Cymande

Stuff like that just happens, really. I try not to let it get the best of me.

yeah, that's the De La sample. i've never listened to the pharoahs. isn't that where Derf Reklaw is from? arent' they more recent?

gary, round two. you'll like it.

also, how dumb is his afrocentric name? Derf Reklaw-Raheem

yours,
Nosaj Worrad

"fug" = even better.

"dove" = even better still.

"The message" = Perfection.

Really great group.

nuff said. nyah rock yall.

"Brothers on the Slide"!
-- Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:32 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

^^^^^^

nothing tops 'the message'! owing to what was possibly a coldcut radio show i taped and rinsed i forever mentally pair it with eugene mcdaniels 'jagger the dagger'.

"Getting it Back" is a great tune

-- todd (todd), Tuesday, July 12, 2005 6:48 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

this is true. also, i don't think i've seen 'the recluse' get mentioned often.

has this record been reissued or is it a weird fluke that I have seen a sealed copy?

i've got a reissued record but i got that like 8 yrs ago

"dove" is what jam bands are supposed to sound like but almost never do.

(the real version is 10 minutes, and all good.)

i thank Kinobe for introducing me to this track a few years back having just put some extra drums on it and calling it their own

i just got the collectables label compilation. seems like kind of a mishmash of the first three albums -- and could use some remastering -- but it's pretty great.

(was turned onto them by the track included on the grandfather paradox mix.)

these guys fucking rock

http://open.spotify.com/track/6Rsqt6Ns4ueTGDwYU8tkWP

I love the first album. Should I pick up Second Time Around?

sanctuary did a 2cd set of the first 3lps as The Message.

A track was in that 25th Hour film in the Disco scene as far as I can remember. Was that Bra? Been a long time since I saw the film but that struck me. Possibly cos I had the 2cd set.

checking Amazon prives the set looks OOP unfortunately.

yeah it's Bra. I love that scene. "DJ Dust is the truth"

I love the first album. Should I pick up Second Time Around?

definitely!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-6f7w1mjQ4

haha!

So who knew?

http://cymande-online.com/

To the exact point -- they've reunited and will be playing out this year, apparently.

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anna Paquin will be accompanying them on tour as backup dancers

playing Central Park on Saturday, June 11 at 2:00pm with KING and Deva Mahal for a free show; this is definitely high up on my "things I'm excited about" list.

so ulysses, how was the show? pretty solid lineup, i reckon.

one of my favorite bands of all time. jfc they were unbelievably good.

Cymande - the classic British funk band you don’t know you know

Great article. Can't wait to see the documentary! Thank you for sharing.

love those first two records. never heard of them until a few years ago. grudging tip of the cap to Spotify algorithm for serving it up

That the Message 2cd is pretty cool. 1st 3 lps plus a couple of tracks I think.
Not sure it's still around but pretty good anyway.

i've really really loved "willy's headache" after it (also) came up on my spotify recs several times but haven't been able to get into anything else

seems to be one of their less heralded songs but it's so good

That the Message 2cd is pretty cool. 1st 3 lps plus a couple of tracks I think.
Not sure it's still around but pretty good anyway.

― Stevolende, Wednesday, March 9, 2022 11:31 AM

Co-sign. One stop shop. Alltimer.

(And not obscenely priced. But all of that material is also on streaming.)

This in studio performance from 2016 is a lot of fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTorDdNqj-8

That the Message 2cd is pretty cool. 1st 3 lps plus a couple of tracks I think.
Not sure it's still around but pretty good anyway.

"The classic British funk band you don't know"

Nothing against the article, and thanks for the link, but I hate presumptuous, patronising headlines like this.

This is just anecdotal, but I feel like over the last decade or so "Brothers on the Slide" has become more of a retro-funk staple — I hear it on the radio and even out in stores and so forth.

"Brothers on the Slide" deserves all the recognition it gets.

Anyone knows if the self titled album will get a 50th anniversary reissue? I’ve been wanting to have this album on vinyl for years but every copy I’ve found is prices very high.

their new record label promises "special reissues of their back catalog," but doesn't specify format.

https://partisanrecords.com/artists/cymande

cymande's playing Pop Montreal in sept!

'Bra' is used very effectively in Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World, as a signifier of groovy Dadness and in acknowledgement of a tune that p much everybody can get down to.

The award winning documentary Getting It Back - The Story Of Cymande opens in Los Angeles on August 7th at @laemmletheatres in Santa Monica and then at NoHo 7 on August 8th!

The film also continues its week long run at @quadcinema in New York this week.

https://artsfuse.org/295606/musician-interview-getting-it-back-a-documentary-about-the-surprising-story-of-afro-funk-pioneers-cymande/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0pa6gtv5hnWyb2Urj_sVJmFOf0YoUTTqw0_78DNM-zpkpngTB_pXI7oec_aem_dfEfLjzxiknv5KdGvwO7WA