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Release: 2015 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Less)

Tom Blankenberg

13,29 €* 18,99 € -30%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Whirlwind)

Tom Berkmann

Journey

38,99 €*

LP | 2023 | Original (Stunt)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bassist Tom Berkmann is joined on "Journey" by a select crew of the brightest young stars of the thriving Berlin jazz scene - Ben Kraef on tenor sax, Carl Morgan on guitar, Simon Seidl on piano and drummer Fabian Rosch.The music hooks the listener immediately, anchored by Berkmann"s resonating bass sound, beautifully captured in all of its gut- string glory. His compositions are complex yet accessible, mixing the sophistication of his immersion in the jazz scene with his love of popular song.

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Tobias Wiklund

Silver Needle

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Unit)

Tobias & Stefan

Bitter Sweet

19,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Latency)

Tlf Trio

Sweet Harmony

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Alfred Production)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Revolving Cæcilie Trier (cello), Jakob Littauer (piano) and Mads Kristian Frøslev (guitar), the trio present their debut album, moving between written composition, improvisation and de-construction; channeling free jazz and minimalism and playing with the stiltedness of Central-European Classical of the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque.

Named after the 1991 hardcore rave classic by Liquid, this acoustic almost beatless album contains music that is more sculptural than narrative and that fluidly shapeshifts from being an object in the room to being the room itself - just as Louise Lawler’s distorted image from the Stedelijk Museum that adorns its cover.'

Written, performed and produced by Cæcilie Trier (cello), Jakob Littauer (piano) and Mads Kristian Frøslev (guitar). Beat on track 3: Claus Haxholm. Organ on track 6, track 8: Jakob Littauer. 2nd cello on track 7: Agnete Hannibal Petri. Viola on track 7: Mads Kristian Frøslev. Mixed by Jakob Littauer. Mastered by Enyang Urbiks. Recorded in 2021 at Urbiks Studio, Funkhaus, Berlin.

Cover art: Louise Lawler. Produced in 1988, Purchased in 1989; Produced in 1989, Purchased in 1993 (adjusted to fit), 1995/2010 (distorted for the times). Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers.

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Titty Twister Bb

Sueur Et Tremblements

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Intermusic)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Titty Twister BBEthiopic Prog RockBetween the warmth of Ethio jazz, the energy of progressive rock and the groove of Afrobeat, Titty Twister BB sends a shock wave through your torso, bringing you to a trance that won't let go of you.After a first EP “Nuits Blanches” released in 2017, Titty Twister BB presents its first album, “Sueur et Tremblements”. The sound produced by the five artists from Toulouse has asserted itself, densified and amplified to trace an increasingly rock path without ever loosing the warmth and color of Ethio jazz nor the groove and trance of Afrobeat.This first opus claims as much from the album "Bitches Brew" (Miles Davis) as from "Moa Anbessa" (The Ex feat. Getachew Mekuria). So it will not come as a surprise to hear the voice and words of G.W. SOK, the former singer of The Ex.

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Tito Rodriguez

At The Palladium

16,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | EU | Original (Skip)

Tingvall Trio

Release: 2011 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Skip)

Tingvall Trio

Dance

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Skip)

Tingvall Trio

Birds

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Edition)

Tineke Postma

Freya

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Edition)

Tineke Postma

Aria

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Jazz Live Plates 23 Ateneum 2019 Lonna 2019

Timo Teppo Mäkynen Lassy

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen

Live Recordings 2019-2020 Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Timo Lassy /Teppo Mäkynen

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The dynamic duo of tenor saxophonist Timo Lassy and drummer Teppo Mäkynen return with a double LP of live recordings captured in 2019 and 2020. The We Jazz Records release "Live Recordings 2019-2020" follows the duo's 2019 LP which was shortlisted for "Jazz Album Of the Year" at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards. While the studio album versions were studies in improvisational brevity, the live album lets the long-time collaborators really let loose and build memorable sonic narratives around the compositions. The album is produced and edited by Teppo Mäkynen, also known as a sought-after producer with the knack for looking at the big picture.

From the subtle minimalism of "Fallow" via the ambient of "Aero" to the riff-heavy groove of "Calling James", Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen breathe their music as one unit, building it based on a mutual trust as fellow musicians. Their duo shows have quickly become celebrated examples of what a long history of playing together can enable on stage when paired with the right mindset and a shared musical goal. This live album follows the ethos of both documenting what's happening and expanding on what was captured in the studio earlier.

