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Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dave & Lionel Loueke Holland

United

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Edition)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2024 | Original (O-Tone Music)

Malika Tirolien

Geminicrab

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Edition)

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Joe Webb

Hamstrings & Hurricanes

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2024 | Original (Ground Up Music Llc)

Edward Simon

Three Visitors

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tape | 2024 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

Nautilus

Pacific Voyage

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (First Word)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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

Enjoy this pacific voyage.

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Takuya Kuroda

Midnight Crisp Remixed

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cos / Daniel Schell & Dick Annegarn

Mein Maschin Ist Schön / The FF Boom

7" | 2021 | UK | Reissue (Finders Keepers)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ubuntu)

Release: 2021 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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From the same continental cosmic egg that hatched Marc Moulin, Marc Hollander and Belgian synth fusion combo Placebo comes your favourite new Franco-Flemmish pop discovery. COS, where have you been all my life? Compact in name but wide-eyed in nature, it’s understandable how the 70’s band known simply as COS has remained trapped in the tight cracks between pop stardom and prog indulgence where other like minded names like CAN, Zao, Neu! And Egg have managed to squeeze into gaps of your record collection. In presenting one of the band’s most infectious and potentially crossover legible tracks on this exclusive user-friendly 45, COS mastermind Daniel Schell not only breaks an unlikely new format for this lesser-known femme-fronted, electro/jazz fusion/prog pop opera/would-be disco cinematic six-piece but also sends a sonic telegram to a new generation of futurist pop aficionados ready to explore the deep realms of his band’s dense, expansive and consistently rewarding catalogue. Placing the microscope over the central motif of the band’s onomatopoeic 1978 triptych known as Mein Maschine Ist Schön (My Machine Is Beautiful) this very rare proposed single edit from the group’s third album combines the type of warm, brooding, discoid funk and nymphish Morse code vocals that unite fans of Stereolab, Curved Air, Jan Hammer, Emerald Web and Ursula Dudziak not to mention Schell’s own close friends, the aforementioned, Hollander, Moulin and Placebo. A prog rock 45 might sound like a contradiction in terms but with a band like COS you can only expect them to defy convention. Backed here with another deeply conceptual sliced of deep orchestral symphonic psych from Schell’s short-lived FF Boom project from the previous year this suitably compact introduction to your new favourite COSmonauts provide digestible versions of some of Schell’s finest moments and clears the decks for future explorations of a wider musical universe waiting to be explored. Turn on this beautiful machine and let yourself melt into the COSmix.

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Secret Sessions

Hoop

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Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Timeless Jazz Classics Record Store Day 2024 Cd Edition

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On CD)

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Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2021 | US | Original (Old Maid Entertainment / Illegalia)

The Du-Rites

Pressure

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Gustaf Ljunggren With Skúli Sverrisson

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pressure is the D.O.A. of some and the D.N.A. of others. For The Du-Rites, it's the latter. Pressure ain’t nothin’ but potassium!

Jay Mumford f/k/a “J-Zone” (drums, keyboards, percussion) and Pablo Martin (guitar, bass, keyboards) used the feared ‘P’ as both the impetus behind and the title of their sixth and most musically adventurous release. Coming off 2020’s A Funky Bad Time LP, how would the NYC-based funk unit follow up in a world where music fans hope live shows return (but not really), want songs instead of an avalanche of 60 second clips to scroll past (but not really) and a lapse back into lockdown never seems far off? And not only follow up, but not repeat? Add vinyl pressing plants offering turnaround as long as nine months and tour plans almost always in pencil, pressure for musicians to write and record almost impossibly fast or be doomed to the algorithm black hole is pumping. The odds are stacked, but odds make us turn corners.

Pressure is half the length but twice the density of its predecessors. Six tracks deep on wax (seven digitally), it’s more orchestrated, a bit more complex, but never, ever sacrificing grease and groove for academia. The hip-hop-and-dub-meet-funk of their 2016 debut; the ‘60s soul nod of 2017’s Greasy Listening; the cinematic "cop show funk" of 2018’s Gamma Ray Jones and the darker psychedelia of A Funky Bad Time - none reappear on Pressure. A subtle jazz leaning is there, but it’s busted and unrefined in a way only The Du-Rites would du. The title track and “Bird Brain” go there. Main single, “The Squeeze,” puts Italian Soundtrack-style vocals and strings in the mix with drippy guitar, reggae influence, Barry White-style ad-libbing and groove drumming for the most distinct and lush tune in the band’s catalog. “Brother Yizar” goes full-on park jam on a percussive, uptempo rampage and the closer, “Fly Swatter,” swings hard with whirling dervish Hammond organ and walking basslines. The mockingly-titled “Math Rock” is the closest thing to any previous Du-Rites, but the wild twists and turns are uncharted territory.

In an ever-uncertain musical landscape, Pressure is The Du-Rites finding a way. Like they always du. But du-in it differently. Live and/or on wax, The Du-Rites have played alongside the likes of Eddie Palmieri, Robert Glasper, Ghostface Killah, Wax Tailor, The Skatalites and members of Sun Ra Arkestra. Individually, Jay and Pablo, as drummer and guitarist, respectively, have worked with Danger Mouse, Lord Finesse, Madlib, Tom Tom Club, Broken Bells, Soul Supreme, Ben Pirani and many more.

