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TU SHUNG PENG
Around Tu Shung Peng
Release date :
05-26-2008
Label :
Makafresh
Tracklist :
01. Show Me That Love - Ken Boothe
02. Man Of The Mountain - Ras Daniel Ray
03. World Cry - Ganja Tree
04. Open Your Heart - Ganja Tree
05. Jah Live - Difanga
06. Healing - Of The Nation - Lone Ranger
07. Funky Maziere - Instrumental
08. Give Jah Praise - Jah Marcus
09. No Power To The Wicked Man
10. Suffring Line - Ganja Tree
11. Can You Be My Princess - Ras Daniel Ray
12. Princess Dub - Fabwize Mix
13. Don't Give It Up - Jahko Lion
14. Tu Shung Peng - Interlude
15. My Love Is Like A Burning Fire - Justin Hinds
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REVIEW
Review written by Nicolas Pradat
on Monday, June 30th 2008 - 22 634 views
It was at the end of 2006 that "Around Tu Shung Peng", the first self-produced album by the Parisians Tu shung Peng, came out of the pot. Without adequate distribution, the project had remained confidential, until Makasound, which will release the band's second album in the autumn, reissued this first opus as a preamble. Like any self-respecting backing band, Tu Shung Peng submitted its original riddims, cooked up from the good old, sometimes tried-and-tested recipes of the 70s, to the inspiration of singers. The choice of guests (all Jamaicans except Difanga) thus follows a roots line with Ken Boothe and Justin Hinds, the old-timer deejay Lone Ranger, Ras Daniel Ray and Ganja Tree.
Behind them, the bass-drums duo offers solid roots turnarounds, crossed by brass riffs that are most often well found. The instrumental Funky Maziere, which moves between jazz and reggae, is a real joy and shows the band's swing. While Justin Hinds and Ken Boothe, true to their standing, make a notable appearance, that is not where the best of the album lies. We would rather pick the track by Al Pancho, who takes the prize with No Power To The Wicked Man, where his voice fits wonderfully with the dizzying heaviness of the riddim. Special mention also for the performance of Ganga Tree, a group of Jamaicans based in Paris, who deliver three tracks here brimming with rasta fervour.
The reservation, inherent in the exercise, is that by making reggae "the Jamaican way", you are measured against the heavyweights. On the whole, "Around Tu Shung Peng" is perhaps too linear, but which European backing band escapes the rule? It will be interesting to follow the band's career now that they are part of a stable. We are already dreaming of new productions with the Makasound artists. When will we get a featuring from Electric Dread? |
C'est de la bombe aussi. Il parait que le prochain déchire tout et ça sort fin septembre
Très bon album, mais ca fait au moins 1 ans que je l'ai acheter à la fnac donc...
Merci mka pour la réédition de cet album, ils le méritent.
Gros son roots, à écouter d'urgence!!!
Big à Makasound pour avoir misé sur Tu shung peng en rééditant leur premier album, cet album mérite vraiment une bonne distrib.
Je les ai vu hier au new morning et c'était vraiment bien, profond, un bon voyage pour l'esprit.
Retournez tout de suite en studio les gars on en veut un autre.
Je kiff grave la couleur vintage de cet album, de la musique profonde qui fait voyager l'esprit, une vraie réussite.
Sur scène c'est de la tuerie j'ai beaucoup apprécié leur show au new morning (c'est pour ça d'ailleurs que je laisse un com aujourd'hui, ce Band mérite d'être encouragé)
C'est vrai on en veut encore, alors vite les gars faut retourner en studio et nous pondre du GROS.
Bless UP
Du pure roots style 70', ça fait plaiz d'écouter cette balle de son en sachant que c'est du made in FRANCE.
Big up TU shung peng on attend le deuxième avec impatience...
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