Pushkin.

The British funk band, Seymonde, released their self-titled debut in 1972.

The album's deep calypso and reggae grooves are inspired by its members' West Indian roots.

And decades after its release, samples taken from Simonde's albums would find their way into songs that now define hip-hop's golden era,

from artists like De La Sol, Gangstar, and the Fujis.

While the band had found his second life through sampling during the late 80s and 90s, its primary

members, bassist Steve Cipio and guitarist Patrick Patterson, also found second lives as lawyers.

But the desire to make music never left them, and last month, Simonde released a new album called

Renaissance. A project their label describes as a spiritual and sonic follow-up to their

1974 album, Promised Heights. On today's episode, I talked to Steve Cipio and Patrick Patterson

about their early band days in London and about the early Calypso track that helped launch

Cimonde's sound. They also reminisce about touring the U.S.

in opening for Al Green in the 70s

and how they came to collaborate

with artists like Jazzy B and Celeste

on their new album.

This is Broken Record.

Real musicians, real conversations.

Here's my conversation with C-Monday.

So I remember hearing your guys' music for the first time and just being completely blown away.

I mean, I knew James Brown. I knew Parliament of Funkadelic.

I even knew

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