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We’ve come across the London based DJs/producers Radioclit, aka Johan Karlberg and Etienne Tron (aka DJ Tron), with their ‘Annie Mall’ and ‘O-Hot Brain’ remixes, but they’ve been killin’ the dancefloor with ‘Secousse’ for ages now and it’s still sounding hot!

It’s a heady mix of Afro-Funk Mondial with vocal and dub versions on vinyl for serious DJ types. With contributions from Afrikan Boy, Mimitah, Mo Laudi, BLK JKS, Marina, Esau Mwamwaya, Isa Gt, Kudaushe and Jose Hendrix, it’s been hailed as the track with “the greatest posse cuts ever assembled”. That maybe so, but the instrumental b-side is the one for me as I doubt whether it’ll ever sound dull - ghettopop comes of age!

The vinyl with sell out quick as it’s a Limited Edition but in the alternative, on the download, there’s a fistfull of remixes from like minded types (Bodinski in ‘Robin Hood goes to Africa’ style, Riva Starr and from Switzerland, the Round Table Knights).

This release follows on from the Terry Lynn collaboration, ‘Jamaican Girls’ (that apparently is one of Rough Trade’s best sellers), the name of Radioclit will in the future be linked with The Very Best (a collaboration that formed out of a chance meeting with Esau Mwamwaya at a second hand furniture store). The Very Best have just had a huge track out, ‘Warm Heart Of Africa’ that mixes up the ghetto-pop with Malawian swing and that’s going to the talk of Hoxton yet!

Reviewed: Radioclit - Secousse All Stars EP (Mental Groove) Cat. No. MG070 / MG070D Release date: 21st December 2009
1. Secousse (6:14)
2. Secousse (Dub) (6:14)
3. Secousse (Brodinski Remix) (5:09)
4. Secousse (Riva Starr Remix) (6:51)
5. Secousse (Roundtable Knights Remix) (5:29)

Links:
www.radioclit.com
www.myspace.com/radioclit
www.mentalgroove.ch
http://www.myspace.com/mentalgroove