

Mim Suleiman is the Zanzibari native who steals the limelight here with her indigenously sanguine vocals, however, in an A&R coup by Janson, it is the charge of much-admired producer Maurice Fulton to vamp the East African's work into the gloriously sun-drenched, afro-boogie fusion that this 12-inch comprises. If the unfettered percussion, pop-friendly sensibility and effortless funk of this record are pointers towards what lies ahead on the collaborative pair's forthcoming album Tungi, then we all have a veritable treat in store.
I only refrain from scoring this even more highly for a lack of additional material on the package: While the flip-side dub reworks the original to a certain extent, a remix or further album-teaser would have no doubt been better value. Though let's not get caught up on nitpicking: Note for note, sunbeam for sunbeam, Nyuli is really rather magnificent.
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Published /
Fri / 16 Apr 2010 -
Words /
Jack Haighton -
Tracklist /
A Nyuli
B Nyuli (Dub)
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