I don’t exactly remember when I first met Jannis Stürtz, but it has to be around 15 years ago, probably at some festival in Germany. Jannis co-ran a hip-hop label, I edited a hip-hop magazine.
We both loved socially conscious rap with musical roots in soul, jazz and funk; later we would both be spending most of our time chasing rare grooves from Africa,…
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