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Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth

Billy Valentine

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Christine Perfect

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Cultures Of Soul)

Wild Fire

Dance Hits

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the late '70s Wild Fire was one of the more popular groups in Trinidad. Formed by Oliver “Stompy” Chapman back in 1962 the group was originally named the Sparks. By the disco era Wild Fire were the house band at night clubs like Disco Tracks and the Upper Level. The group was very influenced by disco, especially the famous British group, Hot Chocolate known for the classic disco hit ”You Sexy Thing.” Hot Chocolate’s chief songwriter, Tony Wilson was originally a Trinidadian native and also great friends with Oliver Chapman. The opening track on this compilation is "Try Making Love", a floor-filling track written by Tony Wilson in 1977 and recorded at Coral Sound Studio in Port of Spain. It was there that Oliver Chapman laid down the unforgettable bass line, solidifying its status as a surefire hit. The infectious tune held steady at the number one slot for six weeks in Trinidad and eventually climbed to the top of the charts in Barbados. Recorded at KH Studios, “Living On A String” with its unique disco synth sound by keyboard player Calvin Duncan was about the hard living of one trying to survive as a musician and hoping to one day partake in the material strappings of fame. “The Rebels” was more about the political struggle for the young in the country at the time. There was a lot of corruption in the government and a lot of young people out of work. The song called to stand up and rebel against the regime. And years later in 1990 it did happen when the Muslim group Jamaat al Muslimeen stormed the Red House (Trinidad’s Parliament House) and took cabinet members hostage. Wild Fire would go on to tour the Caribbean extensively including stops in Barbados, Antigua, St. Thomas and Guadeloupe. The group had a massive local hit with their track “Say A Little Prayer.” The group would disband in 1985 and Oliver Chapman would move to America. Wild Fire - Dance Hits is a collection of Wild Fire's more dance friendly material.

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Do It All Night - The Sound Of Tardam Records

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | Original (Bfe)

Group A

Initiation

Down To The Lowest Terms:The Soul Sessions

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Japanese Industrial-Experimental-Synth Outfit Formed By Tommi Tokyo (Synths, Drum Machines, Vocals) And Sayaka Botanic (Violin, Sampler, Tapes). They Create A Unique Mixture Of Dark Minimal Synth And Avant-Noise With Striking Visuals And Stage Performances. Group A Carries On The Very Breath Of Early Pioneers Such As Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire And The Japanese Underground Scene From The Early 80's. This Is The Vinyl Edition Of Group A's 2nd Self-Produced Album Released In October 2013 Only In Cdr Format. 9 Tracks Of Genuine Experimental Minimal Electronics.

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Steve Arrington

2LP | 2020 | Original (Stones Throw)

T.P. Orchestre - Poly Rythmo De Cotonou

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions is an album first envisioned by Steve as a young man, essentially decades in the making. The recording took place in 2019-2020 in collaboration with a cast of a new generation of talented producers, orchestrated with the help of Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf. Listen to “Keep Dreamin” (produced by Shibo)

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Segla

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Ipa-Boogie

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Cosmic Poet From Martinique (1979-1989)

Gratien Midonet

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Time Capsule)

Blackmagic 10th Anniversay Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Creole poetry, folk mysticism and heavy-grooving cosmic synths combine on this unprecedented survey of spiritual Martinique polymath Gratien Midonet’s first four albums.

“I always broke free from the rules, from codes being too narrow,” says poet, musician and sonic shaman Gratien Midonet. “I have always had this sense of peaceful knowledge that there is no separation between genres, beings and universal things.”

For Midonet, pushing musical boundaries was less a choice than an extension of his spirit. A self-taught guitarist and composer,

drawing on his childhood memories of bélé and beguine rhythms, Midonet’s musical life developed in parallel to his academic and spiritual pursuits. Studying philosophy and psychopedagogy in France, it was his fascination with pan-Africanism and animism which fuelled the transcendent energy of his music. Although Midonet honed his sound in France, the four albums he released during the

late ‘70s and ‘80s were heavily inspired by diasporic nostalgia, or what he describes as the “smells and colours… subliminal noises… fruity notes, the memories of funeral wakes, the bombastic organ of the cathedral and the gasps of the drums” of his childhood home on the Caribbean island of Martinique.

Fittingly, it’s there that Midonet achieved cult status for the title track of his 1979 debut, Van An Lévè, which became a protest anthem for the island’s independence movement, and was briefly censored by the French authorities. Look no further than ‘Mari Rhont Ouve La Pot’, which opens this collection, to hear the propulsive mix of cosmic synths, acoustic folk, and Creole lyricism that became the essence of Midonet’s sound. Released on Martinique label Touloulou, Van An Lévè was followed in 1980 by L’inité, whose tropical acid folk (‘M’en ka Monté Mon’) and majestic, violin-led melodies (‘Kannaval Sakré Pou Tout Z’Heb Poussé’) confirmed Midonet’s unique and intuitive approach to composition.

Not content to skip effortlessly between genres and influences, Midonet also began pushing the boundaries of the album form itself. His third album, Bourg La Folie, released in 1984, was a soundtrack for a lost film about the mysticisms of carnival, while his fourth, Fô Ou Tchimbé, took the form of a ‘conte musical’ (a narrated story accompanied by music) presented at the Pompidou Centre, and spoke to Midonet’s literary prowess as a fierce proponent of the Creole language.

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Jose James

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Rainbow Blonde)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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San Francisco Christian Center Choir

The Sound Of The San Francisco Christian Center

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Cultures Of Soul)

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When most people think of the musical legacy of San Francisco, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the Summer of Love. Much less likely are you to hear about the City by the Bay’s rich heritage of gospel music. Cultures Of Soul is proud to revisit this chapter in the city’s history with the reissue of The Sound Of The San Francisco Christian Center. The San Francisco Christian Center was one of the first churches to open its doors to disaffected hippies searching for a deeper spiritual substance. This era saw new, youth-driven forms of “Jesus music” that fused gospel messages with rock aesthetics. Chief amongst these new-style gospel artists was the San Francisco-based Andraé Crouch, who was one of the influences behind this recording. As a historical document, it provides a breathtaking view into the roots of contemporary gospel music, but as just pure music, it is a transcendent listening experience.

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Lamont Butler

It's Time For A Change

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | US | Original (Eastwood Music Group)

Bastards Of Soul

Spinnin'

2LP | 2019 | UK | Original (KoKo)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The debut full length from the East Dallas classic R&B disciples. Recorded at Niles City Sound in Fort Worth in the spring of 2019 with JOSH BLOCK (of LEON BRIDGES' fame) engineering and producing. The album resonates with the pulse of the southern R&B of the past and creates a joyous vibe with original soul joints rooted in a vintage sound. Fans of their 7" single will not be disappointed with the 10 original soul joints included here.

