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Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ECM)

Nitai Hershkovits

Call On The Old Wise

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Together To The Tune Of Coltrane's "Equinox"

Sarah Webster Fabio

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Smithsonian Folkways)

29,44 €* 30,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Crisis & Opportunity Volume 4 - Meditations

Myele Manzanza

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (DeepMatter)

23,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Denovali)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Having gathered up praise from Mary Anne Hobbs, Cerys Matthews, Jamie Cullum, Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, The Guardian, Jazzwise and more, for his lauded ‘Crisis & Opportunity’, drummer and composer Myele Manzanza returns with the fourth instalment of his series, titled ‘Meditations’.

On ‘Meditations’, we see Myele revert to a purely acoustic line-up, channeling a focused and razor-sharp return to his Jazz roots. Showcasing an incredible level of musicianship between three musicians at the top of their game - including Matthew Sheens (Ross McHenry, John Patitucci) on piano and Matt Penman (Joshua Redman, Sfjazz Collective) on double bass - the trio exchange motifs over the length of 7 tracks.

Opening proceedings with frenetic rhythmic improvisation, complimented by melancholic and cinematic layers of sound, ‘Crayford’s Room’ is a tribute to Myele’s musical mentor back in New Zealand. Remembering his time as a student in Wellington, Myele shows his deep connection to his origins, manifesting itself as lament on ‘Winter’ and ‘Homesick’. Introducing hypnotic, contemplative melodies take centre stage on ‘Something Old Something New’ (the first single to be released from the project)’ It maintains a sense of tension and intrigue throughout, and intensity rises to a crescendo sending sonic particles sprawling into space.

Intuitive, darker and deeply contemplative, Myele shares his innermost thoughts on ‘Crisis and Opportunities Vol.4 - Meditations’. He divulges:

‘The personal angst and existential frustration I was going through across 2020 - 2022 I believe is well reflected here. The album is deeply informed by the musicianship and sound of my trio, Matthew Sheens on piano and Matt Penman on double bass. Knowing that musicians of their calibre were going to be involved gave me licence to go further in my writing, deploying odd time signatures, sharing the melody roles across the piano and the bass, and delving deeper into the nuances of what the acoustic piano / bass / drums trio can do. The compositions present a challenge even to the best musicians, and I knew that it was essential to have a team on this level to really move the music beyond an academic exercise and draw out the emotion and colour from the material.’

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Notilus

II Black Vinyl Edition

Onegin Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Maskxsoul

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Denovali)

20,79 €* 25,99 € -20%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lila Colored Vinyl Edition

Shake Stew

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Traumton)

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Rebecca Nash

Redefining Element 78

37,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Byrd Out)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP - 180 Gram VinylRedefining Element 78 presents a new work by British pianist-composer Rebecca Nash - a distinct musical voice with a deep musical identity. It got a 4-star review from the Jazzwise Magazine and The Jazz Mann Magazine.

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Siema Ziemia

Second

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Byrd Out)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Siema Ziemia hail from Poland and come together as an electronic-inspired quartet, which draws an energy from collective improvisation. The band has a reputation for genre-defying experimentation, fusing free jazz improvisation with breakbeat, IDM, and influences from underground music scenes.

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Coma World

Coma Wong

LP | 2023 | DE | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Betamax of The Comet Is Coming and Pete Bennie of Speakers Corner Quartet are Coma World. They have come together again to produce a further batch of rhythmically enlightened Dystopian Jazz, alongside illustrious graphic and sound artist Raimund Wong (Floating WorlD Pictures) for this record - "Coma Wong":

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Gregory Porter

Christmas Wish

Release: 2023 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

That Holiday Feeling!

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Lez'arts Collectif)

Belzaii

Popsongs

Pigeat Adrien / Second Brain

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After "Quai Saint-Georges" (2017) and "Montagne Sainte-Victoire" (2019), Belzaii made its third album in 2021, "Popsongs". In this new opus recorded with Lionel Pelatan (sound engineer of Les Doigts de l'homme), 'the quartet offers an open and airy gypsy jazz" (in Guitarist acoustic unplugged #79, Max Robin). But the Belzaii style go far beyond gypsy jazz. The compositions strongly represent a musical world open to several influences, latin jazz, classical, yiddish, or "pop" whatever it means... A meaningful universe, with lots of poetry, rythm and surprises. Finally, this album is about music in every sense, the music of its lead guitarist and composer Olivier Tassëel, to which each musician adds its own sensitivity: the saxophonsit Cédric Meunier, the double-bassist Anthony Gutierrez, and the guitarist Tomy Vincent.

