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New Flava, Volume One is a multi-artist compilation featuring tracks by various British R&B/Urban grassroots artists, independently released in the UK on Excess Records in 1996. Produced by Paul Cumberbatch. A follow-up sampler entitled New Flava II: The Project was released by Excess in 1998.
You can read about this exciting new venture elsewhere in this issue. Suffice to say here that this set features danceworthy R&B grooves with an underground vibe and some of Britain’s finest grassroots gospel talent. Plenty of in your face songs of faith with my favourite cuts being Raymond Dyer’s «Come Inside And Look», John Gibbons And Marissa Anglin’s «Are You In The Light», Charlene Reid’s «Spirit In My Life» and Tyrone Henry’s «Time For You And Me» but several other jams will no doubt grow on me. Producer Paul Cumberbatch does an excellent job of catching the British R&B sound of today and let’s hope this pioneering album could do an enormous amount in both exposing the public to the huge talent around Britain’s black churches and challenging the R&B in crowd to think of spiritual things. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, April 1996]
CD tracklist:
01. John Gibbons & Marissa Anglin – Are You In The Light
02. Marissa Anglin & Charlene Reid – I Just Wanna Thank You
03. Charlene Reid – Spirit In My Life
04. John Gibbons – Turn It Inside Out
05. Tyrone Henry – Time For You And Me
06. Samantha Edwards – My Reason For Life
07. Yolanda Sutherland – You’re So Real
08. Janine Cross – That’s What I Believe
09. Tyrone Henry – Curious
10. Gillian Nembhard – Lord We Honour Your Name
11. Raymond Dyer – Come Inside And Look
12. Stella – Love So Unconditional
13. Tyrone Henry – Do You Really Know
14. Jasmine Kirby – Heaven Is In My Home
15. Sarah Abraham – Why Not Ask Him
Note: Re-issued by NBN Archives in 2021 on both cassette and 12-inch vinyl double LP. (Vinyl edition comes with a sticker saying: “New Flava. R&B Gospel compilation project from 1996. Featuring some of UK’s finest Street-soul underground talents. Essential R&B grooves with an Inspirational flavour! Limited Edition of 500. NBNANFV1“)
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