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3521381550696

People Of The Sun

Anthony Joseph

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Format: CD

Cat No: HS185CD

Release Date:  05 October 2018

Label:  Heavenly Sweetness

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  3521383450680

Genres:  R&B  Tropical  

Release Date:  05 October 2018

Label:  Heavenly Sweetness

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  3521381550696

Genres:  R&B  Tropical  

  • Description

    The sixth studio album by the unique poet, novelist and musician, Anthony Joseph 'People of the Sun' sees Joseph return to his roots. Recorded on his native island of Trinidad, it's a tribute to the bubbling Port of Spain (POS), this meeting place of many cultures.

    The album features a mixture of legendary local musicians, including Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, Brother Resistance, John John Francis, Ella Andall, 3 Canal, alongside Joseph's his core band of saxophonist Jason Yarde, who co-composed/arranged the album, bassist and composer Andrew John and drummer David Bitan.

    With his inimitable talent for blending soul, funk, jazz and Trinidadian ingredients, to tell stories that open calmly and close in a frenzy of rhythms and horns, in fantastic fables and captivating verse, Anthony Joseph now reveals himself as a link between generations of Trinidadian musicians. Thanks to him, the generation steeped in local musical tradition, and the new generation, more open to current trends, joins forces. In 'People of the Sun' you have practitioners of steelpan, soca, Orisha, and rapso (a potent mix of black political verse, calypso and soca) working alongside the musician, following musical paths traced by the elders, fusing it anew with modern R&B, soul, rock, and broken beat.

    Far from being an old-fashioned aural sepia rendition of the past, nor a digital reckoning of the present, what we have here is a fusion, resolutely pointing toward the future.

    Description

    The sixth studio album by the unique poet, novelist and musician, Anthony Joseph 'People of the Sun' sees Joseph return to his roots. Recorded on his native island of Trinidad, it's a tribute to the bubbling Port of Spain (POS), this meeting place of many cultures. The album features a mixture of legendary local musicians, including Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, Brother Resistance, John John Francis, Ella Andall, 3 Canal, alongside Joseph's his core band of saxophonist Jason Yarde, who co-composed/arranged the album, bassist and composer Andrew John and drummer David Bitan. With his inimitable talent for blending soul, funk, jazz and Trinidadian ingredients, to tell stories that open calmly and close in a frenzy of rhythms and horns, in fantastic fables and captivating verse, Anthony Joseph now reveals himself as a link between generations of Trinidadian musicians. Thanks to him, the generation steeped in local musical tradition, and the new generation, more open to current trends, joins forces. In 'People of the Sun' you have practitioners of steelpan, soca, Orisha, and rapso (a potent mix of black political verse, calypso and soca) working alongside the musician, following musical paths traced by the elders, fusing it anew with modern R&B, soul, rock, and broken beat. Far from being an old-fashioned aural sepia rendition of the past, nor a digital reckoning of the present, what we have here is a fusion, resolutely pointing toward the future.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Milligan. The Ocean (feat. Ella Andall)
      • 2. Sans Souci (Totem) [feat. Len "Boogsie" Sharpe]
      • 3. Bandit School (feat. 3 Canal)
      • 4. Suffering (This Savage Work)
      • 5. Dealings (feat. Brother Resistance)
      • 6. Dig Out Your Eye
      • 7. He Was Trying
      • 8. On The Move
      • 9. Incense Taxi
      • 10. Jungle (feat. Meena Joseph)
      • 11. People Of The Sun (feat. John John Francis)

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Milligan. The Ocean (Feat. Ella Andall)
      • 2. Sans Souci (Totem) (Feat. Len "Boogsie" Sharpe)
      • 3. Bandit School (Feat.3 Canal)
      • 4. Suffering (This Savage Work)
      • 5. Dealings (Feat. Brother Resistance)
      • 6. Incense Taxi

      Disc 2

      • 1. Dig Out Your Eye
      • 2. He Was Trying
      • 3. On The Move
      • 4. Jungle (Feat. Meena Joseph)
      • 5. People Of The Sun (Feat. John John Francis)