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Our friends in London production/dj tag team known as Radioclit continues their succesful collaboration with Malawi born singer Esau Mwamwaya, now they’ve formed a group that they’re appropriately calling The Very Best. They just released a preview mixtape (an album is already finished and will be released in 2009) blending Esau’s smooth crooner vocals over everything from Teki Latex and DJ Mujava to Hans Zimmer thus this mix brings a smile to our faces while we dream of getting away from this autumn drudge.

The Very Best Mix (zShare, zip file)

TRACKLIST:

1) Kamphopo (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya, music: Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races)
2) Wena (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya & Bleksem, music: DJ Cleo - Wena)
3) Tengazako (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya, music: M.I.A - Paper Planes)
4) Chikondi (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya, music: Hans Zimmer - True Romance Theme)
5) Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (The Very Best Remix) (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya, music: Radioclit & Vampire Weekend)
6) Hide And Seek (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya & Teki Latex, music: TTC - Batards Sensibles)
7) Salota (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya and Blk Jks, music: Cannibal Ox - Life’s Ill)
8) Boyz (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya, Akon & M.I.A, music: M.I.A -Boyz)
9) Sister Betina (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya & Mgarimbe, music: Mgarimbe - Sister Betina)
10) Birthday (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya & The Ruby Suns, music: The Ruby Suns)
11) Funa Funa (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya, music: Radioclit)
12) Kada Manja (classic version) (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya, music: Radioclit)
13) Dinosaur Of The Lost Ark (The Very Best remix) (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya & Ben Brewer, music: Bermuda)
14) Get it Up (The Very Best Remix) (vocals : Esau Mwamwaya, Santogold, M.I.A & Northern Cree, music: Radioclit)
15) Will You Be There (vocals: Esau Mwamwaya & Michael Jackson, music: Michael Jackson - Will You Be There)

BONUS: They broke off three of the tracks and are offering them for download here (YSI link).

Etienne and Johan AKA Radioclit recently produced the track “Get It Up” with Santogold and M.I.A, it was featured on the smashing Diplo/Santogold “Top Rankin” mixtape that set the internet on fire a couple of weeks ago. They decided to up the ante and brought in former Malawi (now East London) singer Esau Mwamwaya ie “The African Phil Collins” to grace the track with his presence. Look out for the release of his mixtape sometime in October and the release of his debut album shortly after that.

Radioclit, Esau Mwamwaya, M.I.A & Santogold - Get It Up (YSI)

BONUS: Video of the making of the Esau Mwamwaya video.