Cymande: Orange Crush Vinyl LP Shinedown It wasn’t selling out

It wasn’t selling out

BELLS OF AUGUST

The band were well known in the UK punk scene

Mario Batkovic seeks to explore the sonic possibilities of the accordion

Cymande: Orange Crush Vinyl LP Shinedown It wasn’t selling outWith the release of their self titled debut album in 1972, Cymande emerged as innovators of the black British music scene. Taking influences from their Guyanese and Jamaican roots, the band fused reggae bass lines, Afro tinged Nyabinghi percussion, psychedelic touches, and American style funk into a unique sound theyve since dubbed as Nyah rock. While they were embraced in the US, back home they were largely ignored and soon forgotten by a music