Tuesday, May 27, 2014

NEW RELEASES: MAXI PRIEST - EASY TO LOVE; SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 - A LONG WAY TO THE BEGINNING; KEN VANDERMARK / DAVID GRUBBS - PARALLAX SOUNDS

MAXI PRIEST - EASY TO LOVE

Easy To Love is the new studio album from superstar Maxi Priest featuring the hits “Easy To Love”, “Holiday” "Every Little Thing" and the new single “Gravity.” Maxi is back with his first new studio album in 5 years titled Easy To Love. Eleven new songs highlighting Maxi’s earliest musical influences; gospel, R&B, roots reggae and lover’s rock. The album features reggae music luminaries Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith, Steven ‘Lenky’ Marsden, Clive Hunt, deejay Assassin and Beres Hammond on the exciting R&B flavored ‘Without A Woman.” The production also feature some of the genre’s best talents including; Colin ‘Bulby’ York, Handel Tucker (who was one of the producers on Maxi’s classic hit “Close To You” and "Just A Little Bit Longer"), Red Boyz, Andre "GC" Fennell, and Livingstone Brown. Easy To Love is a fresh sound from one of the genre’s most familiar voices. ~ VP Reggae

SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 - A LONG WAY TO THE BEGINNING

Some of the fiercest, hardest work we've ever heard from Seun Kuti – a record that bristles with anger and energy right from the start – and which really has him lighting a whole new sort of fire under the Eygpt 80 band! Seun's got this intense look on the artwork of the record – including a Tupac-like photo on the back – and that vibe is definitely matched by the razor-sharp grooves on the set – and the brash politics of the lyrics – which include the especially memorable "IMF (International Motherf*cker)" – which is his way of carrying on the energy in the senior Fela's classic "ITT (International Thief Thief)". Other tracks include "African Smoke", "Higher Consciousness", "Kalakuta Boy", "African Airways", and "Black Woman". ~ Dusty Groove

KEN VANDERMARK / DAVID GRUBBS - PARALLAX SOUNDS ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

A really unusual set of music from an equally unusual film project – special sounds recorded for the film Parallax Sounds, a look at the very unique music climate in Chicago during the past decade or two! The work here is composed by key figures in the film – both David Grubbs and Ken Vandermark – and served up in a genre-crossing style that's got a bit of jazz, a bit of rock, and lots of the creative interplay we know from living in this great city! In addition to Vandermark on reeds and Grubbs on vocals and guitar, the set also features additional guitar from Steve Albini, trumpet from Nate Wooley, vibes from Jason Adasiewicz, bass from Wayne Montana, and drums from John Herndon. Titles include "Crystal City", "Parallax Game", "Lady Loop", "Invisible Road", "Out With The Tide", and "Tomorrow Is The Past". ~ Dusty Groove


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