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Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Baltimore Vinyl Me, Please Edition

LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

35,99 €*

Someone Like You Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
Baltimore, an album originally made for the jazz label CTI, is a deep cut in Nina Simone's catalog. It's truly a lost sound found and we're proud to feature it here in celebration of her 90th birthday.

Limited to 2000 copies, the VMP exclusive version of Nina Simone's Baltimore is pressed on (AAA) 180g Red Marble vinyl at GZ Vinyl. The 1LP will arrive in a gatefold, tip-on, foil-stamped and numbered jacket. The (AAA) lacquers were cut from tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

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Susan Wong

LP | 2013 | WW | Reissue (Evo Sound)

47,99 €*

Release: 2013 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Everything I Know About Love

Laufey

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Laufey Llc)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Shapes Black Vinyl Edition 2023 Repress

Robohands

LP | 2021 | UK | Reissue (KingUnderground)

27,99 €*

LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Trost)

Release: 2021 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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2023 Repress on Black Vinyl.

The third album from London-based multi-instrumentalist, Robohands. ‘Shapes’ fuses elements of jazz, krautrock, hip hop and ambient music. For fans of Khruangbin, Yusef Dayes, CAN, Coltrane and 70s library music moods.

Shapes is the solo project of London based composer, instrumentalist and producer Andy Baxter. His debut LP Green was released on Village Live Records in 2018 and was received with much love and acclaim in the UK Jazz, hip hop and surrounding scenes.

His follow up full-length, 'Dusk’, dropped in 2019, combining soul, funk, Latin & experimental moods. It featured vocalists & musicians from around the world including legendary New York French horn player, John Clark, who has worked with Isaac Hayes, Gil Evans Orchestra, McCoy Tyner, Jaco Pastorius, Ornette Coleman and many more greats.

'Shapes' is inspired by 1970s library music and their legendary composers including Piero Umiliani, David Axelrod, Brian Bennett and co. The album builds on these influences and incorporates modern motifs, contemporary jazz/hip hop drumming styles with a nod to 1990s Mo Wax artists such as DJ Shadow. The theme for the record is future/nostalgia, mixing vintage & modern instruments and production techniques.

Much of ‘Shapes’ was recorded with JB Pilon at Buffalo Studios in Limehouse, London. Due to the COVID restrictions that changed everything in 2020, the remaining parts were recorded in Andy’s flat using a collection of old mixing desk preamps and instruments.

For the heads – ‘Shapes’ features an array of vintage snares, including a 1960's Ludwig Pioneer and a mono, overhead ribbon mic on the drum kit provided extra old school points! The kick drum was re-amped through a huge vintage bass amplifier on a couple of tracks to give it some real character. “My favourite guitar sound achieved on this LP project is a

Sontronics Sigma ribbon microphone in front of a WEM Dominator amp, which you can hear on the track 'Odysea'. The bass sound for all the tracks is a 1973 Fender Precision into an old Altec valve preamp, the one used on most Motown recordings.”

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Steamboat Switzerland

Zeitschrei

Paris 1969 Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dominik Blum: Hammond C3 OrganMarino Pliakas: EbassLucas Niggli: DrumsThe swiss Trio, energetic and innovative border crossers between Hardcore and Avantgarde, plays compositions of Michael Wertmüller (drummer of Peter Brötzmann's FULL BLAST outfit) - breath-taking, radical, exact.The ,Hammond Avantcore Trio" Steamboat Switzerland is a damn wild and absolutely virtuos project. They played many different festivals - from ,Donaueschinger Musiktage" and ,Moers" to the Londoner ,Meltdown Festival". The group combines elements from rock, metal and contemporary scores. The sounds exchange between ,Dark Power Ambient" and ,Boulez On The Rock"(Eckhart Liess)Recorded live at Powerplay Studios (Mauer/CH) by Andy Neresheimer in September 2012. Mixed by Gareth Jones (London) January 2013. Mastered by Martin Siewert (Wien) February 2013.Produced by Peter BürliArtwork by Lutz & Guggisberg.

