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Cat: HS 190VL. Rel: 22 Apr 19
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Side 1 - Track 1. Voyaging Bird (feat Jowee Omicil) Side 1 - Track 2. Mucagiami (feat Vum Vum) Side 1 - Track 3. Ja Nao Ha Mais Paz (feat Catia Werneck) Side 2 - Track 1. Groove Ma Poule (feat Djeuhdjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson) Side 2 - Track 2. Daddy Sweet (feat Pat Kalla) Side 2 - Track 3. Li Dous Konsa Side 3 - Track 1. Kenk Corner Side 3 - Track 2. Sa Ce Kado Side 3 - Track 3. Shake It & Rise Up Side 3 - Track 4. Nosso Carimbo E Do Mundo (feat Pinduca & Nazar Peirera) Side 4 - Track 1. Matadou Side 4 - Track 2. Se Nou Menm Side 4 - Track 3. Boug Bagay La Side 4 - Track 4. Penda (feat Emma Lamadji & Kandy Guira)

Under the Guts guise, instrumental hip-hop beat-maker turned tropical soul enthusiast Fabrice Franck Henri has become one of Heavenly Sweetness' most reliable artists. "Philantropiques" is Henri's first album for three years and could well be his most expansive and adventurous to date. The set's 14 tracks are as colourful and musically rich as you'd expect, with the storied producer and a range of vocal collaborators conjuring up tracks that draw influence from a myriad of Central American, Caribbean, South American and African styles. The results are uniformly excellent, with highlights including the tropical shuffle of "Mucagiami (feat Vum Vum)", the sun-kissed French Caribbean funk of "Daddy Sweet (feat Pat Kalla)", the Afro-Tropical rush of "Kenk Corner" and the synth-powered brilliance of "Shake It & Rise Up".