Shabaka - Of The Earth Artist_Leon Bridges

Shabaka - Of The Earth Artist_Leon BridgesOf the Earth was entirely written, produced, performed and mixed by Shabaka. Its a deeply personal album which establishes Shabaka as a new form of instrumentalist producer and shows the musical range that connects his dance based work from groups Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming to the intricate textural sound world of his recent solo works (Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, Afrikan Culture) . Beats and loops made on portable devices

and held together with a strange kind of clarity

offering listeners a taste of Detroit in a way that only Jay Dee could do

bossa nova has come

” Glenn Miller’s big band standard “A String of Pearls

with time spent in Chicago

maybe to state something giant and heavy

Thanks for listening

which is also included in "Head Rock"

Nevermind (1991)

“We wanted to do it really fast

Perhaps that feeling of extreme essence was the origin of this album

Cymande were also the first British band to ever play the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem