Browse by Artist: AFRICA HITECH

Artist:	AFRICA HITECH
Title:	Hitecherous EP
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WAP 298EP

"Africa Hitech is more than a name; it is an ideology - one that embodies its members' passions for an eclectic diaspora of electronic styles, from dub and acid to UK garage, grime, techno, house and Jamaican dancehall. Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek stand at the intersection of all these styles (and more) and the result is a bass-fuelled manifesto: the opening salvo being 'Blen'. Africa Hitech forms part of Mark Pritchard's collective of projects, MPP Productions. MPP is a banner under which all the wide-ranging productions from this prolific producer exist. This includes Africa Hitech, Harmonic 313, new Reload material, and more. Essentially twisting the sonic palette of Detroit techno to fit their vision of post-apocalyptic riddims, Hitecherous is all oxygen-sucking bass kicks and razor snares until Spacek comes in over choruses of insect synths. This is not the smooth Steve Spacek you may know from his eponymous band, this is Steve Spacek as a rudeboy from the future. Decrying haters trying to 'take di piss', his unique patois creates its own intriguing atmosphere."

Artist:	AFRICA HITECH
Title:	Out In The Streets (VIP)
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	WAP 315EP

"Out in the Streets is the flagship slice of 1980s Jamaica and youth culture explosion of juke from Africa Hitech's debut album 93 Million Miles (out now on Warp Records). The track has taken over clubs and airwaves across the globe this summer, championed by Gilles Peterson, Rob da Bank and Zane Lowe ('I LOVE IT!') on BBC Radio 1, Jason Bentley at KCRW (LA), and everywhere in between. DJs and producers have professed their love as well, including ModeSelector, Kode9, Diplo, Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer, Untold, Toddla T, Benji B, Scratcha DVA and many more. For this limited 12' single version, the track has undergone a powerful D'n'Besque reworking or, as Africa Hitech's Steve Spacek puts it: 'A little alternate flex on the 'Out In The Streets' track'--to become Out in the Streets (VIP).' The single also features two all new Africa Hitech tracks, 'Caveman Style' and 'Seek Em Step.'"

Artist:	AFRICA HITECH
Title:	93 Million Miles
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WARP 199CD

"Nearly nine years ago Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek began bonding over their shared passion for the seemingly disparate spheres of bubbling Detroit techno, soul and fierce Jamaican digital dancehall. By pure coincidence, the two found themselves living in Australia, and that connection was cemented by the forming of Africa Hitech, the moniker which represents both Steve and Mark's love for all things progressive within music, whilst acknowledging that the roots of much of today's popular music can be traced directly back to Africa. Their first full length project for Warp is titled 93 Million Miles. 93 Million Miles is an unflinchingly ambitious product of international globe-trotting that carves a new faultline into the rapidly expanding terrain of 'bass music'...or whatever it's being called this week."

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