Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Cant Stand the Pressure '2015

Tracks list

Karl Hector & The Malcouns drift through exotic styles on a desert wind toasting
‘Can’t Stand the Pressure’ with trademark psyche-funk. Their
wanderings over this ‘Future Classic’ are pieced together from the
group’s not-so forgotten four EP series of ‘Tamanrasset’,
‘Coomassi’, ‘Ngugna Yeti Fofa’ and the current
‘Ka Rica Tar’. Spanning four wax-slabs and extended CD/DL editions,
NowAgain have cast some magic and raised the Karl Hector & The Malcouns’
bar.

So what’s new with ‘Can’t Stand The Pressure’?

Last things first it seems as the collectible artworks from the EP series, by
Jason Jagel (designer of MF Doom’s iconic ‘Operation
Doomsday’ cover), has been graced with verve for this bookend edition.
Whilst the EP sleeves, with stylised font and minimal textures are familiar to
fans, the characterized totems and symbols fronting ‘Can’t Stand
The Pressure’ ties the room together like Lebowski’s rug.

An alchemist’s whisper of life is blown into this collection by stirring
in the raw verve from the 7”s (that accompanied the original vinyl
editions of ‘Sahara Swing’, Karl Hector and The Malcouns’
debut Long Player from back in Zero Eight) with the delicious artwork. This
collection is a psyche-funk, stoned soul adventure with ‘Ka Rica
Tar’ and ‘Ngugna Yeti Fofa’ being ‘future
classics’ in their own right. The funk workouts on ‘Circles’
and ‘Chess Brakes’ hardly feel flat however, against the adventure
and depth of ‘Otumpa’ and ‘Iritjal’, they do present a
simple funk walk-in-the-park. They also act as respite though, as the release
weighs in with a hefty 24 tracks. Cuts such as ‘Beyond Squares’
exude far-out-force exactly when needed to maintain the pressure.

The tracks lifted from the 7”s are crucial to this release and it’s
a shame they don’t come as part of the collection. Four plates of wax is
though surely enough to quell the hunger of most psyche-funk appetites.
‘Can’t Stand The Pressure’ is a must for fans (especially as
the artwork and additional tracks are free to anyone who has brought the EPs
previously), collectors and the unitiated easy-riding, desert-psyche,
rocketeers.

Tracklist:
01. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Roads of Otumpa (2:56)
02. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Leealeh (2:58)
03. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Ngunga Yeti Fofa (4:04)
04. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Kingdom Of Dmt (3:16)
05. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Shangold (2:47)
06. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Circles (2:57)
07. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Chess Break (2:34)
08. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Ka Rica-Tar (3:17)
09. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Transition >X< (0:58)
10. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Orange (3:30)
11. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - The Cave (3:09)
12. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Irtijal (4:06)
13. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Tamanrasset (3:25)
14. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - J.B. RIP (2:55)
15. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Transition >G< (0:56)
16. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Cant Stand the Pressure (2:29)
17. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - MHammath (3:47)
18. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Coomassi (2:58)
19. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Dege Dub (4:06)
20. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Transition >F< (0:45)
21. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Medium Rare Pt. 1 (3:23)
22. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - The Funk (Happysad) (3:09)
23. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Beyond Squares (2:08)
24. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Road Of Otumpa (2:55)

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