AFRO ELEMENTS
it remains to be seen
Release Date: 28/01/2008
the trio formed in leicester, uk in may of 1995. their influences include herbie hancock, george duke, jeff lorber, banda black rio, earth wind and fire, incognito and masters at work. the bands first release came when internal bass records decided to include the cut 'casa del ritmo' on their 'a taste of internal bass' compilation. the track went down a storm with jazzheads, clubbers and dj's around the world. they followed this up with a new cut entitled 'it remains to be seen' released on 'internal bass...another taste' which was also released on vinyl as part of the band's 'chocolat ep', with the title track appearing on the massively popular 'nude dimensions 2' compilation on naked music (nyc). with afro elements appearing as backing band to mr.gone and other visiting artists throughout europe, releases came to a brief stop. however many members of the band contributed to the soul-funk album 'stories' released in 2005 under the name 'black gold massive'. around this time various members of the band backed a variety of legendary jazz-funk artists including reuben wilson, eddie henderson and gary bartz for tours of the uk and europe. after all this the afro elements still found time to record their debut album, entitled 'it remains to be seen'. it includes newly recorded versions of previously released tracks 'it remains to be seen', 'ju ju' and 'casa del ritmo' along with a new vocal version of 'chocolat'. the album features over 20 musicians including one of the bands heroes, keyboard legend jeff lorber on 'volcano (raydio mix)'.
| CD code: fsrcd029 | 12.99 GBP |
