anthony joseph & the spasm band - rubber orchestras - heavenly sweetness
HS 048VL - eu2lpGenre: Jazz
1. Griot
2. Started off as a dancer
3. She is the sea
4. Cobra
5. Tanty Lynn
6. Bullet in the rocks
7. Money Satan
8. Speak the name
9. Damballah
10. Generations
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The griot is the sound of universal culture. The opening words of his third album (after 'Leggo de Lion' on Kindred Spirits in 2007 and “Bird Head son” in 2009) introduces us to the universe of Anthony Joseph.
Born in Trinidad and based in UK since 20 years, Anthony is one of the UK's most exciting and innovative voices, poet, novelist, musician and lecturer.
“The idea for ‘Rubber Orchestras’ was inspired by some lines by the surrealist poet Ted Joans. A spark went off inside my head when I read them. I knew immediately that this poem summed up everything I wanted to do with my poetry - a kind of flexible meaning, a mutant style based on spontaneous language. Like rubber!”.
Anthony has called on the talents of producer Malcolm Catto, drummer and lead singer with The Heliocentrics. The decisive presence of the producer isn’t the only new ingredient in the retro-futurist blend, which combines raw jazz and deep soul, black rock and Afrobeat, soca funk and free swing… This is no backward-looking revival or sterile fusion; this grand mix gives a new and modern perspective to all these musical styles.
There are other guests on Rubber Orchestras, as the singer Jasnett Lindo but also Jerry Dammers, the legendary founder of The Specials took to the controls to arrange and enhance a visionary and revolutionary poem, the iconic suite called Generations.
The new album Rubber Orchestras is released in August followed by a new poetry collection of the same title in October by Salt Publishing.
DJ / Press Quotes
FeedbackRobert Lochmann
Jazz 91.8, The Jazzmadass Radioshow, Salt Peanuts
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
rating: 5/5
favorite track: Griot
comment:
great album all the way
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Michael Ruetten
Michael Rütten
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Started off as a dancer
comment:
could not listen to all tracks here, but will download now and i am sure i 'll like it...looks like anthony slightly changed his direction , only slightly...not that rough anymore.
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Gideon Schier
PISTE Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
rating: 5/5
favorite track: Started off as a dancer
comment:
Raw, very soulful stuff. Will definitely get a review in our october issue!
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Uwe Reuß
SOULGURU
Tiefenbronn, Germany
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Griot
comment:
will post it on SOULGURU in the next few weeks
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Ahel Leri
Mutant disco
Rijeka, Croatia
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Started off as a dancer
comment:
Great release. Hard to pick a favorite track. Full support.
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Global SoulJah
Global SoulJah & BBE Records radio show
Barcelona, Spain
rating: 5/5
favorite track: Griot
comment:
Anthony Joseph just gets better and better and coupled with an incendiary live show that makes him one of the leading lights in black music today. Excellent - full support.
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Javi Bayo
Javi Bayo
Madrid, Spain
rating: 5/5
favorite track: Started off as a dancer
comment:
If it had been recorded on a micro label in the late 70s it would be on most collectors wants lists!!! I just hope people still appreciate the extraordinary quality of this album that should become an afro sounds classic. Off the scale!!
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stanislas simbad
simbad
London / NYC, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Started off as a dancer
comment:
This is very good yo !!! Charting / playing
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rodja schmitz-hübsch
finetunes
hamburg, Germany
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Griot
comment:
superb album!!
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DANIEL PEÑACOBA
LA CAPTURA DEL SONIDO/CAPTURE OF SOUND
IBIZA ISLAND, Spain
rating: 5/5
favorite track: Damballah
comment:
Great new album! Like everything here. I am gonnna play it on morning show here in Ibiza
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Simon Harrison
Simon Harrison
Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Griot
comment:
Class album!!
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Emmet Hand
Up & Down radio
Dublin, Ireland
rating: 5/5
favorite track: Started off as a dancer
comment:
Love this lp, so much going on. Full support.
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Ennio Styles
Stylin
Melbourne, Australia
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Cobra
comment:
Especially feeling the intense tune Cobra.
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Oke Goettlich
finetunes
Hamburg, Germany
rating: 4/5
favorite track: Cobra
comment:
Heavyweight jams, will get classics. Amazing!
