ALLEN, Tony - Black Voices (reissue) - Vinyl (2xLP)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Tony ALLEN Black Voices (reissue)(2xLP) Comet France
Cat: COMET 082LP. Rel: 15 Jan 18
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Side 1 - Track 1. Asiko Side 1 - Track 2. Get Together Side 2 - Track 1. Black Voices Side 2 - Track 2. The Same Blood Side 3. Asiko (In A Silent mix) Side 4 - Track 1. Black Voices (We Are We Play mix) Side 4 - Track 2. ARIYA (Psychedelic Juju mix)
Since its release in 1999, Tony Allen's Black Voices album has earned a reputation as an overlooked modern classic. While a scaled-down reissue appeared on Kindred Spirits in 2014, this edition marks the first "full repress" of the original double-album version. The Doctor L-produced set remains hugely alluring, thanks largely to the warm and attractive mixture of Allen's loose and languid Afrobeat rhythms, fluid jazz and jazz-funk instrumentation and vocals that recall the legendary drummer's work with Fela Kuti. Like the original set, you'll find a number of tasty dancefloor reworks nestled on the second disc, with the fuzzy and disco-fied PsychojujuMix of "Ariya" - complete with rubbery bass and sweaty drum solos - standing out.
