Last fall I had the immense pleasure of watching the Awesome Tapes From Africa dude DJ. The standout track from that evening was, in my mind, “Dieuleul Dieuleul” by Aby Ngana Diop, the title of which I know due to my having giddily rushed to the DJ booth for at least the fourth time that night inquiring as to a track title, annoying the ATFA dude by making him repeatedly try to pronounce, and eventually just spell both the artist and album, as I laboriously typed it all into a flip phone to look up later.
I’ve since been swept away countless times by this track, Aby presiding like the headmaster at a pep rally in Heaven’s High School, peering pleasantly yet powerfully over the proceedings — here there are no demarcations between athletes, drumline, teachers, audience. Close to a year of repeat plays later, Awesome Tapes announces what will surely be an immense treat in the form of the entire 1994 album from which this single came. Yet as someone whose own DJ sets are comprised almost entirely of tracks ripped off of the Awesome Tapes blog, the rerelease and inevitable popularization of this particular single is for me bittersweet.
Scope the single via the video above and proceed directly to the pre-order here
• Awesome Tapes From Africa: http://www.awesometapes.com
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