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II Curacao Blue Vinyl Ediiton

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gondwana Records are proud to announce Morning Sun / Arrival, a limited two track 12" release from the sublimely beautiful and immersive LA deep-jazz masters Phi-Psonics.

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Superposition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Ivan The Tolerable Quintet

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Finnish quartet Superposition returns with their second album, "II", on We Jazz Records. The band will premiere their new album live on the same day at Helsinki"s Odysseus Festival, organised by We Jazz. Led by drummer Olavi Louhivuori, Superposition features Linda Fredriksson and Adele Sauros on saxes and Mikael Saastamoinen on bass.

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Water Music Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Riot Season)

Sun Ra Arkestra Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition 300 only worldwide deep yellow Colored Vinyl LP, housed in a reverse board sleeve, with hype sticker, polylined inner bag and download code.

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Lights On A Satellite Black Vinyl Edition

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

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sun Ra Arkestra Under The Direction Of Allen Marsh

Lights On A Satellite

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

42,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Mexican Summer)

Contour

Take Off From Mercy

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Christmas Cronners

21,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Elvis, Franck Sinatra, Dean Martin... They are all there, the greatest crooners ever singing the most popular Christmas songs.16 timeless songs on a nice picture disc vinyl for the best Christmas atmosphere you could dream of

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David Preston

Purple / Black Volume 2

34,99 €*

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This album is a companion to guitarist David Preston"s 2023 debut under his own name: a set of recordings that confounded expectations as much as they delighted audiences and again feature pianist Kit Downes, bassist Kevin Glasgow and drummer Sebastian Rochford. Preston went into the studio with a coherent set of compositions that focused on texture and mood as much as improvisational virtuosity, and a band of front-rank players whose ability to work outside the confines of genre matched his own. The sessions were so productive that they yielded two albums worth of material, of which this is the second.

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wagram)

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LP | 2024 | Original (Nublu)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Find 10 amazing hits recorded by one of Jazz finest combination ever on a a wonderful picture disc vinyl !Including :Summertime, Autumn In New York, Cheek To Cheek...

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Zé Nigro

Silêncio

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Xjazz! Music)

Dimitri Howald

Southern Return

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Circle Nine)

Jonathan Powell

Mambo Jazz Party Part 1

40,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Tramp)

Sounds

Sound Spirit

11,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (NRG)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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** Private German Jazz - 1st time on 45 - As comped on Peace Chant **
Fans and supporters of our label already know that almost any of our compilation series are focused on privately produced recordings, whether it is Funk, Jazz, AOR or Yacht Rock. We always try to dig as deep as possible, and sometimes even further.
"Sounds" are one of those combos which have been overlooked since the start of the so called Rare-Groove movement in the early 1990s. The full length version of "Sound Spirit" can be found on the album "various Artists - Peace Chant Vol.7 - Private Jazz From Germany" (trlp-9124) album. "Sweet Emma" on the flip is a 7"-only track!
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Chiminyo

Nrg 3

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Verve)

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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Charlie Parker

Bird In Kansas City

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | Reissue (Spinout Nuggets)

Link Quartet

Saint-Tropez Heist

16,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad

Let's Get Lost: Songs Chet Sang

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Modern Harmonic)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Katharine Whalen of Squirrel Nut Zippers fame, makes a triumphant return with her Jazz Squad featuring Austin Riopel on guitar, Danny Grewen on trombone, and the great Griffanzo on pianos. This time the chanteuse delivers an entire album of breezy west coast jazz sounds in the form of a tribute to Chet Baker.

It was around 1996 when Katharine Whalen first made her grand entrance onto culture’s collective radar as the sultry, yet effervescent voice of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, where she remained until their initial disbandment around the turn of the century. In addition to the Zippers putting dixieland jazz on the pop charts in the 1990s, they sneakily introduced an unsuspecting "alternative" crowd to jazz music. Her cultural impact was also felt when she voiced the song "You You You You You" a standout track from Stephin Merritt's (The Magnetic Fields) project titled The 6ths. That song would also find its way into commercials and the film Pieces of April.

After recording one solo album for Mammoth Records shortly after leaving the Zippers, Whalen stepped out of the public eye. However, she’s remained very much in the spotlight of one unique small town; Hillsborough, NC, which has been referred to as Twin Peaks meets Northern Exposure. It’s a surreal literary, liberal Mayberry. If you find yourself in this Southern portal, you can find Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad playing monthly in a cocktail bar appropriately named Yonder.

The album was recorded in an old chapel in Hillsborough by North Carolinian royalty, Jerry Kee (Polvo, Superchunk, The Kingsbury Manx). Each song was recorded with the band all playing together in the same room, the way the old jazz records used to be put to tape.

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Smiling C)

The Voice Of Love

Olli Ahvenlahti / Prince Billy Wright

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The Voice of Love is a collection of British sophisti-pop and jazz-funk from the 1980s - ten songs ranging from unreleased demos to scarcely pressed 12”s attempt to define the scope of the British underground scene during that era.

