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Mariana Zwarg Sexteto Universal

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 300 copies! Recorded in Stockholm on October 25, 1962, this session is one of Albert Ayler's earliest recordings, featuring a European backing group he assembled during his brief stay there, before returning to the States in 1963 and beginning his legendary run with ESP-Disk and Impulse. Though his genius is not yet fully formed, one can easily hear he's headed that direction, and this rare and long out of print recording is an essential piece of the history from one of America's most uniquely lyrical voices on the saxophone.

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Nascentes (feat. Hermeto Pascoal)

LP | 2022 | AU | Original (Equinox)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Black Sweat)

Release: 2022 / AU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mariana Zwarg represents the third generation of musicians playing and spreading the tradition of "universal music", created by her godfather, the legendary Hermeto Pascoal from Brazil. Mariana is a flautist, saxophonist, composer and arranger and bandleader.

In 2016 she formed her "Sexteto Universal", uniting musicians from 5 different countries and toured the project regularly in Europe and Brazil.

"Nascentes" is Zwarg's debut album and her first solo project. It was recorded between Rio de Janeiro and Berlin at the tail-end of 2019, just before the first cases of Covid-19 were reported. There are 10 tracks in total: 8 songs composed by her, a theme by Hermeto Pascoal and a theme by Itiberê Zwarg, who are also the album's special guests.

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Fusione

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Black Sweat)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What is this? Who are them? Free jazz? Psychedelic? This mysterious album has been recorded by jooking faryds folks that came up in the middle of June 2015 at the space-time door Guscio Studio, Milan. At the very beginning there was no plan to release this jamming jam until a birthday present changed their minds.

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Al Doum And The Faryds

Freaky People

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Melius Prod)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Al Doum and the Faryds continue their journey toward a New Direction. Now, they live in a futuristic Garden of Delights, inhabited by strange bright bubbles, golden wheels, water secrets and mysterious plants. From their home of Love & Nature, they set out to travel the Universe to forge a new Being together. Their typical blend of Spiritual-Jazz, Psychedelia and Afro-Latin Rock remains on the same wave, accentuating the collective rite of liberation and expansion of the spirit. There's certainly a greater lightness and airiness, expecially in the most immediate and direct arrangements to convey the message of brotherhood; because the absolute weapon lies in female voices and choirs. These chants are incisive gospel and soul sermons and their narration magically permeates throughout the album. Everything is always supported by the balance between robust and biting guitar riffs, raga-rock incursions, tribal rhythm sections and impregnable and captivating sax drifts; and echoes of the soft lysergic sound of the 60s cannot be missing. This is music of multiple forces, a sacred harmony to overcome barriers, which sees no enemies and breaks down egos. It's the playfulness and the power in making music together, the true magic recipe of these Freaky People: we are what the Universe wants!

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Panam Panic

The Black Monk

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Far Out)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Founded by the pianist Robin Notte (from the former electro-jazz band Wise) Panam Panic is one of the best Jazz-Groove french band. Influenced by Musician like Yussef Dayes, Robert Glasper, Roy Hargrove or Christian Scott, Panam Panic mix up Jazz with groove, Hip hop and electronic textures. The Black Monk is their first vinyl album. Robin Notte's gamble is to create a Jazz which is sufficiently sophisticated to delight the most demanding experts, yet also accessible enough to initiate neophytes. As such, Panam Panic defends a resolutely actual Jazz, open with no borders or blinders, combining powerful organic grooves with tidy melodies, delicate harmonies and frenzied solos

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Ana Mazzotti

O Filho Do Homem

Mototeru Takagi, Susumu Kongo, Nao Takeuchi, Shota Koyama

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Believed to have been recorded in 1983, ‘O Filho Do Homem’ is a newly discovered and previously unreleased single by the late Brazilian composer and keyboardist Ana Mazzotti. Believed to have been recorded in 1983, ‘O Filho Do Homem’ is a newly discovered and previously unreleased single by the late Brazilian composer and keyboardist Ana Mazzotti. Though it’s her only known studio recording of the decade, ‘O Filho Do Homem’ is one of several unreleased compositions Mazzotti and her band performed on TV Cultura and Programa MPB during the 80s.

