Various Artists - Rhythm Showcase Vol. 1 (purple LP)

Daptone Records is ready to wrap you in a sonic embrace of soulful sounds from across the seven seas. Introducing: The Daptone Rhythm Showcase. Sink your teeth into this baker's dozen of tantalizing, previously unreleased songs by Antibalas (”I`ya`mi A`je´”), Menahan Street Band. (”Dancers' Mood”), Innov Gnawa (”El Bouhala” - from their forthcoming debut full-length Lila), as well as other deep cuts and diasporic dialogues from across space and time. Get ready to move to this exquisite collection of sultry sounds stretching from the five boroughs of New York to the bustling megacities of West Africa, the deserts of Morocco, the sacred and psychedelic landscapes of the Native American West and beyond. Buckle up for this multi-continental rhapsody of rhythm and groove. Musical medicine for the body, mind and soul: once again Daptone delivers.


Tracklist
01 Antibalas – A.W.O.LL.
02 Antibalas - I`ya`mi A`je´
03 Antibalas – No Fo Iyawo Mi
04 Cochemea – All My Relations
05 Cochemea – Mitote
06 Cochemea – Al-Mu'tasim
07 Innov Gnawa – El Bouhala
08 Menahan Street Band – Dancer's Mood
09 The Budos Band – Ephra
10 The Budos Band – The Proposition
11 Pax Nicholas – Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef
12 The Daktaris – Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti
13 El Regoo – Kpon Fi La