Patrick Parole
Patrick Parole

Les Bantous De La Capitale ‎– Les Bantous De La Capitale

All tracks recorded qt Abbey Rd Studios on 23rd March 2018 apart from Track 1 recorded at Ormiston Grove and Track 6 recorded and mixed live at Opera de Lyon, France Sept 28th 2019The Scorpios have a really wonderful sound here – a mode that's way different than just the familiar Afro Funk styles you'll hear from other groups – and a style that really represents their long journey in music! The record is really fleshed out with a range of sounds – at times very rootsy and organic, with lots of percussion and vocals, other times almost jazzy – and sometimes a bit more in a deep funk mode, but always with a vision towards the larger mission of the group! There's a cohesive imagination here that's wonderful, and which keeps things moving at a very fresh pace throughout – as trumpet, tenor, guitar, keyboards, and all the other familiar instruments are used in nicely different ways – on titles that include "Samara Brown Complexion", "Yellah Let's Go", "Samha Beautiful", "Traditional Bridal Song", "Azzah", "Algrbow Yahenan", and "Mashena We Want". © 1996-2022, Dusty Groove, Inc.

killer cuts !

GOLD, the follow-up to Alabaster DePlume's widely-acclaimed, 2020-released cinematic instrumental LP To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1, introduces the world to the artist’s truest self.

In 1977 an obscure Italian private label issued a record that sounded like it came from outer space. A long and dense trance-inducing drone of sustained notes, rich with overtones and harmonic embellishments, coming from a space so vast and unexplored that seemed almost of non-human, even electronic naturePrima Materia was a vocal improvisation ensemble, founded by Roberto Laneri in 1973. Composed entirely of vocalists with no academic training, the group developed various techniques – revolving mostly around the use of overtones – that would embody their unique sound. No instruments nor electronic manipulations were ever employed within the group's physiognomy, which was realized purely through the human voice.La Coda Della Tigre, the group's sole album, was recorded in 1977 by Alvin Curran and released on Ananda, an artist-run label founded by Laneri, Curran and Giacinto Scelsi. As the original liner notes state, "The music of Prima Materia may sound radically new, yet at the same time it is likely to ring some distant bell and evoke ancient emotions. This is not due to chance: indeed, the very name of the group points to a specific path, namely, the unfolding of the potential implicit in the alchemical symbol as embodying a process of transmutation of consciousness." Prima Materia's four members (Laneri, Claudio Ricciardi, Gianni Nebbiosi and Susanne Hendricks) combine voices to create a singular, beautiful drone that is (as the group's name suggests) both impossible to define and fundamentally simple. This first-time standalone reissue is recommended for fans of La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Disques Ocora.