Alan Abrahams maintains that traditional African music and house music
are much the same thing. In his music as Portable and Bodycode, Abrahams
acts a living link between the indigenous sounds of his youth in South Africa
and the first Chicago house records whose futuristic aesthetic broadened his
horizons. Since leaving South Africa for London, Lisbon and now Berlin,
Abrahams launched the Süd Electronic label with Lerato and released on
~scape, Spectral Sound, Karat and Perlon (among others). Tomorrow sees
the release of his second album as Bodycode, the spectacular Immune on
Spectral Sound. Full of fuzzy synth chords, needling percussion and Abrahams’
emotion-filled vocals, the album finds his sui generis sound in its most realized
state. Our 22nd podcast, which pits Abrahams’ Portable and Bodycode monikers
against each other, provides an exclusive look into the sounds bouncing around
this talented producer’s head and computer.
Download: LWE Podcast 22: Portable vs. Bodycode (54:06)
Tracklist:
01. Oleg Poliakov, “Rainy Dayz” (Portable remix) [Circus Company]
02. Bodycode, “Meaning and Memory” [Spectral Sound]
03. Portable ft. Lerato, “Body to Body” (live remix) [Yore Records]
04. Portable, “Release” [Perlon]
05. Bodycode, “Subspace Radio” [Spectral Sound]
06. Portable, “The Many” [Perlon]
07. Bodycode, “I’ll Hold Your Hand” [Spectral Sound]
08. Bodycode, “Nanotechnolody” (live remix) [Spectral Sound]
09. Bodycode ft. Lerato, “What Did You Say” [Spectral Sound
* great music! from a great person. nobody should miss this, big up
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