Organic Grooves 4768 Items

7" | 2025 | EU | Original (Record Kicks)

Release: 2025 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gospel-soul sensational Michelle David & The True-Tones "Brothers And Sisters". Limited edition 500 copies on clear transparent vinyl and will be release on March 22nd. It's a stormer!

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The Diasonics

Beggin' / Take One

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Yucca Alta)

Release: 2025 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cinematic funk combo The Diasonics unleash an infectious version of "Beggin'" produced by Henry Jenkins (Surprise Chef/Karate Boogaloo). Ltd edition (500 copies worldwide) 45 vinyl out March 8th. It's an instant collector's item

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Corsano Baiza Watt Trio

29,99 €*

Excursions In Gwoka Volume 2

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Yucca Alta Records is ecstatic to present our inaugural release: the debut, self-titled LP from the Corsano Baiza Watt Trio. This is an all-improvised, mind-blowing, punk AF mind-meeting between Chris Corsano, one of America's premier avant-garde drummers, and two legendary SoCal punk pioneers: guitarist Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of) and bassist Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE). The bulk of this LP consists of studio recordings made deep in the Mojave Desert (Landers, CA to be exact) in December of 2023. The Corsano Baiza Watt Trio had never played, or even entirely met, before this session; what you hear is the surprise and fierce delight of 3 great musicians coming together in real time. The first track, "51 Card Solitaire," begins abruptly in mid-flight, capturing the exact moment that recording began, as the trio played together for the very first time. The LP's explosive last 2 tracks are taken from the trio's first-ever live show, in Watt's long-time home base of San Pedro, CA, in front of a joyous, fully lit audience. The level of group interaction revealed in these 7 tracks is truly startling. Corsano's buoyant multi-dimensional kineticism is in full effect; Baiza effortlessly mixes noir-ish, bopping single-note phrases with feral string scrapes and vicious chord-flailing; Watt holds down strong anchoring bass lines like the sailor he is, then flies abruptly, thrillingly off-script.

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Akiyo

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Beauty & The Beat)

18,99 €*

Tape | 2024 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Excursions in Gwoka vol. 2 is another adventurous outing for the Beauty & the Beat label that takes them ever deeper into the gwoka scene of Guadeloupe. it is the celebrated carnival outfit Akiyo who are in focus here with two tracks taken from second and supremely hard-to-find long player, Mouvman, in 1993. 'Deboule' is a real heater with bustling drum funk and chatting tribal vocals all run through with synth wizardry from Marie-Galante Jacques-Marie Basses. 'Blo' is just as steamy and intern with percussion, whistles and big beats all making quite the impact. Breakplus adds a London twist to 'Deboule' while CW adds a cosmic air to 'Blo.'

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Nautilus

Pacific Voyage

14,99 €*

Skordatura, Jozef Dumoulin & Mâäk

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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Beefkat

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (W.E.R.F.)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (W.E.R.F.)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On this new album 'beefkat', Skordatura, Jozef Dumoulin and Mâäk find each other in a rough embrace of energy and raw expression, averse to compromise and with an unbridled passion that encompasses everything beautiful and ugly.

Skordatura With undulating rhythms, sharp injections, angular grooves, snippets of humour and an unreal sound

sometimes reminiscentof the intergalactic funk of Battles, Skordatura conjures up a simmering pot of ideas. Fender Rhodes wizard Jozef Dumoulin provides additional fireworks as the fourth newly enlisted Skordaturian.

Jozef Dumoulin Belgian pianist Jozef Dumoulin redefined the Fender Rhodes keyboard thanks to his contemporary, eclectic, and highly personal approach to the instrument. Besides his own projects, he is also a much sought-after sidekick on the jazz and improvised music circuit. Jozef currently lives in Paris.

Mâäk Formed more than 20 years ago as a fascinating jazz ensemble, it has now become a versatile collective with international ramifications. With Mâäk, the ever-adventurous Laurent Blondiau, Jeroen Van Herzeele, Michel Massot and Grégoire Tirtiaux form one of the most exciting avant-garde jazz bands in Belgium.

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Bas Bulteel

Eye Of The Storm

29,99 €*

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Polysom (Brazil))

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Pianist and composer Bas Bulteel turns his gaze inward after a successful track record as leader of the adventurous energy bomb Wasdaman and as inspirer of his own trio, with which he won the 2014 Klara Music Prize for best CD in the jazz category for the album Coming Home, his debut as a bandleader.

Bas went into residency with visual artist Jan Frederik De Cock which resulted in a unique collaboration where image and sound dialogue with each other, feeding off each other, cursing against each other, loving each other ....

The result has become a profound and layered solo piano record that showcases Bas' versatility as a pianist and composer. Musically hovering between minimalism and avant-garde. Sometimes melancholic and always compelling.

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Marisa Monte

Portas

67,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Favorite)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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(Pressed to vinyl for the first time, 2LP gatefold, 180 gram pressing, Manufactered by Polysom (Brazil), Produced by Arto Lindsay, arrangements by maestro Arthur Verocai (Strings) and trombonist Antonio Neves (Horns), Special guest appearances by Jorge Drexler, Seu Jorge, and Flor)"Portas" easily showcases Marisa's ability to blend together a diverse range of genres with a style and smoothness that only comes from the expertise she has gathered throughout her celebrated career.

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Voilaaa

C'est tout

Brexit Funk / Peckham Night

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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For almost 10 years and with 3 albums on the clock, Voilaaa has established itself with a unique style, reviving
African rhythms and atmospheres in the colors of Disco dancefloors and Funky arrangements, all often
accompanied by lyrics and vocals tinged with humor and commitment.
As a result, the Afro-Tropical adventure launched by producer Bruno “Patchworks” Hovart today leaves behind
a host of hits (“On te l’avait dit”, “Spies Are Watching Me”, “Ben Bene La”, …), as well as trips around the globe
and as many gigs and festivals, but also and above all numerous and lasting collaborations with singers like
Lass, Pat Kalla, Sir Jean, Ayuune Sule, Rama Traore, or Fouley Badiaga, the latter which also marks its great
return on two tracks of the album.
With C'est tout, Voilaaa returns to us without revisiting this unstoppable recipe, while seasoning things with a
more Latin and Caribbean inspiration, brought back in Bruno Hovart's suitcases after several stays in South
America in recent years. Introduced last spring with the release of a first maxi single, this new opus once again
delivers hit after hit.
As on the already famous “Faché” alongside Pat Kalla, which displays all the classic assets of Voilaaa’s sound:
punchy Afrobeat horns, woozy chords and crunchy clavinet licks rising above a low-slung, hypnotic, dub discomeets-
Afro-boogie groove. The rest of the album is not to be outdone with a total of 14 wild tracks entirely
composed by an unstoppable Bruno Hovart.
Two exceptions confirm the rule, a beautiful interpretation of the song "Love and Death" by Ebo Taylor, where
Voilaaa's Afro skills perfectly melt with Angolan and Brazilian vapors, beamed by Joao Selva's lovely vocals; as
well as a magical cover of “Too Young to Die”, transporting Jamiroquai to the crossroads of Africa and the
Antilles, carried by the superb vocal performance of singer Olivya (Dowdelin) for a first collaboration.
Well, Voilaaa is back as its best, “that’s all” (C’est tout).