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Floreana

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (April)

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Character Actor Ep Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer Gustaf Ljunggren has teamed up with Icelandic Bass Guitar player and composer Skúli Sverrisson (Laurie Anderson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Frisell, Blonde Redhead ) to create an album that wishes to offer the listener private musical spaces to dwell in for a while. Ljunggren’s musical language is clear, gentle, and melodic, and the pieces chosen for this album all share a sense of weaving past and future together into the present. Gustaf Ljunggren reflects about the music on Floreana: “I listened inwards, and it sounded like this. Melodies came to the surface, and I chose to say ‘yes’ to them, embrace them, carry them forward. My musical partner on this album, Skúli Sverrisson, has been with me throughout this process; embracing the music with both profound dedication and artistic boldness.” The music on the album grants the listener access to something that’s forgotten or undiscovered. There’s a sensuousness throughout the work; musical spaces that reveal possibilities to listen inwards, aided by repetition in melodies and patterns. The music doesn’t seek climaxes as much as it seeks states of presence and attention. The live concerts with Gustaf Ljunggren and Skúli Sverrisson will explore the spaces the music on Floreana invites to. Two of northern Europe’s most distinctive instrumentalists will interpret Ljunggren’s compositions with a strong attention to the environment where the music is performed. The audience can expect the performers to display a deep commitment to the presence of the music as it unfolds.

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The Near Jazz Experience

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Sartorial)

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Discrepant)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a 5 track EP of brand new, previously unreleased material from The Near Jazz Experience (Terry Edwards, Mark Bedford and Simon Charterton).

Whilst recording the new album Terry asked pianist Mike Garson (best known for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins) – whom Terry has toured with if he’d like to play on a track. Mike said yes, recorded a stupendous solo for Character Actor at his home studio and sent it over. All in the space of 24 hours! On hearing the piano part NJE bassist Mark Bedford came up with the idea of having the piano mixed with the original track (as intended) but also using it as the basis for a completely new recording with the piano leading rather than complementing the band.

Side 1 of the EP has these two very different versions from the same seed. Unidentical twins indeed. Side 2 of the EP contains 4 outliers from the album sessions. These aren’t out-takes or unfinished pieces. They simply couldn’t find a place for themselves within the album – along the lines of the tunes Tom Waits put together for his Orphans compilation of 2006. They are standalone tunes which have found a home together on this EP because in some way they all have filmic qualities.

Side 1 contains 2 takes on Character Actor (the title being a nod to Cracked Actor, a tune on Aladdin Sane, the album that introduced Bowie fans to Mike Garson), and Side 2 has The Loping Four; Projector; MacGuffin and Lockstep, all titles which contain strong cinematic elements, MacGuffin in particular.

It was Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite word for a red herring in the plot. The musical cast on this release has a remarkable pedigree. The NJE consists of Terry Edwards (solo artist and session player with PJ Harvey, Franz Ferdinand, Siouxsie, Jimi Tenor, Piroshka, Tindersticks etc); Mark Bedford (Madness, Robert Wyatt, Robyn Hitchcock, Nightingales etc); Simon Charterton (The Higsons, Alex Harvey, Zook, Serious Drinking etc). Alongside featured guest Mike Garson there is an appearance by Oliver Cherer (Aircooled, Miki Berenyi Band) on keys and synth.

This is an RSD exclusive on black vinyl in full colour sleeve which reflects the filmic quality of the recorded material. No download. The title track will appear on the next Near Jazz Experience studio album. The 4 additional tracks, however, will remain exclusive to Record Store Day.

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Ondness

Oeste A.D.

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rotkat)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Somewhere in the middle of the first track, “Torres e Baldios”, there’s a sudden change of pace with percussion rhythms interfering with the trance-like sound of the first six minutes. It sounds like steps, people running away on a corridor bashing their feet. It dazzles you because of how unexpected it is, how unpredictable those sounds sound like and, most of all, how it makes perfect sense. It is a monstrous piece. And the beginning of a new age for Ondness, in the same year he defied his Serpente moniker to create an absolute classic, “Dias da Aranha”.

What makes “Oeste A.D.” so remarkable is the intangible idea of nostalgia. “Aqua Matrix Alternative Nation” recreates with a slowed down mentality the theme of one of the main events of the Expo 98 in Lisbon. It’s nowhere similar to the original, what it does is to mess around with the global ideas that were such a big part of that event. The Portuguese musicians that were invited to collaborate with Expo 98 were mesmerized by the ideas of union and globalization, creating overpriced music that sounds like shit today. “Aqua Matrix Alternative Nation” messes around with that vibe in a positive way. Think Mark Leckey playing around with his rave memories. Same thing, but in Portugal we had Expo 98.

Jokes aside, B Side is more futuristic with “Torres e Baldios II” and “Endless Domingo”, a nod to “Endless Summer”, by Fennesz, and “Endless Happiness” (from “Beaches And Canyons”), by Black Dice, mashing up – freely - both covers and reminding of how great 2001/2002 was for experimental music. Both tracks are full of sci-fi drama and this sickness of the future that has been travelling with Ondness since its early days. But the approach here is somehow different. Before “Oeste A.D.” the Ondness sound was fragmented, sparse and intensively reflexive. There was this uncertainty to it that made the previously releases so good. But “Oeste A.D.” is full of clarity, the phrases are straightforward, and the music moves in one direction, continuously. Before, there were loads of unanswered questions. The only doubt is when will the world start to care and listen to Bruno’s brilliant music. Now sounds like a good time.

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Namid & Sondervan

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Fukashigi No Karte Feat. Chihiro Sings / Instrumental

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Namid & Sondervan is a collaboration between jazz quartet Namid and live coder Dago Sondervan. A debut album like a rhizomatic cyber-attack of quantum melodics flowing in all directions, constantly interconnecting,creating new universes at every junction. Squarepusher, Sun Ra and Moondog on a collision course. Headfirst into the future.

