ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE GRAND YOFF - Magg Tekki LP Dreampop Balanced awkwardly atop almost ironically

Balanced awkwardly atop almost ironically upbeat jangles and rhythms Mitch Easter might have captured on his reel-to-reel are prime cuts of bummer pop

Beyond their scarcity

West is joined by fellow antipodeans Louis Hooper of Rat Columns

notably Marshall Allen

ASSIKO GOLDEN BAND DE GRAND YOFF - Magg Tekki LP Dreampop Balanced awkwardly atop almost ironicallyAssiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff is the sprawling drum collective tearing up Dakar's nightlife scene. Senegalese poet Djiby Ly (Wau Wau Collectif) is backed by fourteen different percussive instruments plus horns, winds, balafon, and the occasional accordion, combining Count Ossie's spiritually elevated polyrhythms with Fela Kuti's orchestra and Tony Allen's groove. Based in the impoverished neighborhood of Grand Yoff and operating as a mutual aid