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Jeroboam

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Chuwanaga)

LP | 2024 | Original (Impressive Collective / Bbe Mu)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Parisian label Chuwanaga is proud to present their latest 12-inch series release from Jéroboam, "Brexit Funk / Peckham Night". The band, also known in the streets of Paris and Montreuil as Echoes Of, is celebrating Britfunk and the rich musical heritage of Greater London, reflecting their deep appreciation for the iconic Britfunk sound. After several successful collaborations celebrating the genre with the label at the infamous New Morning venue in Paris, Jéroboam has crafted two brilliant compositions for this EP.

"Brexit Funk" is an electrifying homage to the classic London Jazz-Funk scene of the late seventies and early eighties. It is a tremendous track, reminiscent of the early sounds of Incognito and Freeez, infused with the energy of Hot Cuisine and Hi-Tension. It features a standout brass section, amazing solo performances, and a strong rhythm section. Having played in London and now across the whole UK, the band decided to ironically name this track as a musical memory of this strange transition.

On the B-side, you’ll find "Peckham Night" and its dub version, an outstanding composition that perfectly emulates the late seventies soul-jazz vibe. Beautiful vocals by singer Agyei blend seamlessly into this perfect composition. All along, you really feel the band coming together, bringing out the best of their soul. It really is the work of passionate and experienced musicians who have built strong confidence playing together for years.

Jéroboam is a group of 10 Parisian funkateers recognized as one of the biggest funk outfits on the current French scene. They already boast extensive live experience and a solid reputation between Paris and London. In addition to their original and popular tributes to American funk cities of the 70s-80s, they have also gained attention as a formidable backing band for Howard Johnson, Junior Giscombe, and Kyoto Jazz Massive. Having also released two highly acclaimed EPs on the Space Grapes label, they continue to work on their own original compositions under the name Jéroboam, with their debut album scheduled for release in 2025.

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Tamil Rogeon

Wave Theory

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (20/20 Vision)

Ashrr

Sunshine Low

21,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LA threesome ASHRR aka lead vocalist Steven Davis and producer-musician-vocalists Josh Charles and Ethan Allen are back with a brilliant new album for Ralph Lawson's superb 20/20 Vision Recordings that finds them working by the old mantra of 'art for art's sake'. This effortlessly eclectic record collides electronic soul, post-punk, space disco and indie-dance and is rich in melancholic melody, hazy, late-summer moods and late-night dancing. The vocals bring an indie edge to jangling delights like 'Please Don't Stop The Rain' while 'What's Been Turning You On' is a laidback and languid groove for lazy sessions.

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Forever Gamblin' On You Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Forager)

Everybody's Talkin' / You Need A Friend Like Mine

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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A full tank of gas, the gentle glow from the radio dial, & stretches of open highway await, Forever Gamblin’ On You meanders through miles of soulful AOR, funky folk, & dusty soft rock obscurities. A follow up to Sky Dust Drifter, this compilation was gleaned from American private press oddities & rarities of the 70s & 80s, all of which are seeing their first official reissues on this album. A celebration of love, rebirth, and exploration radiating like the warmth of a loved one from the passenger seat.

Featuring “Feeling The Fire”, a jazzy, AOR grooving declaration of love and desire taken from the sole release from The Mad Brother. The compilations’ title track “Forever Gamblin On You” by Petroc And Pals, features an echo-laden folk rock recollection of hard feelings delivered with swelling guitar in a mournful soft psychedelia. Angie Pepper’s “Miss You Too Much” dwells on a past love, rolling along with an effortlessly cool rhythm section, while Roy McComas croons of his manifested “angel of love” on the swirling psych folk cut “Girl Of My Dreams”.

Forever Gamblin’ On You unfolds as a hopeful yet equally melancholic collection of nomadic anthems, primed for a memorable journey along the back roads of familiar American landscapes.

Original artwork by Arina Kokoreva. House in a case wrapped style jacket for a period correct look & feel. Includes a 12”x24” fold out poster insert.

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Rance Allen Group

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Soul 4 Real)

19,99 €*

Loneliness / If It's Not Asking To Much

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rance Allen churned that rhythm smack between gospel music and soul. Rance brought the fire, his every performance a dedicated reach beyond expectations. It's like he lived in a realm above ours, and his performances were a ladder from our plane to his, an invitation to step up, step out, be good, do right, dance while doing it, jive and smile. And praise the Lord. Rance sang about Jesus Christ, even when he didn't mention him. His music was an invitation to groove along, but it was also a stepping stone to church. He focused not on the fire and brimstone but on building community, helping those in need, a church of embrace. His two brothers were his band, along with Stax guests. On "Everybody's Talkin'" you can hear disco coming around the corner and also the influence of Isaac Hayes. "You Need A Friend Like Mine" builds on the Staple Singers' "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", and it features some of Rance's finest falsetto, up there with Rev. Claude Jeter and Al Green. Rance moves your spirit.

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Carla Thomas

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Soul 4 Real)

19,99 €*

I Do Love You / Heart Of Hearts

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Though she was Stax Records' Queen of Soul (and Otis Redding was her king), there was much more to Carla Thomas. In 1967, even while being promoted by the name of her most recent album, The Queen Alone, she was expanding her sound, developing a cabaret act that showcased a mix of genres and styles and that was built around her beautiful voice. She was exploring new vistas when these two sides were recorded. Isaac Hayes wrote "Loneliness". Carla's suave delivery evokes Diana Ross, and the shiny brass horns call out a Burt Bacharach arrangement as much as Stax. This is Carla with a nice polish on the groove. Labelmate and friend Deanie Parker wrote "If It's Not Asking Too Much". A sparer presentation, the organ drives the tango rhythm and also—a second keyboard, I think—swells behind Carla, everything entwining and deepening the song's brooding tone. This is the kind of side that can both start your night or finish it. Carla Thomas has got it all.

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Black Girl Singer Lm

7" | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Izipho Soul)

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Northside)

Owelu Dreamhouse

Africa Baba

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Förstadens Tallar Är Allas

Erik Sandqvist

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Rama Lama)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Karaoke Kalk)

Dyl & Senking

Diving Saucer Attack

21,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Hoob)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Senking and DYL team up again after first collaborating for a track on 2020"s "Uniformity Of Nature" EP that also featured different solo productions by the two producers. "Diving Saucer Attack" is the first full-length record by the German artist and his Romanian collaborator, released through the Berlin-based Karaoke Kalk label, home to the former"s work for more than a quarter of a century. The six pieces, two of which were produced individually, both showcase the duo"s shared interests for dub-heavy, adventurous electronic music while also emphasising the productive friction generated by the subtle differences between their respective approaches.

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Johan Birgenius

Threads

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Ronet)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Johan Birgenius (Förnuft och Känsla, Mikael Godée-Eve Beuvens Quartet) has gahtered his favourite players and composed a modern version of rythmic complex fusion. Don’t miss this drummer´s epic and rare gem.

