TROPIKADELIC

Description

After Joao Selva, Dowdelin, and The Bongo Hop, Underdog Records continues its exploration of the Black Atlantic with IREKE. Ecstatic brass, 70s keyboards, elastic guitars, round basslines, and world percussion: from this sonic heritage, Ireke forges a unique fusion, sublimated by the audacious addition of their dub expertise and a few electronic touches. Ireke? Sugarcane in Yoruba. Like sugarcane, the duo loves tropical climates and intoxicating rhythms, eager to liberate bodies gathered on a dance floor. Afrobeat urgency, funk flexibility, dub alchemy, highlife joy: with Tropikadelic, Ireke summons the heritage of masters and the audacity of machines to bring new sonic territories to life. At the crossroads. For the love of groove. Completely from the West, with ears tuned to the Black Atlantic, Julien Gervaix and Damien Tesson are both children of collectives and improvisation, playgrounds for these complete multi-instrumentalists.