Organic Grooves 1869 Items

Release: 2014 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

The Platinum Collection White Vinyl Edition

3LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

39,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hundred Proof Aged In Soul

100 Proof

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Demon)

25,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Platinum Collection On Cool White Vinyl

Nina Simone

3LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Not Now)

39,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Maurice Moore And Family Affair Band

Everything That Shines Ain’t Gold

12" | 2017 | EU | Original (Melodies International)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A few years ago, Melodies family members Floating Points and DJ Red Greg got their hands on a couple of original 70s obscurities. While these standout records shone brightly in their own right, the two DJs saw the potential to create their own edits behind the scenes, finely attuning the original versions to modern-day dancefloor standards. Of these new recordings, they cut only five copies for themselves and a few DJ friends of theirs.

Today, Melodies International is very proud to bring you MEL006 and MEL007. Fully licensed, lovingly mastered to the highest possible standards and carefully edited to dial up that dancefloor enjoyment, these two ‘You’re A Melody’ classics weren’t originally meant to get official releases. But due to popular request, they are now available to play and share in very special moments at parties around the world.

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LP | 2011 | US | Reissue (Yazoo)

Please Warm My Weiner

Release: 2011 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Miles Davis

We Want Miles

33,99 €*

Release: 2011 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Yusef Lateef / Cannoball Adderley Sextet

Love Theme From Spartacus / Brother John

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (45 Years)

Universal Beings E&F Sides Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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BGP’s contribution to Ace’s 45th Anniversary are these two perfect examples of modal jazz in their super-rare 7-inch versions, both fine examples of the genius of saxophone great Yusef Lateef.

First up is his incredible arrangement of Alex North’s ‘Love Theme From Spartacus’. Released on his “Eastern Sounds” album, it has long been a favourite of collectors and DJs. The rare 7-inch edit is incredibly expensive to buy on original release and is reissued here for the first time.

Equally difficult to track down is the studio version of Lateef’s ‘Brother John’, which he recorded whilst he was a member of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet and which was only released as the B-side of the single ‘Tengo Tango’. Lateef’s own version from his live LP for Impulse is a jazz dance classic; this version is an under-appreciated gem.

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Makaya McCraven

LP | 2020 | US | Original (International Anthem)

25,99 €*

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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No Parking / Alternative Version

Gold

7" | 2020 | UK | Reissue (Ace)

11,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Légère)

Jay W. McGee

Smooth Cruising

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Kent Soul)

Darrow Fletcher

My Young Misery

Chet Baker Plays Vladimir Cosma

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We have released two Darrow Fletcher CD on Kent but he has never had a vinyl LP of his own - of any description.

This compilation concentrates on his Chicago years, though it adds a rare demo, ‘Hope For Love’, only previously available on a “Masterpieces” Kent CD. Also, we have included his one-off late-70s version of fellow Chicago-born writers Grey & Hanks’ ‘No Limit’, also originally a “Masterpieces” track and a now-deleted Kent Select 45; these fetch £100+ on some sales lists.

The mid-60s sides speak for themselves. He began his career with the acclaimed soul blast of ‘The Pain Gets A Little Deeper’ (an Elton John favourite of the time!) and followed up with dancefloor classics ‘My Young Misery’, ‘What Good Am I Without You’, ‘Infatuation’ and ‘Gotta Draw The Line’.

As was common in those days, the hip dance sides were coupled with tender ballads such as ‘Sitting There That Night’, ‘Little Girl’ and ‘My Judgement Day’. Those were particularly well received in his Chicago homebase and have been admired by slow-groove scenes like Lowriders in Los Angeles ever since.

Darrow’s late 60s recordings, though recorded in Chicago, were issued on Los Angeles labels controlled by Universal. By 1971 his producer - stepfather Johnnie Haygood - had reverted to using his own Chicago imprint Genna for the last recording.

Compiled by Ady Croasdell.

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Chet Baker

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Must Have Jazz)

Llorca

The Garden

13,99 €*

Keep Shining / Put Love Back

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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15 years ago, Ludovic Llorca was an up and comer in the French house scene but also somewhat adjacent to it, pulling his samples from low-key jazz instead of the glitzy disco numbers immortalised by Daft Punk. His critically acclaimed debut New Comer went largely under the radar but has retained a modest cult following, its chic, blissed-out mood something of an antecedent to the kind of sound now well-served by the folks at Mood Hut.
Longtime fans anticipating a fresh helping of jazz-oriented deep house will be surprised to the hear the The Garden is both stylistically and structurally different from Llorca’s earlier material. Funk and soul are to The Garden what jazz was to New Comer but rather than sample the classics, Llorca fashions new tunes in the style of the greats with the help of several guest vocalists, making this is very much a collection of songs rather than beats.
All Right conjures a sticky urban atmosphere with bluesy sustained piano chords that recalls Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On?, while Trigger Happy, with its squelchy synth lead, is an unmistakable nod to Stevie Wonder’s Superstition. Add to that list You, a jaunty finger snapping homage to the Jackson 5, and it’s obvious that The Garden is less an experimental reimagining of familiar sounds than it is a retro revival project along the lines of Dâm-Funk, and a good one too.
The record’s standout moment and black sheep however, is Waiting. The only track without a featured guest, it’s a noir-ish swagger of a groove is built around an irresistible bassline that keeps on giving. With its icy strings and descending minor chords, it’s sinister and strange in a way unlike anything else on The Garden and yet oozes the very essence of the funk.

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Roz Ryan

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Super Disco Edits)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1980, during her run on Broadway in the musical, “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and before being cast in “Dreamgirls”, singer, actress and Detroit native Roz Ryan teamed up with the legendary team of Dennis Coffey And Mike Theodore on a six song album that wound up being unreleased.

