Organic Grooves 26977 Items

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Honeypie)

Alegre All Stars

LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Lantern Rec.)

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Born from a studio jam organized by Al Santiago in 1961, the "Alegre All Stars" was inspired by the famous late 50's Cuban jam sessions. Originally published by Alegre Records, a New York City based label specialized in Latin music, this album stands as a legendary release in the field. This is like an open door on a wild Nuyorican party including food, drinks and an ongoing selection of highly infectious Latin grooves to dance to.

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Linda Di Franco

Rise Of The Heart

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Full Rhizome)

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. Just a single album and a bunch of singles, rising star Linda Di Franco debuted in 1985 and left the scene all of a sudden in 1986. Her first album was a combined effort produced by Don Was (Blue Note's Renaissance Music Man and previously leader of post disco combo Was Not Was), a gentle selection of soul-pop ballads and lushy synth arrangements. With leading single 'My Boss' the album shows an ethereal continuum with an excellent rendition of Burt Bacharach 'The Look Of Love'. Recorded in London, Detroit and New York the Rise Of The Heart is definitely a keystone in the rising club culture revolution verging on the more existentialist pop aesthetic. Riyl: Sade, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Carmel, Antena.

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Kutu

Guramayle

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ivory / Antracyte Clear & Black Marbled Vinyl Edition

Mulay

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Grönland)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (Favorite)

Lucas Arruda

Sambadi 2022 Reissue

T-Groove & George Kano Experience With Yuko Imai

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lucas Arruda’s born in 1983, in a Brazilian state called Espírito Santo, near Rio de Janeiro. Coming from a musical family (his dad and older brother are musicians) he started playing and listening to music very young. At the age of 13, he was also playing professionally already. After studying electric guitar and playing in various bands, Lucas passion quickly turned into Rhodes and keyboards, expanding his musical range of skills. At the same time he started a project called Du Black, with his older brother Thiago, quickly receiving various local support from people like Ed Motta, William Magalhães (Banda Black Rio), Robert Lamm (Chicago) or Hyldon (Brazilian soul legend). From the growing notoriety obtained, the band began to work with various other artists and singers such as Tamy Macedo, or Bossa Nova’s legend, Leila Pinheiro, leading Lucas to build a recording studio with Thiago in 2011. Now 2 years after he launched this home-studio, here comes “Sambadi”, first solo album by Lucas Arruda! On this recording he also started to team up with Fabricio di Monaco (Modo Solar), who clearly became a fundamental piece, as Lucas relates: “Fabricio introduced me to Pascal Rioux at Favorite Recordings, as they released his EP few years ago. He’s a brilliant musician and a great human being.” In Lucas’ words, Sambadi is highly inspired by Rio de Janeiro. As for the musical side, the album almost sounds like a tribute to his longtime heroes like Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Marcos Valle, Azymuth, or Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti. And Lucas also humbly concludes: “I really hope to honor all the guys who influenced me.”

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Secret Lover

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Sekou Andrews & The String Theory

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Renowned around the world for his iconic sound, disco legend “t-groove” teams up with one of the greatest street drummers of all time, George Kano, to form the foundation of an 18 man jazz-funk-disco experience! Their debut album, Lady Champagne featured the semi-instrumental “Secret Love”, a silky smooth guitar number that captivated fans of all dispositions. Now re-recorded with the singular vocals of city pop diva Yuko Imai and original Japanese lyrics, this single is sure to dazzle fans of both disco and city pop! Don’t miss this exclusive 7” single, packaged in a flipback cover, only from P-vine Records.

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Busy Bee Production)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Magnus Carlson Trummor & Ordel

The Way Of The Crowd

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Busy Bee Production)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Compost)

Web Web

Oracle

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Iker Iker & His Dual Electrics

Electra

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (El Toro)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Opaz Multimedia)

Opaz 30

In My Element Japan Import Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Opaz celebrates 30 years in urban music with a compilation featuring some of their most sought after tracks. Featuring Martine Girault, Mica Paris, Maysa Leak, Cartier Fraser, Imaani, Natasha Campbel, Patrick Jean-Paul-Denis, George Howard, Mary Jane and Ray Hayden. The compilation will be supported with a month advertising on Solar radio, as well as a two hour show featuring Ray's Productions, remixes and songwriting for the likes of Will Smith, Marvin Gaye, Omar, Mary J Blige, Incognito, Tyrese, Sade, Swing Out Sister, Guru and artists from the label.

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Robert Glasper

CD | JP | Original (Universal)

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Parco Della Musica)

Karima

No Filter

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Incipit)

Rosalia De Souza

Inspirada

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Quintetto Basso - Valdambrini

Bossa Nova!

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Giotto Music)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Anti-)

Mavis Staples

We Get By

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Spinster)

Lou Turner

Microcosmos

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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All I Want To Do Is Save You

Irma Thomas

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Soul 4 Real)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Siyal Music)

Kutiman

Open Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 1970 | UK | Reissue (BGP / Flying Dutchman)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Limited to 500 copies

Open is the sixth studio album from acclaimed composer, producer, filmmaker and multi-instrumentalist, Kutiman. It is an addictive & irresistible twelve-track trip taking in elements of classic soul, Middle Eastern psychedelia, Afrobeat, Thai funk, jazz fusion, cosmic library soundscapes and more.

The uptempo “Vanishing Point” opens proceedings, recalling both Abstract Orchestra’s 2017 Dilla tribute and the lounge OST/library music flips of Tosca and DJ Vadim fame.

My Everything introduces prominent guest & frequent Kutiman collaborator, Dekel, whose soul-pop vocals coupled with jangly acoustic guitar riffs tip to contemporary indie artists such as Michael Kiwanuka and SAULT. “A Day Off passes through” Anatolian psych and Khruangbin-esque Thai funk whilst the afrobeat/jazz fusion “Confetti” pays tribute to Kutiman’s other namesake, Fela Kuti.

Dekel rejoins for the beatdown, lilting dub-soul “Believe In You” with hints of Lord Echo and the sun-inflected New Zealand dub-soul sound. The Tuareg-leaning guitar lines on “Canoe” travel across the Saharan desert easterly towards Sudan and Ethiopia by the end, whilst meditative and Coltrane-adjacent album closer “Ripples” provides a final moment of reflection from a truly global excursion of soundscapes.

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Esther Marrow

Newport News, Virginia

Springtime / I'm Satisfied Test Pressing

Release: 1970 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Esther Marrow began singing professionally in the early 60s. Her big break came in 1965 when she was asked by Duke Ellington to take part in his ground-breaking Concert of Sacred Music at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Marrow toured with the Duke Ellington Band as well as Harry Belafonte and came to the attention of Bob Thiele who recorded and released this debut album on his Flying Dutchman label in 1969.

