Listen to Coldcut x On-U Sound’s ‘Vitals’ feat. Roots Manuva

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Coldcut (Matt Black and Jon More) and Adrian Sherwood (kingpin of the legendary On-U Sound label) are the perfect sonic match; two pioneers of British music united by a maverick spirit. Coldcut x On-U Sound’s Outside the Echo Chamber, out Friday May 19 on Ahead Of Our Time via Inertia Music – is an album of freshly-minted, electronic dub-pop.

On this record, the duo unite an array of global musicians and vocalists including Roots Manuva, Junior Reid, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Ce’Cile – to name but a few. The album was made in London, Ramsgate, Jamaica, and Los Angeles – with co-producer and fellow dance heavyweight Dave Taylor (Switch & With You). Toddla T also helped produce two songs. At the beating heart of this album are long time On-U Sound collaborators Skip McDonald on guitar and bassist Doug Wimbish. These two formed part of the house band for the pioneering rap label Sugar Hill, providing the music for some of the most seminal records of the era like Grandmaster Flash’s The Message, and many others. In the bleak political landscape of early 2017, this album’s warmth, and its outward-looking, globally-minded sound couldn’t feel more welcome.

You can listen to ‘Vitals’, featuring Roots Manuva below;

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