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Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | US | Reissue (Audio Fidelity)

Gershon Kingsley’s

First Moog Quartet

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Greatest Hits & Favorites

Johnny Cash

2LP | 2010 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

The Equatics

Doin' It!!!!

LP | 2010 | DE | Original (Sonorama)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The stories of great high school funk bands are, thanks to an abundance of reissues, commonplace. The tales of great high school soul-bands are still rare. A
ballad or two on the random Douglass High School Stage Band album or Timeless Legend’s mesmerizing entry on Columbus’s 1972 1st Annual Inner City Talent Expo notwithstanding, high school bands rarely struck into the realm of “grown folks”
music. Enter The Equatics and their brooding masterpiece "Doin’ It!!!!"

If this is categorized as a “funk” album – and it was for the last ten years, by those few lucky enough to own an original copy – it holds its own. But it was as a soul
band, one as inspired by the melancholic musings of Bill Withers as the psychedelic-pop of the self-proclaimed “Black Moses,” Issac Hayes – that the
Equatics shone. These young souls offered world-weary, beat-heavy ballads that stand on par with any of the great independent organizations of the early 1970s.
That a group of teenagers could offer such an angst-ridden plea as that of Leo Davis’s “Merry Go Round” not only transcends the limitations that came from the
band’s average age (seventeen, at the time of the album’s recording), but also the barriers the stood in front of this group of small-city hopefuls.

This official reissue was licensed by the Equatics' bandleader, bass player Benjamin Crawford.

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Freddy Cole

The Cole Nobody Knows

2LP | 2010 | EU | Original (Two Gentle Men)

Release: 2010 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sonorama is proud to release a legendary and sought after soul jazz LP that will send shivers down your spine. 77-year-old singer & pianist Freddy Cole, youngest brother of Nat "King" Cole and uncle of Natalie Cole, is a truly unique interpreter with an impressive career from 1952 until 2010. This very rare and privately pressed LP was recorded back in 1976 and finally gets its first remastered 1:1 reissue with original cover artwork (First Shot label), including such greats as "Wild Is Love", "Brother Where Are You" and "Live For Life".

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Sophie Hunger

1983

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Pat Metheny Group

LP | EU | Reissue

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Phil Moore And The Afro Latin Soultet

Afro Brazil Oba!

LP | 1966 | US | Reissue (Tower)

Release: 1966 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cortijo & His Time Machine

Y Su Maquina Del Tiempo

LP | US | Reissue (Coco)

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Muse)

Vic Juris

Horizon Drive

2LP | 2009 | EU | Original (Strange Ways)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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sampled by DJ Premier for Gang Starr 'mass appeal'

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Kari Bremnes

Companionship Jazz Joint 2

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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audiophile pressing incl. bouns track

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Sahib Shihab

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Rearward)

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1972 | US | Reissue (Nodlew)

Weldon Irvine

Liberated brother

2LP | 2008 | EU | Reissue (BGP)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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early release on his own label ... real nice!

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Mighty Super Funk

Volume 6

Diggin' in the BGP vaults

Release: 2008 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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rare 45s and undiscovered masters 1967-1978 feat. Eleanor Rigby, Gloria Lucas, James Carpenter, Elroy Peace, ...

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Andy Smith

2LP | 2008 | EU | Original (BGP)

Release: 2008 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2004 | EU | Original (Strange Ways)

Kari Bremnes

Norwegian mood

Release: 2004 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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LP | 2007 | EU | Original (Strange Ways)

Kari Bremnes

Reise

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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180 gram vinyl

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Great Satchmo Live What A Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Daryl & Ray Russell & Phil Lee & Tony Hy Runswick

Kerry Lee Crabbe Memorial Album: Songs With Daryl

2LP | 2024 | Original (ASC)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Shabazi - A Tribute To The Poet

Yemen Blues

LP | 2024 | Original (Yemen Blues)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten

Loriken

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Chimp Limbs)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten består av Isak Hedtjärn, Jonas Liljeberg, Vilhelm Bromander och Anton Jonsson. De upptäckte snabbt att de delade en stor nyfikenhet och respekt för den svenska traditionella fiolmusiken. Sedan dess har de tillsammans studerat arkivinspelningar på äldre spelmän, träffat levande traditionsbärare, och utforskat sätt att överföra de intrikata detaljerna i fiollåtarna till klarinett och saxofon. I den råa energin, vemodet i tonspråket, variationen och improvisationen i stämspel och frasering och inte minst i svänget hittade de en stark röd tråd kopplad till jazzen.