Musically, it’s a compelling mix of funk and soul, occupying similar terrain to Alice Clark’s great album that was released on Mainstream in 1972. For example, Jesse Stone’s ‘Money Honey’ is given a crunching funk arrangement and is one of three tracks that tempt collectors to pay big money for an original copy; ‘Walk Tall’ and ‘Chains Of Love’ are the other two. ‘Chains Of Love’ was originally recorded in Detroit by J.J. Barnes and became a Northern Soul classic. ‘Walk Tall’ is one of the album’s highlights and features music originally written by pianist Joe Zawinul and performed by Cannonball Adderley, with lyrics by James Rein and Morrow. It has become something of a jazz standard, but no version ever bettered this original track.

Add to the mix the lush string driven power of ‘Peaceful Man’, ‘Mama’ and a tilt at the classic ‘What A Wonderful World’ and you have a truly wonderful album.

Pressed on 180gm vinyl, we have remained faithful to the original pressing replicating the Flying Dutchman label style and gatefold sleeve.

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Jimmy Thomas Owen Grey

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Parks)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mawi Music)

Girls In Airports

Leap

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | UK | Original (No Wahala Sounds)

Kanda Bongo Man

Kekete Bue

LP | 1974 | UK | Original (Island)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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'Kekete Bue' is the first new album from legendary Congolese musician Kanda Bongo Man since 2010, and his first vinyl release in over two decades.
The master of soukous, the infectious and uptempo guitar-driven music from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kanda's latest album features new tracks alongside reinterpretations of some of his classic songs.

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Traffic

When The Eagle Flies

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jakarta)

Release: 1974 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Original inner sleeve.

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Saib

Unwind

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Berlin-based, Casablanca-born multi-instrumental producer and creative tour de force Saib presents his LP “Unwind,” a sunny, tropical-flavored sonic voyage that includes features from Hip Hop OG Masta Ace and Rotterdam producer Ødyssee,

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Carol Woods

Out Of The Woods

Marxist Love Disco Ensemble

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fully licensed ! 180 gr. vinyl Carol Woods was born in Jamaica, New York in 1943. She was deeply influenced by her grandfather, a Pentecostal minister, and her mother Marion Jones, which led her to become lead singer with the local church choir. A necessary soulful album long out of print. Recorded in London and published on Ember (british label formed in the early 1960s by club owner and promoter Jeffrey S. Kruger, owner of the Flamingo Club, London) in 1971, ‘Out Of the Woods’ is still a shiny gem on its own. The four tracks on her singles were included and the rhythm section backing tracks for the remainder were put down by Beau Ray Fleming (well known for his studio work with Mandrill) in New York. Ember s producer, Mike Berry, then added Carol s vocals and the horn section. Woods‘ vocals are full and rich and the record has a sort of post-Supremes vibe with an obvious seventies approach. Since that time Carol has found success in stage musicals, such as One Mo Time where she took over the role of Big Bertha Williams, the hard drinking Vaudeville star. She has also appeared in movies, including Eddie Murphy ‘Raw’ where she played Eddie s aunt.

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Mlde Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Sounding simultaneously from the past, the present, and the future, the debut album 'mlde' by Marxist Love Disco Ensemble seeks to eradicate both the trite from disco and the sobriety from political music. Half poetic, half tongue-in-cheek, this stunning compact eight-track album is influenced by Eastern European and Mediterranean 70s disco records. In the words of band member Paolo, ''it was written in response to hearing 'I love America' by Patrick Juvet. The song prompted the question: why does disco, a genre originally created by oppressed minorities, eventually become synonymous with American capitalist excess?" Mlde seeks to break this connection.

Merging disco, post-disco 80s pop, and boogie into the fold, 'mlde' was recorded using only analogue instruments, giving it warmth and space. Recorded on cassette, ¼ and ½ inch tape, this gives moments of lo-fi abstraction between the beats of an aggressive, tight drum kit. Instruments used for this recording range from saxophone, trumpet, harpsichord, guitar, and rare analogue synthesisers. The bass sound is shaped by early 80s boogie records, whilst the influence of artists such as Hamlet Minassian can be heard in some of Mlde's more driving-disco outings, such as 'Hues of Red'. In the tradition of Soviet vocal group records, which the band has studied, some songs are sung by a vocal quartet in homage to this tradition.

Tracks such as '1905' and 'Brumaire' have a greater pop aesthetic, with Paolo's vocal style on these more pop-driven songs evoking early 80s bands such as Orange Juice and Chas Jankel.

The format and message of pop and disco are commonly viewed just to entertain and move bodies around a dancefloor; however, lyrically, the subjects range from dialectical and historical materialism, class struggle, Marxist theory and praxis, as well as the concept of Marxist disco music.

Adding the icing to the cake, mastering don Joker aka Liam McLean dusted the album with his magic, giving the songs space where the room is needed, as well as the kick and punch demanded by the modern dancefloor.

Yes, this is a press release, and they are always full of hype, but we were blown away when we heard this album, and we hope it enriches you too.

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Crossroads Kenya: East African Benga And Rumba, 1980-1985

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (No Wahala Sounds)

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Sonor Music Editions)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This compilation collects a number of 7" singles produced by Audio Productions Ltd. in Kenya's capital Nairobi in the first half of the 1980s and released on the Wendo, Lulus, Mlima and APL imprints. The bands featured on this release are the New Gatanga Boys, Ruwengo Bros Band, Banana Hill Band and Les Victoria 'C' Kings from Kenya, Les Moto Moto and Orch Les Volcano from Tanzania (the latter being led here by Charles Ray Kasembe after the death of the legendary Mbaraka Mwinshehe). The closing track is by Orch Zaituken Band, whose name is a contraction of the countries its members came from: Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The group is emblematic of the Kenyan capital's role as a magnet for East African musicians seeking to earn a living by recording and playing live in the 1970s and 1980s.

No Wahala Sounds are proud to bring you this latest collection of rare 45s from the golden era of benga and rumba, which have never been released outside Kenya before.

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Kimba Unit

Kimba Unit EP

LP | 1971 | DE | Original (United Artists)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Now Again Records and Sonor Music Editions announce the debut release by The Kimba Unit on 45. Grown up in Los Angeles, Julian Rapaport made his musical studies in New York, developing his personal musical taste listening to the Jazz mentors of American Spiritual/Avant-garde movement (Sun Ra especially). Legendary Madlib’s jazz projects influenced him a lot too. Since his very young age, he had a deep connection with Italy and the world of Italian Library music: renowned Italian composers like Piero Umiliani and Piero Piccioni definitely completed and surely influenced his musical background. The 3 tracks from this EP are entirely DIY studio recordings, with a distinct Lo-Fi sound and shades of Spiritual Jazz all over.

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War

All Day Music

Only On Vinyl Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

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Seasick Steve

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (There's A Dead Skunk)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Zehra)

Gnawa Music Of Marrakesh

Night Spirit Masters

Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Remastered vinyl reissue of this 1990 Bill Laswell / Richard Horowitz production of local Gnawa musicians, recorded in the Medina of Marrakesh. According to Allmusic.com „a must for fans of both African and Middle Eastern music” and voted one of the „10 essential Gnawa albums” by Songlines.

The Gnawa are an ethnic minorityin today’s Morocco, descendents of slaves from West Africa who were brought to Morocco in the 16th century and who (although they quickly converted to Islam) nevertheless brought with them remnants of their animistic practices.

The Gnawa perform a complex ceremony (called lila or derdeba) that over the duration of several hours recreates the genesis of the universe by the evocation of the seven main manifestations of the divine, represented by seven colours. Those ceremonies, led by a master or „maleem“, are still taking place today privately while Gnawa music in general has clearly been modernizing and thus become more profane, but witnessing a performance is still an astonishing experience.

With the exception of a handful of recordings by Paul Bowles and Philip Schuyler (more ethnographic documents in a field recordings style), Gnawa music was barely heard outside of Morocco before 1990 – one of the first westerners to come and record the music was Bill Laswell, back then running his Axiom label that portrayed a wide range of ethnic music and musicians like The Master Musicians Of Jajouka or Maleem Mahmoud Ghania, to
name just two. „Night Spirit Masters“, recorded in the Medina of Marrakech, delivers soulful tracks of lead and group singers in call/ response mode, fired by sentirs, drums, hand clapping, and qrakechs, while others are drum features or sentir/ vocal pieces.

Over 30 years after its initial release, this essential Gnawa album is finally available again - remastered and on 180gr audiophile vinyl! „Gnawa, bottom heavy trance music of North Africa. Repetitive bass lines, generated by the gimbri or sintir with metal clappers, hand drums and voice. Seven trances, seven colors, seven scents, Gnawa not only moves, it can remove.“
Bill Laswell
Hell's Kitchen, NYC, May 2022

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Taj Mahal

2LP | 1969 | US | Reissue (Columbia)

Release: 1969 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Terre Haute pressing. US repress.

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Directions In Music 1969 To 1973 (Miles Davis, His Musicians And The Birth Of A New Age Of Jazz)

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (BGP)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 2022 | IT | Reissue (Record Kicks)

Calibro 35

S.P.A.C.E.

LP | 2006 | EU | Reissue (Unique)

Release: 2022 / IT – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: VG+

Crystal Clear Orange vinyl. Cover with beginning of seam split on top spine

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Sweet Vandals

Release: 2006 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Indebted To You Record Store Day 2022 Edition

Chain Reaction

12" | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Ramrock Red)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 1975, singers Bruce Ruffin, Bobby Davis and Dave Collins - the latter of reggae duo Dave & Ansel Collins - came together to form Chain Reaction, a short-lived UK harmony soul group who recorded their only album ‘Indebted To You’ for Gull in 1977. This sought after session includes their popular version of Lamont Dozier ‘Why Can’t We Be Lovers’, the sweet soul single ‘’Never Lose Never Win’ and the non album single ‘This Eternal Flame’. Rare groove alert: The electric funk of ‘Hogtied’ is the top of the crème here, with a bass line reminiscent of Aaron Neville ‘Hercules’, a sumptuous clavinet and a majestic wah-wah guitar.

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Joseph Malik

Diverse Part 3

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Menace)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Malik’s Diverse Part 3 is the final instalment of a critically acclaimed trilogy he began in 2002. But this boldly uncompromising and musically accomplished album is also about the state of the world in 2021. The artist did not use any filters. An emotional honesty lies at the centre of this deeply affecting audio-diary that references milestones in black music on both sides of the Atlantic, from Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On to Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy to Young Disciple’s Road To Freedom. As is the case with these landmarks, Diverse Part 3, is unflinchingly personal and was born against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter protests that took place in Edinburgh, where Malik has lived since the early ‘90s. “It’s a document of our times,” explains Joseph. “All I was really doing was looking at our times and saying this is happening right here and right now! I was writing down what was happening around me, and saying this is what I’m feeling.

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Antoine Berjeaut

Chromesthesia

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ray Draper Quintet Feat. John Coltrane Clear Vinyl Edtion

Ray Draper Quintet

LP | 1958 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

Blakey In Paris Feat. Bud Powell And Lee Morgan Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1958 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in 1957 by Rudy Van Gelder and released in the same year on the New Jazz label, this was a major statement from Ray Draper, who besides working with the likes of Max Roach, Jackie Mclean and Donald Byrd, he has been one of the few tuba players who have made a name as band leader. In particular this quintet date was a courageous step with Draper sharing the frontline with John Coltrane. In fact the two gave voice to a very unusual combination of tuba and tenor sax. An unprecedented instrumental choice backed here by a tight dynamic rhythm section featuring Gil Coggins – piano, Spanky DeBrest – bass and Larry Ritchie – drums.

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Art Blakey

LP | 1961 | EU | Reissue (Sowing)

El Maravillosos Sonido Instrumental Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1961 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Clear Vinyl edition, 300 copies! This is Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers, with guests Bud Powell - piano and Barney Wilen - alto sax, caught live at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris in1959. At that time Blakey's Messengers were no less than Lee Morgan – trumpet, Wayne Shorter – tenor sax, Walter Davis Jr. – piano and Jymmy Meritt – bass. In other words one of the greatest Hard Bop combos ever, a pool of great young individuals under the direction of one of the most influential drummers and band leaders in the history of Jazz. No need to add that "Paris Jam Session" is regarded as an essential release in Blakey's extensive discography.

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The Blaxound

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Golden Rules / Love Soul Productions)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1957 | UK | Reissue (Public Domain)

Blossom Dearie

LP | 1960 | UK | Reissue (Public Domain)

Release: 1957 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Blossom Dearie was part of the NYC beboppers scene that often gathered at Gil Evans’ apartment, was in the social circle that began developing “Birth of the Cool” and at the same time was a fixture in the Jazz clubs of the 1940’s.

The legendary jazz producer and founder of Verve, Norman Granz, heard Blossom singing in Paris and offered her a contract. She returned to New York to record her debut album produced by Norman Granz in 1956. The LP spotlights Blossom as a chanteuse and pianist.

Miles Davis once said, “she was the only white woman who had soul”, while Bill Evans noted her playing really “knocked him out”.

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Kenny Dorham

Quiet Kenny

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzlab)

Release: 1960 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most active bebop trumpeters, Kenny Dorham started in the big bands of Mercer, Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine and Dizzy Gillespie and eventually landed in the Charlie Parker Quintet. In addition, he was a charter member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, recorded as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins and replaced Clifford Brown in the Max Roach Quintet. Throughout his career he can be heard playing trumpet on various recordings with Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Mary Lou Williams and many more musical legends. “Quiet Kenny” is a jazz masterpiece. Recorded by the great Rudy Van Gelder with a group of musicians playing at the top of their game, this title continues to be one of the most collectible Jazz LPs due to its high demand and short supply.