The music presented on this release juxtaposes polished aesthetics with a punk ethos; while some bands sported sophisticated looks reminiscent of travel destinations and designer fashion, they also embraced gritty influences from iconic British acts like The Clash, Sex Pistols, and early Factory Records acts. This dynamic interplay between refinement and rebellion lies at the heart of the compilation. Artists like Jakatti, Berlin-Randazzo Band, and Xpertz offer a raw energy akin to Colourbox, Maximum Joy, and A Certain Ratio. Meanwhile, Inheritance, World Series, and Ocean evoke the sound of 52nd Street (Inheritance members went on to form that group) and Freeez (including After Eight’s notable "Southern Freeez" cover). The Goodbye Look and Sonjah & Ian introduce a smoother jazz-pop vibe, drawing inspiration from Sade and the sun-kissed allure of Ibiza.

Curated in collaboration with Michael Patricola, a pioneer in uncovering rare private pressings and obscure recordings, this project is a labor of love. This selection of long-elusive discoveries is a tender ode to the rainy melancholy of English adolescence.

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Messin' About - Volume 3

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Messin' About)

15,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Terry,Clark Quartet & Thelonious Monk

In Orbit Limited Ojc. Series

LP | 2024 | Original (Concord)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Life Rhythm Black Vinyl Edition

Wolfgang Haffner

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Five Fauns Yellow Vinyl Edition

Tilo Weber

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Malletmuse)

19,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Warner Music International)

Wülker / Jansen

In Concert

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Creator Has A Masterplan B

Johannes Enders

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Enja & Yellowbird)

29,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brownswood Remix Editions 002 Edition

Oreglo

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Meadows And Mirrors Black Vinyl Edition

Philipp Schiepek

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (GLM Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker And His Quintet With Bobby Jaspar (Chet Baker in Paris Vol. 3)

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On his third French album, Chet Baker had clearly warmed up. This time he worked with a Belgian-French quintet that included tenor saxophonist and flautist Bobby Jasper as well as pianist Francy Boland. The repertoire featured a wonderful mix of originals from the pen of Baker and Baker-associated musicians, as well as a handful of catchy standards. Remastered from the original European analog tapes, 180g pressing, original cover and liner notes.

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Chet Baker Quartet Chet Baker In Paris Vol.2

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An American in Paris... On his second French album, recorded in Paris in October 1955, the trumpeter can be heard, in contrast to the predecessor, with well-known standards, presented by a quartet that Baker had formed ad hoc with the French pianist Gérard Gustin, the American bassist Jimmy Bond and the Swedish drummer Bert Dahlander. World-class jazz from an international formation, captured in the then capital of European jazz. Remastered from the original European analog tapes, 180g pressing, original cover and liner notes.

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Chet Baker Quartet Chet Baker In Paris Vol.1

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Dama Begga Hibi (I Want To Go Home)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chet Baker and Paris are terms that, when combined, trigger enthusiasm among jazz connoisseurs. The trumpeter with the melancholic tone and the city of love seemed made for each other when Baker recorded the first of three albums considered classics now in a Paris studio as part of his first European tour in October 1955. The first features, as part of his quartet, the highly talented bebop pianist Dick Twardzik, who died of a heroin overdose a week after the session, aged just 24. Remastered from the original European analog tapes, 180g pressing, original cover and liner notes.

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Aron & The Jeri Band

LP | 2024 | Original (Trout, Urban)

33,99 €*

Wonderland Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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During autumn 2018, after moving to Germany, Aron Ottignon met Senegalese musician and percussionist Bakane Seck, founder and leader of the Jeri JeriBand, in his Berlin studio. This first meeting gave rise to a special connection between their instruments and the start of a musical adventurethat transcends borders, an instrumental conversation of profound simplicity nourished by the richness of jazz, electronic music and Wolof tradition. The brainchild of composer and producer Aron Ottignon and percussionist Sabar Bakane Seck, Aron & The Jeri Jeri Band (A&TJJB) was born at the crossroads between Berlin and Dakar and oscillates between the frenetic rhythm of mbalax, the strength of afrobeat, the warmth of afro funk and the eï¬Çervescence of jazz. Born in New Zealand, the pianist released a series of critically acclaimed jazz albums in the 2000s. As a composer, Aron Ottignonhas collaborated with Stromae, toured the world with Woodkid and worked with a host of artists including Electric Wire Hustle, Louane,Broken Back, Empire Of the Sun and Myele Manzanza. Senegalese musician and griot Bakane Seck"s mastery of the Sabar - "percussion instrument" in Wolof - has taken him all over the world alongsideAfrican music icons such asYoussou N"Dour and Baaba Maal.

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Daniel Trio Garcia

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Halfway Somewhere Black Vinyl Edition

Galliano

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Sony Music)

Isao Suzuki

Orangutan

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Unknown To Known)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following his success with “Blow Up,” the once-weekly favorite bassist Isao Suzuki returns with his fourth release under the Three Blind Mice label. The heavy, groovy sound he crafts alongside the eccentric talent Kenji Mori remains timeless and undiminished by the years.

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Unknown To Known

Lightship

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Sony Music)

Yama & Jiro's Wave

Girl Talk

Halfway Somewhere Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto delivers a masterful adult piano trio performance, showcasing his deep blues feeling and lyrical touch in this sixth release from the Three Blind Mice label. The album’s mature sound is perfectly matched by its exceptional jacket design.

