CEDRIC CONGO MYTON

Name: Review: CEDRIC CONGO MYTON, Inna de Yard
Item: Inna de Yard
Author: Sébastien Jobart

Inna de Yard

Release date :
11-14-2005

Label :
Makasound

Tracklist :
1. Romeo And Julliet
2. Congo Ashanti
3. Children Crying
4. Form A Gang
5. Open Up The Gate Of Zion
6. Yoyo
7. Wisdom by special guest Musical Foul
8. Forever Young
9. Cock Mouth

Linked artist :

The Congos

REVIEW

Reactions
(4)

Review written by Sébastien Jobart
on Wednesday, November 30th 2005 - 26 079 views

It is a concept that works: less than a year after opening its catalogue, and only a few weeks after the release of "Linval Thompson Inna De Yard", the label already has its fourth release. A new take on its acoustic set-up, this time it is Cedric Myton of the Congos who takes on the exercise. The minimalism championed at the start of the series is abandoned for tracks that are much fuller musically: horns, percussion, harmonica and drums support Earl Chinna Smith and his guitar, still in a strictly acoustic spirit.

Cedric Myton is not necessarily the one of the two Congos singers with the most interesting vocal timbre. His voice, moreover, sometimes drifts towards nasal tones far from its original purity. But these few wanderings do not tarnish his impact, and the whole, once again, works, on tracks as well-worn as Form a gang, Children a crying or Open up the Gate of Zion. Add to that the anthem Congoman and we find a good part of the classics taken from the essential album "Heart of the Congos", a masterpiece of roots harmonies. Beyond these obvious choices, Yoyo recovers the accents of old in his high-pitched voice, Wisdom stretches out with Musical Foul as a guest over a hypnotic loop, as does the meditative Forever Young on a haunting nyabinghi. Off to a good start, the series carries on its way. Something to tide us over until the announced reunion of the Congos.

4 Comments

J'ai eu l'occasion d'emprunter l'album "Inna de Yard" à la Médiathèque de mon village. J'aime beaucoup votre façon de jouer votre reggae: beaucoup d'humain et de naturel. Votre culture est une confluence d'Afrique, d'Amérique et d'Europe. Vôtre quête de racines culturelles a touché mon âme. Merci ! Thank you very much ! For all human beings, please keep on singing and playing music ! Moin ka di ou: gwan merci là ! Betua

Posted by Betua	Rating :
Friday, June 29th 2007

Le meilleur reggae roots que j'ai pu entendre!

Posted by Sbat	Rating :
Tuesday, June 05th 2007

à écouter tout nu dans l'Herbe !

Posted by Og	Rating :
Sunday, April 22nd 2007

c de la balle the congoes est surtout la voix si perssante de cedric du bon roots comme on les aimes jah rastafary

Posted by haddouche	Rating :
Tuesday, June 20th 2006