Rushden & Diamonds - 2020

Rushden & Diamonds - 2020Starting off their careers as young protege's to the legendary hip hop producer Kutmasta Kurt, Rushden & Diamonds first got their start writing rhymes and making beats while digging in the crates of 1980's rnb and royal orchestral music. The duo's early productions would eventually make their way onto R&D's debut release "2010", a critically acclaimed double album hip hopera which featured the likes of MC Paul Barman, Moka Only, Dylan Ross (Rozz

We're now thinking of them with this new double LP

navigated by Peripheral Vision producer Will Yip

it feels richer and more orchestrated

Sonar made an unexpected move by adding the wildly experimental

with catchy riffing and Marc Biedermann’s raspy

I wanted to celebrate that by giving these songs their own space

and at that the group has achieved what so many bands are unable to do - rekindling the magic of their previous releases in a way that will both re-ignite the passion of longtime fans and endear the group to a new generation of listeners poised to discover them

this album brings together tracks from Clandestino

juxtaposing memorable figures with odd shapes that desire repeated listens

Reissued here on import double vinyl

• On Side A we have the mega club hit U Sure Do by Strike

Composed by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans