BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: Space Afrika’s Mixtape
Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from electronic duo Space Afrika, aka Joshua Reid and Joshua Inyang. Lifelong friends, they’ve become key players in Manchester’s experimental scene known for their genre-splicing productions.
They describe their sound as being made up of overlapping moments, weaving experimental ambience with dub and techno, samples and field recordings. Their new album Honest Labour, named after a legendary patriarch from Inyang’s Nigerian family tree, features hazy loops, found sounds and vocal incantations. Their exclusive mixtape for Late Junction reflects their influences, from hazy post-punk and ambient soundscapes, to early grime experimentation.
Elsewhere in the show Verity shares reissued Turkish folk songs from singer Tülay German, as well as Congolese electronics from Kampala-based DJ and producer Oyisse. There’ll be jazz combined with traditional Mongolian music from Ulaanbaatar-raised Munich-based vocalist Enji, and brand new minimal meditations from Sarah Davachi on Mellotron, organ and harpsichord.
Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production from BBC Radio 3
1 Irreversible Entanglements – Open The Gates
2 Lee “Scratch” Perry – Roast Fish and Cornbread
3 Kathy & Carol – Swallow Song
4 Sarah Davachi – Rushes Recede
5 Cynefin – Trecadwgan
6 Nazar – ATL – LAD (feat. Brodinski)
7 Nala Sinephro – Space 5
8 Thov G. Wetterhus – Rammeslått og Bestelanden
9 Anna Homler & Steve Moshier – Gu She‘ Na‘ Di
10 Meridian Brothers & Conjunto Media Luna – La Secta
11 Xochimoki – Tua Ra
12 Space Afrika – Honest Labour (feat. HforSpirit)
13 Tülây German & François Rabbath – Mapusane
14 Kano – Brown Eyes
15 Naemi – 6 (housefire)
16 The Golden Filter – U O K
17 JOANNA – Holiday
18 Anni Hogan – Forgotten Prelude
19 Anne Guthrie – Red Wolf
20 Sally Decker – Stair
21 Leo – Water Features
22 Eve Adams – Bathtub
23 Sally Decker – Endlessly
24 Flying Lotus – Until The Colours Come
25 Various Artists – nba
26 David Jaycock – circus strings
27 Specimens – Café 2
28 Frank Ocean – Wither
29 Moor Mother & billy woods – Furies
30 L’Rain – Walk Through
31 Rainy Miller – Mary Magdalene, As Home
32 Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta – Empty Boulevard
33 TIBSLC – Hypertranslucent 01
34 Dizzee Rascal – Do It!
35 Tarwater – The Watersample
36 Enji – Sevkhet Bor
37 Oyisse – Pema
38 Michael Compitello – Heart.throb
39 Oliver Leith – ‚664 love songs guaranteed to cure heartache‘ movement 2
40 AGF – Cassandra (feat. Savina Yannatou)
41 Wilted Woman & Hand of Food – Pickle Man (Hand of Food Remix)