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Dervish is the highly anticipated debut album from Sufi dub master Celt Islam. The album features collabarations with Inder Goldfinger, Bongo Chilli, Dan man from the legendary Iration Steppas, Masala, Kenzi, D.bo General, AbdalWahid Mursaleen and Dawound Kringle.

Described by Bobby Friction (BBC Asian Network) as Dubstep with an emotional heart beating its very core.

 

Celt Islam : Dervish { Album Review }

by Ranking John

From Celt Islam comes this unique fusion of electro, Arabic, dub and dance rhythms. There is a combination of middle-eastern, roots and psychedelic influence throughout this intriguing selection of tracks, with a recurring tabla sound running through the rhythms. The album opens with Halaqa, slow steady ambient dub with some dance-based synth in the background. An Eastern-tinged reggae inspiration is up-front on tracks like Resonate and Revolution Inside Me (the latter featuring Polish band Masala) while the reggae feel of Justice (featuring Danman) is given a darker tone by the electronic wash of sounds in the background. After a slow build-up, Bloodstain resolves itself into a credible dance track, while drum-and-bass is the driving musical form in the closing track Accelerator. The drum-and-bass of Illumination is a little different, with its deeper layers of electronic sound back in the mix. Meanwhile, Haq Ui Yaqin takes us closer to contemporary dubstep. The album brings together styles and sounds in a way that, despite the assertive titles of most of the tracks, is remarkably relaxed in its overall feel.

Celt Islam (Muhammad Abdullah Hamzah), from the North West of England, is a convert to Islam and, specifically, to Sufism – as reflected in the album's title. The chosen name Celt Islam itself signifies this cultural mix, a blend of influences and sounds brought together on this album. The music here reflects an underlying mysticism and tranquility alongside some strong bass-driven dub and dance breaks: quite a combination. For anyone interested in enjoying music that transcends the arbitrary boundaries between roots, electro and dance this is essential listening.

Release: 16th October 2009 on Urban Sedated Records

Reviewed by Rankin John for reggaemusic.org.uk

Check the Celt Islam interveiw and mix on BBC Pathaan's musical rickshaw

Listen to the show here !! : http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplay..er/console/b00n02st

http://www.bbc.co.uk/asian..network/pathaansmusicalric..kshaw/

 

We are pleased to announce that Urban Sedated Records will be performing at the out of the ordinary festival in Brighton.

U.S.R Line up includes

Honky Dub

The Sysiphians

Celt Islam

and a 2 hr dj set in the Euphoria bar with chief and wev.

We also will have acoustic jams and chill out dj sets in our cafe the outer regions throughout the festival.

Tickets available online www.outoftheordinaryfestival.com/

Well we had a lovely Solstice weekend party in the heart of the cotswolds and played a set on the legendary Rinky dink pedal powered sound system. Wev had to pedal for a while to power the decks and mixer, i think it was the most exercise he has had in years :)

Unfortunatley we had major trouble with our decks and mixers (kept cutting out) and eventually one of the bikes crank broke so we had to cut our set short which was deeply gutting as we were just getting going. such is life

We would like to thank the organisers for inviting us, it was lovely to be in such bootiful surroundings. wicked vibes,



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Well with the problems with the pressing of war party (hopefully) behind us we can now start work on our other summer releases and have we got some wicked tunes coming.

Obviously the very excellent War Party 12" will start our summer releases closely followed by 2 new U.S.R signings Professor Skank and Celt Islam. First is going to be the excellent E.P by Greek dub master Professor Skank, the ep is  titled Rasta Education featuring African Simba. This will be a 6 trk vinyl release and will be followed in the Autumn by a cd release of Professor Skank remixes, dubs etc etc.

And second we have the Outsanding album from Celt Islam. The album is titled Dervish and is a mixture of Heavy heavy basslines, dub step, dancehall and d+b wrapped up with a very dubby world music sound. Release due for the beginning of August (cd).

Also we are in the process of getting the  King b Fine download release  Living in Babylon feat  a remix by Berlins finest Dub one!

available to download soon.

We have also recieved word from the mighty Sysiphians that they are nearly ready with there highly anticipated debut 12" we are all looking very forward to that one.

Other things in the pipeline include a

7" from Solo Banton walk like Rasta
7" from Celt Islam feat Bongo chilli
New album (yet to be named) from psy trance dubbers Honky Dub


So lots to look forward to and get excited about

Roll on the summer, and may it be a lovely sunny one



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U.S.R

Well where to start

We have had all sorts of trouble with getting war party to press, first we had the wrong versions of the dubs which delayed us by 2 weeks, then it has been trouble with the press.
It is suppossed to take 10 working days from payment to get a test pressing and after waiting nearly a month we received an email saying they lost the files we sent them, after this problem was sorted we was given a date for the test pressing and then told we were given the wrong date a week after it was suppose to arrive.

The good news is that we have FINALLY received the test pressing and hopefully all going well we shold have the finished 12's back in a few weeks.

It is the first (and last) time we have used this company and they have let us down at every turn.

Our upmost apologies to all of you who have been waiting so patiently,  we are doing our best to get the 12's asap.

soon come

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U.S.R

We are very pleased to announce our latest signing the mighty Sysiphians.

12" and album coming soon

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Mathew Tembo and the Dark Black - Anthem
Urban Sedated records US002

Zambian Skanking
This is the sixth release from Zambian reggae singer Mathew Tembo. For this recording, he turns to the roots of his country's music and in so doing creates a likeable fusion of Zambian tradition with fat reggae bass lines. The silimba is the principal traditional instrument that leads the ensemble. It is the Zambian version of the balafon or marimba - a xylophone with hand-carved wooden keys mounted on calabash resonators. The overall sound is very similar to the music of  Thomas Mapfumo from neighbouring Zimbabwe and it is no surprise that Tembo cites Mapfumo as one of his favourite musians.
The circular melodic patterns of  Tembo's marimba replicate the Mapfumo mbira (thumb piano) and the earthy male vocal backed by sweet female harmonies gives Anthem a real chimurenga feeling.
Tembos songs (performed in a mixture of Zambian languages with a little English)
are instantly enjoyable and very commercial: when he breaks into his reggae groove, he sounds like he could be a worthy successor to the late Lucky Dube.
However, his focus on traditional music gives him an additional dimension. Tembo is using his skills to make instruments, and he teaches children how to play traditional music; he is an important ambassador for Zambian culture. Anthem is a tremendously enjoyable contemporary production with organic elements that should appeal to African reggae fans and also an entirely new audience looking for some traditional roots music.

Martin Sinnock

After the amazing success of the rockers disciples 12" (we have now sold out) we are pleased to announce that we have the Crossroads album in stock and will be available on the Urban Sedated website from Monday.

www.urbansedated.com

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