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Live At Little John, Yokohama 1999

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (NoBusiness)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (NoBusiness)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Improvised & composed by Mototeru Takagi, Susumu Kongo, Nao Takeuchi & Shota Koyama Recorded live on the 25th September, 1999 at Little John, Yokohama, Japan by Susumu Kongo and Nao Takeuchi Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios Design by Oskaras Anosovas Cover photo by Mitsuo Jofu

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Detail

Wednesday Extended Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded on 21st November, 1990 at NRK-studios in Stavanger by Per Ravnås All music by Gjerstad (tono), Carter (sacem) and Stevens (prs)

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Madison Cunningham

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Africa/Brass Orange Vinyl Edition

John Coltrane

LP | 2012 | US | Original (Jazz Wax)

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | EU | Original (Assophon)

Simon Henneman

Black Magic & Mustache

Release: 2011 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Sings The Great American Songbook

Nat King Cole

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (20th Century Masterworks)

Etta James

At Last!

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kintsugi Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Barbara Lahr

10" | 2021 (Lounge)

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Kit)

Release: 2021

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

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Richard Greenan

Rehearsing Heat

Jackie Mclean & Michael Carvin / Chris Mcgregor's Brotherhood Of Breath

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kit Records founder and NTS resident host Richard Greenan returns with his first solo record in six years. "Rehearsing Heat" paints layers of ornamental pop, rumblingly playful hip-hop, widescreen swathes of drone and beyond - with a wide cast of friends and collaborators taken along for the ride.
Recommended if you like Rachel's, Susumu Yokota, Colleen.
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Melodies Record Club 001 Four Tet Selects

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Melodies Record Club)

Tony Bennett & Count Basie

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We’re excited to be launching a new release series: “Melodies Record Club", a string of DJ and artist curated mini compilations in loud 12″ format. The first instalment was put together by Four Tet, selecting two big peak-time Jazz tracks he used to spin regularly at Plastic People. On one side, we’ve got all time jazz greats Jackie McLean and Michael Carvin’s De I Comahlee Ah, taken from their seminal album Antiquity recorded in Denmark back in 1975. A year and a half ago, we visited Steeplechase, the original label in the outskirts of Copenhagen. They informed us that at the time, the track was cut short as it didn’t fit on the full LP. They were kind enough to provide us with the tape of the full original recording, allowing us to release for the first time the full extended version capturing twelve and a half minutes of studio magic. Speaking with Michael back in November, he told us that every song on that album was recorded without any overdubs. They had taken their shoes off and organised the studio in such a way that they could move from instrument to instrument during the take (!!) On the flip, we have Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath - MRA. Back in 70s London, the Brotherhood had brought together musicians who had sought refuge from South Africa’s apartheid regime and the best of a new generation of British jazz musicians. Music journalist Richard Williams, who had originally reviewed the band in the 1970s tell us: “They made music that appealed in equal measure to the head, the heart and the feet, taking the jazz legacy of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus and adding to it the fantastic dance rhythms and gorgeous harmonies of the townships and untethered collective improvisations of the new free music". Four Tet’s instalment is out early May in 12″ format and digitally (stream & download), first press comes with a folded A2 insert with words from and about the artists. Graphic design by Studio ChoqueLeGoff

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Swingin' Together

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (20th Century Masterworks)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Nimbus

Nezarai / Free Yourself

LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Squama)

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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P-vine are very proud of releasingthis EP as new one of Groove Diggers series. Nimbus, a local student band in Mecosta, Michigan, is one of the highest peaks of self released AOR/Mellow Fusion/Blue eyed soul! This 7 inch is cutted out from the only work of Nimbus "Children of the Earth" which was released as private pressing vinyl and distributed just a few copies in 1980.

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Fazer

Mara 2020 Repress

Jazz At Massey Hall - Limited Edition In Solid Yellow Colored Vinyl.

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Replaces Faz001 wich will be discontinued! Mara is the debutalbum of Munich-based jazz group Fazer. Short Info: Mara is the debutalbum of Munich-based jazz group Fazer. The young musicians combine African and Latin rhythms with dubby basslines and melancholic melodies. The unusual lineup with two drummers (Simon Popp, Sebastian Wolfgruber), bass (Martin Brugger), guitar (Paul Brändle) and trumpet (Matthias Lindermayr) leaves an open space for unfettered improvisation. Through the concept of repetition and finely measured dynamics, Fazer create a drawing energy that can be felt directly at their live shows and has been captured perfecty on this record.

