LONDON, UK
NEW ARTIST FLOPE RELEASES DEBUT
ALBUM, BUT WHO IS FLOPE?
Flope has been involved in the music industry for over 20 years but has mainly
made and played music for fun.
Recently he decided to produce his
first album for public consumption
beginning with ‘Mask’ the first African
influenced album due for release in
early 2022.
ABOUT THE ALBUM
The project involved the discovery and purchase of a batch of over 100 original 78rpm shellac records made nearly 70 years ago in what was Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Now Zambia and Malawi respectively). The African rhythms and vocals have had to be painstakingly remastered, retempoed and rekeyed to fit modern recording systems. When this is done and they are laid down with new guitar and keyboard recordings as well as loops and samples, the results are quite amazing.
WHERE WAS THE ALBUM RECORDED AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN ITS PRODUCTION?
Original vocals and instrumentation
were recorded onto 78RPM vinyl in
Africa during the 1950’s and early
60’s! The vocal languages used are all
native to the areas where they were
recorded. The recordings have been
converted to digital by a studio in the
US and finally cleaned up, sampled
and featured in new recordings made
in the UK by Flope.
Sample label from one of the many original records
ANY OTHER INFO
Flope continues to trawl the internet
for possible links back to the original
recordings and has managed to make
contact with the grandson of one of the
original performers who was amazed
at what had been achieved. The album definitely deserves a listen and the word needs spreading about this amazing project with its rich cultural heritage.
