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Africa Hitech Tour
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10-Nov - New York - (Le) Poisson Rouge - w/ Sepalcure + Mux Mool
11-Nov - Detroit - The Works - w/ Mux Mool
13-Nov - Austin - Barcelona - w/ Mux Mool
16-Nov - Minneapolis - The Loft at Barfly - w/ Lazer Sword
17-Nov - Chicago - Smart Bar - w/ Lazer Sword
18-Nov - Montreal - Cabaret du Mile End
19-Nov - Buffalo - DBGB - w/ DJG
23-Nov - San Juan - Red Shield Music Hall - w/ Distal
24-Nov - Toronto - The Drake Underground - w/ Kevin McPhee
25-Nov - Denver - Beta Nightclub - w/ Dibiase + Clicks & Whistles
27-Nov - Los Angeles - Bardot Hollywood - w/ Clicks & Whistles + Jonwayne
28-Nov - Seattle - Chop Suey - w/ Clicks & Whistles
29-Nov - Sacramento - Townhouse - w/ Dibiase + Jonwayne
30-Nov - Eureka - Nocturnum - w/ Quitter + Jonwayne
01-Dec - San Francisco - Public Works - w/ Kush Arora + Jonwayne
02-Dec - Portland - Rotture - w/ !!!DJs, Dibiase + Jonwayne
03-Dec - Vancouver - W2 Media Cafe - w/ Dibiase + Jonwayne
Nearly nine years ago Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek began bonding over their shared passion for the seemingly disparate spheres of bubbling Detroit techno, soul and fierce Jamaican digital dancehall. First came an appearance by Spacek on Pritchard’s Troubleman album, then the collaborative track “Turn It On” released on Sonar Kollektive. It was when they both, by pure coincidence, found themselves living in Australia that the connection was cemented. Africa Hitech is the moniker which represents both Steve and Mark’s love for all things progressive within music, whilst acknowledging that the roots of much of today’s popular music can be traced directly back to Africa.
Pritchard had already begun to narrow the gaps between the pair’s beloved genres under his Harmonic 313 moniker and Spacek was eager to explore new directions in both his production and vocals after the disbandment of his eponymous band and the worldwide acclaim of his Dilla-asisted “Dollar” single. The first widely heard fruits of the duo’s labor was the striking single “Blen”. A penetrating exercise in minimalist dancehall swordplay, it was released under the intriguing name Africa Hitech which immediately seemed to encompass both the influences and ambitions of the newly christened 2-piece.
The result is 93 Million Miles, an unflinchingly ambitious product of international globe-trotting that carves a new fault-line into the rapidly expanding terrain of “bass music”…or whatever it’s being called this week. The first point of introduction for many will have been the Ini Kamoze-sampling behemoth “Out In The Streets”, immediately championed by Flying Lotus, Untold, Toddla T, Benji B, Scratcha DVA and featured in “Wild Hundreds”, a documentary about Chicago’s underground Juke/Footwork dance community. A brilliant exercise in artful international data-splicing, “Out In The Streets” combines the ghosts of 1980s Jamaica with the youth-culture explosion of juke.
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