Ragoo Records presents Luzee’s “Afro Sketches,” a beat tape woven from the very dust of forgotten archives. Imagine a sonic cartographer, tracing the faded rhythms of field recordings from Africa and South America onto the circuitry of his MPC. In the studio, the raw samples are not just played but processed, warmed through the ageing transistors of a Tascam mixer until they pulse with a new, analogue life. This is music as reclamation, where the crackle of the source vinyl becomes part of the texture, stitching the past to the present in a seamless, instrumental narrative. The final product is a deeply textured fabric of sound, distilled into nineteen tracks, honouring its roots not through imitation, but through a gritty, intuitive resurrection.
Amid the album’s archival explorations, “Cause I Go” emerges as a moment of pure, playful release. The track is anchored by a groovy, Afro-infused breakbeat that creates an undeniable physical sway. This rhythmic foundation becomes a canvas for soft synth leads that weave through the arrangement with a naughty, teasing quality. Percussive elements chatter in the gaps, adding a layer of textured complexity. At the heart of it all, looping vocal hooks transform into the track’s magnetic centre, a cryptic and infectious phrase that pulls the listener deeper into its hypnotic, danceable spell.
You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label.