Cymande - Cymande LP (PARTISAN RECORDS) (Orange Vinyl)
Cymande - Cymande LP (PARTISAN RECORDS) (Orange Vinyl)
This brilliant 1972 album from UK 70s funk outfit Cymande (pronounced Sah-mahn-day) has been heralded as the best Brit Funk album of all time.
Taking influences from their Guyanese and Jamaican roots they fused reggae influenced basslines, Afro-tinted Nyabinghi percussion, psychedelic touches and American style funk instrumentation creating a unique sound which the band referred to as nyah-rock.
Their tracks later became a mainstay of block parties and hip hop break samples.
This, their debut, boasted perhaps their best-known funk anthem The Message and the much-sampled Bra, adopted by pioneering DJs like DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash before being plundered by De La Soul, The Wu-Tang Clan, The Coup and The Fugees to name but a few.
Tracklist
Zion I
One More
Getting It Back
Listen
Rickshaw
Dove
Bra
The Message
Rastafarian Folk Song