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Galliano

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

47,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Bird Of A Thousand Voices DeluxeSet

Tigran Hamasyan

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Believe Digital Gmbh)

51,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Sony Music)

Ayako Hosokawa

Mr. Wonderful

Avishai Cohen, Y Avishai, B. Mori & Z. Ravitz

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After spending 17 years as a professional artist on the West Coast, including a stint as the lead singer for the Earl Hines Group in the late 1960s, Ayako Hosokawa returns with a triumphant album. Her soulful rendition of “Feel Like Makin’ Love” is a standout.

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Ashes To Gold

LP | 2024 | Original (ECM)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | WW | Original (La Munai)

V.A

Primasvara

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Shifting Paradigm)

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Primasuara is a “new age Jazz” compilation released by LaMunai Records this year, containing 11 tracks from Indonesian Jazz musicians or artists including Batavia Collective, We Are Neurotic, Littlefinggers, and so on. Released in vinyl record format, Primawarna is curated with a UK/Nu Jazz thread full of grooves from the Indonesian Jazz music scene itself.

“In essence, this compilation is designed to take you on a musical adventure through Indonesia’s modern groove scene, featuring the vanguard of the movement, filled with soaring breaks, introspective chord progressions, jaw-clenching grooves, and soul-soothing tones (Chandra Drews, 2024)”, merupakan deskripsi yang pas dan tepat yang menggambarkan kompilasi ini.

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Righteous Rooster

Fowl Play

Jean-Francois Pauvros & Alain Mahe

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Righteous Rooster is a jazz-groove organ trio from Chicago, featuring Henry Dickhoff on organ, Kenny Reichert on guitar, and Luke Sagadin on drums and cymbals. Their debut album, 'Fowl Play,' is out October 25 on Shifting Paradigm Records. Influenced by the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Soulive, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart, the trio blends improvisation, imaginative compositions, and a love for the history of organ trios to create a distinct and engaging sound.

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Papillon De Mer

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Autre Distribution)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Autre Distribution)

Leila Olivesi

Astral

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Masahiko Satoh

Live At Cafe Oto

42,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chuo Freeway / Music Book

Airi

7" | 2024 | Original (Claudia)

21,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Jet Set)

Christian Rowell

Rapp Snitch Knishes

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Ultraääni)

Solar Unity Ensembl

Upstream

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Riaz)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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140g Vinyl LP Limited number of 400 hosted in silk printed cover. “Solar Unity Ensemble's Upstream explores the elusive nature of music, capturing moments of free improvisation that point beyond the notes themselves. Blending acoustic and electric sounds, the album invites listeners to experience the fluidity and impermanence of sound, reflecting the journey toward the creative source.”

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Jaubi

A Sound Heart

Asher / The Black Lungs Gamedze

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The core members of Jaubi are true masters of their craft, coming from a rich lineage of accomplished musicians. Kashif Ali Dhani is a classically trained tabla master from the Punjab gharana, and is the accompanist of choice on the local scene for some of Pakistan's great classical vocalists and instrumentalists, as well as in Europe and the USA. Zohaib Hassan Khan is a 7th generation sarangi master, who has performed globally, and is one of only 3 professional sarangi players left in Pakistan. Multi-instrumentalist, composer and Jaubi bandleader Ali Riaz Baqar aka Ila Zair began his musical journey as a hip-hop enthusiast, evolving into a jazz guitarist following the exposure to the genre’s rich sampling culture. He then became a disciple of the Senia-Shahjahanpur gharana, a lineage of musicians specialising in the sarod. His playing now focuses on merging North Indian classical music with modern jazz harmony on a traditional, unaltered 6-string electric guitar.

The collaborative relationship between the core group and wider collaborators dates back to April 2019, when 22a label founder and multi-instrumentalist Tenderlonious and EABS/Bloto keyboard and synth maestro Marek ‘Latarnik’ Pędziwiatr travelled to Lahore, Pakistan to take part in some improvised recording sessions with Jaubi. Nothing whatsoever was written down during the recording sessions – no sheet music, no song titles. It was sincere, bottled lightning. All egos were left behind, with hearts and souls being opened and poured into the music. The result has been described as spiritual jazz-fusion meets psychedelic Hindustani classical with nods to golden era hip hop.

An adventurous and absorbing record ‘A Sound Heart’ is the next chapter for Jaubi, both sonically and spiritually. The title is inspired from a verse in the Holy Qu’ran (26:89), where one comes to God with a spiritual or sound heart (Qalb) which is sincere, without doubts and free of materialistic attachments. Importantly it refers to a state where the heart is spiritually healthy and content with only God. A Sound Heart’s basis is goodness, rooted in love. In this case, it is the love for one’s creator. The album also acts as a tribute to fallen heroes, paying respect to the greatness that has come before, casting new light via cross-cultural collaboration and improvisation.

Throughout this incredible journey, meditative ragas blend with Herbie Hancock-esque motifs, joined by lament-filled contemporary melodies intertwining with the intricate sounds of the sarangi and earthy layering of the tabla. A true masterpiece of composition from start to finish.

