Thursday, January 5, 2012

NOMO & Shawn Lee - "Upside Down"


Nice unique electric kalimba and steel drum beat produced by the great Shawn Lee. Is it just me or does NOMO seem greatly influenced by Sun Ra (this track is kind of an exception to their usual sound tho)? This collaboration came about almost by accident. NOMO's Elliot Bergman had spent the better part of the summer building and recording electric kalimbas in Brooklyn, when label-mate Shawn Lee asked him to send over a kalimba track for his new album. Lee, based in London, added some funky drums, bass and a smattering of steel drums, and sent it back to Bergman. When Bergman's sister, Natalie, heard the instrumental track destined for Shawn's album, she decided that she had to add some vocals.

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