Classy gospel soul, with a drop of funk and a couple of heavy breaks.
Featuring the early-70s Fantasy gang including Bernard Purdie and Richard Tee; The Reflections doing backing vocals; ace horns; Van Gelder engineering.

Brecht Ameel playing prepared harmonium and celesta, alongside Kim Delcour modulating air and breath via various wind and reed instruments; joined by Will Guthrie on tuned and melodic percussion (timpani, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone), and Paul Garriau on hurdy-gurdy.
‘With a distinct rhythmic impetus and fluidity new to Razen, and characteristic freshness and playfulness, Regression relays between dire inhospitableness and refuge, abject sorrow and cosmic transcendence. It invokes mythology and superstition as keys to the primeval and the unknown.’

New field recordings, from starlit ballads to fuzzy Hendrix covers, rag-tag wedding bands to folk politicos. Recorded live with a single microphone, against a backdrop of children’s voices, crickets and general village ambience. Following up Laila Je T’Aime and Ishilan n-Tenere. With a sixteen-page full-colour booklet.

Tough mid-seventies steppers from the US, in tow to Johnny Clarke. A one-away for Bev; nothing to do with Jah Shaka (except he’d run it).
Rough dub, too.

Expertly recorded by Yazoo boss Nick Perls in 1964 — at home, at House’s apartment, in a Washington cafe, with gripping intimacy — just prior to the classic Columbia LP.
Released ten years later, it’s a wonderful companion-piece, with none of the same material. Off-putting cover artwork, but terrific music, including a killer Pony Blues.

The pioneering Arkestra bassist — that’s him playing arco on Rocket No. 9. in 1959 — leading his own 1975 session, evenly grooving and improvisatory, with great tunes. Check the Middle Eastern vibes of the opener.