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August 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ghostpoet: I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

Ghostpoet I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep Pias America The Ghostpoet name has been Obaro Ejimiwe’s vehicle of choice for delivering his words and message deep inside traces of grime with washes of indie-pop and electronica across the last decade. I was a fan for the first few albums – and then…forgot. Didn’t […]
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July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Africa Express Presents Maison Des Jeunes

Various Artists Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes Transgressive Records Damon Albarn hasn’t hit it out of the park with every project he’s been involved in since Blur but it’s pretty close – the strike-rate is impressive and here, with Maison Des Jeunes Albarn overseas/spearheads an album that was put together after a week-long trip […]
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January 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light

Ghostpoet Some Say I So I Say Light Play It Again Sam UK Here’s what I like – you see I loved the shit out of the first Ghostpoet album (and still do) and here, the follow-up, is no giant swerve, it’s no huge re-think, no side-step, it is very much a case of more […]
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August 16, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1893

Ghostpoet, Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam (2011) One of my favourite albums of this year Ghostpoet’s debut longplayer is a mix of dubstep, grime and hip-hop and yet it never feels like an update of Roots Manuva or Gil Scott-Heron; it is its own sound. Where James Blake failed in trying to make a […]
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