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LCSM (Likwid Continual Space Motion)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This year’s edition of XJAZZ! festival, set to unfold from May 6th to 12th, marks the festival's 10th anniversary. In celebration of this significant milestone, XJAZZ! and the Analogue Foundation are delighted to present a special gift for the XJAZZ!-community: Entangled Grounds. The Sound of XJAZZ! Berlin, a compilation album that encapsulated the current sound of the jazz scene and collaborative endeavours in the vibrant heart of Berlin. Curated by keyboardist and producer Szabolcs 'Szabi' Bognár, renowned as Àbáse, along with Erik Brewer, the head of Brewery Studios, and Sebastian Hecht, the managing director of XJAZZ! festival, Entangled Grounds features 10 tracks born at Brewery Studios. "We felt it was the perfect moment to capture the essence of our current sound for posterity," remarked Sebastian Hecht. While the compilation serves as a snapshot frozen in time, it also pays homage to the perpetual evolution of jazz. It acknowledges the genre's fluid, improvisational nature, inviting listeners to delve into the intricate details that collectively enrich the music. By bringing together over 30 Berlin-based musicians who have journeyed alongside XJAZZ! over the years, the record showcases new, previously unheard sounds and band configurations yet to be unveiled to the public.

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The Remedy

3LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Super-Sonic Jazz)

Maroof, Asma & Belaga, Patrick & Svosve, Tapiwa

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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"The Remedy," is I G Culture's latest album under Likwid Continutal Space Motion, Culture draws parallels between the complex world of fungi and London's Underground dance music scene. Both are intricate networks that thrive beneath the surface, connecting diverse elements and influencing one another. The London dance music scene, like fungi, encompasses a variety of styles and genres, from drum and bass to Garage Dance Subcultures may go unnoticed to the casual observer but are musical corner stones in our society. Dance floors and clubs serve as spaces for communal healing, allowing people to let go of daily stresses and connect through music and dance. I G Culture's "The Remedy" celebrates this vibrant underground culture and highlights the interconnectedness of all musical styles. Through his innovative production and thematic depth, he underscores the transformative power of dance music, emphasizing its role in promoting well-being and unity. The idea of Fungi also is expressed in the artwork by Amsterdams 'Machine' with IG's direction, who used fungi in an original collage revealing a secret world.

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The Sports Of Love

LP | 2024 | Original (Pan)

Christer Bothén Feat. Bolon Bata

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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On The Sport of Love, seasoned collaborators Asma Maroof, Patrick Belaga and Tapiwa Svosve consider the language, competition and contradiction of modern romance: its yearning, incomprehensible vastness and the inevitable darkness and fleeting fragility. For the trio, love is the emotion that propels all of us whether we acknowledge it or not, and its expression can be realized in many forms.

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Trancedance (40th anniversary edition)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Black Truffle)

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (BMM Records)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Truffle is pleased to announce the first vinyl reissue of Trancedance, a wild slice of Swedish Afro-fusion from Christer Bothén, originally released in 1984. A major figure in Swedish jazz and improvised music since the 1970s, often heard on bass clarinet and tenor sax, Bothen studied doso n’koni (the large six-stringed ‘hunter’s harp’ of the Wasulu) in Mali in 1971-2 before turning to the guinbri (the three-stringed lute of the Gnawa/Gnauoua) in Marakesh later in the decade. In between, he performed extensively with Don Cherry during his Organic Music Society period and taught Cherry the doso n’koni. In the later 70s and 80s he worked with the most important figures in the distinctive Swedish jazz-rock-world fusion scene, joining Archimedes Badkar for their African-influenced Tre and participating in Bengt Berger’s legendary Bitter Funeral Beer Band. Many of the musicians who played on the Bitter Funeral Beer Band’s ECM LP (including Berger on drums, Anita Livstrand on voice and percussion and Tord Bengstsson on piano, violin and guitar) joined Bothén for one of the sessions that produced Trancedance, the first release under his own name, dedicated to his compositions. The other session introduced his seven-piece group Bolon Bata, heard on the second track of each side. The title track opens the album with the rubbery buzzing strings of the doso n’goni playing a hypnotic ten beat pattern, soon joined by bass and piano before the entire nine-piece group kicks in with a rollicking Afro-jazz workout, Berger’s drums driving an intricate, winding melodic line played by the horns with Mattias Helden’s cello throwing in pizzicato slides and smears. Bothén then takes centre stage on tenor sax, soloing with a wide, vibrating tone and moving seamlessly from soaring melodies to guttural stutters. After a return to the composed horn lines and a solo from Elsie Petrén on alto sax, the piece builds to an ecstatic conclusion of yelping voices and handclaps, gradually simmering down to return to the solo doso n’koni where it began.

The hypnotic sounds of the hunter’s harp carries over to ‘Mimouna’, where it is joined by Bothen’s overdubbed guinbri. The piece develops into a haunting whispered and sung invocation, gradually building momentum until the organic textures of strings, voices, and hand percussion are ruptured by Lennart Söderlund’s distorted guitar, which brings an unmistakable touch of 1984 to the otherwise timeless sound. Joined by chicken scratch guitar and increasingly dominated by the insistent clang of three of Bolon Bata’s members on karqab (a kind of cast-iron castanet), the grove develops frenetically.

The B side opens with the multi-part epic ‘9+10 Moving Pictures for the Ear’, at over 16 minutes the record’s longest piece. Though Bothen is heard only on horns on this piece, the hypnotic repeating bass line carries on the first side’s link to African musical traditions. Using an expanded 16-piece ensemble, the music balances untethered improvisation with carefully arranged passages of knotty ensemble playing that at points suggest Mingus, Moacir Santos or some of the ambitious post-free work being done in the same years by figures like David Murray or Henry Threadgill. The piece ends with a triumphant passage of looping unison melody reminiscent of the Scandinavian folk explorations of Arbete och Fritid (whose Kjell Westling is heard on bass clarinet and soprano sax here). The sound of Bjorn Lundqvist’s fretless bass introduces the odd left turn made by the record’s final track, a spaced-out expedition into bluesy horn lines and distant guitar atmospherics set to a semi-reggae beat, perfumed by the core Bolon Bata group and bearing the appropriate title of ‘The Horizon Stroller’. A must for fans of the Swedish scene around groups like Arbete och Fritid and Archimedes Badkar, as well as any listener who has been seduced by Louis Moholo’s Spirits Rejoice!, The Brotherhood of Breath, or, more recently, the guinbri grooves of Natural Information Society, Trancedance is a lost classic ripe for rediscovery.

