?Liked 8/8/21 - part 6

Official selections that you're hearing while you're walking into the shows, during setbreak, and the walk-out song for the night.

Phish Walk-In & Setbreak Music 2009-2022

Walk-In & Set-Break Music - Phish 3.0_part7

Acid Jazz Funk - Part 1

a/dd

Byrdshot and Bye

Cymande

Getting It Back

2nd track off the new album forward escape


Tipper-Dreamsters

First Step

Looking Out the Window

Hate To See You Go

Blue And Lonesome (Single Version)

Hand On The Torch

Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) [feat. Rahsaan & Gerard Presencer]

Still Bill

Use Me

Cease To Begin

The General Specific

Pineapple and the Monkey

Nobody Knows

Three Button Hand Me Down

Connected

Step It Up

Summer Songs

Cosmic Girl (Remastered 2006)

Between the Needles & Nightfall

Greenpoint

100º And Rising

Roots (Back To A Way Of Life)

Al Green Explores Your Mind

Take Me to the River

Big Easy Strut: The Essential Professor Longhair

Mardi Gras In New Orleans

Jambalaya

Tipitana

🕊️ The new album 'Renascence' OUT NOW

https://cymande.tmstor.es/

Although underappreciated and woefully overlooked during their original tenure together, the fine early-'70s British outfit Cymande (pronounced Sah-mahn-day) was one of the first to merge African rhythms with rock, funk, reggae, and soul. In a musical community that generally took its cues from America, Cymande embraced U.S. styles like funk and soul, but also folded in large portions of reggae, jazz, and African rhythms, creating a sound that was subtle but sinewy, full of grooves both thoughtful and literate -- music that could inspire dancing or a spirited conversation through their entire three-album run in the early '70s: their 1972 self-titled debut, 1973's Second Time Round, and 1974's Promised Heights. After an almost-four-decade hiatus, during which time their recordings were abundantly sampled by rappers and DJs, the band re-formed in the second decade of the 21st century, dropping A Simple Act of Faith in 2014.

Comprised of members who hailed from such exotic locales as Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Vincent, the nine-man lineup (who were all entirely self-taught) contained Steve Scipio (bass), Ray King (vocals, percussion), Derek Gibbs (alto/soprano), Pablo Gonsales (congas),  (vocals, percussion), Peter Serreo (tenor), Sam Kelly (drums), Mike Rose (alto, flute, bongos), and Patrick Patterson (guitar). The band issued a total of three releases: 1972's self-titled debut (which spawned one of their best-known songs, "The Message," peaking at number 22 on the domestic R&B charts in 1974), 1973's Second Time Round, and 1974's Promised Heights -- before splitting up.

But by the '90s, Cymande became the recipient of a strong cult following as another track from their debut, "Bra," was included on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's motion picture Crooklyn, and several of their songs were sampled by rap artists (including , Master Ace, , , , and ). Due to sudden interest in Cymande, two compilations were issued -- a British double-CD titled The Message (which collected all three of their albums), a 13-track collection, The Soul of Rasta, and best of all, Renegades of Funk.

Cymande officially reunited in 2012, with most of their original members -- including frontmen Scipio and Patterson. In 2015, they released A Simple Act of Faith, their first album in four decades. , who helmed their earliest sessions, produced the set. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi