After setting European stages on fire with the release of their first LP in 2022, the mighty Turkish band returns with en Kötü Iyi Olur, an album that reflects their image: edgy, independent, political, and tremendously effective.
Soundway presents a collection of 18 Burger Highlife, Electronic Afrobeat and Reggae tracks, highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilizng new music technology and recording techniques.
Features interchangeable album artwork: 8 double-sided inserts with 16 original art prints from the Joy as an Act of Resistance exhibition, all housed in a gold glitter die-cut gatefold jacket. Limited to 8k copies.
King Tubby and producer Bunny Striker Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. After discovering a mistake that was made into a serious joke they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre, named Dub Music.
Performances is a defiant and resonant blow against expectations and outside pressure. It’s an LP showcasing an artist without constraints and allowing themself to be radically honest.
The reissue underlines the album’s vaunted place amid one of rock’s most bulletproof catalogs and offers a glimpse at the creative process behind a pivotal moment in ongoing the Spoon story.