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Allez Kiki Fermentation

Cannelé / Qmqs

14,99 €*

A Monastic Trio Verve By Request

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Italy's tastiest jazz-funk band is back to what they do best, sharing dreamy summer vibes with this new 2-tracker. Cannelé is a smooth, sun-drenched tribute to this sweet product of the Bordeaux terroir, that doublebass player and former Saint-Émilion employee Fabio Bordignon knows so well. Beautiful string arrangements come to sublimate the track with a highly cinematic feel. On the other side is the final studio version of Qmqs (Quando mai, quando sempre), which is an old italian expression to qualify people that only appear rarely, and always at the same specific occasions. This uplifting disco tune first appeared in its demo and live versions on previous releases Gusto di Luce and Live at Bolle Nardini, and has finally been re-recorded in a clean and groovy dress to be pressed on this 7inch record.

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Alice Coltrane

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Impulse)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Don't Forget To Have Fun Smoked Blue Vinyl Edition

Don Glori

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (DeepMatter)

15,99 €*

Ruler Rebel Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A product of the not-so-underground, genre-bending melting pot that is Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Don Glori (aka Gordon Li) prepares to unleash his forthcoming album ‘Don’t Forget To Have Fun’ via DeepMatter Records.

Following the release of his much-heralded 2022 LP ‘Welcome’, and a relocation to London, Don managed to tap into a potent creative current, by taking himself to a place of discomfort, and taking his creative back to basics for ‘Don’t Forget To Have Fun’. This invigorating approach helped distill the initial album sketches into a compelling and intoxicating listening experience across the record, creating a true work of art, traversing jazz, funk, soul, RnB, samba and beyond. Whilst the record itself is hard to describe, but even harder to forget.

Album opener ‘Pause’ pairs psychedelic inﬂuences with a cyclic loping groove and focuses on recognising a safe space that can act as a refuge. Taking inspiration from Steely Dan, Brian Bennett & Azymuth, ‘Emerald’ channels Jazz rock, 70's LA studio energy, with the faster funk sections featuring an unruly amount of mouth percussion, synth lead lines, and vocal melodies that weave in and around the tight horn arrangements. ‘All Seeds’ is a heady blend of samba and Brazilian street soul, with ﬁeld recordings of Don’s old house in Melbourne providing additional seasoning. ‘First Touch’ is a downtempo 80’s boogie-infused gem, keeping proceedings nice and sleazy. The ﬁnal three movements move through one ﬂuid composition, charting the disorientating course of a fever dream, through beguiling astral travels, unexplainable occurrences, and transcendent moments.

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Christian Scott

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Lonestar)

Flaming Swords Ecomix Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Is this the future sound of black American jazz - an inclusive yet rhythmically complex groove based music that owes as a much to black urban culture - predominantly hip hop and trap music rhythms - as it does to jazz improv techniques and rhythms? It's certainly interesting that similar elements swim through the music of Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington, who along with Scott are currently big box office, pulling-in substantial new audiences for their music. Ruler Rebel is the first album of a trilogy celebrating 100 years of recorded jazz, and will be followed by Diaspora and Emancipation Procrastination later. At the heart of this music are polyrhythmic grooves that might come from jazz, New Orleans black Indian music, trap, Malian rhythm Kassa Soro and the interplay between an SPD drum machine and live drumming. Largely featuring Scott's trumpet, the record introduces his articulate and frequently eloquent voice as the narrator of Ruler Rebel, much like the Persian Princess Scheherazade narrating her tales of the mysterious east to Sultan Shahriar over one thousand and one nights. A key track is `Encryption', a summation of Scott's direction of travel on the album. Here the running rhythm is derived from the New Orleansian Afro-Indian culture married with Malian Kassa Soro. This is in turn is layered with SPD-SX electronic drum machine and sampling machine played by Joe Dyson and Cory Fonsville that introduce rhythmic elements from trap and hip hop. Sounds complex? Well it is, but it works. Other highlights include `New Orleansian Love Song' and `New Orleansian Love Song II' and a celebration of Afro-Indian culture on `The Coronation of K. Atunde Adjuah'.

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Fievel Is Glauque

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Math Interactive)

32,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 3

V.A.

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sdban Ultra)

Moon With Tsuyoshi Yamamoto

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Standard version on 2LP black vinyl in gatefold sleeve. ‘Lefto presents Jazz Cats' is back with volume 3 and still doing what it does best: putting you in the front row of what the thriving Belgian jazz scene currently has to offer and revealing a melting pot of the musical talent.

'Lefto presents Jazz Cats' is back with volume 3 and still doing what it does best: putting you in the front row of what the thriving Belgian jazz scene currently has to offer and revealing a melting pot of the musical talent coming out one of the smallest countries in Europe. Never change a winning team they say, so we're happy to have Belgian DJ and eclectic connoisseur Lefto on board again.

Although you expect thecompilation to be talking jazz, volume 3 explores a broader array of styles, genres, and sounds than ever before, arriving at a point where the 'young cats' of today don't bother no more. It may focus on the Belgian scene, but let's face it, seeing the influences, this one could be compiled from all over the world. From the empowering and bittersweet voices of Oriana Ikomo and Adja, over the more acoustic-electronic productions of Moodprint, Ciao Kennedy, Kassius and echofarmer. It's even expanding the Jazz Cats universe to dub and bass-heavy tracks with Kin Gajo and Le Ministère, Ethio-jazz from Azmari, while sending you back to earth with bodies' swirling sax and drums. That saxophone still rings in your ears when you end up in the orbit of the march-like drums of Bodem, Orson Claeys' piano testing your ability to follow him, slamming the breaks to go smooth cruisin' with Honey (Morricone meets Khruangbin, anyone?), to crashing in a raging tempo on that last track of Bruno x Soet x Moene. And there you are, back with us.

2018's 'Lefto presents Jazz Cats' included tracks from some of Belgium's biggest hitters, including Black Flower, Stuff. De Beren Gieren and Glass Museum who have all gone on to receive global acclaim. The album was given the accolade of 'Album of the Week' on Worldwide FM and also received further radio support from Jazz FM in addition to numerous glowing reviews. The 2022 follow-up 'Jazz Cats volume 2' paved the way for a new generation inspired by its peers, entering another era of very talented individuals and collectives. Maybe even more so than 4 years before. It uncovered a beautiful balance of more established but also obscure musicians and artists. Opening up to electronics and dance, enter bands like Echt!, Stellar Legions and Tukan. Thrilling innovative soundscape grooves and jazz fusion with Bandler Ching and L?p?GangGang, not to forget about the weaving musical odyssey that is M.CHUZI. In addition, there's the balanced unease of One Frame Movement, the laidback 'acoustic electronica' of Boombox Experiments, the classic funky jazz stylings of Cargo Mas and cinematic The Brums, all of these have set volume 2 on the map as an essential release for any jazzhead with a passion for new sounds.

Tastemaker, selector, curator, DJ and producer, these words often get mentioned when Lefto's name pops up in discussions. And rightly so. If you've ever had the pleasure to listen to one of his incredible Boiler Room sets or one of his many radio shows, you'll know why. Famed for his gloriously eclectic taste on the decks, he switches effortlessly between hip hop, funk, breaks, neck-snapping beats, future bass, South-American influences, bruk riddims, some wild African rhythms and of course, jazz.

