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kon & amir - off track vol 3: brooklyn - bbe - cd

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Donny McCullough - From The Heart (Kon's Multi remix)
2. The Mazyck Project - More Power To You
3. Randolph Baker - Getting Next To You
4. Fres Prescott & The Jeff Band - Come Fly With Me
5. SFB - Burnin' Up (Kon's edit)
6. Gerard PJ Brown - Sexy Lady
7. Twilight - Play My Game
8. The Edge Of Daybreak - EOD
9. Kenny Mann Jr & Liquid Pleasure Band - Tin Top (part 1 & 2 - Kon's edit)
10. Taxie - Rock Don't Stop
11. Backyard Construction - I Want Your Lovin'
12. Bomp - Funk Ina Ghatto (feat Austin & Jones)
13. Dizzy K - Saturday Night Raps
14. Bomp - Disco Power
15. Tee Mac - Living Everyday (feat Majorie Barnes)
16. Effi Duke & The Love Family - The Time Is Come
17. Christy Essien Igbokwe - You Can't Change A Man
18. Harry Mosco - Step On
19. Doris Ebong - Boogie Trip
20. Galaxy - Galaxy
21. Dizzy K - Take It To The DJ

Off Track III finds the New York/Boston-based digging duo Kon & Amir shining light on eclectic African disco and soul cuts, Americanized by style but inherently authentic in feel from the period following Fela Kuti's mid-70s creative peak. Some standouts: Tee Mac's 1980’s insistently catchy 'Living Everyday', Effi Duke's percussive materpiece 'The Time Is Come', and Christy Essien's glorious 'You Can't Change', which features famed bandleader Geraldo Pino's Show Train outfit. Also in the mix are a couple of cuts from unsung Nigerian star Dizzy K. Falola aimed at sophisticated dancefloors. Tip!

Digging duo Kon & Amir occupy a select corner of the DJ world, with radio, mix-CDs, live sets and compilations on their radar. Theirs is a slowly-but-steadily growing catlogue crammed with timeless releases: six volumes of their widely celebrated On Track mixtape series, a highly regarded compilation The Cleaning (2004), a breaks-heavy instalment called Kings of Digging (2006) with DJ Muro from Japan and now the third volume of five in their Off Track series for BBE.