Syl Johnson - Total ExplosionDuring his eight year stint with Hi Records, Syl Johnson was in the shadows of both Al Green and Ann Peebles. As this albums predecessors had Johnson vacillating between being a romantic and a wretch, Total Explosion explores his unrepentant side with good results. The albums biggest single was Johnsons slowed down take on Greens Take Me To The River. Although the religious sexual imagery is lost in the translation, Johnson does a good job with it.

The album‰۪s musical direction flirts with world music and precedes the mid-1980s world music trend set by artists such as Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel

and recorded one album ‰Û÷You Might As Well Live‰۪ with his band revolution 9

Bringing things full-circle was Kramer (Shockabilly

New melodies and compositions (all the songs featured here are new compositions) are performed over a long-established group of unique rhythm patterns played by master drummers (including playing with their feet

With eyes and ears out for the phases and strains of rock past and present

The Mercury GirlåÊ

‰ÛÏPreviously we didn‰۪t know what we wanted to say or how to say it and would use stories and direct references to help us get to a place we could feel secure

Leon returned with a collection of incorporeal melodies generated by the Oberheim OB-X

which he had discovered on a tour of the Czech Republic

Iconic Guitarist

Kanda previously directed the acclaimed videos for FKA twigs' 'Water Me' and 'How's That' songs

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