Hello you all,
Today feature is a beautiful Nyabinghi cut by the great Light of Saba.
I am not usually a big fan of Nyabibghi tunes as they are more "meditation" tunes than dance or social/political tunes and they often are played without bass or horns (pure drumming and voice).
This one is no exception but like it since I was a teen and it features a bit of horns in the introduction and some bass and guitar and effects afterwards. As a result, for me,you can play this at Roots dances without problem and the pace is somehow quick enough to make you move your feet.
The singing is about black liberation and sufferation on A-side, sounding as a lamentation, truly conscious stuff asking fro freedom for black man all over the world.
The real thriller here is on B-side, titled Outcry, opening on a loud shout and then riding the same riddim with spoken word by Rasta Son (I think I read somewhere him could be Micahel Ras Starr but really not sure). This "signature" shouting will be coming again and again during all the tune.
Theme is the same, talking about freedom but this time more towards Rastas, concluding that "Rasta Man must be free from Cape to Cairo" (hereby considering that Africa is populated by rastas...).
Sadly this copy has seen better days (quite some crakle, specially on B-side) but considering you do not see this every day I'm already quite appy to be able to share it with you.
As usual, click on blue text below the labels to download the tunes. Feel free to let me know what you think about it and hopefully I'll be back soon for more.
Peace to one and all,
Ben
Yep Bro, Thank You For This Nyah Skank, Original Music !!! ... Did you receive the albums I Sent you Bredda ?
ReplyDeleteTHe last couple of sevens have been amazing ta.
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