Cymande is a band made for our current moment — as they’ve been for 50 years. Decade after decade, new listeners wake up to the music, one album-reissue, hip-hop sample, dance-floor drop or soundtrack ...
You've probably heard the Anglo-Caribbean group Cymande, whether you realize it or not, especially if you dig quality vintage hiphop and crafty electronic-music producers such as Luke Vibert. That's ...
Cymande’s influence on hip-hop culture is huge. But with new album Renascence, the spotlight returns to the funk institution, ...
February 21, 2025 Zombies, vampires, the Phoenix bird—few bands use these as role models in formulating a career path. Actually, Cymande did not consciously decide to follow in their footsteps, but ...
UK funk/jazz cult legends Cymande are on tour in the US in support of their new album Renascence. It’s their first record and visit here in a decade, and things kicked off Thursday night at NYC’s ...
Whatever it was, there was special excitement Wednesday night at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. It was the return to the United States for Cymande, a British soul band that had a brief run in the ...
"Getting It Back" is too focused on the legacy of Cymande to actually tell the band's story. The official story on Cymande (a Calypso word, pronounced sih-MAHN-day) is pretty brief. They formed amid ...
Before hip-hop MCs and vinyl-loving cratediggers got a hold of Cymande’s first two albums, the band had been buried under the sands of obscurity. The British psychedelic funk outfit released their ...
Grandmasters of the groove and long distance voyagers of culture: Cymande. (Credit: Dean Chalkley) Cymande is a band made for our current moment — as they’ve been for 50 years. Decade after decade, ...