Griot Galaxy - Kins LP 8" or even very earliest Mayhem

or even very earliest Mayhem

I find navigating the high-turnover world of dance music a bit overwhelming

"There are two kinds of melodies: Chopie and Shechni

a Baker/Salmon song later made famous with The Beasts of Bourbon

Includes the original inner sleeve w/ photos

Griot Galaxy - Kins LP 8" or even very earliest MayhemGriot Galaxy is a "secret" jewel of Detroit's avant garde jazz history, until now. That is to say, they will always be a jewel of Detroit's avant garde jazz history. Their deeply passionate music a testament to experimentation, freedom, and blackness. But with the long awaited reissue of their first album, the hard to find Kins, the secret is out. Griot Galaxy doesn't strictly begin with Kins. It begins with visionary bandleader and saxophonist Faruq