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Charlie Parker

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beach Boys

Surfin' Safari

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Italian Movie Soundtracks

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Billie Holiday

All Or Nothing At All

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jones Jones & Larry Ochs / Mark Dresser / Vladimir Tarasov

A Jones In Time Saves Nine

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (No Business)

Bobby Bradford / Hafez Modirzadeh / Roberto Miranda / Vijay Anderson

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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300 LP copies limited edition. All compositions created collectively by Mark Dresser (Del Dresser Music/ASCAP), Larry Ochs (Trobar/ASCAP/BMG) and Vladimir Tarasov (LATGAA)
Tracks Twelve Angry Jones and Three Jones Outside Ebbing, Missouri recorded live by Art Granoff in Berkeley, California, at the home of Harry Bernstein and Caren Meghreblian on May 28th, 2016
Other tracks recorded live by Tim Pinch in San Diego, California, at The Loft on May 24th, 2016
Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
Front cover photos by Peter Gannushkin /
Design by Oskaras Anosovas

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Live At The Blue Whale

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (No Business)

You've Got To Have Freedom / Got To Give It Up

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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500 LP copies limited edition. Composition FREE THE IDEA is variations on Ornette Coleman Theme
Recorded live on 15th January, 2017 at the Blue Whale, Los Angeles
Recorded, edited and mixed by Andersonix.com
Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
Design by Oskaras Anosovas
Diagram by Hafez Modirzadeh
Produced by Hafez Modirzadeh

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Pharoah Sanders

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Motema)

Donny McCaslin

Blow.

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Soundway)

Felbm

Tape 1 / Tape 2

At Last! Transparent Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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In the Felbm project, Dutch multi-instrumentalist Eelco Topper steps away from his previous synthesiser-laden sounds as Falco Benz, towards a much looser, simpler and sketch-like approach. Picking up a number of acoustic instruments, he began experimenting with a Tascam 4-track tape recorder and allowed these sketches to flourish.
The result is Tape 1 and Tape 2, a two-part project stretching across fifteen tracks - encompassing fluttering piano melodies, subtle jazz drums, rumba rhythms and soothing ambience. The jazz element links back to Topper’s childhood. “I grew up playing drums, switched to playing piano at sixteen and in the meantime I produced hip-hop beats,” he recalls. “I went to study jazz piano at the Utrecht Conservatory, which I finished with pain and effort… I was interested more in electronic and present-day music.”
This mix of being rooted in traditional jazz composition whilst searching for something more contemporary is the perfect encapsulation of these recordings. Tape 1’s jazz roots are palpable and as things move into Tape 2, it takes on a neo-classical, psychedelic soundscape and cinematic quality.

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Etta James

Jazz Samba Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes four bonus tracks.

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Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

Little Girl Blue Transparent Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Nina Simone

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Birth Of The Cool Transparent Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Train Transparent Red Vinyl Edition

John Coltrane

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Ella & Louis Again Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lady In Satin Blue Vinyl Edition

Billie Holiday

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Portrait In Jazz Green Vinyl Edition

The Bill Evans Trio

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Pan Am)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Charles Mingus

Pithecantropus Erectus

What A Difference A Day Makes! Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track.

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Dinah Washington

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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My Funny Valentine Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For Lovers Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sunday At The Village Vanguard Gatefold Sleeve Edition

The Bill Evans Trio

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Midori Takada & Lafawndah

Le Renard Bleu Etched Single Sided Edition

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (!K7)

Johannes Enders & Micha Acher

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It is said that every generation casts its mind back to a previous era in times of crisis; the resources that will allow us to decode the questions of our moment may lie in the myths of another era. Le Renard Bleu, the new musical and cinematic collaboration between Lafawndah and composer Midori Takada, and filmmakers Partel Oliva, takes a cross- generational echo as ground zero for recovering a crucial myth for uncertain times: the blue fox. As transmitted by Takada, the fox appears in both ancient Senegalese and Japanese folktales as the trickster archetype; belonging both to the heavens and to the earth, the fox is the agent of chaotic good, shaking the world up when its energy has become stagnant. Above all else, the fox is famous for its cunning nature. Renard Bleu marks the first new music released by Takada in nearly twenty years; it would be difficult to overstate the importance of her return to the public eye. Her first solo record, 1983's Through the Looking Glass, has been rediscovered and heralded as a lost classic; the influence of her percussion trio, the Mkwaju Ensemble, continues to permeate and inspire a new generation entranced by its lucid beauty, playfulness, and sensual patience. Takada has performed in numerous film score orchestras, including the ensemble for Akira Kurasawa’s Dreams, coincidentally a key influence on Renard Bleu.

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Brookland Suite

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Alien Transitor)

Mingus Ah Um - Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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‘Brookland Suite’ is inspired by Micha Acher travels to New Orleans and Johannes Enders’ admiration for Gil Evans soundscapes. The unique instrumentation and the rough sound make Brookland a very special Suite for lovers of deep sounds. Johannes Enders is a saxophone player with his own distinguished voice, and a rich international performing experience, covering gigs with artists as diverse as Donald Byrd, Jeff Watts, Roy Hargrove, Vincent Herring, George Cables, Lester Bowie and Jamaaladeen Tacuma.