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Thelonious Monk

2LP | 2013 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

41,99 €*

LP | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 2013 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why you'll love it...
Monk was dealing with a bevy of health problems at the time, so it’s perhaps understandable that the show in Paris was like a capstone or Greatest Hits. But thanks to Monk’s indelible ability to make everything emotional and poignant, his ace band and a bonus appearance from Philly Joe Jones, the set has an enchanting electricity. It captured Monk swinging through his greatest works and adding flourishes that sent the crowd into multiple tizzies. Listen as he takes on his standards and remakes them for their moment.

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Tom Scott

The Honeysuckle Breeze

The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Miles At Newport 1955 1

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Before he developed into a star composer and arranger, Tom Scott was an ambitious 19 year-old saxophonist looking for his big break in 1967. The opportunity came when legendary jazz label Impulse paired Scott with 9-piece vocal group The California Dreamers and allowed the young musician to take the helm as a band leader, with The Honeysuckle Breeze as the spectacular result. Out of print on vinyl since last reissued in 2018, the album features Scott leading a stellar lineup of sessions players-Bill Plummer (sitar), Glen Campbell (guitar) and Carol Kaye (bass) among them- through warm, smooth versions of songs by The Beatles (She’s Leaving Home), Donovan (Mellow Yellow), Joan Baez (North) and Jefferson Airplane (Today), which many will recognize from its sampling in the Pete Rock & CL Smooth classic T.R.O.Y."

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Miles Davis

Box | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

146,99 €*

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 1: Live In Europe 1967

Miles Davis

Box | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

102,99 €*

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 2: Live In Europe 1969

Miles Davis

4LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

87,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Tin Angel)

The Titillators

That's The Night

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Crisis & Opportunity Volume 2

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Myele Manzanza

LP | 2021 | Reissue (DeepMatter)

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Only Have Eyes For You: The Doo-Wop Years

Flamingos

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Acrobat)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Acrobat)

Charlie Christian

Solo Flight

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Is Back In Grand Rapids

Louis Armstrong

2LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (ORG Music)

46,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Miraaz)

Misha Panfilov

Frutaria Electrónica

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 700 copies. 180g vinyl, comes with a download code.

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Newport Folk Fest 1963: The Evening Concert

LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Craft)

33,99 €*

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Matthew & The Gondwana Orchestra Halsall

When The World Was One Biovinyl Edition

2LP | 2014 | UK | Reissue (Gondwana)

31,99 €*

Release: 2014 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When The World Was One is something of a companion piece to Matthew Halsall"s 2012 album Fletcher Moss Park (much of the music was written at the same time) but draws more explicitly on Halsall"s love of spiritual jazz and Eastern music as well as his own studies in meditation and travels in Japan. Beautifully recorded at Hasall"s favourite studio, 80 Hertz in Manchester, and engineered by Brendan Williams and George Atkins it features the recording debut of Halsall"s large ensemble, The Gondwana Orchestra, which utilises the exotic flavours of harp, koto and bansuri flute and Eastern scales to create a global palate for Halsall"s life-affirming sounds.

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Little Girl Blue 2021 Remaster

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Chet Baker

Cool Cat

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jorge Ben & Toquinho / Joao Donato

Carolina, Carol Bela / A Rã

7" | 2014 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

11,99 €*

Full Blast (Brötzmann/Wertmüller/Vandermark/..)

Release: 2014 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jorge Ben is a name that any lover of Brazilian music will be very familiar with. He is widely regarded as the James Brown of Brazilian music and is famed for writing the Brazilian anthem ‘Mas Que Nada'. For the duet ‘Carolina, Carol Bela' he teamed up with the singer and guitarist Toquinho. Toquinho is best known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with bossa nova poet Vinicius de Moraes.

'Carolina, Carol Bela' featured on the album Toquinho by Toquinho. It was originally released in 1970 on the small independent Brazilian label, RGE. The song was sampled by DJ Marky and XRS for their Drum & Bass track ‘lk’ (V Recordings, 2002). This went on to be a huge chart hit across the world, and a number one hit in the UK.

João Donato is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist. He has collaborated with many of the greats of Brazilian Music, including Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and Gilberto Gil. He was one of the few Brazilian artists who went over to perform in the States during the bossa nova boom of the late 60’s. The song ‘A Rã’ was originally released on his seminal album Quem é quem, (emi, 1973), an album that is full of great tracks and was considered as one of the 100 best albums of all time by the Rolling Stone magazine.

