Kwesachu Mixtape Vol.1 is the second mixtape album

Mixtape

A Mix Tape or Mixed Tape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio Compact Cassette.A Mix Tape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a...

 by musician Micachu

Micachu

Mica Levi, known by her stage name Micachu , is an English singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. She is classically trained and is best known for experimental music in a variety of genres.-Biography:...

 and the first collaboratively produced mixtape album by her and London producer/songwriter Kwes

Kwes

Kwes, officially stylized Kwes. is a British record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician.-Biography:Kwes was born and raised in Lewisham, South East London. He began playing his grandparents' organ at the age of four and his grandmother bought him his first small keyboard aged 5...

. Together, the producers are known as Kwesachu.

Kwesachu Mixtape Vol.1 features reworks of musicians including Hot Chip

Hot Chip

Hot Chip are an English electronic indie band. They have released four studio albums—Coming on Strong, The Warning, Made in the Dark and One Life Stand.-Formation:...

, Cibelle

Cibelle

Cibelle is a multi-media performance artist, singer-songwriter and music producer. Cibelle’s music is difficult to classify; she has been called a self-styled purveyor of “Tropical Punk”.-Biography:...

, Metronomy

Metronomy

Metronomy are an electronic music group formed by Joseph Mount in Totnes, Devon, England in 1999. The current band consists of Joseph Mount , Anna Prior , Oscar Cash and Gbenga Adelekan...

, Golden Silvers

Golden Silvers

Golden Silvers are a band from London signed to independent record label XL. The line-up consists of vocalist and keyboardist Gwilym Gold, Ben Moorhouse on bass guitar, and Robden Alexis Nunez on drums.-Early stages:...

, The Invisible

The Invisible (band)

The Invisible are an indie rock/post-rock band based in and originating from London, and fronted by the singer and guitarist Dave Okumu, a long-time member of the London jazz scene. The band formed as Dave Okumu's solo project but quickly developed into a full fledged band with friends Tom Herbert ...

, Man Like Me, Finn Peters

Finn Peters

Finn Peters is a flautist and saxophonist. He studied music at Durham University and took the postgraduate jazz course at Guildhall School of Music...

, and guests upcoming artists associated with the two musicians, including MCs Ghostpoet

Ghostpoet

Ghostpoet is a British singer and producer.In June 2010, Ghostpoet released his first EP The Sound Of Strangers on Brownswood Recordings and was later featured in The Guardian’s “New Band Of The Day”....

 and DELS

Dels (musician)

DELS is a rapper and graphics designer from Ipswich. He is based currently in London and a graduate of Kingston University. Dickins signed a three album deal with the Ninja Tune label Big Dada.-Releases:...

, and musicians The xx

The xx

The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2005. The band's members met while studying at Elliott School, the same school that produced Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. They became a trio when their second guitarist and keyboardist, Baria Qureshi, departed in late 2009. In September...

, Brotha May, Elan Tamara and Micachu's band The Shapes. A launch party was held at the Cable club in London on 5 June 2009, featuring a live Kwesachu performance which included Micachu, Kwes, Dels and Ghostpoet.

Releases

The mixtape was digitally released via their internet websites on June 5th, 2009 in MP3 format. Kwesachu Vol.1 has also been pressed onto an unknown limited number of tape cassettes

Compact Cassette

The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...

, available for purchase from the Rough Trade Shop

Rough Trade Shop

Rough Trade are two independent record shops based in London, UK.The first Rough Trade shop was opened in 1976 by Geoff Travis in the Portobello Road district of west London. In 1978 the shop spawned the famous Rough Trade Records, which was to go on to be home to bands from The Smiths to The...

 in Brick Lane, London. All the songs are contained as one track which lasts 51 minutes and 20 seconds.

Track listing

Personnel

• Tracks 3, 5, 7, 11, 16 and 17 - produced by Micachu
  
• Tracks 2, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 - produced by Kwes
  
• Tracks 9 & 13 - produced by Micachu & The Shapes
  
• Tracks 4 & 15 - produced by Kwesachu (Kwes & Micachu)

External links

• http://bokkle.com/download/index.php?proid0=0 Mixtape available for download only through Bokkle Records
• http://warp.net/kwes Kwes. on Warp's website
• http://www.roughtraderecords.com/micachu/1195/micachu-the-shapes Micachu on Rough Trade's website