Egoless Yermende feat. Daba Makourejah

“Yërmënde” (“Compassion”) features the soulful vocals of Senegalese roots reggae
singer Daba Makourejah over a ground-up rebuild of Sly & Robbie’s classic “Revolution”
riddim, most famously voiced by Dennis Brown. As soon as we heard a brief snippet of
the riddim’s rough draft we knew we had to have it. Right away Egoless knew he wanted
to work with Daba, and she turned in an inspired lyric in Wolof on the importance of
education in the upliftment of a country’s youth - a common enough theme in reggae, but
seldom heard from an African woman’s perspective, to say nothing of an African
language.

Egoless’ mixing on the vocal side and dubbing on the flip are nothing short of masterful.
Early 80s vibes are in full effect, growling delays panning across the spectrum, syn-drum
style bubbling, rockers hi hats, haunting organ lead and skanks, slicing snares, handson-
desk live dubbing and one of the most propulsive basslines in the history of reggae
music.