X-O-DUS - English Black Boys cs they were probably the most

they were probably the most ambitious and isolated band of the '90s

and far closer to Marinetti's radical conception of free words (parole in liberta) than Pratella's fuzzy theorising

African Queen (Pour la Grace)

and still stunningly beautiful and affecting

what's changed for the better

X-O-DUS - English Black Boys cs they were probably the mostLTM presents the first CD by Manchester reggae band X O Dus, best known for their Dennis Bovell produced single English Black Boys on Factory Records in February 1980. Formed by Moss Side teenagers Honey and Leddy Ricketts in the late 1970s, X O Dus elected to play a more political progressive style of reggae, free from the religious dogma typical of other reggae bands at the time. Talent spotted by Joy Division New Order manager Rob Gretton, the