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Live Recordings 2019-2020 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2012 | EU | Original (Schema)

Timo Lassy

Teddy The Sweeper

9,99 €*

LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Schema)

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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First part in the Schema 7" series. No gimmicks needed here, this jazz is cooking.

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Timo Lassy

In With Lassy

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Argonauta)

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A hard swinging 'cooking session' with Finland's top jazzmen: Teppo Mäkynen, Antti Lötjönen, Georgios Kontrafouris & Abdissa Assefa.

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Time Dwellers

Novum Aurora

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Neue Meister)

Tim Allhoff

Morla

30,59 €* 33,99 € -10%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tesserae Feat. Petter Eldh & Elias Stemeseder

Tilo Weber

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Masterworks)

Till Brönner

Christmas

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Tigran Hamasyan

The Call Within

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Tigran Hamasyan

Standart

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Verve)

Tigran Hamasyan

Shadow Theater

42,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (April)

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Shadow Theater" is the fifth album by armenian pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan and his second release on Verve released in 2013.

In reference to an ancestral art of his country, Hamasyan plunges the listener into an imaginary, dreamlike world that owes as much to Tim Burton as to the tradition of shadow theatre. The album is packed with dozens of figurines that inhabit the pianist's head, from the labyrinthine metal of Meshuggah to the jazz fusion of Chick Corea, from Madlib to Sigur Rós and Steve Reich. Hamasyan explores both electronic and sonic avenues, proving himself to be a dazzling songwriter as well as a singer with a fragile timbre.

This 140-gram vinyl is the first international vinyl reissue, pressed at Pallas, and is presented in a gatefold jacket.

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Tigeroak

Living And Living

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Bmg Rights Management (Us) Llc)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The new Danish neo-soul duo Tigeroak consists of Laurits Steen Moberg, an electronic musician, producer, and guitarist, and Anna Prinds, vocalist and lyrical composer. Tigeroak draws inspiration among underground jazz, hip-hop and neo-soul environments, which mixed with their Nordic influences, all contribute to the duo"s nuanced palette of sounds. By combining neo-soul features with electronic hip-hop grooves, melodic choruses and figurative lyrics, they aim to create a space for everybody to enjoy music with an experimental focus. Tigeroak was in 2022 selected for Jazz Danmark"s National Jazz Competition and performed twice in the very popular national television show DR"s: "Sammen - hver for sig". Their concert at the festival "Jazz and Roots"" was nominated to a Danish Music Award for "most innovative concert experience of the year". Recently the duo has played multiple concerts in Paris, and have recently travelled to London, to record for their future album inAngel-and Abbey Road Studios.

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Tianna Esperanza

Terror

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It Is What It Is Red Vinyl Edition

Thundercat

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

It Is What It Is Cream Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The album, produced by Flying Lotus and Thundercat, features musical contributions from Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Lil B, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, BADBADNOTGOOD, Louis Cole and Zack Fox.

“It Is What It Is” follows his game-changing third album “Drunk” (2017). That record completed his transition from virtuoso bassist to bonafide star and cemented his reputation as a unique voice that transcends genre. “This album is about love, loss, life and the ups and downs that come with that,” Bruner says about “It Is What It Is”. “It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek, but at different points in life you come across places that you don’t necessarily understand… some things just aren’t meant to be understood.”

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Thundercat

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

It Is What It Is Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thundercat

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

36,99 €*

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Cuneiform)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thumbscrew

Never Is Enough

47,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Cuneiform)

Thumbscrew

Multicolored Midnight

48,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Throttle Elevator Music / Kamasi Washington

Final Floor

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Planetworks)

22,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | US | Original (Wide Hive)

Throttle Elevator Music

Jagged Rocks

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thomas Stronen / Tanaka, Ayumi / Lea, Marthe

Bayou

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Resense)

Thomas Haak

Resense 056

13,99 €*

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Apollon)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Resense stuff for the advanced dancefloors. "Lalo Shuffle" is a rework of the main theme from the original movie "Planet Of The Apes", written by the great Lalo Schifrin while "Magic Hancock" pays a funky tribute to the great Jazz composer Herbie Hancock.

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Thomas Bergsten

Thomas Bergsten's Kosmos

32,99 €*

Tholos Gateway Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Experimental, spiritual jazz from renowned multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bergsten (Gunerius & Verdensveven, The Harvey Steel Show). This album was born out of a 2-day session in Takeheimen Lydrike with Morten Øby. Thomas Bergsten had invited a bunch of trusted musicians, plus one “wild card” who only one of them had met before. The plan was to play some long improvisational pieces with some compositional elements, and edit the recordings in true “Tago Mago / Bitches Brew” spirit. The result was almost 8 hours of recordings, and even the drum soundcheck ended up on this record.

