Slow Motion Fire

In case you haven’t heard it yet, Lamin flipped a new mixtape called Fatama Was Here. Overall, it paints a mood of chaos paused mid-shatter. Shrapnel glitters suspended mid air, allowing for closer reflection on root causes. The mix offers some tuff track selection, featuring the full-fledged consciousness of Blu‘s verse; the rusted knife’s edginess of Dred Man-Gi; and the Portishead cool of Hyperdub’s King Midas Sound. But it also features lots of snippets and layers, he explains. “I feel as if this is two mixes in one. There are multiple narrative structures: there is the actual mix and then a sub-mix… something below the surface that rises up in between the cracks and breaks/transitions.” Fatama was named after Lamin’s aunt, who recently passed away in Sierra Leone. (Ingredients list below.) Photo by Photama’s World.

Lamin Fofana — Fatama Was Here

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Lamin’s crew, Dutty Artz, is getting ready to drop a big gem this month with Jahdan Blakkamoore‘s album. To hold you over, they recently leaked a Jahdan mix called Bazooka Shot, which you can download free as a ZIP or as one single MP3. Below are two of the tracks from that mix that we’re really feelin’. Another fresh one from Bazooka is Nate Mar‘s “Rise,” but only two verses of it are featured on the mix. If you want to hear the whole joint before the album drops, Mars included it on a recent mix of his own, Whomp Wobble Whomp.

Jahdan Blakkamoore — “Cash Flow(Dutty Artz ‘Move It’ RMX)”

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Jahdan Blakkamoore feat 77Klash and Spoek Mathambo– “Dem Nuh Like It”

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Bvdub – Return To Tonglu
RHy-s on – 2
Bijan Mofid – Shahreh Ghesseh, I & II
Co$$ feat. Blu – Angelic
Jamie Vexd – In System Travel
Zomby – Tears in the Rain
Dred Man-Gi feat. Nell – Não Ta Se Entender
Kasai Allstars – Tshitua fuila mbuloba
King Midas Sound – Cool Out
Alpha Blondy – Jerusalem
Cauto – Despartar
G-Side – Alpine Tick