Loriken var en beryktad spelman från Orsa. Han stal kyrkvinet och kastade sten på länsmans fönster. Jagad av denne länsman flydde han med båt till Amerika och försvann. Han lämnade efter sig tre vackra melodier som Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten nu tolkar på sitt andra album Loriken. Albumet släpps den 22 november digitalt och på limiterad vinyl via Chimp Limbs.

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Morgan Blue Town)

Dave Peace Quartet

Good Morning Mr Blues

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Easy Star)

Kumar The 18th Parallel

Tales Of Reality

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Dark Entries)

Patrick Cowley

From Behind

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Lyskestrekk)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Cybernetic disco maestro Patrick Cowley returns to Dark Entries with From Behind, a collection of grooving and ecstatic covers of 60s garage and soul cuts. Best known for his chart-topping disco anthems, Cowley left us with an incredible body of work before his tragic death in 1982 due to Aids-related illness. Since 2009, Dark Entries has been working with Cowley’s friends and family to uncover the singular artist’s lesser-known sides, including his soundtracks for films on compilation albums School Daze, Muscle Up, and Afternooners. From Behind reveals yet another facet of Cowley’s myriad influences; garage and soul. As a tripped-out teenage music freak who arrived in 60’s San Francisco, it should come as no surprise that these psychedelic sounds, both heady and visceral, infuse Cowley’s oeuvre. Recorded during Cowley’s most productive period, ‘80-’82, these tracks show the master flexing his virtuosity while paying loving tribute to the songs that shaped him. A rough draft of Loverde’s “Iko Iko” contorts the jaunty Dixie Cups classic into a slithering, monstrous bathhouse groover, the song’s signature claps draped in cavernous reverb. An unexpected hi-NRG cover of The Doors’ “20th Century Fox” has Paul Parker on vocals, ironically twisting the original’s overt heterosexuality. Via Cowley’s vocoder, The Who’s “Shakin’ All Over” is transformed into a haunting meditation on the loss of bodily autonomy that Aids inflicts, while the Moody Blues’ “Ride My See Saw” appears in instrumental, amped up and synthesized for dancefloor impact. We’re also graced with instrumental demo versions of The Seeds’ “Pushin’ Too Hard” and The Electric Prunes’ “Too Much To Dream (Last Night),” which later appeared on Paul Parker releases. Things close out with a swinging version of the Four Tops’ Motown classic “Baby I Need Your Loving”, Cowley later reimagined for R&B artist Carl Carlton. The record comes housed in a sleeve designed by Gwenaël Rattke and includes an insert with photos and liner notes written by Louis Niebur. Arriving on October 19th in celebration of what would have been Cowley’s 74th birthday, From Behind gives us yet another glimpse into Cowley’s world: iconic, erotic, and more than a little cheeky.

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Flammer Dance Band

Gynger

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1972 | EU (Endless Happiness)

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Jobim

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

Release: 1972 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jobim is the eighth studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim recorded on December 1972 at New York City. Though this is one of the more obscure Jobim albums, it did introduce what some believe is Jobim's masterpiece, the hypnotically revolving song "Aguas de Março" (heard here in Portuguese and English versions).

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Simon Moullier

Inception

Carsten Dahl Golden Ratio Trio

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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Interpretations The Norway Sessions

LP | 2024 | Original (Storyville)

Release: 2024 / 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

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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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Dave Pike

Infra Red

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paul Murphy Presents: Copa Salvo

Copa Salvo

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Jazz Room)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Merry Christmas Welcome To The Family

Brett Eldredge

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Merry Christmas Welcome To The Family

Brett Eldredge

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ADA)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hello, Summer Black Vinyl Edition

Pat Van Dyke

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Cotter)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A beautiful album. A jazz album. Hello, Summer is the third full length solo LP from the talented Pat Van Dyke—a recording full of soulful, upbeat and superbly well-thought-out arrangements that is destined for your heavy rotation bin for years and years to come. Van Dyke has upped the ante on this release, playing all instruments himself (with the exception of the horn section and featured soloists)—in addition to writing, performing, producing, recording, and mixing the record (mastering was left to K-Def). This is a completely confident and imaginative artist able to put his ideas on wax exactly as intended.