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Andy Bey

Tuesdays In Chinatown

LP | 2019 | UK | Reissue (Forever Living Originals)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in 2000 with essentially the same team as “Shades of Bey” and “River Man” and a similar variety of tunes and textures. It includes covers of two Milton Nascimento classics (“Bridges” and “Saidas e Bandeiras”), a cover of “Fragile” (by Sting) and standards such as “I’ll Remember April”, “Just Friends” (with strings), “Invitation" and “Little Girl Blue”, as well as the sultry original “Tuesdays In Chinatown”. This is Andy Bey in fine form, and includes performances by Ron Carter, Geri Allen, Mino Cinelu and Steve Turre. First time on vinyl.

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Sault

LP | 2019 | UK | Reissue (Forever Living Originals)

Release: 2019 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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The second album of Sault follows their debut "5" which came out just three months prior to this one. Heads all over the world were still in awe of "5", when all of a sudden "7" dropped. Now, by the end of 2020, they are four critically acclaimed albums deep into buiding their own legacy.

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Sault

Greatest Hits Quadraphonic Mix Edition

Release: 2019 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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The first album by Sault started a series of now four albums in two years that scored big time with critics all over the world.

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Jackson 5

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Motown)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Wicked Wax Amsterdam)

Daniel Crawford

Revolution

Soul Clap Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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A double LP by this pianist/producer from Los Angeles who worked with DJ Jazzy Jeff, Raphael Saadiq, Chris Daddy Dave, Amp Fiddler and many more.

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Work Out !

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (TRJ Records)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Hobo Camp)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition 300 vinyl copies 140 grams for "RSD 2019".
The Italian TRJ Records with "Work Out !" wants to show the intention to preserve vinyl and record stores having produced analog master
for "Soul Clap" that will be released for the "Record Store Day 2019". The Work Out ! with "Soul Clap" explore Jazz, Funk and Soul looking
for the roots of the past, trying to build something delight.

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Brian Ellis

Deep Clues

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Interscope)

Ella Mai

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Sonor Music Editions)

New Tape

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Founded in early 70s by historical Rai TV trumpeter and composer Cicci Santucci (Looking Around, On The Underground Road etc.), New Tape grown up during the golden period of Italian music production and was dedicated to experimentation of new forms of sound, always hailing from the solid Jazz basis of the musicians and theme music inspiration. Andrea Galtieri aka Cavalier Piscopo sequenced the very best shots from the whole label production including exclusive liner notes, with an explosive mix of Jazz-Rock, Bossa, spellbinding groove and raw Experimental stuff.
"A leading figure in the Italian Jazz scene, Francesco 'Cicci' Santucci worked as trumpeter in the legendary Rai TV orchestra for over 20 years. He was renowned for collaborations with such international jazz legends as Lionel Hampton, Gato Barbieri, and Kenny Clarke – that is until his foray into the avant-garde progressive experience of The Living Music, a project founded by his brother Umberto. During these same years, he took part in important Italian jazz sessions like "Looking Around", "Mondo Operaio", and "On The Underground Road", with his close colleague Enzo Scoppa.
It was just around this period of great music production and experimentation that Cicci founded his own label, the NEW TAPE, in the very early '70s. His goal was to dedicate himself to composing library music with a new expression of music, less linked to hard bop or American standards, but rather more focused on the new sounds of the time that brought the listener closer to modern vibes, like jazz-rock and avant-garde music.
"Mixed Grill" opens this series, composed by the maestro's alias, 'Girosan', along with Lesiman (a.k.a. Paolo Renosto) who added a more esoteric and captivating atmosphere, closer to English progressive rock. "Rengran Mix" and "Tropical" follow, with music by Paolo Renosto and the old avant-garde connoisseur, Romolo Grano. This work gave way to electronic instrumentation and weird experimentation, and was built on a rich rhythmical carpet – tropical percussions, rock and blues inspired vibes, sleazy psych, and jazz improvisations. Music from “Rengran Mix” was also used as the soundtrack for the TV programme "Futili Motivi", and also featured the great backing sound of I Marc 4 with the accompaniment of Nora Orlandi's warm vocals.
The trademark of the label, and the most important production, is the fourth album, "Mirage" by Cicci Santucci and Enzo Scoppa themselves. This record is an explosive mix of elegant jazz, funk, and psychedelia, where every instrument finds its expressive space. We can clearly hear the connection on both the 'On the Underground Road' and 'Looking Around' albums, recorded that same year, bringing that unmistakable underground jazz dopeness typical of the magical duo of Santucci and Scoppa.
The last album of the series is "Appunti Di Guerra" by the mysterious 'Ruscigan' – a very obscure alias which probably belongs to Renosto and Guido Baggiani. This work features complex and dramatic sounds properly composed for war scenes and gloomy atmospheres, with a large assortment of percussion, distorted effects, and tape manipulation – an album that foreshadowed what would become industrial music.
With a ridiculously small pressing of only 100 copies per title, NEW TAPE is among the most interesting discoveries to date in terms of original production library music, and as a result, a very respectable journey begins inside the creative underground jazz of 1970s."
Andrea Galtieri

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Music Is My Life - Italian Library

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Cometa Edizioni Musicali)

Orchestra Di Enrico Simonetti

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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The LP Italian library "Music Is My Life" is a new collection of songs never printed in LP of the 70s and early 80s used in the sound commentaries of newsreels, films, TV and documentaries. Many of you (now aged forty) will have surely felt them in the background, now we want to present them in their great musical fullness and to delight your ears.S. Brugnolini - A. Alessandroni - A. Trovajoli - E. Morricone - L. Zito - M. Guantini - Teimar - B. Pisano - G. Tommaso - T. Schipa

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Blue Frog & Others Transparent Blue Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2018 | US | Original

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (RCA)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Schwarzer Freitag Record Store Day 2018! Only 1 per customer!

Features key members of Goblin. First ever reissue of this 1975 jam filled with great instrumental orchestral funk. Limited to 500 copies Pressed on transparent blue wax. Published in 1975 and never reissued until today, “Blue Frog… and others” is a 10-song LP in which composer Enrico Simonetti, father of Claudio from Goblin, wrote all five tracks on side A together with Nicola De Vincenti and directed the orchestra in the whole record. The result is excellent, with a first ‘animal side’ with obvious musical references to animal sounds (the song titles leave no room for any doubt: Blue Frog, Water Snake, Lady Murmaid, Moonlight Fish and… Hally Gator!) and a second one consisting of cover songs of popular themes, all blended in an orchestral funk-pop context, well played and recorded.

What makes this release even more interesting is the presence, among the musicians, of Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massimo Morante and Walter Martino: in short, the complete Goblin line-up of “Profondo Rosso”!!! A real treat then, for fans of Goblin and soundtracks in particular; this reissue makes available again a record which, until now, was almost impossible to find outside the circle of vinyl rarities collectors. Not to be missed! PRESSED ON BLUE TANSPARENT COLOR VINYL & LIMITED TO 500 COPIES FOR Schwarzer Freitag Record Store Day 2018.

