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Sterns Edits returns after their well received and recently repressed Amadou Balake excursions, this time with Ben Gomori turning his hand to Guinea for a third instalment in the series of re-works from the Sterns Music catalogue of African gems. Balla et ses Balladins were one of Guinea s national orchestras formed as a result of the newly elected President, Sekou Toures authenticite policy of the early 1960s, which sought to promote Guinea s cultural identity following independence from France in 1958. Gomori takes the scalpel to two cuts recorded during their years on the state-run Syliphone label, making good use of bandleader Balla s lively trumpet playing. The gently haunting Nyo is taken on a stomping slo-mo chug with a head-nodding bassline and stuttering FX creating a shimmering effect on the tropical guitars, while the rousing horns of Wilikabo are laid over with rasping synth bass for a punchy juxtaposition. Sterns Edits is an official collaboration between African music stalwarts Sterns Music and London s Ben Gomori.