Hello, Summer places emphasis on the word album. Listeners are encouraged to carve out time to enjoy it with zero distractions. There’s nuggets to be found in each listen—whether it’s picking out your favorite horn arrangement, appreciating a flute solo or simply marveling at how fluidly everything comes together over the course of the album’s 11 tracks.

The vibe is summer. Windows are open and an ice cold beverage is in hand.

Pat Van Dyke has steadily built an impressive catalog over the years—his debut solo LP, Technicolor Hi-FI (Cotter Records, 2013), was praised by the likes of Bobbito Garcia and Gilles Peterson, and led to a 45 remixed by DJ Spinna. His follow up, Right On Time (Jakarta Records 2015), brought additional praise, attention and an even bigger audience. Pat then lended remix work to fellow Jakarta artists Benny Sings and Suff Daddy (remixing his track with Mayer Hawthorne). Van Dyke is also well known in hip-hop circles—a noteworthy album with underground mainstay John Robinson called Modern Vintage is highly recommended. He’s been featured by Wax Poetics, Flea Market Funk, The Village Voice, Okayplayer and more.

Enjoy this one!

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Lonesome & Blue Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1973 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Ray & His Court

LP | 2025 | EU | Original (Latin Big Note)

Release: 1973 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Latin funk at its finest. A kingpin player of Miami’s Cuban music scene, Ray Fernandez, brought together his ‘court’ for this sensational Afro-Cuban funk triumph. Largely a family affair, the album features his wife, two sons and a range of other talented musicians including Rickey Washington on saxophone, father of the contemporary jazz maestro Kamasi Washington. Originally released in 1973 on Manuel J. Mato’s iconic and collectible Sound Triangle Records, Ray & His Court is a dose of Miami heat fuelled by a Cuban fire, taking in salsa, soul, funk, calypso and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

A kaleidoscopic album that draws influence from a range of different genres and scenes blended together in true Ray Fernandez style. Side A, showcases an array of traditional Latin workouts including the addictive enticing opener 'La Señorita Lola' and the pulsating 'Lo Sabia' with its punchy horns and Ray’s wonderful, quirky bubbling organ groove. The tantalising ‘Venimos Acabando’ and bouncing organ stabs of ‘El Alacran’ are two further tickets to get a dancefloor vibing.

The B-side then steps things up, slipping a hit of heavy-weight Miami funk into the mix. Take the DJ favourite ‘Cookie Crumbs’ with its fiery bassline, tripped-out voiceovers and breakbeat drums. Or the amazing, memorable and truly unique funk instrumental ‘Soul Freedom’ with some mighty fine bass clarinet work courtesy of Gary Gottfried. Also featured is a seductive organ-led Cuban funk rework of Bobby Hebb's 'Sunny' (are there any bad versions of this song?), with a sumptuous female vocal that combine to serve up a seductive take us this much-loved classic.

'Ray And His Court' is a brilliant blend of Afro-Cuban gems and Miami funk heat from an influential group on Miami’s Latin music scene. A majestic and magnetic classic where every track is a surefire winner.

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Setenta

Apollo Solar Drive

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Underdog)

Release: 2025 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10, 9, 8, 7, 6… the countdown to blastoff has started! Paris-based band Setenta is preparing for their upcoming 20th anniversary by releasing their sixth album, Apollo Solar Drive. The record is poised to be their best yet and is the culmination of an odyssey of artistic discovery. Setenta has been constantly striving for illumination through the years, yet also exploring the dark side of the human condition along the way. As the band describes it, this record is an Afro-Latin retro-futurist tribute to the sun. If their previous album, Materia Negra, launched the Setenta space shuttle crew into the void of “dark” matter and black holes, they now change course and valiantly approach the sun at full warp speed, taking us from darkness into the light. Miraculously, Setenta manage to bring some of the rhythmic and harmonic material they’ve explored on Earth with them, yet boldly dare to go where no one has gone before, challenging themselves to take their music, and their audience, to uncharted dimensions and new realms of existence.

