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artist ■■ nemoy
release ■■ afraw
year ■■ 2006
genre ■■ afrobeat/brokenbeat
label ■■ bonzzaj recordings
catalogue ■■ bon 001
website ■■ www.bonzzaj.ch
date ■■ 27-sep-2006
quality ■■ --alt-preset standard
source ■■ vinyl
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a1 afraw 6:05
b1 afraw (domu mix) 5:49
b2 calm returns after 4 days of riot 5:34
playtime ■■ 00h 17m 28s
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mysterious are the paths on which music travels, and one of them
leads into and now finally out of the basement of nemoy, born and
grown up in steg city, a small village embedded in the swiss
canton of valais, a stone's throw away from ticino and italy, a
place distinguishing itself through excellent wines, rugged
mountains, much sun, some sort of desert-like lonelyness and a
strong company between people. nemoy is obsessed with instruments,
addicted to collecting and learning how to play and incorporate
them into his musical vision. synthesizers, pianos, organs, horns,
basses... you name it. even when he gets to grab the mic with his
rapgroup ½stockitown╗, he often adresses the topics that make his
world: samples, breakbeats, their sources, beatmaking, vibing to
music... nemoy is a child and devotee of the great contributors in
jazz, funk, reggae, soul... or short: black music in its many old
and new outlets.
we all deeply admire û for his countless works under a gazillion
of pseudonyms û the man domu, known for being a part and burning
torch of the west london musicscene (together with 4 hero, bugz in
the attic, i.g. culture, alex attias a.o.). it took him 1 week to
turn ½afraw╗ into a dry, sweaty dancefloor bomb. duck down and
watch out for that dry, rolling juggernaut afrobeat,
put-your-lighters-in-the-air basslines and a subtle layer of extra
vibe to make any crowd take off to other spheres.
this record is another contribution to nemoy's attempt to break
out of his well-kept-secret status. as he works on many different
projects like 'spenza's overdub orkestra' (a studio project that
will be taken on stage very soon), a producer album with
international guests on the microfone, dj gigs, producing and
performing with his group 'stockitown', there is no way that leads
around him - keep your eyes and ears peeled and excpect shitloads
of great music from this young talent.