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Ekowmania

Dr. Afrodub

14,99 €*

Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Seminal Afro-dub album "Dr. Afrodub" by Ghanaian Ekowmania aka Ekow Alabi Savage. The drummer, percussionist and singer who's played with Jimi Tenor & Kabukabu for more than 20 years explores the fields of classic Roots Reggae, Afro and Dub as well as uptempo modern African rhythms and ballads. This Jimi Tenor produced album is an expansion of Ekowmania's tribute song to Kwame Nkrumah (which is also released as 7" with different versions) and Tenor's electronic loops, which they developed into a full album in guitar player Lauri Kallio's country side studio in Kiikala, Finland. The album kicks off with a very heavy, club-ready and UK reggae-styled album mix of "Kwame Nkrumah", following up with 200% intensity on the voodooesque rhythm explosions of "Twerk Your Mind", then taking a 360 degree turn with the smoothness and laidback vibes of "Kiikala Reggae". Throughout its 9 cuts "Dr. Afrodub" always approach the balance of beautiful song writing and intensity in rhythm and melody, visiting the excellent and classically crafted 70's Roots tune "Dub Souljah", the upfront & tempo-fueled "Lagos Heavy" and ending with DJ Sotofett's mix of the albums ballad "Me Know". CUT With Excellence BY Timmion Cutting LAB IN Helsinki Finland.

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Cool Hand / Yakamoz

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Big Crown)

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown Records is proud to present Derya Yidirim & Grup Simsek's debut 7" offering on the label. They came to New York in June of 2024 to record their new album at The Diamond Mine Studio in Queens with Leon Michels handling production. These are the first two tunes from those sessions and they are very telling of what is to come on the new album.The A side 'Cool Hand' is a beautiful juxtaposition of intensity and lightheartedness with lyrics that explore the d...

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Django Reinhardt

The Be-Bop Sessions

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Still Dreamin' Purple Vinyl Edtion

Mork

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Albert's Favourites)

All For You Acoustic Sounds

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From Budapest, Mörk (pronounced Merk) play on the boundaries of jazz and soul music. After meeting as students, they created a band that not only toyed with sounds but the methods of delivering them too. They’ve played in kindergardens, climbing halls, tea rooms and living rooms, countering expectations of where and how you find music.

Following April's much loved ‘Astral Visions’ EP, played across Bandcamp Weekly, BBC 6 Music, FIP, Jazz FM and Kcrw, their upcoming album ‘Still Dreamin’’ delivers even more soul and uplifting choruses, coupled with the synchronicity of a band that has been through so much together.

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Diana Krall

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Verve)

52,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In Flight Picture Disc Edition

Barenaked Ladies

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Raisin)

53,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Three Of Us Are From Houston And Rueben Is Not

Walter Smith III

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Blue Note)

Shake It Up / Make It Last

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Saxophonist Walter Smith III pays homage to his hometown of Houston, Texas on his sophomore Blue Note album, “three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not”, the follow-up to 2023’s “return to casual”. The album’s wry title signifies the lineup, which includes fellow Houston natives – pianist Jason Moran and drummer Eric Harland – while bassist Reuben Rogers, who hails from the Virgin Islands, rounds out the quartet. Together they enliven 10 compelling Smith originals and an imaginative rendering of a Sam Rivers composition – all of which speaks to Smith’s ascending status as one of modern jazz’s most engaging talents of his generation.

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The Vibrations

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Selector Series)

15,99 €*

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Roots Underground)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Selector Series has really hit its stride with a rich vein of audio gold and following hot on the heels of Gene Harris’s ‘Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong’, they have unearthed yet another in demand gem with The Vibrations ‘Shake It Up’. It is remarkable to think that this re-issue marks the 50th anniversary of its original release in 1974. It then resurfaced as one of the biggest records soundtracking the mid ‘80’s London warehouse parties and rare groove scene. The epitome of modern soul, this 2-step masterclass sounds as fresh on today’s dancefloor as it did when tearing the roof of those all-nighters.

Co written by Bunny Sigler and arranged by Vince Montana, the swirling strings and distinctive percussive intro is guaranteed to uplift any dance and subsequently, Shake It Up found its way onto many a diggers wants list. Flipped with the mellower Thom Bell and Linda Creed penned ‘Make It Last’, here is your chance to own a pristine vinyl copy. As with everything on this label, buy on sight and spread the love.

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John Beltran

Il Ritorno EP

13,99 €*

Madan (Martin Solveig Remixes)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Roots Underground kicks off 2024 with a bang, presenting the EP of one of the most fascinating living legends of Detroit techno: John Beltran. Although he has never stopped producing music (luckily for us!), this EP represents a more than welcome return of John Beltran to those more classic techno sounds that have made him one of the most iconic producers of this musical genre in the world.

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Salif Keita

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (South Street International)

15,99 €*

Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Originally released in 2002 the Martin Solveig remixes of Madan by Salif Keita is one of those rare releases that even now, 22 years on still gets played everywhere from festivals in Croatia to super clubs in Ibiza. Anyone who has graced any dancefloor in the past 20 years will no doubt instantly recognise this one!

Afro house with a French touch, Salif Keita, often referred to as the 'Golden Voice of Africa' lends his impeccable vocals to flawless production by Martin Solveig.

Until now the only way to obtain a copy on vinyl would be to pay close to £50 on second hand market. For the first time since its original release in 2002, South Street International have remastered and officially reissued this modern classic. Both the Exotic Disco Mix & Exotic Disco Dub are included here, one side each & cut loud for maximum enjoyment.

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Acrs & Rivers Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bangers Only! Black Vinyl Edition

Jazzrausch Bigband

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Act Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nathan Ben-Yehuda & Astral Mixtape

Power Of The Keyboard

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Yarlung)

69,99 €*

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fresh Sound New Talent)

Simon Moullier

Inception

Off The Wall / Boogie Nights

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In his music, Simon Moullier makes an enticing proposition: what if the language of horn player —from Coltrane to Bird to Clifford Brown— could be transmuted for the vibraphone?

“If I could, I think I would have chosen a horn,” he has said. “I chose the vibraphone because I was a percussionist, and it was a more immediate way for me to get to what I was hearing.”

Moullier began developing this rapprochement when he picked up the vibraphone as a teenager. It’s on full display in his previous album, 2023’s Isla, which features pianist Lex Korten, bassist Alexander Claffy, and drummer Jongkuk Kim.

Inception —Moullier’s second trio record, following 2021’s Countdown— marks an extension of this language. Accompanied by bassist Luca Alemanno and returning drummer Jongkuk Kim, Moullier performs a gently rolling yet urgent program of standards. The material is drawn from some of the most masterful composers of the 20th century: Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charles Mingus, Billy Strayhorn, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Michel Legrand.

The seed for this trio was sown in 2017, when Moullier attended the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance in Los Angeles. While performing with his quintet at the now defunct Blue Whale, Moullier decided to perform a blues as a three-piece. “We really dug the trio thing,” he says. “We went back and started developing that concept.” Inception kicks off with Silver’s “Ecaroh”—“Horace” backward. “His harmony is very dark,” Moullier says. “I’ve always liked that character of music.”

Following “Ecaroh” is Tyner’s “Inception,” the title track of the magnificent pianist's 1962 debut album —itself a trio date. “It was a great fit,” Moullier says. “Not only for the arrangement and the style, but the register of where the vibraphone sits with the bass.” “Desafinado” reflects Moullier’s profound appreciation for Brazilian music; at some point, he’s eyeing an album of all Brazilian music. As for Mingus’s “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” Moullier imbued it with an Oscar Peterson-style arrangement.

