into a live disco reggae studio jam. 180gm white wax in a throwback disco sleeve.

The wonderful Black Ops sub label from the SLEAZYBEATS crew continues... Junktion joins the Black Ops special forces for a stunning new EP!This Dutch producer, co-owner of the celebrated Outplay label and contributor to labels of note Slow Town & Times Are Ruff has made quite a name for himself over the course of a handful of very well received releases.We think this might well be his best work to date. The Great Unknown deals in the kind of irresistible grooves that have ensured the Black Ops series has been a day-one sell-out around the globe.Familiar sample work blended with toughened up, mid-tempo House manoeuvers and superb additional synth candy conspire to fill out a very crisply produced and versatile 3 tracker that will work a variety of floors perfectly. Black Ops pull off another operation with 007 levels of charm and efficiency...Report to the dancefloor !As always, this is a limited, vinyl only release. It will not be repressed and will not be released digitally. Not now, not ever.

The wonderful Black Ops sub label from the SLEAZYBEATS crew continues... With Luvless the Black Ops camp adds yet another fresh face to its roster. Over the past years the Leipzig native made a name for himself with releases on his lovely own Rose Records imprint and esteemed labels like Tsuba and FOTO. If you're partial to carefully arranged, classy piano-led deep house business, his new 'Part of Me EP' should tickle your pickle.Lead track 'In My Arms' is a bottom-heavy mid-tempo burner with a driving piano melody and yearning vocals that slowly works towards a breakdown of monumental proportions.'Balance on a Beam' on the flip is a slightly beefier affair, blending tight tambourine-like snares, sultry male vocals and chunky hiphop-ish sampling style with Luvless' moody synth lines and crisp drums. Closing track 'A Precious Kind of Love' offers more trademark Luvless deepness, nicely rounding off the package with its spaced out beats, glittery percussion and more cut-up samples.As always, this is a limited, vinyl only release. It will not be repressed and will not be released digitally. Not now, not ever.