Another friday dedicated to the black gold!

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Sam Cooke

Best Of

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

The Meters

Meters

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Meters is the debut studio album by the band of the same name. It's an essential album in the funk scene and one that contains a lot of energy and soul.

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Studio One Freedom Sounds - Studio One In The 60s

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Habibi Funk)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Freedom Sounds is the new collection from Soul Jazz/ Studio One focussing on the intense period in the second half of the 1960s when Studio One’s vast and unbeatable output of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae made it literally one of the hottest musical empires in the world.
During this highly successful period, Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd released hundreds and hundreds of superlative singles seemingly on an almost daily basis, in the process making huge stars out of Jamaican singers such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, The Wailers, Slim Smith, Jackie Opel and many more.
Powered by the finest in-house musicians working in Jamaica, whether it was The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo’s Soul Brothers, The Sounds Dimension or The Soul Vendors, Studio One functioned as hit factory on the scale of Motown in the USA, shaping and defining reggae music for decades to come.
Singlehandedly Studio One’s founder Clement Dodd was able to create the most successful vertically-integrated record company that Jamaica had ever known with pressing plant, printers, studio, shops, and sound systems all running at once, with over 50 employees and hundreds of artists working with Studio One during this time.
Studio One Freedom Sounds tells the story of Studio One in the 1960s with a stunning set of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae killer tunes as well as informative sleevenotes and track-by-track info by Noel Hawks. The album is released as heavyweight double vinyl (+ free download code), deluxe CD and digital album.

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Kamal Keila

Muslims And Christians

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Sony Legacy)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Songs about the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians and the fate of war orphans, backed by grooves equally taking influence from Arabic sounds, American funk as well as neighboring Ethiopia.

Kamal Keila was among the first artist we met in Sudan during our two trips to Khartoum and Omdurman last year. He is one of the key figures of the Sudanese jazz scene that was a vital part of the musical culture in Sudan from the mid 1960s until the islamist revolution in the late 1980s. When we meet Kamal he luckily presented us with two mold covered studio reels.
Each tape included five tracks. One with English lyrics and another with Arabic ones. Musically you can hear the influence of neighboring Ethiopia much more than on other Sudanese recordings of the time, as well as references to Fela and American funk and soul. His lyrics, at least when he sings in English which gave him more freedom from censorship, are very political. A brave statement in the political climate of Sudan of the last decades, preaching for the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians and singing the blues about the fate of war orphans called „Shmasha“.
A note inside one of the boxes specified the track titles, durations and the fact that the sessions were recorded on the 12th of august 1992. Both sessions stand as a hearable testament how Kamal Keila stuck to a sound aesthetic from decades ago, while incorporating current events into his lyrics.
Kamal Keila’s album is the first in a series of releases covering the Sudanese jazz scene on Habibi Funk. Be on the lookout for albums by The Scorpions and Sharhabeel coming soon.

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Sly & The Family Stone

Greatest Hits

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In Praise Of Mitochondria

Minoru 'Hoodoo' Fushimi

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Left Ear)

Live At The Whisky A Go Go

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Oddball Japanese electro-fueled vocoder funk with occasional raps from the 80s, including unreleased material...

Japanese Electro original, Minoru Hoodoo Fushimi, self-released four albums. Two vinyl LPs and two CDs between 1985 and 1992. Melbourne`s Left Ear Records have selected twelve tracks from Minoru`s four albums, and a further two from the archives, for a double vinyl retrospective.

Minoru set out to combine his love of all things Funk with traditional instruments and song from his homeland. He uses shamisen on Thanatopsis. Where Parliament`s Flashlight, George Clinton`s Atomic Dog, ride with Osamu Kitajima`s Masterless Samurai. Shakuhachi on Mizuko No Tamashii Hyakumademo. Nohdashi puts koto with a Jimmy Castor riff. All set to popping and locking beats.

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Otis Redding

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Concord)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This 2-LP album offers fans the chance to experience Otis Redding's legendary performances from 1966. Featuring highlights from the historic 3-night stand, the audio on has been newly mixed and mastered from the original 4-track tapes.

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Funky Chimes: Belgian Grooves From The 70s Part 2

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Sdban)

The Lost Queen Of New Orleans Soul

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP gatefold with liner notes, 180gr vinyl. 'Funky Chimes' is a two-hour collection of excellent and unique grooves. It contains 27 of the most interesting yet long forgotten Belgian dance tracks from the seventies.

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Betty Harris

2LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

LP | 2015 | FR | Original (Sony)

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Betty Harris’ The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul collects together the steady stream of amazing soul and funk singles issued by Betty Harris from 1964 to 1969, under the musical guidance of legendary composer, musician and producer extraordinaire Allen Toussaint, a collection which truly captures the heart and soul of the city of New Orleans during this era.
Betty Harris’s powerful, fiery soulful vocals found a perfect accompaniment with the New Orleans’ players that Toussaint put together to back her, which by the time of her funk classic ‘There’s A Break In The Road’ were the legendary super-tight, super-funk New Orleans group The Meters.
With the extraordinary song-writing skills of Allen Toussaint alongside the powerful, soaring, confident and emotive singer and the groove of The Meters, you have an unbeatable combination. That Harris never in fact lived in New Orleans (she flew in from Florida for all her sessions with Toussaint’s local in-house players) seems almost an irrelevance, a geographical aside to the defining New Orleans sound captured on the recordings featured here.
All of these singles featured here were released on Allen Toussaint and his business partner Marshal Sehorn’s local New Orleans label Sansu, widely distributed in the southern city but in only limited quantities elsewhere. As a consequence, Betty Harris’ music failed to achieve the commercial success of other New Orleans artists such as Lee Dorsey (who she recorded with) and The Meters (who backed her). And so at the end of the decade she stopped recording, retired from the music business to raise her family in Florida.

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Leon Bridges

Coming Home

Release: 2015 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Final Decisions

I Don't Feel No Pain

(Put Your Name) In The Hall Of Fame

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Previously unreleased gem from FINAL DECISIONS out of Detroit's Fast Track studios. 'I don't feel no pain' is presented in both Short and Long versions. Produced by Leonard Jones.'

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Emanuel Laskey

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hayley does it again with two more previously unreleased tracks from the late, great Emanuel Laskey. "...Hall of fame" and "Different kind of different" were recorded in Los Angeles in 1978 with two of his long time friends, Marvin Gaye and Mel Bolton. Written and produced by the trio, the single features an uptempo song squarely aimed at the dancefloor paired with the more mellow "Different kind of different" - both clearly showcase Emanuel's great voice.

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Thunderbird Sound

In Heaven And On Earth

My Feelings Keep Getting In The Way

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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John Manship described this record as the best instrumental he’d heard since “Exus Trek” and who are we to disagree! Released with the artist and title credits it carried on the tape box when first discovered. It actually turns out to be the backing track for Jimmy Ruffin’s previously unreleased barnstormer “Shake hands with a dreamer”. “Our finest hour” is pretty good too.

