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Authentically Plastic’s Mixtape

Following Le Guess Who festival in Utrecht, Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a mixtape by one of the performers - Authentically Plastic of Ugandan dance collective Nyege Nyege.

Following her return from Le Guess Who Festival in Utrecht, Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a mixtape from one of the performers - Authentically Plastic of the Ugandan dance collective Nyege Nyege. Celebrating outsider music from around Uganda and beyond, Nyege Nyege put an emphasis on experimental club music and extreme electronics. Following their set at the Hakuna Kulala club night at Le Guess Who this weekend, the DJ and producer Authentically Plastic takes over mixtape duties for Late Junction.

With influences including dancehall, Afrofuturism and acid techno, Authentically Plastic’s sound is densely layered and high energy, having been honed at the Kampala club night they run with their queer dance collective ANTI-MASS. Their mixtape for Late Junction features selections from South African kwaito music, recordings of royal court music from the kingdom of Buganda and plenty of heavy rhythms from the Nyege Nyege scene.

Elsewhere in the show Jennifer shares spoken word from American visual artist Alice Knowles, there’s DIY dub-influenced sounds from singer Brenda Ray and a cover of The Police from the Western Sahel courtesy of musician Hamadth Kah.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

2 hours

Music Played

  • Maâlem Houssam Guinia & Band

    Baba Mimoun

    • Live at Le Guess Who? 2017.
    • Le Guess Who?.
  • Brenda Ray

    D'Ya Hear Me!

    • D'Ya Hear Me! : Naffi Years, 1979-83.
    • EM Records.
  • David Behrman

    Unforeseen Events (New York Part 1)

    • Viewfinder / Hide & Seek.
    • Black Truffle.
  • Alison Knowles

    Popular Bean Soup

    • Sounds from the Book of Bean.
    • Recital.
  • Alison Knowles

    The Whale Shark Rhinodon

    • Sounds from the Book of Bean.
    • Recital.
  • Olivia Block

    Axiolite

    • Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea.
    • Room40.
  • Jlin

    Rabbit Hole

    • Embryo.
    • Planet Mu.
  • Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O

    Umkhumbi kaMa

    • UMDALI.
    • Mushroom Hour Half Hour.
  • Turkana & Authentically Plastic

    Diesel Femme

    • DOXA.
    • ANTI-MASS.
  • Mamer

    Oyga Xomew = Muse

    • Sky = Kêngistik.
    • Old Heaven Books.
  • Los Tres Ases

    Lejos De Ti

    • The Paths Of Pain (The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960​-​68).
    • Honest Jon's Records.
  • Roy Montgomery

    Superstar

    • That Best Forgotten Work.
    • Grapefruit Records.
  • David Ross & Clive Bell

    Churning The Ocean Of Milk

    • Garuda vs Naga.
    • Confront Recordings.
  • Hamadth Kah

    Ce Weeti

    • Laila Je T'aime.
    • Sahel Sounds.
  • Authentically Plastic’s Mixtape

    • Lijadu Sisters

      Orere - Elejigbo

      • Horizon Unlimited.
      • Afrodisia.
    • Shamos

      G - P

      • I Can Think Of Nothing Else But This Machine.
      • Role Models.
    • Muslimgauze

      Rest Track 4

      • Minaret Speaker.
      • Staalplaat.
    • Oyisse

      Ekopola (feat. Sekelembele)

      • Elembo.
      • Hakuna Kulala.
    • B.D.B.

      Countdown To Nowhere

      • F*** You And Your Influential Friends.
      • New York Haunted.
    • Pharmakon

      Pristine Panic / Cheek By Jowl

      • Devour.
      • Sacred Bones Records.
    • Jon Hassell

      Pastorale Vassant

      • Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One).
      • Ndeya.
    • Sons of Traders & Chris Mitchell

      Deep In The Flowers (Chris Mitchell "Descendant" Mix)

      • Deep In The Flowers.
      • Sons Of Traders Records.
    • Lata Ramasar

      The Greatest Name That Lives (Alessandro Adriani Remix)

      • The Greatest Name That Lives.
      • Invisible City Editions.
    • Lady Thuli

      I'm Gonna Make It

      • I'm Gonna Make It.
      • On Record.
    • Xiao Quan

      The New Head Of The 108 Dragons (feat. 0111001101110100)

      • Iron Fist.
      • Ernest D. Tapes.
    • Credit 00 & The Pedestrian

      My Sin

      • Concept 1210.
      • June.
    • John Ssempeke & Sebuufu Steven

      Osiibye otyano

      • Buganda Royal Music Revival.
      • Nyege Nyege Tapes.
  • Aunt Sally

    Subete Urimono

    • Aunt Sally.
    • MESH-KEY.
  • Melinda Bronstein

    Something / Lost

    • In Reverse.
    • Metaphysical Powers.
  • Iris

    JPT Acid

    • Speah.
    • Tax Free Records.
  • Zaur Nagoy

    Shekheh (Song for extracting bullets from the wounds)

    • Songs & speeches: live at Fields Festival.
    • Ored Recordings.
  • PhÆ°Æ¡ng Tâm

    Anh Dau Em Do (Wherever You Are, I Will Be There)

    • Magical Nights: Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966).
    • Sublime Frequencies.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Nov 2021 23:00

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