RADIOCLIT are definitely on the rise, both as remixers/DJs (with their popular CLUB SECOUSSE nights in London & Paris) and as two-thirds of acclaimed Afro-electronic band THE VERY BEST. For this compilation, they have hand-picked their favourite tracks among the wealth of hot electronic dance music which is being produced all across the African continent, from Angola to South Africa to the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and more.

ETIENNE TRON, the French half of the duo alongside his Swedish accomplice JOHAN HUGO, fills us in on the story of Club Secousse and how the RADIOCLIT sound was born…

“Some say dance music was born in the '70s New York disco scene, others talk about those famous German robots... Over the last few years it became clear for us that this trance-inducing, percussive music could be traced straight back to the African continent - and that this culture was flourishing there more than anywhere else.

“We launched our CLUB NIGHT SECOUSSE in 2008 with a simple challenge in mind: to bring people together and promote worldwide ghetto culture. It felt like nightlife was getting more and more segregated everywhere we went, with less and less connections between the Afro scene, the gay scene, the hipsters... Mainstream music culture was becoming an oppressive and stagnant machine, dance music was stuck and our interest in hip hop was quickly fading out. We were thirsty for exotic sounds, and started exploring as many local ghetto scenes as we could. The discoveries were endless: Native American Indian Pow Wowmusic, Brazilian funk, Syrian Dabke, Funana from Cabo Verde, Congoles Soukous, Coupe Decale out of Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone's Bubu music, Kuduro from Angola, UK's grime, dubstep and funky house scene, DJs and producers from South Africa's Durban and Pretoria, Columbian Afro-cumbia scene, Soca and Merengue from the Caribbean islands, Chicago's Juke, Houston's Screwed and Chopped music, Baltimore club beat, Tsonga Disco and Shangaan tribal sounds ... Our DJ sets became a picture of that insane neverending trip, jumping from one continent to another, one era to the next, bringing together superstars and unknown talents from the past, present and future in a glorious and chaotic way. We felt very much part of a new generation of kids jumping on that global culture bandwagon, iPods running on shuffle mode all day every day.

ALL THE TRACKS on this compilation have won their title of 'CLUB SECOUSSE ANTHEM' by getting played again and again in London, Paris, New York, Stockholm, São Paulo, Moscow and everywhere else we travelled to. THEY NEVER FAILED TO GET PEOPLE MOVING. They represent everything we love about ghetto culture: the ability to create something with nothing, the energy, the positivity... who said it was all about crime, drugs and violence???”

SOME VIDEOS FROM SONGS ON "The Sound of Club Secousse"

Track 01 : BAB LEE - Sous le Cocotier

Track 07 : MAGIC SYSTEM - Petit Pompier

Track 10 : JUSA DEMENTOR - African Air Horn Dance

Track 15 : KAYSHA feat. ANOFELA & TOP ONE FRISSON : On Est Ensemble

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