The Rootsman – Essentials 1996-1998 [2LP] Avant-Garde / Leftfield If we can find «Chêne

If we can find «Chêne Noir» between Checkpoint Charlie and Chillum in the Nurse With Wound List created by Steven Stapleton and John Fothergill

in the clutches of maturity

That understood

and the lost Summer House Sessions are finally available over fifty years after they were recorded

The Rootsman – Essentials 1996-1998 [2LP] Avant-Garde / Leftfield If we can find «Chêne"Akuphone is pleased to present the first compilation dedicated to musician John Bolloten, aka The Rootsman. As a precocious punk, he formed his first band, State Oppression, in his teens. Yet he is best known for his dub music, a genre that gave him international recognition. Largely influenced by the rhythms of North Africa and the Middle East, he built his musical identity around samples from these regional repertoires. His encounter with Bryn