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Cymande - Crawshay (Monsieur Jean's Funky Groove)

from Abracadabra #1 by Groove Park Records

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AllMusic Review by Andrew Hamilton [-]

Invigorating head music done Rastafarian style by Cymande. "Zion I" is a spiritual chant put to music, setting the mood for Cymande. A laid-back "One More" lulls you into subliminal meditation before "Getting It Back" jolts you into some scintillating Jamaican funk-fusion. There's a message in many of Cymande's cuts, with "Listen," and "Bra" (a recognition of the women's lib movement), the most inspiring. Both are sung with passion, and are skillfully executed; the former is slow and painstaking in its message, while "Bra" slaps you upside the head with a stirring sax solo and bass-fueled vamp. An air of supreme coolness permeates Cymande, unusual for a first effort written by members of the band. Cymande sound like they have done this before; nowhere is this more evident than on the beautiful "Dove," a gorgeous concoction of lead guitar, tambourines, haunting backing vocals, and percussion, with the horns used as sparingly as table-seasoning on a gourmet dish. Along with "Bra," the group's most popular cut is "The Message" -- it's difficult keeping body parts still on this grooving mutha. All in all, Cymande is a marvelous collection that premiered a fine funk band.

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from Abracadabra #1, released October 29, 2015
Art Direction, Photography By – Neil Terk
Coordinator [Album] – Mia Krinsky
Engineer – Alan Florence
Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Zimbler, Richard Goldblat*
Illustration [Cover] – Steve Scipio
Producer, Directed By, Liner Notes – John Schroeder
Supervised By [Production] – Bob Scerbo

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