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Welten

Thaw

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pigna Orange Vinyl Edition

Yarni

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Emk)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Peer through the windows of the sun-dappled homes in Sicily and you will be faced with a small, strange ceramic object adorning each hallway. It is a glistening pine cone standing upright – a pigna – the longstanding symbol of Sicilian openness and welcome hospitality.

The pigna is a delightfully unusual and yet apt symbol for the title of the third record from Benjamin Harris, AKA Yarni. Ever since his debut LP release in 2017, Yarni has established a following committed to his musical openness, an intuitive curiosity that has spanned everything from house and techno to cinematic ambience and Japanese percussion, as well as jazz horns and afrobeat fanfares. For Yarni, anything goes and everyone is welcome. Now, Pigna sees Yarni reach his fullest and most musically diverse expression, taking its name and ethos from Sicily, but finding a sonic home in the luscious orchestration of a new ensemble of musicians.

Here, at the helm of a nine-person ensemble, Yarni artfully pieces together live improvisations to create the warmth of a seasoned group performing deep within the groove. Opener “Midnight Getaway” places the listener squarely within the disco-funk of Daft Punk as Yarni’s top-line synth intersects with a rolling bassline and a lyrical flute solo from Rachel Shirley. This optimistic tone of sunlit spaciousness is then heightened on “Utopia”, as Yarni’s horn section comes to the fore to pay homage to the ineffable syncopations of Fela Kuti’s pioneering afrobeat.

Rather than scratch at the surface of these musical genres, Yarni’s attuned ear embodies the emotive essence of his various sounds by paying intimate attention to their creation. There is the punch of that afrobeat sax on “Utopia”; the rhythmic skitter of breakbeats on “The Astral”; the sludging thump of funk in the bassline on “Nova”. Collaborators are given free reign, too, to incorporate their own unique stylings into this remarkable whole, from vocalist Emily Marks’ languid tone on “In A Dream”, to saxophonist Jonoa’s innate swing on “Cherub”, and the metronomic movement of bassist Ally McMahon’s playing throughout.

Listening to Pigna is ultimately to find yourself squarely within the comforting embrace of Yarni’s musical mind. It is a truly LP experience – a record to be placed on the turntable’s platter and then left to play, allowing yourself an immersion in these journeying soundscapes. It is no wonder fellow sonic travellers such as the late Andrew Weatherall and DJ Harvey have been supporters of Yarni’s work, since here is a kindred spirit – an artist shaped in the form of radical openness, speaking the hospitable, universal language of beautiful music.

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Lyle Lovett

12th Of June

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Funkscapes)

Citro

Smile

Dumi-Maichi-Na Chi Maraire & Nyunganyunga Mbira

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Full cover artwork based on the original and includes an insert with liner notes and images. Limited to 300 copies.

Official reissue of Citro’s EO Smile, from 1986. An unsung German funk band from Saarbrücken that existed for almost 4 years and played shows in Germany, France and Italy. They got a male and a female lead vocalist and therefore reached an extra variety in their songs.

It starts off with a boogie. The positivity of Smile should be remembered on every blue monday or whenever you got the blues. Just put on your smiling face. Smile is reworked by Dea (who released his own EP on Gudu records recently and is one half of Zatua that got a LP out on Second Circle). He gently extended the original and added some nice keyboard and drum machine sounds without losing the original vibe.

If the a-side already got you grooving, the b-side will make you dance. Way Down To You is a melancholic dancefloor bomb about a love at the crossroads. The future of it depends if some rumours about the man’s faithfulness are right or wrong. Open end. We Got Fantasy – a statement of a song, with great keyboards and additional percussion. We Got Fantasy is edited by BM, the label boss himself, starting directly from the keyboard solo and extending it to an almost neverending and tense- ful intrumental. From a DJ perspective, simple and effective.

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Tichazomuona

LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Nyami Nyami)

Nightports Feat. Tom Herbert

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Nyami Nyami Records presents a reissue of a rare gem from the Gramma Records catalog , the historic Zimbabweean label. Dumisani Maraire, the leading creator of modern mbira, settled in the USA in the late 60s where he popularized the traditional music of the Shona people. Tichazomuona is the first album he recorded in liberated Zimbabwe, in 1986, with his wife Maichi and daughter Chiwoniso. You can hear the very young singer on lead vocals on the title track, long before she went on to perform solo on the international stage. We launched Nyami Nyami with her last recording Zvichapera and are happy to also release now her very first.

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Nightports / Tom Herbert

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Leaf)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Play The Breaks (Live From Layman)

Daru Jones

CD | 2022 | US | Original (Rusic)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Arsivplak)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This gem includes the bare bone, ready to chop, high fidelity drum breaks from more than 25 classic career-spanning joints– re-recorded Live at Layman in Nashville, TN for optimum audio quality. Each track features a commentary from Daru Jones lending some insight to his collaborators’ and his creative process. It also features an introduction by the legendary Breakbeat Lou. To top it all off this set includes a 32 page booklet with bold and inspiring artwork from throughout the years.

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Donusum & Halit Kakinc

Dünden Bugüne

No Money No Honey Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Turkish psychedelic folk-rock compilation album from Donusum Folk Band. The band members also played the old Turks instruments from the Far-East. Produced by Faruk Kakinc & written by Halit Kakinç.

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Atilla Engin Group

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Arsivplak)

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here an unreleased Turkish Jazz album by Atilla Engin from 1986. I want a special thanks to Mr. Per Meistrup who saved this gem and let us to release it. Limited 500 numbered transparent copies. The album cover was already pressed but wasn't released, since yet...

Atilla Engin was a Turkish Jazz drummer. He moved to Denmark around middle of the 1970's and recorded many traditional Jazz albums there. This album was his last recording in Denmark but unreleased, until now...

"I dedicate this album to Denmark. Ten years ago I came to Denmark. Here I have found my personality, I was allowed to develop-practice my music and the most important thing is that I have learned so much from this vital society for better or worse. And since then, Denmark has been in my heart with growing love, which will probably never disappear. I am who I am; curious, happy, angry, angry, unwise, intelligent, bad diplomat with naughty body and yet I was allowed to play with You I love !!" Atilla Engin

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Wayne Davis

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (4quarti)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut present the first ever reissue of an essential lost classic from the Black Fire catalogue, Wayne Davis’ powerful self-titled gospel-soul album from 1976.

An accomplished vocalist and keyboard player, Davis had studied in Washington D.C. and had worked with Roberta Flack and she subsequently secured him a recording deal with Atlantic Records; he released the A View From Another Place album in 1973 and Roberta contributed electric piano to one of the tracks. Davis was then dropped from the label and his subsequent album was released by Jimmy Gray on Black Fire. Produced by Jimmy Watkins and Bias Studios manager, Bob Dawson, the album line-up featured the celebrated poet and flautist Wanda Robinson and the horn section from legendary D.C. go-go pioneers Experience Unlimited. Wayne later returned the favour, appearing as a vocalist on Experience Unlimited’s seminal Free Yourself album.