Recently, the folks at Super Disco Edits released this 45 featuring Roz’ taking on Preston Glass’ “Keep Shining / Put Love Back” composed by Eric McClinton.

Both tracks were from the Theodore and Coffey sessions and make their debut for lovers of dancin’ (“Keep Shining”) and romancin’ (“Put Love Back”). Enjoy!

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LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Detour)

Le Beat Bespoké Volume 9

Time Further Out (Miro Reflections)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Cover with seam split.
Includes original inner sleeve.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet

LP | 2011 | US | Reissue (Impex)

39,99 €*

2LP | 2020 | Original (Mack Avenue)

Release: 2011 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition. 180 gram vinyl reissue.

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Christian Sands

Be Water

38,99 €*

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | Original (Stunt)

Inger Gundersen

By Myself

Release: 2014 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | EU | Reissue (Anti)

Curtis Harding

Soul Power

Golden Brown Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2014 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Curtis Harding says that soul music, and his music, speak for themselves. It's self-evident on the Atlanta artist's debut, Soul Power. The driving sound of his electrified Stratocaster, the foot-stomping backbeat and the lyrics swimming in reverb -- with something this flourishing, it's almost reductive to just dig around the roots. Harding's style was born in Michigan and bred on the road, a restless childhood spent singing gospel alongside an evangelizing mother, then cultivated in Atlanta, where he sang backup for CeeLo Green and befriended the Black Lips (he plays with Cole Alexander in Night Sun).

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Take Vibe

7" | 2020 | UK | Reissue (Jazz Room)

Curtis Knight & The Squires (With Jimi Hendrix)

Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2020. Full On Lockdown: Musician Laurence Mason puts together this off the wall idea meshing together two of his biggest musical heroes, Dave Greenfield of the tough 1970's proto-punk band The Stranglers with the oh so cool 1960's jazz of Dave Brubeck. He puts up his demo on Youtube not really expecting much in the way of feedback. And gets ONE Million hits. And hundreds of requests for a release. Jazz Room Records Head Honcho Paul Murphy says "Do you wanna record that and release it?"."Affirmative!" The result is this grooving Soulful and Funky Jazz version of "Golden Brown".
On the "B" side is a languid and super cool version of "Walking On The Moon", originally by 80's Supergroup The Police.
The first release sold 3000 (!) 7-inch singles and got into the Official Vinyl Singles Top 30. (Yes, there's still such a thing!).
The latest version of the best selling Jazz Room Release. Now in Blue Splatter Vinyl.

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No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2 Black Friday Record Store Day 2020 Edition

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Legacy)

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Not Now)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Black Friday Record Store Day 2020 Release.
RSD Exclusive. Limitation: 3000 copies.

No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2 continues the documentation of Jimi Hendrix’s pre-Experience sideman work with the Harlem-based R&B combo. These twelve recordings were captured at Studio 76 in 1965 [as well as two controversial sessions in July and August 1967] and offer a fascinating glimpse of Hendrix’s genius in the years before—and during—his early success. It includes the 1965 demo of the first known Hendrix composition (“Working All Day”) and shiver-inducing guitar playing that hints at the genius to come. While not a Jimi Hendrix album the music is now under the control of Experience Hendrix, and thanks to them has been lovingly restored by legendary engineer Eddie Kramer for RSD Black Friday, giving fans the chance to enjoy these tracks in their proper historical context in a numbered, limited edition brown vinyl release.

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Dave Brubeck

Greatest Hits

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Skip)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Keyboardist, bandleader and composer Dave Brubeck is the man the New York Times credited with 'helping make jazz popular again in the Fifties and Sixties. He did not always please the critics (but) the oppositional push and- pull between his piano and Paul Desmond's alto saxophone make the Brubeck Quartet's best work still sound original.' In Britain, the Daily Telegraph called Brubeck 'one of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century', adding that 'his recording of "Take Five" remains one of the few jazz records instantly recognised by members of the general public.' But, as fans know, there was more to Dave Brubeck's music than one composition or album. Dave Brubeck left a legacy of material that outlives the time and place it first came into being.

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Tingvall Trio

Dance

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Compay Segundo

Un jardinero de amor

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Francoise Hardy

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Sketches & Ballads

LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Trost)

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Schema)

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl / limited pressing of 500!

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Gerardo Frisina

Moving Ahead

25,99 €*

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As the album title suggests, this work represents a big step forward for Gerardo Frisina, an artist that has always been open to any influence and whose unstoppable creativity has given birth to a 2-LP’s worth of new material! Nu-latin, Afro and electronic beats merge with Afro-Cuban rhythm into a massive dancefloor groove!

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Julie London

About The Blues

Boogie On Down / You Ask For It Come Freak With Me

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes four bonus tracks.

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Paris Ford

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Epsilon)

17,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Stranger I May Be Savoy Gospel 1954-1966

2LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Honest Jon's)

27,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Schema)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first of three volumes: stomping, rollicking gospel music, intermingling with raw soul, searing blues, hard-rocking doo-wop and jazz, and storming r&b.

Infused and incandescent with the hurting, surging indignation of the Civil Rights movement, here are twenty-four precious scorchers by giants like the Staple Singers and Jimmy Scott, alongside devastating sides by less celebrated names like the Harmonising Five of Burlington, North Carolina, and teen-group the North Philadelphia Juniors, culminating triumphantly with slamming, sanctified versions of Hit The Road Jack and Wade In The Water.

Gatefold sleeve, with full-size booklet; beautifully designed, with stunning, rare photographs and original Savoy artwork.

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S-Tone Inc.