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Lorretta Kendrick

LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The release of this gorgeous song has been Hayley’s proudest moment since the label began. Beautiful vocals, heartrending lyrics and a string arrangement by the great Marvin Gaye himself make this the epitome of a soul record. Lorretta’s take on “Neither one of us” on the flip makes this a great double header.

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Sam Cooke

Night Beat

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

LP | 2010 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g audiophile vinyl.

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Editions Hawara)

The Other Sound Of Music

LP | 2015 | JP | Original (Sweet Soul)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The Other Sound of Music is Edition Hawara’s first compilation of forgotten Austrian treasures from the 1980s. Plucked from dusty basements, flea markets and bespoke stores across the small Alpine country, it features eight quirky and charming pieces that afford a glimpse into largely unknown but surprisingly rich musical subcultures. The lovingly curated selection brings to light early soul, boogie and proto-house productions, as well as some of the most balearic tracks that have ever been made in a landlocked country. Finally giving this music the stage it deserves, The Other Sound of Music is the definitive guide to the outer limits of the Austrian underground.

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Nao Yoshioka

The Light

LP | 2018 | JP | Original (Sweet Soul)

Release: 2015 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Runner-Up at Apollo Theater Amateur Night! Highly Anticipated Debut Album from a Major New Talent Set to Take the World by Storm Nao Yoshioka's first album, "The Light," was recorded by three teams in the U.S., the Netherlands, and Japan. The notable vintage soul artist Brian Owens from the U.S. handled the instrumental recording and vocal direction for three tracks. In New York, Dani Elliott and Orly collaborated on songwriting and provided tracks. In the Netherlands, Shirma Rouse, hailed as the No. 1 Soul Queen, also took charge of the instrumental recording and vocal direction for three tracks. The Japanese team featured top musicians from the scene, including Takuya Kuroda, a trumpeter renowned for his work with the José James Band. Soul music, connected through Nao Yoshioka, casts its spell from Tokyo to the world.

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Nao Yoshioka

The Truth

LP | 2019 | JP | Original (Sweet Soul)

Release: 2018 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Evolutionary Soul Music Spun with Writers Who Supported The Roots and Erykah Badu The theme of her latest album, "The Truth," is the "truth" that she discovered while touring the world, feeling the music scene with her five senses and interacting with many fans and musicians, which she calls "the highest art (real music). The Truth is that "real music" connects people across barriers. The Truth" was produced by Khari Mateen, a Grammy nominee who has written songs for Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and many others. The song "I Love When" was co-written with Music Man Thai, who has written songs for Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj, and others. The album embodies evolved soul music with a hint of its roots in soul, jazz, R&B, and funk, while incorporating the sensibilities of producers active around the world. The long-awaited new album is now born, containing a new sense of being led by music and connected by sound, the power of music felt locally, and a borderless sensibility that removes all barriers.

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Nao Yoshioka

Undeniable

Room With Many Doors - Night

Release: 2019 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New York-Based Japanese Singer Nao Yoshioka's Latest Work, Which Challenges the US Mainstream Head-On, Is Now Available in Analog Format Nao Yoshioka is a Japanese soul singer who moved to the US in 2018 and has been enjoying unprecedented success as a Japanese soul singer, reaching #32 on the Billboard Urban Adult Contemporary charts and receiving acclaim from Rolling Stone. Undeniable" is the latest release from Nao Yoshioka, who has moved to New York and released his first album in three years, and is a stunning fusion of organic and digital sounds that are timeless and in tune with the theme of "impulse". The album, which is his fourth album to break into the mainstream of US R&B, was co-written in New York, LA and Philadelphia with Eric Roberson, Carli Mateen, Devin Morrison, Keir Victoria and other up-and-coming young artists, and was reconstructed with a band including Kyriam Shakespeare. The band played in a reworking of the piece. Philly masters such as Larry Gold and Vidal Davis also lend their skills, resulting in an aggressive, sensitive, world-class album.

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Darian Thomas

LP | 2024 | US | Original (New Amsterdam)

Themes Et Atmospheres HHV Exclusive Purple Vinyl Edition w/ Seamsplit

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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NYC multi-instrumentalist Darian Donovan Thomas releases his long awaited debut solo album following high profile guest appearances on records by Moses Sumney, Wild Up, So Percussion and many more.

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Saint Tropez Orchestra

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Funk Night)

Themes Et Atmospheres HHV Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition w/ Seamsplit

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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HHV Exclusive orange colored run of this fantastic album. Don't sleep.

Excellent French library music / soundtracks album from Saint Tropez Orchestra. Recorded at Studio Des Fontaines in just 25 hours and using the very Hammond organ owned by a former member of one of the house bands at the Zoom Zoom nightclub in Saint Tropez (which almost certainly would have been used onstage for such icons as Brigitte Bardot, Michel Polnareff, Jacques Dutronc, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, etc) this album is all killer, no filler.

Inspired by the classic library music sounds of 1968-75 (think The Mohawks, or even Booker T & The MG's on acid) this is the kind of collection that crate diggers, rare library fiends, and psychedelic funk fans dream of finding in some dusty old store somewhere for a dollar!

The album itself is stuffed with the kind of heavy drum-and-percussion breaks that b-boys and girls go nuts for, and the sort of sample source material that producers are constantly searching for. It's a masterpiece and you need it.

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Saint Tropez Orchestra

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Funk Night)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On The Scene With Guy Stevens

LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Charly)

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All Bad Boy & All Good Girl: Manchester Street Soul

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Death Is Not The End)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Albert King

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Floating World)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | Original (Groove Replica)

Bill Trio Evans

Waltz For Debby

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Radio Verde (Compiled By Americo Brito & Arp Frique) 2024 Repress

2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Colorful World)

The 10000 Things: Praise Songs For The Iriligious (Red/

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Arp Frique returns with a brand new release on his imprint Colorful World Records in collaboration with Rush Hour. A compilation of 12 Cape Verdean gems assembled with the help and knowledge of Americo Brito, there is a very special story behind it. Americo Brito, who
features on Arp Frique’s original Nos Magia, is a proud and important member of the Cape Verdean community in Rotterdam. His story reveals the historical connections between radio, vinyl, Cabo Verde and Rotterdam’s international music scene in the 70s and 80s.