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Tholos Gateway

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Don't Sit On My Vinyl!)

33,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (ESP Disk)

Thollem / Parker / Cline

Gowanus Sessions Ii

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Taverna Relaxy)

Think Of One

Marrakech

19,99 €*

Thiago Franca Presents A Espetacular Charanga Do F

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the first time ever Think Of One on vinyl! Around the turn of the century the Belgian fanfare Think Of One got fascinated by the North African shabi rhythm.This LP compiles their 3 Marrakech Emballages Ensemble CDs, recorded in 1999, 2000 and 2002.

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The Importance Of Being Espetacular Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Mais Um Discos)

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Espetacular Charanga do França is Sao Paulo's most hyped carnival collective and brass band led by Thiago França - best known as a founding member of Afro-punk explorers Metá Metá. The collective combines retro horns with cumbia, baile funk, jazz and features Brazilian vocal legends such as Lucas Santtana, Tulipa + Jucara Marcal.

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Theo Croker

Afrophysicist

33,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazz Wax)

Monk's Dream

16,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thelonious Monk Quartet / Martial Solal Trio

Live In Berlin '61 / Live In Essen

LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live In Montreal 1965 Volume 2

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Honeypie)

13,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Split on two LPs, this is Monk's complete concert at the Montreal Jazz Festival in August 1965. At the head of his last great quartet featuring Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, Larry Gales on bass and Ben Riley on drums, Thelonious "Sphere" Monk was in top form delivering a strong set of angular tunes including originals such as "Straight No Chaser," Evidence", Epistrophy, "Blue Monk" and a rare interpretation of a classic standard like "April in Paris".

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Live In Montreal 1965 Volume 1

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Honeypie)

13,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live In Berlin 1961 / Live In Essen 1959 Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Jazzline)

24,69 €* 25,99 € -5%

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2013 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Paris 1969

41,99 €*

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Monk's Dream Clear / White Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

18,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Blue Note)

Genius Of Modern Music

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk made his earliest recordings as a leader for Blue Note in 1947–48 as heard on the 1956 12” compilation „Genius of Modern Music, Volume One“, released as part of the 1500 series featuring timeless Monk compositions including “’Round Midnight,” “Ruby My Dear,” “In Walked Bud,” and “Well You Needn’t.”

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition: mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal, padded inner sleeves.

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Essential Works: 1952-1962 Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Masters Of Jazz)

39,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | Reissue (Candid)

Classic Quartet

33,99 €*

Release: 2022 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thelonious Monk & Art Blakey

With Thelonious Monk

LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

19,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Strut)

Theatre West

Bow To The People

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Music From Memory)

The Zenmenn

Enter The Zenmenn

The Zenmenn And John Moods

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Returning with another debut album for 2021, Music From Memory are delighted to introduce a new band, The Zenmenn, with their first ever release ‘Enter The Zenmenn’. Whilst little about the band is made known, their work is described by writer Winton Rousseauas an “experiment in harmonic convergence emerging from a deep respect for cosmic symmetry and a resistance to the prevailing Zeitgeist.” ‘Enter The Zenmenn’ sounds as old as it sounds new, as organic as it is electric, as harmonic as it is rhythmic, and the album’s fusion of different palettes, colours, tempos, instruments and sources offer a harmonious balance and unity that already feels like the perfect soundtrack to a better world. In a time of what they see as spiritual neglect, it offers a “human kind of stillness” through the “dualistic fusions of complexity and simplicity, mystery and clarity and East and West”. Mfm054 will be released in LP and digital format, comes with artwork by Bráulio Amado, and is expected to be out on April 12th 2021.

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Hidden Gem

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music From Memory)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Croatia)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Hidden Gem' is the Zenmenn's first full album produced together with songwriter and vocalist John Moods and follows their much-loved debut record, 'Enter The Zenmenn'. Named after a country song that didn't quite make it to the final selection, 'Hidden Gem' is the result of an extended jam session at a friend’s studio, in a field of mystical meadows somewhere south of Hamburg, in which the band would experience a series of inexplicable phenomena.

