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Sons Of Kemet

Burn - 10th Anniversary Edition

    Sons of Kemet disbanded in the summer of 2022.
    10th Anniversary Limited edition available on Double, heavy weight vinyl.
    Bonus track “The Junglist” - recorded in the original sessions.
    Originally intended artwork that was only ever able inner sleeve of the original 2013 release.

    Seldom has a band on the British jazz scene created such a buzz before releasing an album, but through their live shows - and some delightfully unexpected airplay - Sons of Kemet did just that. A super-group of sorts led by clarinettist, saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings with Oren Marshall on tuba and both Tom Skinner and Seb Rochford on drums.

    A curiously addictive album that manages to appeal to both heart and mind, there is little to compare it with. Instead, Burn feels like that rare thing, an exciting new sound that somehow worms its way into your brain and won’t let go. Exceptionally assured for a debut album, Burn surely has to become one of the standout releases for 2013. 


    TRACK LISTING

    Side A
    1. All Will Surely Burn
    2. The Godfather
    Side B
    4. Inner Babylon
    5. The Book Of Disquiet
    6. Going Home
    Side C
    6. Adonia’s Lullaby
    7. Song For Galeano
    8. Beware
    9. The It Is
    Side D
    10. Rivers Of Babylon
    11. The Junglist (Bonus Track)

    Sons of Kemet returns in 2021 with their new album Black To The Future. The follow up to 2018’s Mercury Prize nominated breakout release Your Queen Is A Reptile. This is their 4th record, and 2nd on impulse! Compared with ”Your Queen is a Reptile”, this album has featured vocalists and more of an emphasis on fuller compositions and arrangements. Guest artists include Kojey Radical, Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid, Joshua Idehen, D Double E.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Millie says: Oooft! Just what was lacking from this year, Sons of Kemet delivering the goods with 'Black To The Future'. Featuring vocals on this album adds an extra something special, definitely a firm favourite of mine for 2021.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Field Negus Feat. Joshua Idehen
    2. Pick Up Your Burning Cross Feat. Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid
    3. Think Of Home
    4. Hustle Feat. Kojey Radical
    5. For The Culture Feat. D Double E
    6. To Never Forget The Source
    7. In Remembrance Of Those Fallen
    8. Let The Circle Be Unbroken
    9. Envision Yourself Levitating
    10. Throughout The Madness, Stay Strong
    11. Black Feat. Joshua Idehen

    On Sons of Kemet’s third studio album, and first under the impulse! label, Shabaka Hutchings and his band incorporate sounds of global jazz all while keeping a consistent and pulsing groove throughout the record. Shabaka Hutchings is a saxophonist, composer, and band leader based in the UK. He is the newest signing to the impulse! label, and he is in three prominent jazz outfits – Sons of Kemet, Shabaka & The Ancestors, and The Comet Is Coming. Sons of Kemet is the iconoclastic mix of tenor sax, tuba and double drums.

    On this third studio album, they bring a genre defying approach that celebrates the restless exploration of identity within the Caribbean diaspora within the U.K. Your Queen is a Reptile was recorded in London with a host of guests spanning the breadth of the U.K. scene including jungle legend Congo Natty and poet Joshua Idehen. Sonically, this album stretches from New Orleans to the Caribbean to London to the Middle East. With the instrumentation of tuba, drums and sax, it has a second-line quality that marches into the Caribbean diaspora. There is spoken word, rap, and elements of dub, further emphasizing jazz’s place in today’s hip-hop world.

    TRACK LISTING

    My Queen Is Ada Eastman
    My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark
    My Queen Is Harriet Tubman
    My Queen Is Anna Julia Cooper
    My Queen Is Angela Davis
    My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons
    My Queen Is Yaaasantewaa
    My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu
    My Queen Is Doreen Laurence


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