This first international reissue of the album features new sleeve notes including band member interviews and original illustrated artwork by Muzi Branch. Audio was transferred from the original tapes by the album’s engineer, Bob Dawson, and was remastered by The Carvery.

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Zanini & Lemons

Soulful Life / Open Up

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Legere)

Dawn Patrol

Bring On The Good Times

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Legere)

Pm Warson

Dig Deep Repeat

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cults Percussion Ensemble

The Cults Percussion Ensemble

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Trunk)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jakarta)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Repress With NEW (original) Artwork. Legendary privately pressed 1979 LP from Scotland. This illusive, super rare and sublimely wonderful percussion album is like no other. Hypnotic, celestial, even cosmic and ambient in parts and totally unique in all ways, it was played by a group of 11 girls with an average age of 14. The group included Evelyn Glennie, who was destined to become one of the world’s greatest percussionists. This is her first ever record. The Cults Percussion Ensemble was a group formed by percussion teaching legend Ron Forbes in the mid 1970s. The ensemble must have one of the best group names of all time. To many it will immediately come across as something sinister, a touch spooky and possibly a bit dramatic too. They are certainly two of those but the use of the word “Cults” here is easily misinterpreted. Cults, in this case, is the suburb of Aberdeen. The average age of the students was just 14. They came from a few of the schools in the area, including the Cults Academy, Ellon Academy, Aboyne Academy, Inverurie Academy and Powis. My original copy of the album came from Spitalfields market in London. I loved the music the second it started, because it reminded me of Carl Orff and peculiar library. So I started to investigate it further, and eventually, thanks to the highly tuned world of percussion, was given the address of Ron Forbes. I got in touch with him and now we have this, a formal release of something quite lovely that was only previously available very briefly in 1979 at concerts when the young girls performed. The music here is really quite unique, with a celestial swirling hypnotic quality. The blend of glockenspiels, xylophones, vibraphones, marimba and timpani drums is quite intoxicating and can recall the shimmering warmth of the desert sun one minute (“Baia”) or freezing glacial ice caps the next (“Circles”). The Ensemble perform with an effortless tightness and deftness of touch, building textured layers with recurring percussive motives which appear simultaneously dense and yet sparse, almost sounding like modern sampling. In fact, while struggling to find a musical comparison, during the pulsating introduction to "Percussion Suite" I found myself recalling "Gamma Player", a piece of soulful Detroit techno minimalism from Jeff Mills (Millsart - “Humana” EP 1995) with its rhythmic percussion layered with complex emotion. Weirdly enough, other tracks on that EP also prominently feature xylophone and tuned percussion, although obviously synthesised and programmed, a good 20 years after the CPE first recorded. Sleevenotes also include a letter from Ron Forbes: “I decided to form a percussion group to provide an outlet for my percussion pupils to play music specially written for them. The group soon became well known in the region and as a result of winning the outstanding award at the National Festival of Music for youth on three occasions, they were invited to play at other festivals within Europe, one being in Erlangen in Germany - hence the Erlangen Polka - and Autun in France - hence the Autun Carillon. During these visits we were often asked if we had any recordings and so it was decided to make an LP”. Thanks to Ron Forbes and Trunk Records, more people can now enjoy the simple hypnotic musical charms of the Cults Percussion Ensemble

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Gianni Brezzo

Tutto Passa

LP (Thanatosis Produktion)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gianni Brezzo is the jazz affiliated band / studio project headed by
Cologne-based producer & creative maestro Marvin Horsch, whose diverse
musical profile is reflected both in his scene-hopping as well as his creative
output. Besides producing cologne bands like Keshavara, Woman and Xul
Zolar, Gianni has released a number of EP and LP’s since 2017,
culminating most recently with “The Awakening” EP in 2021 on Jakarta
Records. While Gianni’s works are usually instrumental only, “The
Awakening” featured vocal appearances from Berlin/Tel Aviv based singer /
producer J.Lamotta and soul singer Otis Junior from Louisville, Kentucky.
Gianni’s tracks have consistently placed on Editorial Lists including Spotify’s
“State Of Jazz” and “Café / Croissant”, and most recently was synced in an
episode of Gossip Girl for HBO US.
Gianni’s new LP, “Tutto Passa” is a meditation around Marvin’s relationship
to Italian culture, accompanied by research into Italian composers of the
60’s / 70’s such as Piero Umiliani, Stelvio Cipriani, Piero Piccioni and
Armando Trovajoli to more recent work by Sven Wunder. Sonically rich, the
album rides a sonic wave similar to some Matthew Halsall, Surprise Chef,
El Michels Affair and BadBadNotGood all rolled into one beautifully luscious
work. Jakarta is ecstatic to share such a career-defining work.

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Martin Kuchen

Det Forsvunnas Namn

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Genre: Organic Grooves

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Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love Light Orchestra

LP (Blue Barrel)

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mr Bongo Record Club Volume 5 Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

Turn Off The Lights / People Do Be Funny Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's hard to believe we are now up to Volume 5 of our renowned Record Club series. Curating these compilations, where we share our latest musical discoveries and old favourites from the global stage, is always a labour of love. This selection is less dancefloor-driven than our previous volumes, as fewer opportunities for live events drove us to explore other paths and styles in the musical spectrum. But, whether you're DJing for a kitchen or a club, there is still a generous serving of spicy dancefloor magic. For Volume 5, we looked to a broad church - from Brazil to Cuba, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, Mauritania, South Africa, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, and the US. We pulled songs from the 70s up to the present day and feature a stellar cast of artists. There’s an exclusive track from Sven Wunder which was recorded solely for this compilation. We also have a track from Admin which was released as a private press 7" at the start of 2021 and one we felt was far too good to only be available for the lucky few. You’ll also discover one of our most treasured Gyedu Blay Ambolley productions, a full-force African disco colossus! We hope you will enjoy this selection of seventeen eclectic songs as much as we do.

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Larry Young's Fuel

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

When You Lose The One You Love / You Get What You Deserve

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dynamite Cuts are proud to add these two wicked bangers to the Dynamite Cuts 45s series. The Legendary ‘Larry Young’s Fuel’, club classic “Turn of the Lights” mega rare 7” version, which was issued back in the 70’s on the dreaded Styrene (which always snapped so easily). Now for the first time on vinyl with its iconic sleeve. Plus, a quirky, funky vocal track “People do be funny” first time on 45. Another must-have 45.

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Charles Buddy Smith

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Cannonball)

Zito Righi E Seu Conjunto

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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While sailing safe towards the glorious shores of release number 60 across the whole catalogue, we are proud to present you a previously unissued alternate take of the immense recording that saw the light on Brute in 1967, and earned a well deserved induction in the hall of fame of the greatest rare soul records of all times by becoming a steady classic at all major worldwide soul events starting from Stafford.

