AKIWAWA / April 9th
DJ Fredrik Lavik
(Afro7 / Jazzagression) Finland
DJ Pun & Rainer
10pm / Kaschemme Basel / Lehenmattstr. 353 / 4052 Basel / Switzerland
www.kaschemme.ch
Flyer by http://www.pix1.ch
AKIWAWA
welcomes Fredrik Lavik from Helsinki to an
exclusive Kaschemme-only DJ Set!
Fredrik
Lavik has been DJing all over Norway/Finland since many years and digging for
records whenever he was traveling abroad. He started his first Label
Jazzagression Records in the early 2000s, releasing lost Jazz recordings. In
2007 he was spending his holiday in Kenya with his wife. On the last day before
flying back home, he stumbled across a ‘small’ pile of records, a lost stock
collection of about 25’000 dusty Kenyan singles at a woman’s house just outside
Mombasa. What a find! Guys, never underestimate a woman’s record collection. 3
Years later he acquired the whole lot for a healthy sum and got it shipped
home. In 2013 after an intense time of cleaning and listening, he started his website
Afro7.net. Besides presenting the jewels of the musical scene of Kenya and
Tanzania from the 70s and 80s, there’s a tons of background information to read
while listening to the clips. The same year he collaborated with Miles from
Soundway Records and released the incredible “Kenya Special” compilation, a
collection of Kenyan rooted unheard sounds, hand-picked from the ‘small pile’ he got. Kenya Special Volume 2
on Soundway Records is in the works and planned to be released by the end of
2017.Delivering the 'small pile' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1I0bH8isOw
Recently
Fredrik started another Label named after his website [Afro7]. So far he
released an utterly deep & raw collection of extremely rare Somali Sounds on
a double album and a Kenyan disco twelve-inch by the Kiru Stars with extra long
edits to suit any dancefloor. A series of 7inches is in the pipeline as well.
All the 7 and 12inch singles are highly limited and beautifully packed in silk
pressed outer covers… sneak preview: one side of a forthcoming Kenyan split
7inch release hails from the vaults of one of the Basel based Konzeptlos guys,
watch out for it!
The
re-discovered Kenyan Benga and Cavacha Sounds with influences of raw funk, soul
and disco, have taken over global dancefloors by storm. The music begs to be
played out loud. It was a logical consequence that dancefloor labels like
Sofrito put their hands on them, like the head noddin’ Tropical Treats edit of
the Rift Valley Brothers killer tune “Mu Africa”.Tonight
at AKIWAWA these sounds are presented in their original, unedited and unfiltered
way: raw, dusty & crackling! Be prepared for an ultimate Kenyan experience!
Fredrik Lavik will be playing some of
his most loved East African treasures among
others, together with DJ Pun & Rainer. Expect a night full of extra hissing,
sizzling and dancefloor fiery Benga, Cavacha, Afro-Rock/Funk /Beat tunes with
some Island tunes thrown in… Old dusty
plates only, sorry!
www.afro7.net
https://soundcloud.com/afro7
www.soundwayrecords.com
www.akiwawa.com
www.konzeptlos.org
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/981164521975952
AKIWAWA… the bimonthly night run by DJ Pun & Rainer... raw, dusty & crackling - Soul, Funk, Island & African plates
