Published
Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 11:30
- Out now, the LP features tracks from Digital Mystikz, The Ragga Twins and Funk Masters.
A new compilation on Soul Jazz called Life Between Islands celebrates the Black British music that emerged from Caribbean soundsystem culture.
Subtitled Soundsystem Culture: Black Musical Expression In The UK 1973 - 2006, the compilation is released in conjunction with Tate Britain's current exhibition of the same name. There are tracks from Digital Mystikz, The Ragga Twins, Funk Masters, Shut Up And Dance, Asher Senator, Sandra Reid, Brown Sugar and more.
"This soundtrack is as beautiful and as varied as the art itself," said journalist Lloyd Bradley, "offering stories of immigration and settlement that can exist without filters or outside interference, providing a vivid snapshot of one of the cornerstones of Black British culture."
Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s - Now is on at Tate Britain until April 3rd, 2022.
Listen to Digital Mystikz's "Misty Winter."
Tracklist
01. Black Slate – Sticks Man
02. Dee Sharp – Rising To The Top
03. Asher Senator – One Bible
04. Cymande – Fug
05. Digital Mystikz – Misty Winter
06. Winston Curtis – Be Thankful For What You've Got
07. Trevor Hartley – It Must Be Love
08. Shut Up and Dance featuring The Ragga Twins – Java Bass
09. Brown Sugar – Black Pride
10. The Terrorist – RK1
11. Black Harmony – Don't Let It Go To Your Head
12. Pebbles – Positive Vibrations
13. The Ragga Twins – Ragga Trip
14. Janet Kay and Alton Ellis – Still In Love
15. Funk Masters – Love Money
16. Cosmic Idren – Compelled
17. Harry Beckett – No Time For Hello
18. Sandra Reid – Ooh Boy
19. Tabby Cat Kelly – Don't Call Us Immigrants
20. Brown Sugar – I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks
Life Between Islands Soundsystem Culture : Black Musical Expression In The UK 1973 - 2006 is out now on Soul Jazz