Body & Soul

Adult Themes Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Body & Soul” marks S-Tone Inc.’s return after three years, diving deep into the soul / disco / funk sound from the late ‘70s. Along with the presence of longtime collaborators Toco and Laura Fedele on vocals and their own distinctive signature, we have two new international collaborations: Afra Kane, a Nigerian singer who gives a black shade to the album songs, and legendary João Donato’s son Donatinho on Rhodes and Moog. “Midnight Sun”, a cinematic-flavoured instrumental track that pays homage to The Maestro Ennio Morricone, closes a beautiful record captivating and precious in every note.

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El Michels Affair

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Superbacana EP Feat. Toco

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown Records is proud to present Adult Themes, the latest full length offering from El Michels Affair. This album takes the band's "Cinematic Soul" aesthetic literally and sends the listener on a journey through a whirlwind of moods and energies. With their 2005 debut album Sounding Out The City, EMA spearheaded an instrumental funk / soul movement that inspired a slew of bands and even lead to the creation of a few independent record labels. El Michels has since lent his signature sound to artists from Adele to Dr John, Lana Del Rey to Aloe Blacc, and a who's who list of others. In 2016 he co-founded Big Crown Records and has since produced the lion's share of its output. A short stint as the touring band for Wu Tang Clan in 2007 led to the cult classics Enter The 37th Chamber (2009) and Return To The 37th Chamber (2017). Adult Themes marks the long awaited, highly anticipated return to an album of original compositions from El Michels Affair. In 2017 in between producing, playing, and recording on other artists' records Leon Michels began creating compilations of short interludes intended to be sampled by hip hop producers. Some of these wound up becoming songs by Jay Z & Beyonce, Travis Scott, and Don Toliver. These minute-long snippets were inspired by the dense moody work of `60s composers like David Axelrod, and Francois de Roubaix, as well as Moondog's brand of classical jazz. Michels was having so much fun creating these instrumental / orchestral nuggets that he decided to expand on some of the ideas and create what would become the soundtrack for a movie that has yet to be made, an imaginary film entitled "Adult Themes." The album plays like the colors on an artists pallet. Songs like "Rubix" and "Villa" are densely orchestrated with the hard-hitting drums that El Michels Affair is known for. On "Life of Pablo", Leon's son makes his first appearance on record and intros a song with an epic arrangement and a moving mood. "Hipps" is a drum heavy ballad that could've easily fit on EMA's debut record, Sounding Out the City. Other compositions like "The Difference" and "Kill The Lights" are bare, melodic mood pieces with sparse drums and sophisticated chord movement. All of these tunes come together to make perfect backgrounds for dialogue and action. One of the beautiful things about instrumental music is that the listener can decide what the narrative is. With Adult Themes El Michels Affair has created a "choose your own adventure" in musical form.

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S-Tone Inc.

12" | 2017 | EU | Original (Schema)

Mozdzer - Rantala - Wollny

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Superbacana” marks the return of S-tone Inc., an EP that anticipates a new album due to release in autumn 2017. Produced by Stefano Tirone, who co-wrote all the tracks with Tomaz Di Cunto - alias Toco - it contains four tracks (one in two different versions) wi th a funky Brazilian flavour, inspired by the Black Rio sound that represents the encounter between sa mba and the American soul funk music since the ’70s. An outstanding groovy effort that raises the expectations on what S-Tone Inc. will produce in the nearby future...

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Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic VII: Piano Night

12" | 2017 | EU | Original (Act Music)

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Schema)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2017!

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Marvin Parks

LP+CD | 2017 | EU | Original (Schema)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The arrival of Marvin Parks on today’s musical scene is a perfect addition to the renaissance of the Afro-American Jazz Crooner panorama, deeply rooted in the Black Music tradition. Having his roots in Gospel and in the ’50s and ’60s jazz singers by the likes of Nat King Cole, Johnny Hartman and Joe Williams, Marvin Parks yet remains by all means an artist of today. In his debut Marvin shapes his light baritone colors within the sound of a well-established group of musicians under the direction and production of Nicola Conte, giving a different light to well-known standards and some originals.

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Rovi (Piero Umiliani)

Discomusic

2LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Aeternum)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Considering the incredibly wide range of styles adopted by Piero Umiliani during his career, it will come as no surprise for you to know that he also produced disco. At that time in Italy disco had still an exotic appeal and was considered apt to accompany a genre of movies that was at once erotic and comic. “Discomusic” is some sort of a white version of a sound that is inherently black, a unique record within Umiliani‘s discography. The track “Discomania” became popular as the closing theme of 90° Minuto, a famous Italian football TV show.

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Ashac

The Occult 2024 Repress

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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

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Nils Wülker

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Doug Carn Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

35,99 €*

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Notes On A Journey)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Among the heroes and innovators of 70s spiritual/progressive/funk/jazz, Doug Carn has always flown a little under the radar.He has long plied his trade with patience and dedication, releasing absolutely stunning albums that are cherished by cognoscenti but lesser known even to the jazz mainstream, even as his influence can be detected among his colleagues.Carn's newest project, his entry in the Jazz Is Dead album series helmed by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, takes his unique and timeless art and places it within the context of a musical culture that has always taken cues from his '70s classics.There's no mistaking the musical mind that created legendary albums like Infant Eyes and Adam's Apple, but the encounter of that with the distinctive jazz-hip hop-funk-noir that is the Younge/Muhammad/JID trademark creates something worthy of comparison to Carn's past work but which could only have been made right now.

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Valeria

Pe Na Estrada

11,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Come Inside / Sorrow Tears & Blood

Chico Mann

7" | 2020 | Original (Ubiquity)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Musica Per Immagini)

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Come Inside b/w Sorrow Tears & Blood is the first single from the Chico Mann album "Double Life". The guitarist/producer is back at the helm with a fresh set of tunes under his "Chico Mann" moniker since his 2013 '80s electro-funk and boogie album "Magical Thinking". Founding the hard rock meets West African funk outfit Here Lies Man during his hiatus, his new effort seamlessly melds his dual musical personas which is inherent in the title of the album.