Cape Verdean insiders say “we export all they have to other countries, only to import it back again”. Cape Verdeans have migrated all over the world, mainly to cities with big harbours, like New York, Boston and Rotterdam (Holland). Rotterdam became one of the main destinations
(next to Portugal) on the European mainland. When Americo, like many of his friends and relatives moved to Rotterdam, he quickly became infected with the music virus. Surrounded on a daily basis by Cape Verdean music in Portuguese pensions and small hotels, this was where sailors ingested a dose of “sodade” through the interpretations of their beloved music by the local Cape Verdean artists. Americo took to the stage with his band Djarama in the 70s and 80s. The live music scene was buzzing and the Cape Verdean community had their own infrastructure for arranging shows, often in nightclubs where the band had to bring their own soundsystem. Interestingly, Americo didn’t stick to performing and recording music. He found another way to help spread the Cape Verdean magical secret of music across Rotterdam, Holland and beyond: “There was this spot in Rotterdam where all foreign radio stations were housed, all these different nationalities together, Surinam, Cape Verdean, Hindustani…Guy Ramos and some of my other friends made radio in the 80s there. I got involved in their radio activities. Later on I started to work as a technician and eventually as producer and radio DJ for “Radio Voz De Cabo Verde”. Radio became bigger and there were around 4 different Cape Verdean stations active at one point in Rotterdam. instrumental in the development of this was the attic of a Dutch friend, where “Radio Babalu” came to life. Radio has always held a special place in my heart.” Americo’s music collection stems from this era, also aided by his many travels across Europe to cities with Cape Verdean communities. Alongside Rotterdam local, Arp Frique, Americo unveils some of these songs: dancefloor hits and beloved radio gems known in the Cape Verdean scene by younger and older generations alike, and so far undiscovered by a “bigger” audience. The compilation showcases the worldly view of Cape Verdean music, incorporating knowledge from their travels in their compositions. It ranges from the obvious funana and coladeira, to the more unexpected influences of deep disco, new wave, uptempo reggae, jazz-funk and Brazilian pop music; demonstrating just the tip of the iceberg, but what an amazing t(r)ip it is!

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Mazz Swift

LP | 2024 | US | Original (New Amsterdam)

Into The Blue HHV European Exclusive Clear Teal Wave Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mazz Swift (they/them), the composer, conductor, bandleader, educator, singer, and Juilliard-trained violinist who weaves classic African-American musics, electronica, and mindfulness into their music, releases "No More" from their upcoming debut solo album The 10000 Things: PRAISE SONGS for the iRiligious via New Amsterdam Records.

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Aaron Frazer

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

Shut Up & Play! Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Into The Blue is the clearest portrait of who I am as an artist. It's me through and through," says multi-instrumentalist Aaron Frazer. A daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel and hip-hop, Into the Blue represents the impressive range of Frazer's sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting he's known for, but plants Into the Blue firmly in the now with a hip-hop mentality at its core, weaving together genres and production techniques to form something new. Into The Blue was conceived, like so many classic records, out of actual heartbreak. Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a journey that's reflected in the album's themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing. "Into The Blue really means heading into the unknown. That has been the last year of my life and I'm still in the blue," Frazer explains. "But there are also songs here that celebrate love and the giddiness of a new relationship and all that. That's part of a breakup to me, processing the whole thing, remembering the things that were right as much as the things that were wrong." Frazer wrote on every track and played several live instruments on the album. The title track, "Into The Blue", is a haunting, resolute anthem, combining cinematic strings and tough-as-nails breakbeats as Frazer heads west. "Here I go, to a place where the broken heart knows," he sings. "It's all I can do. Back into the blue." "Payback" is an explosive dancefloor heater, featuring shimmering tambourines and driving bass lines. Northern soul drums meet snarling fuzz guitar, hurdling towards its epic conclusion. The album features moments of towering arrangements, recalling David Axelrod and Ennio Merricone, balanced by rawness, incorporating iPhone recordings and one-take vocals. For Into the Blue, Frazer enlisted Grammy-winner Alex Goose as coproducer, known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and Brockhampton. Frazer also experimented with samples for the first time on a record, drawing from unexpected sources like 90s R&B group Hi-Five. Though Into the Blue is born out of heartbreak, Frazer hopes it leaves listeners with a sense of optimism. "You know, you can still laugh on a day when you're grieving," he says, "there's no peaks without valleys," he says, but Into The Blue sees Aaron Frazer at new heights.

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Toronzo Cannon

LP | 2024 | Original (Alligator)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Boogie Beasts

LP | 2024 | Original (Naked)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nippon Psychedelic Soul 1970-1979

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Time Capsule)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Beat Machine)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The kaleidoscopic psychedelia of 1970s Japan captured a fragile and fertile moment as the country sought its future in funk grooves, heavy reverb and lyrical hallucinations. The follow-up compilation to Time Capsule’s Nippon Acid Folk, Nippon Psychedelic Soul takes myriad pathways into the tripped-out undergrowth of 1970s Japan. Finding their feet at home and looking for inspiration abroad, the musicians featured here were engaged in the communal soul-searching that followed the breakdown of the 1960s protest movements. Some made it big, others drifted into oblivion. The music they left behind shimmers with intensity.

At the core was Happy End, the first project of YMO’s Haroumi Hosono, whose distortion-heavy guitar and crisp back-beat laid the foundations for Japanese lyrics that flipped the paradigm of Japanese rock music on its head. With it came a new found sonic ambition, such as in the bold Philly-soul style arrangements of producer Yuji Ohno, whose work with occult wandered Yoshiko Sai shares some of the bittersweet grandeur of Rotary Connection or David Axelrod.

Then there was Jun Fukamachi, a pioneer of Japanese synthesis, whose debut album was a carnival of orchestral funk, euphoric horn lines and rich production, complete with soaring guitar solos, psychedelic organ and a truly cinematic finale. The first and only time Fukamachi would sing on record, ‘Omae’ rips like the ultimate end-of-nighter.

Influenced by giants of the US soul scene, maverick composer Hiroshi “Monsieur” Kamayatsu (otherwise known as ‘the Brian Wilson of Japan’) went one step further, enlisting Tower of Power to play on ‘Have You Smoked Gauloises?’ The B-side to Monsieur’s biggest-selling single, it coasts with sophisticated cool - a liquid bassline and suave keys comping under a roaring trademark ToP sax solo. No surprise it found favour once more on the Acid Jazz dance floors of ‘90s London.

Such was the spirit of experimentation that big studio productions and private press releases sat side-by-side, with the likes of Momotaro Pink and Kazushi Inamura, taking their hopes of success into their own hands with the resources available to them. More reflective but no less robust, theirs was a heavy, fat-backed drum sound, soaked in dramatic, soulful psychedelia.

If some were dreamers and others space cadets, none were further out than sci-fi writer, musician, activist and self-made scientist Tadashi Goino, who transformed his own fantasy novel Messenger from the Seventh Dimension into an operatic prog odyssey with few discernible musical reference points – a majestic and completely bonkers outlier even among company as strange and brilliant as that which is collected here.

Less a compilation of a scene, as a compilation of a sentiment, Nippon Psychedelic Soul is a wild ride from start to finish, shattering the narratives of the Japanese folk and rock tradition into a million tiny pieces.

