ZORRO FIVE - Jump Uptight LP emo Aurelius (Ascetic House) with reflective

Aurelius (Ascetic House) with reflective linear notes by Ragnar Grippe

It runs from the lurching drone and monstrously distorted vocal samples of opener "The Coldest Hello (Live From The Russian Spiral)" to the bright and melodic kosmiche-reggaeton closer of "Azucar" ('sugar')

but for its startling execution

alongside his day job at Fréquences (one of the country's leading indie record stores)

the perplexing urban weirdness of Trenton Avant Garde Festival

ZORRO FIVE - Jump Uptight LP emo Aurelius (Ascetic House) with reflectiveSouth African take on the London Beat scene, mixing British beat, R&B, reggae and funk. Zorro Five were a South African studio band comprising Johnny Boshoff (bass), Archie van der Ploeg (guitar), Tony Moore (drums), Johnny Fourie (guitar) and Zane Cronje (keyboard and organ). They won the Best Beat Group at the 1971 South African Recording Industry Award for the album Jump Uptight. The single Reggae Shhh! b w Reggae Meadowlands was an underground hit