As for “Lush Life,” “Doing a solo recording is a challenge I’ve always wanted to meet in a studio context,” he says; he had in mind the solo piano language of Bud Powell or Art Tatum. Moullier’s take on Davis’ blues “Pfrancing” recalls his trio’s genesis in the form. ‘Lost” is a tribute to its author, the late Shorter. “It’s such a deep world to dive into,” Moullier says. “There’s so much mystery and beauty, and so many stories.” “You Must Believe in Spring” reflects Moullier’s French roots. The album closes out with a lone Moullier original —“RC,” or “rhythm changes.”

“It was very challenging for me to record an uptempo in the studio,” Moullier says. But Inception is a series of “little challenges.” “We wanted to develop the trio sound and expand on the possibilities” he adds —whether that regards his instrument, arrangements, or tempo. But mainly, “We’re just having a lot of fun playing together!”

In that sense, Inception is a bridge to untold future realms. But on its own merits, it’s a realm worth lingering in.

—Morgan Enos

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Pleasurewood

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Farfalla)

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Les Rythmes Ruban)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dive head first into a parallel universe where the facts of music history have been turned into pliable putty and an alternative world where Rod Temperton never met Quincy Jones, never joined Heatwave and never wrote songs for the greatest pop soul artists of the 70’s and 80’s BUT instead, hung out at a West Berlin commune with a cast of trans-continental musicians playing a hybrid of post-psychedelic rock with overtones of Ghanaian funk and early 80s synth experimentation all the while exploring the mystic tundras of the mind and the celestial palisades of the soul...

This is the parallel universe that the Suffolk based studio dwellers, Pleasurewood inhabit. Let them take you on a journey through some of Temperton’s biggest hits in only a way that Pleasurewood’s genre defying style and studio prowess will allow.

Heatwaves kicks off on vinyl, with a tasty 7” Double A side that is dance floor ready...

It’s an off-kilter affair from side one with ‘Off The Wall’ swirling in a dense fog of phased bass guitar and emerging onto the shore with jutting hips to a groove underpinned by a sweating percussion section and early forms of synthesiser soaring above like crazed Pteranodons.

On the flip side is ‘Boogie Nights’ striding slowly and purposefully into frame with an apocalyptic Bass guitar line riding a solitary cowbell before a synthesiser clarion ushers in the break and the familiar hook with Moog thunder-strikes glowering in the distance.

The 7" includes digital download of the 7-tracks album "Heatwaves". Limited to 200 copies.

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Marina P

Eugenio

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Tao Forms)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Being Punk and Hippie at the same time. Les Rythmes Ruban experiment with the idea by doing absolutely what they want, but with love. Moving forward with enthusiastic trial and error has the double advantage of enjoying the scenery and easily crossing paths with people we love. The first encounter between Marina P and Blundetto took place in 2014 with their collaboration on the track "Last Broken Bones" from the album "World Of". Marina, who had just created her label Homeys Records, continues to multiply experiences on stage and in the studio, solo or always well accompanied (Mungo's Hi-Fi, Stand High Patrol, Woman Hi-Fi with Biga*Ranx, Jahtari...). But Marina's spectrum of influences goes far beyond reggae, drawing from the jazz sound of her parent's record player, her cello practice, and the discovery of great voices of Soul and Jazz like Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker... The track "Eugenio", written and composed by Marina, embodies all of this; it belongs to no particular style. It's primarily the evident essence of the song, its lyrics, and its emotion that inspired Blundetto to "set it to music", available to your ears in two different arrangements.

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Jason Stein

Anchors

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Túnel Acústico Pink Vinyl Edition

Marcos Valle

LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Far Out)

Túnel Acústico Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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No one has lived a life quite like Marcos Valle. He became an overnight international sensation, fled a military dictatorship, dodged the Vietnam war draft, had his music sung by Homer Simpson, made enemies with Marlon Brando, and became an unsuspecting fitness guru for multiple generations. But to truly understand the great Brazilian composer, arranger, singer and multi instrumentalist, one must listen to his music.
Between the release of his first album in 1962 and today, Marcos Valle has released twenty-two studio albums traversing definitive bossa nova, classic samba, iconic disco pop, psychedelic rock, nineties dance and orchestral music. He has also had his songs recorded by some of the all time greats, including Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, Sergio Mendes, Elis Regina, and (last but not least), Emma Button of the Spice Girls. He has also had his music sampled by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Pusha T and many more.
With his twenty-third studio album Túnel Acustico, Valle set out to bring it all together.
“I believe my music is many things. It goes in different directions. I have many different ways of writing music, sometimes it’s melodies and harmony, sometimes the groove is the focus. But all the music I have made over my sixty year career is unified. It is all natural and it is all sincere. And this is what I wanted to bring to my new album.”
A prominent feature of Valle’s career has been his dual residence between Brazil and the USA. Originally moving over in the mid-sixties on the back of bossa nova’s international proliferation, Valle toured with Sergio Mendes and became hugely in demand as a composer and arranger. But the Vietnam War loomed and the threat of being drafted saw him return to Brazil. He spent the following years in Rio writing music for TV and film, as well as four cult favourite albums in collaboration with some of Brazil’s most groundbreaking musicians including Milton Nascimento, Azymuth, Som Imaginario and O Terco.
By 1975, Brazil's military dictatorship was at its most oppressive, making living and working increasingly difficult. Valle moved back to the US where he would reside in LA, writing songs for, and collaborating with the likes of Eumir Deodato, Airto Moreira, Chicago, Sarah Vaughn and Leon Ware, amongst others.
Túnel Acústico features two songs originally conceived during Valle’s time on the West Coast: “Feels So Good”, a stirring two-step soul triumph written in 1979 with soul icon Leon Ware, and the sublime AOR disco track “Life Is What It Is”, composed around the same time, with percussionist Laudir De Oliveira from the group Chicago.
Built around an unfinished demo Marcos found on a shelf in his house 44 years after it was made, the “Feels So Good” demo was restored with the help of producer Daniel Maunick, who also utilised AI stem-separation to remove the placeholder vocal ad-libs. Valle added Portuguese lyrics to sit alongside Ware’s vocal hook, as well as extra keyboards and percussion.
Also written in late seventies LA, “Life Is What Is It” was co-penned by Laudir De Oliveira from the band Chicago and first released on the bands’ Chicago 13 album with lyrics by Robert Lamb. Another nod to his good times in LA, Valle recorded his own version for Túnel Acústico, upping the tempo and deepening the groove for a blast of irresistible summer soul.
On Túnel Acústico, Valle's core band features two members of the renowned Brazilian jazz-funk group Azymuth: Alex Malheiros on bass and Renato Massa on drums. The rhythm section is completed by percussionist Ian Moreira, with additional contributions from guitarist Paulinho Guitarra and trumpeter Jesse Sadoc.
The contemporarily composed music on Túnel Acústico features an impressive lineup of guest lyricists, including renowned Brazilian artists: Joyce Moreno (Bora Meu Vem), Céu (Nao Sei), and Moreno Veloso (Palavras Tão Gentis) as well as Valle's brother Paulo Sergio Valle (Tem Que Ser Feliz).
The album closes with "Thank You Burt (For Bacharach)", a tribute to the legendary composer who passed away in 2023.
Túnel Acústico will be released on 20th September 2024 via Far Out Recordings. Valle is set to tour Europe and America in support of the album.

