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Tracklisting:
01: Akale Wube - Jawa Jawa 04:46
02: The Heliocentrics - Phantom Of The Panther 02:19 03: Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Yefikir Woha Timu 04:50 04: Budos Band - Origin of Man 04:52
05: Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Ethio 03:41
06: Woima Collective - Woima 03:14
07: Les Freres Smith - La Marche Des Smith 05:53
08: Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Girma's Lament 02:54 09: Zafari - Addis Ababa 03:38
10: Whitefield Brothers - Sem Yelesh 03:21
11: Transgressors - Beyond Addis 04:02
12: Tezeta Band - Drop it 04:52
13: The Shaolin Afronauts - The Scarab 04:54
14: Debo Band - Trek 04:59
VINYL-EDITION BONUSTRACK:
15: International Ducks - The Green Cow 03:26 

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JONATHAN FISCHER DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!

BEYOND ADDIS - Review THE WIRE 5-2014

SOULFOOD 4-star-review: THE INDEPENDENT

Andy Gill, The Independent, 15. 12.2012

TRIKONT US-442: SOULFOOD - FOOD & MUSIC (Book + CD)

SOULFOOD

Food & Music. Fat & Yummy. Real African American Cooking    

Book & CD in one box. US-0442.

by Sven „Katmando“ Christ

Soulfood, a somewhat trained term, since cooking fashion has discovered it – suddenly every recipe should touch the soul. In the southern states of America it was known long before, how food tastes, that got soul. The descendants of the slaves had learned to prepare a sunday meal with the available means. Their food became even bolder and more interesting with the influences of the African and Creole cuisine. Today juicy spare ribs, spicy jerk rub and all the other delicacies are at home in the American cuisine, from where they are just conquering the world. And more than a few great cooks celebrate these solid and spicy dishes as something, that will not make you slim but satisfied

The Soulfood-book and the accompanying CD establish the missing link between music and dinner, and illustrate an attitude full of pride and vitality in the face of  poverty and suppression. 

The author, DJ and cook Sven „Katmando“ Christ is collecting soulfood -recipes, -stories and -music since 15 years. He also looked for alternative ingredients and ways of preparation, to make soulfood accessible to a wider public. On his travels in the USA and the Caribbean he interviewed the mothers, aunts and grandmothers of his friends to get hold of family recipes and secret ingredients. Jamaican families, Soul singers and HipHop stars have been entertained by him, and often a special dish has lead to a futher story. There is something special in soulfood, that manages to take a shortcut into heart and hips. 

                                                                                            Photo: Axel Kuestner

Tracklisting:

01: Bo Diddley - Soul Food            

02: Raynel Wynglas  - Bar-B-Q-Ribs       

03: Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Home Cookin'

04: Chuck Womack & The Sweet Souls – Ham Hocks & Beans

05: Willie Bobo - Fried Neck Bones And Some Homefries

06: The Poets Of Rhythm - Strokin' The Grits  

07: RZA – Grits                              

08: Southside Revue - Chittlins / Part 1          

09: Rufus Thomas - Greasy Spoon         

10: The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Fried Okra

11: Andre Williams - Pig Snoots                      

12: Wendy Rene – Bar-B-Q                    

13: Oscar Brown Jr. - Watermelon Man          

14: Red Rodney Sextet - Dig This Menu Please!      

15: Goodie Mob - Soul Food                   

16: Hugh Brodie - Corn Bread And Beans       

17: Dr. John - Pots On Fiyo (Filé Gumbo) / Who I Got To Fall On (If  The Pot Get Heavy)        

18: The Carter Brothers - Roast Possum        

Box set: cook book 156 pages with 68 recipes & CD with 18 tracks + booklet (incl. free download of the digital edition)

                                                                                                                                                                       Photo: Axel Kuestner

The box set of book & CD 'Soulfood' can be ordered in the UK from KLANG for the price of £ 19.90.
Please send a cheque payable to Christoph Wagner (Clonan House, Mideghole Road, Hebden Bridge HX7 7AA) with your postal address or send the money via Paypal to christoph@klang-records.co.uk