Soul Messages from Dimona

Both a cultural artifact and a '70s soul burner, SOUL MESSAGES FROM DIMONA collects 16 tracks recorded by members of a Chicago-based Black Hebrew group following their return to the Holy Land. The collection is packed with slinky '70s jazz-funk and R&B grooves, yet a clear Afrocentrism specific to the Black Hebrew movement runs through nearly every track. As is the case with all Numero Group releases, the disc comes with informative in-depth liner notes, providing essential background information about the origins of the Soul Messengers and other groups, as well as how they played a role in the movement's distinctive form of liberation theology. SOUL MESSAGES FROM DIMONA is both fascinating and prime for the get-down.