Bob Marley, Fela+Femi Kuti, Ali Farka Toure, Salif Keita, Joe Claussel, Louie Vega, Moodymann, Carl Craig, Henrik Schwarz, Ibadan (J.sydenham+D.Ferrer)
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Mr Raoul K
"Le Cercle Peul" - Sven Väth afterparty
Mr Raoul K hails from Agboville, Ivory Coast, West Africa. In 1992, he left Africa and moved to Hamburg, Northern Germany. While in Hamburg, he got seriously involved with the aesthetic vibe of dance and music. As a result, he started working as a DJ. At the same time, he was getting a professional education as a carpenter. In 1999, he left Hamburg for a smaller city in Northern Germany called Lübeck. While working as a carpenter in Lübeck, he continued to DJ and finally set up a home studio to learn production basics through trial and error.
As he is a quite rigorous guy, it took him a while to put together a track that met his demands. Following some unpleasant recording deals with certain labels, Mr Raoul K launched his “Baobab” label in 2007.
His first release “Le Cercle Peul” got a warm welcome from many renowned producers (Jerome Sydenham, Josh Deep, Tobi Neumann, Henrik Schwarz, Jephte Guillaume) and clubbers worldwide.
Mr Raoul K combines traditional African instruments and rhythms with European production techniques and soundscapes to make beautiful afro-beat house and techno. Each release of his ‘Peul’ series features a specific African instrument as its main sound. On “Le Cercle Peul” he used the Cora (African guitar) while on “Le Karantkatrieme Peul” it was the Balafon (African percussion).
Raoul has gathered fans all around the world and particularly in Japan. A fact not lost on the ears of Mule Musiq from Tokyo (a label that Raoul loves) who has invited him to feature on their next compilation "I'm Starting To Feel Ok Vol. 3" which will be released at the end of July ‘09. The track “Wind Of Goree” will get its own release on Mule Musiq at the end of August ‘09.
Mr Raoul K recently brought his signature blissed-out combination of elegant progressions & Afro-Tech-House beats to Francisco based label Fatsouls Records with “Sun Of Gao”.
Also, “Himalaya (edit)”, released last year on Baobab Music, will be featuring on the next “Balearic Biscuits” compilation from Danish chillout record label Music For Dreams. “Balearic Biscuits” is coming out soon this summer.
Moment Psychedelik
release date: 28/09/09 on Baobab Secret
Wind of Goree
release date: 24/08/2009 on Mule Musiq
Feedbacks:
Jimpster:
The Wind Of Goree track is brilliant!! really atmospheric and deep and definitely a standout track if heard in a club. A great release.
PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
Sun of Gao
released in May 2009 on Fatsouls Records
http://www.myspace.com/fatsoulsrecords
Feedbacks:
Hideo Kobayashi:
City mix- Great building up ! Super deep and spiritual. Loving it ! Village mix - This one, too. It has great vibes.
Sven Van Hees:
Lovin' the City mix! A real builder, it has some echoes of Praise by Inner City (mayday mix), lovin' the sound quality as well. The village mix is more of a though nut to crack for me, i expected it to go chill, but the beats kinda overruled that.
Claude Monet:
Nice production, my favorite mix is the city mix.
hey raoul, habe noch nie so sehr gut gelungenes umsetzung der afrikanisches-sound auf euro-sound gehört, echt sehr gute und schöne tracks, vorallem sehr feinfühlig und sauber abgemischt, RESPEKT.
Hi, R, thanx for the warm comment. Thanx for your love for JP. And I love Africa! Hope we can welcome you in my country, or I'd love to visit your hometown once :)
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Mike Burns 1st hour: Zwicker - track 2 / Compost LTJ Experience - I love you / Irma Harri & the Revenge - Rocky Mountain Drifter / Five 20 East Free Disco - Old Summer / Rong Music Boozoo Bajou - Same Sun (Prins Thomas Karaoke version) / K7 Grace Jones - Williams Blood (Reverso 68 rx) / Cdr Gee Gee & Gym Band - Magic Kaboola / Supra Eddie C - Let your mind / Jisco Music Mr. Raoul K - Emotion du peul (Your Side) / Baobab Rouge Cat - Magic Journey (Todd Terje rx) / Tiny Sticks Mike Burns - Galaktattak / Cdr
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