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SCOB 069EP
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RSD 2019 release. French-born, Glasgow-based producer Stalawa has voiced a talented selection of East African vocalists to thrilling effect. Ugandan singer and emcee Blessed San, showcasing a vocal style not unlike the legendary Michael Prophet, provides a mournful rebuke on "Traitor". Stalawa has mixed a haunting accompanying dub. Connoisseurs' Jamaican singer Delroy Melody, who recuts his 1979 hit "Ease Up The Pressure", and adds verses from Luganda Rasta lyricist C Wyne Nalukalala. The remade backing, based on Dennis Brown's "Easy Take It Easy", was built in Jamaica by renowned drummer Sly Dunbar and keyboardist Dennis "Jah D" Fearon. Kenya's "first lady" of hip hop and reggae, Nazizi, provides "Ukiangalia", a dubby update of King Tubby's famous tempo rhythm.
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SCOB 059EP
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Rising French producer Stalawa skips back to the digital '80s for an old-meets-new track creation to get you jumping. Stalawa has taken the original vocal to 1989's "Rough Winer" by high-voiced deejay Lloyd D Stiff and built a different riddim in a sprightly major-key style. This production has even been mastered in the Mungo's studio on a Sansui WS-X1 multi-track cassette recorder to give a genuine lo-fi '80s sound.
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SCOB 060EP
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These takes on Stalawa's "Rough Winer" riddim reflect its unique flavor -- vintage '80s yet modern dancehall-friendly. The first is the reassuringly upbeat "Don't Panic" by contemporary Italian singer and friend of Mungo's, Marina P. Her singjay delivery is complemented on the flip by an ode to minding one's own business by granite-toned Jamaican deejay Dignitary Stylish (of 1986 hit "Jah Send Mi Come" fame).
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