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Constitution

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (International Anthem)

32,99 €*

Wojtek Quintet Mazolewski

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the repeated call and the rallying chorus of the nearly 40-minute centerpiece to composer and percussionist Asher Gamedze"s new album Constitution. The expansive double album, a minoritarian fellowship in breath, is Gamedze"s follow-up to 2023"s Turbulence and Pulse, and his first with The Black Lungs.

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Beautiful People

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Nopaper)

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

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet is returning with a new, refreshed lineup with a new full-length album, Beautiful People. The album was recorded in December "23 at Polish Radio"s S4 studio after a series of a dozen WMQ concertsBeautiful People is a soulful album heading into the realm of contemporary spiritual jazz while maintaining WMQ"s identity and Slavic tradition. The fresh material presents quality new energy, sound and composition of the band.

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Allez Kiki Fermentation

Cannelé / Qmqs

14,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Ultraääni)

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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Lauritz Skeidsvoll

Rapid Light

Néstor Álvarez / La Machine

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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140g Vinyl LP Limited number of 500 hosted in silk printed cover. “Rapid Light is a result of a need to create a raw, powerful and open musical landscape where the musicians can thrive and explore together. The tunes are inspired by my love for strong melodies in orchestral film music and the raw energy and creativity in American and European free jazz. I have put together a band with some of the most inspiring and interesting musicians I know and I believe that together we make up a powerful quartet, which with the help of melodious compositions, great rhythmic drive, and a sincere urge to explore, conjures up a raw and energetic primal force”

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Burning Spear

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Original Gravity)

15,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brian Holland & The Ragabonds

Brian Holland

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Rivermont)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Nwog)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The cheerful ragtime combination of piano, banjo, tuba, and drums was first presented on record more than 80 years ago by members of the Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band (including pianist Wally Rose). Their recording of the "Black and White Rag" caught on and helped to kickstart the first ragtime revival wave in the 1940s. In 2024, Brian Holland and The Ragabonds revive the instrumentation - but with plenty of surprising twists! Upon first hearing the Ragabonds' take on Scott Joplin's "The Ragtime Dance," jazz pianist Jeff Barnhart exclaimed "I never want to hear it any other way!" The playlist is a mix of old and new compositions spanning nearly a century, yet every track sounds fresh and contemporary in these performances by The Ragabonds. If you have a pulse - and a heart capable of soaring - prepare to smile until your face hurts as you listen to Brian Holland and The Ragabonds. Musicians include: Brian Holland (piano), Katie Cavera (banjo), Paul Hagglund (tuba), and Gareth Price (drums). Includes liner notes by Jeff Barnhart. 14 tracks. 51 minutes. 180 gram vinyl. Limited edition of 500.

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Ausfahrt

That's A Trap

Jacques Palminger & 440 Hertz

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The music of Ausfahrt stems from the experiences of guitarist and composer Christina Zurhausen. Her catchy songs describe the rough everyday life of her home, the post-industrial Ruhr area. Various elements merge to form an attitude to life, the most important of which include the grunge rock aesthetic of the 90s and the improvisational energy of modern jazz. It"s about love and conflict, but also about philosophical thoughts: What is it that holds the world together?The well-rehearsed quartet from Cologne consists of Yaroslav Likhachev on saxophone with his expressive and virtuoso lines, Torben Schug on bass with his clear tone and straight riffs and Ramon Keck on drums, the soulful and...

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Die Sehnsucht Der Sterne Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Misitunes)

24,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Baker's Holiday Acoustic Sounds

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Verve)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Nublu)

Nomade Orquestra

Terceiro Mundo

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Smoke Sessions)

Steve Davis

We See

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Mark The Music)

Beloveds

Amen Amen Amen

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chick Elektric Band Corea

Inside Out

2LP | 2024 | Original (Candid)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Astral Editions)

Powers Rolin Duo

Clearing

Ivan The Tolerable Quintet

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Peridot' dives right in, and so I will. It’s a gemstone, peridot, and may become your favorite gemstone (as it has mine since I’ve dug in to its history and cultural significance). I like volcanoes and volcanic land formations. 'Peridot,' the musical piece presented here by Powers/rolin, is soundtrack to memories of in-person witnessed lava floes and the infinite parade of Herzogian docu-footage of rivers of fire and constructive destruction. There are edits or augmentations evident, creating (or revealing) form, in the tradition of Teo Macero’s work on In A Silent Way. Because rarely does the beauty of a musical moment survive the translation from performance to recording without losing that crucial thing that made it a once-in-a-lifetime happening without judicious and usually minimal manipulation. We overdub, we mix, we edit. We master, we distribute. If you’ve ever been out in the woods with some friends and come upon a little place in a creek that’s just big enough to get in for something resembling a ‘swim’ but is more like a ‘dip’, and no-one has brought costumes designed explicitly for swimming so some begin to disrobe completely, and then you do too even though you feel awkward and never really wanted to be naked around these people (or, really, almost anyone) but do it anyway, and the embarrassment never really goes away during the whole time you luxuriate in the cold water but almost does again and again as something in you realizes that this is the best and greatest juxtaposition of flesh with moving water that could ever have happened, if this has occurred to you in your life then now you have musical accompaniment for the sorting-through of that memory. In recent years, again and again, Powers/Rolin does it right & natural, and somehow I always think of sunlight and ’sunlight’ simultaneously when I listen to their recorded work. In the great tradition of deeper side twos, 'Albatross' feints at providing respite from the momentum when really it uses your newly-turned cognitive soil to sow the real seeds: be here now, again; stay stripped, start crying if you have to or want to; there are forces at play inside of you and outside of you (yes, in Ohio, of all places) that recognize and respect the value of nakedness in mind and body and can instinctually lash that value to timbre, tone and harmony in the service of beauty."—Will Oldham, April 2024.