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Kali Yuga

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second Brain)

29,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Musicolor)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded between August 2019 and December 2021, this project gives birth to the initial visions of arrangements and orchestrations by Adrien Pigeat for Second Brain.With collaboration on two tracks from Mike "Maz" Maher, the American trumpeter from the band Snarky Puppy.At the heart of the lust of contemporary civilization, the album's Dante-esque aesthetic emphasizes the materialistic and voracious neuroses of our disposable desires."Kali Yuga" oozes funk, rock, jazz, and more to discover...

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Sunscape

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Le Temps De Le Dire)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The "tracks" of this album are well named : just like tracks left in the sand, each of these compositions seem to have been written feet in the sand and eyes on the horizon. Scenery paintings, glimmering and sophisticated, they combine inspired improvisations and great attention to production detail. Sunscape's music is a like a sun we will be spinning around for a long time.

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Zylia

Les Lignes De Désir

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Illusion Purple Marble Vinyl Edition

Kira Linn's Linntett

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

37,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Illusion Black Vinyl Edition

Kira Linn's Linntett

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Second)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Galileo Music Communication)

Joanna Wallfisch

All In Time

19,49 €* 29,99 € -35%

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (None More)

Twospeak & Ronan Perrett

Fictions

19,99 €*

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rer Vinyls)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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None More Records are very proud to present 'Fictions', the third album, and debut LP for the label from Twospeak. Twospeak are band leader and saxophonist Ronan Perrett's bold and dynamic four-piece that draw inspiration equally from the world of contemporary jazz, bands like The Bad Plus and Adhd, the early 1970's Canterbury Scene of Soft Machine and Caravan, Hot Rats-era Zappa and Deerhoof-esque indie rock, putting this all together in a heady brew and sounding uniquely themselves.
Fictions is a huge step forward for the band, building on Twoism and Reflector, taking the band to new heights. Each song on their new album is based on a piece of non-musical art which include paintings, sculpture, literature and film. Each track is named after and aims to capture the character and mood of its original inspiration.

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Henry Cow

Stockholm & Goteborg

29,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Candid)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Originally released on CD as part of the 40th anniversary Henry Cow Box and reissued here for the first time on vinyl, these high quality Swedish Radio live recording, made in 1977, include previously unreleased material including Tim Hodgkinson's "Erk Gah", a long, epic, large scale composition considered as one of Cow peaks, a breathtaking rendition of Phil Ochs' "No More Songs"- in fact the only real song ever played by Henry Cow - and Fred Frith's "The March", plus the legendary "Ottawa Song" and other untitled free improvised pieces. Over an hour of outstanding experimental rock music performed by the Henry Cow original lineup: Dagmar Krause - vocals, Fred Frith - guitar, violin, xylophone Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, flute, Tim Hodgkinson - organ, sax, John Greaves or Georgie Born - bass, cello, and Chris Cutler - drums Henry Cow's natural habitat was the stage and the real-time pressure of public performance, because it was there that the music could live, breathe and evolve (C. Cutler). All music taken from the original radio tapes and re-mastered by Bob Drake. The album contains printed inner sleeves with full notes by Frith, Cutler and Hodgkinson, and photos.

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Toots Thielemans

Captured Alive

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sonny Rollins

Volume 1

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Freddie Roach

Down To Earth

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Complete Full House Recordings Live

Wes Montgomery

3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Craft)

56,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Music For People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes

Jimmy Giuffre

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Candid)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kenny Dorham

Whistle Stop

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miles Davis

Volume 2

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Miles Davis

Volume 1

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Donald Byrd

Byrd In Hand

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When The Roses Come Again

Daniel Bachman

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Three Lobed)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When The Roses Come Again

Daniel Bachman

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Three Lobed)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jazzaggression)

Bash

Live At Club7 1973

17,99 €*

Greasy Mike's Lost & Lonely Ladies

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After the dissolution of the Norwegian Psych rock outfit DREAM by the end of the 1960s, Christian Reim embarked on a new musical venture with the group BASH. Following his time with Dream, where he had already begun to experiment with pop and rock, Christian found himself exploring further creative depths with BASH.

