Daptone Reco

Ngonda Jalen: All About Me [Vinyl 7"]

Fields Lee: Sentimental Fool [CD]

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings är tillbaka med ett monumentalt album! I över ett decennium har bandet rest världen över med sina explosiva liveframträdanden och deras handgjorda studioinspelningar. En ständigt växande skara lojala fans får Give the People What They Want,<br/>ett stort, starkt soulalbum som skivbolaget helt enkelt kallar Without a doubt, this album is the greatest thing we've ever recorded...

Got A Story to Tell refines the sweet soul sounds Thee Sacred Souls have become famous for, delivering a genre pushing collection of songs that exhibit a magnetic coolness and swagger. The relaxed quality of the musicianship coupled with Josh Lane's heart-wrenching voice, gives the album a maturity that carries the listener through many facets of the soul music spectrum. From the heavy groove of the opening track "Lucid Girl", the '70s swing of "Live for You".

Ngonda Jalen: Here to Stay / If You Don't ... [Vinyl 7"]

Daptone Records presenterar stolt Staten Island-afro-funk-kollektivets album nummer tre. Konvolutets kobra redo för attack ger en indikation om musiken. Vi kan vänta oss tendenser mot både det giftiga och psykedeliska. Eller som Pitchforkmedia skriver: The end result is something so hip it could kill you in large doses - in the right dose it just plain kills.

While far from a household name in reggae, Judah Eskender Tafari cultivated a loyal fanbase and respectable catalog during his recording career. The Studio One single &ldquo;Rastafari Tell You&rdquo; sits at the top of a small set of deep cuts he recorded for Coxson Dodd&rsquo;s famed studio starting in 1978. These have continued to find a place at roots reggae soundsystem and DJ rub-a-dub parties after nearly five decades. The earnest lyrics and spiritual mission of these early recordings would define Judah&rsquo;s entire career, extending through the decades to &ldquo;Great Escape,&rdquo; a new Daptone 45 produced by label stalwart Victor Axelrod. The song alludes to the Old Testament in a vision of mankind gone astray, trying to escape the confines of the Earth for salvation. Axelrod provides a lush roots backdrop against which Eskender shines in a way we haven&#039;t heard in years.