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Kanga Kaya 05:20
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Funah 02:43
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Naoto 03:28
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Afiye 04:25
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Afiye is a record to move & listen. Recorded in isolation through musical experiments in a country studio, it translates modern dance music production onto organic sources.

If Four Tet was to make an afrobeat album using London jazz musicians this is what it would sound like. Abstract lyricism makes space for an experience that is sensory and emotive, and the narrative is the instrumental conversation.

The album is inspired by a tour of Africa, from Sebastian’s hometown Cape Town to Ethiopia to Mali, where he studied and performed with prominent local musicians, even having the honour of performing for the father of Ethio-jazz, Mulatu Astatke.

Afiye is a development on Sebastian’s Kayanda, which sold on busking pitches throughout London and toured globally. Since Kayanda, Sebastian has refined his skillset, whilst improvising music for dancers and gigging relentlessly.

Afiye is an expression of years of musical interactions and insights from around the world.

‘Sounds like a really good record, mercury music prize finalist contender potentially?’ - Nick Halkes, Founder of XL Records

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released October 22, 2021

Music by Michael Sebastian
Artwork by Alice Humphreys
Final Mix by Morgan Bosc
Master by Loud Mastering

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Michael Sebastian improvises organic dance music.

His music has the structure of modern electronic; the freedom of jazz, and the depth of world music.

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