PREMIERE : Maajo - Kofi Obu by Les Yeux Orange published on 2016-10-28T16:57:15Z Maajo stands for May. The month of excitement and expectation of imminent joy. A time of hope following weeks and months of rain and cold. The time that best encapsulates escapism, those wistful, delightful daydreams. A time when you release yourself from everyday routine and already begin to live in the holiday that hasn’t yet arrived. A place that might not even exist. Let it be a warm, a joyous place, a fuzzy bricolage you witness after passing out while watching a David Attenborough documentary. Outlandish and romantic ideas of distant cultures. Maajo is motion, movement from one place to another. It is moving without travelling, dream and dance. Maajo is a musical continuation of the similarly titled 12” single by Herman Prime, the producer’s idea expanded to a five member band. The music is the product of a mixed technique where vocal samples and programmed synthesizers coalesce with fingerplucked guitars and handheld percussion. Beneath everything run several strong currents of inspiration: an obsession with balearic disco, deep tribal roots, a love of eighties afropop, lessons from minimalist composers and a desire to just dub it up. Tropic of Tulli is not a direct flight but a meandering journey. Starting beside a flowing river, Kaba sends us on our way with a gentle arrangement of kalimba and a Mandinga poem. Two midtempo groovers, Tum’pi and Makkara, set an expectant mood. Musa Paradisa lands on a tropical island with plentiful percussion and a clatter of mallets. The party starts with the fervent afrodisco number Okudu. There is a strange detour to an urban cityscape with Fode’s meandering bass line and street drummer for company. The path leads to a dark rainforest, both menacing and inviting, following Kofi Obu’s feverish vocal and desertic guitar riff. Darkness is Good is a bout of afrocosmic exploration. A.O.O. offers a final chance for a sunrise dance before the beautiful balearic theme Maajo closes the album with an intoxicated smile. Listen on youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJgisJgM9D4&feature=youtu.be Genre Electronic Comment by nuttyfire ✨❤️ 2022-11-09T16:31:57Z Comment by Emrah Gürses These are good man .thanks . 2021-03-06T16:34:10Z Comment by CécDanger j'adore le grain de folie😁😁😁🥰🔥🔥 2020-12-20T12:53:11Z Comment by CécDanger nice😍🥰 2020-12-14T10:12:45Z Comment by Pleasure Voyage Pure gold! Supported! 2017-03-20T01:08:39Z Comment by Paulinska excellent 2016-11-04T22:16:17Z Comment by MaSSif Very good one!!!Like a dream in a vanilla sky ;) 2016-10-29T14:36:23Z Comment by Sonic Sahara This is hawwtttt! 2016-10-29T13:15:34Z Comment by Axtwahn Mega Track 2016-10-28T21:42:35Z Comment by Sorcerer rad track 2016-10-28T18:12:12Z Comment by PERSIANLOVE! @nader-etemadi 2016-10-28T17:45:12Z