Important: besides the obvious appeal this different take offers in terms of arrangement, what makes this release relevant are the real credits of the song. Although the first versions was credited to Tony Clarke of Landslide fame as the writer of lyrics and harmony in fact, true story is that it was penned by Buddy Smith himself who got ripped off seeing his composition stolen and credited to someone else in the fashion of the good old music industry of a time when scum had no skin colour, if not the colour of money. This is the reason why we set the records straight on the printed labels, so that the many connoisseurs among us might get an answer when rising their eyebrows. For those who don’t know the man yet (which would sound very odd at this point in time) Charles Buddy Smith is a lifelong Detroiter, an Army Ranger veteran and a prolific songwriter and performer deeply immersed in the Detroit music scene. He was recently featured as an artist on drummer/songwriter/producer Drew Schultz's Back To Class series, which continues to raise money and advocate for music education in Detroit Public Schools (just google up for Drew Schultz to know more about the project). Buddy has never stopped performing live and doing studio recording sessions working alongside many other great Detroit artists of the likes of McKinley Jackson of Invictus/Hot Wax fame, Joey King Fish from Thelma/Checkmate, and Detroit’s finest guitarist Erich Goebel just to name a few.

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Alucinolandia

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

There Up, Behind The Moon

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Some things take time to happen, some things perhaps take a bit longer than they should but, finally, we are delighted to present an issue of the iconic, and sought-after, Brazilian album 'Alucinolândia' by Zito Righi e Seu Conjunto from 1969.

The trippy, surrealist 60s cover design with hands holding eyeballs is somewhat confusing. Rather than the stoner acid rock record that the art may suggest, 'Alucinolândia' is actually a quintessential 60s gem, mixing samba, MPB, bossa nova, quirky organ-led mod-jazz groovers and easy-listening crooners with a relaxed cool swagger.

Zito Righi aka Isidoro Righi, the Brazilian saxophonist, instrumentalist, conductor and composer brought together an illustrious cast for this masterpiece, including the much-loved vocalist Sônia Santos. Sônia delivers a masterclass on the album's opener, and maybe its crown-jewel 'Poema Ritmico Do Malandro’. The song is fierce and driving with an enticing funk intro that bursts into a Samba / Batucada workout. A real monster that works magic on the dancefloor. Sônia would later re-visit this track in 1971 on a recording for Copacabana Records, which Mr Bongo released as part of the Brazil45 series. The Brazilian songwriter Roberval penned three tracks on the record, including another highlight and the far too short 'Birimbau'; a catchy Brazilian jazzy-samba dancer at its finest. Other musicians include the drummer Fernando who also recorded with the greats Dila & Guilherme Coutinho.

The fact the record was released in 1969 meant it was probably a bit out of step with its contemporaries in comparison to the works of artists such as Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil et al. The core of 'Alucinolândia' is that of a more optimistic early to mid-sixties party feelgood vibe rather than the angsty, psychedelia, and rebellion of the Tropicália movement. Over 50 years since its release, the work can finally be judged on its own merit; and what a beauty it is.

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Jonny Nash & Ana Stamp

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Melody As Truth)

Mike James Kirkland With James Gadson

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Melody As Truth is proud to announce ‘There Up, Behind the Moon’, a collaborative album from Romanian musician Ana Stamp and Jonny Nash. For this collaboration, the pair spent over two years researching, arranging and recording Romanian folklore songs, aiming to give new context to these traditional, forgotten melodies.Throughout the album Ana’s vocals sit in delicate balance with Nash’s signature minimalist arrangements, accompanied with cimbalom, piano, double bass and guitar.

‘Bright Girl’, ‘For You I Am Missing’, ‘On a Mountain Realm’, ‘Sacred Conversations’, ‘Noble Tree’ are arrangements from traditional Romanian “star songs” and carols, usually sung in connection to various rituals that take place throughout the year. ‘Clouds Passing By’ is a cover of a traditional song, covered by Oșoianu Sisters.

In addition the album contains two classical piano compositions by Romanian composer Sigismund Toduță’, ’Upwards’ and ‘There Up, Behind The Moon’ to complete the atmosphere. Ana’s contemplative, thoughtfully paced re-interpretation and performance of these pieces reflects feelings of waiting and longing over time.

In describing her first album ‘There Up, Behind The Moon, Ana says “it represents an important element of my connection with Romanian folklore and the country landscape that encompasses many feelings, ranging from longing to joy or melancholy at times. Rituals and traditions are part of our roots that we take with us wherever we go.”

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Time & Space

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Cannonball)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Legere)

Mamas Gun

Cure The Jones

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2022 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Tomorrow's People

Open Soul T-Groove Edit

Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Undoubtedly a highlight of the album Open Soul by the legendary Tomorrow’s People that P-vine reissued in 2021, its final track, the titular “Open Soul,” is breathtaking as it is lengthy standing at over twenty minutes. In this new 7 inch single cut edited by soul record spinner T-groove, P-vine will release the track for the first time as a standalone single-cut - perfect for DJs looking for a digestible and danceable cut of the mammoth track. On the B-side, and also lifted from the album, “It Ain’t Fair” is a soul ballad with T-groove’s magic edits once again working the single for dancefloors up and down the country.

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Utopian Ashes Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Sony)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Irma)

Rumba De Bodas

Super Power

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's Great To Be Here / ABC / It's Your Thing / Looking Through The Windows

The Jackson 5

12" | 1969 | UK (Motown)

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Next Door)

Release: 1969 / UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

Label sleeve. Reissue. Vinyl is Close to VG+.

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James Larter

Polarity

Everything You Do / You Told Me You Loved Me Feat. Denise Vallin

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Polarity, the first album from percussionist and multi-instrumentalist James Larter is a cross-genre Psychedelic journey with driving rhythms at its core.
Larter has always been obsessed with rhythm; whether it be the roaring sound of Brazilian Samba or the intricate and hypnotic drums from the African diaspora, music that makes people move is a passion. He is an in demand musician that has played with a staggering variety of groups and artists
from Sampha to the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hailing from the UK and studying in London and New York, his soundscape crosses genres and styles all with a psychedelic twist. Marimba and vibraphone feature heavily with echoes of electronic music played out by an all-star accompanying 10 piece band.

