Name: For The Ones Remixed
Brand: Yelfris Valdes

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Catalogue number

MMACONDO002

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black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-07-09

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794712635345

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Yelfris Valdes

Genre GB

Latin / South American 

Label GB

Musica Macondo

"This album is absolutely brilliant...a very important new generation Cuban Artist" - Gilles Peterson

Cuban artist, composer and trumpet player Yelfris Valdés once again joins forces with Jazz FM Resident Tim Garcia's label Música Macondo, inviting an impressive roster of producers to remix and reinterpret a selection of standout tracks from his 2019 debut LP 'For The Ones.

Kicking off the record, Yoruba Records head honcho Osunlade is first to step up to the plate, delivering a deep and percussive take of 'After Sly'. Next up, Quantic takes the recent single 'Aceleyo Aña' into new and unexplored territories, utilising space bending arpeggios and astral synths alongside a heavily swung rhythm section to incredible effect. Manchester based Contours transforms Gnawa influenced 'Maktub' into a moment of peak time introspection with an icy, early Chicago house edge.

On the flip, Garcia opted for remixers who "capture that Broken/Bruk London feel". Starting in fine form, K15 blends shimmering keys and a shuffling beat with the euphoric vocals and trumpet melodies of his bruk-infused take on just released second single 'Ancestry'. Joining the proceedings, South London's Maxwell Owin sharpens his amen chops on a twisting, abstract jungle soundscape version of 'Worlds' before IG Culture's LCSM bring their unmistakable, brass-led syncopated stylings to the closing track 'Full Moon'.

This vinyl only release is pressed in the greenest and most eco-friendly way possible, while 20% of its profits is going to the supply of instruments to music schools in Cuba.

For The Ones Remixed

Music GB