Growing up as a child, his father would have the sounds of jazz flowing through the speakers. Which led him to bars around town to hear the latest jazz ensembles. Falling in love with the genre, he would later refine his knack for record digging and fine ear for music working at Belgium's legendary Music Mania record store in his hometown Brussels. Which makes that Lefto is consistently a couple steps ahead. He doesn't wait for the next thing to land in his lap, but actively seeking it out.

Lefto on Jazz Cats volume 3: "Another release in less than two years! I am very impressed by the amount of creative "jazz" talent we've managed to compile over the last couple of years. Thanks to the internet, young musicians find inspiration from around the globe and incorporate diverse influences into their work. Given the history and heritage of jazz in this country, it has managed to create a healthy jazz scene supported by festivals, venues, press, and labels. Therefore, I am very proud to present to you the thirdinstallment of Jazz Cats. This compilation is dedicated to the young and hardworking musicians who are the present and the future of Belgium's jazz scene."

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Midnight Sun

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Somethin'cool)

44,99 €*

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Whited Sepulchre)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Moon haewon, a Korean jazz diva, will release a standard vocal album on LP with the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio! Lacquer cutting is done by the master Toru Kotetsu, making it a must-listen for audiophiles. The latest work from Moon is a collaboration with Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, a leading Japanese pianist who has captivated audiophiles as well as jazz fans, and is also extremely popular in Asia. The album features a selection of classic songs including "Misty," the swinging "Twisted," and the melodious ballad "In the Middle of a Kiss. The album includes 12 tracks, including Moon's original "Look to the Moon". We cannot take our eyes off the birth of this powerful tag team.

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Joy Guidry

Amen

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Explorare)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Amen is the 3rd release by bassoonist / composer / producer Joy Guidry. Representing a major step up in her ability to fully realize and embody a sound and concept, Amen moves from rousing, rafter-splitting spiritual jazz and gospel compositions to ambient compositions that create a powerful statement of communal healing and peace. The album features contributions by Niecy Blues, Kalia Vandever, Tyrone Allen and Jessie Cox.

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Tommaso Cappellato

Explorare

20,99 €*

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Alan Barnes Productions)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tommaso Cappellato, the visionary behind Domanda Music and a respected figure in global jazz, leads Explorare - an ever-evolving ensemble of LA's finest jazz virtuosos. Launched in early 2022, Explorare's mission is to delve into music's rich landscape through improvisational performances, where persistent grooves are shaped by the unique vibes of the individual members in the present moment. Their self-titled debut album, "Explorare" drops on October 13, 2023, on the homonymous record label Explorare, featuring pianist Diego Gaeta (Andre3000, Carlos Niño) and bassist Tony Martin (Brainstory). Explorare is more than just a musical project - it embodies the spirit of musical community through a transformative journey that invites listeners to delve into the depths of sonic exploration, guided by carefully crafted energy and passion.

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Paprika Soul

Sumer Madness

22,99 €*

The Dealer Verve By Request Edition

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paprika Soul, a unit formed by Alan Barnes and Andrew Spiller, who have made their mark on the UK soul and jazz scene, cover the mellow classic "Summer Madness" with female singer Jacqui Hicks on Side A. The album features a moody, urban vocal jazz mix on Side B, and a mellow, jazzy vocal jazz mix on Side C. The album is available on vinyl for the first time in 2019. Side A is a moody and urban Vocal Jazz Mix, and Side B is a Scirocco Mix with a lyrical guitar solo that evokes a Mediterranean breeze. The smooth and Balearic sound of this superb cover work is intoxicating.

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Chico Hamilton

LP | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Prado)

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Drummer Chico Hamilton has met many top young musicians in his years as a bandleader, but it is less well known that Larry Coryell made his recording debut with his solid and mellow soul-jazz performance, lending a bluesy edge to "The Dealer". In addition to mainly originals from Chico Hamilton's pen, the spirited boogaloo "For Mods Only", composed by free jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp, making a rare appearance on piano on the track, deserves special mention.

Verve BY Request Series: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, Single Sleeve.

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Akagera

Traverse

21,24 €* 24,99 € -15%

Spores Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Akagera trio released their debut album Serpente in 2019. The subtle blend of African music and jazz laid the foundations for a new sound driven by an unconventional ensemble of instruments.

Their new album, Traverse, is the soundtrack to the imaginary travel diary of three intrepid musicians forced to put a hold on their adventures. Over a period of three years, they took time out from improvisation sessions to collectively compose a repertoire reflecting the diversity of their backgrounds and influences: classical and contemporary music for Benoit, mixed music from South America and the Caribbean for Stéphane, and African rhythms and Brazilian grooves for David, all to the backdrop of their shared passion for jazz.

David Georgelet: drums Benoit Lavollée: vibraphone, marimba Stéphane Montigny: bass trombone

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The Natural Yogurt Band

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BMM Records)

21,99 €*

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Cuneiform)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miles away from the current UK jazz scene, a mysterious composer from the Nottingham area cooks raw and noisy library music with groovy jazz fusion and beat-heavy funk breaks tackling themes of satanism and witchcraft.

Having previously released music with Jazzman Records, Stones Throw subsidiary Now-Again and French label BMM Records, The Natural Yogurt Band presents the 7th album of his discography that marks an experimental turn.

Spores takes us on an obscure sci-fi journey into extra-terrestrial territories where tropical flutes, pianos, guitars and organs melt under corrosive electronic sounds, modular bird chirps and vintage drum machines sounds. This unsettling and immersive library album will be released on March 1st with a limited pressing of 300 green marbled records.

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Tomeka Reid Quartet

3 3

37,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers

Central Park's Mosaics Of Reservoir Lake Pathway

LP | 2024 | Original (Red Hook)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Dorothy Ashby

Dorothy's Harp

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Robert Dubwise Browne & Dean Fraser

Sun Goddess

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

14,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Norah Jones

Visions

Victoire De La Musique Deluxe Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On March 8 2023, nine-time Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and pianist Norah Jones will release her ninth solo studio album "Visions", a collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels with Norah on vocals, piano and keyboard, guitar and bass and Leon playing drums, bass, guitar and baritone saxophone (featuring Brian Blade/Drums, Dave Guy/Trumpet and Jesse Murphy/Bass on some tracks).

Visions is a vibrant and joyous 12-song set that finds Jones singing about feeling free, wanting to dance, making it right, and acceptance of what life brings. It’s the yang to the yin that was "Pick Me Up Off The Floor", Jones’ last album of new original songs which was released early in the pandemic lockdown of 2020 and foreshadowed many of the dark emotions of that period.

