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Dig This Way realised they had found something special after discovering the first few releases on Jicco Funk… its less about a particular style of music and more about a raw emotive production quality that runs through each of the records… there is a mood and feel to the delivery that expresses a consciousness that’s rooted in a deep soul… the origins of which with hindsight would be near impossible to determine… its known that many of the records were produced at the same studio… there are a number of musicians who appear on more than one records… other than a few basic facts… to know the true ingredients which made the blend special… I guess you just had to have been there…
Following an extended period collecting music from the label including a number of months in Nigeria trying to trace family and friends of former band members including the Jicco family… Dig This Way decided to produce a compilation highlighting some of the near unknown music released by Jicco Funk… on the first volume in the series the focus is Reggae and Funk, particularly the intersection where the two genres converge as a hybrid production that at times is neither one nor the other… being more often and not… greater than the sum of the parts… hype..? We don’t think so… intreguided..? Check the clips below and make your own mind up…