Starting out as a collaboration with bassist JP Maramba, "Come Inside" soon became one of the high points and an integral part of their live show with its frenetic energy. Conceptually, the music is an expression of the chaos and fast pace of modern life while extending an invitation to leave the door open to a new way to interface with the world that is more balanced and values authentic experiences over materialism.

On the flip, Fela Kuti's "Sorrow Tears & Blood" gets the psychedelic treatment. Being the first song from Fela's catalog that he'd heard, he was immediately hooked on the groove and power of the underlying message "The takeaway from that song for me is that it's of the utmost importance to ground myself in music and creative expression as a form cultural resistance. Therein lies beauty and determination in the face adversity."

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Sandro Brugnolini

Abstract Forms

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (La Casa Tropical)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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“Abstract Forms” is a selection of rare as yet unreleased in any physical format Sandro Brugnolini recordings from the late Eighties and early Nineties. The sixteen electronic tracks were produced for television background use or synchronization and, thanks to their great intensity and suspense, are still perfect to be scored in any number of thriller sequences, connecting smooth jazz memoirs filtered with machines overplayed on videogame sounding backgrounds. The majority of these experiments are not only characterized by their use of electronic instruments, as dictated with the requirements of the time, they also have a specific rhythmic inventiveness that gives them their identity. One more time the Italian brilliant composer follows his strong drive in drawing inspiration from what technology can offer him.

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The Bees

Mamezala / Never Give Up

Linda Majika / Thoughts Visions & Dreams

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The Bees are a textbook case of the chew and spit cycle that was the late 80’s South African music industry. Although their unknown story is likely unique, it is just as likely that it is no different to that of many other young artists who dreamed of getting their music heard at the time. By 1988, the independent record label was no longer as uncommon as it had been at the beginning of the decade. As the 80s went on, more seasoned A&R reps and Producers that had gained experience and connections from their work under major labels would be trying to cash in on a market they helped create. Without the need of big rooms or expensive recording equipment, the digital advancements allowed many Producers to open or work in smaller studios and promote unknown artists under their own imprints. They would then have their catalogs marketed and distributed by the same major labels they had been working for just years prior. This would open up the possibility of a new era of stars as potential talent no longer had to be pitched to major labels in hopes of them taking a chance on a new signee over their already established artists. With the market growing and a struggle to keep up with the demand for new sounds this agreement would allow the major labels to put new emerging artists or groups on their catalog with little investment and high reward if it happened to be a hit. ON Records was just one of the independent players at the time. Ronnie Robot had just signed the unlikely trio The Bees in hopes of adding a hit group to his label roster that consisted of solo acts. Despite the debut’s fresh house inspired sound, it failed to catch on was outsold by the bubblegum disco the label was known for. Over the years unsold back stock and promos would build up with the distributor. Luckily this allowed sealed copies from the label’s catalog to survive into the 90s when the distributor’s stock was unloaded and picked up by legendary Johannesburg jazz shop Kohinoor. Here sealed copies of the Bees first attempt sat under appreciated for over 20 years before becoming a hot title after they started circulating online and became club staples. This is how the first album of an unknown group with no success was able to become a collectors item and earn a reissue over 25 years later. With their first record behind them The Bees were ready move forward and get back into the studio. A suggestion from producers had the trio change camps and go work with the newly formed Creative Sound Recordings, the label that promised “Music for the Future” and ended up being an essential studio in the early years of Kwaito. They would work with producer Chris Ghelakis and guitarist George Vardas, while a young Marvin Moses sat behind the desk. Musically the sophomore album was as good as a follow up as you could get. Building on the first album, Mashonisa delivers catchy melodies backed by heavy drum programming that would score points with any Pantsula. The Black Box inspired “ Never Give Up” was one of two tracks chosen to be pressed as the promo for the album, hoping to trick listeners with their catchy version of the hit( A year later the label would release their first volume of Black Box covers sang by neo soul diva BB, it would be a great seller). The label printed up an unknown amount of these in a last attempt to push the release in Shabeens and on Radio. The cheaper route of flooding the market with promo copies would only pay off 25 years later when unplayed copies started being rediscovered and had survived the years in a quantity that original run of the full album could not. Once again it was clear that with no mainstream appeal, the quality of the music on its own was not enough to garner any success at the time. The album flopped worse than their first and failed to make it past it’s initial run, making it one of the harder titles to get from the CSR catalog. Mashonisa would be the last attempt from the Bees. They would disappear from the scene as quickly as they appeared. Of the three members it is only known that lead Singer Solomon Phiri continued in music fronting a wave dance group before he mysteriously vanished in 1993, never to be heard from again. Through a combination of luck and circumstance the group, which is unknown in South Africa to even the most plugged in musicians, producers and radio hosts of the time, managed to finally get some of the recognition they deserved 30 years later. Unfortunately this small blip of fame would happen with none of the band members present to give their side of the story, or even aware of how their two albums became popular enough to be printed on different continents in a new millennia. The Bees suffered the same fate as countless other artists of the time, who thanks to emerging independent labels and willing producers were given an opportunity to have a short career, only to be replaced by the meat grinder of the music industry when they failed to produce a hit.

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Let's Make A Deal / Step Out Of My Life Feat. Ray Phiri

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Rush Hour)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Double sider 12" including the bubblegum club track ''Let's Make a Deal'' by Linda "Babe” Majika, which was originally released on the rare 'Don’t Treat Me So Bad' lp in South-Africa, 1988. On the flip, you’ll find the deep late-night saxophone driven tune ''Step Out Of My Life'' which includes Don Laka on the keyboard and is produced by Ray Phiri, who also founded the popular South African group 'Stimela'. The song was originally released in 1989 and finally sees a reissue, pressed as a loud DJ-friendly 12-inch.

