Totally New Sound / Various: A Totally New Sound (Various Artists) (Vinyl LP)
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Somewhere between electro soul and melodramatic pop. Music focused towards the youth set in some strange dream. Not sugarcoating anything. These late '80s/early '90s recordings are something to truly behold. The Aset Players were a collective founded by a group of individuals deeply involved in community improvement initiatives and the struggle for justice and equality. A project that would link motivated adults with talented young people in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The compilation takes songs from three released projects of Aset, and one semi-unreleased single. Latonya, a spunky 11-year-old kid singing about divorce, love, and dancing is the poster child of Aset. There's three songs from Latonya, a spunky 11-year-old kid in harmony singing about love and relationships, and one from Whax, the high school boys who were a bit stranger; the silly side of Aset. All are backed by The Aset Players. Housed in a newly-designed jacket with inner sleeve containing info on the label/artists and an interview with the label director, Mba Mbulu.
Somewhere between electro soul and melodramatic pop. Music focused towards the youth set in some strange dream. Not sugarcoating anything. These late '80s/early '90s recordings are something to truly behold. The Aset Players were a collective founded by a group of individuals deeply involved in community improvement initiatives and the struggle for justice and equality. A project that would link motivated adults with talented young people in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The compilation takes songs from three released projects of Aset, and one semi-unreleased single. Latonya, a spunky 11-year-old kid singing about divorce, love, and dancing is the poster child of Aset. There's three songs from Latonya, a spunky 11-year-old kid in harmony singing about love and relationships, and one from Whax, the high school boys who were a bit stranger; the silly side of Aset. All are backed by The Aset Players. Housed in a newly-designed jacket with inner sleeve containing info on the label/artists and an interview with the label director, Mba Mbulu.