The space between things is as important as the thing itself. Old tea wisdom. This applies to beats too, so then Ace Tee came along: last summer, with her melodic flow, the rapper from Hamburg proved that a bit of bass and barely a touch of snare drum are worth getting excited about. By giving them space. It started with “Bounce auf dem Beat”, the jumping. With “Bist du down?”, Tarin Wilda, as she’s called off stage, showed that A Tribe Called Quest just might have some roots in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. Her good friend and great MC is called Kwam.e. He’ll join her. He and Ace Tee prove: partying is not a competitive sport.

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