Thug Life

Sorry to all for being such a downer. I'm going to try to forge ahead. Maybe activity will break the lethargy of depression. I'll get back to Musick that Needed Work - Q after this one. It seemed what I wanted to post on returning. 

 

The Thugs are Nicola Giunta - guitar, bass, organ, drum mahine, tape, vocals & Edoardo Guariento - drum. The twelve tracks were recorded almost exclusively with vintage instruments & delve into the roots sound of the mid to late 70s. They have that expansive, profound attitude, that sense of constant invention that characterized the work of Lee Scratch Perry. At the same time the tracks have this psychedelic centrifugal force that is either explicit or more often hidden in the details.

Thugs or Thuggees is the name of a historical brotherhood of religious murderers & muggers. Estimates of the number of their victims vary between 50.000 to over a million. The Brotherhood experienced its heyday in pre-colonial India. It was destroyed by the British colonial power at the beginning of the 19th century. Giunta liked the image of this forbidden sect meeting in subterranean sanctuaries performing mysterious rituals for their goddess Kali (goddess of death). Every track is about the Thuggees activities in one way or another.

     "Holy Cobra Dub is truly immersive – a Great Leap Forward"
sez Mark Stewart R.I.P. (The Pop Group, Maffia, New Age Steppers, On-U Sound) 

 

The Thugs - Holy Cobra Dub, Love Boat LB27, 2023.
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Underground Rituals    
Down to the Dark Side    
We are Thugs    
White Demons    
Cosmic Order    
Gold & Shine    
Echoes    
Dark Waters    
Kali is Our God    
Rumal at Work    
Holy Cobra Dub    
But I'm Still Mist

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