Ten producers and DJs feature on the label’s newest release
Toronto-based label Stereo Ferment has released its compilation Fermented Grooves Volume One. As the label’s fourth release, this collection of tracks keeps at the pace of their afro-centric inspired grooves and what they call a ‘psych-tropical disco-dub-boogie’ sound. The label is operated by producers Oreku (Cayden Mowbray) and Coy Haste (Brad Weber) and collaborates with artists from around the world to produce experimental sound.
Stereo Ferment released Coy Haste’s EP Apicultura earlier this year. The songs on this album represent the artist’s interpretation of a San folk origin story from the Kalahari Desert. The album blends electronica with folk recordings and 70s inspired afro synth. In 2020, the label released ia ia ia by Oreku which is a collection of three tracks inspired by Kabyle folk of Algeria, Baul folk of West Bengal, and radio recordings from Indonesia, all mixed with dub and disco sounds. 2020 also saw Stereo Ferment’s debut release Quorum Sensing I, an EP named after the cell-to-cell communication in bacteria.
Fermented Grooves Volume One features ten tracks from ten DJs and producers from around the world. Contributors include Hiatt dB, The Pathchouli Brothers, FOC Edits, Frank Agrario, André Laos, Souldade, Jules Brennan, Kheodo Turner, Oreku, and Coy Haste. The sound on the album is in keeping with their usual funk and merges international genres and eras like 80s Bollywood, Afrobeat rhythms, Filipino disco funk, and Turkish boogie to produce a fun, danceable, detailed electronic sound.
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