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Fox Capture Plan

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Urban Discos)

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LP | 2013 | Original (Ozella)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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The long-awaited 7inch release of fox capture plan's self-cover of "Fukashigi no Karte", the ending theme of the TV anime series "Rascal Does Not Dream (Seishun Buta Yaro)", in an English vocal version featuring Chihiro Sings and the original mix! The release coincides with the release of the latest film in the series, "Rascal Does Not Dream of a Girl with a Leather Backpack". The rich sound of the jazzy hip-hop rhythm, layered with strings and horns, expresses the original softness of the instruments in this new version, with English lyrics and singing by Chihiro Sings.

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Maximilian Geller

Alpenglühen

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Release: 2013 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto

Getz / Gilberto Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Little Girl Blue Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Nina Simone

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Panorama)

Fruko y sus Tesos

Salsa Na Ma

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kind Of Blue Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Miles Davis

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

Aflex Combo

Hibaros

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Lady Blackbird

Black Acid Soul

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Waltz For Debby Gatefold Sleeve Edition

The Bill Evans Trio

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jazz Room)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gatefold 180g Includes Rare Or Exclusive Artwork Inside

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Goma Laca

Cala Boca Menino

Olli Ahvenlahti / Prince Billy Wright

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two fabulous funky tracks originally released on the award winning album Goma-Laca – Afrobrasilidades in 78 rpm which updated Brazilian Music originally recorded on 78's in the 1920s to the 1950s. With musical direction and arrangements by Letieres Leite, the vocal pyrotechnics of Russo Passapusso and Juçara Marçal masterfully accompanied by double bassist Marcos Paiva, Hercules Gomes on piano, Sergio Machado on drums and percussion master Gabi Guedes. Under the direction of Letieres, the group created with the singers arrangements of jazzy tones over Afro-Bahian rhythms, and everything was recorded live at Estúdio Traquitana, in São Paulo.
The version of Cala Menino Boca best known from the version by Joao Donato that's been doing the Dancefloor round since the early Acid Jazz days here gets a funky and rhodes led percussive update and of course the traditional tune "Ogum" gets a soulful jazz run through, folky funk like you've never heard before. This is yet another welcome addition to the Jazz Room canon, watch those dancefloors light up when this wax spins!

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Messin' About - Volume 3

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

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Joe Henderson

Page One

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In The Wee Small Hours Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Frank Sinatra

Moon Beams Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Bill Evans Trio

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Undercurrent Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Evans & Jim Hall

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Lovemonk)

Chip Wickham

Blue To Red Remixed

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Three songs taken from Chip Wickham's spiritual jazz album Blue to Red get reshaped by Photay, Medlar, and Chip Wickham himself. The result is a lush ep, every bit as good as the combination of a wonderful original track and an uber-talented remixer could be.

Photay has deconstructed the peaceful Blue to Red to turn it into a bomb—a storming dance track that keeps the spiritual vibe intact. The extra beatless version soothes your ear while creating a certain sense of anticipation.

The original version of Interstellar blends fusion jazz with the sound of West London's seminal broken beat scene. Medlar has plucked the track apart, then rebuilt it by adding some extra perc and synth sounds to the bass-driven beats. The result is some deep and heavy and funky business.

And finally, Chip recovered a take of wonderful astral slow jam The Cosmos that didn't make it onto the album, one with no drums, and cooked up a roomy cosmic dub, full-on Space Echo.

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Fusion Global Sounds 1970-1983

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Favorite)

Byard Lancaster, Clint Jackson Iii

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Favorite Recordings and Charles Maurice proudly present a brand new compilation series: Fusion Global Sounds. 9 rare and hidden tracks produced between 1970 and 1983 in various parts of the world. As a fine collector of Jazz-Funk and Fusion for many years, Charles Maurice selected some of his favorite forgotten productions, as he previously did for the AOR Global Sounds, French and Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds compilations series. This time, recordings come from Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand, Uruguay, Spain and France, from artists and bands mostly known in their local scenes. You'll hear here the best elements of the Fusion and Jazz-Funk genre: breezy vocal arrangements reminding Flora Purim in Return To Forever or George Duke's albums, sweet and virtuosic Fender Rhodes (kind of common thread of the comp), melodic spiral-shaped fuzzy synthesizers leads, or irresistible basslines, altogether bringing a unique groove to life. "Buster" is taken from the first and only album of the Swedish band, Sundance. The band from Gothenburg was formed around US trumpet player Stephen Frankevich (notably playing with Mahavishnu Orchestra) after he moved to Sweden. Cosmic, with razor-sharp rhythms, it naturally brings you to the second title, "Hello Mr. Ancuvis" by Renato Anselmi. One of the key players of the Swiss Jazz scene during the sixties and the seventies, Renato also had the chance to play with Harvey Mason or Alphonso Johnson. Funky, jazzy but still a bit breezy, here again sweet vocals nicely blend with uptempo Rhodes part. Also included is another title from Renato Anselmi, "Quiet Fire", a mellow Rhodes-driven ballad with funky accents, wide strings and guitar arrangements. "Tropical Island" by Zane Cronje, a South-African composer and arranger, was initially a track from a music library catalogue: dreamy, soaked in thorough synthesizers, we're only attached to the earth by the Guiro groove. You'll also hear this cosmic vibe in "Astral Dance" by French-American drummer and Jazz musician/composer Daniel Bechet, taken from Songs To My Father LP, dedicated to his father the famous Sax/Clarinet player Sydney Bechet. In this 4 minutes dope jam, keys, guitar and percussion will elevate your mind to another level of consciousness: deep! The 1860 Band was hailing from Wellington, New Zealand, playing mostly in bars, cafes and pubs - their name is taken from a tavern where they had an extended afternoon residency keeping the clients entertained. Their sole LP, now rare and sought-after, was a nice mix of Jazz-Funk and Disco grooves. Their amazing and groovy cover of "Keep That Same Old Feeling" by The Crusaders, brings the best of their playing. Otroshakers was formed around Hugo and Osvaldo Fattoruso, as a tribute project to their former band Los Shakers, some sort of copycat band of The Beatles with great success in Latin America. Listening to "Siempre Tu", you can almost hear The Beatles' psychedelic vocal of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Later joining Ringo Thielmann in the US, they formed the band OPA together, after having recorded for Airto's seminal album Fingers. Blending Jazz, South-American musical elements and Funk, their fusion quickly gained the respect of the NY musical scene. "Despertar" by Spanish drummer, singer and actor Pedro Ruy-Blas, is taken from Luna Llena, his great first Jazz-Funk album. The track is a funky piece with wah-wah expressive Rhodes, ending with a beautiful flute solo. "Prologue" by Dutch-French pianist Majoie Hajary (sometimes called the "Hindu pianist"), can be found on La Passion Selon Judas, a very unique religious album blending her own style with Psych, Funk and Jazz elements. Surely we could continue detailing stories of all these gems, but we guess that the best way to learn more about them, is to listen to Fusion Global Sounds, fully remastered from originals and whether your preference is for vinyl or CD formats.

