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Championed by Goatman and Capra Informis of GOAT, JuJu have already released three albums (two on Fuzz Club Records) and has left a permanent mark in the international Psychedelic scene and beyond. “For Valenti, the music and words conspire with ancient symbols and arcane memory, something buried deep in the collective unconscious of the Mediterranean, to give voice to a ‘drowning’ culture.” —MOJO (UK) “Just when you thought you might never want to hear another ‘psych rock’ album again in your life, along comes an artist who resets the coordinates and makes the past seem startling new again.”—The Quietus (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sister 9 Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Gold LP.","offer_id":50400408404299,"sku":"2179462","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/juju_d324b428_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726512402"},{"product_id":"in-trance-1","title":"In Trance","description":"\u003cp\u003enot long ago, on a night lit up by a fat golden moon, juju took a trip. fuelled by rocking guitar and one-string swing, by backseat bass and afro-jazz beats, justin adams and juldeh camara travelled to the place where tradition meets psychedelia - and then teetered, out there, on the edge. theirs was a journey of rhythmic circles and open spaces, a journey over age-old grooves and along futuristic highways: a journey where the destination - with its whirling spirals and other kaleidoscopic motifs - counted as much as the journey. \"we just came together, plugged in and played,\" says adams of in trance, a one-take marvel that begs repeated listening. \"we played it exactly as we play it live. it was a bit like controlling a runaway horse - that is completely spooked!\" if juju's chemistry was evident on their acclaimed 2007 debut soul science and its equally praised follow up tell no lies, it is almost palpable here. in trance is precisely that: an album that sees adams' les paul goldtop vying and blending with camara's keening bittersweet vocals and fiery ritti playing, and embracing dub reggae and avant-garde jazz en route. tracks build and circle, layer and knit. melodies interlock, rhythms cross and the drone guitar builds a web of sound with an african aesthetic and heavy rock fervour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410170810699,"sku":"340549","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d95d992d-db49-46c5-b5ec-d25b9f297752_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726639554"},{"product_id":"live-at-131-prince-st","title":"Live at 131 Prince St","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrut continue their in-depth archive reissues from the Black Fire label with a definitive edition of JuJu’s \u003ci\u003eLive At 131 Prince Street,\u003c\/i\u003e recorded in 1973 at Ornette Coleman’s gallery in New York and featuring a previously unheard recording of the Pharoah Sanders composition \"Thembi\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter forming in San Francisco while working on the Marvin X theatre piece ‘The Resurrection of the Dead’, JuJu began to hone their uncompromising fusion of Afro-Latin rhythms with free and spiritual jazz before signing to Strata-East for the \u003ci\u003eA Message From Mozambique\u003c\/i\u003e album in 1972. “We moved to New York and became part of the avant-garde community on the Lower East Side and Greenwich Village,” remembers bandleader Plunky Branch. Following a high profile live show at the Lincoln Center, Ornette Coleman invited JuJu to his gallery and loft at 131 Prince Street to perform there and to stay on while he left on tour. “That was life-changing for us,” continues Plunky.“ It was fabulous. The recordings you hear on this album are in close proximity to each other, maybe across one day or a weekend at the gallery. “Alongside tracks written by the JuJu band members, like the 5\/4 tempo ‘At Least We Have A Horizon Now’, they play choice covers from their peers. Plunky explains, “‘Thembi’ is a Pharoah Sanders piece which he wrote for his wife in 1971 and it’s one of my favourite pieces by him. ‘Azucar Pa Ti’ was written by Eddie Palmieri; we loved him too and enjoyed Latin music in general. Here we play ‘Mozambique’, based on an Afro-Cuban rhythm and we regularly played that for 10 minutes before morphing into ‘Azucar’. ‘Out Of This World’, written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, was inspired by John Coltrane who recorded a version of it on his ‘Coltrane’ album in ’62.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuJu’s\u003ci\u003e Live At 131 Prince Street \u003c\/i\u003eis remastered by The Carvery from the original reel to reel tapes and including full sleeve notes based around a new interview with bandleader James “Plunky” Branch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strut","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50445511754059,"sku":"1112570","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6d0be533-7b60-4f45-9e39-d470deab9741_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727039782"},{"product_id":"a-message-from-mozambique","title":"A Message From Mozambique","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe roots of JuJu started in San Francisco after Plunky had met his musical mentor, Zulu musician Ndikho Xaba, helping to form his band Ndikho and The Natives. Three members of The Natives (Plunky, bassist Ken Shabala and vibes \/ flute player Lon Moshe) then joined Marvin X’s theatrical production The Resurrection Of The Dead, joining local musicians Al-Hammel Rasul (keyboards), Babatunde Lea (percussion) and Jalango Ngoma (timbales).When the production ended, the six musicians formed Juju. “We had high-energy rehearsals that lasted for hours and, as a band, we became powerful and began gigging around the Bay Area,” remembers Plunky. Although orientated towards Black Nationalism, the band fed off the Bay Area’s culturally diverse communities as Plunky shaped an inclusive worldview based on collective political, social and artistic activities. During this time, the Soledad Brothers case and Angela Davis were prominent and the band supported Professor Davis and the cause. Juju’s music matched the fire of their activism. “As a band, we blew, pounded and stroked our instruments like there was no tomorrow, like our life’s work was wrapped up in each session. We approached our performances like religious rites and the music mesmerised, informed and awakened people.” The band’s first album, \u003ci\u003ea Message from Mozambique\u003c\/i\u003e, was intentionally political. While the anti-war movement focused on Vietnam, Juju looked towards wars being waged in South Africa, Angola and Mozambique over issues of white supremacy and control of natural resources. A second album, \u003ci\u003eChapter Two: Nia\u003c\/i\u003e would follow before the birth of Oneness Of Juju during the mid-‘70s. 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