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artist ■■ chaka domu & lady yolanda
release ■■ mash up
year ■■ 2006
genre ■■ dancehall
label ■■ best seven/sonarkollektiv
catalogue ■■ sb7017
website ■■ www.bestseven.de
date ■■ 22-aug-2006
quality ■■ --alt-preset standard
source ■■ vinyl
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a mash up (the dancehall mix) 3:40
b mash up (the dancehall dub) 3:31
playtime ■■ 00h 07m 11s
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there are artists who can't get enough monikers, names, projects
and labels to put their music out. dominic stanton from bedford
(uk) is one of those people. now 28, he has been djÆing for around
11 years since the age of 14. stanton's musical journey began with
uk hip-hop, which led to lessons in jungle, detroit, brazilian,
jazz, funk, soulàthe list go onàwith his basic premise being that
anything with soul is in the bag. to say dominic stanton's output
over recent year has been prolific would be an understatement. the
man has so many aliases you might easily lose count. he has
released under the names umod, zoltar and domu, sonar circle,
bakura, realsides, rima, yotoko and on such diverse labels as
2000black, archive, talkin' loud, neroli, bitches brew, ninja
tune, grand central, compost and of course sonar kollektiv on
which his acclaimed solo album enter the umod came out in 2004.
the first domu 12″ was released on 2000black in the summer
of 99, with the first domu lp ôup and downö released on archive in
september æ01. since then highlights have come in the form of the
rima album on jcr [with volcov] and remixes for cinematic
orchestra, 4hero, king britt and jazzanova. infact, this is chaka
domu's second 7" on best seven. back in 2003 he and volcov gave us
the fabulous track souljah (sb7011) which bugz in the attic
featured in their fabric mix (fabric24)
for this release on best seven stanton is worked as his chaka domu
incarnation to produce a lovely old-school dance-hall track. the
vocals of lady yolanda on the mic are perfect for giving the piece
a classic old-school flavour. but for those who prefer their dub
straight, there's a mighty instrumental version on the 7" too.
mash up has got it all going on: as missy yolanda says herself -
this is one to get the party jumping.
mashing it up is exactly what sonar kollektiv does best. wether
its nu-jazz, funk, soul or in this case dancehall reggae, you
never quite know what to expect from a label with such an eclectic
a+r policy. with mash up (sb7017), the latest offering on best
seven, we are taken on a journey to the roots of dancehall. it
sounds as though it could have come straight out of the ghettos of
kingston rather than bedford, england. this record is up there
with jamaica's finest!
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