John Kearns & celebratory North African sampled vinyl

James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

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4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

John Kearns wants to dance to Tunisian producer and DJ Ghoula's celebratory album Hlib El Ghoula, which features rare North African vinyl that the artist sourced from Tunisian markets then sampled and scratched with live instrumentals.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.5	James Aicaster here, comedian and music fan.
0:11.0	And in 2017, I had a breakdown.
0:13.5	I dealt with that breakdown,
0:14.9	but buying as much music from 2016 as I possibly could.
0:18.2	As a result, I now own over 600 albums that came out in 2016,
0:22.7	and I'm convinced it's the greatest year for music of all time.
0:26.5	But it's not enough me being convinced.
0:28.3	I also want to convince each and every single one of you,
0:31.0	plus a guest every single week.
0:32.9	I'm going to send them an album in advance.
0:34.6	They're going to come on the podcast, we're going to talk about that album.
0:37.7	This week, my guest is John Kearns, and we're discussing the Gula album, Haleeb El Gula.
0:45.2	Estuanet.
0:45.8	Ostwanet.
0:46.7	Ostwanet.
0:47.3	Ostwanet.
0:47.9	Ostrwana.
0:51.2	Gula is a Tunisian artist.
0:53.1	He's a producer and DJ, multi-instrumentalist. This album started life when Gula is a Tunisian artist. He's a producer and DJ, multi-instrumentalist. This album started
0:57.4	life when Gula would go to loads of Tunisian Medinas and flea markets and search for rare
1:03.0	North African vinyl. He was obsessed with it the way that I'm obsessed with the music of 2016.
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