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Jazz Crooners

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Cheesecake)

Chet Baker

I Get Chet

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hot Jump-Up Island Sounds From The Caribbean: Mambo, Calypso, Goombay, Mento, Merengue, Cult And Compas Music LP 2

90 Degrees Of Shade

2LP | 2014 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Jazz Wax)

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soul Jazz Records’ new album 90 Degrees of Shade features the music of the Caribbean – Mambo, Calypso, Mento, Merengue, Latin Jazz and much more. The music of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and more all feature in this lightning journey through the many island sounds.

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Billie Holiday

Velvet Mood

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soopastole Edits Volume 4

DJ Soopasoul

7" | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Soopastole)

Volume 3: Sweet Times - Afro, Funk, Highlife & Juju From 1970s Lagos

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soopastole is back with anaother pair of amazing jazz-funk-reworks!

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Nigeria 70

2LP+CD | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Squama)

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The third instalment in Strut’s essential trip through the rich archives of Nigerian music brings together ‘70s Afrobeat and highlife from Victor Olaiya, Rex Williams, Zeal Onyia and more.

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Martin Brugger

Music For Video Stores

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (WRWTFWW)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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On his debut album producer and Squama co-founder Martin Brugger hovers through Ambient, (upbeat) Downbeat and unfulfilled build-ups. Conceptualized as a blank soundtrack, the music was sent to fellow artists who shared their visual and verbal associations which became the source for the artwork and tracktitles, effectively making the album a collective effort. Evident in all of his recent projects is Brugger's passion for working and thriving within closely set limits. The only audio sources in the process of making the album were his record player and a Dave Smith Prophet 08 synthesizer. In an antithesis to most sample-based music, Brugger takes the more ephemeral moments of recorded music and uses pitching tools as a magnifying glass to dive deeper into the sound and bare layers that normally remain unheard.

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Motohiko Hamase

Anecdote

Roy Hamilton / H. B. Barnum

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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WRWTFWW Records is proud to announce the official reissue of Motohiko Hamase’s extremely rare live album Anecdote (recorded in 1987). The album is sourced from original masters and available on vinyl (double LP) for the first time ever as well as on CD. It comes with liner notes from the artist. This marks the sixth release from the ESPLANADE SERIES which focuses on the works of Yoshio Ojima, Motohiko Hamase and Satsuki Shibano. Anecdote was recorded live June 12th 1987 at Spiral Garden (Wacoal Art Center) in Aoyama (Tokyo) as part of the Eat Newsic Concert No.3. Motohiko Hamase on electric fretless bass, synthesizers and computer programming, is accompanied by frequent collaborators Toshio Kaji on acoustic piano and synthesizers, and Yasunori Yamaguchi (of #Notes of Forestry fame) on acoustic percussions. The three-man band improvises around Hamase’s unique repertoire of ambient and electronic music, reinterpreting pieces from his albums Reminiscence, Intaglio, and #Notes of Forestry.

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Earthquake / It Hurts Too Much To Cry

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Outta Sight)

13,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | US | Original (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

Hailu Mergia

Yene Mircha

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60's starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70's golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the 90s and 2000s when he mainly played keyboard in his taxi while waiting in the airport queue or at home with friends. More recently, with reissue of his classic works and a re-assessment of his role in Ethiopian music history, Mergia has played to audiences big and small in some of the most cherished venues around the world. With 2018's critical breakthrough "Lala Belu" Mergia championed himself and consolidated his legacy, producing the album on his own and connecting with listeners through the sheer creative power of his version of modern Ethiopian music. His subsequent performances revealed an artist who is in no way stuck in the nostalgia for the "golden age" sound. The press agreed, including the New York Times, BBC and Pitchfork, calling his music "triumphantly in the present" in its Best 200 Albums of the 2010's list. Mergia's new album "Yene Mircha" ("My Choice" in Amharic) encapsulates many of the things that make the keyboardist, accordionist and composer-arranger remarkable_elements that have persisted to maintain his vitality all these years, through the ebb and flow of his career. The rock solid trio with whom he has toured the world most recently, DC-based Alemseged Kebede (bass) and Ken Joseph (drums), forms the nucleus around which an expanded band makes a potent response to the contemporary jazz future "Lala Belu" promised. "Yene Mircha" calcifies Mergia's prolific stream of creativity and his philosophy that there is a multitude of Ethiopian musical approaches, not just one sound. Enlisting the help of master mesenqo (traditional stringed instrument) player Setegn Atenaw, celebrated vocalist Tsehay Kassa and legendary saxophone player Moges Habte from his 70's outfit Walias Band, Mergia enhances his bright, electric band on this recording with an expanded line up on some songs. Mergia produced the album which features several of his original compositions along with songs by Asnakesh Worku and Teddy Afro. An artist still reinventing his sound every night on stage during his marathon live sets, this 74-year-old icon refuses to make the same album twice. The album feels as urgent and risky as his concerts can be, pushing the band to the outer limits of group improvisation and back with chord extensions during his exploratory solos. "Yene Mircha" captures this live experience and fosters an expansive view of what else could be in store for this tireless practitioner of Ethiopian music.

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The Northern Soul Of Dynamo

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bricks, Broken Bottles And Sticks / Live On

Dean Parrish / J.B. Troy

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exotic Jazz Impressions From Hungary (1963 - 1965)

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Budabeats)

LP | 2014 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a limited edition of 500 copies!

Budabeats Records presents four jazz inspired cuts from the early ‘60s. This period is not renowned for quality Hungarian music, however it gave birth to a handful of gems that sound world class, even today. The single features two tracks by Mária Toldy, and one track each by Nadja Beimel and Márta Szirmay. The common denominator is jazz, but it is blended with other styles such as Afro-Cuban, exotica and bossa nova. This bold, adventurous sound transcends the luke-warm clichés of dance music of the time. That’s why we felt it worth it to dust off these tough-to-find recordings and give them a new spin.
The record comes in a custom designed picture sleeve, with two different sticker sets by Recordshack Distribution. You can create your very own and unique record by using the stickers accompanying the single.

