Time Capsule founder Kay Suzuki presents an acid-infused remix collection that bridges rhythms from Guadeloupe, Cuba, Senegal, and Puerto Rico. - Available at MUSENKI RECORDS
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KAY SUZUKI / VARIOUS ARTISTS: CHOICE REMIXES 2008-2022 - est. release 06 Dec 24

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Time Capsule founder Kay Suzuki presents an acid-infused remix collection that bridges rhythms from Guadeloupe, Cuba, Senegal, and Puerto Rico.

Suzuki's musical journey, from the intimate, underground vibe of Plastic People to the immersive dancefloor of Beauty and the Beat, is deeply rooted in London’s iconic sound system culture. For Suzuki, high-quality audio can create portals to new dimensions, with rhythm as "time made plastic" and beauty in the spaces between beats.

Spanning more than fifteen years of music, this remix collection captures Suzuki’s evolution as a DJ, producer, label boss, and one-time sushi chef at Brilliant Corners. He views remixes as a dialogue between his own sense of time and the original artist’s, layering influences from broken beat, house, and dub into rhythms across the Black Atlantic. Together, these tracks form a shared language on the dancefloor.

The A-side opens with a dubbed-out rework of ‘A Ka Titine’ by Guadeloupe’s Gaoulé Mizik, originally released by Beauty and the Beat in 2022. Blending electronic textures, dub sirens, and space echo, Suzuki amplifies the creole roots of the shuffling toumblak beat, transforming it into a sought-after dancefloor staple played by DJs like Colleen Cosmo Murphy and Bradley Zero.

Moving to Puerto Rico, Broki’s ‘Es Que Lo Es,’ a collaboration with Bugz in the Attic’s Afronaut and Seiji, is reimagined with Afro-Latin percussion, subtly bruk’d to create a unique space between London and San Juan that transcends any single era.

The B-side starts with Blackbush Orchestra’s ‘Sortez, Les Filles!’ infused with Senegalese rhythms and a Balearic house groove, restructured by Suzuki with new synth and percussion layers that reveal the track’s dancefloor energy.

Finally, Suzuki journeys to Cuba for ‘Oyelo’ by Sunlightsquare (Claudio Passavanti) and vocalist Rene Alvarez, featuring percussionist Giovanni Imparato. Here, Suzuki removes the kick, leaving an “imaginary four-to-the-floor”—a pulse felt rather than heard, lifting the listener to a different universe entirely.

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