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Global Groove: Mixtapes Vol. 1

Pono Ranch

Tapes traveled where the music industry didn’t. Block party recordings were copied from friend to friend. Across Africa, Asia and Latin America, cheap cassettes let local and underground music reach its listeners. A cassette was how music crossed borders, and how people found each other through it. Mixtapes is a new Global Groove series in that spirit: two selectors, two sides, two hours each. Long sets with room to tell a story, and room to hang, talk and meet the people next to you. Side A: Afro House, by Ngoma Numu House music born in Chicago, reshaped in South Africa. Side B: Acid Techno and Latin American Dark Wave, by Lasserette Sounds from DIY scenes that grew far from the mainstream.