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Cymande – Cymande (Orange Crush LP)

Cymande were a London (Balham) based West Indian band who made it big in America with this debut album from 1972. They had their own unique sound ‘Nyah Rock’, a mixture of cultures and sounds from the Caribbean and US soul and funk music. ‘The Message’ and ‘Bra’ were amazing big Funky dancefloor hits which have been sampled many times since and still sound as fresh and dynamic today as they did on the dancefloor back in the day. The Instrumental ‘Dove ’is 11 mins of beauty, a mix of blues, funk, jazz and West Indian sounds that culminate in a totally captiviating groove. This is a very unique album that deserves to be appreciated by a wider audience, and a great example of home-brewed British funk and soul.

Buy the LP HERE

Listen to the tracks below

Cymande – Zion I
Cymande – One More
Cymande – Getting It Back
Cymande – Listen
Cymande – Rickshaw
Cymande – Dove
Cymande – Bra
Cymande – The Message
Cymande – Rastafarian Folk Song