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Cotonete

2LP | 2024 | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

O'Donel Levy

Simba

At Home Ep Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Proudly presenting a new series of Mr Bongo reissues exploring the incredible back catalogue of Sonny Lester’s iconic Groove Merchant record label. First up, the spellbinding funk-fuelled, soul jazz album ‘Simba’, by guitar maestro O'Donel Levy.

Baltimore-born, Levy was already well regarded as one of the best up-and-coming jazz guitarists at the time of Simba’s release. Having toured with George Benson and Jimmy McGriff, as well as featuring on McGriff’s Black Pearl album on Blue Note, he went on to sign with Sonny Lester’s Groove Merchant. Produced by Lester himself and recorded over two back-to-back days of sessions in 1973, Simba features a who's who of ‘70s session players. The album features the legendary studio drummer Steve Gadd, Cecil Bridgewater on Flugelhorn, bass by Tony Levin and arrangements by Manny Albam.

A masterclass in tight yet effortlessly funk-driven rhythms, the tracks showcase these musicians at their zenith. Album opener 'Bad, Bad, Simba' wouldn’t have been out of place on a Lalo Schifrin ‘70s car chase soundtrack. Levy's playing is brilliant, bright and slick, with an infectiously exuberant energy that is complimented perfectly by Gadd's supreme drumming. ‘Playhouse' serves up another vibrant offering, Wah Wah guitars, horns and flutes duelling it out in a fast-paced fashion.

The cinematic thread continues throughout, yet with the tempo taken down a notch. 'Sierra Lonely' and ‘Sad, Sad, Simba’ head into lush ballad territory, with superb arrangements by Albam and beautiful playing by Collins and Bridgewater on Flugelhorn. Here Levy shines without taking any limelight, as the players synergize to a relaxed perfection. ‘Nigerian Knights’ closes the album flawlessly, showcasing once more Levy’s understated yet magnetic flow on the guitar.

Every track on ‘Simba’ is a winner. As with CTI Recordings of the same era, the feel and textures of Sonny Lester's productions have that pre-emptive, hip-hop aesthetic, which later producers would rework and reimagine. This album is expertly balanced, deftly arranged and magically executed, ebbing and flowing with a cool buoyancy that just grooves and grooves.

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Svaneborg Kardyb

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Gondwana)

LP | 2019 | NL | Reissue (South Of North)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Svaneborg Kardyb are Nikolaj Svaneborg - Wurlitzer, Juno, piano and Jonas Kardyb - drums, percussion a multi award winning duo from Denmark, with a fast-rising international reputation and with an NPR Tiny Desk concert.

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Ronald Langestraat

Apollo 2023 Repress

Release: 2019 / NL – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Instruments
Live: Grand Piano, Yamaha QX1 Sequencer, 2x Yamaha TX7 Tone Generator, Drumtraks Sequential Circuits, Clarinet, Voice
Added at home: Yamaha DX7 Sounds, Roland R-8
Space Train: Kurzweil Piano, Yamaha DX7, Roland R-8, Soprano Sax, Voice

Recorded live at the Apollo Hotel Amsterdam in 1991, except 'Space train', which was recorded in Ronald’s living room.

All instruments played and arranged by Ronald Langestraat.
All tracks written an composed by Ronald Langestraat, except 'Lowdown' which was written by David Paich & Boz Scaggs, 'Give and take' which was written by Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster & Carlos Santana and 'Orpheus' which was written by David Sylvian.

Special thanks to Annemarie, from Ronald.

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Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland

United

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Edition)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Stroom)

Merope

Vejula

Ashley Henry / Judi Jackson / Alec Hewes

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Merope's most experimental and open-minded full length to date, Vėjula is a celebration of collaboration and playfulness, and features appearances from Shahzad Ismaily, Laraaji and Bill Frisell. Like its predecessors, the duo's fifth album still roots itself in Lithuanian folk forms, but sprouts out spiritedly from that point into unfamiliar landscapes, muddling ancient themes with contemporary philosophies, concepts and technology. Delicate instrumental sequences and ethereal vocals are woven into a rich tapestry of subtle synth work and evocative field recordings. On 'Kouma lil', Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė and Bert Cools experiment with digital images of the kanklės (a traditional Lithuanian chordophone), and Jurgelevičiūtė's voice, blurring the boundary between the organic and the artificial, while on 'Suiakmo, French percussionist Toma Gouband adds percussion from his custom-made sounding stones to Jurgelevičiūtė's gentle words and Cools' surreal, sensuous electronics. 'Vėjula' is an album that reaches into the unknown without loosing its tight grip on the past. Merope are in a new creative phase of their career, and they've never sounded quite so universal, or so vital.

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Who We Are

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Naive)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison

Tribe 2000

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (ORG Music)

48,99 €*

Songs I Like To Sing! Limited Contemporary Records

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tribe 2000 is a performance featuring Tribe Records founders Phil Ranelin (trombone) and Wendell Harrison (saxophone). The release is a celebration of Ranelin and his accomplished career, with four out of it's five compositions being penned by him. Recorded in 2000, the session reunited the nucleus of the influential Detroit label at the behest of Harrison, while also bringing numerous seasoned side musicians into the fold to flesh out the arrangements. The project underscores the brilliance of one of the most innovative collectives in jazz music.

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Helen Humes

LP | 2024 | Original (Craft)

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At The Oriental Theatre 1966

Miles Davis Quintet

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Half Nelson)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Running Circle)

Kinkajous

Nothing Will Disappear

32,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Doo?S Blues The 1967 Belgian Radio Recordings

Dusko Goykovich

LP | 2024 | Original (Sdban)

Sun Ra And His Infinity Arkestra

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sdban Records is proud to present Doo's Blues, a collection of previously unreleased radio recordings capturing Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader Dusko Goykovich (1931-2023) at the moment he definitively established himself as one of Europe's most distinctive jazz artists.

Dusko Goykovich was born and raised in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He studied at the Belgrade Music Academy from 1948 to 1953, playing trumpet in Dixieland bands and joining the big band of Radio Belgrade at the age of 18. After leaving Yugoslavia in 1956, Goykovich spent the next ten years developing his sound. Moving to Frankfurt he first established himself on the West German jazz scene, where he played with the renowned big bands of Kurt Edelhagen and Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland. Then, after appearances at the world's largest jazz festivals such as Comblain-la-Tour in Belgium, Antibes in France and Newport, Goykovich moved stateside where he spent four years studying at the world famous Berklee College and worked with the likes of Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson.

Returning to Europe in the mid-sixties Goykovich soon introduced the world to his innovative Balkan jazz sound with Swinging Macedonia (1966), an album characterised by the melancholic melodies and sophisticated rhythms reminiscent of his native land. Today Swinging Macedonia still stands as one of the most important and sought-after works of European folk inspired jazz and demonstrates how Goykovich was not merely an excellent instrumentalist, but also a gifted composer and versatile artist in his own right.

