King Sporty

Safari

Emotional Rescue

ERC097

King Sporty

Safari

Emotional Rescue

ERC097

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ARTIST
King Sporty
TITLE
Safari
LABEL
Emotional Rescue
CAT NO.
ERC097
FORMAT
Digital
RELEASE DATE
    n/a
TERRITORY
Worldwide
BARCODE
5060731227812
GENRE
Disco
FEATURING
King Sporty

SALES NOTES

After the trilogy of King Sporty & The Ex -tra’s EPs in 2018, Emotional Rescue returns to the music of Noel Williams with this first ever single release of his 1976 reggae disco bomb, Safari, backed with a special discomix by Lexx.
Taken from William’s debut album, Deep Reggae Roots, it can be considered a culmination of his career to date, from growing up on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, to his first singles for Studio One and Trojan, his relocation to Miami
and the birth of his Konduko label and moves to
incorporate the local clubs growing affiliation with funk and disco.
Prescient to the coming wave, Williams enlisted some of Miami’s finest in George Perry and Clay Cropper (Chocolate Clay), Ron Smith (KC & The Sunshine Band) and legendary producer Alex Sadkin (Compass Point, Bob
Marley, Grace Jones, Talking Heads).
The stand out from the album, Safari, with it’s hazy, low slung groove of razor sharp rimshot, guitar licks and funk bass is topped with an incessant chant – ‘Disco, Safari’. Criminally brief, the choice of Lexx to step in the mix was a
simple one. His dubbed rework is perfect, laidback, letting the groove roll and King Sporty’s mantra shin

Published: 7th April 2020