Synergetic Voice Orchestra - MIOS LPIn 1989, pianist and composer Yumiko Morioka put together a group of diverse street musicians and semi professional players for a project that would come to be called the Synergetic Voice Orchestra. Inspired by Yumikos love of different musical cultures from around the globe, the band drew on influences from India, Ethiopia, Mali, Korea and China to create an album that merged these sonic identities with more traditional sounds from the southern

Grand Puba

'Never Gonna Dance Again

Not surprisingly

We jam a little while – jazz rock

both of which addressed issues of child abuse and female circumcision

formerly of Melon

Ayers' US album from the same year

4 cuts of proper 2-step goodness

II” & “Mount Eerie”

the fusion of lo-fi funk and disaffected vocals still stuns today

analogue drums

Now why you gotta go and do that Jim