Gala Drop - AmizadeFormat : LP Label : GDRecords Catalog # : GDR 05 Genre : Electronic Amizade by Gala Drop featuring the core duo of Afonso Simes and Nlson Gomes now a trio, with Rui Dmaso transitioning from II after the departure of Jerry the Cat and Guilherme Canho. "Gala Drop sound even more focused as a working band, with Amizade friendship in Portuguese making perfect sense in a celebration of their, by now, patented soundworld of cosmic inspiration: krautrock's

playful and masterful

who asked Masalo to remix it

London (UK)

were put in the studio with A Certain Ratio's drummer Donald Johnson producing the sessions

The six songs that make up the album exemplify Taylorʼs desire to experiment and move beyond the constraints of colonial influences on Highlife and African musical traditions

But that’s missing its true power and triumph

but there's a deeper sense of accuracy and direction

In the great tradition of Roxy Music

in the effortless meld of plucky bassline funk and needling machine rhythm iced with Desire’s glyding

But before all of that

but tinged with nostalgia in "wine"

A record that sits half way between house and hip hop