Elite Beat

By the Light of the Pyramids

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In an era of boundless self promotion, anonymity is a rare and precious thing. Listening to Trevor Jackson's NTS show one night we heard a glorious piece of music by something called Elite Beat. A quick search found 10 years worth of recorded material but not a single photo or youtube clip. They had made a record with Niger born guitarist Mdou Moctar but were based in Portland, Oregon. More questions than answers but we knew we had just heard one helluva cosmic link up! We still don't know what they look like but we can tell you Elite Beat is a 6 piece ensemble now in their 12th year as a musical collective. Their sound is non prescribed rhythm music with an emphasis on live playing, free form expression and dubbing techniques. Players who have absorbed the plethora of global grooves from dub, Ethiopoques and Tuareg guitar music (probably the odd Dead bootleg too). They aren't retromaniacs or here to revive a genre. Just some cats from Oregon talking that universal language, fueled by laugher and a vision of the eternal. "By The Light Of The Pyramids" and "Postcards From Gortupal" are their latest and greatest offerings, birthed out of live sessions. *The vinyl versions are shorter edits of the original / digital to preserve sound quality.

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Genre

World

Release Date

26.07.2019

Cat No

RREP03

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World
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World
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Selected Rhythms Research
Fusion
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Reggae / Dub
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Experimental Electronica
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Big Yawn
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Electronica
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Reggae / Dub
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Selected Rhythms, Vol. 2 Research
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Deep House
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House
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