Not long after Swinging Macedonia's release Goykovich was invited to record two sessions for BRT (Belgian Radio & TV), which he performed with three different ensembles. For the first session, recorded in late January of 1967, Goykovich was accompanied by Belgian vibraphonist Fats Sadi's quartet. Later that same day Goykovich was also joined by the BRT Jazzorkest, Belgium national radio's in-house jazz orchestra then playing under the direction of alto saxophonist Etienne Verschueren. Less than two months later Goykovich found himself once again ensconced in BRT's Brussels studios, this time heading up an international quintet that also included Bent Jædig (tenor saxophone and flute), Scott Bradford (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass) and Al Jones (drums).

Whilst the metaphor 'jazz with an accent' has been widely used to describe the music that European jazz artists created in the 1950s and 1960s, it fails to do justice to the entirely new language that Dusko Goykovich was developing. No mere dialect Goykovich's jazz was a delicate, multi-layered language, one that owed just as much to the folk music of the Balkans as it did to the modern music of America. And to the blues. For this is Doo's Blues.

Sdban Records is an independent, groove-obsessed record label based in Ghent, Belgium. The label started off as a 60's and 70's compilation and reissue label. The very first release, the acclaimed 'Funky Chicken: Belgian Grooves from the 70's', was a milestone right away. Recent releases include reissues and retrospective compilations from artists like André Brasseur, René Costy, and Jack Sels, as well as the compilations 'The Belgian Soundtrack' and 'Hip Holland Hip', which respectively cover the musical connection of Belgium with cinema and modern jazz in the Netherlands between 1950 and 1970. Doo's Blues was compiled by Lander Lenaerts, a DJ and writer who plays an important part in documenting the rich jazz history Belgium has to offer.

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Strange Strings Expanded Edition

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Cosmic Myth)

49,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Waaju

Alouane

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | JP | Original (New Groove Inc.)

Ryozo Band

Pleasure

20,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Veego)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first release of 2024 by Ryozo Band, who have been slowly gaining attention at home and abroad since 2019, is the 7" of the uptempo Jazz / Funk song "Pleasure"!! Starting with an impressive minimal keyboard, 'Pleasure' is composed mainly of an up-tempo beat and two horns (saxophone and trumpet). Each of the top-notch players fully demonstrates their sense of style, creating a world view that is similar to that of Jazz Funk and Afro Beat in the current UK scene. The B-side also features a remix by Lex (de Kalhex), a producer and rapper in the French-based Hip Hop group Kalhex, a multi-talented artist who has also held solo exhibitions in Japan.

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Kolida Babo

Spirits Of Mauronoros

Monk's Music Limited Ojc. Series

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Kolida Babo is the collaboration between two Greek woodwind musicians from separate regions - Socratis Votskos is from Pella, and Harris P. is from Athens. Their self-titled debut album was recorded in improvised live-take sessions beginning on the night of the “Kolida Babo” folk rituals of music and dance in northern Greece in winter 2013. They explore the ancient music of Armenia and the folk traditions of northern Greece’s Epirus and Thrace regions alongside abstract electronics and free jazz. Their debut album was released by MIC Records (London) in 2019 to rave reviews. Other notable releases include the Jazzman Records jazz45 series and the soundtrack for the documentary ''Gospel of Michiel'' and "Loxy". Their music was supported by BBC 6Music, BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, NTS, Soho Radio, WorldWide Fm as well as the Greek National Radio. Last but not least, they have performed in various places around Greece and Europe including festivals like CTM, Archipelago Festival and Vinterjazz Festival. In their second full-length album Spirits of Mauronoros set to be released in 27/09/2024 by Veego Records, Kolida Babo revisit an old forgotten place in northern Epirus Greece, near the Greek-Albanian borders. A spiritual music journey dedicated to the old village of Mauronoros (Black Mountain) and its people. This village is one of the many villages in Greece that is totally abandoned as a result of the economic crises and cultural changes that Greece faced in the last century. This profound depopulation of the area left behind ruins that echo its past trials and tribulations. However the traditional sounds of the village keep reappearing in urban centers like ghosts that haunt everyday life. This sonic dialogue between "modern" and "traditional", between "the peaceful countryside" and " turbulent urban centers" sometimes looks irrelevant and outdated but is of great consequence. It transports the listener in an unspecified time and place devoid of any cultural and geopolitical connotations and thus leaves them wondering for a freer and more authentic way of life.

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Thelonious Monk Septet

LP | 2024 | Reissue (Concord)

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bangers Only! Black Vinyl Edition

Jazzrausch Bigband

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nautilus

Sunrise

Chikara Ueda & Power Station

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nautilus, a band that embodies the contemporary rare groove scene. Their 9th full album “Sunrise” will be released on LP and CD at the same time! The album contains 10 tracks, including original jazzy funk songs in full Nautilus mode and cover songs featuring Emi Tawata and Ray Yamada on vocals! Don't miss the covers of great masters such as Thelonious Monk and Yusef Lateef. This is a masterpiece that should be described as a sunrise just before their 10th album, which should be commemorated.

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Flying Easy

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Nippon Columbia)

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A rich groove crafted by a rhythm section featuring Harvey Mason on drums and eight trombones. This Jazz Funk/Fusion album is a mix of original compositions by Chikara Ueda and covers of Boz Scaggs' tracks.

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fun In The Church)

Quartabe

Repescagem

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Dave Pike

Infra Red

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vibrant Kaleidosonic Rhythms

Tanzibar

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Funk Night)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Harry Nilsson

LP | 2024 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
The phrase “standards album” was unheard of in 1973, yet within 20 years it had become common parlance in the careers of artists going back to the basics to underscore their vocal prowess. With A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night, Nilsson created the template of the solo contemporary singer accompanied by a live orchestra, which set the bar for what followed from Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Bryan Ferry, and countless others. The decision to make an album like this one would have been unusual for any contemporary artist around at that time, but it was especially strange for Nilsson. His two most recent rock albums had been incredibly successful, and RCA was surely clawing for another guaranteed hit, but, for Nilsson, this was just another twist and turn in his career.

It is mind-boggling how far ahead Harry Nilsson was in recording A Little Touch. But where other musicians have turned to a standards album as a way to extend or even resurrect their career, Nilsson made one at his absolute artistic peak. No one has had the guts to do it like he did, before or since — and Nilsson knew it.

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (NRG)

Chiminyo

Nrg 3

Still Dreamin' Purple Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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NRG is the brainchild of London based drummer/producer, Chiminyo, in which he and members of his musical community exchange (strictly improvised) NRG with audiences and captures the spontaneous beauty to be shared with the world online and via limited run vinyl!

