Tata - It's A MessTwo sizzling South African boogie tracks from Kabasas Tata Sibeko. A killer producer, arranger and bass wizard, Tata channels the gloomy current affairs landscape of 1985 into a glimmering Afro synth nugget. As South African pop embraced 1980s synth sounds, Maxi Singles on 12 inch vinyl became a new canvas of expression with wider grooves for fat beats and extended mixes that suited dancefloors. The supergroups of the 1970s fragmented into solo

The Temper Trap

OPIA sister label Euphoric State steps up this autumn with more unearthed gems from the 90s

snaking bass grooves and hypnotic vocal lines alongside loose

His bleep classic “Labyrinthine” would have been totally at home on Kool Kat/Network and in recent months both label and artist have both been shaking their heads as to how it didn’t happen

high school starlet Paola Belloni

Karly Hartzman

because they weren’t really fitting with the sound and the workflow

Another serving of edits from an anonymous source to rock the dance floor from both sides

mixing three different languages: English

Giving a nod to the pioneers who came before us in the DJ booth

The 2CD Deluxe will feature a collection of 13 bonus tracks and liner notes from Salt-N-Pepa on the making of “Shoop

as well as featuring on Va releases for Bristol’s Mint Tea records