In keeping with the themes of Materia Negra, FIP (Radio France) selection in 2020, Setenta’s sixth mission to explore “the great beyond” of “inner space” is aptly titled Apollo Solar Drive, emphasizing the band’s turning to the life-giving light of the sun for inspiration while playfully echoing the title of Eddie Palmieri’s Latin funk and social commentary masterpiece, Harlem River Drive. The overall vibe is warm and positive, propelled by the dual energy thrusters of funky, fierce beats and deceptively complex arrangements, yet going down smooth in the best sense of the word, like your favorite tropical cocktail or classic jazz dance fusion record of the 1970s. Of course this delicious treat is served with a special Setenta flavor all its own.

This time around, Apollo Solar Drive celebrates the trajectory of the band’s unique interstellar journey by deploying a resolutely jazzy, “funkadelic” angle to their beloved Afro-Latin music. Setenta’s band members tell their truths as a collective, with an emphasis on instrumental sections, focusing on the interweaving of multiple keyboards and guitars, while condensing the vocals to group choruses, as opposed to the solo voices of the past. The overall approach is more futuristic in its conception and realization, from the arrangements to the sonic engineering, although the rhythmic base still remains rooted in Afro-Cuban traditions as well as those of other Caribbean nations.

Pablo E. Yglesias (DJ Bongohead) of Peace & Rhythm (usa)

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The Bongo Hop

La Pata Coja

2LP | 1977 | US | Original (Columbia)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Bongo Hop is back with another highly danceable, genre bending and colorful effort. Always navigating back and forth across the Atlantic in search of his musical dreamland, he offers a deeper insight into the making of his music, an organic sounding, almost live approach to his infectiously groovy compositions, topped with impeccable collaborations. (feat Nidia Gongora, Lucas Santtana, Moonlight Benjamin...)

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Herbie Hancock

V.S.O.P.

Release: 1977 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Blueline)

Christmas Hits

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (NRG)

Chiminyo

Nrg 3

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Underdog)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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NRG is the brainchild of London based drummer/producer, Chiminyo, in which he and members of his musical community exchange (strictly improvised) NRG with audiences and captures the spontaneous beauty to be shared with the world online and via limited run vinyl!

NRG 3 features an all-star line-up. Pianist and Synth player, Maria Chiara Argirò, releases music under her own name on L.A imprint Innovative Leisure, whilst Pouya Ehsaei is highly regarded as a modular synth wizard, both in London and internationally with his band Ariwo, as well as producing solo work under his own name. Sam Warner is the MD for Hak Baker, has been part of the DnB party brass band Riot Jazz and has shared the stage with the likes of Alfa Mist and London Elektricity.

NRG 3 is equally as cinematic as it is stompy, with the band drawing influence from electronic forms and grooves as a basis for their textural and widely varied improvisations. The chirpy and uplifting opening track 'Enter The Dragon' is balanced beautiful balanced by the floaty dreamscape, Avalon. Rapper/poet Nadeem Din-Gabisi joins on the drill inspired 'Vale Tudo'. Whilst flautist Yuis delivers an otherworldy feature on 'Stories Untold'. The album finishes with two features by beast tenor saxophonist Rob Milne. It is incredible to think this record is improvised, because each tune comes across as a carefully sculpted master-piece, a clear testament to the incredible musicians on the line-up.

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Lowland Brothers

Over The Fence

Brownswood Remix Editions 002 Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The French group consolidates its soul, rock and Americana roots in a liberating and timeless second album.

In 2021, Lowland Brothers, the first self-titled album from the group led by Nico Duportal (vocals, guitars, lyrics), Hugo Deviers (percussion, guitar, lyrics) and Max Genouel (bass, keyboards) built an unprecedented transatlantic bridge between soul, rock and the woody sounds of Americana. " We have some African-American, but our desire is to transport this baggage and take it elsewhere,” specifies the group from the West and North of France.

