Water Of Life Dance Dubs

Description

Water of Life Dance Dubs presents Maajo Soundsystem, the electronic project of the Finnish-African group Maajo. This album revisits and reinvents the album Water of Life (Wonderwheel Recordings, 2022), transforming its organic instrumentation into vibrant arrangements built around drum machines and vintage synthesizers. These stripped-down, dancefloor-ready versions go beyond a simple remix, enriched with new balafons, percussion, and vocals from Senegalese artist Ismaila Sané and Mauritian musician Gilbert K. Sané began his career in the 1970s as a percussionist and African ballet dancer before settling in Finland in 1999. He later became the first immigrant to receive the country's Citizen of the Year title. While Maajo performs as a sextet on stage, Maajo Soundsystem offers a flexible electronic lineup that retains live vocals and percussion. The group has released several albums and EPs on the Queen Nanny and Permanent Vacation labels, composed the music for the silent film Lost World, received remixes from Luke Vibert and Call Super, and toured internationally, with strong radio and press support from BBC Radio 6, Worldwide FM, KEXP, Resident Advisor, WFMU, and many others.