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On the back of Chip Wickham s fabulous debut album La Sombra come two quite different but equally mouthwatering remixes of two of its tunes. On the A-side, Detroit house stalwart extraordinaire Andrés grabs Red Planet by the ear and drags it straight to the dance floor. And he means business: no beating around the bush with intros and the like â€,“, it s hands in the air and go from start to finish. Relentless. The other A side, A.K.A. AA side, is for L.A. s ambassador of avant-garde and spiritual music Carlos Niño. Rather than remixing the album s title track in the strict sense of the word, his Spaceways Radio Edit adds a subtle and otherworldly flavour to it, extending the mix with some gorgeous ambient washes. La Sombra (Lovemonk, January 2017) is Chip Wickham s first album after a 25-year career touring, recording and experimenting across three decades of jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, Latin and electronica. It s a monumental record for Chip as it symbolises the moment he stepped out into the light as a director of his creations with freedom to explore his roots, express and tell his version of jazz, and pay testament to his heroes Roland Kirk, Yuseef Lateef & Harold McNair.