ZORRO FIVE - Jump Uptight LP emo rock- and-roll

rock- and-roll

and to open up together

It runs from the lurching drone and monstrously distorted vocal samples of opener "The Coldest Hello (Live From The Russian Spiral)" to the bright and melodic kosmiche-reggaeton closer of "Azucar" ('sugar')

who came together to perform at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event organized after the slaying of Akai Gurley by the NYPD

for Rough Trade's 40th anniversary

ZORRO FIVE - Jump Uptight LP emo rock- and-rollSouth African take on the London Beat scene, mixing British beat, R&B, reggae and funk. Zorro Five were a South African studio band comprising Johnny Boshoff (bass), Archie van der Ploeg (guitar), Tony Moore (drums), Johnny Fourie (guitar) and Zane Cronje (keyboard and organ). They won the Best Beat Group at the 1971 South African Recording Industry Award for the album Jump Uptight. The single Reggae Shhh! b w Reggae Meadowlands was an underground hit