{"product_id":"nubiyan-twist-jungle-run-2019-strut-records-2lp","title":"Nubiyan Twist - Jungle Run (2019 Strut Records 2LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNubiyan Twist - \u003cem\u003eJungle Run\u003c\/em\u003e | 2 x Vinyl LP - 2019 Strut Records (STRUT198LP)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNubiyan Twist formed at Leeds College of Music under the direction of guitarist and producer Tom Excell. By 2019, they were a ten-piece London-based collective whose second album for Strut Records drew in a cast of collaborators across four sides. The music moves between registers without announcing the changes — Afrobeat grooves, Ethio-jazz melodies, bossa nova phrasing, dub bass, hip-hop rhythms, and British soul vocals all appearing and receding without forced segue. Excell engineered and produced at Henwood Studio, the band's own self-built space in rural Oxfordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe guests define the album's outer ambitions. The late Tony Allen — drummer with Fela Kuti for seventeen years and one of the architects of Afrobeat — plays on \"Ghosts\" (D1), his drumming recorded separately by David Mestre. Mulatu Astatke, the Ethiopian vibraphonist who invented Ethio-jazz in the 1960s and 70s, plays vibraphone on \"Addis to London\" (C3), recorded by Oli Barton-Wood. Astatke can be heard at the start of the track saying \"It's gonna be a different sound, right?\" Vocalist Nubiya Brandon — whose departure after this album's release to pursue solo work was, in the band's own words, with their full support — sings on the title track, \"Brother,\" \"Permission\" and \"Sugar Cane.\" Nick Richards, K.O.G. and Pilo Adami fill out the remaining tracks. Frank Merritt mastered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43425340817467,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/a3402504973_10.jpg?v=1776319864","url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/products\/nubiyan-twist-jungle-run-2019-strut-records-2lp","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}