VARIOUS - BODY BEAT: SOCA-DUB AND ELECTRONIC CALYPSO
SOUNDWAY
Afro / Reggae / DubNew Vinyl 3LP / 33.50 EUR
The mighty Soundway Records label head Miles Cleret and DJ/collector Jeremy Spellacey turn their expert digging and curatorial skills to the Soca Dub & Electronic Calypso sounds of 1979 to 1998 on this bumper new triple pack. The 17 tracks touch on obscurities, instrumentals and dubs, vocal edits and all manner of roots, boogie, reggae, house, soul and disco gems. It makes for a never less than heart swelling collection that bring immediate sunshine to even the most rainy, cold days in the north of England. Highlights are plentiful, but our picks of the bunch are Bill Campbell’s “Body Beat” which does exactly what it says on the tin, Adonijah’s disco stomper (“It’s Alright”) and Levi John’s “Soca”, a lo-fi oddity with brilliantly loose drum work.
