Brothers Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Jeen Bassa come together as MamaOdé on full length album 'Tales And Patterns Of The Maroons'. At its core this isa classic “hip hop” format LP - but have you ever heard Creole Sega RapRoots music before?Of Creole descent from a group of African islands that transiently have hostedmany settlers, west African slaves, colonialists and the potentially indigenousEast African-Malagache Maroons; the brothers have an inherent spirit ofdiversity that runs through their recordings. Musical influences consist of jazz,funk, blues and reggae to un-placeable but definite Afro-drum patterns, throughto their Golden-Era-Rap vocal flows, which have a sure nod to ATCQ and SlumVillage. The album’s deep grooves overwhelmingly seed optimism, subscribingto a positive future drawn from historically multi-ethnic ancestral lines. Thebrothers’ natural vocals carry messages of unity, love and well being as well asa conscious questioning of humanity’s ill practices and ideas.Reginald Omas Mamode IV’s three solo albums - 2016's s/t debut, 2017's'Children of Nu' and 2019’s ‘Where We Going’ - received continued criticalsuccess from Mojo (“A brand-new-retro delight”), Mixmag (“Peckham beatbrilliance”), Q (“Superb”), Record Collector (“Equal parts D’Angelo to J Dilla”),The Wire (“Soul music turned all the way inward”), DJ Mag ("A masterpiece"),Electronic Sound (“Utterly fantastic”) and Bandcamp (“Equally steeped in hiphop,funk, soul and jazz”). He was also nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ atGilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards 2017.Jeen Bassa has carved out a reputation as one of the leading beat-tapeproducers mixing up slo-mo, mechanised funk with hues of neon soul and blue,jazz notes. With a stream of sold out vinyl LPs under his belt, from 2015’s ‘AllMy People’ through to last year’s ‘Cassava Pone’, Jeen Bassa’s warm andwoozy productions stand out in a world saturated with bland Dilla and Madlibesquepastiches.Along with Al Dobson Jr, Henry Wu, Mo Kolours and Tenderlonious; ROMIVand Jeen Bassa have helped forge the extended 22a co-operative that TheFADER calls “a kaleidoscopic patchwork of hip-hop, house, and grooveinvestigations bound by one thread: a timeless belief in rhythm as a universallanguage” and Stamp The Wax say “helped craft a sound that traverses thejazz and lo-fi beats continuum, heavy on percussive elements and informed bycountless non-Western musical culture”.Mama Odé 'Tales And Patterns Of The Maroons' will be released via Five EasyPieces (Mo Kolours, Natureboy Flako, XOA, Royalty, Call Super) on vinyl LPand digital formats.

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  • 1. A1 Negus Introduction
  • 2. A2 Creole Brothers
  • 3. A3 Feel That Today
  • 4. A4 Pattern of Maroons (Interlude)
  • 5. A5 We Keep It Up
  • 6. B1 This Kind of Music (Interlude)
  • 7. B2 Sega Move
  • 8. B3 Mama Ode (Interlude)
  • 9. B4 That S Game
  • 10. B5 My Brother (Ti-Ton Lament)
  • 11. B6 My Brother

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  • 1. C1 Don't Preach
  • 2. C2 All of That
  • 3. C3 Going Right
  • 4. C4 Typik Morisien
  • 5. D1 Wadada Lasts
  • 6. D2 Creole Soul Clap
  • 7. D3 Descendants (Interlude)
  • 8. D4 Mele Mele Colonial
  • 9. D5 Tales of the Maroons (Interlude)