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Vertigo

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Riot Season)

Oslender, Simon/Gadd, Steve/Lee, Will

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition 300 only cyan Colored Vinyl LP, housed in a reverse board sleeve with hype sticker, polylined inner bag and download code. Non-Returnable.

Stars align and Oli Heffernan brings his ever-(d)evolving Ivan The Tolerable to Riot Season for two LPs of sublime entropic drift.

Having this time recruited Christian Alderson (The Unit Ama) on drums, John Pope (Ponyland) on double bass, Kevin Nickles (Ecstatic Vision) on flute and saxophone and Ben Hopkinson on electric piano - both works were recorded as a quintet almost instantaneously, the players barely brushing or breathing a note before the whole thing was done.

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All That Matters

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Thomas Stieger

Choices

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Stefanie & Orf Big Band

7" | 2024 | AT | Original (Record Shack)

46,99 €*

Release: 2024 / AT – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Cadiz - Stunt)

Cornelia Nilsson

Where Do You Go?

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Celebration Volume 1 Live From Stockholm 2014

Wayne Shorter

2LP | 2024 | Original (Blue Note)

39,99 €*

Ornithology: The Best Of Bird

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Note Records has announced an August 23 release of Celebration, Volume 1, the first in a series of archival releases that the legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter curated before he passed away in 2023. This thrilling 2014 live recording captured Shorter’s acclaimed quartet with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade at the Stockholm Jazz Festival in Sweden. The intrepid set includes some of the band’s favorite vehicles of exploration including “Zero Gravity,” “Smilin’ Through,” “Orbits,” “Lotus,” and “She Moves Through The Fair.” The album is introduced today with the single “Edge of the World (End Title),” a theme by composer Arthur B. Rubinstein from the 1983 film WarGames.

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Charlie Parker

LP | 2024 | Original (Concord)

Eiko Ishibashi / Jim O'rourke / Tatsuhisa Yamamoto

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Ornithology: The Best of Bird” is a new compilation bringing together 11 cuts from legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Designed as an introduction to this influential artist, it covers Bird’s prime years between 1945 and 1953, with cuts including “Ko-Ko,” “Billie’s Bounce,” and “Groovin’ High”. Included on the back of the newly designed sleeve is a new essay by GRAMMY® award winning writer Ashley Kahn.

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Sakuraza Kei Matsumaru / Giovanni Di Domenico

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Modern Obscure Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Trio Charlap

And Then Again

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Box | 2024 | Original (Storyville)

Danish Radio Big Band

Xl-Lx

97,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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V.A. - Wamono A To Z Presents: Blow Up Trio - Japanese Rare Groove From The Trio Records Vaults 1973-1981 (Selected By Chintam) HHV Exclusive Transparent Red Vinyl Edition

Wamono A To Z Presents: Blow Up Trio - Japanese Rare Groove From The Trio Records Vaults 1973-1981 (Selected By Chintam) HHV Exclusive Transparent Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (180g)

I'll Show You A Beautiful Country

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After many years working as a buyer for several record stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the legendary Wamono A to Z records guide book together with DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.

For this brand new chapter in the highly acclaimed Wamono series, our man Chintam goes digging into the vaults of one of the most revered Japanese labels: Trio Records. Established in 1969 by audio manufacturer Trio Electronics, now known as Kenwood, the label - and its subsidiaries such as Showboat and Trash - released high quality music spanning a large variety of genres including rock, jazz, fusion, soundtracks and popular songs, until its end in 1984. Through the eight tracks selected here, Chintam unearths some dope drum breaks, heavy bass lines and funky horns, for an essential selection of jazz funk fusion and rare groove vibes produced on Trio between 1973 and 1981.

Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and boogie music developed throughout the years since the sixties in Japan! 180g heavy vinyl pressing, reverse board jacket.

● Fully licensed Trio Records masters.

● Mastering and lacquer cut by Jukka Sarapää at Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland.

● Signature artwork by Yoxxx.

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Vintskevich Kershaw Trio

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Jazzanova)

LP | 2024 | Original (Culture Factory)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Father and son, Leonid (piano) and Nick (saxophone) Vintskevich have had a long-standing creative relationship with Steve Kershaw (bass). Just after the turn of the millennium Steve’s critically acclaimed Stekpanna trio found themselves jamming with the Vintskeviches at a Jazz Festival in Finland, and the deep mutual admiration of that night grew into an ensemble that is now very comfortable improvising in front of a packed concert hall or in an intimate jazz club, savouring Russia’s finest vodka after the show. Side 11. A Whole Charlotta Love 2. Hero's Heroes 3. Rite of Stillness Side 21. I'll Show You a Beautiful Country 2. The Parting of Sweet Return 3. A Knight on the Tiles with a Maid in England 4. Tomorrow's Weather Today