As The DREAM disbanded, pivotal figures like Hans-Marius Stormoen and Terje Rypdal embarked on separate musical journeys. Collaborations with luminaries like Jan Garbarek and Jon Christensen became defining moments. By 1971, however, The Dream's curtain had closed. Undeterred, Christian, armed with his modified Hammond B3 organ, continued to play bass using foot-pedals. Amidst these transformations, the unwavering partnership of his longtime collaborator, drummer Tom Karlsen, remained steadfast.

BASH's presence was initially marked by a single release in 1971, with tracks "Quiquenita" and "Kokosnøtter" on the Nor-Disc imprint. While featuring an impressive line-up of jazz musicians, this studio session was a one-time endeavour. BASH continued to make waves, performing as an Organ Trio led by Christian and Tom. Various Oslo-based guitarists, including notable names like Freddy Dahl and Freddy Lindquist, joined the lineup throughout 1972 and 1973.

However, this live recording encapsulates a pivotal phase in BASH's evolution. The winter of '73 marked a significant shift with the addition of Richard Rolf from the illustrious Swedish band November. Richard's entrance added another layer of prowess and experience to the trio's sonic landscape.

Diving into the performance is akin to reliving the Wednesday concert in April '73. Every essence of the atmosphere is captured, even down to the engineer adjusting the reel-to-reel machine's volume knob whenever the band's intensity peaked. The recording boasts surprising elements, such as moments when Christian halts the performance to reset the rhythm with the drummer. Amidst the live renditions, a standout is Christian's unique interpretation of Arild Wikstrøm’s "Indianersangen," serving as a compelling opener. Its gradually unfolding theme resonates deeply and stands as a highlight, adding a significant dimension to the album's value.

This live recording not only captures the essence of BASH's performance, but it also transports listeners to a specific moment in time at the legendary CLUB 7 in Oslo.

This LP is a limited edition of only 250 copies, each hand-stamped and numbered. With a nod to the seventies, it also includes a replica of the original promotion sheet from the group's heyday.

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V.A.

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jazzman)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Balmat)

Anagrams

Blue Voices

LP | 2023 | Original (Turtle Bay)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Balmat co-founders Philip Sherburne and Albert Salinas have been fans of Shy Layers' lilting, Balearic pop for years, so when Shy Layers' JD Walsh asked us to listen to a set of demos he was working up with fellow Atlanta multi-instrumentalist Jeff Crompton, we jumped at the chance. And once we heard their work in progress, the decision was almost immediate: We have to release this. Together, Walsh and Crompton are Anagrams, and their debut album together, Blue Voices, might initially seem like a departure from Balmat's habitually electronic terrain. It's not ambient music, but it's also not not ambient music, at least to listeners in the right frame of mind. The two musicians, who met when Walsh moved from Brooklyn to Atlanta in 2016 and began collaborating a few years later, see the music in similarly ambiguous terms. "I like it because it's not jazz," jokes Crompton, a veteran and credentialed jazz player. "And JD likes it because it's jazz." Crompton is a musician (and former high-school band teacher) with deep roots in Georgia's improvised and experimental music scenes; his credits include shows with Eugene Chadbourne, a guest appearance with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and a collaboration with Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel's 12-hour drone performance at Knoxville's Big Ears. On Blue Voices he plays alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet, electric piano, and organ. Walsh has been releasing music as Shy Layers since 2015, when he started self-releasing on Bandcamp; the following year, Germany's Growing Bin packaged his first two EPs as a self-titled album, and in 2018, Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space label put out Shy Layers' sophomore album, Midnight Marker. Where those records channeled Walsh's playful harmonic instincts into wistful songwriting with tropical overtones, on Blue Voices he lets his experimental tendencies take the lead. Playing acoustic and electric guitars, electric lap steel, bass, Moog Matriarch, modular synth, and programmed drums, he concentrates his energies on richly textural layers and abstract assemblages of tone color. Across the album's 11 tracks, there are faint echoes of familiar touchstones: the atmospheric twang of Daniel Lanois' pedal steel on Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks; the mercurial modal runs of Ethio-jazz; the late-summer calm of Fuubutsushi; the versatility of players and composers like Patrick Shiroishi and Sam Gendel, who are asking similar questions about where jazz ends and some other, nameless territory begins. Mostly, though, what Blue Voices captures is the quixotic sound of two restless musical imaginations making it up as they go along, two voices discovering a shared language in a hitherto unexplored shade of blue.

