Aloha Got Soul selects Kalapana 7" Box Set

KEY FEATURES Limited edition foil-stamped and numbered 7inch box set 10 tracks selected by Aloha Got Soul's Roger Bong and Don Hernandez Mastered for vinyl by Jessica Thompson Packaging designed by Matthew Tapia DJ-friendly slipcase for easy access and maximum listenability RELEASE DESCRIPTION Kalapana’s catalog is vast. For us (and many others), Kalapana is the crème de la crème of local music. Their catalog, whilst expansive across decades, feels most potent in its earliest days with its back-to-back triage of eponymous albums, starting with 1975’s Kalapana I and capping with 1977’s Kalapana III. By then, Mackey had left the group, and keyboardist Kirk Thompson would soon carve his own path with Lemuria, Babadu, and other soulful projects. Even the most casual listener can discern a stylistic shift with III, which opens with Malani’s “Girl” and closes with D.J. Pratt’s “Alisa Lovely”. Following Aloha Got Soul’s vinyl reissue of Kalapana’s first and second albums, we asked ourselves