DEEP HEAT / TROPICAL STORM

A1. Deep Heat (ft. Rara Zulu) A2. Deep Heat (Instrumental) B1. Tropical Storm (ft. Gotopo) B2. Tropical Storm (Instrumental) Nine-piece West Africa-via-Melbourne ensemble Ausecuma Beats and improvised collective Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, also known as Z*F*E*X, reveal a new collaborative EP out August 19 via Music in Exile. Call it a match made somewhere in musical heaven, the minds behind Ausecuma Beats, comprised of members from Senegal, Mali, Cuba and Guinea, found they melded easily with Z*F*E*X following weeks of recording and sharing material remotely together. Z*F*E*X themselves, an ensemble comprised of drummer Zeke ˜Ziggy™ Zeitgeist, keyboardist and producer Lewis Moody, bassist Matthew Hayes, and a rotating cast of guests, are prolific musicians themselves with weighty credentials spread across their base locations of Australia, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Thus, from a backyard shed in Dandenong North, Australia, some of West Africa™s finest would record simple percussive tracks, which then surfed the airwaves via studios in Melbourne, Berlin and London, to finally land back on listeners doorsteps as a forthcoming collaborative EP, Deep Heat/Tropical Storm. Starring two guest vocalists who are some of the most invigorating in their respective scenes - Latin America via Berlin star Gotopo, and Melbourne™s own Rara Zulu - the EP™s beginnings in percussive exploration are transformed into a must-have record of all bangers. Expect the duelling minds of two highly respected acts to reveal a combined EP of complex compositions that remain wholly accessible thanks to addictive harmonies and melodies. Emotionally thrilling, and easy to love, listen and dance to.