Back in early April when we DJed at AW61 we got to The Golden Lion in good time to start our sets, early afternoon. The booth had been occupied the previous night by David Holmes, who played a righteous set concluding with his splicing of Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2U with Orbital's Belfast. In the booth we noticed that David had left one of the CDs he was DJing from the night before. Having ripped this CD it turned out to contain, as you might expect, quite a few gems including this magnificent piece of Afro- funk...
Funkier than a mosquito's tweeter, shuffling rhythms but with a solid kick drum and percussion, life affirming horns, a Fela Kuti style guitars and groove and wondrous call and response vocals, it's a winning track, solid gold. Halfway through the brass section are given a chance to shine before the drums kick back in. Pembe was originally by Future Warriors back in 2005 and then re- edited for Orange Tree Edits by Belfast's Jimmy Rouge in 2017. A previously unreleased version of Pembe by Future Warriors can be found at Bandcamp, price £1, from the album Far Out Jazz And Afro- Funk which is also worth checking out in full.
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Very nice. Thanks.
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