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							                                                                        Culture Taxi Records Inc. Office Berlin
                                                                        Sangestrasse 8,
                                                                        D-13437 Berlin, Germany
                                                                        HRB 113116 B - AG Charlottenburg
Culture                                                                 Tel.: 0160 2424405
                                                                        eMail: service@culturetaxi.com
                                                                        http://www.culturetaxi.com
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Records Inc.
                                     Driving unique music AROUND
                                              the World




                                                      Culture Taxi Records presents:
                                                      Taj Weekes & Adowa - Deidem

                                                      Format: CD Album
                                                      Cat.No.: CTR006
                                                      EAN-Code: 0652279070026
                                                      Release: June 3rd. 2008
                                                      LC: 18512




Press Info:

With the latest Culture Taxi release, you are encouraged to pack light, as we are heading
for the Caribbean and an audience with Taj Weekes and his infectious reggae. Your driver
is prepared, your bags have been thrown in the trunk, let’s hit the road!

               Culture Taxi Records presents:            Taj Weekes & Adowa

Taj Weekes channels the spirit of Bob Marley, brought up to date for the 21st century.
His high tenor voice and his supernaturally catchy tunes capture the essence of melodic
reggae in a way which recalls the Master at work. From the solid chunky keyboard, the
sly wah-wah guitar, the cooing female chorus and the crystal-clear production, it’s
evident that we are in the company of a Duppy Conqueror, and no mistake.

The super smooth and suspiciously relaxed Weekes grew up in St Lucia, later moving to
New York. With his band Adowa, he made his first album in 2005, which kicked off his
live career and built him a solid fan base. His second release however sees him moving
up to a rarefied level, where the excellence of the compositions is matched by
performance skill. His lyrics deal with contemporary problems and events – the
environment, globalisation - but the melodies are never secondary to the message.

It’s impossible to pick out a lead track – every tune here demands to be put on ‘repeat
play’ – from the melancholy ‘Orphans Cry’ to the irresistible ‘Angry Language’, from the
perky (despite the theme, dealing with humanity's propensity for violence) ‘Since Cain’ to
the obscurely poppy ‘Kink and Crinkle’, every one is a winner. Even the closing ballad
‘Louisiana’, with its sparse piano accompaniment, lingers long after the final chords have
died away.

As your Culture Taxi driver drops you off after your latest trip and disappears in a cloud
of suspiciously pungent smoke, the melodies are ringing in your ears and burrowing their
way into your brain. An herbal remedy is called for! Where’s your luggage gone? Quick,


          Culture Taxi Records Inc.  1215 E Washington Street  Orlando, Florida, FL 328012 USA
                 CEO & President: Glen C. Barkley  CEO: Alain Nkossi Konda  CEO: Gerhard Müller
                                                                        Culture Taxi Records Inc. Office Berlin
                                                                        Sangestrasse 8,
                                                                        D-13437 Berlin, Germany
                                                                        HRB 113116 B - AG Charlottenburg
Culture                                                                 Tel.: 0160 2424405
                                                                        eMail: service@culturetaxi.com
                                                                        http://www.culturetaxi.com
Taxi
Records Inc.
                                     Driving unique music AROUND
                                              the World


put the CD back on!




Tracklist:



01 Angry Language 04:27 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

02 Propaganda War 04:00 (Taj Weekes; Valerie Kelley)

03 Little Fire 03:21 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

04 Since Cain 03:49 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

05 We Stand 03:44 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

06 Hollow Display 02:57 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

07 Kink and Crinkle 03:07 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

08 Dark Clouds 03:02 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

09 Orphans Cry 03:48 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)

10 For Today 04:12 (Taj Weekes; Valerie Kelley)

11 Louisiana 04:03 (Taj Weekes; Taj Weekes & Adowa)




Reviews:

United Reggae Magazine : The picture postcard view of reggae from the mainstream is
of a sunny, relentlessly upbeat genre, full of promises that everything will be “irie”.

Homegrown Musicnetwork: Weekes has now emerged with DEIDEM (meaning “All Of
Us”), a meditation on confronting the fragmentation of the world and the search to give
everyone a voice in it. Weekes exclaims, “Whether it’s Darfur, the Middle East, global
warming…there’s something going on in every part of the world and we’re trying to bring
it all together on one album.

Canna zeine: Weekes has now emerged with DEIDEM (meaning “All Of Us”), a
meditation on confronting the fragmentation of the world and the search to give
everyone a voice in it. Weekes exclaims, “Whether it’s Darfur, the Middle East, global


          Culture Taxi Records Inc.  1215 E Washington Street  Orlando, Florida, FL 328012 USA
                 CEO & President: Glen C. Barkley  CEO: Alain Nkossi Konda  CEO: Gerhard Müller
                                                                        Culture Taxi Records Inc. Office Berlin
                                                                        Sangestrasse 8,
                                                                        D-13437 Berlin, Germany
                                                                        HRB 113116 B - AG Charlottenburg
Culture                                                                 Tel.: 0160 2424405
                                                                        eMail: service@culturetaxi.com
                                                                        http://www.culturetaxi.com
Taxi
Records Inc.
                                     Driving unique music AROUND
                                              the World


warming…there’s something going on in every part of the world and we’re trying to bring
it all together on one album.




          Culture Taxi Records Inc.  1215 E Washington Street  Orlando, Florida, FL 328012 USA
                 CEO & President: Glen C. Barkley  CEO: Alain Nkossi Konda  CEO: Gerhard Müller