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Oreglo

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Meadows And Mirrors Black Vinyl Edition

Philipp Schiepek

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (GLM Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Oslender, Simon/Gadd, Steve/Lee, Will

All That Matters

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Thomas Stieger

Choices

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hung Up On You White Vinyl Edition

The James Taylor Quartet

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Jti)

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

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tom Scott

The Honeysuckle Breeze

LP | 2024 | Original (Hoob)

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Nyberg Lina

Lost In The Stars

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Nettwerk)

Paper Kites

Evergreen

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Jazzhaus)

Harlem Lake

The Mirrored Mask

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Jazzhaus)

Joo Kraus

No Excuse

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Great Vengeance And Furious Fire

The Heavy

LP | 2007 | EU | Reissue (Counter)

Release: 2007 / EU – Reissue

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

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LP | 2024 | Original (Secret)

Spear Of Destiny

Live On Tour 1997

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exotic Percussion Sea Glass Colored Vinyl Edition

Martin Denny

LP | 1961 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

The Enchanted Sea Tiki Green Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1961 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sourced From The Original Master Tapes; Out of print since the 1960s

Now joining Jackpot Record's ever-expanding collection of Martin Denny re-issues is the hypnotic "visual sound" of Exotic Percussion, which has not been on vinyl since its original release in 1961.

His production on Exotic Percussion is ambitious, adventurous, and fascinatingly futuristic, especially when a tumbler with ice was still the preferred way to let loose. Xylophones and chimes swim from ear to ear; traditional jazz instrumentation collides with such musical oddities as boo bas, shamisens, Manga harp, and Burmese gongs.

As always, the choice of compositions on a Martin Denny record is a bizarre yet exciting spin around the globe, but this one is even weirder than usual. From the faster-than-light of "Cumana" to the luscious groove of "Moonlight On The Ganges" (made famous by Frank Sinatra and a track that is still being played on a loop at Disneylan's Jungle Cruise attraction), it's a whiplash of a ride. But the stand-out on the record is the combo of "Misirlou" (which would be made famous a few years later by Dick Dale and even decades later with its appearance in Pulp Fiction).

So join the conga line and head out into the street as Martin Denny once again creates a world we yearn to return to and an album we can always revisit.

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Martin Denny

LP | 1959 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

Forbidden Island Dark Lava Colored Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1959 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sourced From The Original Master Tapes; Original iconic artwork; Out of print since the 1960s

Long before Denny started heading into outer space with his Moog work, he was keeping us just floating slightly above the ground with the sounds of the earth-and The Enchanted Sea is one of his most grounded and beautiful works. Unlike many of his other exotica records (which are filled with the sound of the jungle, its wildlife, and the smell of the tiki bar smoke) this one has the feeling of a tumbler full of ice, walking barefoot on a sandy beach in the twilight, while breathing in the salt air. There are early glimpses here of where he was starting to head with Psychedelic-treated pianos, ethereal female vocals, and abstract orchestration beginning to find their way into the listener's ears. It's an album that seems less comical than some of his earlier work, with an allure more from the heart, without the heartbreak (even though the occasional tinge of wistfulness surrounds it).

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Martin Denny

LP | 1958 | US | Reissue (Jackpot)

LP | 2024 | Original (Winter & Winter)

Release: 1958 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sourced From The Original Master Tapes, Martin Denny's Third Release; 4 1/2 stars (Billboard Magazine);

There’s a reason why Martin Denny remains a cultural touchstone—his records are as earthly as they are from outer space. Forbidden Island was Denny’s third record, recorded after a nine-month residency in Hawaii.

This era finds Denny just on the cusp of being a household name, a period where his records would shortly become certified Gold. Forbidden Island is a solidification of Denny being the King of the Exotica sound, where his recordings could illuminate just enough darkness across the Tiki Bar to let a few of us slowly dance the night away.

These reissues also include the original iconic album artwork featuring model/actor Sandy Warner (which was often the gateway into these albums before we ever heard the music in these grooves).

