PAPARA

TRACKLISTING


A1. M.CHUZI - Tzatzìki
A2. M.CHUZI fea t. Nabou Claerhout - Mammoet
A3. M.CHUZI feat. Joy Slam - Carbonade
A4. M. CHUZI - Intermetsauce
B1. M.CHUZI - Tahini Miso
B2. M.CHUZI - Sambal
B3 . M.CHUZI feat. Mixmaster Menno - Pickles





INFO


On the isle of Crete, the ancient practice of dipping your bread in diff erent sauces and dips is called "papara". True to its music-as-sauce philosophy, Brussels-based groove formation M.CHUZI invites you to dip your ear into the so nic sauces that are on offer in its versatile menu.

Released 4th Nove mber via Sdban Ultra, the collective's debut album 'Papara' is an inviting mouth ful of afro rhythms, funk, and prog jazz, combined with the spacey soundscapes o f the Brussels metropole, as they look to Fela Kuti's afrobeat style for inspira tion.

Winner of the prestigious Sound Track[IB1] contest held at Anc ienne Belgique back in December 2019, the octet has gone from strength to streng th, including having album track 'Tzatzìki' feature on the critically acclaimed various artist's compilation 'Lefto presents Jazz Cats volume 2', released earli er this summer. The track was arguably the highlight of the album and received r adio support from leading radio DJs including Gilles Peterson of BBC Radio 6 Mus ic and Worldwide FM fame.

It's the tasty 'Tzatzìki' that launches 'P apara', an exotica-spawned, merry bombardment of fizzing percussion and a subseq uent brass freakout. Next up is the heavy acid rock of 'Mammoet' featuring risin g trombonist Nabou, which soon breaks out into a groove-laden mix of Egyptian-in spired horns and Fela-style rhythms, before poetic warrior Joy Slam, adds her vo cals to the dub-centric rhythms of the sweet 'Carbonade'.

Elsewhere, 'Intermetsauce' fuses skittish horns with funky drums while the spicy 'Tahini Mi so' bursts into life with trance-inducing beats and mystical, Middle-Eastern sea soning. The album closes with the multi-rhythms of the burning 'Sambal', before we dive-dip into the funky 'Pickles', featuring Mixmaster Menno's (STUFF.) wilds tyle scratching skills. With each track named after a band member or featured ar tists' favourite sauce, M.CHUZI serves you a diverse and flavourful plate of uni que compositions, taking afro-groove and its descendants to a new level of eclec tic dynamism.