Delano Smith, Norm Talley - Straight Up No ChaserFormat : 2 x LP Label : Upstairs Asylum Recordings Catalog # : UAR 015 Genre : House New collaborative album from Detroit legends ! Norm Talley returns to his Upstairs Asylum label alongside fellow US house pioneer Delano Smith for Straight Up No Chaser, an eight track opus featuring four solo cuts each. Talleys gritty, dubbed out, low rolling house style is present and correct throughout with the loopy chords of Blak Bottom getting things going, The

the calypsonian Lord Shorty

With a Yamaha organ and a dream

Tony Esposito

The result is a captivating mix of tropical and mystical sounds that transport the audience on a journey to their ancestral land

including an additional extended edit

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Elsewhere there’s prime examples of Retromigration’s signature sample-laden house with deeper cuts like ‘Mada’ and ‘Bouncer’

songs which are now available to the ears of the world for the very first time

playing it properly down and loungey for intimate soirées and armchair immersion

pushing his techniques & concepts to their breaking points

First time world wide reissue from this rare Zouk album

made possible by releasing the LP independently