Mungo's Hi Fi - Past and Present
Mungo’s Hi Fi return with their exciting new vocal project Past And Present. Released on their Dumbarton Rock label, it’s the eagerly
awaited vocal companion piece to 2021 dub album Antidote. Past And Present is unique for Mungo’s in being devoted to the Rub A
Dub reggae style that arose in late 70s and early 80s Jamaica. The record has its roots in both past and present. Back in 2021,
Mungo’s responded to the pandemic with the dub project Antidote, an album of reflection among wide spaces and nature. As the world
has reopened, Past And Present celebrates the return of verbal communication and dancing to hypnotic basslines, with the original
vocal cuts by veteran and rising microphone talent. The haunting voice of French pure singjay Pupajim encourages us to face living in
the now, on title track Past and Present. Pioneering Jamaican female deejay Lady Ann toasts the importance of Good Lovin’ over a
sensual, waist-winding rhythm. Ethereal UK neo lovers rock singer Hollie Cook revisits her classic Sugar Water, floating above a
sparse and eerie future Rub A Dub soundscape. Honey-toned Londoner Kiko Bun exudes confidence and humility as a Riddim General
while veteran talker Solo Banton shakes up the dance on his seismic, much requested, We Pulsating. The biblical voice of Jamaican
legend Prince Alla sounds fresh on a revisit to his immortal Only Love Can Conquer. Fellow elder statesman of reggae Johnny Clarke
contributes the sole non Rub A Dub offering with the “Flying Cymbals” driven, deep roots track Rain Keeps On Falling. French singjay
Shanti D and Israeli chanter Ranking Levy pair up on the mighty Jaqueline rhythm for a warning against Total Disaster. The prodigious
Charlie P joins Godfather of UK emcee-ing, Daddy Freddy, to request freer movement on Control The Border. The final statement is
without words or vocals: as Mungo’s production team take centre stage for the soaring Birds Of Vice – the A side to Antidote’s closing
dub, Birds Of Pleasure. In reggae, the vocal traditionally precedes the dub. By completing their pairing of Antidote with Past and
Present, Mungo’s have flipped the script and reversed the process – crafting a loving tribute to Rub A Dub’s rolling basslines and
upward vibes in a modern style. TRACKLIST: 1. Past and Present ft. Pupajim 2. Good Lovin ft. Lady Ann 3. Sugarwater ft. Hollie
Cook 4. Riddim General ft. Kiko Bun 5. We Pulsating ft. Solo Banton 6. Only Love ft. Prince Alla 7. Rain Keeps Falling ft.
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Johnny Clarke 8. Total Disaster ft. Shanti D & Ranking Levy 9. Control the Border ft. Charlie P & Daddy Freddy 10. Birds of
Vice