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Sweet Megg

Santa Baby

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Turtle Bay)

Molly Ryan

Sweepin' The Blues Away

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Turtle Bay)

Hannah Gill

Everybody Loves A Lover

37,04 €* 38,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cratere Centrale 2023 Repress

Cratere Centrale

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Roots Underground)

12,99 €*

4LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Capitol)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cratere Centrale, a Sicilian band formed between the volcanic slopes of Mount Etna and the urban area of Catania, debuts on Roots Underground with an EP consisting of five tracks with a strongly Mediterranean flavour in which jazz, funk and club culture come together for a surprising result.

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Frank Sinatra

Platinum

163,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Naive)

Stacey Kent

Summer Me, Winter Me

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Liquid Love / What's The T?

Roy Ayers

7" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Alim)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Uusi Aika

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lukas Traxel

One-Eyed Daruma

26,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Say What

23,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ok:Ko

Liesu

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Jazz Live Plates 23 Ateneum 2019 Lonna 2019

Timo Teppo Mäkynen Lassy

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

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Post Koma Gold Vinyl Edition

Koma Saxo

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Post Koma Black Vinyl Edition

Koma Saxo

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jaf Trio

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Designers

26,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Horst-Michael Schaffer & Jbbg - Jazz Bigband Graz

The Space Between Us

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Natango Music)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Stardust Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the rarest recordings in Sun Ra's enormous catalog. Recorded in 1982, featuring the groove-infested x-rated warning hit "Nuclear War". The remaining tracks include four originals and three standards, Ellington's "Drop Me Off in Harlem," "Sometimes I'm Happy," and "Smile." A cult album finally repressed on virgin audiophile vinyl. XYZ Records. Made in USA.

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John Coltrane

LP | 2023 | EU (Destination Moon)

16,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Whp)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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During the late 1950s, the iconic tenor saxophonist John Coltrane was exploring different milieus with various associates, most notably reconnecting with Miles Davis during a time when the latter was working with pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummers Jimmy Cobb and Art Taylor. These players are featured on the 1958 session that would yield Stardust, released by Prestige four years later, and although comprised of four standard cover tunes, Trane’s playing is so supremely emotive and the hard-bop arrangements so subtle and engaging that the LP becomes another deep audio dive that sounds better with every listen.

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Aretha Franklin

Live At Montreux 1971

18,99 €*

Camille-Alban Spreng's Odil Feat. Nina Kortekaas

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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Unheimlich

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

14,39 €* 23,99 € -40%

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

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Swiss-born pianist Camille-Alban Spreng, who has resided in Brussels for over a decade, has been active since 2010 in a diverse range of bands and projects within jazz, improvised (electronic) music, art performance and theater. He can be seen on stages all over Europe and trained at various conservatories with renowned players such as Emil Spanyi (hemu, Lausanne), Eric Legnini and Kris Defoort (crb, KCB, Brussels). Together with his regular band Odil, he has already released two records: 'Something' (qftf Records - 2016) and 'reson' (qftq Records - 2019), with the collaboration of Leïla Martial, and Valentin Ceccaldi on the latter album. Odil operates from Brussels but, with in its ranks a pivotal figure with Swiss roots, a French drummer and an Irish saxophonist, is a band with international allure. Nina Kortekaas' unique voice is also an absolute asset.