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Mother Africa

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Souffle Continu)

Byard Lancaster, Steve Mccall, Sylvin Marc

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

On Palm Records (Gilson’s label), he would release four albums: Us, Mother Africa, Exactement and Funny Funky Rib Crib.

On march 8th, 1974, Lancaster and Jackson headed up a group composed of Jean-François Catoire (electric and double bass), Keno Speller (percussion) and Jonathan Dickinson (drums). Together, they create an immediate impression. From the first seconds of “We The Blessed”, they develop a free jazz which rapidly abandons any virulence under the effect of blues and soul based interventions.

When Gilson’s composition “Mother Africa” begins, listeners are transported into the studio, listening to the musicians setting up: chatting and joking... Then comes the melody: a dozen or so notes of a repeated theme which is accelerated and deformed according to their whims... The jazz played by the association Byard Lancaster / Clint Jackson III is rare: creative AND recreational. “We the blessed”, is apt listening to this again today.

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Souffle Continu)

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

On Palm Records (Gilson’s label), he would release four albums: Us, Mother Africa, Exactement and Funny Funky Rib Crib.

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

On the album, the trio works from the John Coltrane model; free jazz shook up by the timely contributions of the bassist, followed by a mesmerizing atmospheric music. Then, Lancaster delivers a sinuous solo path, which is a reminder of his unique tone. On the album’s companion single, the trio launches into great black music of a different genre which would lead the clairvoyant François Tusques to claim that Byard Lancaster is an “authentic representative of soul/free jazz”, to sum up this is great Black music.

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Soyuz

If You Ask / Tenorio

Johnny Griffin / Eddie Davis Quintet

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Proudly presenting, ‘Калі ты запытаеш (If You Ask)’, a brand new, blissed-out pop production with a ‘70s AOR touch, by the ever-on-point Soyuz (союз). Coming at a period between albums, the single features guest appearances from the sensational musicians, Biel Basile (O Terno, Sessa) and Anthony Ferraro (Toro Y Moi, Astronauts, Etc.). Friends of the band, they add their signature touch on the drums and synth respectively. To complete the package, Soyuz back the title track with a short but sweet, Wurlitzer-laden, MPB-tinged number, ‘Tenório’.

‘Калі ты запытаеш (If You Ask)’ tells the story of lost dreams. A track that can be interpreted either as a bittersweet longing for childhood times, or for a native place you can’t return to. For the writer Alex Chumak he suggests, "In my case, as in the case of many Belarusians, it’s both".

For this song, Alex chose to sing in his native Belarusian tongue. As he explains this language "to me feels underrepresented in pop music, also it’s a beautiful legacy and sonority that I wanted to share with the listeners of our project around the world". One of the key inspirations was a Belarusian band “Песняры” (“Pesniary”), who produced a host of great progressive folk, jazz fusion and AOR, from the ‘70s to the ‘90s, predominantly sung in Belarusian.

Another key influence was the music coming out of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the ‘70s, drawing inspiration from the sentimental and harmonious music of Beto Guedes, Lô Borges, Fernando Oly and Wagner Tiso.

Having parted ways with their drummer Anton, Soyuz needed to find a new way to produce songs. The answer was to go remotely. Alex contacted the brilliant Biel Basile, who had recorded Sessa's contemporary classic ‘Estrela Acesa’, in which Alex also participated. Utilising Biel and Sessa’s newly built studio in São Paulo, Soyuz had Biel record the drums directly to tape to get the rich sound they were after. Adding the final magic into the mix, California’s Anthony Ferraro provided a beautiful Solina String Ensemble synth arrangement, with drummer/recording engineer Albert Karch expertly assisting with the production.

To capture the essence of the single visually, Alex and the Brazilian one-man-industry visual artist Gabriel Rolim, spent a blazing sunny May day in Berlin shooting film and stills – one of which became the perfect cover image. We hope you enjoy this little nugget of Soyuz mastery, a sweet taster to savour while the new album is recorded.