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Sketches & Ballads

LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Trost)

20,99 €*

2LP | 2011 | Reissue (Rune Grammofon)

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl / limited pressing of 500!

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In The Country

Sounds And Sights

27,99 €*

Release: 2011 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wamono A To Z Volume III HHV Exclusive Numbered Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (180g)

Mukashi Boku Wa Mijme Datta

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 300 copies! Numbered by hand.
Japanese Jazz-Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 (Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam) Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa. With this first volume of the Wamono series, our two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

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Humbert Humbert

LP | 2014 | JP | Reissue (Space Shower Music)

36,99 €*

Release: 2014 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Released in 2014, Humbert Humbert's 8th original album "Mukashi Boku wa Mijime Datta" is being made into an LP! The album includes the title track "Boku no Ohisama", which serves as the theme song for the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard entry "Boku no Ohisama". It also features self-covers of songs provided to NHK E-Tele's children's program, such as "Honmatsu Tentoumushi" and "Pont Neuf no Tamago", as well as covers of masterpieces left by the little-known music producer Noboru Abe, including "Nani mo Kangaenai" and "Oi Oi". Sound produced by Tim O'Brien and recorded in Nashville, this album is a must-have for fans, boasting different artwork from the CD version. This release is a limited edition, so don't miss out!

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Wamono A To Z Volume II HHV Exclusive Numbered Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (180g)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 300 copies! Numbered by hand. J Following the highly acclaimed Volume I, dig further into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring rarities from Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media, Hiroshi Sato, Bread & Butter, Hatsumi Shibata, Fujio Tokita and more! Tracks selection by Japanese super diggers and Wamono specialists DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam Mastered and cut at Timmion Cutting Lab Artwork by Yoxxx (Tokyo) 180g heavy vinyl pressing, reverse board jacket

Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa In this second volume of the acclaimed Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam dig into some of the best and rarest funky tunes produced in Japan during the seventies. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

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Sun Records Curated By RSD Volume 10

LP | 2023 | US | Original (ORG Music)

15,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This limited edition compilation LP was curated from the classic Sun Record Company catalog by participating Record Store Day stores, and marks the tenth installment of the 'Sun Records Curated by Record Store Day' series. Volume 10 celebrates the themes of love, devotion, and anniversaries. The track list for this compilation was carefully curated by the hardworking people in record stores themselves. This Record Store Day 2023 exclusive release is limited to 3,000 copies worldwide.

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Wamono A To Z Volume I HHV Exclusive Numbered Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (180g)

LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 300 copies! Numbered by hand. Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa. For this third chapter of the acclaimed Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam unheart some of the best and rarest light mellow funk tunes and disco boogie bangers produced in Japan between 1978 and 1988. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

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Kat Edmonson

The Big Picture

31,99 €*

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Audionautes)

Valerie Joyce

New York Blue

50,99 €*

The Gathering: Roots & Branches Of Los Angeles Jazz

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Numbered limited edition 180-gram LP Half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios Pressed at Pallas in Germany Vocalist Valerie Joyce debuted with the May 2006 release of New York Blue on Chesky Records. New York Blue is a collection of classic jazz, standards, and pop tunes that showcase the singer's distinctively smoky vocal sound and nuanced performance. Producer David Chesky says, "Valerie has a great feel for the music and has one of the most unique singing voices I have ever heard."

Pianist Andy Ezrin worked with Valerie on the arrangements for the album's 13 tracks that range from tunes by Cole Porter and Rogers & Hart to Miles Davis to the Beatles. They are joined on the album by musicians Lawrence Feldman on saxophones and Eugene Jackson and Tim Lefevre taking turns on bass for a live recording that is pure Chesky.

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Healing Suite

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

50,99 €*

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Formed by Jesse Sharps, an alumnus (and former bandleader) of Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra (papa), The Gathering: Roots and Branches of Los Angeles Jazz is a project spanning generations, but firmly planted in the jazz scene of Los Angeles. The group, formed in 2005, has a rotating cast of musicians, ranging from up and coming (at the time…) stars of the jazz scene such as Kamasi Washington, all the way to Tribe co-founder Phil Ranelin.