His third album, titled "Unheimlich," will be released on W.E.R.F. records, one of Belgium's finest jazz not jazz labels. The new album sprung from Camille-Alban's fondness for Allen Ginsberg and the beatnik movement. Poems by Ginsberg are provided with music, notably "Pull My Daisy" (co-written by Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady at the time) and "White Shroud," with the approval of the rights holders/heirs.

The lyrics that Camille-Alban himself wrote for the album exude the same beatnik vibe. In that sense, the new work is also an homage to Allen Ginsberg. "I love his way of writing: it's funny, twisted, quirky ánd spiritual," Camille-Alban said. "I couldn't think of a better title for the new album. 'Unheimlich' doesn't translate. The black cat in the lobby of a creepy hotel in 'The Matrix,' I think of that image, that atmosphere." Odil's music has a narrative character and in terms of form, the compositions are not ordinary. Impro plays a role and the music is unmistakably characterized by a contemporary jazz aesthetic but at their core the compositions are also songs, a unique feature. 'Unheimlich' is a jazz album that can be listened to just as well as a pop rock album.

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Beraadgeslagen

Altijd Bewust Bewegen

23,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Howling Jazz!!!)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fulco Ottervanger and Lander Gyselinck, you remember them from their debut album Duizeldorp which included cult classic Isabellade.

On October 27 they add the second album Altijd Bewust Bewegen to their discography.

On this album the duo goes in search of reasons for movement. Head and body harmoniously translated into Beraad-language. The two 2 improvisational athletes once again gracefully stretch themselves between the limits of gravity.

Admiration for movement culture takes them from gym to racetrack, from apps to abs. A breaststroke here, a backhand there. An aimless goalkeeper musing on a distant acquaintance. From village to town and back, the tandem rustles at to tennis lessons.

Talk about it with your coach.

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Daniel Karlsson Trio

Sorry Boss

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings

Charles Mingus

Box | 2023 | EU | Original (Rhino)

232,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Lester Young

Blue Lester

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

Abbey Lincoln

Over The Years

39,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Let No Man Write My Epitaph Acoustic Sounds

Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

43,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Timo Lassy /Teppo Mäkynen

Live Recordings 2019-2020 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live Al Blu Note Blue Vinyl Edtion

Ornella Vanoni

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (The Saifam Group)

53,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mina In Studio 2001 - 2021

Mina

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pdu Music & Production Sa)

91,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pdu Music & Production Sa)

Mina

Encadenados

52,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blooming Signed Black Vinyl Edition

Stefano Bollani

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Columbia)

41,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Emidio Clementi / Corrado Nuccini

Motel Chronicles

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (42)

42,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Workin)

Mario Iannuzziello

End Of May

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Red)

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Impressions

47,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Red)

Dannie Richmond Quintet

Dionysius

56,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Red)

Bobby Watson

Appointment In Milano

47,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tre Per Una (Rea, Golino, Moriconi)

Fortissimo

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pdu Music & Production Sa)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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You Need Lovin' Feat. Lydia Sharpe

Bdq

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Bdq)

21,84 €* 22,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony)

James Arthur

Bitter Sweet Love

26,99 €*

Tom Browne / Diplomats Of Soul

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Der mehrfach mit Platin ausgezeichnete Künstler James Arthur wird sein neues Album „bitter Sweet Love“ am 26. Januar über Columbia Records veröffentlichen.

„bitter Sweet Love“ zeigt James von seiner besten Seite und bietet dreizehn atemberaubende Songs voller Emotion. Nachdem er wieder auf der Bühne stand, wurde ihm klar, wie sein fünftes Album klingen sollte. Die Menge sang zu seinen Hits mit und tauchte in die Emotionen ein, die James in seiner eigenen Stimme hören konnte.

Der aus Middlesbrough stammende und vor kurzem Brit Billion-Award zertifizierte Künstler, kann auf eine Jahrzehnte lang umfassende Karriere zurückblicken. Darunter 4 Studioalben, 16 Milliarden verkaufte Tonträger und unzählige ausverkaufte Konzerte an einigen der legendärsten Veranstaltungsorten weltweit.

