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AFTRAX 006EP
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Auntie Flo takes you to Brazil. Afonso Marcondes from Sao Paolo: "In a world in which culture policies win nationalist tones, Brazil has lessons to give with the catastrophic failed experience of the last government and the Teletubbies talk on culture from the current one. As one sometimes feels as if one is on a time-warp from time to time, most often taken there by music, songs like 'March of the Berimbau' here, could easy make for the perfect soundtrack for the political history of Brazil, country in which Auntie Flo got his inspiration and recorded this tracks..."
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AFTRAX 005EP
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Thomas Lea Clarke returns to the wider Optimo Music family with his third offering as MR TC. This collection of four tracks were recorded over the past couple of years in Clarke's home studio and sees him diving deeper into the psychedelic dance explorations that you heard on Soundtrack for Strangers (OM 030EP, 2015) and Surf And Destroy (OM 035EP, 2016). "Bad Habits" features Alexander Dorn.
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AFTRAX 004EP
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The fourth AF Trax comes from The Fantastic Twins, who has the following to say: "This EP is a small collection of works I crafted over the past couple of years in the process of working on my live show. I have been performing versions of these tracks countless times and yet never played them twice the same way. To me, they have been material in constant motion, so shaping them into a 'finished' form was a risky challenge . . . May the music on this EP be, I hope, a possible answer to its own title."
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AFTRAX 003EP
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Joe Goddard's EP for AF Trax and the legendary Kool Keith appears on one track. Joe on the release: "Capitalism is an insidious and elusive enemy and many people are currently turning to intolerance and hatred instead of recognizing that at these times what we really should attempt to do is love and respect each other as much as possible. Therefore I support Keith's efforts wholeheartedly, and on a personal level I couldn't think of a nicer or more talented person to release an EP with."
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AFTRAX 002EP
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The second release on AF Trax, again with all profits being donated to Hope Not Hate, is the debut from Al Jerry who has the following to say: "I was initially picturing Al as an ambivalent character trying to evoke in his music deep issues and emotions related to Middle Eastern cultures . . . When I introduced that vague idea of a project/alias to B with an early version of 'Sana'a Riots', he got instantly into it. The hybrid feel of the project really allowed us to experiment and mess around with odd tonalities and enthused solos."
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AFTRAX 001EP
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All written and produced by Logtoad. AF Trax = Against Fascism Trax and is a new label project instituted by JD Twitch/Optimo Music. Its aim is to make a musical and cultural protest in opposition of rising far right politics and ideology in the world. The first release is a four-track EP from Logtoad, channeling UK hardcore but in a 21st century way. Logtoad is a performance artist, sound designer, DJ, and veteran of Glasgow's music community, active since 1992. He currently lives 225m above sea level, less than 50km from Hunterston B nuclear power station.
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