SWEETEST TABOO (SOCA)

Soundway Records re-issue the massively in-demand
Soca cover-version of Sade's classic cut "Sweetest
Taboo" by Caribbean band Rebles from 1986.
In the late 80s, as electronic music permeated popular
culture, Rebles helped define the soca genre outside
of the Caribbean. Also known as D' Rebel's Band and
led by St Vincentian band-leader and trombonist
Denniston Young, the group were the 1980s house band
for probably the largest Caribbean label, Strakers
Records, based in Brooklyn, New York. Strakers
released hundreds of Calypso and Soca releases over a
thirty year period from 1970 to 2000.
Finally available again after becoming a big record
with a number of open-minded contemporary DJs who
play Soca, Zouk, Highlife and Soukous alongside Disco

and House, the 12" has been officially licensed and re-
mastered ready to hit the summer party season head-
on.

This 12" paves the way for a big compilation album
of Soca crossover sounds coming later this year on
Soundway.