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Analog Africa Soundsystem

With his innate sense of old vinyl and tape detection, Samy Ben Redjeb has spent a good deal of his life searching through dusty warehouses in countries like Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Colombia on a mission to rescue forgotten music from oblivion. He has amassed an incredible collection of rare records and tapes, from which he compiles selections for his highly respected Analog Africa label, which has released two compilations of the legendary Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. read more »

Courtesy of Binky Griptite

There’s nothing like the sweet sounds of soul, and for this special holiday edition of Wax Poetics Radio, we welcome Dap-Kings frontman Binky Griptite to the vinyl vault. Binky brings host Monk-One up to date with the Daptone scene and world-premieres the latest from Sharon Jones—a Christmas record! The boys then kick off a heavy listening session that includes soulful Christmas favorites from James Brown to Big Daddy Kane and a heap of funk-filled soundtrack treats, including Black Dynamite!

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A thoughtful selection of refined tracks by French DJ and producer Azaxx. This mix showcases the top talent in the Tru Thoughts stable as well a few other hidden gems in there just to connect the dots for you. Lizzy Parks, Quantic, and Bonobo all get checked here for maximum bounce. This is some super laid-back sophistication that builds up to a nice sweaty, broken-beat fever pitch before it settles down. Across the boards, this mix is pretty much winning every time with the smoky late-night-jazz-club vibes. This is the soundtrack to the life you wish you were living. You know, the one where you wear suits all the time and only sip on expensive private stock types of shit.

The Broken Keys present a one hour mix of the super heavy sounds that provide the foundation and inspiration of the duo’s music. read more »