CANDACE OF MEROE by THEON CROSS / POKUS
SKU | 114128 |
Artist | THEON CROSS / POKUS |
Title | CANDACE OF MEROE |
Label | SOUL JAZZ RECORDS |
Catalog # | SJR 45512 |
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Release | W 32 - 2020 |
Format | Vinyl - UK12'' |
€ 16,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Theon Cross - Candace Of Meroe
- Pokus - Pokus One
Description
Soul Jazz Records' new must-have compilation "Kaleidoscope" does a great job in celebrating the vibrancy of the UK's fast-growing contemporary jazz scene. For some reason the vinyl version of the release omits the two tracks featured here, hence the label offering them up on a limited-edition 12" single that they say will never be repressed or reissued.
The A-side features Sons of Kemet member (and renowned tubist/trombonist) Theon Cross's "Candace of Meroe", a bustling affair that riffs on the polyrhythmic Afrobeat sound of Tony Allen and Fela Kuti whilst taking it in a decidedly jazzier new direction. Over on the flip psychedelically inclined duo Pokus delivers "Pokus 1", a wonderfully low-slung and spaced-out affair that adds mind-altering, mutilated electric piano motifs to a deliciously weighty, low-slung groove.