Isles (Coloured Vinyl 2xLP) Soul Funk & DiscoTwo years in the making, Isles expands on the artful energy of their 2017 debut Bicep. It's a record that encapsulates their 15 year career and the distillation of their passion for music and club culture while digging deeper into the sounds, emotions and experiences they had growing up in Belfast and living the past 10 years in London.
While the influence of Black blues music prevailed
or the handclaps and swinging organ bloops over the potent shredding and guttural riff delivered by Johnson in 'when you cut'
This record sees its first official vinyl release since 1971
The Edgar Wallace-Themed Lyrics ('The Hound Of The Baskervilles') And The Creaking Organ Sounds Give This Beat Song An Almost Goth-Like Allure
Thomas' new album marks over 50 years making music and reunites him with old friends: Ebo Taylor provides horn arrangements
funk and soul bumped shoulders with local Mbaqanga) and the '90s when Kwaito and eventually house-music ruled the dancefloors of urban South Africa
Early demos and updated edits became part of the sound of our collective reconnection as lockdowns relaxed and infection numbers fell in Summer 2021
Loving repressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl with complete original artwork
or triple-sided album: "I'm still obsessed with frequencies that don't do well on vinyl if they don't have the space
especially blues
This release has been reissued previously on Teenbeat Records in 1996 (CD) and on Gear Fab Records in 2001 (limited LP)
The evocative title of the album is borrowed from free-jazz maestro Alan Silva's 1972 opus
