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14 tracks: Cosmic Soul Triangulation

Guided by an Afro-futuristic spirit and the mystic co-ordinates of Sun-Ra, this week's assortment of astrally inclined producers touch on jazzed electronic hiphop, hi-life disco and re-wired electro-soul to create deeply rooted music with two eyes on the past and a third fixed firmly on the future. Next to more obvious nods from Theo Parrish's gorgeous 13 minute mix of 'Saga Of Resistance' and Lone's shape shifting 'Waves Imagination' we find Legowelt immersing himself in cosmic Afrobeat as Nacho Patrol and come over all lush with Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson's sublime 'Extended Hands Of Giving'. On the squashed and psyched tip Debruit links with modern synth soul legend Om'Mas Keith of Sa-Ra for the juicy space bounce of 'I'm Goin' Wit' You' while spiritually educated youngers like Illum Sphere, Blue Daisy and Shlohmo chart the beat-cosmos, refracting R'n'B, Dubstep and Jazz into a plethora of plutonian permutations...