The Very Best – Yalira [mp3]

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The Very Best has a new, extremely limited (500 copies) 7″ single out now with cover art of the amazing BP Konan of the Ivory Coast. We already gave you the A side, Warm Heart of Africa, so this time you can get the B side Yalira. You can download the single for free on the label’s site as well.

Ah, here is a bonus ;)
This is my fave song nowadays.

The Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa
(Architecture In Helsinki remix) [mp3]

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The Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa

[mp3]

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Raise your hand if you haven’t heard of The Very Best! They were the biggest music blog faves last year with their  The Very Best mixtape . But for the record, The Very Best is the Swedish/French producer duo Radioclit and the Malawi born singer Esau Mwamwaya. Their debut album, Warm Heart Of Africa will be out September 2nd. The supercatchy title track is featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig on guest vocals.

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Terry Lynn – Jamaican Girls (clean edit) [mp3 ]

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Terry Lynn teamed up with Johan Hugo of Radioclit /The Very Best to make this new track from the forthcoming free digital EP called It Was Written. The five songs on the EP, presented by Red Stripe Beer, celebrate the worldwide influence of Jamaican music. You’ll be able to get the full EP on Monday, June 15th, at www.thefader.com/redstripe .

We give extra APC bonus points to the first commenter who tells us, what song was sampled for this tune ;)

Esau Mwamwaya went back to Lelongwe, Malawi in October 2008 for the first time in 9 years. This video is about his homecoming. Most of the kids dancing in the video is Esau’s brothers and all their neighbours kids.

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Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya are The Very Best [zip]

Fairtilizer brings you the official release for the new project by Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya: The Very Best. This epic mixtape serves as a teaser before their album drops in 2009. Nothing is cooler than Esau rhyming on edits of tracks by Hans Zimmer (!), Michael Jackson, TTC, M.i.a, or Vampire Weekend.

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