Recorded live in 2015 at Los Angeles’ Mamye Clayton Library and Museum, Healing Suite was recorded to commemorate the 10th anniversary of The Gathering’s formation, and features many of the original members. The album opens with a stirring rendition of the Nina Simone classic “Strange Fruit”, performed as a duet by Dwight Trible (vo.) and Theo Saunders (pf.). Trible’s voice is haunting, his voice goes from somber melody to tortured cries, perfectly expressing the pain and weight behind the lyrics. Saunder’s piano comping seems to undulate under Drible’s vocals, with angular chords and percussive playing peeking out from underneath Trible’s singing.

The heart of the album is undoubtedly Freedom’s Sweet, a three-part suite composed by Horace Tapscott. With Jesse Sharps conducting, the song moves forward at a steady shuffle, going from disarming poetry by Kamau Daáod (part 1), to triumphant horn lines and fiery solos (part 2), all the way to avant-garde big band swing (part 3). A particular high point is Tribe co-founder Phil Ranelin’s (tbn.) solo in part 2, which is as energetic and fiery as any of his solos on earlier Tribe records, despite being almost 80 at the time of recording. Over half an hour long, Freedom’s Sweet is a master class in long-form composition, with each member of The Gathering getting space to shine, while also highlighting how the group can meld together to form a band quite unlike anything else. Recorded in 2015 and originally released in 2022, P-vine is proud to be giving Healing Suite a well deserved analog release with an obi-strip. As much as the album highlights Los Angeles’ progressive jazz scene, this album crosses all boundaries, whether they be age, location, or even genre.

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Vinyl Passion)

At Town Hall

17,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | HK | Original (Evosound)

Chantal Chamberland

Temptation

63,99 €*

Release: 2023 / HK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Clown Mono Atlantic 75 Series

Charles Mingus

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

71,99 €*

Love & Blues In The City Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g 2LP 45rpm
Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
An absolute must-have for every jazz collector!
180-gram mono 45 RPM double LP
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Gatefold old-style "tip-on" jacket by Stoughton Printing

The Clown was Charles Mingus' second masterpiece in a row, featuring Jean Shepard (yes, that Jean Shepard from the holiday movie A Christmas Story) on the title tune narrating a story about a clown attempting to please the world with his performances. The Clown also introduced two of Mingus' finest compositions in the driving, determined "Haitian Fight Song" and the '40s-flavored "Reincarnation of a Lovebird," a peaceful but melancholy tribute to Charlie Parker; Mingus would return to both throughout his career.

With Pithecanthropus, Mingus displayed a gift for airtight, focused arrangements that nonetheless allowed his players great freedom to add to the established mood of each piece. The Clown refines and heightens that gift; instead of just writing heads that provide launch points for solos, Mingus tries to evoke something specific with every piece, and even his most impressionistic forays have a strong storytelling quality.

The Clown tells the story of a clown "who tried to please people like most jazz musicians do, but whom nobody liked until he was dead," Mingus said, in an interview. "My version of the story ended with his blowing his brains out with the people laughing and finally being pleased because they thought it was part of the act. I liked the way Jean changed the ending; leaves it more up to the listener."

The title track is even more interesting for the free improvisations led by trombonist Jimmy Knepper, as the group responds to Shepherd's story and paints an aural backdrop. It's evidence that Mingus' compositional palette was growing more determinedly modern, much like his increasing use of dissonance, sudden tempo changes, and multiple sections.

Musicians:
Charles Mingus, bass
Shafi Hadi, alto and tenor saxophone
Jimmy Knepper, trombone
Wade Legge, piano
Dannie Richmond, drums
Jean Shepherd, narration (Track 4)

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Jeff Cascaro

LP | 2017 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thought Gang Cloudy Clear Vinyl Edition

Thought Gang

LP+7" | 2018 | US | Reissue (Sacred Bones)

33,99 €*

LP | 2018 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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- Legendary early '90s experimental jazz recordings by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti.- Music has appeared in pieces in Lynch's film and TV work but never seen the light of day as a proper release.By the time Twin Peaks' second season had air...

