Play Cymande Radio
Cymande
459,477 plays (68,233 listeners)
Cymande were an eclectic band who released several albums throughout the early seventies.
They arrived in London, England from Guyana and Jamaica and developed a subtle, deep funk style heavily influenced by Calypso rhythms, jazz, African music, and American soul.
Cymande can now be seen as one of the most sophisticated of the heavy funk acts that evolved in the early 1970’s.
By the mid-seventies the band members were going their separate ways. It wasn’t until 20 years later that they reaped any financial rewards, as their music became a popular source for samplers.
Cymande’s original albums are still widely sought-after by DJ’s and funk afficionados.
Perhaps the band’s best known recording is the soulful dancefloor groove “Bra”, later sampled by the American hip-hop group De La Soul.
Cymande was accidentally discovered by English producer John Schroeder in a Soho, London club where they were rehearsing. He was there to see a rock band. But the gig had been cancelled and he stumbled upon this unique collection of West Indian musicians. He soon signed the band and recorded their intial single “The Message.” The single was released by Janus Records, a division of Chess Records. The track reached number 20 on the US R&B and Pop charts. This set the stage for Cymande’s self titled release in 1972.
They arrived in London, England from Guyana and Jamaica and developed a subtle, deep funk style heavily influenced by Calypso rhythms, jazz, African music, and American soul.
Cymande can now be seen as one of the most sophisticated of the heavy funk acts that evolved in the early 1970’s.
By the mid-seventies the band members were going their separate ways. It wasn’t until 20 years later that they reaped any financial rewards, as their music became a popular source for samplers.
Cymande’s original albums are still widely sought-after by DJ’s and funk afficionados.
Perhaps the band’s best known recording is the soulful dancefloor groove “Bra”, later sampled by the American hip-hop group De La Soul.
Cymande was accidentally discovered by English producer John Schroeder in a Soho, London club where they were rehearsing. He was there to see a rock band. But the gig had been cancelled and he stumbled upon this unique collection of West Indian musicians. He soon signed the band and recorded their intial single “The Message.” The single was released by Janus Records, a division of Chess Records. The track reached number 20 on the US R&B and Pop charts. This set the stage for Cymande’s self titled release in 1972.
Top Albums
-
Cymande
Cymande
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $15.99
- eBay Search
-
Second Time Around
Cymande Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Renegades of Funk
Cymande Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $15.98
- eBay Search
-
Promised Heights
Cymande Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $27.96
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
ironsgirl wrote:
wow. don't you just love it when you find something new to love
-
B_Spot wrote:
love it!
-
michel-tex wrote:
Fantastic Group
-
delpiero21092 wrote:
Dope music
-
CheezPizza wrote:
Damn these guys are legit. Sick music
-
JezMarcus wrote:
Original members of Cymande reunite to celebrate 35 years @ Grey Horse (Kingston) on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August - on stage @ 5:30 PM
-
flAntasmagorico wrote:
the message is amazingly beautiful =), i'm glad I found this.
-
golfmade wrote:
Only recently have I come across them, they were before my time but so far loving what I've heard.
-
livebird wrote:
Mestres...
-
CallumsMummy wrote:
Great track. :)
-
Raychillgill wrote:
fabalicious
-
DJJMack wrote:
great band --a couple of their tracks were featured in movie 25th Hour.
-
SpaceChief wrote:
brothers on the slide!
-
slimdrow wrote:
Great!
-
tSufferer wrote:
Funky!!!
-
gwgroove wrote:
wow...me either...
-
Mushy_D wrote:
Can't believe I've never heard of this fantastic band before...
-
brothertone wrote:
incredibly good and putting funk in funky...& hip hop for that matter.
-
dondormilon wrote:
so good!
-
down2know wrote:
blackanese, london, bruce lee stlye musica kinda lika chino connection r sumting lika thta =]
Videos
See more
Listeners
-
Robinho_daSilva
Top Listener
-
bernie2004
Top Listener
-
bigpapas
Top Listener
-
besserox
Top Listener
-
tslooyer
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
shasha2000, candy3000, babberina and 1 other person added Cymande to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
-
shitoshi tagged Cymande with afrobeat, 70s, soul and one other tag. Tuesday evening
-
charlielawless, jacksonallers, ironsgirl and 7 other people added Cymande to their libraries. Tuesday evening
-
NathanBolstad tagged Cymande with london and england. Saturday morning
-
ShamWattson and JDC1988 added Cymande to their libraries. Saturday morning
-
sonicwhim tagged Cymande with ‘funky’. Friday evening
-
sonicwhim, johnnymcjohn, TomMidders and 13 other people added Cymande to their libraries. Friday evening
-
Marenghi tagged Cymande with afrobeat, soul, 70s and 2 other tags. last week
-
bhdevries, Bart010, the2nafish and 4 other people added Cymande to their libraries. last week
-
ormbajs tagged Cymande with soul and funk. 13 days ago
Related Journals
-
Best Albums of the Seventies (1970-1979)
by thomas10 |
17 Aug 2009 | 13 comments
-
Bzangy Groink Playlist 1/10/08
by JyotiMishra |
2 Oct 2008 | Add comment
-
Transworld - Free Your Mind
by dunks |
25 Sep 2007 | Add comment
Groups (23)
-
partygroove 70s
98 members
-
Hip Hop Sample Junkies
1,598 members
-
Great Black Music
963 members
-
France against Sarkozy
664 members
-
The Big Chill
435 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Cymande from Universal Music.
