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Audio: Old Money x Lamin Fofana "Ethiopia / Nāga"

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

Words by Mpho Brown.

Brooklyn-based producers Old Money and Lamin Fofana continue their collaboration with Ethiopia/Nāga, the first in a series of three joint releases. The duo themselves describe the audio experience as "an examination of mysteries as articulated through fresh and distinct African Caribbean lenses" — which is dead on. These journeys, which I refuse to just call tracks, sound like solutions of different colored inks. "Ethiopia" is a nostalgia-inducing fusion of Afro-Caribbean drumming, electronic melody, and a Gregorian-type bass. It flows into "Nāga," which feels like Chicago/London house music meets a Naeto C flow from "10 Over 10." Buy the release, out now on Dutty Artz, and stream it below.