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Positive Force

7" | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Favorite)

Esperanto

Vegas

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After the recent reissue of their first eponymous album, Favorite Recordings proudly presents Vegas, the second LP from Venezuelan band Esperanto. Rare and sought-after for many collectors, it was recorded in between Las Vegas and Caracas and originally released in 1981. Following bandleader Jorge Aguilar in his musical trip to the infamous American city bathing into flashing lights and vivid colors, we're invited to an excursion in Disco, Boogie and Jazz-Funk territories. Finally reissued, fully remastered, Vegas will be available as Gatefold Tip-On Vinyl LP. With great care and attention to details, Esperanto managed to create a very convincing sequel to their JazzFunk debuts. Vegas keeps indeed a perfect balance between various influences. Through energic disco beats with intense funky solos, catchy AOR-influenced songs, where Jorge delivers convincing vocal performance, or sunny jazz-funk slow jams, the album still reveals something quite authentic. And this feeling echoes surely the one that could have been felt by Jorge Aguilar while discovering USA on a trip - where it all started for the music he loves. Like sometimes a foreigner's enriching view on some local specialty, he surely brought with the band all his authenticity and young but vibrant experience while convincing at the same time major labels for distribution. With certain notoriety coming with the release of their first album, Jorge Aguilar and his drummer Pablo Matarazzo planned to go to Los Angeles for a few gigs. But once there, they realized their contact had to leave for Tina Turner's tour in Europe. Before that, he invited them to come along to Las Vegas and eventually meet musicians there. Luckily, the plan worked perfectly: Jorge came back to Los Angeles with a lot of contacts then moved to Boston and NYC before finally coming back to Caracas. He told: "I was so impressed with this trip that I told myself that one day I would return to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The first tracks I did them in Los Angeles with Kenny More, James Gadson and other session musicians from that city. Later, I took the tracks to Caracas where the musicians of the band recorded overdubs. After that, I returned to Los Angeles to master with Bernie Grundman who was still working in his small studio at A & M records studios in Hollywood. As can be seen in the title of some of the songs like "Hollywood", "Vegas", "Kenny's Place", were only the translation of my experiences at the time."

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Elephant Stomp - 12 Instrumental Freaky Stomper Rock Gems From 70s

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Naughty Rhythm)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Broken Time)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Here the Cosmic Discotheque team temporarily gives up with the pure 70s Disco mark of the previous releases and, while remaining in the same decade, the spotlight will move on the Rock scene. Those who have followed the series, know that the Cosmic-compilations are based on great selections of European singles (often B-sides) and lots of bizarre productions, mostly unknown and sometimes rare; and so it will be for Elephant Stomp too! Killer Drum Breaks, Tribal Freak Rock, Stomper Junkshop Glam, Instrumental psych rock, proto-Disco... those are the explosive ingredients of this unique compilation. So no long and useless solos or empty virtuosity here, just lots of groove and rousing tracks, in other words the best food for you party animals and digging maniacs!

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Bo!Led

Different, Us

The Jungle / I Can't Ignore It Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bo!led is the 4-piece group that has come out of the most contemporary jazz scene in Milan, which brings together the use of electronics and instrumental to the vibrant nature of the multicultural generation. The first release Different, Us captures the experiences of the 4 artists thriving in this context; Bo!led epitomised their sound in a genuine and moody mini album that easily recalls the expansive blend of jazz and hip hop of Badbadnotgood as well as the rawness of the UK jazz scene.

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Gene Jackson

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Tesla)

Best Outta You / Ain't That Loving You Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gene Jackson's rich soulful character along with his emotional range make him one of the finest local vocalists. His debut album “1963" came out in 2017 to critical acclaim, including a Blues Blast nomination (new artist debut). His new album “The Jungle”, out of which this 7” release is taken, has plenty of songs with the subjects you’d expect a soul singer to tackle: falling in love, the heartbreak from love and the evergreen “right now you can’t trust anybody,” as he puts it. A St. Louis native, Gene grew up singing. His mother, Mary Coleman, sang with Ike and Tina Turner, the Shirelles and others. She encouraged her son’s gift, and he gained experience singing in the Mt. Gideon Missionary Baptist Church.

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Roland Johnson

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Tesla)

LP | 1957 | EU | Reissue (Jazz Workshop)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded inside of the latter’s Blue Lotus Recordings, Roland Johnson's “Best Outta You” is truly a collaborative affair between he and a pair of talented multi-instrumentalists, Kevin O’Connor and Paul Niehaus IV. All geared up to highlight the skills of the 71-year-old local soul legend. The recording, alongside the beautiful ballad “Ain’t That Loving You”, comes with a host of players and contributors outside of the core trio, many of them true local legends on their own. “Best Outta You” comes short after the release of the Long Player “Set Your Mind Free” and rides along the very same extremely positive vibes.

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Hazel Scott

'Round Midnight

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rrgems)

Release: 1957 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded IN NEW York City December 27, 1956 AND January 11, 1957

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Muriel Grossmann

Union

Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Muriel Grossmann’s new album is a great opportunity to experience the energy of a live performance. Union was recorded in early autumn of 2019 during a two-day recording session in Mallorca studio Caja Del Ruido. In the context of this record and the previous ones, we can clearly talk about Muriel Grossmann’s music as a style of music that is distinctive and recognizable from the very first note. This is music performed with a great artistic concentration, integrity and energy. Released on a 12" heavyweight vinyl record in old-style sleeve with spot matte varnish on top of glossy laminate. Includes insert with liner notes and band photos. Edition of 1500 ex.

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Pithecanthropus Erectus

LP | 1976 | JP | Reissue (Atlantic)

LP | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Dialogo)

Release: 1976 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing with obi.

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Piero Umiliani

L'Uomo E La Citta'

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Dialogo)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Piero Umiliani’s “L’Uomo e la Città” perfectly fits into the urban-themed section of Italian library music, an album where our Man is accompanied by jazz celebrities Bruno Tommaso, Oscar Valdambrini, Dino Piana and Nino Rapicavoli, all part of this Umiliani-led ensemble. “L’Uomo e la Città” takes less risks in favor of an extraordinary jazz tightness (“Rete Urbana”, “Quartieri Alti”, “Città Frenetica”), but amazes even more in the two excellent renditions of “Centrale Termica” and “Suoni della Città”, among the best tracks of the album.

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Piero Umiliani

Polinesia

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Dialogo)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Polinesia” is another incredible example of Piero Umiliani’s versatility, showing how he could combine an artistic path intimately bound to Italy and to its traditions with the world’s sounds - and even more, given the cosmic ventures of some of his releases. Fully recorded with glowing percussion and exotic suggestions that remind of Martin Denny, bringing to mind sunny white beaches, Oceania and the famous Bora Bora island, “Polinesia” is the perfect soundtrack to a full-moon exotic night.

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Rovi (Piero Umiliani)

Pianofender Blues

Piece Of Me HHV Exclusive Transculent Candy Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Pianofender Blues”, originally released in 1975 and entirely recorded with the aid of two electric pianos - Fender, of course, and Wurlitzer, bass, piano, drums and percussion, is another curious foray for the eclectic composer Piero Umiliani into territories other than the usual jazz, soundtrack and avant-garde ones. This album blends the Fender Piano melancholic sound over an easylistening repertoire, testifying the author’s versatility once again.

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Lady Wray

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Big Crown)

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Altercat)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown Records is proud to present Piece of Me, the sophomore full length offering from Lady Wray. This is something of a homecoming for Nicole. Where her 2016 solo debut Queen Alone leaned more towards Soul and R&B with tinges of hip-hop, this record changes the mixture. It's still R&B with the textures of analog Soul, but there is a heavy Hip Hop influence that brings the sum of Nicole's career together in a new sound that will define her future. Boom-bap drums and chunky bass lines are front-and-center creating a perfect head-nodding backdrop for Lady Wray to take on the good, the bad, the difficult, and the joyful on her most personal collection of songs to date.

