the 8th instalment of am records contains 4 percussive edits by afrobot, the grooves function as dj tools for various occasions.
-soca trance- will bring some extra heat on the dance floor, it s a heavily cut-up, rough electronic soca rhythm with fragments of looped steeldrum melody on top. -i m alive- is another latin banger, a piece of proto house with some lush vocals in the background and a synthesized tropical bird flying over. on the flip, kalao is an underground afro/french drum track with lots of flanged percussion, cheering black vocals and an elephant passing by. body & soul is the most discoish edit of all: a hypnotic groove with a killer baseline (and a flute sound) interrupted by an uplifting drumbreak.

05am contains two bollywood bangers, loudly pressed – each on a 45rpm side of the record. afrobot s cut is a raw and fast percussive acid track, just wait till that 303 comes in, indians already knew in 83 what to do with that machine. for the other side thee j johanz, big bollywood expert and collector, delivered an edit that could be considered the bollywood answer to yali yali, that jesus christ super star theme in a funky bolly disco version, updated for nowadays club systems.
frank koedood drew us a monkey this time!

journey traversing old school house to mystical acid and everything in-between

four beautiful summer edits in the usual quality of am records

the 04am a-side contains two south-african 80 s bubblegum tracks, revamped by young dj and producer perdu. he provided the tracks with delicate intros and rearranged them with new percussion, synths and deeper basslines. on the flip afrobot delivers two kind of new beat cuts, making the originals more abstract by some heavy chopping, reducing the amount of samples used, and adding disco breaks to the track jungle. handstamped with another drawing by frank koedood.

wild jams on the classic linndrum, a driving bassline and a gated, almost out of control north african sounding leadsynth form the basic ingredients of this exceptional new record by thee j johanz. wild jams on the classic linndrum, a driving bassline and a gated, almost out of control north african sounding leadsynth form the basic ingredients of this exceptional new record by thee j johanz. the fire in the disco version adds more spices, like moody fm pads and an infectious disco vibe, ready to put many floors on fire. the record is garnished by the ‘market version’ of bafrique, which is more like a dub/ambient excursion with environmental samples taken on the vagator market in india. artwork by afrobot.

2017 repress! 01am is the perfect time to start a party and it is the first release of a new label by afrobot related to his afrobotic musicology blog. the record contains 4 edits of music from different corners of the globe: to begin with an epic electro pop nugget from greece and a heavily cut up bollywood track on the a side, to finish the journey in africa on the flip side with a percussive acid jam and a zulu cult song that screamed for a rework. limited edition / hand stamped artwork by frank koedood on the sleeve.

salamanca returns with their fifth release, proud to present two pioneers from the infamous dutch westland italo scene: peet need and savino. the duo came up with an excellent remix of marcia di kioto, next to their original song called hypnotized. on the flipside you ll find haunting synths by seer on voltaic break-beats delivered by afrobot. last but not least we have included an new wave edit from the mysterious simulanten.

for the fourth release the salamanca label offers a more possessive synthesized disco sound. three unknown classics made suitable for dance floors. hand stamped sleeves and limited to 300 copies!

the third volume of the salamanca edit series. the a-side contains a heavy southern rock banger while the flip side features two new wave / popish edits of tracks that are just too good to get lost in time. again the sleeves and labels are hand stamped with love. limited to 300 copies!