Matumbi - After Tonight

Great Lovers Rock Track written by Dennis Bovell and Errol Pottinger.

This was one of the early hits of this UK based group that became known more as a Roots band than this Lovers Rock track would suggest.

The group, led by Dennis Bovell, included Errol and Glaister Pottinger, Uton Jones, Bevis Fagan and Nicholas Bailey.

Bovell is widely credited as the inventor of lovers rock. He is also known for attempting to fuse disco rhythms with reggae, most notably with the hit song "Silly Games" by Janet Kay.

The Matumbi are a group based in the Lindi Region in southern Tanzania, on the banks of the Ruvuma River.

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• browningbbw

[violetgoddess11]

I love love love this group. One of a kind pure LOVERS ROCK.....

[browningbbw]

@violetgoddess11 Dennis Bovell still performs so you never know they might get back together for a performance!

[revivalqueen]

BBW, Sis, sleep a kill mi, 11pm, wan go a mi bed but rocking this tune hard, sitting in the conservatory a shiva, (where's the duvet???).....lol, tnx 4 da memories!!! Queen of Lovers...........;-)

[browningbbw]

Next time bring the cover and the calor gas and rock an come in lol

[TheMazp]

any 1 ever the woman sing this ??

any 1 no her name

ta

[browningbbw]

Matumbi were an all male band. Do you mean that it was also sung by a woman?

I don't know that version but maybe someone else can help?

[carb10]

This brings back memories of decent raving back in the day. Yeah, we may have only been 16 and yeah we used to sneak out but we dressed respectably in our finest, treated people's properties with respect, there was no stabbing and fighting, man used to pull you for a dance, man used to smell good, decent curry goat and rice free flowing and if you were one of those that stayed to the end, you could guarantee a fry dumpling brekfast (yes, brekfast not breakfast). Those were the days, indeed.

[49browning]

you have to get a dance to this...

[MrBaldie67]

nice it up browning loveing the tunes

[MsDJAngieD]

Saves me digging this timeless track out of my vinyl 7" box, thanks!. Love Carb10's comments when our parties were something else. Sad that the young people today can't experience what unity we felt when we gathered at someones house. No fears, just love of the music and of course the food :-) those were the days.

[HutchyBee]

Tune...

[kaz1960p]

donna marie did a wicked version of this takes me back some good memories

[carmen1001000]

i love danceing to this song me and my husband used to dance to it at the tower ball room birmingham our favourite rent a tile song.we still have a dance when we ear it now.thank you Dennis Bovell a great classic

[JacquiMyrie]

@carb10 u dun noooooo!!

[EnglishStan]

I believe there's a music video in existance. Where is it? :(

[LiLLucyJade]

big up Matumbi .... my pops favourite tune... RIP. MossSide rude gyal say blaaaaw

[katybyrnes]

@nimsay68 ...Yes i used to go to rebecca's at that time to...It was a great place to be..