Review: Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Celebrate Some Time (Energy Exchange Records)

Wow! There are some fantastic musicians in the Naarm/Melbourne area and luckly for us northern hemisphere residents, Ziggy Zaeitgeist in based in Berlin and the single 'Celebrate Some Time' is out today.

The reason it's a good thing he's in Berlin is that this new track features Ghanaian Eric Owusu and putting his Ghanaian-German Afro-Rock group background with Ziggy's ZFFE (that we first came across on Secretsundaze 'Kreuzbery Kix' EPs a few years ago), this is perfect Cymande meets the polyversal sounds of Philophon (that are also Ghanian/Berlin based - what chance a Jimi Tenor remix?  One for another day).  And the track gets a bit spaceship synth dubby at the end!

This is modern "West African Disco" at its best and what's just as exciting is that there's an album coming out called 'Inspire // Radicalise' in April that features a cast of 1000s (well, quite a few in reality).

This is going to be a benchmark album for 2025 and the let's celebrate (some time) now!

Artist:  Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange

Title: Celebrate Some Time (Single)

Release date: 30th January, 2025

Label : Energy Exchange Records

Catalog Number : -

Format: Digital / Bandcamp (order LP - BUY LINK: INSPIRE // RADICALISE)

Review: 30/70 - All 4 U (Energy Exchange Records)

If you're unfamiliar with 30/70, it's a great time to support Bandcamp Friday today.

30/70 are a collective (some might say "Supergroup") that include Allysha Joy, Ziggy Zeitgeist, Josh Kelly, Finn Rees and Matthew Hayes who are all solo artists and band leaders in their own right that are full of soul, jazz and beats so that thier fans are as varied as Gilles Peterson (via his Brownswood label) and Peckham's finest Bradley Zero (Rhythm Section International).

This single, 'All 4 U' is their neo-soul broken beat that puts "70s Herbie and Fela in the darkroom of a Berlin club" - doesn't that sound fun?

So, big from South London to South Melbourne; your new favourite supergroup. 

Artist : 30/70 

Title : All 4 U

Release date : 4th November, 2022

Label : Energy Exchange Records

Catalog Number : EXRECLP001S2