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Son House

Raw Delta Blues

18,99 €*

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2014 | UK | Original (Late Night Tales)

Django Django

Late Night Tales

Live For Love / Love Just Ain't No Fun

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Leo Kottke, Bob James, James Last, Map Of Africa, Massive Attack, Outkast & others are featured. Another tasty selection!

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G.C. Cameron

7" | 2014 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

8,99 €*

12" | 2020 | DE | Original (Jakarta)

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2014

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J.Lamotta Suzume

Brand New Choice

Release: 2020 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

LP | 2020 | DE | Original (Umland)

Jan Klare

B.C.

Release: 2020 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Love & Blues In The City Black Vinyl Edition

Jeff Cascaro

LP | 2017 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In The Wee Small Hours Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Frank Sinatra

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Dol)

To Feel Embraced Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gatefold 180g Includes Rare Or Exclusive Artwork Inside

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Sparkle Division

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Temporary Residence)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Vibrant Electronic Fusion Of Lounge, Jazz, And Disco Is Maybe Not The First (Or Fifth) Thing You Would Expect To Hear From One Of The World's Most Renowned Modern Composers And Ambient Tape Loop Pioneers, But Upon First Listen, It Makes So Much Sense That One Wonders Why It Didn't Happen Sooner.After Years Of Producing And Mentoring Slews Of Young Artists In 1990s Williamsburg, Brooklyn, William Basinski Moved To Los Angeles. There He Hired A Young Studio Assistant, Preston Wendel, Who Eventually Introduced His Own Works To The Curious Composer. That Spawned A Creative Partnership That Inspired Wendel To Persuade Basinski To Haul Out His Saxophone. Five Years Later, Sparkle Division Has Arrived With Their Enchanting Debut Album, To Feel Embraced. Produced By Sparkle Division At Basinski's Musex International In Los Angeles, The Duo Were Joined By A Few Notable Friends: Mrs. Leonora Russo (Who Basinski Affectionately Calls "The True Sicilian Sparkle Division, My Brooklyn Mom, The Queen Of Williamsburg") Offers Her Sparkling Voice To "Queenie Got Her Blues"; Fabled Free-Jazz Icon And Genuine Bodhisattva, The Late Henry Grimes, Contributed Upright Bass And Violin To The Aptly-Named "Oh Henry!" ("Lotta Babies Gonna Be Born From This One," Henry And Margaret Davis Grimes Playfully Declared); And London Vocalist Xeli Grana Offers Her Ethereal Voice To The Album's Meditative Title Track.Conceived And Nearly Completed In 2016, The Increasing Environmental And Political Infernos Gave Basinski And Wendel Cold Feet About Unleashing A Record Intended To Be Fun, Loving, And Prone To Bouts Of Euphoria. But As Basinski Exclaimed, "Well, Damn It, If The Time Ain't Right Now, It Never Will Be! Let's Do This!"

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Bob Marley In Jazz

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Find the most beautiful pieces of the Reggae legend "Bob Marley" reinterpreted by the Jazz scene. A selection of the most beautiful covers from "I Shot The Sheriff" to "Sun Is Shining" or "Jammin'" and "Jammin'". "Buffalo Soldier" with Pink Turtle, The Holmes Brothers, Sly & Robbie, Kim Waters...

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Sofie

Cult Survivor

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Red House)

David Bromberg Band

Big Road

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Takin' Off Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Herbie Hancock

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Dol)

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gatefold 180g Includes Rare Or Exclusive Artwork Inside

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Buddy Guy

Blues Singer

33,99 €*

3LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Strut)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Not known for his acoustic work, Buddy Guy unplugs for a rare album-length excursion into folk blues. The guitarist gets down and dirty with 12 tracks that sound like they were recorded after hours in his living room or on his back porch.

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Sun Ra

Singles Volume 2

34,99 €*

LP | 2011 | US | Original (Stax)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following 2016’s definitive collection of singles released by Sun Ra from across his illustrious career, Strut present the second volume of the vinyl edition on 3LP format which focus on Ra’s later 1962-1991 period.
Released sporadically during the three decades and primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s offer one-off missives from Ra’s prolific cosmic journey, tracing the development of his forward-thinking “Space-Bop” and his unique take on jazz and blues traditions which remains unlike anything else from the period. As with the first volume vinyl editions, the collection is hugely varied, ranging from Ra’s spoken word recitations and some of his R&B recordings to alternative versions of Arkestra staples like ‘Love In Outer Space’, ‘Enlightenment’ and ‘Rocket No. 9’. The singles are also unpredictable vehicles for Ra’s music, combining different tracks from different sessions and occasionally making available music which was recorded many years beforehand.
As Francis Gooding describes them, “they are answers to questions that albums won’t answer, and questions that can’t be asked or answered elsewhere.”
As with Ra’s LPs, most 45s were only pressed in small runs and have since become extremely rare and sought after. On the volume 2 vinyl editions, we feature tracks that have only ever been seen via a small handful of copies including ‘Love In Outer Space’ b/w ‘Mayan Temple’ and ‘The Blue One’ b/w ‘Orbitration In Blue’; some were planned and pencilled but allegedly never made it to vinyl and some appeared as limited one-off magazine singles including Ra’s very last single release, the reflective ‘I Am The Instrument’.
Sleeve note writers Chris Trent and Paul Griffiths brilliantly illustrate the role of the single within Ra’s career and break down each release with detailed track by track notes. Working with Sun Ra LLC and Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson, Strut has also assembled the best possible master sources for each track.
‘Singles’ Vol. 2 features fully remastered tracks, rare photos, original 45 artwork,
Chris Trent sleeve notes and detailed track by track and session notes by Paul Griffiths.

