Nico Gomez And His Afro Percussion Inc - RitualBelgium, not the first place you'd think of when it comes to Latin or Afro funk Yet one of the greatest records to blend both styles came from the small northern European country, masterminded by Nico Gomez and his Afro Percussion Inc. 'Ritual' is a perfect example of the kind of experimentation that was rife in the 70s and which, when done as well as on this album, proves quite simply timeless. Born Joseph Van Het Groenewoud, Nico Gomez was also

with its stuttering beat

but it emerged from what Robin Carmody has called “the glamour of defeat

before the breathless "Juggernaut" stretches the definition of blues rock to its limit as squirming sine waves

” “The Two Paths

Comparing it to the richness of records made just five or six years earlier

The Slave 6

all the songs were recorded and engineered at El Studio in San Francisco by Phil Manley on September 3rd and 4th 2016 (except 'untimely' - recorded at the Dome by Brian McDougall)

A1 Non-Alignment Pact A2 Street Waves A3 Real World A4 My Dark Ages A5 The Modern Dance A6 Humor Me

11 track album pressed on 180 Gram black vinyl with download insert

ten years ago

an unusual yet eye-opening method for him

immersive affair — a headphones record if ever there was one