exodus 77 - wherefore art thou ?

back in 2001 a rapper/punk/beatnik/rasta/b-boy Exodus 77 aka Sean Reveron released a mini album of 6 tracks on the regal imprint called 'just time'. he was 'found' by the labels mainstay group the beta band. legend has it that sean jumped up on stage during a beta band gig and started rapping over the tunes and that the band were so impressed that they sorted out a deal for him.

lucky us.

as well as being pals with the beta band, sean managed to summon up folks like the uk production crew, the creators, stereo mcs, and roots manuva to appear/produce on this excellent mini-lp. alongside seans scratchy/raspy singing style he drafted in his friend petra jean making the songs come to life as petras emotional funked up blues totally lift the tracks into (i believe she has a new solo album out that she mentioned years ago here). with the lifestyle that sean obviously has enjoyed it should come as no surprise to find that the mini album was not a standard hip hop set of tracks, theres some wonderful twists throughout the all too brief 23 minutes, a little reggae, a dash of punked up pil-type bass lines, and a lot of soul. the release came out, was grabbed by a select few, and then silence.

well, not quite as the duo of sean and petra resurfaced in david holmes superb 'free association' setup, thus proving david could still spot a good'un, but as ever, one album and then more silence. that is until a few days ago, when word reached  me that akira the don met up with sean recently.

anyone know if he has anything going on cos i'd love to know ?

now if those two make tunes the results could be very interesting !

anyways - enough words - more music : candle light

just wait for those tubular bells @ 2 minutes. a gloriously laid back horn filled reggae, hip hop groove thats still fresh as f*ck in 2005.

crack'on

mark e

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