It was their earlier collaboration on the future classic, 'Homage To A Friend' that kickstarted their idea to team up with John Moods again, and in the late summer of 2021 the band set to work on a full album of material together. Using The Zenmenn's trusted drum kit, good old DX7, an unusual Ukrainian bass and an almost discarded pedal steel guitar, combined with Moods’ uniquely fragile voice, the outcome resulted in six timeless songs. The resulting harmonic sound is, as the band put it, “something like Adult Oriented Rock with a teaspoon of Celtic sentimentalism, a pinch of big city Country wrapped in a late night '70s style jam”.

'Hidden Gem’, much like their previous LP, was recorded without pre-arranged songs or any fixed musical concept. Instead, it captures fleeting moments of creativity and reflects the joint musical sentiments of the band members at the time. “Some artists are amazing at vision and curating, our work-flow is opposite to that. We are pretty messy and all over the place in our creation, as in life. It has its advantages and disadvantages, but hopefully it comes out all right in the end.”

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The Zagreb Jazz Kvartet

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Wonderful World Of The Louis Armstrong All Stars

Original Grooves A Gift To Pops Parallel Grooved Black Friday Record Store Day 2021 Edition

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Verve)

10,99 €*

The Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong All Stars

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Verve Label Group is proud to continue our vinyl series, Original Grooves, which will be made available exclusively for this Black Friday Record Store Day. Original Grooves showcases the vinyl cutting technique known as "parallel grooves”, where grooves are cut side-by-side instead of one after another, allowing for a different aural experience depending on where the needle is dropped. The third of this series comes from Louis Armstrong. Hear Louis Armstrong’s original takes of two of his timeless performances alongside modern reinterpretations by an all-star band led by Nicholas Payton and Wycliffe Gordon.

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A Gift To Pops

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Verve)

21,59 €* 23,99 € -10%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

The Touchables

Svart/Hvitt

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

The Toreadors

Thembi / Gwinyitshe

15,99 €*

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Tin Angel)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This deep soul-jazz double-sider, recorded on October 3rd 1972, was released as a seven-inch single on Motella, one of the many labels of the Mavuthela Music division of Gallo Africa (now Gallo Record Company). Mavuthela was founded by the talent scout and producer Rupert Bopape in 1964. This recording of 'The Toreadors', a one-off session group, was produced by Ray Nkwe who worked as an independent producer for several different companies and was responsible for organising many African jazz-oriented sessions in the 1970s and early 80s.

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The Titillators

That's The Night

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Introducing The Three Sounds

The Three Sounds

LP | 2023 | Original (Culture Factory)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

The Three Of Us

Dream Come True

32,39 €* 35,99 € -10%

Keep On It (Live At The Yardbird Suite)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Many jazz listeners may not be familiar with the group name "The Three of Us. This was another name used by jazz keyboardist Hilton Felton, a familiar name to rare groove collectors, when he released this groovy soul-jazz album in 1971. The album was pressed in very small numbers at the time, and is now known as sought-after vinyl that is traded with such high prices on the second-hand vinyl market. The songs are performed in a trio formation with Joe Harris (bass) and Johnathan Setell (drums), with Hilton's sophisticated touch coloring the mellow feeling and deep grooves. This is the first time reissued on vinyl!

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The Three Deuces

12" | 2023 | US | Original (Color Red)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | EU | Original (The Thing)

The Thing

Boot

22,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

Step Down Opaque Cream Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Colemine)

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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London Soul - You Want It You Got I

The Step

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Downlp4)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duktus Green Colored Edition

The Stance Brothers

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

31,99 €*

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Finnish drummer/Producer Teppo "Teddy Rok" Mäkynen returns with his alias The Stance Brothers. Lauded by the likes of Kenny Dope and Gilles Peterson, Mäkynen"s studio creation has been visible on the 7" format during the recent years. Now, Mäkynen is back with a full LP, the project"s first in more than 10 years. Duktus is a treasure-trove for everyone into crunchy jazz funk à la Bob James & CTI, but this is no retro exercise.

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The Stance Brothers

Commercial Music

9,99 €*

The Sorcerers & The Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Drummer/producer Teppo "Teddy Rok" MÃ¤kynen shares two unreleased cuts by his alias The Stance Brothers on We Jazz Records. The 7" color vinyl single goes by the title "Commercial Music", as both tracks are originally commissioned for promotional purposess. The tough-as-nails A-sider "Hard Deal" is an old-school Stance groover made for the Finnish clothing brand Samuji's men's Spring/Summer collection 2015. Stance fans will recognice the signature Teddy Rok groove which cooks and rocks, and displays nice depth as well. The drum break is pure fire like only Teppo can deliver. "Dwayne's Shuffle", known to local Finnish jazz aficionadoes as the opening theme of the popular Yle Radio 1 "Jazzklubi" show is slightly more mellow offering, yet the full swing and intensity is right there in the pocket. The crunchy guitar and minimalist vibraphone melodies carry the tune way beyond your average radio show jingle into a full existence of its own.
"Commercial Music" by The Stance Brothers is released by We Jazz Records on color 7" vinyl single, delivered with heat-pressed old school labels and a stylish plain brown sleeve.