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At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall Hamburg '75

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Friedrich Gulda / Joe Zawinul

Music For Two Pianos

LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

Lester Robertson

Akirfa / Untitled Ballad

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Selva)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On this 7”, we present two lost jazz tracks by the trombonist and Horace Tapscott-collaborator, Lester Robertson. Lester has worked with some of the greats of jazz including Gerald Wilson, Anita O'Day, Lionel Hampton and Roy Porter Sound Machine on the classic 'Jessica' album. Lester was a member of Horace Tapscott's The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and features on the iconic underground jazz albums 'The Call' and 'Live At I.U.C.C.'. The Arkestra was set up in 1961 in Los Angeles and over the years has included wonderful, inspirational musicians such as Adele Sebastian, Kamasi Washington, Dwight Trible, Phil Ranelin, Arthur Blythe, Jesse Sharps and Nate Morgan. These two recordings have recently been discovered on an archived master tape that little information on it other than Lester's name and the track titles. Sadly, the other players on the tracks aren’t credited on the tape, so a line-up can’t be 100% confirmed. Still, the magic of what they laid down in the session pays testament to their artistry. First up is the lively popping track 'Akirfa' in which Lester gets space to let rip and exercise his talents. On the flip is the euphonious 'Untitled Ballad', a mellifluent lullaby for an end-of-the-day wind-down. Lost for a while, but thankfully not forgotten, these beautiful recordings finally get their chance to shine.

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Favourite People

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tonu Naissoo Electric Trio

Different Directions

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Frotee)

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A new album by legendary Estonian pianist Tõnu Naissoo, accompanied by his new group Tõnu Naissoo Electric Trio !

Accompanied by his synthesizers and two of the best Estonian jazz musicians, bassist Mihkel Mälgand and drummer Ahto Abner, Tõnu Naissoo began recording his album “Different Directions” in the autumn of 2019 at the legendary Linnahall studio that he had booked for that purpose several years in advance. The new tracks he composed for the album flow from jazz-rock to smooth jazz, lingering briefly on the frequency of free jazz. The popular Estonian jazz pianist Tõnu Naissoo was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1951. His father Uno Naissoo was a renowned composer and an organizer of jazz festivals, who encouraged Tõnu to take an interest in jazz and improvisation. By the age of 15 he had already begun participating in local jazz orchestra. He performed first time with his trio and presented his jazz music compositions at the international Tallinn Jazz Festival of 1967 in Tallinn. The next year he was given an opportunity to record his own album. Since then he has dedicated himself to jazz music and recorded around 30 albums that have been released in Estonia, Japan and Russia. Most of his earliest recordings have been reissued in recent years. “Different Directions” feels like Tõnu Naissoo’s ’missing piece’ album from the 1980s. It will be a worthy addition to Tõnu Naissoo’s and Frotee’s discography.

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Alessandro Alessandroni

Shine On / Prohibition

Bob Mintzer / Wdr Big Band

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Four Flies keeps digging into the secret archives of Alessandro Alessandroni to bring hidden treasures back to light. After two successful releases - the EP Afro Discoteca and the compilation album Lost & Found -, it is now the turn of a new 7’’ single featuring two tracks with a strong soul-funk influence, sung by the Maestro’s beloved Cantori Moderni in a typically Italian harmonizing style, poised somewhere in between gospel and disco music. Both tracks are previously unreleased and were recorded in the same 1976 sessions that birthed Sangue di sbirro (Knell, Bloody Avenger), his most blaxploitation-inspired soundtrack.

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Soundscapes

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Live At The Village Vanguard Gatefoldsleeve Edition

John Coltrane

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Dave Liebman

Fire

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Giant Steps Gatefold Sleeve Edition

John Coltrane

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Portrait In Jazz Gatefold Sleeve Edition

The Bill Evans Trio

Round About Midnight Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gatefold 180g Includes Rare Or Exclusive Artwork Inside

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Miles Davis

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ballads Gatefold Sleeve Edition

John Coltrane

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Ray Charles

Hit The Road Jack

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Néstor Álvarez / La Machine

Burning Spear

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

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2024 | UK | Original (The Quiet Village)

Quiet Village

Reunion

Hydra / Sweet Green Fields

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Quiet Village announces new label, The Quiet Village, and new single, ‘Reunion'. Matt 'Radio Slave' Edwards and Joel Martin's critically acclaimed project's first official single under the Quiet Village name in seventeen years!

Beginning life as a 'heady 6/8-time urban jazz odyssey, 'Reunion is a stunning piece of modern, Hi-Tech Jazz that draws influences from Pat Metheny, Timeline, Innerzone Orchestra, and Clyde Stubbelfield's drumming.

While previous Quiet Village material was hewn from a myriad of samples extracted from Edwards' and Martin's notorious digging, 'Reunion' and its follow-ups are drawn from a tight-knit crew of session musicians, including the likes of Jon Hester and Thomas Gandey, adding further depth and feel to the QV sound. Already a firm favourite with Gilles Peterson and Luke Una, the latter of which leaked a clip of the release via his inimitable Instagram presence and called it 'something so fucking beautiful. Tony Allen, Sun Ra meets Carl Craig, Underground Resistance, house, tech, funk, everything rolled into one'.

