ZZT
ZZAfrika Remixes
Turbo
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00 years ago i had a dream: release music I love, with pro graphics, without going
bankrupt. 100 12-inches later, Turbo stands high on the rubble of crumbled empires:
Mo’Wax, Factory, Institubes all dead in our wake…. we will never give up the fight:
music we love, dressed for success, format-democratic, NEVER going bankrupt.
Climbing to the stars, 300 copies at a time. it’s just us and Jack White,
motherfuckers… bring on the next 100. See you in 2017.
Love from Montreal,
Tiga
The list of artists who have appeared on Turbo Recordings is staggering by any
measure. For an indie dance label to survive 13 years and over 100 releases is a
remarkable feat, but for a singles-driven label, the magic has often revolved around
the institution of the remix. Turbo A&R have done an extraordinary job of bringing in
talent, poaching the most exciting artists of the moment. It makes sense then, for its
100th release, that they would craft a package that highlights this prowess.
For anyone who heard it out, ZZafrika was unquestionably one of the biggest records
of the year. The renegade dove-child of Tiga and Zombie Nation, ZZT has built up a
cult following by virtue of its off-the-rails, wildly eccentric party tracks. They don’t do
interviews. They don’t do remixes. They don’t do filler. As the duo puts the finishing
touches on their outrageously great debut album, Turbo has decided to settle some
unfinished business and follow up the one-sided pro-etched vinyl 12″ with a full-blown
release, one that would do the track justice and bring it to the wider audience it
deserves.
For the mega triple-pack vinyl we have six cuts:
Gesaffelstein, the next big French techno star, white-hot off his new Conspiracy EP,
has turned in an absolute god-hammer. The Turbo office has been flooded with
requests for advance copies. And we’ve flooded other people’s offices with
straight-up “NO”s.
Julio Bashmore, one of the UK’s most promising young producers, turned in what
Tiga is calling his favourite song ever, expanding on the delicate Rhodes intro and
turning it into a beautifully melodic synth-ballad.
Australia’s Light Year team up with Turbo-pals Finger Prince to craft an awesome
rework. They’ve kept the riff intact but broadened the breakdowns, beefed up the
beats, and dropped in touches of tweaky funk.
Plein Soleil, a Krikor and Chloé production alias, chug out another rugged, warm
masterpiece. Classy, versatile, stripped-down, highly playable. A major winner.
New Turbo signing Crowdpleaser lends his stoned, easy-going good-time groove.
Put it on. Light up your lava bong. You’ll start dancing and forget what time it is.
After-hours underground house jam, Geneva-style.
Tomas Andersson finally returns the favour for Tiga’s legendary remix of Washing
Up, tightening the core into a festival-jacking techno anthem.
Wait wait…we’re still going!!
We have 4 more amazing versions as digital exclusives:
We won’t lie…we wanted a hit. Also, we thought the world needed to get
ZZafrojacked, to BE ZZafrojacked. Afrojack delivers the digital only goods to rule
Beatport and Beatport alone.Belgium’s Sound of Stereo gets the kids’ hands up
high. These guys are going to get huger sooner or later. Anyone need a breakdown?
Proxy protegé Marseille brings the raw ghetto insanity of Russia to the people. It’s
Got more WOOs and bleeps than the rest of the remixes combined. We counted.
Finally, Turbo Scottish young guns Clouds rough out a grinding, deep-fried bass-trap
belter. It momentarily relents and teases the Rhodes, then it’s right back to pitiless
face-mashing for these eleven-year-old prodigies.
Limited to 500 copies, this 180-gram triple-vinyl boxed set will include a unique code
to download the Turbo Century retrospective compilation of the label’s best music
from it’s first 100 releases.