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Grant Green

Sunday Mornin'

24,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Harold Budd & Cocteau Twins

The Moon & The Melodies

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (4AD)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 3: Miles At The Fillmore:

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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The Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins" catalogue - unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signalled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path they"d never take again. Now, almost forty years after it was fi rst released, it"s being reissued on vinyl for the first time - remastered, from the original tapes, by Robin Guthrie himself. Over the ensuing years, The Moon and the Melodies has attracted a passionate fan base. Its most atmospheric tracks routinely turn up in ambient DJ sets. "Sea, Swallow Me" is one of the Cocteau Twins" most streamed songs on Spotify, having found a new life on TikTok, where it serves as the soundtrack to innumerable expressions of hard-to-express melancholy. For such a low-key aff air, the album casts a long shadow - but Raymonde believes the record"s uniqueness stems directly from its humble, unpremeditated origins. "It captured a moment in time between friends that are enjoying making music together. Really, that"s the essence of it."

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Miles Davis

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

117,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soren Skov Orbit

Adrift

43,99 €*

Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soren Skov Orbit"s debut album, "Adrift", is at once subtle and profound. The saxophonist and his collaborators have created something quite special and consistently deep. This record may not easily be classifiable, but the most interesting music creeps between the lines.

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Miles Davis

4LP | 2024 | Original (Concord)

142,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | WW | Original (Kr8iv)

Melange Ft. Linda Muriel

Simple Melody

15,99 €*

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Treader)

Spring Heel Jack

Masses

22,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Hegoa)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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‘Masses is an utterly unexpected, and utterly gripping, collaboration between the East London duo, Spring Heel Jack, and a group of top-flight improvisers, drawn largely from New York’s ascendant free jazz network but also including Evan Parker and microtonal violinist Matt Maneri.

‘If there are precedents for this particular mix, in which studio-processed audio environments are played back in real time as the triggers for, and fixed components in, a series of group improvisations, they feel few and far between. George Rusell’s 1967 Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature, Bob Ostertag’s Say No More Project, and some of Evan Parker’s explorations in the realm of synergetic electroacoustics provide three possible and very different models. But as Matthew Shipp points out, Masses ‘creates its own space and time’.

‘Masses opens a tunnel on a space where matter and anti-matter can co-exist without the vernacular power of either state being compromised or diminished. It is a total triumph.’
(The Wire).
Recorded in 1999 in NYC, with Matt Shipp, Roy Campbell, Matt Manieri, William Parker, and co.

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Pascal Gaigne

Iguzki Hauskara

32,99 €*

Natsu No Hikari Ni / Moon

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Pascal Gaigne, born in France in 1958 and installed in San Sebastian since 1985, is a musician with a vast trajectory composing music for films. He has composed for more than 50 movies, won 16 awards (including a Goya award, Spanish Oscar equivalent) and had 15 nominations. He has worked with some of the most interesting new directors in Spanish cinema (Víctor Erice, Icíar Bolláin, Salvador García Ruíz, Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Montxo Armendáriz), and foreign directors like France (Le cou de la girafe), Finland (Matka Edeniin) or Cuba (Omerta).

Early in his career, before working in cinema, he collaborated with some of the most interesting artists and voices in the short history of Basque folk music, including well known Amaia Zubiria (check the two records he made with her “Egun Argi Hartan” & “Kolorez eta Ametsez”), as well as Basque traditional chant avant-gardist Beñat Achiary. It is together with Amaia & Beñat that he paired himself up to create “music pour le ballet du Iguzki Hauskara”, an entire album of compositions made for the 80’s French Basque Ballet group “Ekarle”. Originally released on cassette only in 1984, it is now reissued by Hegoa including three unreleased pieces taken from a second album that was never published.

Limited edition of 250 black vinyl LP’s housed in a coloured reverse board cover recreating the original hand painted artwork.

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Utena

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Exhume Exhume Production)

24,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Jazz Is Dead 021 Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

35,99 €*

The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Red Vinyl. Jazz Is Dead announces another offering of top-shelf recordings taking listeners on a journey through the funky sounds of Ghana all the way to down to the psychedelic soul and samba of Brazil. Produced by label founders Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jazz Is Dead Series 3 features new analog recordings from living legends Ebo Taylor, Hyldon, Dom Salvador, Antonio Carlos e Jocafi, Carlos Dafé, Joyce e Tutty Moreno as well as an unreleased LP from The Midnight Hour: Lost Tapes.

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Byard Lancaster

Box Set | 2024 | EU | Original (Souffle Continu)

169,99 €*

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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5lp+12"+7".

Souffle Continu records presents Byard Lancaster – The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974, the definitive package of Philadelphia-born jazz wizard Byard Lancaster including his 4 legendary albums released on Jef Gilson’s Palm Records in the 1970s, Us, Mother Africa, Exactement and Funny Funky Rib Crib, along with the first ever standalone edition of Love Always, a fifteen minute modal jazz beauty plus a 20 page booklet with rare photos and in-depth article about Byard Lancaster’s Parisian years by Pierre Crépon.

