Titles include "Dog Eat Dog", "Lufunki", "Under Burning Skies", "Adawe Boogie", "Aduna Jarul Naawo", "Tambour A Deux Peaux", and "Oublier Pour Un Jour".
THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA ALLMUSIC UPDATE
In concert they must be a sensation!Įxcellent work from Souljazz Orchestra - a group who've consistently been one of the strongest contemporary Afro Funk ensembles for the past decade or so! There's a richness to the Souljazz approach that sets them apart from other groups that might just be going through the motions – especially in the way that they always know that the sound of the sum of their parts is very reliant on the parts – which mean that the individual musicians are quite strong, and burst out with very vibrant energy every time they get to take a solo! These guys are also never stuck in a groove – and really have found a way to refine and update their sound – this time around by maybe borrowing a bit more from some early 80s African roots and styles, of the sort that have had strong discovery in recent years. It’s as lively an album as you’re likely to hear. On gatefold and appropriately piss-yellow transparent vinyl, Under Burning Skies is a treat, gleefully giving the dancefloor what it wants whilst inserting righteous irritation at the state of the world. The skanking “Oublier Pour Un Jour”, for instance, with its Gallic accordion, shows off a tangential search for raw funk. Canada’s Souljazz Orchestra have a raw Afro-Caribbean underpinning to their sound, but there’s also something post-punk about them, amped by snappy synthesized sounds that provide a framework for bounding brass, bass and drums. Opener “Dog Eat Dog” sets the tone, mustering a hard-hitting soul-funk, and containing lines such as “You can’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining”. The Souljazz Orchestra - Under Burning Skies (Strut) Gilles Peterson Worldwide, BBC Radio 1, UK " Top 10 Tracks of 2006": Mista President Highlife World Music Magazine, Vancouver BC " Best Albums of 2007": Freedom No Go Die " Top 10 Albums of 2007": Freedom No Go Die " Top 10 Albums for December 2008": Manifesto " Top 10 World Albums of 2008": Manifesto Kalcha, Vibrations Magazine, France/Switzerland DJ Ennio Styles, RRR Radio, Melbourne Australia DJ Jeremy Sole, KCRW Radio, Santa Monica CA " #1 Album of 2010 by a Canadian Band" and " Top World Albums of 2012" (#10): Solidarity !earshot 2012 Year-End Radio Charts, Canada " Top International Albums of 2012" (#2): Solidarity " #1 Global Grooves Album of 2012": Solidarity " World Music Album of the Year": Solidarity " Top Soul/R&B Albums of 2014": Inner Fire " Top Jazz Albums of 2014" (#12): Inner Fire " Top World Albums of 2014" (#12): Inner Fire " Top Jazz Albums of 2014" (#2): Inner Fire !earshot 2014 Year-End Radio Charts, Canada " Top International Album of 2014" (#1): Inner Fire " Jazz Artist of the Year" (Nominee): Inner Fire " Top Songs of 2015": Life Is What You Make It Allan "Alski" Laskey, WWOZ, New Orleans LA " Top Canadian Albums of 2015": Resistance Craig Charles, BBC Radio 6, Manchester UK !earshot 2015 Year-End Radio Charts, Canada " Top International Album of 2015" (#1): Resistance " World Music Album of the Year": Resistance !earshot 2017 Year-End Radio Charts, Canada !earshot 2019 Year-End Radio Charts, Canada " Top International Albums of 2019" (#2):
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