"Martin Jondo Sprung, who was raised in Berlin as the son of a German father and a South-Korean mother, released his first own song, “Der Rebell“, as early as 2001, on the sampler “Elemental Riddim”. One year later, in the wake of the success of Gentleman, Germany’s biggest Reggae star, he used the opportunity to play live in front of a large audience. [...]
The album “Pure“ shows Jondo casting a glance back at his adolescence. In those days, he used to play his songs all by himself, in perfect solitude. Today, these songs make up the greater part of an album that also reflects the early maturity of its composer. It was one song more than anything else that inspired his interest in Reggae and the whole lifestyle it implies: “Under Mi Sleng Teng“ by Wayne Smith. Back then, in his youth, he had roamed the woods of Berlin with his friends; they had built their own percussion instruments, and Jondo had increasingly resorted to his guitar. Much as he was fascinated by the Rastafari faith, he also took a keen interest in the deeds and writings of Ghandi and Che Guevara, in the Bible and Koran, in Sufism and the Bhagavad Gita. “At the end of the day, I believe there is some good in every person”, explains Jondo, who in many aspects sees himself as an autodidact." [...]
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Tracklist:
1. Little Closer
2. Good Girl
3. Ten Million Miles
4. Jah Children
5. Teardrops
6. Where Am I
7. Corrupted Minds
8. Stranger In The Land
9. Reasons
10. Sometimes
11. Good Girl (Jondo Remix)
12. Litte Closer (Don Krutschko Remix)
Here are sum sample tunes (note: those are not the tracks from the new album):
