Partisan Records
Cymande - Cymande (Translucent 'Orange Crush' Vinyl)
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Cymande
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Cymande
(Translucent
'Orange
Crush'
Vinyl)
With
the
release
of
their
self-titled
debut
album
in
1972,
Cymande
emerged
as
innovators
of
the
black
British
music
scene.
Taking
influences
from
their
Guyanese
and
Jamaican
roots,
the
band
fused
reggae
bass
lines,
Afro-tinged
Nyabinghi
percussion,
psychedelic
touches,
and
American-style
funk
into
a
unique
sound
they’ve
since
dubbed
as
“Nyah-rock.”
While
they
were
embraced
in
the
US,
back
home
they
were
largely
ignored
and
soon
forgotten
by
a
music
business
beset
by
prejudice
against
homegrown
black
talent.
Cymande
split
in
1975
after
releasing
three
albums
in
quick
succession,
but
their
music
lived
on
as
successive
generations
of
artists
and
fans
found
and
embraced
their
songs.
Their
far-reaching
influence
can
be
heard
in
the
countless
samples
taken
from
their
music
over
the
last
four
decades,
from
pioneering
DJs
like
DJ
Kool
Herc
and
Grandmaster
Flash,
to
De
La
Soul,
The
Wu-Tang
Clan,
Gang
Starr,
EPMD,
Sugar
Hill
Gang,
Fatboy
Slim,
and
The
Fugees
--
to
name
a
few.
They
stand
today
as
one
of
the
most
revered
and
sampled
bands
in
the
history
of
Hip
Hop,
House,
and
Dance.
On
Dec
16th,
Partisan
Records
will
reissue
Cymande’s
seminal
debut,
newly
remastered
at
Abbey
Road
Studios
and
available
for
the
very
first
time
on
translucent,
orange
crush
vinyl. Cymande features
several
of
the
band’s
best
known
-
and
oft-sampled
-
classics
like
“Dove,”
“The
Message”
and
more.
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