'Reunion’ is the first single on The Quiet Village, Quiet Village's new imprint. Despite continually producing new music and a slew of remixes, most recently for Running Back and Isle of Jura, the long-term friends and collaborators have been unable to release under their Quiet Village moniker since their LP 'Silent Movie' in 2008. While a few releases under QV and their sometime DJ aliases of Maxxi (Edwards) and Zeus (Martin) have emerged, 'Reunion' is the beginning of a new and re-energised Quiet Village that will see more original material and remixes, DJ and live touring that began in Japan in May and curated compilations of treasures, old and new, in the coming months and years.

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Grover Washington

7" | 2024 | WW (Coolin Out)

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Souffle Continu)

Release: 2024 / WW

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Grover Washington Jr, Hydra. This jazz classic finds its first time on 45. Released in 1975 with arrangement and keys by Bob James it’s no surprise to hear an infectious head nod groove under
GWJ’s sublime sax licks. The drums have been sampled over 100 times from ATCQ to Biggie, but
most will recognise the bass hook obviously sampled by Black Moon
for their underground hip hop classic “How Many MC’s”.
Seals & Crofts, Sweet Green Fields. Never before on 45, the Californian soft rock duos’
album cut can easily slip by most diggers. The familiar staccato bassline will have your neck snapping, while a proggy folky riff floats over head. A slightly extended DJ friendly intro showcases the
bass and drum hook sampled for Busta Rhymes’ 1997 hit “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could
See”.

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Byard Lancaster

Funny Funky Rib Crib

So Tender / Games (Instrumental)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

On Palm Records (Gilson’s label), he would release four albums: Us, Mother Africa, Exactement and Funny Funky Rib Crib.

“Funny Funky Rib Crib” is an unforgettable recording (made up of several sessions dating from the middle of 1974) of creative jazz overwhelmed by funk and soul.

If Lancaster had already made successful albums in the same genre – notably New Horizons, under the name Sounds Of Liberation which he co-led with Khan Jamal –, this one is an homage to James Brown and Sammy Davis enjoying the company of a host of guests including François Tusques (electric piano), Clint Jackson III (trumpet), François Nyombo (guitar), Joseph Traindl (trombone)...

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

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The Medium Wave Band

7" | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Farfalla)

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sourcing rare records to reissue can involve meticulous research and years of digging, but then occasionally, Lady Luck smiles upon you. We probably would have never heard of the Medium Wave Band if Gary from Mr Bongo hadn't known Wolverhampton-based record dealer, Steve Ward. Whilst offering Gary some records for sale, he remembered he had a spare copy of an old 7" single that he thought Gary might like. Steve didn't know much about the release, and it had never sold on Discogs. Looking at the record itself, it was minimalist in appearance and information, there wasn't much to go on other than that it was from the Birmingham area. The mystery drew us in…

The A-side, 'So Tender’, is a late-night, jazzy slow-jam, with beautifully sultry, soulful female vocals which sounded vaguely familiar. On listening to the B side, 'Games (Instrumental)’, you are rewarded with a superb example of Britfunk / independent UK jazz-funk. The pulsating, bass-led dancefloor groove and sensibility is a sound reminiscent of productions usually found on labels such as Elite, but the 7” was not released on a label, it was a private press by the band themselves. So who are the enigmatic The Medium Wave Band?

After some fruitful internet digging and correspondence, we got the answers. The band lineup featured Elliot Browne on guitar (lead & rhythm), Ron Lyseight on guitar (rhythm), Andrew Proverbs on keyboards, Tony Peart on drums, Paul Snook on bass, Linton Levy on saxophone, and surprisingly, the beautiful vocals we had been enjoying were those of Jackie Graham, aka the hugely successful UK vocalist, Jaki Graham. Maybe best known for her pop hit with David Grant, 'Could It Be I'm Falling In Love', but also featuring on the cult classic track 'Fire In My Heart' by Escape From New York.

Influenced by artists and bands including George Benson, Ronnie Laws, Weather Report, George Duke, Azimuth and Chick Corea to name a few, the guys booked into a studio near the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham and recorded the two tracks that make up this 7”. Only 200 copies of the original 7" were ever pressed and were sold mostly in Birmingham at Summit Records by the band’s friend DJ Frenchi, as well as at live shows. Despite its limited distribution channels, the record received solid support from fans and those in the music industry, including Morgan Khan of the influential record label, Street Sounds. DJ and journalist, Lindsay Wesker, reviewed the release and this led to the band travelling to London for several radio interviews. They played live shows across the country, including at the prestigious Ronnie Scott's in London, and supported both Shakatak and Weapon of Peace in Birmingham.

Thanks to all those involved bringing this release into fruition and for solving the mystery behind a wonderful Britfunk and UK soul record that could have otherwise been lost in the mists of time.

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Pleasurewood

Firework / Move!

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Dialogo)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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The inspirational intake and respectful tribute of and to Hindi Cinema Soundtrack artists Kalyanji-Anandji and R. D. Burman and the Simla Beat guitar organ psych records of the early/mid 70’s, coupled with the Italian silver-stringed heavy-funked composers Piero Umiliani and Stefano Torossi kaleidoscopically conjure the sounds brought to you by Pleasurewood in this 7” single. Firework is ushered in by a Hofner Beatle bass’s nasal clacking joyfully assisted by clapping hands through murky spring reverb. A breakbeat incantation to the sun scored with Farfisa, Guitar Wah and Arp Odyssey. Move! is a more pensive post-apocalyptic funk hymn with the instrumentation of piano, cimbalom and mellotron, plus the layered and flanged vocals of the composers Paul Elliott and Anthony Donje, with the instruction to ‘Move!’ by studio kingpin Buddy Elliott.

