Kalita Records / 2018 In Review

Kalita Records continued to source impossible to find sides from Africa, the Caribbean, and the US. Supplying a soundtrack of uptempo dancers, that frugged between breakneck Trinidadian Disco, “Burger Highlife”, and Gospel from Florida. Floor-fillers in the shape of Kalloo`s Star Child, Randolph Baker’s Callin` Me – Boogie-ing in the name of unity – and Nana Tuffour`s drum-machine assisted Afrobeat epic, Sikyi Medley. The latter release, a collaboration with Melbourne’s CC:DISCO, also included the downtempo gem, Jesus. Sophisticated Ladies` This Ain`t Really Love might have been a mid-tempo groover, but was still guaranteed to get the crowd`s arms in the air. The unreleased archives of Carrie Cleveland revealed some sublime Deep Soul.