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Charles Mingus

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Plays Ballads - Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sings - Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Django Reinhardt

Djangology

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Liv Warfield

The Edge

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Unit)

Tobias & Stefan

Bitter Sweet

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Unit)

Organutan

Endangered Sounds

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Unit)

Pommelhorse

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (JazzSick)

Monika & Peter Herzig

The Time Flies

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Hipnotech)

Aisha Ellis

Luck Or Favor

Questo Sogno E' Vita White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Discover 'Luck or Favor': Aisha Ellis's Debut Album Blending Hip Hop, Jazz, Soulful Rhythms Released: May 2023 About the Project: Aisha Ellis is a drummer/percussionist whose signature style revolves around playing in the pocket while capturing the essence of the moment. Aisha’s debut album embodies a blend of hip hop, jazz, and soulful grooves. Her style draws inspiration from the explosive energy of Art Blakey, technical prowess and innovative approach of Max Roach, complex rhythms of Tony Williams, and the soulfulness of Karriem Riggins. Her album, titled "Luck or Favor," captures the essence and timeless vibe reminiscent of Roy Ayers mixed with the impeccable groove of Questlove. On "Luck or Favor," Aisha Ellis's drumming doesn’t take up the space of center stage, but rather serves as the driving force behind the album's infectious rhythms and captivating feel that allows all of the instruments to be heard and felt with equal measure. Aisha's ability to play in the pocket is her signature, effortlessly locking in with the bass, providing a solid foundation, and creating an irresistible groove that moves the listener. Her flawless sense of timing and control allows each note and rhythm to breathe, ensuring a tight and cohesive musical experience. Incorporating elements from various genres, Aisha's drumming effortlessly transitions between hip hop-inspired beats, jazzy syncopations, and soulful accents. Her use of the hi-hat and ride cymbal creates a shimmering texture, while her snare drumming provides precise and powerful backbeats that make heads nod and feet tap. The bass drum adds depth and weight, punctuating the rhythm and driving the energy forward. "Luck or Favor" captures the spirit with its laid-back and infectious atmosphere. The album resonates with warm and inviting melodies, soulful grooves, and a sense of optimism that brings joy to the listener's ears. Aisha Ellis's drumming serves as the heartbeat of the album, infusing each track with a sense of rhythm, groove, and musicality that keeps the listener engaged from start to finish.

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Statuto

LP | 2022 | EU (Onde Italiane)

Like Someone In Love - At Basin Street

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Recorded in Florence in May 1991, the concert is part of the tour between "Senza di Lei" in 1990 and "Zighidà", which will be released in 1992 after Sanremo festival. Three days after the concert the group will enter the recording studio (the Westlink in Pisa) to record the single for EMI "Qui non c'è il mare / Noi duri" with the production of Gianni Maroccolo. Classic lineup with Oskar on vocals, Naska on drums, Alex Loggia on guitar, Rudy Ruzza on bass and Senior on keyboards with in addition a wind section made up of trumpet, saxophone and trombone. 300 hand-numbered copies on white vinyl.

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Betty St. Claire

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jackie & Roy

You Smell So Good

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazz Wax)

Julie London

Your Number, Please

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Clear / Red Splatter Vinyl Edition

Ray Charles

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nina Simone At Town Hall Yellow / Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Nina Simone

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Birth Of The Cool Red / White Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Sings Ellington

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Debby Moore

My Kind Of Blues

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Carmen McRae

After Glow

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Soundsgood)

Cecil Taylor Quintet

Stereo Drive

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazz Wax)

John Coltrane

Plays The Blues

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Whp)

Aretha Franklin

Live At Montreux 1971

Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An amazing performance that captures the Queen of Soul in her prime. This was her last live appearance with King Curtis and the Kingpins, an amazing fourteen piece band (the same appearing on her famous "Live At The Fillmore West” album) featuring heavyweights such as guitarist Cornell Dupree, drummer Bernard Purdie and King Curtis himself on tenor sax, as well as the super tight Memphis Horns section and the invaluable Sweethearts Of Soul's backing vocals. Just have a look at the track list, a breathtaking sequence of her finest material performed at maximum energy and inspiration! How can you go wrong with all that?

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Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung Marbled Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

Nils Petter Molvaer & Norwegian Radio Orchestra

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1995 the self-titled full-length debut of Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung (daau) was released. The band consisted of four young, 'classically derailed' musicians who played their own compositions with acoustic instruments such as violin, cello, clarinet and accordion. Their work contained influences from Roma music, Eastern European folk, klezmer and jazz, but was performed with the energy, rebellious spirit and Sturm und Drang of a bona fide punk band. Daau was part of the fertile Antwerp scene, which also produced dEUS, Zita Swoon and Kiss My Jazz, and soon signed an international record deal with Sony Classical.