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Nighthawks

Live In Hamburg

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | Reissue (Sonorama)

Werner Müller Orchestra

Jazz Mutations

Release: 2018 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Borrowed And Blue Black Vinyl Edition

Lisa Bassenge

LP | 2018 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rio Bravo Black Vinyl Edition

Nighthawks

LP | 2018 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Gentle Art Of Music)

Panzerballett

X-Mas Death Jazz -Set

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Grebfruit2 White Vinyl Edition

Benny Greb

LP | 2017 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nighthawks 4 Vinyl Edition

Nighthawks

2LP | 2013 | Reissue (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2013 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few

The Almighty Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Division81)

27,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Waxtime)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few return with a new musical journey, "The Almighty". The first quartet offering since 2021's Cosmic Transition. Collier's compositions and lyrics focus on using music to communicate deeper principles that are part of everyday. Isaiah showcases these principles through sounds that evolve within the titles: Love, Compassion, & Perspective. These principles once taken fully in are arranged to deliver the message that there is a Divine energy connecting through us all and is seen within all things.

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Dexter Gordon

Blows Hot And Cool

18,99 €* 19,99 € -5%

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (RCA)

Sunday Morning Classics

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Interstellar Fantasy HHV Exclusive Silver Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Their first album in 15 years!

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Greg Foat & Ayo Salawu

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Blue Crystal)

32,99 €*

Ville Lähteenmäki Trio 2024 Repress

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 500 copies!

A concept album of Analogue Electronic Sci Fi Library Grooves for Synthesisers and Percussion. Commissioned by Sonoton and inspired by the 70's & 80's Sonoton music Library Catalogue. Featuring Ayo Salawu on Drums (Kokoroko) and Greg Foat with his impressive collection of vintage Synthesisers. File under Library Music

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Ville Lähteenmäki Trio

LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Ultraääni)

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Janko Nilovic & The Soul Surfers

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ville Lähteenmäki Trio is a fresh jazz band formed in Trondheim 2022, featuring young Finnish and Norwegian musicians. Influenced by American jazz legends of the 60s and 70s, they blend energetic playing, bold melodies, and intense improvisations in the Dolphy-Murray-Mahall lineage.

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Maze Of Sounds Marbled Blue & Green Vinyl Edition

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Broc)

29,99 €*

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Sail Cabin)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A few miles away, in their studio fired up by analog funk, the Muscovites had been put back on the Nilovic track by multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee. A few passionate discussions later, and the desire for a joint album was already lighting up the amps, making the bass strings shiver and the drum skins tighten. Initiated by the coming and going of scores, the collaboration finally continued in studio for a real exchange, instantly bouncing off proposals, developing ideas in a live group dynamic that distance would have made impossible.

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Elin Forkelid

Plays For Trane

31,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Trio Evans

LP+CD | 2020 | Original (Groove Replica)

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Coltrane Plays The Blues Atlantic 75 Series

John Coltrane

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series)

71,99 €*

Loveplaydance Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g 2LP 45rpm

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Toshio Matsuura Group

2LP | 2017 | UK | Reissue (Brownswood)

35,99 €*

Release: 2017 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Absence - 2024 Reissue

Melody Gardot

LP | 2012 | Reissue (Decca)

33,99 €*

Release: 2012 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Edition)

Snowpoet

Wait For Me

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Muzikawi)

Jorga Mesfin

The Kind Ones

29,99 €*

Trombone Ensemble Nabou Claerhout

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is Mulatu Astatke’s protege and Ethiopian saxophonist and composer Jorga Mesfin’s debut album. It’s a long foray into Ethio-jazz that takes this courageous syncretism further by fusing spiritual experimentation with bits from all kinds of situations in Ethiopian music, jazz music, and specifically Ethiopian jazz music that precedes it.

Jorga Mesfin is widely regarded as one of the most talented contemporary musicians and composers in Ethiopia. He started his professional career at the young age of 17 and has since collaborated with numerous renowned artists, including Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Carolyn Beard Withlow, The Last Poets, Vijay Iyer, Wayna Wondossen, Kirk Whalum, Takana Miyamoto, Gizze Reggae band, Dionne Farris, Aster Aweke, Mahmoud Ahmed, and Mulatu Astatke. Additionally, Mesfin was a resident at Astatke's legendary African Jazz Village in Addis Ababa every Thursday.

