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Warp Records duo Africa Hitech (Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek) stopped by Dubspot NYC recently to present a music production workshop and Q&A session. Check out this video recapping their visit.
It all traces back to Africa. Whether it be the swing, the syncopation, or the offbeats that bless various club musics with a soul, they all owe gratitude to the continent. It's a part of reggae, hip hop, and soul as much as it is jungle, Detroit techno, and footwork. Yet that's only where's it's been, so what's over the next horizon? This is the underlying curiosity that brought Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek together as Africa Hitech. Together they've developed a brash, complex dynamic that has given them a new level of recognition, but both have storied solo careers. Pritchard has wide interests and appeal as evidenced by his 26 alias, such as Troubleman and Harmonic 313. And Spacek has been skipping chapters into the future as a beat maker and singer through collaborations with the likes of J Dilla on "Dollar" and with Morgan Zarate as part of a trio called Morgan Spacek.