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James Aicaster here, comedian and music fan, and in 2017, I had a breakdown. I dealt with that

breakdown by buying as much music from 2016

as I possibly could. As a result, I now own over 700 albums that came out in 2016 and I'm convinced

it's the greatest year for music of all time. But it's not enough me being convinced. I also want to

convince each and every single one of you,

plus a guest every week.

I'm going to send them an album in advance.

They're going to come on the podcast.

We're going to talk about that album.

This week, my guest is Aaron Chen,

and we're going to be discussing Ghost Hunter by Mornful Skank.

Mornful Skank is a French musician.

No one knows his name.

It's just Mournful Skank.

This was his debut album, Ghost Hunter.

And in brackets, it says dark reggae, very much telling you what he's going for from the offset.

He's taken reggae music.

He's recorded it in a very lo-fi way,

and he's released this very sad and dark-sounding reggae album,

but that somehow I find still to be quite positive and uplifting.

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