Zwei rare Perlen aus der britischen Acid-Jazz- und Rare-Groove-Szene der frühen 90er, jetzt erstmals offiziell auf 7-Inch erhältlich! „Night Daze“ überzeugt mit kosmischen Rhodes-Klängen, knackiger Percussion und Max Beesleys charakteristischem Vibraphon-Spiel – ein instrumentaler Jazz-Funk-Groove mit deutlichem Roy-Ayers-Flair. Auf der B-Seite glänzt der britische Soul-Sänger Omar mit seiner unverwechselbaren Stimme auf „Painful Truths“, getragen von eleganten Arrangements zwischen Street Soul und Jazz-Funk. Ein gesuchter Klassiker für Rare-Groove-DJs und Liebhaber anspruchsvoller Soul-Sounds, wiederveröffentlicht auf Boogie Back Records

Nach dem Erfolg der Black Juniors, Villa Box, Buffalo Girls und anderen sind die Electric Boogies eine weitere Gruppe aus São Paulo, Brasilien, die der Welle des damals vorherrschenden "Breakdance" folgte und 1984 die Platte "Break Mandrake" aufnahm.Legendario!

It says a lot about the interconnectedness of the global dubwise underground that it took downtime with Bristolian Neek in Portland to spur the link between ZamZam and Feel Free Hi Fi out of the Minneapolis Twin Cities. Once he put us on to them we were hooked- not only by their brilliant music but by their rigorously DIY approach and aesthetic. Heavily inspired by the more esoteric angles of early digi-era JA dancehall and UK dub (Shaka, Disciples, Mixman and Gussie P being some touchstones) the duo create a sound both reverential and unique, steeped in the traditions but striking out hard left into idiosyncratic territory all their own. Releasing all of their works up to this point on their own fantastic Digital Sting label, we’re excited to showcase them on ZamZam. In “Voyageur” an ominous mid-range figure, heaving synth bass and complex intertwining melodies drive the tune into heavily cinematic territory, thick atmospherics and strange synthetic animal calls like a lost John Carpenter soundtrack-in-dub. The duo says, “Voyageur in its title speaks a bit to the mythic, mysterious, but also very real wild places of the North Country where we live… and how it all rubs up against the contemporary urban environment.” “Underground”s opening stabs, bassline and drums could have time-travelled from Unity Sounds or Jammys, but bring an eerie darkness in their deployment that is unmistakably now. Feel Free Hi Fi explain, “Underground in its title is a tribute to the spirit of underground music, of the DIY non commercial ethos… So the tunes together kind of speak to time and change, and the struggle of what’s going on now. Trying to preserve the environment and and also the wild places of basement and warehouse gigs, and the outsider mentality of underground music that also seems like it’s fading away but hopefully isn’t lost.”

The last grade of the elementary Riddim Dub School. If you like it hot you go for Mwendoskasi and so Prince Istari did for the first side on the 6th Grade. Brass driven hot stepper dub on this one with a killer bass line as allways. Flipside ‚I Dub Further‘ dives in deeper territory of percussion solos and fans of organ licks and brass sections have their treat on this heavy dub rocker.

Hamburg Production.

Heavy Hamburg Production. Soon Come Studio (Pensi Irie Hifi - Push Harder). Ameise Presswerk. Crucial Vocals By Annananda. Rootikal Melodica Dub Version By Haghbin & Fisherman