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Booker T & The MG's

McLemore Avenue

32,99 €*

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Epic International)

Maluma

Papi Juancho

LP+LP+All Media | 2017 | DE | Original (ECM)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Pink Vinyl.

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Vijay Iyer Sextet

Far From Over

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

Release: 2017 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Records are close to VG+

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Weather Report

Black Market

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2017 | UK | Original (Young Turks)

Kamasi Washington

Harmony Of Difference

17,99 €*

Mars Williams Presents An Ayler Xmas Volume 4: Chicago Vs. NYC

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Harmony of Difference will mark Washington’s first collection of new music since his 2015 debut, The Epic. The six-movement piece was premiered as part of this year’s Whitney Biennial alongside a film by A.G. Rojas which also featured artwork by Washington’s sister, Amani Washington. The vinyl version of the record will come with a concertina booklet that includes some of Amani’s artwork and stills from Rojas’ film. The last track of this fantastic EP runs 13 minutes!!

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Mars Williams

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Astral Spirits)

Midnight Morning / Stepping Through Shadow

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Split release with Mars Williams' own Soul What Records. Yet another yearly installment of An Ayler Xmas just in time to cheer us up post election. This is the first time that there will be a vinyl version of Ayler Xmas jams! The vinyl version contains Only tracks 3 & 6 which are the same medley but done in entirely different styles by the Chicago and NYC groups respectively. However, the vinyl version does come with a digital download of the Entire album—and is pressed on limited black and white "Albert Ayler Goatee" swirl vinyl.

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Menahan Street Band

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Daptone)

10,99 €*

7" | 2020 | JP | Original (HMV Record Shop)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Who is t his!?" Whether it's a playlist in a cof fee shop in Brooklyn, a cafe in Par is, or a commercial break on NPR, the answer is likely Menahan Street Band. Their idiosyncratic brand of atmospheric instrumental music has lended its timeless cool to countless events, par ties, et al. Now they're back with yet another two sided head-turner. From the heavy drum fill at the top, to the swirling, psychedelic outro, “Midnight Morning” is a beat-forward track blending trippy synths with lush horns that sonically beckon you to get lost in its euphoric swing. “Steppin Through Shadow” paints a cinematic dreamscape that floats along a surreal plume of hypnotic drum machines, and soft, electric piano. The gentle melody and operatic vocal accompaniment disarm, leaving the listener awash in a sea of aural nirvana.

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DJ Kawasaki

When It Feels Right

38,99 €*

The Raven 45rpm, 200g Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When It Feels Right feat. Monday Michiru (Danny Krivit 7" Edit)"

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Rebecca Pidgeon

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

69,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Sonar Kollektiv)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rebecca Pidgeon, the acclaimed Scottish actress, has also displayed her gift as a singer/songwriter on her several well-received albums. Taking elements from folk, pop, jazz, and Celtic traditions, Pidgeon crafts lilting, intimate poetry. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she later moved to Edinburgh, Scotland with her family at the age of 5. As a teenager in Scotland, she sang along with the radio and her parents' Beatles and Joni Mitchell records as a light escape from her demanding acting studies. Eventually, she enrolled in London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at 18 where she studied drama, music, and voice. Pidgeon's first Chesky release, "The Raven", featured Pidgeon's stunning version of "Spanish Harlem". "The Raven" went on to become an audiophile classic, thanks to Pidgeon's crystalline voice and Chesky's high-fidelity recording techniques. Her second album, "The New York Girls' Club", brought her unique singing and songwriting to more music lovers. She now resides in Boston and Vermont with her husband and their daughter. Between album projects, Pidgeon has starred in the Mamet plays "Oleanna", "Speed The Plow", "The Old Neighborhood", and the motion pictures "The Spanish Prisoner" and "The Winslow Boy".

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Key Elements

Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Berlin based label Sonar Kollektiv has been waiting for it anxiously: Key Elements‘ debut album leads Jazz music into the new decade down-the-line. The music Key Elements create is fresh, merciless and ruthless and has always the finger on the pulse of the time. The album‘s eight tracks are all far away from Broken Beat nostalgia or Beatmaking nedism, they breathe inspiration from the young, thriving British jazz scene.
Key Element‘s initiator, DJ and producer Marian Tone, built up a reputation in the Berlin hiphop, soul and jazz scene over the years (also as a co-founder of Beatkollektiv). With all of his compositions you always feel this heritage and his love and passion for hiphop. But the other two allys within «Key Elements», drummer Waldi and the keyboard or bass player Jim Dunloop made their contribution with compositions and ideas as well. An album which was initially designed to be a mere solo project became an effort of a trio over the years being inherently consistent. Already the opening track «Mike Needs Sugar» shows the direction this album will take us: To the land of the good groove. It‘s here where the three thoroughbred musicians feel on top of the world obviously and deliver one luscious track after the other. From the cheerful «Morning Boom» to the kinda furtively laid back «Impossible» and the final «Funky Dave», which could be on an Italian soundtrack from the 70‘s every single tone and note from «Key Elements» is great fun.
Especially because even when you listen to it a second, third or fourth time you will discover new nuances and niceties again and again. As is right and proper for really good jazz album.

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Visions

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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‘Visions’ is a new collaborative album from BADBADNOTGOOD co-founders, Matthew Tavares and Leland Whitty. The Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum producers have been performing and writing music together for 10 years. They have achieved international acclaim with BADBADNOTGOOD and Tavares’ recent solo single ’Self-Portrait’ has been championed by tastemakers such as Gilles Peterson and Benji B. ‘Visions’ is the latest upshot of their incredibly fruitful partnership.