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Enrico Rava

Pupa O Crisalide

Gianluca Petrella / Cosmic Renaissance

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A body of evocative recordings included in Pupa O Crisalide with three different line-ups for this fantastic album by Enrico Rava which, thanks to Dialogo Records, finally sees the light for jazz lovers. With the Italian Giovanni Tommaso, Bruno Biriaco, Franco D'Andrea, Michele Ascolese, Mandrake and Tommaso Vittorini in “Pupa O Crisalide” and “Giramondo”, the American David Horowitz, John Abercombie, Herb Bushler, Jack De Johnette, Warren Smith and Ray Armando in “C.T.’S Dance” and “Tsakwe” and the the Argentines Finito Ginbert, Matias Pizarro, Rodolfo Mederos, Riccardo Lew, El Negro Gonzales, Nestor Astarita and El Chino Rossi in “El Samba Graciele”, “Revisione Del Processo N.6” and “Lingua Franca” Enrico Rava was the first Italian jazz artist to represent the country internationally, born in Trieste in 1939. Rava's music at its best is a mix of Central European and Italian culture.

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Universal Language

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Schema)

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mermaids really do exist, and I discovered this a few days ago. I came across the fantastic story of the Ama, literally the women of the sea. They live in Toba Bay, Japan, and have a long-established custom that has been passed on from one generation to another for more than two thousand years. Not so few. What do they do? They jump into the sea half-naked to fish for seaweed, octopus and, above all, for pearls. They are the real pearl fisherwomen. They reach a depth of just under 30m, with only the strength of their lungs. They are as beautiful as the sun. When they ascend, due to a strange play of sounds and noises coming from their hyperventilating lungs, they emit a kind of whistle that sounds like the cry of dolphins. Or more precisely, the song of mermaids. They go down into the deep sea and search for pearls. When out of the water, they train all their lives and help each other passing on practices and secrets, confiding in one another to stay united. And they are cohesive, never envious of one another, just a great sense of belonging. With his new work Gianluca seems to have drawn from this ancient hunt, made up of memories and traces. He submerged and searched in the remotest memories and ancestral sounds of skins, streets, eras and styles. With his appreciation he has connected black ghettos, slums, townships, ‘the bronx’ of all over the world and explored them with the curious sounds of contemporaneity. Gianluca also has a very cohesive community of musicians around him, he is proud of this, and with them he finds his element, his peace. ‘Anyone who doesn’t get along with musicians has an unresolved problem,’ he tells me. And that’s why he makes a point of letting it be known that each of the five well-known members of his Cosmic Band and the many valuable guests who populate this new record, contributed decisively to the creation of these crazy tracks. In what way? By using the words of their instruments, generating a language that serves precisely to connect past and present, useful for finding the thread of dialogue. A continuous back-and-forth between generations. To speak of the best in the field is an idle exercise: all have striven in the realisation of the composition, all deserve full praise, none excluded. Ovations for all. If you think you are only listening to jazz, you are sadly mistaken. There are exotic ghosts, promises of evasion. There is a celebration of the human condition. There is a life in here. A plunge into the heart of music and its many languages. A record about confrontation on words, about memory, about being true to oneself. But it is also a work on how complicated it is to come to terms with what we call identity, and Gianluca rewrites this identity in his own way. A work made of whispers, murmurs, in which music and language try to invent a new encounter. That takes us down into the abyss of the sea and up to the sky. Federico Scoppio

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Live At The Opernhaus, Cologne 1969

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Live In Moers 1976

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Steps Ahead

Steppin' Out

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jasper Vanæt Hof / Paul Heller Group

Conversations

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Never Give Up Glass Version

The Jazz Butcher

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Glass Modern)

A Different Destiny Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In Loving Memory Patrick Huntrods (aka Pat Fish AKA The Jazz Butcher) (20 December 1957 - 5 October 2021) Featuring David J (Bauhaus), Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes), Strings by Fiona Brice & Janet Schiff. Produced by David J. The first Jazz Butcher record, the LP 'In Bath of Bacon' was released almost 40 years ago on the original Glass Records label. Plans were made for a new album on Glass Modern to celebrate this, for release in 2023, but sadly Patrick passed away last October before any real work could be done for it. This recording is all we have. Never Give Up was re-recorded for Pat's final LP, The Highest In The Land - it's one of his greatest songs, maybe the greatest. His Hallelujah, if you will. The B side, Silver Street by Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth (Jacobites) was recorded for a forthcoming Glass Modern compilation, of various artists covering Glass artists material from the eighties. Tracklist Side A Never Give Up (Glass Version) Side B Silver Street. Random colour 7"-Vinyl

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Zy The Way / Ron Trent

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Jazzy Couscous)

The Thelonious Monk Quartet

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Individuality, Harmony, Wit. Originating from the heart of Asia - Taipei, Taiwan, Zy The Way is a fusion collective spear-heading a new musical movement in a digital age. As the offspring of a film director, entertainers and multi-genre musicians, Zy The Way aims to create artistic content that will rock your socks. We believe that true balance is achieved not through the uniting of different social groups, but when we come together with our stories as an individual. Voices and vision, musical styles, personalities, and our own beliefs, Zy The Way is the fabrication of our collective imagination, where no one is left out.

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

LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Jazzline)

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Simadan Kologa / Mi Ke Libertat

Konkie

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Kelly Ocean)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Russell 'Konkie' Halmeyer was born and raised on the small island of Curaçao, located 60 kilometers off the coast of Venezuela. Konkie is a percussionist who specializes in the steelpan, a percussion instrument originating from Trinidad and Tobago that is made out of an industrial drum. He started playing at the age of 12. Throughout his career, he has explored the boundaries of the steelpan and associated genres. He has become one of the most innovative pannists in the Caribbean, taking the steel pan out of its context of steel bands, carnival and calypsos. In the 1990s Konkie toured through the States, where he performed frequently, merging steel band sounds with jazz.

