Dego - A Wha' Him Deh Pon?

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Format: CD
Catalogue No.: BLACKCD007
Barcode: 5060088310786
Release Date: 20 Aug 2021
Genre: Broken Beat

01: Start A New (feat. Sharlene Hector)
02: Sparkling Minds (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow)
03: Da Fuzz
04: All That She Knows
05: We Are Virgo
06: They Never Know
07: Until It's Done
08: Whatever
09: Interlude
10: Love & Hate You
11: Monday Blues
12: It's Nothing
13: Pushing You To Begin
14: Wispa Bar
15: No Bother Talk It
16: Right From Wrong
17: Not In My Disco
18: Dego's Dancehall Cry
19: Late Night Fright
20: The Monarch

The debut solo album reveals dego's profound love for the simple physical pleasure of a perfect beat, but also his boundless curiosity for reinventing the most sophisticated elements of classic funk and electro.

Even within a single song, dego manages to take listeners on a journey across time. "Late Night Fright," for example, begins by harkening back to the heyday of dub and drum 'n' bass, the club ori-ented music of dego's youth, before slowly dissolving into a dreamy jazzy soundscape, mirroring dego's own musical evolution.

Elsewhere on the album, Dego joins forces with a carefully-selected roster of singers and instrumental collaborators. "We Are Virgo" is a collaboration with jazz multi-instrumentalist Kaidi Tatham, that blends several time signatures, drawing on a rich palette of analog synthesizer sounds. A funky tangle of old-school acid house arpeggios, mixed with a bouncing soul groove, featuring vocals by up
and coming British singer Obenewa, "All That She Knows"

Guests include Georgia Anne Muldrow, Taylor Mcferrin, Sharlene Hector and many more.