Nine-piece West Africa-via-Melbourne ensemble Ausecuma Beats and improvised collective Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, also known as Z*F*E*X, reveal a new collaborative EP out August 19 via Music in Exile.
Call it a match made somewhere in musical heaven, the minds behind Ausecuma Beats, comprised of members from Senegal, Mali, Cuba and Guinea, found they melded easily with Z*F*E*X following weeks of recording and sharing material remotely together.
Z*F*E*X themselves, an ensemble comprised of drummer Zeke ‘Ziggy’ Zeitgeist, keyboardist and producer Lewis Moody, bassist Matthew Hayes, and a rotating cast of guests, are prolific musicians themselves with weighty credentials spread across their base locations of Australia, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
Thus, from a backyard shed in Dandenong North, Australia, some of West Africa’s finest would record simple percussive tracks, which then surfed the airwaves via studios in Melbourne, Berlin and London, to finally land back on listeners doorsteps as a forthcoming collaborative EP, Deep Heat/Tropical Storm.
Starring two guest vocalists who are some of the most invigorating in their respective scenes - Latin America via Berlin star Gotopo, and Melbourne’s own Rara Zulu - the EP’s beginnings in percussive exploration are transformed into a must-have record of all bangers.
Expect the duelling minds of two highly respected acts to reveal a combined EP of complex compositions that remain wholly accessible thanks to addictive harmonies and melodies. Emotionally thrilling, and easy to love, listen and dance to.
'Deep Heat/Tropical Storm' 12" EP is out everywhere Friday, August 19 via Music in Exile / Above Board (UK/EU).
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released August 19, 2022
Ausecuma Beats are
Boubacar Gaye - Djembe, Doun Doun
Rodolfo Hechavarria Panga - Percussion
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange are
Matthew Hayes - Bass guitar
Lewis Moody - Keyboards
Ziggy Zeitgeist - Drums/Cymbals
with very special guests
Rara Zulu - vocal on ‘Deep Heat’
Gotopo - vocal on ‘Tropical Storm’
Initial recordings made at home in Dandenong North by Ausecuma Beats and James Mannix.
Additional production and recording by Ziggy Zeitgeist and Lewis Moody in Berlin and London.
Mixed by Lewis Moody at Harness 7 Studios, London.
Mastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery, London.
All compositions property of the artists under exclusive license to Music in Exile (2022). Welcome those around you with open arms and an open heart.
Music in Exile is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Ausecuma Beats are more than just a band, they are a philosophy. Led by master djembe player, Boubacar Gaye, the nine-strong
ensemble, demonstrate artists coming together based on an idea - the idea of place, of transplanting cultural heritage into a contemporary city. Ausecuma Beats is people from all corners of the world finding themselves together in new environments, as a community....more