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Article: Soul II Soul
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Soul II Soul
Contemporary dance group, record company executives
Initiated the Revolution
Continuing to Move
Mastered the Art of Mystery
Selected discography
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In the late 1980s Soul II Soul added their name to the impressive list of British music revolutionaries. Fusing influences ranging from Caribbean dub and reggae to West African drumbeats to American R&B and jazz, originator Jazzie B formed Soul II Soul as a venue for a variety of rotating musicians to join in performing in his new style of dance music.
“
We
’
re not a
band
”
Jazzie B told Steve Bloom in
Rolling Stone,
“
we
’
re a
concept.
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The Soul II Soul collective doesn
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t ...