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Exit Athens

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (ATA)

15,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Karaoke Kalk)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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ATA Records are proud to announce this new double A-side from The Sorcerers featuring, on the flip, the first release by The Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble.

Exit Athens marks the start of a new era for The Sorcerers. Continuing their investigations of Ethio-Jazz and 60s and 70s European library music, the group is now formed around Joost Hendrickx (Kefaya, Shatner's Bassoon, Abstract Orchestra), Richard Ormrod (saxes, flute & keys) and ATA label head, bassist Neil Innes. Exit Athens features a driving funk engine room with exotic percussion, vintage keyboards, and the classic Addis Ababa combination of vibes, flute and horns. The aim is to double-down on previous album successes The Sorcerers and In Search of The Lost City of The Monkey God, expanding their tonal palette whilst tightening their focus, with the intention of producing multiple albums of solid analog cuts, every one of which will appeal equally to DJs and audiophiles alike.

On the AA side, Beg, Borrow, Play marks the debut of The Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble. The first in an ongoing series of 45s and LP issues, each Outer Worlds release will feature the immaculate grooves of the hard-working, unsung sidemen of the Leeds Funk, Latin and Ethio/Afrobeat scenes. The Outer Worlds series was conceived to feature visiting soloists who have made a beeline to ATA in search of a specific setting for their material, and represents ATA's ambition to encompass the very best in contemporary jazz/club/rare groove/exotica sounds.

Beg, Borrow, Play kicks this off with ATA veteran Chip Wickham on baritone sax, and a slice of jazz exotica that owes as much to New Orleans Street Beat as to the Eastern moods of artists like Yusef Lateef and Ahmed Abdul-Malik. The result is loose and limber, with horns reminiscent of classic Art Ensemble of Chicago, and will appeal to fans of contemporary Afro-Futurist fusions

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The Sensory Illusions

Sensory Illusions II

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Scottish composer and multi-instrumentalist Bill Wells and virtuoso tuba player Danielle Price once more team up for Karaoke Kalk under the name The Sensory Illusions. The two further explore the affinities between their idiosyncratic musical approaches across a variety of styles and genres while also expanding their sound palette. After its predecessor saw Wells working strictly with his electric guitar, on the »Sensory Illusions II« the piano enters the mix on two of the eleven pieces. Much like his brass-heavy collaboration album »Osaka Bridge« with Japanese collective Maher Shalal Hash Baz—made available again on vinyl by the German label Karaoke Kalk in February 2023—this album injects melancholic atmospheres with a sense of playfulness. Picking up on elements from jazz, pop, blues, and classic songwriting while acknowledging their debt to techniques from the worlds of avant-garde and improv music, The Sensory Illusions weave together disparate elements into a colourful, imaginative suite of songs.

Starting with the folky chords of opener »Four Chord Dream,« the track titles spell out Wells’ characteristic use of ideas that literally come to him in his sleep (the project was even named after a record he found while browsing a store in a dream). The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland leader then fleshes them out together with Price, who again serves as a one-woman rhythm section, as she does throughout most of the album. When Wells enters 1960s spy movie territory with a swirling rendition of John Barry’s »Theme from Vendetta« and picks up on those dynamics with a rolling riff in the next song, her versatile playing provides the backdrop for that. Once Wells sits down at the piano for the tender »Flotsam Bodes,« however, their roles are being reversed and Price—a seasoned and multifaceted musician who was one of only six applicants chosen to attend Chilly Gonzales' Gonzervatory in 2019 and who is currently working with acclaimed London-based trumpet player and composer Laura Jurd—takes the lead. »I’m the Urban Spaceman« makes it even more apparent how seamlessly these two experienced players leave each other space to showcase their respective talent and expand on their individual ideas: Marked by Wells’ soloing and exploring different sonic possibilities of the guitar, it also sees Price showcasing her reduced yet agile solos before they both return to the idea at the heart of the song.

