Various Artists - Cosmic Stash: High Lights Format:INDIES EXCLUSIVE FOUR COLOUR SPLATTER LP while Damon Locks' proclamations flickered

while Damon Locks' proclamations flickered in and out of the mix like an erratic signal from some interstellar radio announcer

the smash hit soundtrack he had composed for 1983's "Merry Christmas Mr

Its propulsive beat and unrelenting lyrics establish self-destruction as fantasy before a brief moment of sobering clarity when the drums fall away and Chatten moves from spitting

The music itself can be fairly closely compared with that of Greek rebetika - also the American blues or the original working-class tango music of Argentina and Uruguay - and similarly takes it's common subject matter from the various cruel realities of the world

but also as the front line in a battle for basic human rights

Various Artists - Cosmic Stash: High Lights Format:INDIES EXCLUSIVE FOUR COLOUR SPLATTER LP while Damon Locks' proclamations flickeredMarking ten years of the Cosmic Stash box set, Jazz Dispensary compiles a focused selection of cuts from across the series into Cosmic Stash: HIGH Lights. Drawing on deep funk, soul jazz and hazy grooves, the collection features key tracks from artists including Johnny Hammond, Patrice Rushen, David Axelrod, Gary Bartz, The Blackbyrds and more. Originally spanning a wide ranging box set, these selections distil the series appeal into a tight, DJ