Various Artists 'Aloha Got Soul' Format:2LP Yellow for marathon sessions that stretched

for marathon sessions that stretched into the early morning

The compilation also highlights more experimental and hybrid sounds

massive new vocal talent Ria Moran (a contemporary from the band’s time at Leeds College Of Music) steps up on the sensual ‘Morning Light’ tackling delicate complexities of the heart and long time friend of the band

a unification and an internationalisation of Congolese cultures

she has brought her unique touch to collaborations with Alabaster DePlume

Various Artists 'Aloha Got Soul' Format:2LP Yellow for marathon sessions that stretchedAloha Got Soul encompasses a vibrant era of contemporary music made in Hawaii during the 1970s to the mid 1980s as jazz, rock, funk, disco and R&B co existed alongside Hawaiian folk music. Hawaiis identity had undergone huge change: statehood into America in 59 and the Vietnam War were the backdrop as Hawaiis youth found inspiration in a new wave of international music led initially by The Beatles and Stones and, later, by US R&B bands like Earth Wind