Recorded in Toronto, it was produced by Tavares and Whitty - with Tavares also mixing the album and arranging strings. After a three-week writing period it was played in its entirety in one continuous studio session; almost all the tracks on the album are the first take. Tavares is on piano and guitar, Whitty on saxophone and flute. The rhythm section of Julian Anderson-Bowes on bass and Matthew Chalmers on drums completes the players. They make an impressive collective and are performing at the peak of their powers.

Conceptually the album is a canvas for a combination of composition and group free-form improvisation. Tavares and Whitty are the sole composers, but with some tracks collectively improvised, there is also a group dynamic running through the album. The outcome is a sublime melting pot of modern jazz, impressionist classical music and Arthur Verocai-esque arrangements. It is a sound that is hard to date; it is certainly of the now but is also reminiscent of a lost classic. Similar to the process of its creation, the optimal listening experience for ‘Visions’ is in its entirety. As a coherent body of work it draws the listener in with waves of intensity and crescendos that release back into tranquility - there is both darkness and light in the album’s narrative arc. There is also rawness and honesty to the music, which makes it feel like an intensely personal and intimate offering.

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Kandace Springs

The Women Who Raised Me

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Magic Black Vinyl Edition

Son Little

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Anti)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sound Species & Ache Meyi

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Manana)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Modernists - Modernists Sharpest Cuts

LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Kent Dance)

Fela Kuti, Moblack, Emmanuel Jal & Henrik Schwarz

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Modernism goes vinyl! After two successful CD volumes, Kent’s look at the sort of R&B and club soul that could have been danced to by the original mods – if only they had known about it – arrives with a special vinyl edition.

Gathering up favourite discoveries from the CDs, this 14-track LP is augmented by other tracks culled from the mod jazz series together with a couple of exclusives.

This compilation is a selection of high spots, with something for every mod fan whatever the style. Classic club soul from Bob & Earl, Bessie Banks and Jeb Stuart jostles with jazzy R&B from Floyd White and Clarence Daniels plus some almost-funk from Chuck Higgins and Chet Ivey.

Three tracks are released on vinyl for the first time whilst many others are seeing their first reissue on the format. One of these is the super rare ‘Go’ by Little Johnny Hamilton and the Creators, a band that would go on to become 1970s chart-toppers War.

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International Thief Thief (I.T.T.) (Armonica & Moblack Mix) / Chagu 2024 Repress

12" | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Defected)

Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2024 Repress

These are the words of legendary Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti, words that remain as true as ever over two decades since his untimely death. A pioneer of the Nigerian revolution, his fight against police oppression remains an ongoing conversation in the country. Now, Defected pays tribute to the vital work of Fela with a special 12” release, as Armonica and MoBlack revisit Fela Kuti’s ‘International Thief Thief (I T. T.)’ as the fight against systemic corruption continues to be a pressing issue in Nigeria. The A-Side features Armonica & MoBlack’s flawlessly executed and ever respectful remix of the record where Fela called out and directly attacked former Nigerian president General Obasanjo and Moshood Abjola, the CEO of Nigeria’s biggest national telecommunications conglomerate I.T.T and Decca Records. Their homage to Fela brings a powerful and culturally relevant piece of music to the forefront of dance culture in 2020.

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When The World Was One

LP | 2014 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Louis Prima

Just A Gigolo

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Vampisoul)

Jaime & Nair

17,99 €*

Blackmagic 10th Anniversay Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Loaded with an exquisite quality, marked by all good aspects the Brazilian Popular Music of the '70s, and obscure as hell, the self-titled debut by the duo Jaime & Nair is a revelation of all sorts. Recorded in 1974, when the artists had just turned 22, the album was released on CID a company that - at that same moment - had signed other important musicians like Nana Caymmi and Emílio Santiago. Outsiders par excellence, and influenced by the "Clube Da Esquina" sound (a sui generis musical architecture blended by Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges in 1973), forró (a propulsive North-Eastern rhythm), samba, bossa, classical arrangements, and country-pop touches, we have an expressive album full of charm through a gesture of swing. The outstanding and largely hailed song 'Sob O Mar' brings us back to a pure Brazilian soft-bossanova-beat adorned by luscious orchestral arrangements. It became a popular DJ tune for those in the know after being comped in the fantastic "High Jazz" series in the early 2000s, gaining this album grail status among collectors worldwide. But there is much more to it, the catchy 'Névoa Seca' stars a psych-guitar, subtlety, soloing all the way through a seductive pop atmosphere while 'Reino Das Pedras' has a melodic-rootsy vibe, close to a toada (a rhythmic variation of a lament), that recalls some shadows of Tom Jobim and Edu Lobo. And the delightful soft trip goes on and on, combining a dreamy lullaby vibe with subtle touches of Brazilian folk. The mind-blowing list of studio musicians present at the recording sessions includes a mix of cariocas (people from Rio de Janeiro), well know names like Wilson Das Neves, José Roberto Bertrami (from Azymuth!) and Copinha, with paulistas (natives of Sao Paulo) from the suburbs like future luminaries as Elder Bedaque and Jorge Carvalho, making this album an even more essential addition to any serious Brazilian music collection.

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Jose James

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Rainbow Blonde)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 Purple Vinyl Edition

Sly Stone

2LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Light In The Attic)

30,99 €*

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Emil Miszk And The Sonic Syndicate

Artificial Stupidity

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Alpaka)

And The Bird Said: Cut Me Open And Sing Me Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The music on this album is strictly connected to our daily routine in the internet derealisation. It's more particular. It's Emil Miszk 2.0. „Followers, ads, likes - these things are really funny and stupid. Of course, I am also a victim of the system. Please, don't trust it and learn how to use it wisely. Especially in the context of our younger generations. Be kind for each other and care of human relationships. That's the most powerful thing.”

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Prairie

LP | 2020 | Original (Denovali)