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Aketi Ray From Ever Since

Jahmoni | Item No: 552582
Vinyl LP | 2017 / EU – Original | New
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Item Description
Aketi Ray are an all-acoustic dub-jazz group, playing original compositions grounded in the instrumental music of post-independence Jamaica -ska, rocksteady, reggae, rockers, dub -but drawing inspiration and influence from Ethiopian and US jazz, west African percussion traditions, all with the mind set of UK steppas. An outernational sound: Kingston to Chicago to Addis Ababa to Dakar to London.

The sound of "From Ever Since" draws on the vibes and heritage of pre-electr(on)ic music, but gives that traditional sound new power through the use of dub techniques of reverb, delay and EQ manipulation.

The Aketi Ray sound

Band leader ‘Mikus’ Gorecki explains: “At the time I was listening to a lot of tuff digital dub tunes, and much as I love that sound still, I thought there was a lack of dubwise music getting made that had that live feel of the 60s and 70s. At the same time I didn’t want to just rehash the past – the best you can do is come close to replicating that sound, you definitely won’t beat it. So I decided to try something different, and bring in other connected jazz and African influences to the mix. ”

“Sometimes when people fuse different music traditions it can sound a bit of a collage, the elements are all there but they don’t actually fuse together. I think we have our own sound, and it’s greater than the sum of its parts.”

The compositions are forward-looking, form-pushing, and although there are no vocals, they are message-driven; concerned with conditions of modern life, spirituality and politics. Mikus says “The music definitely has a message. Each track has a very clear subject in mind when writing it, but it’s down to the listener to tune in to that and take from that what they will. I find you can say more with the abstract language of music than you can in words.”
Item Details
Item No: 552582
Artist: Aketi Ray
Title: From Ever Since
Label: Jahmoni
Catalog No: JMM-207
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: EU – Original
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Reggae & Dancehall
Style: Dub
Available since: 2017-10-27
Condition: New
Price: $ 13.63
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Time Is Now
A2 Dub Is Now
A3 Sinai
A4 Kali
B1 Under Fire
B2 Under Rubble
B3 Heartease
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