Rudimental sample classic African music in new charity song The Work - Video premiere

The track is part of an album from Beating Heart that aims preserve traditional African music.

Rudimental have delved into the archives of traditional African music to help them with their latest track.

The song, called The Work, samples original African music recorded between 1920 and 1970 and has been released for the first time by the International Library of African Music, forming part of a new charity album called Beating Heart - Malawi.

The visual for the track - premiered below - sees Rudimental visit the country and throw one of their classic raves:

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Rudimental said of working on the song: "Working with these amazing samples, playing with them and putting them into a modern day context just shows how relevant they still are, even though they were recorded such a long time ago. That’s the beautiful thing about music: it’s timeless."

Beating Heart - Malawi is the first in a series of compilations to be released by Beating Heart, and features Rudimental, Luke Vibert, Machinedrum and Kidnap Kid. Proceeds from the albums go towards a new project that will provide nutrition and income in the area now and in the future.

Founders of Beating Heart Ollywood and Chris Pedley, said: “The Beating Heart programme reminds us of music’s unique ability to bring cultures together. It’s a great privilege to rework Hugh Tracey’s extensive musical archive alongside contemporary musicians. It’s even sweeter that in doing so we can assist communities where the music originally came from.”

Beating Heart – Malawi is out now. Click here to buy the album and for more information on the charity.