Review

Colonel Red: Sweet Liberation (Ruff Language)

No one was more distressed than me when the hub of the UK Broken Beat scene, the record distributor ‘Goya’, went under taking the scene with it. The artists have scattered in different directions still making incredible innovative contemporary Black music and here we have the male voice of that scene with his second CD.

Amazing it is too. Colonel Red is already currently featuring heavily on Jazz-based dancefloors at the moment with his feature on the Milano Jazz Dance Combo CD on the furious paced Jazz Samba ‘Much More’ and so this release is timely. With the exception of the title track and perhaps ‘The Flow’ and ‘Shine On’ (if you have a VERY adventurous dancefloor) it is more of a listening album.

The textures ebb and flow, washing over you in great swathes, underpinned with low-slung angular R&B grooves. It’s a very cerebral album with great intelligent lyrics and a unique vocal delivery as only Red can give you. Essential listening.
Words SNOWBOY