Xoa / Contours

Following their massively well-recieved debut release with Moroccan musician Majid Bekkas, Banana Hill return with music from slightly closer to home. Manchester-based drummer, DJ & producer Contours joins multi-instrumentalist XOA for a collaborative 12'' of deep, percussive afrocentric house grooves. ''Too Much Talking'' is a cosmic dancefloor heater, with dubbed-out synths, vintage guitars, fat live bass and as the name suggests, a talking drum that underpins the whole track. Things head a little deeper on ''Express'' with rolling percussion, heavy sub and subtle influences of afrobeat & jazz.

• 1 Too Much Talking
• 2 Express