Jorga Mesfin is the founder of the Ethio-jazz group called Wudasse. He composed the music for the epic Ethiopian film "Teza" directed by Haile Gerima. His work on the film earned him the Best Music Award at the 22nd Carthage Film Festival and Best Composition at the 5th Dubai International Film Festival.

Muzikawi is an Ethiopian record label, music publisher, studio, artist management, and event organiser with offices in Addis Ababa and Stockholm. We understand and honour the culture of Ethiopia.

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Trombone Ensemble Nabou Claerhout Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (De W.E.R.F.)

26,99 €* 29,99 € -10%

Black Classical Music Tri-Colour Splatter Vinyl Edition Box Set

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Five trombonists and a three-member rhythm section: that sort of unique musical synergy is what Nabou Claerhout brings to life with her own Trombone Ensemble. For years, such a project had been one of the dream projects on her bucket list, and thanks to Antwerp based cultural actor Rataplan, she already saw the creation become a reality in spring 2022. In the summer of that year, the eight-piece ensemble opened both Gent Jazz and Jazz Middelheim.

In January 2023, Nabou was artist in residence at the Brussels Jazz Festival in Flagey, where she presented the Trombone Ensemble as one of three carte blanche projects. In a sold-out Studio 4, American trombone legend Robin Eubanks joined the line-up as a special guest, having previously also contributed during the studio recordings of the young collective during. The band's self-titled debut album will be released on November 3rd 2023 via W.E.R.F. Records.

Nabou composed the entire repertoire for this Ensemble herself, and did so with a fully open vision. While writing the music, she explored the trombone's wide possibilities: "The aim is to both indulge you with warm, soft, carrying parts and then afterwards discover the trombone's spicy and cordial character." That rhythmic playfulness, which we hear more often in Nabou's compositions with her acclaimed quartet N?BOU, also seeps subtly into this band's sound. Despite the 'unusual' line-up of five diverse jazz trombonists, each with a different background, you still get to hear a very homogeneous sound, which is full of playfulness and small details. "I tried to make room and focus for each individual. And of course there is also a starring role for the rhythm section with guitar, double bass and drums."

When Nabou started looking for the dream fellow jazz musicians for this project, she ended up with artists from her own country, Belgium, but also from far beyond the country's borders: The Netherlands, the UK and Germany. "In selecting the trombonists, I looked for specific timbres, but also for personality. It is important that there is a good balance in playing together, but also that each musician is strong enough on his or her own for the solo parts." Wanting to push boundaries in her approach to both compositions and the trombone as an instrument, the real crème de la crème of the newest generation proved indispensable. "I selected a handful of European trombonists with whom I may or may not have already played, but who, above all, inspire me very deeply. They are all young people who have a lot to offer and already have significant projects to their name in their own region or country."

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Yussef Dayes

Box | 2023 | WW | Original (Brownswood)

135,99 €* 159,99 € -15%

Lady In Satin Hq 45 Rpm 180g Edition

Release: 2023 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lift off lid box with crushed emerald felt lining, Includes Embossed Gatefold edition Double Tri-Colour Splatter Vinyl.

Includes Signed Insert, Limited edition Black Classical Music branded ProMark Drum Sticks, and branded Afro Comb.

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Billie Holiday

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Analogue Productions)

75,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Moonlight Sessions V1 Autographed 180g Edition 45 Rpm

Lyn Stanley

2LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (At Music)

159,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Label Bleu)

Das Kapital

Kind Of Red

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Aeternum)

Ashac

The Occult 2024 Repress

26,99 €*

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The album Ashac, initially released in 2017, a true gem that Discogs speculators have been coveting, is finally getting a repress.

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Adrian Løseth Waade

Kitchen Music

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kasper Skullerud Værnea & Andreas Wildhagen

Troposgrafien

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Goh Lee Kwang & Christian Meaas Svendsen

Gibberish, Balderdash & Drivel

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Worst Generation

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Akmee

Neptun

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Christian Meaas Svendsen

Avin

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Agnes Hvizdalek

Index

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Most Intimate

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Andreas Wildhagen

No Left No Right

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jinchuuriki

Kyuubi

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Filosofer

Landet Er Gitt Oss

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Forms & Poses

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Before The Storm

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Grand Line

26,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Naaljos Ljom

Naaljos Llom 2

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marthe Lea Band

Herlighetene Vei

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Andreas Røysum Ensemble

Mysterier

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard

Hibernacle

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Mats Gustafsson & Andreas Røysum

