Batsumi

Hello people,

2014 has been a tough vintage for Notting Hill Carnival. Monday afternoon it was raining cats and dogs so most of the sounds didn't play.
Still, I made new friends, discovered Up and out on the floor record shop (thanks Geoff!) and found a decent amount of good records.

Of course reggae was the main focus and I will shortly make a post with the nice 7' originals I came to dig, but today's post is dedicated to mama Africa!

Matsumi label had the good idea to reissue one of the holy grails (look at popsike and you'll know what I mean...) of south african jazz-folk : the first LP from the band called Batsumi.

Share Batsumi.zip - 92 MB

"Batsumi" means a group of hunting man says the back-cover. Here the group is hunting for music, spirituality, innovation and so on...

I kinda love those long transe afro jazz tunes so I want to share the whole LP with you.

And if you're lucky enough, you may find your own copy at one of the nelow links (while they last, it's a limited number reissue...) :

http://honestjons.com/shop/artist/Batsumi/release/Batsumi

or 

http://www.superflyrecords.com/item/2/117165-99000181-1201-1-0/117128468/batsumi-same.html

Love to all of you, more to come soon!

Ben