DJ KHALAB

ZAIRE EP (INC MEDLAR & WILL LV REMIXES)

On The Corner

OTCR12009

DJ KHALAB

ZAIRE EP (INC MEDLAR & WILL LV REMIXES)

On The Corner

OTCR12009

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ARTIST
DJ KHALAB
TITLE
ZAIRE EP (INC MEDLAR & WILL LV REMIXES)
LABEL
On The Corner
CAT NO.
OTCR12009
FORMAT
12"
RELEASE DATE
    23/02/2018
TERRITORY
WORLDWIDE
GENRE
Afro Deep House
FEATURING
DJ Khalab

TRACK LISTING

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  1. A1. Night In The Jungle  ▾
  2. A2. Zaire  ▾
  3. B1. Aeh  ▾
  4. B2. Zaire (Medlar Remix)  ▾
  5. A3. Zaire (Will LV Remix)  ▾

SALES NOTES

Khalab has arrived OntheCorner with ‘Zaire’.

‘Zaire’ is the beginning of a new narrative for the artist. In this first chapter Khalab creates urgent compositions with layers of sound from the past, present and future. ‘Zaire’ is underpinned by an intensely pounding heart of other-worldly percussion. The collaged loops frenetically jab in syncopation breaking off when the inherent swing casts its discrete groove to summon the dance. Unrelenting waves of synthlines, basslines and rhythm find harmony amongst the melodic chants and distortion.

Already making Gilles Peterson’s ‘All Winners’ list on BBC 6 Music‘Zaire’ is a breathtaking nucleus for airwaves, dancefloors and, any digital devices masquerading as abeatbox. The tracks ‘Aeh’ and ‘Night in the Jungle’ are the vessel from which the heat of ‘Zaire’ steams. DJ Khalab has departed and with ‘Zaire’ Khalab has arrived On the Corner.

The two remixes on this EP offer magnified oppositions to the friction that Khalab seamlessly stiches into his tapestries of sound. The bass frequencies that Medlarbounces across his electro dirge, taking day into night, contrasts with the harmony and light of Will LV’s journeying remix that drives through the troposphere.

’Zaire’ is a prelude of the forthcoming ‘Black Noise 2084’ and the freeing of a narrative shackled in chains for centuries. Phrases of historic recordings collaged with future electronics and the analogue depth and artistic voices of the present makes this a ground breaking work of future music. The archive recordings bare a stark reminder of the need to face the barbaric recesses of modern human history. The many voices of Khalab’s ‘Black Noise 2084’ are coming to be heard.

Published: 6th February 2018

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