Not Your Muse (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & African

Not Your Muse (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & AfricanThe debut album from the alluring soulful Celeste. The 25 year old British Jamaican, who grew up in Brighton, started singing around 10 years ago when she was inspired by hearing Elton John's Your Song. She showcases a melting pot of influences ranging from soulful greats Aretha Franklin, Minnie Riperton etc to the cosmic sounds of jazz experimentalists Kamasi Washington, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, via the raw urgency of Amy

with multi-platinum hits 'Go Bang' and 'Chameleon' becoming inescapable on the airwaves in their home country of Australia and climbing the Billboard Dance charts in the US

" which is not a team effort until the very last note

Hazan would come up with a groove first before sending the recording parts to a drummer in Berlin or a saxophonist in Tel Aviv to add a complementary rhythm or melody

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (Flying Lotus

Junior Cook on tenor

erecting great black voids of synthesized matter through which swirling sequencer motifs and beat patterns eke out vast

and over the next two years he released three EPs with the Belgian label

' on Glassnote Records

created by Hancock's us of electronic effects devices

to the sax-swagger of "Running Away"

a new compilation of hard-to-find material from Radio Martika

from an artist whose music was indeed loved