Name: The Electro Maloya Experiments Of Jako Maron
Brand: Jako Maron

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375 Media

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Release date

2023-02-10

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156747

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742521170021

Artist

Jako Maron

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Nyege Nyege Tapes

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Electronic

Nyege Nyege Tapes is a Kampala based label that is dedicated to exploring, producing, and releasing outsider music from around the region. With a focus on showcasing unique and innovative sounds, this label has become a prominent platform for emerging artists in the music industry.

Founded by *Arabs Are Not Funny* and *Otim Alpha*, Nyege Nyege Tapes has quickly gained recognition for its commitment to pushing boundaries and challenging traditional norms. The label's diverse roster includes talented musicians such as *Slikback*, *Kampire*, and *MC Yallah*, who have all made significant contributions to the global music scene.

Through their distinctive sound and artistic vision, Nyege Nyege Tapes continues to redefine genres and break down barriers. By providing a platform for underrepresented voices in the music industry, this label has become an influential force in promoting cultural exchange and fostering creativity.

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When first released on limited edition tape in 2018, Les Experience electro Maloya was the first ever compilation of Jako Maron's plugged-in updates of the traditional, politicised form of folk music from Réunion, a tiny island off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Like séga, Réunion's other main musical style, Maloya's origins can be traced back to African slaves and indentured Indian workers. But unlike séga, Maloya's stripped down drum 'n bow rhythms and call-and-response vocals, which were originally used as ritual mediations as far back as the 17th C., have become a form of protest music favoured by the island's creole population in the 1900's, leading it to be banned during the '70s because of its associations with the Communist party. Jako Maron's electro Maloya instrumentals are perhaps less explicitly politicised, yet they still carry the charge of eons of encrypted ritual thru their geometric designs and inexorable dancefloor traction. In 11 parts, Maron uses modular synthesis and drum machines to mutate and relay Maloya's meaning for the island modern indigenous population as well as users far beyond the island. This new vinyl edition includes four previously unreleased tracks from the same period. The results are some of the canniest, most infectious recordings we've heard from this region of the world, all generally (but not exclusively) working with slow tempos and a range of humid, piquant, and hypnotic synthlines that lend the sound to strong comparison with everything from Equiknoxx's mutant dancehall thru the current Flex sound outta NYC, to the sorta crooked dembow fusions explored by Brian Piñeyro (DJ Python/DJ Wey) and that recent Drew McDowell X Hiro Kone EP, or even the acid modulations of his Belgian namesake, Ro Maron.

The Electro Maloya Experiments Of Jako Maron

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