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Naima Farao'

Dots

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Presenting 'Dots,' the latest musical venture by the talented Naima Faraò. This soulful and introspective album transcends genres, blending the captivating elements of contemporary jazz, soul, and RnB. A captivating journey that mirrors the artist's profound perspective, 'Dots' invites listeners to explore the nuances of solitary moments, the trength in closure, and the resilience found in the smallest details. The album is heralded by the mesmerizing single, "Buoyancy Of Water" featuring the renowned Ilhan Ersahin. Naima Faraò's evocative quote sets the tone for the album, describing the dot as a symbol of conclusion and the beginning of new chapters. Each dot encapsulates stories, layers of experiences, and the opening of new scenarios, making it a potent metaphor for the artist's introspective journey. "Dots" is not just an album; it's a process of elaboration and rebirth. It echoes thoughts born from the collisions of real life, an intricate and delicate inward journey to grasp suspended moments and unite the points of an ever-changing trajectory. As the album unfolds, Naima Faraò invites you to join her on a musical exploration of new territories, unfamiliar paths, and the courage to push beyond. "Dots" is more than a collection of tracks; it's an immersive experience that unveils the beauty found in the details and the courage required to evolve.

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Tony Joe White

The Train I'm On

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Find Your Flame White Colored Vinyl Edition

Nubiyan Twist

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Strut)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Yaya Bey

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Big Dada)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Bloodshot)

Scott H. Biram

The One & Only

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2012 | Reissue (Groove Replica)

Etta James

At Last!

Release: 2012 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pure Wicked Tune: Rare Groove Blues Dances & House Parties, 1985-1992

Death Is Not The End

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Death Is Not The End)

Chicken Shack & Stan Webb

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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***Limited vinyl LP edition in printed sleeves***
Pure Wicked Tune is a mixtape-style collection of extracts & cut-ups, taken from DIY cassette recordings featuring rare groove and "soul blues" soundsystems playing at early morning house parties and blues dances - mostly in South & East London - between the mid 1980s & early 90s.

Sounds like Funkadelic, Touch of Class, Latest Edition, JB Crew, Manhattan, 5th Avenue (and the many more featured on this tape) originally began to form in the mid-1980s. With lovers rock dwindling, and the reggae scene becoming dominated by harder digital-style dancehall, these sounds provided a tight but loyal crowd with a potent alternative - playing a mixture of killer rare soul, funk and boogie records in an inimitably reggae soundsystem style, complete with toasting, sirens and effects aplenty.

They were most well-known for playing at house parties and blues dances, typically in small flats or warehouses, with timing of such events generally running from the early morning hours until late the next afternoon. Though the popularity of the sounds faded following the dance music explosion of the early 1990s, there has been continued demand for revival sessions ever since. Whilst the influence of key British reggae & dancehall soundsystems on subsequent UK sounds like hardcore & jungle is relatively well documented, a similar line can just as easily be drawn from these sounds and the aforementioned styles' tendency toward sampling popular rare groove cuts, particularly well evidenced in the work of Tom & Jerry, 4hero, Reinforced & LTJ Bukem among others.

This represents the first outing in a series of collections exploring the sounds of UK soundsystem culture, via extracts from archival DIY cassette recordings of blues parties, dances & clashes made between the late 70s and early 90s. Often duplicated and shared widely, these ruff and ready "sound tapes" provided keen ears with music that wasn't otherwise readily available on the airwaves or in the record shops, and would go on to leave a deeply-rooted but too often overlooked influence on the UK's musical landscape.

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40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve

LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Listen)

Joy Bogat

Fabric Of Dreams

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fast Eddie

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Pias/Acid Jazz)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The James Taylor Quartet

The Money Spyder

T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Continuing our 35th Anniversary series, reissuing foundation Acid Jazz records on Color Vinyl, we’re excited to present a new, remastered, clear vinyl edition of The James Taylor Quartet’s seminal debut ‘The Money Spyder’.

Taking the form of a classic soundtrack, the album perfectly encapsulates the sound of acid jazz on one record – heavy, organ-driven instrumentals led by Hammond maestro James Taylor. The sublime mixture of Booker T-styled grooves and Lalo Schifrin-inspired soundtrack elements.

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Le Sato 2

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Catalpas)

Alpacas Collective

Big Words

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Play It Again Sam)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A year on from their debut album Seven Wisdoms of Plutonia, global groove collective Alpacas Collective once again invite you on an enchanting musical trip for the second collection of Alpacas tunes! From of the adventurous spaces of Plutonia, from where Alpacas Collective emerged, this gang of fanatic music lovers continue their exploration of new places with new friends on second album Big Words.

Big Words takes the listener on a journey of discovery through a world of afrobeat, deep funk, hindustani raga mixed with psycho-dub and creole rap. Studio magic is once again conjured up by percussionist, composer and producer Frederik Kühn, with the creative contributions and improvisations of befriended artists, doing their signature tricks.

Thanks to these new collective collaborations, this record breathes creative freedom and the pure joy of creating together; But it also is a musical form of resistance, against the downgrading of morality and consciousness, against one-sided thinking, against the curtailment of liberty and justice, against the destruction of the environment.

On title track "Big Words" the collective pays homage to the late great Fela Kuti, with a political afrobeat song, dissing politicians’ hollow speech. While on "Movéfèzè" - creole for villains - rapper Nèg Madnick denounces the rich plantation owners who have poisoned his beautiful Caribbean island Martinique with toxic pesticides.

"Boyoma" has an irresistible African funk-groove helped by multi-talented West-African griot Zouratié Koné on his sparkling ngoni, and "What Could I Do" is propelled by joyful horns, pumping organs and jazzy flutes.

Both "Bhimpalasi" and "Gunkali" see Joël on his bewitching sitar, giving the album a spiritual Indian touch without forgetting the hips, heart and belly. And the mesmerizing "Surrounded" sounds like the soundtrack for a musical and cinematographic wandering from the East to the West, the ever expanding journey of Alpacas Collective…

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Quantic

Dancing While Falling

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chronicles Of A Diamond Clear Red Vinyl Edition

Black Pumas

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (ATO)

Chronicles Of A Diamond Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition on clear red vinyl!

As they set to work on their highly awaited sophomore album, Black Pumas broadened their palette to include a dazzling expanse of musical forms: heavenly hybrids of soul and symphonic pop, mind-bending excursions into jazz-funk and psychedelia, starry-eyed love songs that feel dropped from the cosmos. The debut was nominated for 7 Grammys and reached one million album equivalents. Chronicles Of A Diamond arrives as the fullest expression yet of their frenetic creativity and limitless vision.

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Black Pumas

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (ATO)

LP | 2023 | UK (Atlantic Catalog Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Regular edition without the print.