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Jim Alasnoaxis/Black

Houseplant

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

Portico Quartet

Terrain

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mr Bongo Record Club Volume 7 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Aloha Got Soul)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's a pleasure, a labour of love and a yearly highlight to present a new volume of the Mr Bongo Record Club series. In this collection, we have curated new finds alongside old, treasured tracks that hold a special place in our hearts, selecting music inspiring us from the Brazilian, Latin, soul, disco, gospel, cosmic, dancehall and downtempo genres. We have chosen a diverse array of artists, including Os Panteras from Brazil, stomping underground disco by Claude Jay, the Danish soul sounds of Gitte & Inger and the gospel excellence of Truth & Devotion, to name a few.

Most of the selections in this volume are older vintage productions, however, there is one very special contemporary production, recorded exclusively for Mr Bongo Record Club 7. For ‘Spring Has Sprung’, we linked three of our cherished musical family together; the legendary cult artist Asha Puthli, the wonderous band Soyuz and Swedish maestro Sven Wunder. The result, as you’d expect, is completely breathtaking.

Reflecting on Volume 7, it now feels like a record comprised of two themes. Firstly, we have gone quite heavy on the Brazilian selections. This saw us searching further afield and digging into other areas of the endlessly rich Brazilian musical tapestry. The reflection of a more folk / Afro-Brazilian sound than presented in previous volumes in the series, can be heard in the songs of As Sublimes, Romeu Fernandes and Conjunto de Percussão Dora Pinto. The second theme is a representation of the tracks that we have been playing in our club DJ sets and are aimed more at the dancefloor. Disco tracks such as 'Come Inside' by The Shades of Love and The Duncans' 'Too Damn Hot' have been firmly tested favourites in recent years.

We hope these songs, by the sensational artists on display, inspire you as much as they do us. Music is the gift that keeps giving and there is so much more to learn, find, and share.

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Pana

Hibiscus EP

LP | 2024 | Original (Indigo)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pana is the behind-the-scenes powerhouse shaping the sound of reggae in Hawai‘i today. His productions have backed the likes of Ka‘ikena Scanlan, The Green, Fia, Likkle Jordee and more.

Since its release, Hibiscus has propelled his prominence as a solo artist to unexpected heights. Having released the EP in February 2020 with minimal effort to promote it beyond his immediate fanbase, the response has been overwhelming. Each track pairs a guest vocalist with Pana's production, and some songs have become staples on local radio stations.

Aloha Got Soul is proud to present Pana's Hibiscus on vinyl, with the instrumental versions included on the B-side.

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John Mayall

Through The Years

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Up Music)

Jazzbois

Still Blunted

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Understory: Live At The Village Vanguard

Ben Wendel

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Edition Ltd.)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Warner Music Central Europe)

Kovacs

Shades Of Black

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Devil Is Loose Gold Vinyl Edition

Asha Puthli

LP | 1976 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 1976 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide! We can’t think of many artists that have had as diverse a career and who have been involved in as many different genres of music as Asha Puthli. A musical pioneer who forged a path through 60's psych, free-jazz, pop, rock, disco, and more. Asha's 1976 album 'The Devil Is Loose' is maybe her most well-known record. Featuring the beautiful disco-funk-classic 'Space Talk’, Asha's ethereal soaring vocals take us on a journey that almost mirrors Asha's eclectic career. The track was championed by a wide-range of musical scenes and movements, and over space and time it has been commandeered as their own. You would hear it played by David Mancuso at the now ‘mythical’ underground New York party 'The Loft’, in the most discerning disco nightclubs across the globe, in the Rare Groove scene, and also being sampled by hip-hop heavyweights such as The Notorious B.I.G / P Diddy, and The Pharcyde. The appeal and lifespan of ’Space Talk’ keeps on extending and morphing as new audiences gleefully discover it for the first time - it still sounds as relevant and fresh on the dancefloor today - a sign of a true classic. Here at Mr Bongo we are thrilled to be releasing records by such an iconic musical maverick as Asha, from her roots in India to becoming a globe-trotting artist with a celebrated career in music and acting, whilst always staying true to her art. She has blazed a trail so that others could follow. Whether you are buying this album as a replacement for your worn-out original copy or it's the first time you've heard of Asha Puthli and you're just intrigued and drawn in by the cover, we hope you enjoy this quintessential slice of Asha's world.

