from a backyard shed in Dandenong North, Australia, some of West Africa’s finest would record simple percussive tracks, when then surfed the airwaves via studios in Melbourne, Berlin and London, to finally land back on our doorsteps as Deep Heat/Tropical Storm.

Add to this heady brew two guest vocalists who are some of the most invigorating in their respective scenes, Latin America via Berlin star Gotopo, and Melbourne’s own Rara Zulu, and all of sudden what began as an exercise in percussive exploration has transformed into a hands-down banger of a record.