NRG 3 features an all-star line-up. Pianist and Synth player, Maria Chiara Argirò, releases music under her own name on L.A imprint Innovative Leisure, whilst Pouya Ehsaei is highly regarded as a modular synth wizard, both in London and internationally with his band Ariwo, as well as producing solo work under his own name. Sam Warner is the MD for Hak Baker, has been part of the DnB party brass band Riot Jazz and has shared the stage with the likes of Alfa Mist and London Elektricity.

NRG 3 is equally as cinematic as it is stompy, with the band drawing influence from electronic forms and grooves as a basis for their textural and widely varied improvisations. The chirpy and uplifting opening track 'Enter The Dragon' is balanced beautiful balanced by the floaty dreamscape, Avalon. Rapper/poet Nadeem Din-Gabisi joins on the drill inspired 'Vale Tudo'. Whilst flautist Yuis delivers an otherworldy feature on 'Stories Untold'. The album finishes with two features by beast tenor saxophonist Rob Milne. It is incredible to think this record is improvised, because each tune comes across as a carefully sculpted master-piece, a clear testament to the incredible musicians on the line-up.

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Mork

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Albert's Favourites)

2LP | 2024 | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From Budapest, Mörk (pronounced Merk) play on the boundaries of jazz and soul music. After meeting as students, they created a band that not only toyed with sounds but the methods of delivering them too. They’ve played in kindergardens, climbing halls, tea rooms and living rooms, countering expectations of where and how you find music.

Following April's much loved ‘Astral Visions’ EP, played across Bandcamp Weekly, BBC 6 Music, FIP, Jazz FM and Kcrw, their upcoming album ‘Still Dreamin’’ delivers even more soul and uplifting choruses, coupled with the synchronicity of a band that has been through so much together.

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Immanuel Wilkins

Blues Blood

Eiga Demo Miyou (Let's Watch A Movie) / 4 Mills Brothers

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alto saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins, winner of the German Jazz Prize 2024 in the “Live Act of the Year International” category, returns with his third album for Blue Note Records. His debut for the label, “Omega,” named #1 jazz album of 2020 by the New York Times, brought him worldwide attention and recognition for his playing and unusually complex compositions.

Wilkins describes his new work “Blues Blood” as being inspired by his childhood in the Philadelphia area. It was co-produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, with Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass, Kweku Sumbry on drums and vocalists Ganavya, June McDoom and Yaw Agyeman, as well as guest appearances by singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, guitarist Marvin Sewell and drummer Chris Dave.

“Blues Blood” is Wilkins' most ambitious album to date, as well as an accessible, spiritual work about memory, the legacy of our ancestors and the bloodlines that connect people.

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Cassette Con-Los

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Con-Los Jazz International)

20,99 €*

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Catchy melodies and tropical rhythms. CaSSETTE Con-los, the best calypso/Latin band in Japan, is releasing a 7-inch ahead of their long-awaited full-length album, their first in 13 years! CaSSETTE Con-los, which boasts deep-rooted popularity among various fans for its genre-less and borderless musicality and euphoric live shows, has completed its long-awaited full-length album, their first in about 13 years. This album is a precursor single that serves as a greeting to the fans. The release includes two songs, "Eiga Demo Miyou" (Let's watch a movie), a Japanese calypso with a catchy melody and superb vocals, and "4 Mills Brothers," a serious and mellow song that will not be included on the album, but is familiar to the live audience and is a perfect greeting.

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Yanaco

Leaving / Arriving

Overjoyed Through The Noise Space Swirl Red & Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Following his debut EP tttwoface from the Belgian label Urban Waves in 2022 and 1st full album from P-vine in 2023, Tokyo based electronic musician Yanaco has released his 2nd full album! He has defined their sound, focusing their wide range of influences into what is no doubt one of the finest ambient albums to come out of Japan in recent years.

Samples, programmed electronics, and synth pads are layered with care and precision to create an ineffable serenity that calls to mind the works of both Hiroshi Yoshimura and Aphex Twin, while still being distinctly Yanaco. The album vividly expresses the theme of life from 'Leaving' to 'Arriving' through expressive songs, and is a complete album in itself, not to mention the quality of each song.

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Blvck Spvde & The Cosmos

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Mello Music Group)

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Frisell / Kit Downes / Andrew Cyrill

Breaking The Shell

LP | 2024 | Original (Red Hook)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (W.E.R.F.)

Punk Kong

Same But Different

Training With Ruth Goller

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With a broad spectrum of influences, ranging from African blues and roots music to noise, krautrock, avant-garde rock, and contemporary improv, they are a one of a kind experience.

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Threads To Knot

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Squama)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Berlin-based duo TRAINING team up with bassist Ruth Goller for their new album ‘threads to knot’. Frenetic free-jazz is sitting next to post-rock riffs and looming microtonal atmospheres.
The record was written in a truly collaborative effort, adapting the concept of ‘cadavre exquis’, the popular drawing game: One person would start writing a few notes before passing it on to the next, revealing only the very last note, with which the composition continues.
TRAINING is comprised of drummer Max Andrzejewski and sax player Johannes Schleiermacher, whose last album ‘Three Seconds’ saw them collaborate with Deerhoof guitarist John Dieterich.
Ruth Goller, who has been hailed by the Guardian for her 'thunderous bass-guitar hooks' has made waves this year with the release of her second album 'Skyllumina'. She’s also known as a live performer with Kit Downes, Alabaster de Plume, Melt Yourself Down among others.

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Edition)

Joe Webb

Hamstrings & Hurricanes

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marsh Sun Ra Arkestra Under The Direction Of Allen

Lights On A Satellite Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (In + Out)

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Batov)

Momo.

Gira

Bill Laurance / Michael League

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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MOMO. releases his 7th album Gira, on Batov Records bringing together some very special musicians and guests from London"s bustling and hustling jazz community, with fellow Brazilian artists, recorded and cut to tape at East London"s Total Refreshment Center.

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Keeping Company Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tell Your Friends - 10 Year Anniversary

Snarky Puppy

2LP | 2024 | Original (Ground Up Music Llc)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Just Jazz! (Audio Fidelity)

Benny Golson

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (L.M.L.R.)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Odin)

Kjetil Mulelid

Agoja

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | NO | Original (Grappa)

Siri Nilsen

Skyggebokser

14,99 €*

Release: 2019 / NO – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Friedrich Gulda / Joe Zawinul

Music For Two Pianos

LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

15,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Kinga Glyk

Feelings

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Nils Wülker

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Squama)

Martin Brugger

Music For Video Stores

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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On his debut album producer and Squama co-founder Martin Brugger hovers through Ambient, (upbeat) Downbeat and unfulfilled build-ups. Conceptualized as a blank soundtrack, the music was sent to fellow artists who shared their visual and verbal associations which became the source for the artwork and tracktitles, effectively making the album a collective effort. Evident in all of his recent projects is Brugger's passion for working and thriving within closely set limits. The only audio sources in the process of making the album were his record player and a Dave Smith Prophet 08 synthesizer. In an antithesis to most sample-based music, Brugger takes the more ephemeral moments of recorded music and uses pitching tools as a magnifying glass to dive deeper into the sound and bare layers that normally remain unheard.

