Gumbae Culture - Take It EasyDeath Is Not The End's 333 series continues with this killer slice of digi roots 7" out of late 90s NY, also a big Jah Shaka selection at the time. Take It Easy was produced by Ricky "Mad Man" Myrie a reggae dancehall producer active since the early 90s, and who was also providing writing and production on breakthrough albums for VP from Sean Paul, Capleton & others at this time. Featuring a sharp and poignant vocal from Gumbae Culture, it was

On both this track

Nikolaj Torp Larsen: Synthesizers

KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET Shinpei Ruike trumpet Ken Kurihara tenor saxophone Yusuke Hirado piano Yoshihito"P"Koizumi

guitar and keys players Lorenzo Francioli

Does what it says on the tin

along with singer/songwriter Monica Hapsari (who co-wrote and co-composed three songs in the album) and Go Kurosawa (Kikagaku Moyo) helming the project as the producer

not 45RPM as listed

Accompanying the original version are two remixes by producers whose work Canopy has long admired

"Ultraviolet Freqs"

Classic Island Soul double sider from Frankie ‘Zhivago' Young

Here though he returns to Kaoz Theory following the success of his ‘Colour Of Mind’ EP in 2022

tough snares