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Motown: A Symphony Of Soul Gold Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

21,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Brooklyn Butterfly Sounds)

The Rongetz Foundation

Velvet Bullet

7" | 2010 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Rongetz Foundation is back with a new album named Velvet Bullet. The forceful music of the adapting sextet is generating a wide range of sensations. From the punchy « Sun Strike » to the hypnotizing « Optophobia », auditors will be able to bounce and dance to « Velvet bullet », « Whirling Dervish » and « Baroque Buffoon ». Rongetz acts as caster in chief and brings in some of the most promising talents of the New York jazz scene. Simon Moullier on Vibes is already recognized by Herbie Hancock and Quincy jones as one of the best musician of his generation, same goes for Jonathan Barber (Drums) Tivon Pennicott (Tenor Sax) and Alexander Claffy on Acoustic Bass. Also featuring on the album is a Nuyorican gem that Rongetz discovered in Manhattan few years ago, Carlos Jimenez (Flute). Keita Oggawa (Percussion) from Snarky Puppy has also joined the team on two tracks. Elegant and powerful, as demonstrated by the breath taking opening piece « Sun Strike », the Velvet Bullet will be out February 19th 2021 and is surely not to be dodged.

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The Rongetz Foundation

Simone 421

8,99 €*

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vocal Patterns White W/ Violet Swirl Vinyl Edition

The Roger Webb Sound

LP | 2022 | CA | Original (Dewolfe Music)

37,99 €*

LP | 2023 | Original (Be With)

Release: 2022 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When you drop the needle on Vocal Patterns, you are entering a world that is equal parts suave, smooth, cool, nostalgic, and kitsch. With haunting and beautiful vocals, upbeat numbers, and smooth sounds made for a late 60’s summer holiday, let this cult classic transport you back to a simpler time. Originally released in 1971, Vocal Patterns features compositions by Roger Webb and vocal performances by Barbara Moore. This powerhouse duo has their own recognition outside of library music. Roger Webb worked as a musical director alongside the likes of Rex Harrison and Bette Davis and wrote songs for Shirley Bassey and Johnny Mathis. Barbara Moore, composer of the de Wolfe cult classic “Vocal Shades and Tones”, collaborated with the likes of J imi Hendrix, Elton John, Dusty Springfield, and Tom Jones.

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The Roger Webb Sound

Moonshade

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazz Room)

The Robin Jones Seven

El Maja

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2013 | EU | Original (Schema)

The Revelations

Soul 111

6,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Passing Through The Doorways Of Your Mind

The Psychedelic Freaks

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (La Sape)

The Producer's Workshop Ensemble

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Psycedelic Freaks is a new alias of Horatio Luna's. The aptly titled debut LP 'Passing Through The Doorways Of Your Mind' is an introspective 70s fusion space odyssey.

An Afrobeat, Psychedelic jazz, funk fusion experience inspired by the Miles Davis's electric era.

Inspired by the genius of Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Dave Holland, Paul Jackson, Carol Kaye, Jimmy Hendrix, James Brown, and Alice Coltrane.

Special thanks to Mandarin Dreams for putting a guitar in my hands and On-Ly for putting a wah pedal in front of it.

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The Producer's Workshop Ensemble In Japan /w Seamsplit

LP | 2023 | CH | Original (Stay The Course)

28,49 €* 37,99 € -25%

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Ajxlp496)

Release: 2023 / CH – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Second run of Stclp-002 on black wax with high-quality wrap-around reproduction prints of two of the earliest amateur paintings created for this project. This version Includes the original liner notes by Sandalio De Díaz on the back. Hand-pasted covers. Hand-stamped labels. "Rivera has quite possibly delivered his defining piece of work as his boundless talents have been turned towards creating a contemporary jazz masterpiece that is an absolute joy to listen to." - Imran Mirza for Twisted Soul

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The Prisoners

In From The Cold

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Neutral Star Clear Vinyl Edtion

The Pitch & Julia Reidy

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Miasmah)

36,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Futuristica Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Pitch is a quartet made up of Boris Baltschun, Koen Nutters, Michael Thieke and Morten Joh. Founded in Berlin in 2009, they play a hypnotic form of structured improvisation full of acoustic exploration and electronic intervention. On »Neutral Star«, The Pitch are joined by Australian guitarist/composer extraordinaire Julia Reidy for a record of star gazing electro-acoustic jazz. Reidy's playing and compositional technique between Takoma-style fingerpicking and Glenn Branca'esque microtonality, perfectly complements the loose improvisational framework The Pitch is providing

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The Peter Franks Group

Days Ahead

The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The new album from The Peter Franks Group beautifully combines live instrumentation and dusty samples, creating a warm, organic hybrid of jazz and beats featuring an outstanding ensemble of contemporary guest artists from the UK including Nat Birchall on sax, Amanda Whiting on harp, Robert Mitchell on keys, Tom Mason on bass, Marc Rapson on keys, Rachel Crennell on flute, Gordon Wedderburn on spoken word and Julian Ferraretto on strings.

