Fabric Presents Overmono (Vinyl 2xLP) 60s 70s Psych Prog RockFollowing on from the success of their recent Everything You Need and Pieces of 8 Echo Rush EPs, Ed and Tom Russel curate a mix for 'fabric presents' that takes in dubstep, dnb, techno and the experimental end of electronica. Spoken word features from Benjamin Zephaniah, Foremost Poets and the poetic lyrics of For Those I Love's 'I Have A Love' make this a bold, upbeat, emotionally moving, post lockdown dancefloor comp. Inclusions of Orca's classic
'Free Spirit' channels a groove that could last forever
For The Learner is an envious nod to a younger
the second half settles into a unique slice of stripped down spacey
Transparent Pink
forshadowing the emeregence of Country Rock which would come dominate American popular music by the early 70s
With an inner sense of elegance in the arrangements - something we may link to his japanese heritage
Thomas had lived with highlife legend King Onyina from a young age before working with Ebo Taylor in two of Ghana's great 1960s highlife big bands
epicentre of the 1960s yé-yé phenomenon
original members Boz Scaggs and Jim Peterman had left
made it more relevant to our day
who sang vocals on a few of the tracks
"Lesbo" is a 1969 erotic film directed by Edoardo Mulargia
