VA - Soul Jazz Records Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (2022) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [24bit-44kHz] | 01:32:59 | 980 Mb
Genre: Reggae, Funk, Disco, Soul, Jazz-Funk / Label: Soul Jazz Records
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [24bit-44kHz] | 01:32:59 | 980 Mb
Genre: Reggae, Funk, Disco, Soul, Jazz-Funk / Label: Soul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Life Between Islands’ collection is inspired by the launch of Tate Britain’s exhibition of the same name, exploring the links between Caribbean and British art and culture from the 1950s to now. The album focuses on the most important Black British musical styles to emerge out of the distinctly Caribbean world of sound systems, featuring an all-star line-up including Dennis Bovell, Shut Up and Dance, Cymande, Digital Mystikz, Brown Sugar, Funk Masters, Janet Kay, Ragga Twins – a lightning-rod journey across Roots Reggae, Jungle/Drum & Bass, Jazz-Funk, Lovers Rock, Jazz and Dubstep. Many of the tracks represent how Black British artists defined their own identity, such as Brown Sugar’s righteous ‘Black Pride’ and Tabby Cat Kelly’s powerful ‘Don’t Call Us Immigrants’. Aside from being musically rooted in the distinctly Jamaican-born phenomenon of the sound system, much of this identity is also shaped by the triangular relationship of being British-born, of Caribbean heritage, and with an equal love of African-American Jazz, Funk and Soul, as evidenced with many Lovers Rock reggae covers of American soul tunes. This stateside influence can also be heard in groups such as the Funk Masters whose jazz-funk music successfully crossed over into New York’s clubland, and the great Cymande, whose unique street-funk became staple material for numerous US hip-hop artists. In the early 1990s, jungle and drum & bass artists took the essence of reggae’s soundsystem culture – MCs, dubplates, crews – and applied them to their own music, combining heavy reggae bass lines with intense double-speed drum breakbeats. At the new movement's forefront were Shut Up and Dance, working closely with The Ragga Twins. In the early 2000s, dubstep, spearheaded by Digital Mystikz, became the latest instalment in this ever-evolving soundsystem culture. This collection shows how these many styles were interconnected.
Track List:
1. Black Slate - Sticks Man (3:36)
2. Dee Sharp - Rising To The Top (4:45)
3. Asher Senator - One Bible (5:01)
4. Cymande - Fug (4:26)
5. Digital Mystikz - Misty Winter (4:53)
6. Winston Curtis - Be Thankful for What You've Got (5:36)
7. Trevor Hartley - It Must Be Love (3:24)
8. Shut Up and Dance;The Ragga Twins - Java Bass (3:50)
9. Brown Sugar - Black Pride (3:25)
10. The Terrorist - RK1 (6:26)
11. Harmony Black - Don't Let It Go to Your Head (7:21)
12. Pebbles - Positive Vibrations (3:48)
13. The Ragga Twins - Ragga Trip (4:36)
15. Funk Masters - Love Money (6:31)
16. Cosmic Idren - Compelled (3:38)
17. Harry Beckett - No Time For Hello (8:45)
18. Sandra Reid - Ooh Boy (3:50)
19. Tabby Cat Kelly - Don't Call Us Immigrants (5:52)
20. Brown Sugar - I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks (3:24)
foobar2000 1.6.10 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-02-19 14:08:06
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Analyzed: Asher Senator / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (1)
Black Harmony / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (2)
Black Slate / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (3)
Brown Sugar / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (4-5)
Cosmic Idren / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (6)
Cymande / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (7)
Dee Dee Sharp / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (8)
Digital Mystikz / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (9)
Funk Masters / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (10)
Harry Beckett / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (11)
Pebbles / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (12)
Sandra Reid / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (13)
Shut up and dance / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (14)
Tabby Cat Kelly / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (15)
The Ragga Twins / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (16)
The Terrorist / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (17)
Trevor Hartley / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (18)
Winston Curtis / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (19)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.30 dB -9.16 dB 5:01 03-One Bible
DR10 -0.76 dB -12.58 dB 7:21 11-Don't Let It Go to Your Head
DR9 -1.55 dB -13.11 dB 3:36 01-Sticks Man
DR10 -0.60 dB -12.52 dB 3:25 09-Black Pride
DR11 -0.60 dB -12.60 dB 3:24 20-I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks
DR13 -0.30 dB -14.48 dB 3:38 16-Compelled
DR11 -0.64 dB -12.86 dB 4:26 04-Fug
DR11 -0.60 dB -13.34 dB 4:45 02-Rising To The Top
DR9 -0.60 dB -11.43 dB 4:53 05-Misty Winter
DR11 -0.60 dB -13.04 dB 6:31 15-Love Money
DR12 -0.60 dB -15.63 dB 8:45 17-No Time For Hello
DR12 -0.63 dB -13.91 dB 3:48 12-Positive Vibrations
DR11 -0.64 dB -13.38 dB 3:50 18-Ooh Boy
DR7 -0.63 dB -10.28 dB 3:50 08-Java Bass
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.49 dB 5:52 19-Don't Call Us Immigrants
DR7 -0.30 dB -9.41 dB 4:36 13-Ragga Trip
DR9 -0.80 dB -10.85 dB 6:26 10-RK1
DR11 -0.60 dB -13.37 dB 3:24 07-It Must Be Love
DR11 -0.30 dB -12.13 dB 5:36 06-Be Thankful for What You've Got
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1386 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2022-02-19 14:08:06
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Asher Senator / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (1)
Black Harmony / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (2)
Black Slate / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (3)
Brown Sugar / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (4-5)
Cosmic Idren / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (6)
Cymande / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (7)
Dee Dee Sharp / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (8)
Digital Mystikz / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (9)
Funk Masters / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (10)
Harry Beckett / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (11)
Pebbles / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (12)
Sandra Reid / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (13)
Shut up and dance / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (14)
Tabby Cat Kelly / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (15)
The Ragga Twins / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (16)
The Terrorist / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (17)
Trevor Hartley / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (18)
Winston Curtis / Soul Jazz Records presents LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS - Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression in the UK 1973-2006 (19)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.30 dB -9.16 dB 5:01 03-One Bible
DR10 -0.76 dB -12.58 dB 7:21 11-Don't Let It Go to Your Head
DR9 -1.55 dB -13.11 dB 3:36 01-Sticks Man
DR10 -0.60 dB -12.52 dB 3:25 09-Black Pride
DR11 -0.60 dB -12.60 dB 3:24 20-I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks
DR13 -0.30 dB -14.48 dB 3:38 16-Compelled
DR11 -0.64 dB -12.86 dB 4:26 04-Fug
DR11 -0.60 dB -13.34 dB 4:45 02-Rising To The Top
DR9 -0.60 dB -11.43 dB 4:53 05-Misty Winter
DR11 -0.60 dB -13.04 dB 6:31 15-Love Money
DR12 -0.60 dB -15.63 dB 8:45 17-No Time For Hello
DR12 -0.63 dB -13.91 dB 3:48 12-Positive Vibrations
DR11 -0.64 dB -13.38 dB 3:50 18-Ooh Boy
DR7 -0.63 dB -10.28 dB 3:50 08-Java Bass
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.49 dB 5:52 19-Don't Call Us Immigrants
DR7 -0.30 dB -9.41 dB 4:36 13-Ragga Trip
DR9 -0.80 dB -10.85 dB 6:26 10-RK1
DR11 -0.60 dB -13.37 dB 3:24 07-It Must Be Love
DR11 -0.30 dB -12.13 dB 5:36 06-Be Thankful for What You've Got
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1386 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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