At the beginning of the 1960s, at the Berklee College of Music, Byard Lancaster met some feisty friends: Sonny Sharrock, Dave Burrell and Ted Daniel. It is easy to see why he rapidly became involved in free jazz. Once he was settled in New York, he appeared on Sunny Murray Quintet, recorded under the leadership of the drum crazy colleague of Albert Ayler.

In 1968, the saxophonist and flutist recorded his first album under his own name: It’s Not Up To Us. The following year he came to Paris in the wake of... Sunny Murray. He would come back to France in 1971 (again with Murray) and in 1973 (without Murray for a change). This is when he met Jef Gilson, the pianist and producer who encouraged him to record under his own name again. On Palm Records (Gilson’s label), he would release four albums: Us, Mother Africa, Exactement and Funny Funky Rib Crib.

“Us”, the first of the four records was recorded on November 24th, 1973 with Sylvin Marc on electric bass (a Fender... Lancaster?) and the evergreen Steve McCall on drums.

On the album, the trio works from the John Coltrane model; free jazz shook up by the timely contributions of the bassist, followed by a mesmerizing atmospheric music. Then, Lancaster delivers a sinuous solo path, which is a reminder of his unique tone. On the album’s companion single, the trio launches into great black music of a different genre which would lead the clairvoyant François Tusques to claim that Byard Lancaster is an “authentic representative of soul/free jazz”, to sum up this is Great Black Music! A few months after recording “Us”, Lancaster recorded “Mother Africa” along with Clint Jackson III, a trumpeter, partner of Khan Jamal or Noah Howard on other recordings.

On march 8th, 1974, Lancaster and Jackson headed up a group composed of Jean-François Catoire (electric and double bass), Keno Speller (percussion) and Jonathan Dickinson (drums). Together, they create an immediate impression. From the first seconds of “We The Blessed”, they develop a free jazz which rapidly abandons any virulence under the effect of blues and soul based interventions. When Gilson’s composition “Mother Africa” begins, listeners are transported into the studio, listening to the musicians setting up: chatting and joking... Then comes the melody: a dozen or so notes of a repeated theme which is accelerated and deformed according to their whims... The jazz played by the association Byard Lancaster / Clint Jackson III is rare: creative AND recreational. “We the blessed”, is apt listening to this again today!

The recording of “Exactement” required two sessions in the studio: February 1st and May 18th 1974 – in between the two dates, Lancaster recorded, alongside Clint Jackson, the excellent Mother Africa.

Two names appear on the cover of “Exactement”: Lancaster (Byard) and Speller (Keno). Byard Lancaster wanted to be precise, moving regularly from one instrument to another: first on piano, which was the first instrument he learned. On “Sweet Evil Miss Kisianga”, his inspiration is first and foremost Coltrane (even if leaning more towards Alice than John), this announces the storm to follow.

It is Lancaster’s horn-playing which really stands out: on alto (the sound of which is transformed by an octavoice on one track, "Dr. Oliver W. Lancaster") or soprano saxophones, as well as on flute or bass clarinet, the musician walks a tightrope making the most of all the risks he takes. Using the full register of his instruments, he has fun with the possibilities.

Then, Lancaster invokes or evokes Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy and even Prokofiev, before going into a danse alongside Keno Speller on percussion. Above all, he has a unique sound. Byard Lancaster, on whatever instrument he plays and by continually seeking, always ends up hitting the right note... ends up by playing exactement the note he had to play.

“Funny Funky Rib Crib” is an unforgettable recording (made up of several sessions dating from the middle of 1974) of creative jazz overwhelmed by funk and soul. If Lancaster had already made successful albums in the same genre – notably New Horizons, under the name Sounds Of Liberation which he co-led with Khan Jamal –, this one is an homage to James Brown and Sammy Davis enjoying the company of a host of guests including François Tusques (electric piano), Clint Jackson III (trumpet), François Nyombo (guitar), Joseph Traindl (trombone)...

Funny Funky Rib Crib’s cover is a three-quarter profile portrait of the saxophonist (who can also be heard on flute, piano and even vocals), however, on the record, it is the whole group, inspired and frenetic, that tests the melodies of “Just Test”, “Dogtown” or “Rib Crib” – the two versions of which display leader Lancaster’s art of nuance. On both sides of the album, the group also moves into a calmer groove, infused by blues and soul, “Work And Pray” and “Loving Kindness” are meditative tracks where listeners can lay back and relax before asking for more: Funny Funky Rib Crib!

The magnificent “Love Always” was originally released on the fourth (and last) volume of the Jef Gilson Anthology series released in 1975. Recorded on 8th March 1974, it is a beautiful 15-minute-long modal jazz piece. Four notes from the bass (the relentless Jean-François Catoire, who makes up the rhythm section alongside drummer Jonathan Dickinson and percussionist Keno Speller), and the group is up and running! On piano, Gilson shows the subtle tact of a sideman, leaving the lions’ share of the place to the horns. This allows us to hear the trumpet of Clint Jackson III and the alto (which sometimes sounds almost flute-like) of Byard Lancaster each staking their claim in a long hallucinatory march which moves from moments of direct exaltation to profoundly sensitive collective playing. And if further proof was required of the confidence that Byard Lancaster and Jef Gilson inspire, “Love Always” provides it on this one sided release exclusive to the box set.