In Curaçao, where he is considered the most important pannist of the island, Konkie mainly performs in hotels and at tourist sites. He enjoys performing for these crowds but his true passion and joy lie in arranging deep and melancholic compositions. These two tracks are the result of that joy. "Simadan Kologá" means "the hanging harvest". "Simadan" or “Seú” is the local harvest period on the island. "Kologá" means "hanging" because Konkie used a hanging steel pan for the arrangement. "Mi Ke Libertat" means "I want freedom". Instruments used: steelpan, drum, conch (seashell horn), and chapi, the iron part of a hoe that slaves used to work the fields with.

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Peter Materna

The Kiss

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (36Music)

Hattler

Sundae

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Harcourt Edition White Vinyl Edition

Josephine Baker

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wagram)

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Harcourt collection presents the gretest legends of French Music in a nice white vinyl with a cover photography of the legendary Harcourt Studio. This new title presents 14 of the best tracks of Jpsephine Baker, the american born performer known as the ë Black Venus û was the Queen of Music Hall and an increidble entertianer.Including : ë J'ai Deux Amours û, ë Le Marchand De Bonheur û, ë La Petite Tonkinoise û...

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Sven Wunder

Impasto / Prussian Blue

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In collaboration with Piano Piano Records, Mr Bongo is thrilled to present a taster 7” single, ‘Impasto’ / 'Prussian Blue’. The single showcases the colourful palette of Sven Wunder's fabulous forthcoming third album 'Natura Morta’. The album is set to be released on Piano Piano Records later in 2021 with this 7” acting as the perfect prelude. Sven's 2019 album 'Eastern Flowers' took us into the world of Anatolian rock, European jazz, library, funk, psychedelia, and traditional folk melodies. The 2020 follow up, 'Wabi Sabi’, mixed jazz and Eastern and Southern Asian sounds to present an aural aesthetic of the Japanese ancient wisdom. 'Natura Morta’, "still life" in Italian, owes its inspiration to art. Sven Wunder explores it as a bridge between nature and the human ability to judge and observe through eleven unique musical compositions, each one brightly coloured and textured with an emphasis on vibrant melodies. As with previous Sven Wunder material the tracks here on this 7" are covered in lush orchestration, evoking the rich musical soundscapes of a previous era (think library music or the film scores of Morricone). First up is the beautiful ‘Impasto’ which refers to the technique used in painting where the paint is laid in very thick layers on a surface. With its lavish sweeping strings and melodies there are echoes of the arrangements of Arthur Verocai, but it then takes a turn into 60s detective movie territory. You can imagine it being the score to a scene in a Harry Palmer film which breaks for a romantic interlude in between the action and suspense. 'Prussian Blue’, is built on Sven’s ‘Shinrinyoku' from the 'Wabi Sabi’ album, sharing the same melody but here with an uptempo beat and another arrangement. It begins with a moment of calm with its soothing piano intro before it bursts into a percussive breakbeat workout. It skates and glides with the influences of Italian library music and Eastern melodies, yet at the same time it retains a unique element that can only be Sven Wunder. 'Prussian Blue' refers to the pigment that was imported to Japan. Once again, we are indebted to Sven Wunder and John Henriksson at Piano Piano Records for letting us share this melodious vision from one of our favourite contemporary musicians. The compositions on this 7" were produced with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council.

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Blue Lab Beats

We Will Rise

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Marriage Material

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Miles Davis

So What

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2021 | EU | Original (Rubyworks)

Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Jazz EP

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

The Toreadors

Thembi / Gwinyitshe

V.S.O.P Sessions / Aaron Choulai

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Dance With Me / Dragon Child

7" | 2018 | JP | Original (Key Of Life+)

Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Japan import! Better don't sleep!

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Ella Fitzgerald

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chameleon / Watermelon Man

Herbie Hancock

12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Columbia)

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (BMG)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Major Keys is a brand-new audiophile label focusing on fully licensed reissues of jazz classics, pressed on 12” for a fuller, louder version compared to the original album cut. What better way to kick of the series than housing Herbie Hancock’s imitable ‘Chameleon’ and ‘Watermelon Man’, loud and proud on either side of a 12” - remastered and cut by the engineer of the original Head Hunters LP from 1973.

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Sarah Vaughan

Lullaby Of Birdland

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (BMG)

Nat King Cole

Route 66

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (BMG)

Duke Ellington

Ko Ko

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Poogie Bell

Exhibition Continues

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Louis Armstrong

C'Est Si Bon

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Jan Felix May

Red Messiah

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Bobby Broom

Soul Fingers

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Frank Sinatra

The Jazz Crooner

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Nina Simone

The Jazz Diva

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Wes Montgomery

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duke Ellington & Charles Mingus & Max Roach

Money Jungle Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Forbidden Fruit Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Nina Simone

Takin' Off Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gatefold 180g Includes Rare Or Exclusive Artwork Inside

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Herbie Hancock

LP | 2017 | DE | Original (Daily Concept)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gatefold 180g Includes Rare Or Exclusive Artwork Inside

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IAMPAUL

DaydreamNightwalk EP

Release: 2017 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duke Ellington

Caravan

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Django Reinhardt

Minor Swing

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Crooners

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Divas

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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