Secrets & Escapes (Vinyl LP) Indie Punk Alternative

Secrets & Escapes (Vinyl LP) Indie Punk AlternativeSecrets & Escapes is a compendium of Brother Ali's time with Evidence over the course of three trips to California, recording in a Venice garage with no regard for pleasing the internet or competing with the music industry. Ev chopped up records on old school samplers and ran them through a compressor (2 track) so they couldn't be re arranged or mixed. Brother Ali sat with the mic and spit rhymes as they came to him, without writing or organizing them

King Sunny Ade and Aretha Franklin

A few years later came the electronic dance genre 'space disco'

The result are 14 tracks covering what we consider a broad and diverse spectrum but still clinging to our initial idea of building a musical bridge between the continents Africa and Europe

most notably

it marked a shift in direction for the band from the polished

Earl Sweatshirt

Happy Sad was another departure for the eclectic Southern California-based singer / songwriter

Chance Upon You (Demo) (Nancy Wilson) (Side A) 5

Backed by Jamie Hewlett's death-wish character on bass

and plenty of now legendary cuts on this iconic record

" "Closer" and "Counterpoint" each start with an ecstatic snap to them

Romany Soup