Afro-Caribbean mixes with space disco on The Mauskovic Dance Band’s Soundway debut

It’s tropical synth conga line time.

Soundway Records is releasing the debut EP from The Mauskovic Dance Band this March.

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Down In The Basement fuses traditional sounds including afro-columbian styles (champeta, cumbia and picó soundsystem culture) with afro-disco, no-wave and electronic flourishes.

The EP follows two 7″s The Mauskovic Dance Band released on Swiss label Bongo Joe Records in 2017.

Pre-order a copy here ahead of its 16th March release, listen to an exclusive premiere of first single ‘Down In The Basement’, and check out the track list below.

Tracklist

1. Down In The Basement
2. The Opposite
3. Continue The Fun (Space Version)
4. Tuto Bay