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Marcos Valle

LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Far Out)

Tape | 2024 | WW | Original (Far Out)

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marcos Valle

Túnel Acústico

19,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Banger Factory)

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Artie Zaitz

The Regulator

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

Ska Shots

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“On August 5th 1962, after 300 years of British rule, which had soaked the earth of the island in blood, Jamaica was finally independent. The country that the British left behind was certainly a place of widespread poverty and deep inequality, but there seems to have been a real burst of confidence that came with independence. Newsreels of the day show well-dressed crowds reacting with enthusiasm and excitement, and the era found its perfect soundtrack in the boldness and exuberance of ska music, which was erupting all over the island. This optimistic mood found probably its greatest artistic expression in the music of the Skatalites, who formed in June 1964 as a kind of Jamaican supergroup. Philip “Justin” Yap was a young, upcoming producer who had used members of the Skatalites for his first tunes, recorded either at RJR (Radio Jamaica and Redifussion) or at Federal studios. As Steve Barrow documented in the sleevenotes for Pressure Sounds’ reissue of the classic “Ska-Boo-Da-Ba” album, Justin had also befriended Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, and when Coxsone opened his own Studio One facility in December 1963, Justin immediately switched most of his production work to this new recording room. Studio One opened just in time to catch the formation of the Skatalites, and is where Justin recorded most of his classic Skatalites sides. He also recorded lots of excellent instrumentals with a smaller brass section, still mainly using members of the Skatalites, but crediting instead the composer or arranger of the tune. Combined with Coxsone’s own recordings, these productions for Justin’s Top Deck and Tuneico labels really captured the members of the Skatalites at their magnificent best in the unique atmosphere of Studio One.” - From Diggory Kenrick’s expansive sleeve-notes.

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Transversales Disques)

Panorama

Third Vibration Volcanic Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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Transversales Disques proudly presents Panorama, an excursion through rare French soundtracks & other rarities mostly never reissued or compiled. 11 forgotten nuggets recorded between 1969 and 1980 by famous masters like Francis Lai, Alain Goraguer and Michel Magne alongside underrated composers like Jean Schwarz, Christian Gaubert or Maurice Lecoeur. A cinematic journey overflowing with moody strings arrangements, funky drum breaks, typical French basslines and psyched atmospheres.

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BALTHVS

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Mixto Music)

Pak Yan Lau / Vica Pacheco

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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To change your mood or mental state - change your Vibration A fragment from the Kyballion has deeply resonated with the band in recent years. Everything is mental, as Above so Below. Balthvs deeply believes in these tenets, and their manifestation is through music. Melodies that try to resonate deep within and generate a different type of Vibration. From the psychedelic experience arises a more balanced lifestyle, and from arduous and uncertain times arises the desire to have inner peace of mind. Music is medicine for the soul and the trio plays this music to wind down, relax, and be more present. It's music from the 21st century, a time when the world has deeply connected to one another via the digital realm, cultures are now free from geographic boundaries, they influence, mesh, and collide with one another. Turkish melodies meet Latin rhythms, from instrumental tunes to Spanish and English lyrics. The band freely takes from all corners of the world, and it reflects on the global audience they have slowly amassed in the past 4 years. Third Vibration is a celebration of life; a deep respect for the power of music.

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Aquapelagos Volume 3 Pacífico

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Keroxen / Discrepant)

Rob Mazurek - Exploding Star Orchestra

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Presenting the third thematic volume on the “Aquapelagos" series - a collection of split LPs where selected artists offer their own take into water surrounded cultures and communities. After the initial release of the Anthology compilation Aquapelago in 2022 (Discrepant ,Crep91) and the split LP Atlantico by Lagoss & Banha da Cobra (Keroxen, Krxn027) as well as the direct collaboration LP Índico by Mike Cooper & Pierre Bastien we proudly introduce an the third volume in the series in the shape of no other than two inspiring artists, Vica Pacheco and Pak Yan Lau. Two different sound journeys inspired by the majestic and peaceful Pacific Ocean, the vastest, largest and deepest ocean of our planet. Vica Pacheco’s composition takes a calm meditation approach where water flutes and synths brush shoulders to cre-ate a ever expanding mind journey whereas Pak Yan Lau’s ambitions Neo classical piece, The Ocean in Us, talks about that grand overwhelming feeling, that vast space deep under, on the bottom of the Pacific. Both compositions were recorded and created with the particular wet acoustics of the Tank in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in mind. From Philip Hayward and Matt Hill’s liner notes: ‘’The Pacific is a complex space, comprising a third of the Earth’s surface. A cascade of islands runs along its eastern flank, down from the Kamchatka peninsula, through Japan, Taiwan, The Philippines, Melanesia and on to Australasia. In its watery heart the islands of Micronesia and Polynesia stretch across huge distances, north-east to the Hawaiian archipelago, south east to Rapa Nui and south west to Aotearoa and Chatham island. Closer to the shores of the Amer-icas lie Tierra del Fuego, the Galapagos Islands, Haida Gwaii and the Aleutians. This is a space that resists easy char-acterisation. The Pacific laps the shores of Japan and Chile, the beaches of Australia’s East Coast and the cold, damp coasts of British Colombia and Alaska alike. Indeed, the space is so vast that it is a world in itself and one rarely navi-gated in its entirety. In this manner, strands of genres and the songs that reflect them are components in an intricate mesh of associations.‘’ Philip Hayward and Matt Hill, April 2022

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Live At Adler Planetarium

LP | 2024 | US | Original (International Anthem)

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Gearbox)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On March 24, 2023 Rob Mazurek assembled his endlessly psychedelic and explorative large ensemble Exploding Star Orchestra under the dome of Chicago"s Adler Planetarium to perform material from their recently released album Lightning Dreamers along with a number of new pieces.

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Nico

BBC Session 1971

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Tru Thoughts)

Tara Lily

Speak In The Dark

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Companion Rises (Twig Harper Remix)

Six Organs Of Admittance

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Drag City)

35,99 €*

Lanquidity - Strut 25th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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6OOA"s 2020 opus is reunmanaged by sound composer Twig Harper, whose unlimited brief takes this REMIX places no other remix record could dare to go. In the process, it affords the wizard of Six Organs, Ben Chasny, the chance to re-present the record in a form as insane as the world into which the record was - and is - headed. A soundtrack to California chaos, done two ways, sometimes at the same time! RIYL: Electronic, New Age, Modern Classical

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Sun Ra

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Strut)

34,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Jalapeno)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut proudly presents a special edition, deluxe repress of Sun Ra"s classic "Lanquidity", for the 25th anniversary of the label. Housed in a tip-on sleeve with OBI strip, this new special editions features an A2 poster including a rare Veryl Oakland photograph of Sun Ra in his home, as well as liner notes by Tom Buchler (Philly Jazz), Michael Ray and Danny Ray Thompson (Sun Ra Arkestra) and Bob Blank.

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The Allergies

Freak The Speaker

30,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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White Roses, My God Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Alan Sparhawk

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sub Pop)

29,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Compost)

Peter Gall of Web Web

Love Avatar

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Water Still Flows (Maroon )

Rich Ruth

LP | 2024 | WW | Original

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Falling Or Flying (Reimagined)

Jorja Smith

LP | 2024 | WW | Original (Famm)

21,99 €*

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sinking City)

Basher

May Day

Byron Asher Skrontch Music

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Orleans’ premiere free jazz party band is back! Dance music and art music can happily co-exist.