As they set to work on their highly awaited sophomore album, Black Pumas broadened their palette to include a dazzling expanse of musical forms: heavenly hybrids of soul and symphonic pop, mind-bending excursions into jazz-funk and psychedelia, starry-eyed love songs that feel dropped from the cosmos. The debut was nominated for 7 Grammys and reached one million album equivalents. Chronicles Of A Diamond arrives as the fullest expression yet of their frenetic creativity and limitless vision.

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Spinners

Now Playing

Release: 2023 / UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Hall & Oates

Home For Christmas

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Stax Christmas Remastered 2023

LP | 2023 | CZ | Original (Craft)

Release: 2023 / CZ – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (The Dip)

The Dip

Angels & Queens II HHV GSA Exclusive Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Dip's 2015 debut self-titled album available for the first time on vinyl. 12 tracks of vintage-inspired pop, rhythm & blues, rock, and soul, including fan favorites "State Line" and "Working Man".

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Gabriels

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Parlophone)

Everything Is Slow Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited blue vinyl edition - for GSA only available at HHV.

'Angels & Queens - Part I' was released in September 2022, picking up widespread acclaim across the globe. Its release was governed by the band's desire to push through the release of new recordings this year, and release the record in two distinct chapters. This album incorporates a new recording of the band's seminal debut single, 'Love and Hate in a Different Time', and songs that have already become staples of the band's live set; 'Offering', 'Glory', and 'Great Wind'.

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Bright & Findlay

LP | 2023 | Original (Athens Of The North)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Editon Pink Vinyl - 500 copies only Married around a shared love of machine-led funk, outsider soul, 70s-80s nautica and 21st century basement disco, Bright & Findlay (formed of multi-hyphenate James Alexander Bright and Groove Armada's Tom Findlay) are set to release their debut album 'Everything Is Slow' on 9th June via Athens Of The North. After hearing James' 2019 single 'Tigers Roar' on the radio, Tom reached out to see if they could work together on some new music for Groove Armada's last studio album 'Edge Of The Horizon'. While three tracks from these sessions made the album, the two concurrently struck up a friendship in creating a musical language of their own, leading them to form the beginnings of a new partnership tagged Bright & Findlay. The first Bright & Findlay release, 2021's 'Slow Dance' EP, was Gilles Peterson included it in his tracks of the year, they recorded a Block Party mix for Huey Morgan and it also received support from Don Letts, Tom Ravenscrof...

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Men Of The North Country

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jorja Smith

LP | 2023 | PL | Original (Famm)

28,79 €* 31,99 € -10%

I Am Marble Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / PL – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Limited to 300 copies.
Black Vinyl, 16 p. colour, matt printed, 12"x12" stitch bound booklet w/ photos and full lyrics, Gatefold

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Alice Russell

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Tru Thoughts)

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Turning It Out Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alice Russell is universally acclaimed as one of the best modern soul voices of our time, while her raw talent and charisma commands attention and affection. The much-loved British soulstress returns with the most personal album of her career. 'I Am' is vulnerable and bold while addressing how we must all work on ourselves to heal – so that we can love and connect with those and the world around us more honestly and with depth.

Life, loss and grief have been a central part of this period and a new approach to creating music: “Two little ones have joined me, and one has left - my dad passed away the summer after ‘To Dust’ was released. The day after my Dad’s funeral, I found out I was pregnant with my first little one.” Alice continues: “The grief journey has cracked me open and created a more urgent need to be focused and try to go deeper with how I communicate creatively and who I AM today, and I welcome it with open arms”.

Written and produced alongside long-time collaborator TM Juke, 'I Am' is the first offering of new music from the iconic singer in over a decade and marks a new era in the remarkable career of the down-to-earth vocal powerhouse. This summer, Alice graced the main stage of Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here, supported Nile Rogers and performed as part of a tribute to Aretha Franklin across France, marking her return to the stage, where she belongs.

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Errol Stubbs

LP | 2023 | Reissue (Tidal Waves Music)

28,49 €* 29,99 € -5%

Estate / S'Inghelada (Il Tramonto) Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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* Rare 1986 Funk/Soul From Alabama * Originally released as a private pressed cassette tape only * First Time On Vinyl * Released in collaboration with the Numero Group * 180g Clear vinyl limited to 100 copies (lita Exclusive) * 180g Black vinyl limited to 500 copies w/obi strip Armed with little more than his Peavy T-60 guitar and a Jumbo Fuzz pedal, Errol Stubbs and his bar-band cohorts cranked out a self-released tape of funked-up disco soul in 1986. With no label or distribution to speak of, Errol would simply put on his best suit and sell the cassettes by hand. The tape languished into obscurity…until now! The story of Errol Stubbs begins in Birmingham, Alabama in 1959. The youngest of five, he was surrounded by music as a child–his aunt taught piano at Daniel Payne College while his older brother, Avery Beavers, was an accomplished jazz trumpeter. Under the guidance of Avery, Errol started playing trumpet at the age of nine, though he gravitated toward songwriting and quickly picked up the guitar. Inspired by blues greats the likes of Albert King, Buddy Guy, and Little Milton, 12-year-old Errol began mimicking the sounds that filled southern airwaves. As a teenager, he played at barbecues, fish fries, and dive bars across the Magic City. After a brief stint at Jefferson State studying music, Errol’s passion for songwriting beckoned him away from the classroom. Stubbs bounced around bar bands before settling on a live lineup and saving enough dough to take his vision to the recording studio. Over the course of two days, his well-rehearsed band recorded Turning it Out mostly live to tape at the Sound Of Birmingham Studio. Located on Birmingham’s east side, the state-of-the-art studio kept the lights on by recording commercial jingles but was more than happy to open their doors to local talent. Taking notes from guitar god Ernie Isley and funk legend Rick James, the resulting recordings are drenched in cosmic phaser-fuzz guitar work, slapping bass lines, and sexual disco innuendos. Big brother Avery lends a hand on Clavinet for “Sweat,” while studio owner/engineer Don Mosley adds a tasteful dose of Moog synthesizer across a handful of cuts. Soon after the Sound Of Birmingham sessions, Errol released the private pressed EP “Dancin’ Fancy,” b/w “Spaced Out On Your Love,” the latter of which was featured on Numero Group’s 2019 compilation Visible and Invisible Persons Distributed In Space. The seven-song cassette Turning It Out was sold in local record stores and from night club stages, but only a few copies made their way out of Birmingham. Now Tidal Waves Music (in collaboration with the Numero Group) proudly presents the first ever vinyl release of these unearthed and overlooked recordings, professionally restored for fans and collectors of rare funk/soul to discover and enjoy. This album comes as a 180g vinyl edition (limited to 500 copies) complete with all new artwork and obi strip.