The combination of intimate yet focussed playing with raw edged production makes for a beautiful journey through filtered sonic landscapes and adventurous individual solos, covering varied tempos and time signatures with a nod to past greats as well as keeping an eye firmly on the future.

Peter Franks wanted to seamlessly blend the samples and live musicianship by using additional vinyl ‘noise’ to create a cohesive and consistent sound throughout the album giving it a distinctly retro feel and a certain authenticity.

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Nyjah's Theme / Little Africa

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (P-Vine)

La Couleur De La Mer HHV Exclusive Smoked Clear & Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Legendary spiritual jazz from Nimbus West Records "The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra" will release a new track as 12"ep!! More than 15 musicians are participating in the ep such as Carlos Nino from Build An Ark and Jamel Dean, a genius pianist who also played in Kamasi Washington's album. Japanese OBI strip is attached.

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The Offline

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Deepmatter / Root)

3LP | 2010 | UK | Reissue (Pure Pleasure)

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 300 copies, exclusively available at HHV!

Following his debut EP ‘En clair-obscur’ and a series of singles earlier this year cementing his place as a rising name in the world of cinematic soul & funk, Hamburg’s finest cinematic soul artist ‘The Offline’ announces his debut album 'La couleur de la mer'.

Reminiscent of film scores from the 60s and 70s, The Offline worked with co-producer Tim Liztenberger to channel the influence of film composers such as Francois de Roubaix and Brian Bennet, creating his own soundtrack on ‘La couleur de la mer’. Inducing images of manorial, fog-swept villas at the sea's edge, silhouetted sailing boats and cigar-chomping villains attempting to thwart the mission of an imaginary hero, the record is a masterfully composed sonic journey. Experimenting with themes and atypical song structures, the music moves from dramatic cues to fragile romanticism. It incorporates psychedelic spaciness, retro soul and hip-hop sensibilities informed by The Offline’s extensive record collection and crate-digger status.

“Ever since I was a child, I was fascinated by the soundtracks from the 60s and 70s, and I always wanted to make an album in the film score direction. I wrote about 30 demos, kicked half of it and stuck to the ones that felt right in the dramaturgical structure of the ‘movie'. Interestingly the main theme was set early on while writing the album, which made the writing process much easier.”

Aptly named, ‘Thème de la couleur de la mer’ opens proceedings, establishing the core motifs of the record. Haunting flutes and xylophones lead the way into Khruangbin-esque guitar lines, which sit against a hip-hop canvas that returns on boom-bap head boppers like ‘Quelque chose reste’. Retro soul revival takes precedence on deep cuts like ‘Un bout de chemin’, with wah-gated guitars interacting with emotive cello lines and symphonic string & horn sections.

The Offline came to life when composer and photographer Felix Müller travelled the Atlantic coastline in the south of France with his analogue camera, capturing beach life on film. After coming back to Hamburg, he started writing songs as the sonic counterpart to the analogue visuals. His Debut EP ‘En Clair-Obscur’ includes five tracks that capture the essence of his journey and the feeling of a cool summer soundtrack.

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The Nimbus Collective

Live In Lotusland

80,99 €*

Release: 2010 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Leopard)

The Next Movement

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Blue Note)

The Nels Cline Singers

Share The Wealth

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Rer Vinyls)

The Necks

Mindset

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Sartorial)

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Long awaited re-issue of The Necks 2011 masterpiece. Always different, here the Necks resolutely layer polyrhythmic material to form seething blocks of sound - in two long pieces, one more stripped back to the live trio, the other featuring multiple strata of swirling Hammonds, noise-guitar and electronics. Their 16th release still resonates on its own.

