‘The Very Best’ Mixtape
The origins of Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit’s musical collaboration are about as “by chance” as they get. Esau is an immigrant to East London via Malawi, East Africa and runs a used furniture store in Clapton. Radioclit happen to own a studio right down the street from Esau’s furniture store. They invited him to a party one night and soon after began making music.
‘The Very Best’ Mixtape is a reinvention of several recent indie highlights (MIA, Vampire Weekend and Architecture in Helsinki to name a few), and more obscure pulls from film scores etc… In this sample heavy age of Pro Tools, there needs to be further distinction between what constitutes a “remix” and a “reworking.” XXXchange is a fantastic remixer. I talked about his talents a while back. Panda Bear on the other hand is more of a reworker. Jonathan elaborated on this point last month, when he covered the Notwist reworking. The Very Best fits somewhere in the middle, because of the wholly unique vocals of Esau. This element makes The Very Best feel more like a proper album than mixtape.
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