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Dana

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Disco Segreta)

28,49 €* 29,99 € -5%

LP | 2023 | Original (Be With)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Disco Segreta sets your summer on fire introducing the reissue of one of the rarest and most obscure Italian disco records ever! Dana was the moniker of the very first band led by Sardinian singer Gianni Virdis. The band had a short life, from 1977 to 1980, and later disbanded to be renamed into another band called "Mediterraneo" and only released a 45 single. It contained two tracks: “Estate” and “S’Inghelada”. The first one is sung in Italian and is a sexy, summer-infused lyrics disco track with gummy moogs, while “S’Inghelada” - with the typical 70s falsetto singing - is possibly the only disco tracks ever sung in Sardinian language, which makes this record of even higher historical importance, as it renders the amazing variety and originality of the Italian disco scene of the era, contributing to put a piece of the puzzle of the ‘70s Italian disco scene back in its place. Originally released as a privately-pressed 45 in the spring of 1977, on Franco Idini’s “Tekno Record”, a Sassari-based label which mainly released local folk, but also some rock, along with this disco gem. Unfortunately, all the copies pressed were badly mastered and printed, resulting in low quality of the originals. But 46 years after its original release, Disco Segreta reissues Dana in a new fully remastered 12” edition on a super lush 180g. “Sardinian Sunset” marbled vinyl edition, bringing back “Estate” and “S’Inghelada” to its original glory, for a newer generation of the Italian disco sound aficionados. Note this release is strictly limited and numbered to 100 copies and only available on Disco Segreta website as well as to the subscribers of the Disco Segreta Record Society and as for all of our 2023 releases, will never be reissued again in this format.

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Cleveland Eaton

Half And Half

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Forty Below)

Tony Holiday

Motel Mississippi

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Prism Natural With Black Swirl Vinyl Edition

Say She She

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Soul Step)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The highly anticipated debut LP from Say She She, the all-female discodelic soul band that will transport you with their dreamy harmonies, catchy hooks and up tempo grooves!The band's sound is a hat tip to late 70's girl groups with the three strong female lead voices of Piya Malik (featured in El Michels Affair, and backing singer for Chicano Batman), Nya Gazelle Brown, and Sabrina Cunningham - whose vocals soar through a set doused heavily with funky bass lines, rhythmic wah guitar, melodic synths and lilting bansuri flute lines, bursting into a seamless blend of dreamy harmonies and catchy hooks. A multicultural, multi-instrumental, collaborative melting pot, pulling sounds and styles from all corners of their record collections.The largely self-produced debut album `Prism' features contributions from Dap Kings Joey Crispiano & Victor Axelrod, Max Shrager (The Shacks) Bardo Martinez (Chicano Batman) Nikhil Yearwadekar (former Antibalas) Andy Bauer (Twin Shadow) and Matty McDermot (nypmh).

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Matt Duncan

Soft Times

Pieces Best Of Dojo Cuts Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Matt Duncan is one of the biggest artists you have not heard of yet. This particular album, "Soft Times" has almost 20 MILLION STREAMS on Spotify alone. You might not know Matt Duncan, but you have definitely heard his music. His music has been on "The Vampire Diaries," "Private Practice," and HBO's "Bored To Death." Most recently Matt was a featured performer in the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, "Hedwig and The Angry Inch." The album art was created by Robert Beatty, who has recently done art for Tame Impala, Flaming Lips, and more!Matt Duncan creates music that would have fit in perfectly on your Dad's AM Radio in the 1970's. Touches of Blue Eyed Soul await you on this LP. This album showcases the strength of Matt's arranging. Strings, horns, layered vocals all make this perfect mix of Motown and Bacharach. There is a track for any ear on this LP.

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Dojo Cuts

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Colemine)

LP | 2023 | Original (Be With)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After half a century of constant development, inspiration and hothouse flowerings, certain genres have found their perfect expression - soul-funk is one of them. Dojo Cuts are one perfect expression of this perfect expression. Lean, mean and heavy (in the true sense) there is not a bass-note or hihat-beat out of place - everything is slave to the groove, and what grooves they are! Working from, and building upon, the original late 60s/early 70s Stax/Atlantic template, Dojo Cuts are the undisputed champions of the soul sound. Dojo Cuts go route 1 to your soul. With this Best of album, Pieces, Dojo Cuts has hugged our hearts and made us thank the universe for James Brown, Otis Redding and all the soul saints in heaven for this music. Take a listen, have a dance, heal your hurt.

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Sauveur Mallia

Spatial & Co

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Betterdays Music)

Masterfonk

Konfynation I

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Eddie Chacon

Sundown

The Electro Maloya Experiments Of Jako Maron Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 2021, Eddie Chacon and John Carroll Kirby decamped to Ibiza for two weeks. There, they rented the island’s only Fender Rhodes from one of the local rave crews. John posted it against the plaster walls and concrete floors of their temporary home, which was set into a green hillside overlooking a beach called Siesta. As they worked on Sundown, Pharoah Sanders’s “Greeting to Saud” was a daily listen. Instead of emulating its sound, Eddie absorbed its deeper lesson – that simplicity wins out over virtuosity every time.

They wrote the first half of Sundown during that Ibiza stay and finished it at 64 Sound Studios in Los Angeles, where they both live. Joining Eddie on vocals and John on production and keys were Logan Hone (flutes and saxophones) Elizabeth Lea (trombone), Will Logan (drums) and David Leach (percussion). “It feels like we’re building our dream house,” says Eddie. “With Pleasure, Joy, and Happiness, we poured the foundation and now we’re expanding into new rooms.”

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Jako Maron

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

The Electro Maloya Experiments Of Jako Maron Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When first released on limited edition tape in 2018, Les Experience electro Maloya was the first ever compilation of Jako Maron's plugged-in updates of the traditional, politicized form of folk music from Réunion, a tiny island off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Like séga, Réunion's other main musical style, Maloya's origins can be traced back to African slaves and indentured Indian workers. But unlike séga, Maloya's stripped down drum 'n bow rhythms and call-and-response vocals, which were originally used as ritual mediations as far back as the 17th C., have become a form of protest music favoured by the island's creole population in the 1900's, leading it to be banned during the '70s because of its associations with the Communist party.Jako Maron's electro Maloya instrumentals are perhaps less explicitly politicised, yet they still carry the charge of eons of encrypted ritual thru their geometric designs and inexorable dancefloor traction. In 11 parts, Maron uses modular synthesis and drum machines to mutate and relay Maloya's meaning for the island modern indigenous population as well as users far beyond the island. This new vinyl edition includes four previously unreleased tracks from the same period.The results are some of the canniest, most infectious recordings we've heard from this region of the world, all generally (but not exclusively) working with slow tempos and a range of humid, piquant, and hypnotic synthlines that lend the sound to strong comparison with everything from Equiknoxx's mutant dancehall thru the current Flex sound outta NYC, to the sorta crooked dembow fusions explored by Brian Piñeyro (DJ Python/DJ Wey) and that recent Drew McDowell X Hiro Kone EP, or even the acid modulations of his Belgian namesake, Ro Maron.

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Jako Maron

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Peoples Potential Unlimited)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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George Smallwood

Loser 2022 Repress