New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ BlueNote Records) This year marks the 20th anniversary of Us3's acclaimed, platinum-certified 1993 album, Hand On The Torch and its gold-certified lead single, "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)." To celebrate the occasion, the album has been digitally remastered and expanded with four new remixes of "Cantaloop" for a new 2-CD 20th Anniversary
Deluxe Edition to be released
September 17 by Blue Note/UMe.
Formed in 1992, Us3 is the brainchild of London-based producer Geoff Wilkinson. Alongside former production partner Mel Simpson, the duo created a worldwide sensation with their 1993 debut release. Hand On The Torch became Blue Note Records' first-ever platinum-certified album in the U.S., and the single "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)," featuring a sample of Herbie Hancock's 1964 song "Cantaloupe Island," reached the Billboard Hot 100's Top 10.
The worldwide success of Us3 took everyone by surprise and proved a point to Wilkinson. "I always thought there was a huge potential audience for jazz amongst younger people, and I wanted Us3 to be a point of access for them. By sampling classic jazz tracks, mixing them with beats and raps, and having younger jazz cats playing on top I was acknowledging the past, staying rooted in the present, and looking forward to the future, all at the same time."
Live dates will be announced in due course on the Us3 website (below).
www.Us3.com
Us3: Hand On The Torch (20th Anniversary
Deluxe Edition) [2CD, digital]
CD1
1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
2. I Got It Goin' On
3. Different Rhythms Different People
4. It's Like That
5. Just Another Brother
6. Cruisin'
7. I Go To Work
8. Tukka Yoot's Riddim
9. Knowledge Of Self
10. Lazy Day
11. Eleven Long Years
12. Make Tracks
13. The Darkside
14. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Instrumental
CD2
1. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Goldfish Remix
2. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Us3 Smokin' Remix
3. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Qubus Remix
4. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Us3 House Remix
5. Bu's Riddim (Tukka Yoot's Riddim Remix)
6. Roberto's Riddim (Tukka Yoot's Riddim Remix)
7. Tukka Yoot's Riddim (Manasseh Vibe Tribe Mix)
8. Bud's Got It (I Got It Goin' On Remix)
9. Blue's Got It (I Got It Goin' On Remix)
10. Just Another
Brother (Instrumental Mix)
11. Cruisin' (Instrumental Mix)
12. Make Tracks (Instrumental Remix)
13.
Brand New Thing