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Oscar Trio Peterson

Another Day

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Oscar Peterson Trio / Herb Ellis

Hello Herbie

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brötzmann / Schlippenbach / Bennink

Fifty Years After...Live At Lila Eule 2018

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Trost)

Jacques Palminger & 440 Hertz

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the legendary Machine Gun recordings at the Lila Eule in Bremen, Peter Brötzmann put together a trio with the Berlin pianist, composer Alexander von Schlippenbach and the percussionist Han Bennink, who already sat on the drums 50 years ago. They were so pleased with the music ,that they decided to release it and continue to play gigs as the trio.Recorded live at Lila Eule, Bremen on 26.5.2018, the venue celebrates his 60th anniversary that year and was the place the original legendary Machine Gun sessions were recorded!Peter Brötzmann - tenor saxophone, b-flat clarinet, tarogato Alexander von Schlippenbach - pianoHan Bennink - drums ps: Machine Gun was originally recorded in May 1968 by an octet consisting of influential musicians of new jazz and improvised music. The original album was repressed on Cien Fuegos in 2018.

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Die Sehnsucht Der Sterne HHV Exclusive Light Rosé Pantone Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Misitunes)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Faitiche)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 200 copies. Only available at HHV.

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Mark Templeton

Two Verses

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Columbia)

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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Calvin Harris

Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Majestic Casual)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Noah Slee

Otherland

Mahal Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Glass Beams

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Ninja Tune)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Republic)

OST Garfield Movie

Donato Elétrico HHV Exclusive Mint Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition Exclusive - The Garfield Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists - Vinyl LP

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Joao Donato

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Comets Coming)

LP | 2018 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 200 copies on green vinyl worldwide. Only available at hhv.de and in Japan.

João Donato need no presentation his one of the of tropical groove masters from all eras. Albums like A Bad Donato, Quem é Quem or Lugar Comum from his 1970's Works are legendary. This one is a homage to that era and João Donato returning to his Tropical Jazz Funk Groove original style. It is known that good albums generate good shows, but in the case of this album, we can do the opposite. "Donato Elétrico" began to take shape following a show performed by the artist in 2014, at Sesc Pinheiros (São Paulo, Brazil). On that occasion, the musician released the emblematic album "Quem é Quem" on stage, after a delay of more than 40 years. For this late release, Donato invited young musicians from São Paulo, with whom he had already been working on the idea of a new project, and who helped him recreate the original atmosphere of "Quem é Quem", full of grooves, whose essence was in the João's electric piano.

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Nighthawks

Live In Hamburg

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Borrowed And Blue Black Vinyl Edition

Lisa Bassenge

LP | 2018 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nighthawks

LP | 2018 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Panzerballett

X-Mas Death Jazz -Set

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Grebfruit2 White Vinyl Edition

Benny Greb

LP | 2017 | Original (Herzog Gmbh)

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Skip)

Martin Tingvall

The Rocket

The Nick Gravenites John Cipollina Band

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Monkey Medicine

LP | 1983 | UK | Original (Big Beat)

LP | 2018 | UK | Reissue (Lex)

Release: 1983 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Malphino

Visit Malphino

Release: 2018 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Written On The Wall: American Soul Music

3LP | 2024 | US (Mississippi)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2024 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Triple LP of more deep soul hits and obscurities. Powerful stuff! Full color 28 page 12 X 12” booklet included. Housed in a gold foil embossed cover.

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Thee Sacred Souls

Got A Story To Tell

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Akuphone)

Badiaa Bouhriz

Kahrumusiqa

Trance Gnawa Music From Morocco

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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KahruMusiqa is a musical retrospective by Tunisian singer and composer Badiâa Bouhrizi AKA Neysatu. She is known as the author behind the protest songs that became the anthems of the Tunisian revolution.