The group's influential first record, which has been out of print for a while, is now finally being released again and is available on vinyl for the very first time.

In those early days, Daau consisted of four young, classically trained musicians who tackled their instrumental compositions with a true punk spirit. 'If we'd had guitars, bass or drums at that time, we would probably have been just another rock band', says accordionist Roel Van Camp, who, together with his schoolmates Buni Lenski on violin, the latter's brother Simon on cello and Han Stubbe on clarinet made up the Antwerp quartet. 'With our acoustic instruments we tried to create our own version of the music we loved listening to, from sixties rock and prog to new wave.'

The quartet, which initially played in streets and cafes, appealed to a diverse audience and sometimes joked that they were a classically trained unit that had 'gone off the rails'. 'As befits teenagers, we wanted to shake things up', Stubbe remembers, 'even though we always kept cherishing our classical backgrounds.' Van Camp: 'Our education was never supposed to feel like a straitjacket. We were free-spirited enough to ignore the laws and regulations of the music academy and to create our own sound. Our compositions were open to influences from Roma music, Eastern European folk, klezmer and jazz'. 'That eclecticism was a direct result of the zeitgeist', Han Stubbe adds. 'We loved different styles and happily mixed them together'.

The monniker Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung was derived from Steppenwolf, a novel by German writer Hermann Hesse about a character who was outside society. 'In the book, the narrator talks of a theatre', Van Camp explains. 'And at the entrance there is a warning sign sign that says: if you go in here, you are guaranteed to lose your mind. That was an apt description of the way our music worked'.

Almost all tracks on Daau's first album were 'Drieslagstelsels' (or 'three-course rotations'). The term referred to an agricultural method of the early Middle Ages, but also to the fact that each song of the group consisted of three major movements. Van Camp: 'The titles of those pieces referred to our method of writing. We piled up a huge bunch of ideas, because we wanted to tell more than just one story. With each composition, we took the listener for a ride'.

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Certainty Of Tides

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Modern)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (My Only Desire)

Kevin Figes

Seven For Lee

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Hottest New Group In Jazz

Lambert Hendricks & Ross

LP | 2012 | Reissue (Jazz Images)

Release: 2012 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Toni Harper With The Oscar Peterson Quartet

Toni

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mitzi Gaynor

Mitzi

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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So What

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Archie Shepp

Bill Dixon Quartet

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Amc Trio

Following The Light

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Tramp)

V.A.

Peace Chant Volume 5

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Hidden Harmony)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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** Raw, Deep and Spiritual Jazz 1966-2018 **
The Peace Chant compilation series is a Temple, a reliquary of sacred harmonious statements made by enlightened artists throughout time. With Tramp Records' latest offerings, "Peace Chant, Raw Deep and Spiritual Jazz volumes 5 & 6, deeper, darker, and even more remote chambers of this already exalted temple are brought to light. The team at Tramp, with their torch of love and with reverence for those builders who came before, have returned from their quest with musical treasures unfathomable. Indeed, some of these tracks sound as if they may have literally been plucked from the ancient hands of some towering golden idol. But this quest was no looting effort, no. The Gods, as well as the artists and their families were fairly compensated through Tramp Records' rigorous and historically conscious licensing efforts.

Some of the treasures herein include, from Volume 5, a German gospel/modal jazz hybrid replete with flutes and vibes (and even a surprise gospel choir) reminding us not to 'speak when we should be silent' called "Ich Rede Wenn Ich Schweigen Sollte"; Indian jazz/rock fusion outfit Jazz Yatra Sextette's literal peace chant, "Shanti" led by Louis Banks (real name Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi), who worked with Embryo and John Maclaughlin; and Ron Wilson Trio's walking meditation and study on the beauty and rhythm of "Zimbabwe" in 3/4.

With the Peace Chant series, we are reminded to:
Listen with intention...
Let ourselves notice...
Focus our attention...
Feel our surroundings...
Notice when our thoughts take over...
Let ourselves experience our surroundings...

And continue our unending quest for Peace.

May ALL beings be peaceful.
~Joel Ricci
Key selling points: - incl. full album download code - incl. detailed liner notes - ALL songs appear on Vinyl-LP for the very first-time

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Long Twins

Everyone In Water

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Permakultur Schallplatten)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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In the movement itself, music makes us aware of the passing of time, always tracking toward itself like a clock. An album is an experience of sound; it can make us believe something imaginary - as if a flute can play itself. The recording becomes any interpretation of motion we want it to be.