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Brighter Tomorrow

10" | 2015 | Reissue (Expansion)

22,99 €*

Release: 2015 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jalp)

Don Cherry/Gato Barbieri

Togetherness

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fred Frith And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles

Something About This Landscape For Ensemble

21,99 €*

Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Since his early days with Henry Cow, Fred Frith has been regarded as a brilliant instrumentalist and improviser, but what has been overlooked is that he is also a first-rate composer. This recording offers both aspects. His most complex orchestral composition and two selected improvisations with the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles. Fred Frith, as an infusion of energy and inspiration.

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Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung Black Vinyl Edition

21,99 €*

Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung

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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Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung Marbled Vinyl Edition

18,99 €*

Moonshine Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Elephantine

22,79 €* 23,99 € -5%

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Altin Village & Mine)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Maurice Louca & his band Elephantine announce Moonshine, shining brightly with a live, raw, collective sound. Maurice Louca's band is incredible: double drummers Tommaso Cappellato & Özün Usta, Piero Bittolo Bon on alto, Daniel Gahrton on baritone and Isak Hedtjärn on clarinet, Rasmus Svale Kjærgård Lund on tuba, Rosa Brunello on bass, Els Vandeweyer on vibraphone, Louca on guitar/lap steel/synth.

As Asher Gamedze puts it in his essay: "Abstract territories of freedom, always grounded, expansive, multiple, internally differentiated, and elephantine."

One of the most gifted, prolific and adventurous figures on Egypt's thriving experimental arts scene, Louca has in recent years garnered a global reputation through three previous solo albums and an expanding, evolving lineup of genre-defying collaborations. The Wire called his 2014 sophomore solo effort, Salute the Parrot, "remarkable music-dense, driven and splashed with colour.

For Louca, Elephantine serves as both the pinnacle of his wide-ranging experience and a bold next step in his development as a composer, arranger and bandleader, from Cosmic Jazz, African and World music to transcendental modal traditions. The music-from its pensive lulls through its stretches of hard-grooving hypnosis and moments of avant-jazz.

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Teichmann & Soehne

Flows

Interview With Charlie Morrow

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Teichmann + Söhne’s »Flows« is not so much the result of a collaborative process as it is a process in itself. Over the course of nine pieces, the Gebrüder Teichmann—Andi and Hannes—and their father Uli repeatedly find common ground between the very different musical styles, sound aesthetics, and subcultural codes they have internalised throughout their lives. The source material out of which the album evolved was culled from several recordings of rehearsal sessions in preparation for the trio’s concerts that took place between the years 2012 and 2022. The three added only a few overdubs to those recordings but edited them rigorously to both preserve and transform the spirit of their unlikely collaboration. The combination of Uli’s background as a versatile jazz artist and multi-instrumentalist with his sons’ penchant for dub techniques, modular synthesis, and live sampling as well as their interest in electronic dance music take on ever-different shapes. »Flows,« released on the occasion of Uli’s 80th birthday, is as joyful, lively and free-spirited as its makers.

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Sun Ra

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Recital)

Brian Auger Oblivion Express

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recital presents a newly unearthed recording of an interview between Sun Ra and composer Charlie Morrow recorded at his New York studio in 1989. This voice-only recording develops more like a kaleidoscopic sermon than any standard interview.

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Complete Oblivion Box Set

6LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Bank)

78,99 €*

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brian Auger"s Oblivion Express was the phoenix that rose from the ashes of sixties combo The Trinity. Fusing R&B, jazz, soul and funk, keyboard maestro Brian Auger created a new breed of music that took the US and the UK by storm. Auger"s unique experimentation culminated in rhythm-infused jazz funk that united Black and white "70s audiences. The 6 studio albums that make up Complete Oblivion illustrate the group"s diverse musical influences and progression, from the 1970 self titled debut"s heavy jazz-rock to the jazz fusion, latin and disco tinged Reinforcements from 1975.

