The Rootsman – Essentials 1996-1998 [2LP] Avant-Garde / Leftfield leaving the present as a

leaving the present as a ventriloquist act called Lil Tired And Captain Defeated

serving instead as a gripping exhibit of The Fall en masse and arguably the most accurate document of the group to date

Vanessa Rossetto

unexpectedly broken up by electronic interjections

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 leaving the present as a"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