Everyone in Water was written and performed by KV Hopper and Elizabeth LoPiccolo. KV is a musician and product designer living in Portland, OR. Elizabeth is a musician, film photographer, and performer living in Brooklyn, New York.

Everyone in Water began with modular synthesis at Portland’s Synth Library in the Fall of 2019. The Synth Library is a collectively run arts organization that supports the education and experimentation of diverse artist communities. Arranging sequencers, generators and filters resonated and inspired new exploration. Sounds evolved over a year as KV shared synth tapestries with Elizabeth in Brooklyn. Voice and flute melodies started to weave in and lyrical themes centered around the sense of place.

Walking & Working is about a ritual of returning home. Household Gloves is about a desire to share a home with someone you know but doesn’t know you. Moving Plants Again is about your home in favor of all living things.

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Bencze Schamann Quintett

Debut

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Cotter)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Introducing BENCZE SCHAMANN QUINTETT — a groundbreaking collaboration between Munich's underground visionaries, Andor Bencze and Thomas Schamann. With their debut album, the artists invite you on an espionage mission in a twisted parallel universe where the hierarchy between melody and rhythm is turned upside down. Expect wild car chases, dangerous love and notorious villainy, directed by David Lynch.

Their debut is a testament to their creativity and an experiment in pushing the boundaries of what is possible with sound. It's an invitation to explore the unexplored, to embrace the bizarre, and to immerse yourself in a realm where sound is sculpted, warped, and reinvented.

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Pat Van Dyke

Falls To Pieces

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Hegoa)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Elegant and effortless, dreamy and dusty. Falls To Pieces is a natural progression emerging from the organic textures explored on Pat Van Dyke’s stellar 2018 LP Hello, Summer–which received heavy praise from Pitchfork, Flea Market Funk, Wax Poetics, and more. The new LP broadcasts a more concise, deliberate, and refined sound that combines elements of jazz and golden era hip-hop with today’s electronic music. Ever in search of “the perfect piece”, Pat’s attention to detail is on full display as he is hands-on in every aspect of the music–allowing each perfect piece to fall into place. Here we’re treated to a record that showcases a more mature composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who’s sound continues to develop, much to the delight of audiences worldwide. On Falls To Pieces, Pat enlists a short list of collaborators for their improvised efforts on a handful of the album’s tracks–including the talented Zac Colwell, Eric “Benny” Bloom, Sam Barsh, Jesse Fischer, Juan Rodriguez, and Stolarz. Forever a fan and student of music’s rich history, Pat Van Dyke aims to create an album you’ll enjoy from start to finish, like so many of the records that continue to shape his own musical vision. Carve out some time, press play, and step into a world.

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Dopelganger

Sainen Hildo

19,49 €* 29,99 € -35%

LP | 2023 | Original (Galileo Music Communication)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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“Sainen Hildo” is an album based on Miguel’s original compositions, recomposed and rearranged for accordion and voice by the two composers. Using the natural resonance and harmonics of these two instruments to influence their introspective interactions, resulting in evolving drones and tones and puzzling percussive outbursts. Unusual and at times unsettling, they manage to create a calibrated, deep and complex exploratory universe of ambience and drone where listening becomes a ritual. Highest recommendation for fans of Pauline Oliveros, Eliane Radigue or Phill Niblock.

Garazi Navas (accordion + voice). Original compositions by Miguel A. García. Recomposed and rearranged by Garazi Navas & Miguel A. García. Recorded by Ibon Rg at Azkuna Zentroa (Contemporary Art Centre in Bilbao) in June 2022, as part of the associated artists program. Mixing and mastering by Juan Carlos Blancas. Compiled by Mikel Acosta.

Acrylic painting on heavyweight paper by Maite Mugerza Ronse. Limited edition of 300 black vinyl LP’s housed in a coloured matt laminated cover. Released by Hegoa Diskak.

Dopelganger is the project in collaboration between classically trained accordion player and singer Garazi Navas (Usansolo, Bizkaia-Biscay, 1995) and Miguel A. Garcia (Vitoria-Gasteiz), an artist living in Bilbao with an extensive career in the fields of experimental music and sound art.

Garazi Navas / Classically trained at Musikene School of Music in San Sebastian with a masters in traditional music, Garazi, is a restless accordionist who, despite her young age, has taken part in a multitude of projects in theater, poetry, ballet, art installations and even playing with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra. Her works are a personal interpretation of the close relationship which she feels exists between cutting-edge and traditional music.

