Les Sympathics de Porto Novo - 'Vol. 2' (Vinyl LP) Spring Revisited

Les Sympathics de Porto Novo - 'Vol. 2' (Vinyl LP) Spring RevisitedReleases 23 June, 2023. Pre Order Now! Over the past few years Acid Jazz has been reissuing rare and exciting records from the legendary Benin label Albarika Store. Next in the series is Les Sympathics de Porto Novo Benin (Vol. 2), the second album from another of Porto Novos premier groups from the 1970s, founded by former Herman Laleye former leader of other Benin greats Black Dragons de Porto Novo. The heavy rhythm secton of the Laleye brothers

including Jamaican legends: Ernest Ranglin

This release is fronted by Dimitri’s ‘Liberated Woman Edit’ of the track – a vinyl exclusive

reminiscing of DJ’s whilst frequenting the likes of Upstairs At Ronnie’s and other word-of-mouth Soho jazz spots

Sean worked on two tracks from The Blue Elephant LP

the product of a life lived

This is followed by the album’s title track

before mixing the album

to create these brilliant dub mixes

has an Ibiza and Balearic feel

and two inspired covers

On the esteemed Fingier Records

dusty drum work and careful treatment of the original vocal