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Jazz Is Dead 021 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

2LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Is Dead announces another offering of top-shelf recordings taking listeners on a journey through the funky sounds of Ghana all the way to down to the psychedelic soul and samba of Brazil. Produced by label founders Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jazz Is Dead Series 3 features new analog recordings from living legends Ebo Taylor, Hyldon, Dom Salvador, Antonio Carlos e Jocafi, Carlos Dafé, Joyce e Tutty Moreno as well as an unreleased LP from The Midnight Hour: Lost Tapes.

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Underground Canopy

Uncut Gems

47,99 €*

History Of The Vibraphone

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Underground Canopy is Hip-hop fed, Groove infused, Jazz band based in Paris, France. Uncut Gems is a raw exploration of what makes the cornerstone of our world. Dug up from a year long of free playing and experimentations at the Uchq, these pieces were brought to the surface, like diamonds in the rough, through the direct and spontaneous energy connecting us. These precious moments, these ‘gems’, were invented and collected during the sessions attended by all the members of Underground Canopy. They are now presented to you, in the form of this authentic record, illustrated by the heartfelt imagery of Davor Gromilovic’s artwork which perfectly synthesizes the visual incarnation of the project.

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Warren Wolf

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Cellar Live)

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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How We Walk On The Moon

The Space Between Two Notes

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It is an honor to be included in this compilation alongside so many other talented artists who have been an important part of my musical journey and hold a special place in my heart. ------Sven Wunder

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Eyolf Dale

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Edition)

23,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Smoke Sessions)

Wayne Escoffery

Alone

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Shades Of Oshu HHV Summer Of Jazz Exclusive Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Oshu)

34,99 €*

Pacific Voyage HHV Exclusive Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Collaborations From the New Berlin Jazz Underground, recorded live at Badehaus Berlin, The 2xLP gatefold vinyl will be exclusively available in a limited edition of 200 copies through HHV as part or their “Summer Of Jazz” campaign.

The Shades Of Oshu event series grew out of a need to create a platform for the re-emerging post-Covid Berlin music scene, to showcase new talent from both the international and local multi cultural creative community, fostering dialogue and collaboration. A joint venture between Oshu Records and Badehaus Berlin, under the curation of Szabolcs Bognár and Katerina “Temkina” Stanislevikj the series combined improvised music performances with special guests, producer showcases and DJ sets with the aim of providing a platform for emerging musical expressions. Every performance you hear on this record was captured between September 2021 and July 2022 during the series. With post production and editing handled by Szabolcs Bognár, the project features artists such as the Moses Yoofee Trio, Àbáse, Wayne Snow, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Magro, K’boko, Dumama, Ori Jacobson, Kechou, King Owusu and Aduni from the Berlin scene as well as international projects Jazzbois, SunMa (Budapest), Alexander Flood (Australia) or Thamsanqa Vuthela (South Africa).

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Nautilus

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

Why I Came To California / What You Won't Do For Love

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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HHV exclusive vinyl edition on purple vinyl, limited to 100 copies.

The brand new album "Pacific Voyage" by Nautilus from Tokyo is a breezy summertime soundtrack which combines sunny Yacht Rock with a touch of cool 80s City Pop.

The Japanese Jazzfusion trio reinterpretates stone cold classics from this era in their typical signature way of playing.

Songs like the heavy sampled "What You Won't Do For Love" by Bobby Caldwell and Toto's "Georgy Porgy" get a completely new coat of paint and fresh interpretation translated into now and tomorrow.
Followed by a who's who of tracks from Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Shuggie Otis, Nohelani Cypriano and Toshiki Kadomatsu to name a few.
Guest appearances on this album are from UK soul singer John Turrell (Smoove & Turrell), German rap legend Toni-L (Advanced Chemistry with Torch) and Japanese soul singer Ryuto Kasahara who worked with Grooveman Spot and DJ Mitsu The Beats so far.

Enjoy this pacific voyage.

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Nautilus

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

16,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Batov)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Right in time before the second European Tour and Nautilus' new studio album »Pacific Voyage« this little secret 45 has landed. It's a pure gem with a song which didn't make it on the album due to time problems and now shines like a jewel in full and mature quality. Backed with a Soul Supreme Remix with consistently highest quality.

The A-side starts with a jazzy version of Leon Ware's soulful masterpiece »Why I Came To California« sung by Californian vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and physician Eki Shola in her unique interpretated way backed with fresh vocals by German tv actress and singer Denise M'Baye. In harmony with the strongly grooving instrumental framework by Tokyo-based Jazz trio Nautilus, them all together create their own refreshing version of the original and catapult the song into the present.

On the B-side the »Pacific Voyage« album song »What You Won't Do For Love«, an absolutely classic by Bobby Caldwell which was sampled by 2 Pac and Aaliyah gets the Nautilus treatment, in this case a funky forward 90's feel remix with heavy basslines for big soundsystem by Amsterdam-based, keyboardist, DJ & producer Soul Supreme. The vocals are sung by uprising Japanese star R&B and Soul singer-songwriter Ryuto Kasahara who worked together with Grooveman Spot and DJ Mitsu The Beats on this latest releases.

You know the deal: get this limited doubled-sided heat on black and exclusive yellow recycled vinyl before it's gone.

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