KahruMusiqa means electronic music, but is never used as such in Arabic to name the genre. The record is a collection of sonic experimentations that started when she first got her hands on music production softwares in the 2000s. The tracks are based around poems in classical Arabic language or Tunisian dialect written by Badiâa herself or female poets she admires, such as Palestinian authors Fadwa Tuqan or Salma Al Jayusi, or the Tunisian poet Noureddine Werghi. Most of the vocal work are improvisations recorded with a computer microphone. A take on the classic Turkish folk song Muhabbat is almost a modern harmonic rewriting, using only classical guitar, vocals and delays.

KahruMusiqa’s themes are in line with Badiâa Bouhrizi ideological trajectory. She is a queer woman in the moving sands of Tunesia in the song Transrimel. She also questions the political contract that led to Balfour and the displacement of millions of Palestinians in 1948, describing a journey between London and Nablus, in Fil Madinatil harima (“In The Old City").

This lo-fi bedroom album also displays several songs that have become classics of the Arab underground milieu like Ila Selma, and is the first ever record Badiâa Bouhrizi was willing to release.

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Nass El Ghiwane

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Elmir)

LP | 1965 | US | Reissue (Curb)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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In North Africa, a ziara is a spiritual ceremony where people come to exorcise demons, purify their bodies and loudly reaffirm their attachment to God, the prophet and the deities who claim to embody him. On this occasion, there are uncontrolled outbursts from the audience, but this has nothing to do with Roman orgies, as it lacks ostensible debauchery, aphrodisiacs or saturnalia - it is merely a blurring of the line between the religious and the superstitious. In a shrill parable, cries erupt from chests, twisting through vertical space and setting everything ablaze; a delirious chorus is chanted, ending in syncopation, and the litany, whose leitmotif Ya Chai, Ya Afi (O Healer...), shouted in unison, builds to a crescendo until the body is totally exhausted. An intoxicating ecstasy reminiscent of a voodoo ritual. What mystics call "union in God", a God who would multiply himself.

The most brilliant performers of this type of ceremony are called the Gnawa. Originally from black Africa, mainly Sudan and Senegal, they were forcibly implanted in southern Maghreb by Tuareg raiders seeking to use them as slaves. After several decades of servitude, they managed to emerge from their painful condition, which they evoke in some of their songs, and - as a result of cross-fertilization - to form a mixed race known as the hormis (the reddish). They then grouped together in mystical brotherhoods, the most important of which were based in Morocco, and devoted themselves to rituals through which, while attesting to the greatness and omnipotence of Allah, they pursued their fatal liaisons with the djins or djenoun, genie-like spirits that may be either benevolent or hostile.

But above all, the Gnawa, who never abjured their faith in animist divinities, distinguish themselves by their bewitching music, dance and rhythms, which are believed to hold therapeutic virtues. During the festivities, all movements are orchestrated and staged by the maâlem, or master (one of the most famous is Si Mohamed Chaouki), for he alone knows all the rules. He is a master of the instrument that aids healing, the guembri, a kind of acoustic bass strummed with three gut strings, and knows which melody-remedy matches each patient possessed by a particular spirit. All this is accompanied by dekka (frenzied hand-clapping) and animal sacrifices (chickens, goats and, on rare occasions, bulls).

In recent years in particular, the Gnawa musical and rhythmic tradition, which borrows from both Middle Eastern arabesques and African percussion, has enjoyed a marked revival among Moroccan artists of the new generation. But until now, only the very popular group Nass El Ghiwane has been able, with talent, faithfulness and authenticity, to reconstitute the Gnawa spirit, as witnessed by this album. So join them, and get into the trance.

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Ike & Tina Turner

Greatest Hits

Release: 1965 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Batov)

Bolbec

Victime De L'aube

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Hyperdub)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bolbec, brand new project of childhood friends and multi-instrumentalists Axel Concato and Barth Corbelet, present their debut record, "Victime De L"aube", on Batov Records. Drawing on their wide blend of musical tastes, from spiritual jazz and folk to classical and electronic sounds, to create an imaginary soundtrack that could easily sit beside the best of Piero Piccioni or Michel Legrand.

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Loraine James

Reflection

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Got A Story To Tell Magenta Vinyl Edition

Thee Sacred Souls

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Daptone)