I Wish My Brother George Was Here (Vinyl LP) Indie Punk Alternative

I Wish My Brother George Was Here (Vinyl LP) Indie Punk AlternativeIn the early 90s hip hop took a turn and gangsta style rap dominated, making waves off the West Coast that rattled throughout the world. The East Coasts dominance was descending despite the success and positivity of Native Tongues acts like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, who favored thought provoking humor and cleverness over gangsta raps grittiness and grim outlook. It was in this landscape that Oakland, CAs Del The Funky Homosapien emerged in

Originally released in 1978 and features twelve songs that had previously appeared on her six studio albums released between 1971 and 1976

Besides fine production from Joe Boyd and assistance from folks like Fairport Convention's Richard Thompson and his unrelated bass counterpart from Pentangle

weird library music and the simplicity of hand-picked samples

and others

I had met producer Frankie Brumier when I was performing at festivals and parties and he wanted to record a girl group so we began scouting venues

Secrets & Escapes is a compendium of Brother Ali's time with Evidence over the course of three trips to California

and acoustic guitar

but subdued

he was drawn back towards the dark currents of London's free-improv gutter

Sam Wilkes

It also caused so much consternation in the NME offices that they ran two reviews

Whilst Carry Me Home was inspired by conversations with the masterful Dele Sosimi