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SKINNY PELEMBE - DREAMING IS DEAD NOW

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TITLE:
Dreaming Is Dead Now
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CATNO:
BWOOD193LP
STYLE:
Funk / Soul /
FORMAT:
Vinyl record
DESCRIPTION:
Dreamy Hazy Vocal Led Electronic Funk & Soul - A Sun-dazzled California folk is diced with the murkier corners of the UK dance lineage by the Doncaster raised, multi-talented wonder. Dub echo, hip-hop lyricism and heavy guitar fuzz are boiled down into a heady, characteristic musical brew.

On “Dreaming Is Dead Now”, multi-talented wonder Skinny Pelembe meditates on grief, heartache, stunted aspirations and fresh possibilities in post-recession Britain. For his debut album, the Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised artist weaves together a patchwork of personal and musical touchstones; memories and observations are dreamily laced together, sun-dazzled California folk diced with the murkier corners of the UK dance lineage.

Tipping a hat to West London broken beat as much as My Bloody Valentine, the album was co-produced by Malcolm Catto (of The Heliocentrics, who’s previously worked with Yussef Kamaal, DJ Shadow, and Madlib), who helped to distil down its bounty of ingredients into the record’s distinctive flavour. Tough, tight-programmed rhythms are washed over with fuzzy overtures, and the title track is the product of a studio session with a foundational drum & bass duo (credited under the covert alias of The Bleeding Edge). It’s the rare kind of record where the messy, in-between musical spaces are given a light to shine.

First discovered through the Gilles Peterson- and Brownswoodfounded Future Bubblers programme, Skinny has since made it onto Peterson’s iconic Brownswood Bubblers compilation series, performed and collaborated with fellow Future Bubbler Yazmin Lacey, and been tipped by the likes of Ghostpoet and James Lavelle. Praise has also come from The Observer, The Quietus and Huck, with previous singles “Spit / Swallow” and “I Just Wanna Be Your Prisoner” bumped up onto heavy rotation on BBC 6 Music’s A-List. He’s also been in demand for live sessions with The Vinyl Factory and Worldwide FM, and supported Nightmares on Wax and Maribou State.

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a1
Gonna Buy A Car Today
a2
No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish
a3
Dreaming Is Dead Now
a4
Spit/Swallow
a4
Without A Doubtful Shadow
b1
My Love Is Burning Down
b2
Ten Four, Good Friend
b3
I'll Be On Your Mind
b4
Laxmi Flying
b5
Blood Relations