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Lord, When You Send The Rain

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sinking City)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (577)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Second LP from this 11-piece large ensemble based in New Orleans, led by Byron Asher. Considered by the composer to be a single long-form work, the album is a meditation on the blues, looking to the history of that music tradition as a socio-political cultural production rooted in the Mississippi Delta with central ties to the formation of jazz in New Orleans.

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(Ism)

Maua

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Magriff)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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UK music genius Pat Thomas, delivers a new true gem, this time with his project ISM, a classic avant piano trio also featuring Joel Grip on bass and Antonin Gerbal on drums. This recording was captured at the Berlin club Au Topsi Pohl where ISM played four nights in a row, from May 18th to 21st, 2022. For the concerts a Bösendorfer grand piano was brought to the small club—the trio barely fit on stage, but the acoustic sound, all the more omnipresent and precise, was embraced by a highly crafted and risky playing evoking notions of dreams, form, and human vibrations. This is one of those special occasions where skills meet poetry. During the last night of the four-night series of concerts in the tiny German club, the music developed into a magic combination of highly developed improvisational skills wrapped in a particularly inspirational and adventurous atmosphere, gifting the trio the chance to create the album ‘Maua’, which means flowers in Swahili. A true statement in experimental jazz paying tribute to the history of this music but very much actual and projected into the future of the art form. Pat Thomas, is one of the main artists featured on the 577 Records’ catalog, proving once again his intellectual and artistic ability to shine in every context from classic avant jazz, all the way to experimental electronics. Edition of 300 copies.

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Sylvain Rifflet

We Want Stars

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli

Djangology - Rome 1949

LP | 2024 | Original (Adf Bayard Musique)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Carolyn Crawford / Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford

It Takes A Lotta Teardrops / I'm In Love

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Kent)

The Inside Guys / My Friend Heartaches

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We follow up Carolyn Crawford’s recent big selling Kent 45 ‘Get Up And Dance’ with another top class Mickey Stevenson production on ‘It Takes A Lotta Teardrops’.

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The Soul Interiors

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Kent)

LP | 2024 | Original (Boomslang)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The mysterious and oddly named Soul Interiors recorded two terrific sides for Mickey Stevenson in 1972, ‘The Inside Guys’ - a sublime dancer and the deep soul harmony of ‘My Friend Heartaches’.

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Max Stadtfeld Stax

Fancy Future

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Groove Diggers Vinyl Colection Volume 1

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

30,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Universal)

Jimmy Villotti

55,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (La Sape)

Godtet

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (541 Label)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7 years since it's release; the iconic debut from Godtet.

First repress since 2018.

Godtet is the debut LP and live band project from Sydney guitarist, Producer & Beat-maker Godriguez. Praised for his production on 'The Great Mixtape' for Sampa the Great, Godtet sees Godriguez stepping back into the live format of production with a full band.

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Tijs Vanneste

Over De Helft

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Athens Of The North)

James Alexander Bright

Cool Cool

13,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (El Paraiso)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Timeless soul, 'Cool Cool' is the standout title track from James Alexander Bright's recent album. It's an immediately enchanting gem, with tendermusicianship and a stripped back production highlighting James' voice, pitchedsomewhere between Eddie Chacon, Beck and Michael McDonald. Athens of theNorth's in-house band East Coast Love Affair add a delightfully psychedelic Balearicpiquancy with an beautiful dub version on the flip.
'Cool Cool' has been enjoying a plethora of worldwide support; seeing James insession for Gilles Peterson, suppling a Block Party mix for Huey Morgan, interviewedby Bandcamp Weekly, and played across tastemaker shows on stations includingBBC 6 Music, FIP, Jazz FM, Kcrw, Kexp, Les Inrocks, NTS, Soho Radio, Triple R,WDET, Wnxp.
The past six years has seen James release a veritable treasure trove of music:'Mallorca' and 'Strange Folk' EPs, debut album 'Headroom', joyous second 'Float', analbum of collaborations and reworks with cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duoFlying Mojito Bros, and a new project with Groove Armada's Tom Findlay as Bright &Findlay. 'Cool Cool', his third solo album since 2020, was released on 26th July 2024.

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Lotus

Synthbuljong

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Alien Transistor)

Soft Violet

Sterner Stuff

36,99 €*

Live In 1960 Oxblood Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following multiple band projects, including the parallel powerhouse acts Spinnen and the ecstatic Turkish-Armenian-Friendship TAF, multi-instrumentalist Soft Violet, now releases her solo debut album: Sterner Stuff. And that it is: Guttural with a pounding heart laid out on sexy stainless-steel surface, defiantly glinting. Playful experimentation reigns free, fusing drum-machine and analogue synths with bass and vocals, to create a hybrid glittering creature that shines sublime.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Southland)

53,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Create)

Devon Allman

Miami Moon

42,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Mr Bongo)

Juan Almeida

Fantasia

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Faitiche)

Mark Templeton

Two Verses

Manchester United Calypso

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mark Templeton is a Canadian media artist and the founder of Graphical, an audiovisual label dedicated to publishing his own musical and image based experiments. Mark"s audio compositions are constructed from reel-to-reel tape loops and sampled cassettes that are contrasted with contemporary sound techniques.

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Edric Connor

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Be With)

17,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Do Barulho)

Wealstarcks

Valeu Obrigado

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Do Barulho)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Right after the enormous success of his debut album “Gratidão” 2021, the French producer, Wealstarcks strikes again with another banger LP “Valeu Obrigado”. Just as in 2021, Wealstarcks masterfully blends the best of house and electro sounds to the latest hits of Funk Carioca culture. A soulful, full with grooves and of course, dance floor gems that will make you jump! Limited Edition.

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Wealstarcks

Gratidaoh

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Association Listen Up)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Parisian producer Wealstarcks broadens our world through his music. The French-born producer/DJ was raised in the city of light, but his sound is nomadic as he masterfully arranges House music, and Brazilian culture. His first ever released “Gratidaoh” 2021 generated millions of streams and since then, the vinyl edition has been heavily on demand. His DJ sets are known to command a room and lower inhibitions, from Rio de Janeiro to Milan and his production credits include eminent names around the world from Tory Lanez to French rapper Booba or Italian singer Sfera Ebbasta. The LP “Gratidaoh” is finally available thru São Paulo based label SDB Discos on a limited edition and 45rpm for best sound quality! Grab yours!

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The Big Tusk

It's Alive!

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Association Culturelle Yototi)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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the BIG Tusk is a Franco-Swiss musical collective that stands out with a unique artistic direction, challenging conventions and blurring the boundaries between improvised and electronic music.Since 2017, the quartet has dedicated itself to improvising live the hypnotic and intoxicating atmosphere of an electro music performance, enriched with explosive spontaneity and a passion for sonic experimentation.In the proud tradition of groups like Knower or Cabaret Contemporain, the BIG Tusk draws on diverse influences (Aphex Twin, Mr Oizo, Kurt Cobain) to forge its own identity that completely transcends genre boundaries.The Tuskist ideology roots itself in the absence of a hierarchical organization, placing cooperation at the core of its operation. The group's mythology is inspired by vivid cinematic universes, such as the enigmatic and morbid "Tusk," where a man dreams of finding the walrus residing in every human being...According to their devoted fanatics, what truly sets the BIG Tusk apart is the exceptional harmony that characterizes the relationship among group members. This synergy gives the listener the privileged sensation of observing a mythological creature metamorphosing through various universes. Each concert thus becomes a unique experience, an emotional journey that transcends conventional musical paths.

