“The drum is closely linked in African philosophy with the word… The original utterance which created life of nothingness and chaos, and then established order in that creation. The drum is therefore a divine tool of the Supreme Being, a womb or beginning of created life.”  – Maureen Warner-Lewis

“The drum encloses a womb of space in which silence and identity will emerge out of the darkness and the void.” – Wilson Harris

“”God is dumb, until the drum speaks.” – Ancient African proverb

Drawing upon the vast rhythmic resources across the mother continent, from places like Botswana, Burundi, Uganda, Ghana, Congo, Morocco, and more, with a touch of Afro-Cuba and the Afro-Caribbean, as well as selection and sampling of some of the great electronic music of today, FUSION 7 builds a fortress to dance, a bridge between today’s electronic dance music and its roots on the Mother Continent.  Even more than the Afro-Asian House of FUSION 3 and Middle Eastern Bass of FUSION 4, this 7th volume of pure African Percussion and Techno/Bass is firmly situated on the dance floor.

As we take synthetic drugs in the context of today’s commercialized club culture, it is important to know that dance music is neither frivolous or inconsequential:  rhythm was important for the evolutionary process of our species in terms of motor functions and socialization, and dancing is a sacred activity which connects us both to each other, as well as to the vibrations of the heavenly spheres.

01 Heart Beat Intro / Tuareg Traditional X dima – monolog

02 Guem & Zaka – Printemps X Yonurican – Lucha Machete

03 El Hadj Ensemble – Wo Mawu X Fast Vision Soul – Babatunde

04 Soweto Ensemble – Nxal X Unknown

05 Bukky Leo & Black Egypt – Black Egypt

06 Gordeon Odametey – Okemi Ekpe X Queen Atom – Minsk

07 Kasai Allstars – Mukuba Special X Shakleton X Wiley – Where’s My Brother (Trebus    Funky Dub)

08 Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Pattern 3 X MicroTribe

09 Afronaut – Neuvo Rumbero X Echologist feat. The Space Ape – Mercy Beat (MRI vs Uess Nondub Remix)

10 Calypso Jazz Improvisation With Steel Drums X Caja De Ritmos – Drumstep X          Echologist feat. The Space Ape – Mercy Beat (MRI vs Uess Nondub Remix)

11 Shackleton – It’s Not Easy X Rhythmic Theory – Riveted

12 Percussion3 X Kamikaze Space Programme – Lawn (Dj Zhao Short Edit)

13 Guem & Zaka – Turon X Roska – Jackpot

14 Tambours Du Burundi – Uri Inyambo Burundi + LR Groove – Bush Man

15 Guem – Topil X Gender – Behind the Forest

16 Hammana Manden Kono A Nakan X Edu K – Avec Bon Bons

17 El Hadj Ensemble – Wo Mawu X Cabo Snoop – Windeck (Arih Gold & Gil Perez Remix)

18 Guem & Zaka – Liberte X BWG – Mandombanzani

19 Guem & Zaka – Liberte X Ventress – Typhon

20 Tuareg Traditional X Ardisson – The End (Posthuman Remix) X Ventress – Typhon / Heartbeat