Various – Free At Last (Joe Clausell Edits & Overdubs) (Atypical Dopeness US) 12″

The debut release in the ‘Ononaiye Center for Increased Awareness’ series compiled by Paul Nickerson and Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell. On this ‘Free At Last’ 12″ is a series of jam sessions that took place in South Africa under the name ‘Outernational Meltdown’ – after the dissolution of apartheid the idea was birthed to gather a group of South African musicians who had little chance to expand their musical horizons during the repression and pair them with some of the finest Western World and Jazz musicians and see what happens! After two weeks of spontaneous recording sessions in Jo’burg and Cape Town with Brazilian master percussionist Airto Moreira, Sao Paolo born guitarist Jose Neto, South African bassist Sipho Gumede and Pop Mohammed amongst others this was the result of their ‘experiment’. Previously released only as a very limited CD, these songs have never been available on vinyl and are paired with the never before available trance-inducing Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell edit of Khon’Othwele.