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The Near Jazz Experience

Nought To 60

The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Free-spirited rapture" Gareth Thompson RNR Magazine Nov 2020. A statement of intent from The NJE. Spirit of Indo takes up the whole first side of their RSD 2021 mini-album - and it certainly doesn't outstay it's welcome. Improvised over a gently incessant yet soporific loop, bassist Mark Bedford and drummer Simon Charterton fall in and out of grooves while multi-instrumentalist Terry Edwards deftly moves between saxes, trumpet and melodica to invent topline melodies within that comfortable straitjacket. As the track progresses bigger instrumentation is suggested by the tunes - and so the track builds with more horns and percussion, the resulting climax making way for the comforting loop to bring us back down to the start. Side 2 opens with an instrumental version of Bowie's Five Years, even more pared down than Edwards' previous take on the tune for a John Peel session in the nineties. Bedders' acoustic and electric basses weave around each other while Simon's understated cymbal-work buoys up the fragile melodica melody. Tizita raises the tempo slightly and is inspired by Ethiopian jazz-legend Mulatu Astatke who Terry had the pleasure of working with a few years back. Title track Nought to 60 is driven by Teutonic beats on electronic Wave drum, a Motorik bassline and heavily effected saxes which thunder towards the buffers - after which you'll want to flip the album and start all over again.

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Standards Vol. VI

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Karaoke Kalk)

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A kind of hush pervades throughout Standards Vol VI, the latest release by The National Jazz Trio of Scotland, the ironically named project helmed by Falkirk’s musical polymath, Bill Wells, that is neither a trio, nor a jazz band. If this collection of ten covers probably comes closest to the latter in its late night renditions of actual standards, the presence of long-term NJToS member and collaborator Aby Vulliamy as the record’s lone vocalist adds to its solitary air. This follows Standards Vol IV (2018), which featured fellow NJToS co-founder Kate Sugden as primary vocalist, while Gerard Black, a member of the group since 2016, took centre stage in similar fashion on Standards Vol V (2019). Wells has long been a fan of Vulliamy, both of her work as a viola player with numerous collaborators, and as a singer.

Vulliamy played viola on Everything’s Getting Older, Wells’ 2011 collaboration with Arab Strap vocalist Aidan Moffat. Wells went on to play melodica on Vulliamy’s solo record, Spin Cycle, released on Karaoke Kalk in 2018. With the intent of producing the saddest heartbreak record ever made, Wells sourced a back catalogue of miniature epics, reinterpreting each tale of everyday yearning to make a canon of melancholy loungecore designed for nights in alone, if not always lonely. Beyond the concept of isolation behind Standards Vol VI, practical concerns added to the affair, with Wells recording backing tracks at home in Glasgow, while Vulliamy added her voice from her home in Yorkshire. The result on Standards Vol VI is a thing of quiet beauty that sees Wells and Vulliamy reimagine a panoply of pop classics in their own aloof sounding image.

Shades of Margo Guryan and Claudine Longet abound in Vulliamy’s delivery over Wells’ woozy, low-slung guitar and piano, with samples culled from a session with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake. Little electronic percussive clicks and hisses lend things an even more otherworldly air on a record bookended by opener, Donovan’s proto hippy classic, Catch the Wind, and Dixieland miniature, Careless Love. The eight points in between take in a first half led by The Beatles’ normally jaunty We Can Work it Out, flipping the loveable mop-tops’ perky optimism for something more soul searching. This is followed by I Wish You Love, Albert Beach’s English language version of French songwriter Charles Trenet’s evergreen, Que reste-t-il de nos amours. The Bee Gees lost classic, To Love Somebody, is up next, with more impossible to answer questions coming in Why Can’t I?

The latter is a Rodgers and Hart composition that first appeared in the duo’s 1930 Broadway musical, Spring is Here, in which the show’s two heroines commiserate each other over their shared loneliness. Wells stumbled on the song in a tatty Rodgers and Hart songbook, which, like its subjects, had been left on the shelf before he and Vulliamy brought it in from the cold. The second half of Standards Vol VI leads with Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s much covered evocation of a pre dating app era from their 1964 hit musical, Fiddler on the Roof. This is followed by Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer’s showbiz staple (with Al Jolson also taking a credit), Me and My Shadow. While made famous by showbiz double acts ranging from Frank and Sammy to Robbie and Jonathan, here it flies decidedly solo. Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael’s Skylark comes next, a song inspired by Mercer’s yearning for Judy Garland. We hear ya, bub. The most downbeat take on Bacharach and David’s The Look of Love you’re ever likely to hear comes next, ushering in the short farewell of Careless Love, before the lights are turned out forever. Yeah, well. Whatever gets you through the night…

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Anthropomorphic

LP | 2011 | Original (Denovali)

38,99 €*

Release: 2011 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Now Or Never)

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Lonely Woman

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Mr. Nakayasi)

The Miracle

21,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Milk Factory & Hannah Tolf

Vandrare

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (De W.E.R.F.)