Miguel A. García / Has performed extensively in Europe, America and Asia, both as a solo artist, improvising and in multiple ensembles. He has collaborated with dozens of artists (Al Karpenter, Jean Luc Guionnet, Sébastien Branche...) in studio and live, and appeared in more than a hundred albums. At the same time, he is organizer and curator of events, being founder of Club Le Larraskito, director of Zarata Fest, and part of the coordination of the cycle Hotsetan at Azkuna Zentroa itself.

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Joanna Wallfisch

All In Time

19,49 €* 29,99 € -35%

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Ictus Archives Volume 2

Steve Lacy

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ictus)

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Peace Places: Kenyan Memories

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The final two LPs in the latest Ictus batch, “The Ictus Archives Vol. 1” and “The Ictus Archives Vol. 2”, both draw on the same period that the veteran saxophonist produced “Clangs” and “Trio Live”, both recorded in 1976 during of two weeks that he was touring Italy with Andrea Centazzo, released in 1976 and 1977 respectively, and reissued in 2021’s batch. Gathering four sides of material, issued as two individual LPs, we are offered an incredible insight into that moment’s striking collaborations with Centazzo and the bassist Kent Carter, forming in duo and trio configurations.

“The Ictus Archives Vol. 1” and “The Ictus Archives Vol. 2” encounter Lacy - one of the giants of American free jazz - already 2 decades into a career defined by brilliant collaborations with Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, and Thelonious Monk, among others, as well as a sprawling body of visionary work as a leader. Like so much of his work leading into this period, it draws upon the saxophonist’s belief that an artist should play what you feel’, a position that Centazzo - roughly 15 years Lacy’s junior - recalls as having torn down the curtain that separated his technique from his creativity.

The first volume of Steve Lacy pieces from the Ictus Archives features five pieces: “Figment”, “Coastline”, “Swab”, “Hooky”, and “The Duck”, encountering the saxophonist playing solo live renditions of some of his classic pieces from the period (“Coastline” appeared on his seminal FMP LP “Stabs / Solo In Berlin”) and in two duos with Andrea Centazzo, one of which, “The Duck” was previously issued as a solo piece (also on “Stabs / Solo In Berlin”) and now emerges in this new form. The recordings featured across the album’s two sides were captured on February 18th 1976 in a concert in Udine Italy and have never before been issued in such a focus form. Across both LPs - “The Ictus Archives Vol. 1” and “The Ictus Archives Vol. 2” - the lyrically of Lacy’s playing sets them apart from the more brittle and textural temperance featured throughout much of the label’s output. While this is especially noteworthy within the three solo gestures encountered on the first volume and the three on the second - “Name”, “The Way", and “Bone”, recorded on December 5th, 1976, in Udine Italy - the two duos with Centazzo on the first, and the trio (“Feline”) on the second, similar stand distinct, with each player issuing rapid fire interventions within an airy sense of space.

Viewed collectively or as individual gestures, Steve Lacy’s “The Ictus Archives Vol. 1” and “The Ictus Archives Vol. 2” represents crucial artefacts of the seminal saxophonist at the height of his career, never before encountered in these full concert formations, and thus pushing the historical importance of the Ictus reissue series to the next level.

Cover pictures of both volumes by Roberto Masotti / courtesy of Lelli e Masotti archive.

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Nyokabi Kariuki

10" | 2022 | EU | Original (SA)

19,59 €* 27,99 € -30%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazzland)

Jan Bang

Reading The Air

19,79 €* 21,99 € -10%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (The Long Road Society)

Sitka Sun

All The Way West

19,79 €* 32,99 € -40%

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Research)

Glass Beams

Mirage

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Research Records indicate their inclination for cosmic instrumentation and kraut pervaded polyrhythms once again with an introduction to newcomer Glass Beams. Recorded at the beginning of 2020, Mirage is the first release from the artist, issuing four compositions that lend from a profusion of sounds and influences.
The album's opener and title Mirage arrives with a coiling vocal mantra that conspires with a sliding bassline and transcendent synthwork, reminiscent of early 70's prog jams yet inverted and futuristic. Taurus is a brisk arrangement, steeped with spaghetti-western elements and space-jazz to pave the way for the agile Kong. Rife with psych-fusion guitar phrases and instrumentation, Kong unfolds like a forecast lysergic voyage. The finale Rattlesnake nudges the serpent with intergalactic scales and spellbinding riffs. We may not know much about the enigmatic Glass Beams but Mirage is one epic inauguration, leaving the listener with more questions than answers.

