Name: Alextown
Brand: Ernest Ranglin

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Catalogue number

palmcd21322

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2005-06-07

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PIAS

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Ernest Ranglin

Genre GB

African

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'in search of the lost riddim' featured ernest in cahoots with senegalese musicians including baaba maal, mansour seck and the late kora virtuoso kaouding cissokho, while alextown takes him to south africa to work with the african jazz pioneers and the evergreen vocal trio the mahotella queens. 'alextown' sees guitar master ernest ranglin meld the rhythms of trenchtown, kingston, jamaica with the stylings of the ghetto township of alexandra aka alex or alextown, johannesburg, south africa. his collaborators include local brass troupe the african jazz pioneers who play a variant of marabi, a musical genre born in johannesburg's black slums from a mix of western jazz and local influences, later also known as african or township jazz. the original 'alextown' recording sessions took place at downtown studios, johannesburg and the tracks were then produced, arranged and reconstructed at vendome small studio, france by marc minelli, best known for his production work on 2001's highly rated electro bamako, which featured malian singer mamani keita. mixing was undertaken by grammy winner, paul groucho smykle, at quantum studios london. 'alextown' sees ernest ranglin continue his musical adventures on the continent of africa without losing sight of his jamaican roots, with tunes such as amogumbi, trenchtown music and the title track alextown, where jump up, jazz, dub and swinging township horns typify a vibrant, lively fusion.

Alextown

Music GB