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The Platinum Collection White Vinyl Edition

3LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Lonestar)

Christian Scott

Stretch Music

Sabu Toyozumi & Mats Gustafsson

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, scion of New Orleans' "First Family of Art and Culture," nephew of Donald Harrison, Jr. and grandson of the legendary Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. (d. 1998) and New Orleans Legend Award recipient, Herreast J. Harrison. He is the identical twin brother of lauded writer/director Kiel Adrian Scott, a Spike Lee protégé. The progenitor of "Stretch Music" and the courageous designer of innovative new brass instruments, Christian is also leading the technological advance with the first interactive Stretch Music app offering for this generation of young improvisers.

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Hokusai

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (NoBusiness)

18,99 €*

Africa/Brass Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All music improvised and composed by Sabu Toyozumi and Mats Gustafsson Recorded live on 11th and 12th June, 2018 at Jazz Spot Candy, Chiba, Japan by Kunimitsu Tsuburai / 粒来国充 Concert produced by Miyoko Hayashi / 林美葉子Jazz Spot Candy Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios Front cover photos by Miyoko Hayashi and Kunimitsu Tsuburai Design by Oskaras Anosovas Produced by Takeo Suetomi 末冨健夫and Danas Mikailionis

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John Coltrane

LP | 2012 | US | Original (Jazz Wax)

18,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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To Feel Embraced Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Sparkle Division

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Temporary Residence)

Abstractions Of Reality Past And Incredible Feathe

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Vibrant Electronic Fusion Of Lounge, Jazz, And Disco Is Maybe Not The First (Or Fifth) Thing You Would Expect To Hear From One Of The World's Most Renowned Modern Composers And Ambient Tape Loop Pioneers, But Upon First Listen, It Makes So Much Sense That One Wonders Why It Didn't Happen Sooner.After Years Of Producing And Mentoring Slews Of Young Artists In 1990s Williamsburg, Brooklyn, William Basinski Moved To Los Angeles. There He Hired A Young Studio Assistant, Preston Wendel, Who Eventually Introduced His Own Works To The Curious Composer. That Spawned A Creative Partnership That Inspired Wendel To Persuade Basinski To Haul Out His Saxophone. Five Years Later, Sparkle Division Has Arrived With Their Enchanting Debut Album, To Feel Embraced. Produced By Sparkle Division At Basinski's Musex International In Los Angeles, The Duo Were Joined By A Few Notable Friends: Mrs. Leonora Russo (Who Basinski Affectionately Calls "The True Sicilian Sparkle Division, My Brooklyn Mom, The Queen Of Williamsburg") Offers Her Sparkling Voice To "Queenie Got Her Blues"; Fabled Free-Jazz Icon And Genuine Bodhisattva, The Late Henry Grimes, Contributed Upright Bass And Violin To The Aptly-Named "Oh Henry!" ("Lotta Babies Gonna Be Born From This One," Henry And Margaret Davis Grimes Playfully Declared); And London Vocalist Xeli Grana Offers Her Ethereal Voice To The Album's Meditative Title Track.Conceived And Nearly Completed In 2016, The Increasing Environmental And Political Infernos Gave Basinski And Wendel Cold Feet About Unleashing A Record Intended To Be Fun, Loving, And Prone To Bouts Of Euphoria. But As Basinski Exclaimed, "Well, Damn It, If The Time Ain't Right Now, It Never Will Be! Let's Do This!"

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Binker Golding

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Gearbox)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Gearbox)

Charles Tolliver

Connect

21,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Berliner Meister Schallplatten)

Jocelyn B. Smith & Band

Honest Song

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blows The Blues 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Sonny Stitt

2LP | 2012 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

69,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All Or Nothing At All 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Billie Holiday

2LP | 2012 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

69,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (ECM)

Bro / Morgan / Baron

Streams

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra

Love Is Where The Spirit Lies Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Strut)

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut present the first ever international reissue of one of the most sought-after albums from the Black Fire catalogue, Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra's life-affirming 'Love Is Where The Spirit Lies' from 1977. This first international reissue of the album features new sleeve notes including interviews and commentary by Lon Moshe, Plunky Branch and band members with original illustrated artwork by Mary E. Greer. Audio was remastered from original tapes by The Carvery. "Lon was creating his own path in his music life at this time," remembers Black Fire's Plunky Branch. "We had met in San Francisco and he had become an original member of JuJu during the early '70s. He then wanted to pursue his own music, primarily in jazz; he was an avant-gardist and loved Tribe, Strata-East and Sun Ra." For his Love Is Where The Spirit Lies album, Moshe drew from musicians within the Black Fire stable. Oneness Of Juju's Jackie Eka-Ete sang and helped to write songs and members of Southern Energy Ensemble contributed, including their bandleader Marvin Daniels. "The band name, Southern Freedom Arkestra, was a proud declaration that this music was from the U.S. South," continues Branch.

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Doug Carn Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Craft)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Among the heroes and innovators of 70s spiritual/progressive/funk/jazz, Doug Carn has always flown a little under the radar.He has long plied his trade with patience and dedication, releasing absolutely stunning albums that are cherished by cognoscenti but lesser known even to the jazz mainstream, even as his influence can be detected among his colleagues.Carn's newest project, his entry in the Jazz Is Dead album series helmed by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, takes his unique and timeless art and places it within the context of a musical culture that has always taken cues from his '70s classics.There's no mistaking the musical mind that created legendary albums like Infant Eyes and Adam's Apple, but the encounter of that with the distinctive jazz-hip hop-funk-noir that is the Younge/Muhammad/JID trademark creates something worthy of comparison to Carn's past work but which could only have been made right now.

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Chet Baker

Chet Baker In New York

37,99 €*

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Louis Prima

Just A Gigolo

15,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Freedom Fables Black Vinyl Edition

Nubiyan Twist

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Strut)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Dave Brubeck

Greatest Hits

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Keyboardist, bandleader and composer Dave Brubeck is the man the New York Times credited with 'helping make jazz popular again in the Fifties and Sixties. He did not always please the critics (but) the oppositional push and- pull between his piano and Paul Desmond's alto saxophone make the Brubeck Quartet's best work still sound original.' In Britain, the Daily Telegraph called Brubeck 'one of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century', adding that 'his recording of "Take Five" remains one of the few jazz records instantly recognised by members of the general public.' But, as fans know, there was more to Dave Brubeck's music than one composition or album. Dave Brubeck left a legacy of material that outlives the time and place it first came into being.

