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Pama International are a very underrated eight piece
Reggae band from the UK, the band have been together
for a number of years now and feature members of
The Specials and The Loafers which means that this
eight piece Reggae powerhouse are not newbie’s
when it comes to the Reggae and ska scene as they
have all had plenty of experience in and out of
Pama International.
‘Pama Outernational’ is the band’s
new album and it is released on the 19th October
on the Rockers Revolt record label but some places
have stated that the album release has been pushed
back now untill the 2nd November, anyway the album
is influenced heavily on the soul scene of the 60’s
and the Reggae scene on the 70’s but with
the help of the great production they have brought
the sounds of the two scenes together and into the
21st century.
The album has a solid sound about it and is the
kind of music that would of heard in a chill out
lounge a few years back whilst you enjoyed a nice
Jack Daniels and coke, and a big fat cigar whilst
chilling out on a Sunday night, infact the album
has such a chill out feel about it that I feel
like I need to head back on holiday to Egypt and
chill out by the pool laying on the comfy cushions
they had whilst smoking on the Shisha water pipe,
looking into the sky watching the stars whilst
listening to this album from Pama International,
that would of made the moment perfect.
The album opens with ‘Equality And Justice
For All’ the song is a slow-paced reggae
song, the lead vocals from Finny are so soulful
and so beautiful to listen to whilst listening
to the nice mix of trumpet and saxophone sounds.
‘Dub A Disco’ is a song that is instrumentally
about the rhythm, the song is a 1minute and 44seconds
instrumental song and it is so beautiful to listen
to. ‘Are We Saved Yet?’ and ‘I
Still Love You More’ both feature some cracking
vocal work from Finny, but instrumentally ‘I
still Love You More’ shines so much more.
The band’s latest single ‘Happenstance’
is included on the album and my opinion of the
song still stays the same it is a real beautiful
sounding reggae track that’s full of great
rhythm and chilled out instrumental work that
will get you moving every slightly from side to
side.
‘Dub A Dance’ is very much like ‘Dub
A Disco’ in the way that it is an full on
instrumental track, they sound so different from
each other, but the good thing about ‘Dub
A Dance’ is that it follows on nicely from
‘Happenstance’ and features a lot
of groove.
The later section of the album is split into
two sections with the first section being called
Side One and the second section being called Side
Two, to give the album that old skool feel about
it like back in the day with tapes and the old
vinyl’s, the first part of the album features
a lot of rhythm, whilst the second part of the
album is the more upbeat part.
If you are a fan of trumpets, saxophones, organs,
slow paced guitar riffs and general reggae sounds
then you are going to love ‘Pama Outernational’
from Pama International, the only problem I see
with the album is that the band find it hard reproducing
their live sound and energy on record but that’s
not a problem of the bands it’s a general
problem of the music scene that the band are part
of as it’s a well known fact that Reggae
and Soul music is so much better live than it
is on record, just do you self a favour and make
sure you check out Pama International on the live
circuit at least once, I saw them by luck last
year supporting The Levellers and loved every
single minute of their set.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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Finny (Lead vocalist)
Sean Flowerdew (keyboards)
Lynval Golding (Guitars, Vocals)
Ernie McKone (Bass)
Fuzz Townshend (Drums)
Gary Alesbrook (Trumpet)
Andy kinsman (Saxophone)
Marcos Ferrari (Dub stylings from
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1. Equality & Justice For All
2. Dub A Disco
3. Are We Saved Yet?
4. I Still Love You More
5. Still I Wait
6. He's More Like His Father
7. Happenstance
8. Dub A Dance
9. Question The Answer
10. Trade It All For More
11. What You Do Now
12. Look Out Your Window |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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