Dekmantel Podcast 016 - Malawi

The next Dekmantel podcast is something of a local and family affair. It comes from Malawi, a DJ collective made up of former Trouw residents Andrei Vilcov, Arif Malawi, Job Jobse, Job Oberman and Luc Mast. The group have been regulars at the LenteKabinet festival for the last couple of years, also play there again this year and, frankly, they are just a very cool group of individuals with a wide and varied musical taste that we really appreciate. The deep, crate digging mix they turn out demonstrates this with aplomb. In just over an hour they lay downside perfectly summery vibes that will have you wanting to lay out flat on some lush green grass. Starting with sun kissed acoustic guitars, it slowly unravels through lazy house, afro tinged dub, big steel drum patterns and plenty of worldly goodness, all of which is organic and effortlessly mixed, despite the huge amount of ground covered. Welcome to Malawi…