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dego - a wha' him deh pon - 2000 black - cd

Genre: New Jazz / Headz

1. Start A New (feat. Sharlene Hector)
2. Sparkling Minds (feat. Georgia Ann Muldrow)
3. Da Fuzz (feat. Lordamercy)
4. All That She Knows (feat. Obenewa)
5. We Are Virgo (feat. Kaidi Tatham)
6. They Never Know (feat. Sarina Leah)
7. Until It's Done (feat Mia Andrews)
8. Whatever
9. Interlude (feat. Taylor McFerrin)
10. Love & Hate You (feat. Obenewa)
11. Monday Blues
12. It's Nothing (feat. Nadeine Charles)
13. Pushing You To Begin (feat. Ferraz)
14. Wispa Bar
15. No Bother Talk It
16. Right From Wrong (feat. Tosin Tao)
17. Not In My Disco
18. Dego's Dancehall Cry
19. Late Night Fright
20. The Monarch

Dego will release his own solo debut “A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?” this summer in 2011. Having recorded several seminal albums with his previous musical collectives 4hero, 2000black, Silhouette Brown, “A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?” marks Dego’s continuing musical evolution, integrating his past as an avatar of electronica, jazz, dub and soul, while blazing a new path forward beyond convention and expectation. The album reveals Dego’s profound love for the simple physical pleasure of a perfect beat, but also his boundless curiosity for reinventing the most sophisticated elements of classic funk and electro. Tip!!

“We Are Virgo” is a collaboration with jazz multiinstrumentalist
Kaidi Tatham, that blends several time signatures, drawing on a rich palette of analog
synthesizer sounds.
A funky tangle of old-school acid house arpeggios, mixed with a bouncing soul groove, featuring
vocals by up and coming British singer Obenewa, “All That She Knows” is a song about someone
caught in a spiral of self destructive behavior, and struggling with the fear that glues them to the habit.
“The Monarch” features an array of vintage keyboards layered like sonic filigree. The drums have a
raw, breakbeat edge: a ragged high hat and crispy snare provide the frame against which a descending
chord pattern alternates with a more upbeat section that evokes a mildly hallucinogenic mood of
good cheer. “Start A New” surges with celebratory funk vocals, and a sense of a life endowed with a
joyful mission. “Right From Wrong” begins with a cool, throbbing pulse, like a Japanese woodblock
tuned up a few octaves and popping away in syncopated counterpoint to a fat rubbery bass-line.