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Alimé Bébégué

Bulaga

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Zubl Productions)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Let us not forget those who sacrificed their lives in order to offer us freedom and a beautiful existence. With Bulaga, his 4th album, Alimé Bébégué continues his great adventure with his audience. In this new project, he surrounds himself with: Aurélie Carrilho on vibraphone and Ombe Monkama Yves William on percussion.Through this album, he gives himself the opportunity through the majority of the songs to express his gratitude to his ancestors and some figures who gave their lives for our current freedoms. Also, he celebrates friendship and encounters of other cultures through the piece Bugulé in which he honors Brittany.With five instrumental tracks, and four others with lyrics, this project is resolutely oriented towards less text but not less expression.They are three musicians to have recorded this album with a groove and an incredible energy. The beautiful melodies are sources of inexhaustible emotions. This composer takes us with him ever further in his writing and compositions.This album and its multicolored jazz is an invitation to travel, to the dance of the spirit and of the body.

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Guillaume Lavergne

Muntu

47,99 €*

Erratic, The Art Of Roaming

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Muntu is the first solo album performed and composed by pianist Guillaume Lavergne. It contains seven pieces of improvised music for piano and analog keyboards and an adaptation of a Charles Mingus' composition.Muntu means man and woman,Kintu means dog and stone,Hantu means East and yesterday,Kuntu means beauty and laugh.This 2 LP vinyl album is published in 150 numbered and stamped copies.

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Les Doigts De L'homme

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Lamastrock)

51,99 €*

At The Hickory House Volume 1

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LES Doigts L'homme: 20 Years OF Musical Reinvention AND A Bold NEW ALBUMSince 2003, the year of the release of their first album, the jazz group Les Doigts L'Homme have never stopped reinventing itself, constantly challenging its aesthetic and artistic direction. This emblematic group initially rooted in the gypsy style, has evolved towards an acoustic jazz enriched by a more modernculture, and now has its own unique style.To mark its 20th anniversary, Les Doigts L'Homme is embarking on an ambitious musical project. rather than opt for a retrospective tour of its best-known songs, the band has chosen to create a brand new double album.album. 23 tracks of creative, guitar-driven, colourful and demanding jazz.This project will include an acoustic album reflecting the evolution of the group's musical career and a more electric and jazz album illustrating the evolution of the group's sound.illustrating the path taken towards an ever more original and personal approach.Les Doigts L'Homme, nurtured by years of encounters and sonic discoveries, is ready to unveil without restraint the breadth of its multiple facets, made possible by a partnership based on two decades of musical life together.And in keeping with tradition: with each new album, a new guest instrument! This time it'sdrummer Pierre Rettien joins the team to illustrate this move to electric.Erratic, The Art of Roaming promises to be a landmark work, celebrating the heritage and innovation of this group and innovation.This new opus is produced on the Lamastrock label, with which the group has enjoyed a loyal collaboration for over 20 year

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Jutta Hipp

LP | 2024 | Original (Blue Note)

The Complete - Liuto Records Heritage

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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German jazz pianist Jutta Hipp is one of the most intriguing yet little-known figures in Blue Note history. Shortly after moving to NYC in 1956 she recorded the charming live trio album “At The Hickory House” with bassist Peter Ind and drummer Ed Thigpen. Vol. 1 presents a set of standards and bebop themes that showcases her hip, lightly-swinging style.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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Piero Umiliani

Box Set | 2024 | EU | Original (Schema)

164,99 €*

The Complete - Sound Work Shop Heritage

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE WHOLE* PIERO UMILIANI’S PRODUCTION ON HIS LIUTO RECORD LABEL IS COLLECTED IN A UNIQUE 19-CD BOXSET!

The boxset includes a set of 18 albums for a total of 19 CD’s (the last one in the series is a double CD) enclosed in faithful reproductions of the original sleeves, plus a 72-page booklet with rare photos, two essays about Umiliani and his music production written by Maurizio Corbella and Niccolò Galliano, and a detailed discography and full tracklist section. This release has been fully approved by the Umiliani family.
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Without Umiliani’s contribution, Italian jazz, film music and library music would lack some of the key identifying features we associate them with today, thanks to his ability to carve out a distinctive sound identity from his personal craft, the studio he built and the trust he gained from his collaborators. This identity for many simply encapsulates the cipher of an unrepeated age of Italian popular music.
At the Sound Work Shop studio (opened in 1968) Umiliani conceived the majority of his projects and hosted the recording sessions for numerous movie soundtracks, pop hits and library music albums by the most remarkable musicians in Rome — including himself. In this exciting environment, he had the opportunity to experiment with many different styles, from funk to psychedelic rock, from disco to avant-garde, from easy-listening to electronic music, following the ever-changing needs of the soundtrack and library music industries. He therefore mastered an extreme variety of genres, moods and atmospheres, often mixing up their peculiar features to achieve unusual combinations in albums conceived both for production purposes and for home listening.
Umiliani’s ability to reinvent the concept of musicianship in the fast-moving society of his time made him a modern musician in the most complete sense of the term, by putting himself in charge of every facet of his work, from the conception to the production, the recording, the publishing and even the packaging of his own music.
In less than two decades, Umiliani released almost 80 records on the three labels he established between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s: Omicron, Liuto, and Sound Work Shop, besides all the music he was simultaneously composing for movie productions, licensed and published by Italian major companies.
This box set allows us to fully appreciate this little-known side of Piero Umiliani in an unprecedented way: his ability to seamlessly intertwine his musical creativity with his vision as a producer and publisher emerges clearly from this series as a unique feature of this composer. This corpus altogether constitutes a remarkable contribution to the so-called Italian sound of the 1970s, covering areas such as library music and film music and a plethora of genres such as jazz, funk, psychedelia, prog, easy listening, electronic music and much more!

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Piero Umiliani

Box Set | 2024 | EU | Original (Schema)

164,99 €*

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Concord)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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For the first time ever, the whole Piero Umiliani’s production on his Sound Work Shop Record label is collected in a unique 17-Cd Boxset! The boxset includes a set of 17 CD’s enclosed in faithful reproductions of the original sleeves, plus a 72-page booklet with rare photos, two essays about Umiliani and his music production written by Maurizio Corbella and Niccolò Galliano, and a detailed discography and full tracklist section. This release has been fully approved by the Umiliani family. Without Umiliani’s contribution, Italian jazz, film music and library music would lack some of the key identifying features we associate them with today, thanks to his ability to carve out a distinctive sound identity from his personal craft, the studio he built and the trust he gained from his collaborators. This identity for many simply encapsulates the cipher of an unrepeated age of Italian popular music. At the Sound Work Shop studio (opened in 1968) Umiliani conceived the majority of his projects and hosted the recording sessions for numerous movie soundtracks, pop hits and library music albums by the most remarkable musicians in Rome — including himself. In this exciting environment, he had the opportunity to experiment with many different styles, from funk to psychedelic rock, from disco to avant-garde, from easy-listening to electronic music, following the ever-changing needs of the soundtrack and library music industries. He therefore mastered an extreme variety of genres, moods and atmospheres, often mixing up their peculiar features to achieve unusual combinations in albums conceived both for production purposes and for home listening. Umiliani’s ability to reinvent the concept of musicianship in the fast-moving society of his time made him a modern musician in the most complete sense of the term, by putting himself in charge of every facet of his work, from the conception to the production, the recording, the publishing and even the packaging of his own music. In less than two decades, Umiliani released almost 80 records on the three labels he established between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s: Omicron, Liuto, and Sound Work Shop, besides all the music he was simultaneously composing for movie productions, licensed and published by Italian major companies. This box set allows us to fully appreciate this little-known side of Piero Umiliani in an unprecedented way: his ability to seamlessly intertwine his musical creativity with his vision as a producer and publisher emerges clearly from this series as a unique feature of this composer. This corpus altogether constitutes a remarkable contribution to the so-called Italian sound of the 1970s, covering areas such as library music and film music and a plethora of genres such as jazz, funk, psychedelia, prog, easy listening, electronic music and much more!

