Tashif Kente: A Boy and A Dream EP Microids Including the beautiful theme ‘When

Including the beautiful theme ‘When I Remember This Life’ sung by Kazumi Nikaido

you’d be forgiven for thinking it was 1979 when Bob Marley and the Wailers toured the country

from the funky opener "In The Sky" by Trumpeter Shunzo Ohno to the sunshine mid-tempo groove of sax player Toshiyuki Honda's "Living in a City" featuring Paulinho Da Costa on perc via Mikio Masuda's Fender Rhodes-infected "Let's Get Together

" a ballad sung full of emotion

(WWSCD 024CD/WWSLP 024LP

Tashif Kente: A Boy and A Dream EP Microids Including the beautiful theme ‘WhenReissue number seven for Heels & Souls Recordings sees them look back to the sounds of South Africas townships in 1991, cherry picking four of Tashif Kentes finest cuts from his sought after album A Boy And A Dream, giving them space to breathe on a 12" pressing. Clearly influenced by the flavours bubbling over from the UK and US in the late 80s and early 90s, from R&B through to boogie, proto house to new jack swing, Tashifs productions are a melting