The sixth edition of the Sterns Edits series sees label head Ben Gomori and rising star Tom Jay tackle two big tracks by Malian singer Nahawa Doumbia.

Hailing from the Wassoulou region of Mali — which has produced many other stars, not least Oumou Sangaré — Nahawa has been a significant force since the late 1980s, when Sterns Africa first combined and released the Syllart-produced albums 'Didadi' and 'Nyama Toutou'. It is from these albums that Gomori has picked two of the biggest, most joyous tracks for he and Jay to work on.

'Sigi Sele' soars with its rousing horn section and Doumbia's impassioned vocal, and makes for excellent dancefloor material. Gomori's main edit keeps the majority of the original intact, chunking it up gently in all the necessary places. His Disco Dub edit hones in on the guitars and trumpets for something more groove-oriented. Tom Jay's rework of 'Djina Mousso' is similarly respectful, coaxing it onto the contemporary house music dancefloor with the minimum of fuss or excess.




DJ Feedback:

Fred P - Nice one.

Rob Da Bank - love this..perfect for glasto..:)

Dom Servini - Killers.

Horse Meat Disco - CUTE CUTE

Harri - lovely stuff

Jozif - awesome set of re rubs as peer usual from Big Ben

Terry Farley - yes yes yes

Moodymanc - Just wonderful....! X

The Pushamann - toms edit for me on this one

Kiko Navarro - good afro edits as usual, will play this ones..

Auracle Sound - Unique and exciting sound, refreshing and irresistible.

DJ Windows XP - smooth stuff

Melé - big !

Demuir - Tom Jay Edit for me.

Yarni - Lovely, perfect summer vibe.

Steve Parry - dub is cool

Sam Ruffillo - Dope edits!

Mawimbi Crew - Ben Gomori never disappoints !

FSQ - Ben Gomori's afrobeat disco edits have become essential to our FSQ sets when need to go in that direction.

Lrusse / Behling - Loving all these Sterns edits. backing theDisco Dub!

Loz Goddard - Into that Tom Jay edit!

Souldynamic - Nice west-african edits!..Love them

Alma Negra - nice ep

Zada - Stellar stuff!

030esar0303 - Lovely edits!

Nico De Ceglia - Both edits are nice

Christian Homan – all working for me

Lars Behrenroth - the disco dub's the jam !!