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Nubya Garcia

Odyssey

20,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Odyssey Red / Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Nubya Garcia

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Concord)

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Concord)

Nubya Garcia

Odyssey

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Ken Boothe

Black Gold & Green

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vudú Y Chachacha / Vudú Y Chachacha (Professor Shorthair Remix) Ft. Rakaa Iriscience Of Dilated Peoples Splatter Vinyl Edition

El Combo Oscuro

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Superjock)

15,99 €*

Chick Elektric Band Corea

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Hailing from the sweat-drenched discotecas of Austin, Texas - El Combo Oscuro deliver a dose of Latin psychedelia that’s steeped in the magic and voodoo of New Orleans. Combine heavy percussion, reverberating guitars, and a solid baseline, and the affects of “Vudú y Chachacha” are mesmerizing. On the flip, New Orleans’ own Professor Shorthair remixes the original into a dance-floor-ready tune that features the vocals of Rakaa Iriscience of the renowned Hip Hop group Dilated Peoples. This limited edition 45 comes on bone colored vinyl with blue and violet splatter.

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Eye Of The Beholder

2LP | 2024 | Original (Candid)

37,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Whited Sepulchre)

Max Jaffe

Reduction Of Man

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Holuzam)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Max Jaffe wasn’t planning on creating an album commemorating the decade-plus he spent living in New York City while recording Reduction of Man. Operating as a preemptive elegy, Reduction of Man traces Jaffe’s musical trajectory while in New York City - a process of becoming fluent in several musical languages and cultures all at once, rather than the linear education of an MFA musician (which Jaffe also is). Jaffe’s second “solo” album finds him at the helm of an ensemble - leading the project as he plays: one hand drumming, the other composing and editing on the fly, shepherding multiple musical voices towards a single end - a sinewy tension between noise and groove.

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Polido

Hearing Smoke

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Candid)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Polido has been fantasizing with the idea of free music throughout his artistic career. Free from restraints, logos, musical genres, but also from this modern obsession with narratives, plans, business plans, algorithms and bubble wrapped ideas for comfort of those of you that can’t breathe without everything making sense.
“Hearing Smoke” has nothing of that. It has been four years since Holuzam released the double album “A Casa e os Cães / Sabor a Terra” and for four years I have been daydreaming about what would come next. This is it, eleven new pieces about the future of the future of music. It is the result of years of study, research and sound consolidation. Sound as matter, mutating, transforming, absorbing all around, a shapeshifting entity connecting with the principles of freedom.

"Polido has been researching Portuguese contemporary composition, its very own sounds and ideas. Its origins, the web of repression, tension and censorship before the April 25th revolution in 1974; secondly, as an afterthought, freedom, equality and a unique sense of community and belonging screaming through the music. He absorbed those states of mind and made an album that listens to the current world and presents globalization as a mental trap.
If the music that inspired him somehow comes from a post-colonial world, “Hearing Smoke” questions how we can create something new in this permanent state of cultural colonization, where new trends or forms of music only thrive if they are accepted by the dominant cultures. The physical world has been transformed, but ideas like “world music” or “ghetto music” still show that dominance, the Strange can only be accepted if it incorporates the rules and codes of that dominant force. What I am saying is that it is hard for Portuguese musicians to present themselves as original. They will never have that credit unless the music relates to something that exists in another

realm. Never for their benefit, but for the power of association. I may sound arrogant here, but Polido is unique, original, one of a kind (all those words, all those redundant synonyms). I knew it four years ago when I got lost in the way “A Casa e os Cães” is assembled and how he makes something memorable out of the most commonplace conversations. “Hearing Smoke” continues the flow and puts us in the centre of these ever evolving masses of sound.
Somehow his music finds you, it starts speaking with you until it asks you to be a part of it. Polido’s beats and harmonics are combined in such a tender way that you mellow out while listening to these beats - thinking of the brilliant “Saque”. Even when he exposes you to something more harsh - “Canto D’Amorte” or the closing moments of the last track “Custa A Crer” - there’s still a cradle effect.
But what keeps me returning to this album is how it seems to transform in my ears. Not every time I listen to it, but while I am listening to it. The sound seems to move, embracing me and controlling my inner thoughts. These start to move along at the same pace, with the same feeling of cloudiness. Nothing new here, the thing is how it feels different from time to time, how the music, because of something that changes or moves, comes as a catharsis/revelation. It drives me nuts how the beats come and go in tracks like “Fogo Firme (Encomendação)” or “The More I Think, The Less I Can Speak“, leaving everything suspended and, simultaneously, relieved. When dramatic - ”Prova De Existência“ - it is sad af and gorgeously epic.

Trap, bass music, dubstep, ambient, hauntology and contemporary music flow side by side here, no pushing around, free of interpretation, and you are free to feel or listen to whatever you want in “Hearing Smoke”. That’s free music for you. Not a hard concept, something for you to enjoy, feel, reflect about. This is what the future will sound like."

André Santos // Holuzam

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Simon Moullier

Elements Of Light

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (By Norse Music)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Singular Blend of Dynamic Post-Pop & Electronic Production
Featuring The Vibraphonist’s Remarkable Quartet
Special Guests Gerald Clayton and Marquis Hill
Named One Of Downbeat's 25 For The Future

“His music is fresh, it speaks to everyone. Never heard anyone play vibes like that before.” -Herbie Hancock

“Best vibes player I’ve heard...” -Quincy Jones

In discussing Elements of Light, his fifth album as a leader, the vibraphonist-composer Simon Moullier often returns to a specific term: unfolding.

“This is an important word — the unfolding of a song,” says Moullier, who was born in France and lives in New York. “It’s something I’m very attached to, and something I’m always working on.” As he explains, many of his essential influences —Wayne Shorter, Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Ravel, — have been masterful unfolders in their writing. Moullier admires the movement and design in their music and harmony, the way one section of a tune leads into the next, everything flowing in a natural, beautiful, inviting way. Even the most serious intellectual musical concepts are rendered with a directness, a simplicity that can captivate a general audience. “For me, no matter how complex an idea can get,” he says, “clarity is always key.”

That’s a mature, evolved outlook for a millennial jazz musician to embrace, and it’s shared among Moullier’s youthful quartet featuring pianist Lex Korten, bassist Rick Rosato and drummer Jongkuk “JK” Kim. What’s more, these musicians of astonishing technical facility interact with the selflessness and good taste that Moullier’s song-focused music requires; to say it another way, they use their virtuosity to make the bandleader’s compositions sound as human and affecting as possible — never to preen.

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Mari Boine

Alva

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Groove Culture Seven)

Micky More

Expansions

14,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sundazed)

Dr. John

Frankie & Johnny

30,99 €*