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ARTIST
TITLE
Tales & Patterns Of The Maroons
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
FEP 029LP FEP 029LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/2/2020

Brothers Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Jeen Bassa come together as Mama Odé on full-length album, Tales & Patterns Of The Maroons. At its core this is a classic "hip-hop" format LP -- but have you ever heard Creole Sega rap roots music before? Of Creole descent from a group of African islands that transiently have hosted many settlers, west African slaves, colonialists and the potentially indigenous East African-Malagache Maroons; the brothers have an inherent spirit of diversity that runs through their recordings. Musical influences consist of jazz, funk, blues, and reggae to un-placeable but definite Afro-drum patterns, through to their Golden era rap vocal flows, which have a sure nod to A Tribe Called Quest and Slum Village. The album's deep grooves overwhelmingly seed optimism, subscribing to a positive future drawn from historically multi-ethnic ancestral lines. Reginald Omas Mamode IV's three solo albums -- 2016's s/t debut, 2017's Children of Nu, and 2019's Where We Going? (FEP 027LP) -- received continued critical success from Mojo, Mixmag, Q, Record Collector, The Wire, DJ Mag, Electronic Sound, and more. He was also nominated for "Album of the Year" at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2017. Jeen Bassa has carved out a reputation as one of the leading beat-tape producers mixing up slo-mo, mechanized funk with hues of neon soul and blue, jazz notes. Jeen Bassa's warm and woozy productions stand out in a world saturated with bland Dilla and Madlibesque pastiches. Along with Al Dobson Jr, Henry Wu, Mo Kolours, and Tenderlonious; ROMIV and Jeen Bassa have helped forge the extended 22a co-operative. Edition of 500.