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Azymuth

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The fourth release from Jazz Is Dead records features Azymuth, one of the bands in Brazilian history, redefining Popular Brazilian Music. Having released almost 20 albums in their career, Azymuth proves to be a consistent source for an innovative mix of jazz, pop, MPB, and electronic music.

Composed and produced by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad and recorded in the Linear Labs analog studio.

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Butcher Brown

#Kingbutch

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | US | Original (Madlib Invazion)

The Heliocentrics

Telemetric Sounds

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Action Women)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The UK’s cosmic, psychedelic-funk ensemble issue their second album on maverick producer Madlib’s label, Madlib Invazion. The Heliocentrics’ albums are all confounding pieces of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone, the sublime fusion of David Axelrod, Pierre Henry’s turned-on musique concrète, and Can’s beat-heavy Krautrock, they have – regardless of the label on which they’ve released their music - pointed the way towards a brand new kind of psychedelia, one that could only come from a band of accomplished musicians who were also obsessive music fans. Drummer Malcolm Catto and bassist Jake Ferguson are the Heliocentrics’ masterminds and producers, and they are obsessive weirdos in today’s musical climate, searching, progressive humans who are often out-of-time with current trends. They have been playing together for nearly two decades and their collective drive is to find an individual voice. The Heliocentrics search for it in an alternate galaxy where the orbits of funk, jazz, psychedelic, electronic, avant-garde and “ethnic” music all revolve around “The One.” With Madilb’s label Madlib Invazion for Telemetric Sounds, the Heliocentrics have returned to develop their epic vision of psychedelic funk, while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences – Latin, African, and more.

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V.A.

Action Women Volume 4

12,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Otherland Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Sarathy Korwar

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (The Leaf Label)

12,99 €*

Joshua Redman / Brad Mehlau / Christian Mcbride / Brian Blade

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

Record Store Day exclusive Otherland expands on the themes of South Asian identity explored on Sarathy Korwar’s politically-charged and critically-lauded album More Arriving. "Otherland can be seen as a close blood relative to More Arriving,” Korwar explains. “The songs Juggernaut and Birthright were born during the writing for the album, and in my mind are a continuation of that record. Both songs play on themes of identity, ‘othering’ and borders.

Tushar Menon’s artwork draws attention to the bureaucracy and tedium that is every immigrant’s reality. Filling out a hundred forms to prove you belong. "Once again, the words of the South Asian diaspora are key, with Kushal Gaya (Melt Yourself Down), Mirande and Mumbai hip-hop collective Swadesi all lending their voices to Otherland. Birthright features another brilliant, cutting turn from London-based poet Zia Ahmed, whose dark, provocative sense of humour shone through on album tracks Bol and Mango, and has been a focal point for Korwar’s recent live shows.

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Round Again

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Musica Per Immagini)

Sandro Brugnolini

Abstract Forms

Starting Today HHV Exclusive Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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“Abstract Forms” is a selection of rare as yet unreleased in any physical format Sandro Brugnolini recordings from the late Eighties and early Nineties. The sixteen electronic tracks were produced for television background use or synchronization and, thanks to their great intensity and suspense, are still perfect to be scored in any number of thriller sequences, connecting smooth jazz memoirs filtered with machines overplayed on videogame sounding backgrounds. The majority of these experiments are not only characterized by their use of electronic instruments, as dictated with the requirements of the time, they also have a specific rhythmic inventiveness that gives them their identity. One more time the Italian brilliant composer follows his strong drive in drawing inspiration from what technology can offer him.

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Joe Armon-Jones

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

The King Of Sudanese Jazz

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 300 copies for HHV Summer Of Jazz 2020!

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Sharhabil Ahmed

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Habibi Funk)

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Trost)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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We're super happy to announce our 13th release by Sharhabil Ahmed, the actual King of Sudanese Jazz (he actually won that title in a competition in the early 1970s). Sonically it sounds very different from what Jazz is understood to sound like outside of Sudan. It’s an incredible unique mix of rock’n’roll, funk, surf, traditional sudanese music and influences from Congolese sounds. Original copies of Sharhabil recordings are often hard to find, so we’re happy they will now be widely available. “Argos Farfish” which was featured on our last comp amassed close to 400.000 plays already.

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Brom

Dance With An Idiot

21,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Piano Piano)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Anton Ponomarev - alto saxDmitry Lapshin - bass guitarFelix Mikensky - guitar, electronicsYaroslav Kurilo - drumsA fresh new studio album by the powerful Russian Free jazz band, now with a fourth player (guitar and electronics)Press about their last album (Sunstroke, Trost):Jazzandbluesblogspot: It is a reverent and thoughtful performance, with powerhouse electric bass at its core, leading to a fast and furious conclusion.Jazzwise: Moscow based power jazz trio BROM are a group that push against musical boundaries and allow suchdiverse genres as rock, noise, free jazz and improvisation to leak into their ever evolving sound.Jazzword: The antithesis of polite Chamber Jazz, this fiery Sunstroke should provide pleasure for those who prefer theirJazz (Rock) blistering without succor, no matter the temperature.TracklistingA1 DemonsA2 A Simple StoryA3 Dance With An IdiotA4 Goodbye, White Rhino!B1 Iron HairB2 The Saltiest PeanutsB3 PanaceaB4 This Is A Good Club Though Bad Music Is Played Here

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Sven Wunder

Wabi Sabi

Eastern Flowers (Doğu Çiçekleri)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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By welcoming the beauty of imperfection and simplicity, Sven Wunder applies the timeless wisdom of wabi sabi on this musical journey. What you can hear is filtered through Ukiyo-e (which translates as pictures of the floating world), which illustrates everyday life, as well as through Japonism, the study of Japanese art, and more specifically its influence on European works. The result is a surface that creates an illusion by sound. The infusion of Miny? with jazz rock, this hazy scene evokes the landscape of Monets The Water Lily Pond, which depicts the painters Giverny garden, with a Japanese bridge, bamboo, ginkgo trees and the reflection of the sky in the pond. This illusion constructs both time and space.

The surface of the music, like the canvas of the painting, invents a journey between now and then by interpreting the idiom of folkloric and western art instruments. In this composition, the sound of the Western concert flute, which stretches back to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, evokes the sound of the bamboo-flute (shakuchachi), which reached its peak during the Edo period. The guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, with a more than 2,500 year history, joins traditional Japanese folk melodies with modern pop percussion and 20th century electronic instruments such as the Moog synthesizer, Wurlitzer electric piano and electric bass.

This is the illusion that celebrates the fleeting nature of all things. A journey. A deep inhale and a slow exhale. It has a mix of jazz (both funky and progressive), East Asian and South Asian sounds. The idea of fusing these styles and reframing them with the aesthetic of wabi sabi is to reconnect with nature and concentrate on asymmetries and emphasize ornamentation to generate new ways of looking at the world, here and now.

This record is produced with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council.

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Sven Wunder

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Piano Piano)