The Very Best
Formed by Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and production duo Radioclit (made up of Swede Johan Hugo and Frenchman Etienne Tron), electro-Afro-pop outfit the Very Best came to fruition in 2008 after the trio's free online mixtape Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit Are the Very Best found unexpected global success. Their spirited remixes of obscure/popular pop, dance, indie rock, and Afro-pop tunes -- all of which were tied together by Mwamwaya's hypnotic Chichewa, Swahili, Portuguese, and English vocals -- found favor with everyone from Pitchfork to Radar to Rolling Stone. In 2009, the group unleashed its first physical product, Warm Heart of Africa. Released on New York City's Green Owl label, the album featured all original material and included guest appearances from M.I.A. and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig. The Moshi Moshi imprint released Remixes by the Very Best in mid-2010, followed a year later by the self-released mixtape Super Mom. That same year, the Radioclit duo split, with Tron pursuing other ventures. The newly minted duo of Mwamwaya and Hugo continued with MTMTMK, the band's next full-length offering, which arrived in July 2012. The LP found the Very Best collaborating with Amadou & Mariam, Baaba Maal, Bruno Mars, and K'naan. The global pop duo's third studio long-player, Makes a King, arrived in 2015. Johannesburg, a collaborative project with Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal, and Beatenberg, arrived in June 2016, recorded in the city of the same name.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Very Best Remixes of the Very Best
Alternative & Indie - Released by Moshi Moshi on 19 Jul 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Yoshua Alikuti
Alternative & Indie - Released by Moshi Moshi on 4 Jun 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Fool You’ve Landed (Baio Remix)
Mumford & Sons, The Very Best, Beatenberg
Alternative & Indie - Released by Universal-Island Records Ltd. on 26 Aug 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kondaine (Remixes)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Moshi Moshi on 9 Jul 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Super Mom
Alternative & Indie - Released by Moshi Moshi on 23 May 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Si Tu Veux (OkayShades Remix)
Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal, The Very Best
Alternative & Indie - Released by Universal-Island Records Ltd. on 26 Aug 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Moto/Mghetto
Electronic - Released by Moshi Moshi on 15 Jul 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Julia
Alternative & Indie - Released by Moshi Moshi on 30 Nov 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wona (Jack Garratt Remix)
Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal, The Very Best, Beatenberg
Alternative & Indie - Released by Universal-Island Records Ltd. on 3 Jun 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Warm Heart of Africa
Alternative & Indie - Released by Moshi Moshi on 7 Sep 2009
Pitchfork: Best New Music16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Mtmtmk
Alternative & Indie - Released by Moshi Moshi on 16 Jul 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sweka (Joshua James Remix)
World - Released by Moshi Moshi on 4 Oct 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo