The Very Best
with Javelin, Many Mansions

Sunday, November 01, 9:00 PM

Great Scott
1222 Commonwealth Ave
Allston, 02134
General admission
$12.00
18+ • Tickets only available at Great Scott

Born from a love of hip-hop’s boundary-pushing ethos, Etienne Tron and Johan Karlberg of the celebrated French/Swedish production/remix duo Radioclit have teamed up with Malawian songsmith Esau Mwamwaya to form The Very Best. The group is a daring global partnership whose sole aim is to re-write western pop rules in a language which is not English. Esau who moved to London seven years ago ran into Etienne in the second hand furniture store he ran in Hackney, located on the same road as their production studio. After regular chats about the state of global music, Tron and Karlberg decided to invite Esau into the studio to lay down some vocals and beats.   The group’s dedication to global music and attention to detail has paid off.  Their debut mix-tape and their recently released full-length “Warm Heart of Africa” have been ecstatically received by writers, bloggers and DJs alike.  The music contained within combines Radioclits exuberant, bustling production, with Esau’s beautiful harmonies, sung in his native language of Chichewa.  The unique sound of The Very Best has already attracted collaborators as diverse as M.I.A, Vampire Weekend, Architecture in Helsinki, and Akon.  What was born out of fun and a mutual love of rhythm became something far grander.

 

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