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Makaya McCraven

Deciphering The Message

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

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Nu Jazz

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux

Donald Byrd

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Alien Transistor)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blue Note Records will release the first-ever official release of Donald Byrd Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux on what would have been the legendary trumpeter’s 90th birthday: December 9, 2022. The LP of the dynamic 1973 live set is all-analog cut directly from the original analog master tapes.

In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Montreux, Switzerland to showcase several of the label’s stars at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Produced by Blue Note President George Butler, live albums all titled Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux followed from vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, organist Ronnie Foster, flutist Bobbi Humphrey, and vocalist Marlena Shaw, but one of the performances by trumpeter Donald Byrd remained unreleased in the Blue Note vaults, until now.

Donald Byrd: trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals - Fonce Mizell: trumpet, vocals - Allan Barnes: tenor saxophone, flute - Nathan Davis: tenor & soprano saxophone - Kevin Toney: electric piano - Larry Mizell: synthesizers - Barney Perry: electric guitar - Henry Franklin: electric bass - Keith Killgo: drums, vocals - Ray Armando: congas, percussion

Original recordings produced by George Butler

Recorded live by Chris Penycote at Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 5, 1973

Mixed by Qmillion at EastWest Studios Los Angeles, CA

1-lp, 180g, unprinted polylined paper inner sleeve.

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Fuchs

LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fuchs is a band that never was. It vanished as quickly as it appeared in the picture, much like the animal that can be seen on this album and after whom it was named. In 2005, Kante singer and guitarist Peter Thiessen travelled to Weilheim to visit Markus and Micha Acher in their studio, where they were joined, among others, by Notwist-affiliated musicians like Cico Beck, Robert Klinger, Carl Oesterhelt and Stefan Schreiber. Spirits were high, but schedules were full: after a week of improvised sessions, everyone went their own way. The recordings gathered dust until Markus Acher found them again in 2021 while cleaning out his studio. After carefully re-evaluating the rough mixes, the musicians decided to finally release them. The resulting album comprises six tracks that musically draw on jazz, aesthetically lean on dub techniques and ideologically pick up on krautrock: there’s no solos to be heard on this record, just a few equally skilled and open-minded musicians listening to each other carefully, providing each other with space in which to unfold. »Fuchs« is a document of egos dissolving in a collective spirit. Thiessen and the Acher brothers met in the 1990s and bonded not only over their shared background in hardcore music and the DIY ethos in which it was rooted, but also over their love for jazz. »If you look at those two things combined, you will eventually become convinced that you don’t have to be formally trained to make music that at least resembles jazz«, says Thiessen today. He invited Micha Acher to join his band Kante on flügelhorn in 2004 for a tour that saw the expanded group play unusual encores after the official concert was over. »Micha had taught us some dixie pieces, so night after night we would play a freestyle dixieland ska set in front of the remaining audience!« Naturally, the Acher brothers didn’t have to ask twice when they invited him for a visit in Weilheim to further explore their mutual interests in a studio setting. »I got on my way immediately and took two or three loose ideas, a tape echo and a guitar on whose headplate you could create fantastic sounds with me«, says Thiessen. Between immersing themselves in books by the photographer Leonore Mau, cooking together and drinking the occasional fruit schnapps, the trio went into the studio. Says Thiessen, »Micha brought his flügelhorn and some wonderful ideas with him, Markus an Indian harmonium and a plan, Carl Oesterhelt came with a glockenspiel and a Chinese zither and a bunch of amazing jazz musicians joined in, too.« He considers the resulting recording sessions to be a kind of attempt at musically translating their conversations during those days. They discussed different approaches to jazz, whether sampling and musical miscitations can unlock ecstatic potentials and the possible parallels between syncretistic religions and pop music. »There’s traces of glossolalia, it's like a blurry séance«, adds Thiessen in regard to the sessions. It is especially this spirit that managed to live on even though the recordings themselves were abandoned. »What we all liked most when listening back to the recordings is probably their marginal and fragmentary character, the empty spaces—the moments in which the virtuoso solo never comes, in which the centre remains empty.« The six pieces on »Fuchs« are chock-full of exactly these moments. When at one instant, the players seem to disperse and improvise freely, they always meet again on common ground a short time later, continuing on their way together. There are no conventions or even previous agreements that guide them, just a shared will to explore a vast range of curious sounds and unusual rhythms together as a truly unified constellation of very different musicians. Fuchs is a band that never was. Its ideas still reverberate vividly even 17 years later.

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The Bill Evans Trio

Explorations

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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limited 180 gram pressing

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LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Panam)

Milestones

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Welcome To Anxiety Group Red Vinyl Edtion

Drone Operator

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Participant)