Soul Jazz Records Presents Life Between Islands – Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 Various Artists SKU: SJRLP507 Barcode: 5026328005072 28.00 £28.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Soul Jazz Released Date: 28th January 2022 Buying Format: 3LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Life Between Islands’ collection is inspired by the launch of Tate Britain’s exhibition of the same name. This landmark exhibition explores the links between Caribbean and British art and culture from the 1950s to now. Soul Jazz Records’ album, subtitled ‘Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006’, focuses on the most important Black British musical styles to emerge out of the distinctly Caribbean world of sound systems. The album features an all-star line-up including Dennis Bovell, Shut Up and Dance, Cymande, Digital Mystikz, Brown Sugar, Funk Masters, Janet Kay, Ragga Twins and more. The album is a lightning-rod journey across Roots Reggae, Jungle / Drum & Bass, Jazz- Funk, Lovers Rock, Jazz, Dubstep and more. Much of Soul Jazz Records’ catalogue comes out of these genres and this album is partly an overview of some of Soul Jazz’s earlier releases (including Digital Mystikz’ long-deleted groundbreaking and now highly- collectible single ‘Misty Winter’) alongside some choice rare and classic tunes that span over 30 years of sound system culture. Many of the tracks represent how Black British artists defined their own identity, with songs such as Brown Sugar’s righteous ‘Black Pride’, ‘I’m In Love with A Dreadlocks’ and Tabby Cat Kelly’s powerful ‘Don’t Call Us Immigrants’. Aside from being musically rooted in the distinctly Jamaican-born phenomenon of the sound system, much of this identity is also shaped by the triangular relationship of being British-born, of Caribbean heritage, and with an equal love of African-American Jazz, Funk and Soul, as evidenced with many Lovers Rock tunes reggae covers of American soul tunes (such as those of Jean Carn, William de Vaughan and Rose Royce featured here). This stateside influence can also be heard in groups such as the Funk Masters, a group formed by reggae radio DJ Tony Williams, whose jazz-funk music successfully crossed over into New York’s clubland, as well as the great Cymande, whose unique street-funk became staple material for numerous US hip-hop artists in the years that followed. In the early 1990s, jungle and drum and bass artists took the essence of reggae’s soundsystem culture – MCs, dubplates, crews – and applied them to their own music, applying heavy reggae bass lines to intense double-speed drum breakbeats. At the forefront of this new movement were the duo Shut Up and Dance, working closely with The Ragga Twins, aka Deman Rocker and Flinty Badman, both MCs for North London’s infamous Unity reggae soundsytem. In the early 2000s, dubstep, spearheaded by Digital Mystikz, became the latest instalment in this ever evolving soundsystem culture. Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Life Between Islands’ shows how these many styles are interconnected. The album comes as a deluxe heavyweight triple vinyl (plus digital download). Lloyd Bradley (author of the classic book on reggae ‘Bass Culture’, and ‘Sounds Like London’), provides the excellent sleevenotes, which are also accompanied with exclusive and striking photography. Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now is at Tate Britain from the 1st of December 2021 until the 3rd of April 2022. Artist Various Artists Genre Electronica , Jazz , Reggae / Dub / Ska , Soul / Funk Label Soul Jazz Buying Options 3LP Includes Download Code Format 3LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Black Slate - Sticks Man Dee Sharp - Rising To The Top Asher Senator - One Bible Cymande - Fug Digital Mystikz - Misty Winter Winston Curtis - Be Thankful For What You’ve Got Trevor Hartley - It Must Be Love Shut Up and Dance featuring The Ragga Twins - Java Bass Brown Sugar - Black Pride The Terrorist - RK1 Black Harmony - Don’t Let It Go To Your Head Pebbles - Positive Vibrations The Ragga Twins - Ragga Trip Janet Kay and Alton Ellis - Still In Love Funk Masters - Love Money Cosmic Idren - Compelled Harry Beckett - No Time For Hello Sandra Reid - Ooh Boy Tabby Cat Kelly - Don’t Call Us Immigrants Brown Sugar - I’m In Love With A Dreadlocks Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Various Artists View Product Quick View Various Artists Everyone’s Getting Involved Rock And Pop | A24 Music | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th July 2024 £36.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Everyone’s Getting Involved £36.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: A24 Music SKU: A24M026lp-C1 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th July 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Jazz Dispensary: The Freedom Sound! 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