Dekmantel Podcast 090 - Africaine 808

Roland-TR808 and Afro obsessed duo Africaine 808 conjure up the sort of loose limbed, tightly programmed drum based grooves that are aimed directly at your body. Made up of Berlin based Dirk Leyers and Nomad, they most often do so on Golf Channel Recordings and imbue thousands of years of rhythm history into their own borderless sounds. “No Rules. No Bullshit. All Styles,” is their own apt mantra, and they recently stuck to it when playing live at Dekmantel Festival 2016. We have a recording of what went down and it makes up this week’s podcast. Across one impossible to categorise hour they weaved their own unique tapestry of steel drums and rubbery kicks, skittish toms and squeaking synths. Fluid and evolving with a life of its own at every turn, the set is a testament to their ability to play with and coax all manner of sounds out of their machines. At times dark and high pressure, at others laid back and full of sun, it was one of many highlights and we are proud to be able to relive those moments with you again now.