Wanted to share a couple hot releases from cool Nation Records. Nation Records was started in Ladbroke Grove UK by Propa-Ganhi of the band Fun-Da-Mental (real name Aki Nawaz).
As his philosophy, Aki sez:
"It has always been based on an idea from the punk era, be radical musically and politically, never work by the book, re-invent the rules and then re-invent them again when those rules become the norm."
I've shared favorites of mine from Nation Records roster before: Natacha Atlas & Transglobal Underground; the above mentioned Fun-Da-Mental; “Radio Morocco” by Pulse 8 (Jah Wobble & friends); the Macro Dub Infection I shared recently; Asian Dub Foundation & too many more to name.
This first one is the first one for Nation. #001 is a compilation introducing the world to the cultural hybrid which fused bhangra & Latin with house / techno rhythms through then unknown artists such as Mahatma T (now better known as Talvin Singh) & Pulse 8 (which included the musicians from On-U-Sound, David Harrow with Jah Wobble & Justin Adams) that I shared as My Radio is Picking up Morocco here.
SIDE ONE -
Yassassin (Wild Assassin mix) - David Harrow
Jihad - Mahatma T
Sapna– Ah Kudia - Sapna
Encantador - !Loca!
SIDE TWO -
O'dhe O'dhe - Sapna
Radio Morocco (Club mix) - Pulse 8
Shanti - Mahatma T
Teus Quay Ana - Paradise Organisation
Here's the follow-up Fuse II...
Stotinki (Aki Nawaz remix) featuring Jah Wobble - the Space Cadets
Timbal (Chris Greenwood remix) - !Loca!
Yab Yum (Aki Nawaz & Katherine Canoville remix) - Uzma
Chinatown New York (Wobble mix) - Bebop 90
The Unspoken Word - Invaders of the Heart
Radio Africa (Aki Nawaz remix) - Ntuli Abrahamse
Tarana (Talvin Singh remix) - Gondwana
The Voice of Hassan - Amahl
Zapotech - Aztec To Hi-Tech
Chinatown New York (Will 'Shamen' Sin remix) - Bebop 90
Timbal - !Loca!
Stotinki (Dub mix) - the Space Cadets
Enjoy,
NØ
World Dance Music
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Thank you. Together with The Global Sweatbox they were the trio of albums that were the core of many of my (tribal, aargh, hate that word) dj sets
ReplyDeleteThanks, Richard. Tribal is vague but ethnic fusion or world aren't much better, so what do you do?
DeleteAny name given to a party that included tribal, etno and/or world in the announcement was enough to bring out these 3 cds (plus random extras like Zion Train, Eno/Byrne etc). Musical openmindedness (is that a word?) comes and goes, unfortunately I do not see much of it over the last years.
Delete& that's why you come here. The home of musical openmindedness. Thanks, Richard.
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