Singleversity #37

Audiversity’s weekly column, slightly modified, on random music in a predetermined number of words between 1 & 150. This week's randomly generated number: 69.

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Plucked from the very first entry of the Ethiopiques series (they are cruising somewhere around 23 these days), “Wètètié Maré” and its mellow-soul vibe sounds as if it slinked out of a late night recording session at Stax studios in the early 60s. Actually recorded by Muluqèn Mèllèssè a decade later, it is the type of exotic jam that reminds you that a “groove” is an international feeling.

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Lurking in the shadows of "Control" and a slew of needless Joy Division reissues arriving just in time for the holidays is an equally fascinating story of Factory Benelux apostles from the Low Countries. The Names are one of the best examples with a Martin Hannett connection that virtually no one knows; 1981 single "Calcutta" shows a Brussels-based group at the peak of their brief arc. Somebody reissue Swimming!