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Kenny G

Innocence

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Concord)

Keyon Harrold

Foreverland

34,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Fun In The Church)

Quartabe

Licao #2: Dorival

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mike Makhalemele & Winston Ngozi

Bull And The Lion

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Mike Makhalemele

Peacemaker

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Telephone Explosion)

Badge Epoque Ensemble

Air, Light & Harmony

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Hyperjazz)

Khalab

Layers

21,84 €* 22,99 € -5%

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Whp)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Every person we meet, every moment we live through, all the love we feel, and the losses we endure, add another layer to the intricate pattern of our lives. Like multicolored threads, these layers twist together to form a complex, vibrant tapestry — a reflection of our life journey until this point. On his new album Layers, Khalab acknowledges and celebrates the encounters that have shaped his ever-evolving musical vision. The record, out on August 25th with his own Hyperjazz Records, represents the culmination of a creative journey that began with his Eunoto EP (Black Acre Records, 2015), evolved with the Afro-Futuristic soundscapes of 2018’s highly acclaimed album Black Noise 2084 (On The Corner Records/!K7), and has since developed further through a series of experiences and deep musical collaborations. Layers summons all the alchemy of Khalab’s live performances, and embodies the transcendental power of music making as a collective art form. Over the past five years, Khalab has shared the stage at Italian and International festivals with many exceptional musicians, an experience which has sharpened the musicality of his compositions and enhanced the depth and complexity of his sound. “Since the release of Black Noise 2084 I’ve increasingly developed the stage and band dynamic, focusing on arranging with the musicians in mind, and this album was almost entirely conceived together with musicians I’ve collaborated with” says Khalab. In a testament to the label’s close-knit and highly collaborative nature, Khalab's live band includes a cadre of musicians from the Hyperjazz family, including David Paulis and Enrico Truzzi of Phresoul, as well Pietro Santangelo, Fabio Sasso, and longstanding creative-partner Nicola Guida. The album’s nine tracks feature an impressive lineup of collaborators old and new, including UK drummer and producer Emanative, Burkinabe singer, guitarist, and m’bira player Gabin Dabiré (passed away a few weeks ago), Italian producer Clap! Clap!, multi-wind instrumentalist Tamar Osborn, drummer and producer Tommaso Cappellato, British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed, Bristol’s vocalist and producer Grove, multi-instrumentalist Tenderlonious, Italian jazz singer Alessia Obino and British-born Nigerian spoken-word artist Joshua Idehen. Layers still revolves around the key components of Khalab’s sound — dark and trancey electronics and his research into Black music and all its evolutions — but with a bigger emphasis on harmonic arrangements. Across the album, Khalab’s productions twist and pulsate into mesmerizing motifs, as the interplay between different instruments coalesce into focused melodies and rich, complex textures. Khalab and his collaborators masterfully blend gloomy and radiant tones, eliciting feelings of both doom and hope. The album will be preceded by three lead singles: “Layers” feat. Joshua idehen, “Tunnel Of Jealousy” feat. Lady Blue Eyes, and “Female Side” feat. Tommaso Cappellato.

For Khalab, Layers represents the end point of a journey that began with the synthesis of ancestral rhythms and electronic experimentation on Black Noise 2084, and has taken him on a meandering route through a Mauritanian refugee camp (M’berra, Real World Recordings, 2021), and deep into the catalogs of legendary Italian labels Soul Note and Black Saint (for the Hyperituals compilations, released on his own Hyperjazz label). In Khalab’s own words: “For me this feels like coming full circle, because everything will be more experimental going forward”. Credits All tracks written & arranged by Khalab Produced by Khalab & DJ Knuf With the vital contribution of these amazing musicians: A1. Yazz Ahmed (flugelhorn, trumpet), Alessia Obino (voice), Nicola Guida (synths), Fabio Sasso (drums) A2. Emanative (drums), Tamar Osborn (baritone saxophone), Grove (lyrics, voice) A3. Lady Blue Eyes (voice) A4. Cristiano Crisci (synths), Pietro Santangelo (tenor saxophone) A5. Joshua Idehen (lyrics, voice), Cristiano Crisci (additional synths) B1. Tommaso Cappellato (synths), Enrico Truzzi (drums), David Paulis (electric bass), Cristiano Crisci (additional synths) B2. Gabin Dabiré (voice, m’bira) B3. Tenderlonious (flute) B4. Magnus PI (percussion), Alessia Obino (voice), Pietro Santangelo (tenor saxophone), Enrico Truzzi (drums) Mix by DJ Knuf at Studio 33, Rome Remix by Khalab at Studio 33, Rome Megamix by Satori Stereo Saiyan Mastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery, London Visual project design by Marco Klefisch

