PHILANTROPIQUES

Afro trance, Brazilian jazz funk and frantic percussion are all explored over this 13 track offering... Lead singles Kenke Corner and Mucagiami step effortlessly between the dancefloor to ballad, the latter featuring a stunning vocal performance from Angolan vocalist, Vum Vum. Now five albums deep into his recording career, he™s built a loyal fanbase and following from his early days as a beatmaker. Guts™ initial spirit of sampling, sequencing and programming still remains but it has now morphed into something of a full-on musical opus. Philantropiques is an experimental yet sunny outing, comprising longer tracks that open up into carefully considered arrangements. One strong theme that runs throughout is the vibrations of the Southern Hemisphere, somewhere Guts has been so well associated with over the years. His compilation series, Beach Diggin, now in its fifth volume, brings together highly sought-after rarities, lovingly curated with long-time friend, collaborator and visual artist, Mambo. To help him realise this new musical plan, Guts set up a brand new live band featuring: Kenny Ruby on bass, Christiane Prince on drums, Cyril Atef on percussion, alongside Adelaide Songeons and Ben Abarbanel-Wolff on the horns. This was the musical base, around which all the other elements were to be composed by a whole host of other musicians, MCs, vocalists and creatives including saxophist Jowee Omicil, guitarist Lameck Macaba, Djeuhdjoah and Lieutenant Nicholson, storyteller Pat Kalla, Brazilian legend Pinduca, vocalists Nazaré Perera and Catia Wernec, and also French jazz virtuoso pianist, Mario Canonge. TRACKLIST 1. Voyaging Bird Feat . Jowee Omicil 2. Mucagiami Feat. Vum Vum 3. Ja Nao Ha Mais Paz Feat. Catia Werneck 4. Groove Ma Poule Feat. Djeuhdjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson 5. Daddy Sweet Feat. Pat Kalla 6. Li Dous Konsa 7. Sa Ce Kado Feat. Black Sage 8. Kenke Corner 9. Shake It And Rise Up 10. Nosso Carimbo E Do Mundo Feat. Pinduca & NazareÙ Peirera 11. Matadou 12. Se Nou Menm 13. BougeÙ Bagay La 14. Penda Feat. Emma Lamadji & Kandy Guira 15. Dans La Vie, J'aime (Feat Amanda Roldan)