Vindögæ

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Motvind)

19,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joel And The Neverending Sextet

Pouring Textures

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Motvind)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Motvind)

Marthe Lea Band

Asura

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Motvind)

Maja S.K. Ratkje

Vannstand

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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

The Touchables

Svart/Hvitt

22,94 €* 26,99 € -15%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

Sult / Marhaug

Harpoon

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2013 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

Skaset

9,34 €* 10,99 € -15%

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2010 | EU | Original (Conrad Sound)

Bluefaced People

7,64 €* 8,99 € -15%

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mario Bocic I Jazz Orkestar Hrt-A

Candide

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Croatia)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Misha Panfilov Sound Combo

En Route 3rd Edition

LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Funk Night)

20,99 €*

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Lightyear)

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Misha Panfilov Sound Combo “En Route” is back by popular demand!

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Buddy Rich

Birdland

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (De W.E.R.F.)

Laughing Bastards

Fetish

23,99 €*

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On their latest album, Laughing Bastards prove they are a quintessential Belgian band - soaking up sounds and influences from all over the place while maintaining a tight unity - with an international appeal.Combining jazz and chamber music with ideas from pop music and multi-colored strains does not only give their music an iridescent edge, but also keeps the interplay fresh and inspired, something to return to while waiting to see them live on stage.

Ever since their auspicious beginnings, more than a decade ago, Laughing Bastards have giddily delighted in impurity. Initially a reeds-guitar-bass trio modeled after the classic Jimmy Giuffre 3, the band has remained truthful to its original spirit. Saxophone player Michel Mast and guitarist Jan-Sebastiaan Degeyter have remained its core, but the band went through several permutations, first welcoming Eline Duerinck (cello) and Marcos Della Rocha (for Unanimal in 2019) and solidifying its present-day line-up with bassist Cyrille Obermüller.

Bastards. It's kind of a rude word to throw around carelessly, but there has always been that element of being irregular, being too stubborn to comply with what is expected, that has set them apart. This is nowhere more evident than in the material contributed by Degeyter, who wrote more than half of the album's compositions. A talented illustrator and designer (he created a few of their striking album covers) as well as a versatile guitarist, Degeyter always manages to add a strong visual component to his material. In combination with his knack for pulling exotic influences into the band's overall sound, it leads to a playful, cinematic eccentricity.

"Tigraman" and "Black Spoon" are examples of this. Both are infused with an Ethiopian-tinged sound, but while the first one develops the catchy throbbing of a trance-like soul/rock tune, the second exudes the lush cadence of Golden Age Ethio jazz, the kind that gets under your skin with those sensual, irrepressible rhythms. They are a nice match with the increasing drama of the Slavic-tinged "Red Lemon", the slow, dreamy flow of the Jamaican dance hall-inspired "Sand", a strong feature for Duerinck, and "Dosi", that shows Obermüller's knack for propulsive melody.

The synesthete in Degeyter gets free reign in "Calliope", chamber jazz in which sweeping sax and cello are kept grounded by guitar, bass and drums. Mast's odd meter-song "Fetish" is another showcase for the band's effortless dancing and some gorgeous tenor schmooze. Della Rocha's "Turquoise" starts off in brooding, contemplative way and keeps simmering on a low, glowing fire. To top it off, there are a few covers that remind you of the band's origins. A new take on Giuffre's rootsy "The Train and the River" stresses their loose flexibility with an Americana style somewhat reminiscent of Charlie Haden, while Carla Bley's evergreen "Vashkar" gets a carefully constructed makeover to close out the album with grace.

On their latest album, Laughing Bastards prove they are a quintessential Belgian band - soaking up sounds and influences from all over the place while maintaining a tight unity - with an international appeal. Combining jazz and chamber music with ideas from pop music and multi-colored strains does not only give their music an iridescent edge, but also keeps the interplay fresh and inspired, something to return to while waiting to see them live on stage.

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Keyon Harrold

Foreverland

34,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

The Offline

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

Thunder Of The Gods Lightning Yellow Vinyl Edition

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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Sun Ra

LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Modern Harmonic)

30,99 €*