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Archie Shepp Quintet

Live In Europe

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is Archie Shepp caught live at two important European festivals in 1973. At the head of some sort of one-off line up featuring Dave Burrell on piano, Donald Garret on bass along with her partner Zusaan Fasteau on percussion, flute and vocals, and last but not least Muhammad Ali (Rashid's brother) on drums, Shepp, heard on tenor and soprano saxes and piano, delivers a full program of hot renditions of mostly standards by the likes of Ellington, Monk and Davis, plus a couple of pieces written by his regular partners of the time, Cal Massey and Grachan Moncur.

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Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns

Weejuns

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Anthony Davis / Kyl Motl / Kjell Nordeson

Vertical Motion

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Astral Spirits)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pip Den Haag)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Anthony Davis has been around since the late '70s with releases on India Navigation and more! He's recently composed more operas including his Pulitzer Prize winning work of The Central Park Five. This is a straight up free jazz piano trio, incredible stuff.

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Mega Wega

Haunted

23,19 €* 28,99 € -20%

Espen Eriksen Trio With Andy Sheppard

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Fate is a funny old thing. One day in 2011, DJ/producer Tom Trago found himself sharing a train journey with Steven Van Lummel, a DIY musician, artist and co-founder of PIP, an underground nightclub and cultural hub in The Hague. Over the course of a rambling, open-ended conversation, the idea of making music together came up; a few weeks later, Trago travelled to van Lummel’s place – a former industrial unit that was now home to a rotating cast of artists and musicians – and didn’t leave for a month.

Cossetted away from the outside world in van Lummel’s loft, with multi-instrumentalists Janneke Nijhuijs and Wieger Hoogendorp joining them to create a musical four-piece, Mega Wega was born. Over the course of four weeks, the quartet embarked on an almost continuous creative session punctuated only by impromptu parties and mixing sessions. Life-long bonds were made and over 70 tracks recorded before the mundanity of day-to-day life came calling.

For one reason or another, the project never saw the light of day, with tracks sat gathering dust on hard drives for the best part of a decade. During the madness and loneliness of the Covid-19 pandemic, Trago rediscovered the tracks. Delighted by what he heard, a collective decision was made to add finishing touches and release the resultant album on van Lummel’s PIP Records imprint. Further instruments and vocals were added over two days at Hoogendorp’s studio, before mutual friend Tom Ruig got on board to mix the album.

So, what can you expect from Haunted, Mega Wega’s debut album? First and foremost, it’s the sound of pure creative expression – the distillation of a freewheeling, no-holds-barred, spontaneous musical journey variously inspired by the do-it-yourself ethos of musical counterculture, shared inspirations and influences, epic jam sessions, distant stars (Wega, sometimes known as Fidis or ‘the harp star’, is one of the brightest in the night sky), imaginary journeys across dusty deserts, and the comradeship of four new friends.

Enchanting and alluring, it’s an album that gleefully denies lazy categorization and ploughs its own eclectic, atmospheric musical furrow in vivid sonic detail. It’s a collective exploration of heady musical eclecticism unified by saucer-eyed vocals, low-slung bass, loose-limbed beats, sweaty percussion workouts and hazy electric piano motifs.

Haunted begins with the woozy and hallucinatory slow-burn soundscape of ‘Get Things Done’ – an effects laden shuffle akin to lying flat on your back tripping under an intense desert sun – and ends with the creepy, mind-mangling post-punk funk of ‘Brain Carpaccio’; in between, you’ll find spaced-out, low-tempo lo-fi soul (‘Move Around’, ‘Haunted’), deep and off-kilter opioid jazz (‘Copenhagen’), intoxicating psychedelia (‘Last Night on Earth’), piano-laden dream-pop epics (‘Shake Or Fall’), and Latin-infused, percussion-powered hedonism (‘Chopping Heads’).

Born out of spontaneous collaboration and immersive, almost endless recording sessions, Haunted is an album shot through with imagination and boundless energy, captured for posterity by four friends and collaborators at the top of their game.

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In The Mountains

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rune Grammofon)

34,99 €*