The title track, "Piece of Me," which has already become a classic since it's 2019 release is about the people in your life who need more than you are willing to give. This tune and the B side of the 7” “Come On In” were the first songs put to tape for this album and they were recorded with Nicole sitting in a chair 8 months pregnant with her daughter. Her voice is so powerful, so raw, so thorough on these initial songs—it's wild to think that they were recorded this way. And even wilder to know that she knocked them all out in one take. Long time collaborator and producer Leon Michels keeps the musical backing restrained and expertly executed, setting up Lady Wray for the full spotlight and setting the tone for the rest of the album.

While the upbeat energies of “Under The Sun” and “Through It All” are sure to become hits that reconnect Lady Wray with her 90s R&B fanbase, “Where Were You” offers a behind the scenes look at what those days of stardom in her youth were really like. Nicole takes on the racial tension in America with her poetic and powerful “Beauty In The Fire” and leans heavy into her faith and church upbringing on the showstopper, “Thank You”. She gushes about the profound love she’s come to know for her daughter on “Melody” and celebrates life’s ups and downs on “Joy & Pain”. In 2021 it is rare to hear a varied yet cohesive album with no “skippers”, but that is what you have here in spades. The tried and true chemistry between Lady Wray and Leon Michels has undeniably found a higher level and this album stands as a testament to conviction and dedication for all of us to enjoy and be inspired by.

With this in mind, when talking about this record, for Lady Wray, it's about a larger purpose. "My goal is always to help and to heal people with singing," she explains. "Part of that is to try and bring back real music, real singing, so people can feel something again." Now, she's not dissing anyone here, to be clear. It's just that Lady Wray cannot sing without tapping into something deeper, searching for that shared compassion between all of us. Perhaps it comes from her church upbringing, or maybe from her years of trials and tribulations in the music industry. Either way, Lady Wray is looking to bring that "Good Sound" back and the good feelings that come with it. She calls it "those inner hands," and she always means to stir them up, grabbing your attention from within.

With past albums like the Lady project and Queen Alone, it's hard to not acknowledge that Lady Wray plus Leon Michels production equals magic. But this magic is also coming from the fact that Lady Wray is now squarely herself, calling her shots, and singing to help heal first—everything else is secondary. "It's a beautiful thing I've always wanted in my career, and now I have it," Lady Wray says. "They encourage me to be me all day long." This is Lady Wray at her finest, and she's giving us all a piece of where she's at these days.

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Zeca Do Trombone

Rota-Mar Feat. Azymuth

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mainly known to DJs for the funk groover "Te Queria", Rota-Mar is the first solo album by the charismatic Zéca do Trombone. During a vertiginous career which started in the late 60s, Zéca was a permanent member of Wilson Simonal's band, toured with Luiz Eça's Sagrada Família (alongside Joyce, Naná Vasconcelos, Nelson Angelo and others), recorded the seminal Brazilian funk "Coluna do Meio" for his joint effort with Roberto Sax, and played and recorded for some of the big names of Brazilian music such as Tim Maia or Martinho da Vila. Particularly for samba artists such as Alcione, Leci Brandão or Moreira da Silva, Zéca do Trombone was the trombonist of choice.

Rota-Mar displays the work of an established musician who has nothing to prove. Impregnated with Zéca's characteristic voice, the songs draw inspiration from the sea, love and bohemian life, and let us all dream of what life in Rio the Janeiro was during that time. "Te Queria", penned by Zéca's childhood friend Elízio de Búzios (known for his highly collectable funk/boogie single "Tamanqueiro") is the obvious highlight, although we believe the real beauty of the album lies in the relaxed sea-side groove and MPB in the rest of the songs, including Zéca's superb take on Martinho da Vila's "Manteiga de Garrafa".

As bonus tracks to this reissue, we include both sides from Zéca's rare 1977 single, featuring the allmighty trio Azymuth.

Comes with an 8-page booklet with bilingual (Portuguese / English) liner notes by Brazilian journalist Marcelo Pinheiro and previously unpublished pictures from the artist's archive.

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Gregory Porter

Still Rising E.P.

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wisdom Teeth)

Tristan Arp

Sculpturegardening

Next Week Revolution N.W.R.

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Uk Label Wisdom Teeth Returns With Its Third Long-Form Offering - Sculpturegardening: A New Lp By Mexico City-Based Artist And Producer, Tristan Arp. Incorporating Elements Of Ambient, Glitch, Microhouse And Downtempo, It's An Otherworldly Record Populated By Knotty Modular Textures, Blossoming Floral Melodies, Tight Pointillist Rhythms And Glossy Acoustic Instrumentation. The Record Was Born From A Process Of "Collaborating With Machines": Using Modular Synthesisers To Generate Probabilistic Melodies And Rhythms, With The Artist Taking On The Role Of Sculptor And Curator. Throughout, The Boundaries Between The Organic And Digital Are Playfully Blurred: We Hear Synthesisers Played By Guitars; Emotive And Distinctly Human Melodies Generated By Modular Circuits; Digital Percussion Drummed By Hand; And Live Cello Processed With A Digital Finish. The Results Sometimes Recall Roman Flügel At His Most Colourful, Or Benge's Meandering Synth Workouts, And Even At Times Echo The Dubbed-Out Cello Experiments Of Arthur Russell. But Really Sculpturegardening Occupies A Sonic World Of Its Own, Born From A Unique Web Of Happy Accidents And Incidental Arrangements. The Record's Bright Colours And Subtle Rhythms Make It A Fitting Follow-Up To K-Lone's 2020 Lp Cape Cira And Facta's 2021 Lp Blush, And Place It Neatly Alongside The Work Of Label Mates Duckett, Benoit B, Steevio And Iglew. "With Sculpturegardening, My Concept Was To Approach Music Like Gardening. I Collaborated With Machines Inspired By The Way A Gardener Collaborates With The Earth. A Gardener Creates The Conditions For The Plants To Come To Life And Develop On Their Own. In A Similar Way, I Created A Set Of Conditions And Probabilities For The Music To Make Itself. Who Is Making The Music Here? "A Sculpture Garden To Me Can Be A Really Beautiful Environment Of Balance Between Randomness And Order--Between Nature And Human Interaction. Things That Are Either Extremely Organized Or Completely Random Tend To Not Resonate With Us. On The Other Hand, Someth...

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Next Week Revolution

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Improved Sequence)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Legere)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another Product Of The Incredible Fertile Roma Est Scene, Directly From The Gutter Of Pescheria, The Open Laboratory-Collective That's Been Churning Out Quality 24/7. Next Week Revolution Is Gabor On Vox (Holiday Inn, Metro Crowd, Tropicantesimo), Gino Luigi On Bass (Hallelujah!) And Matteo Pozzi On Electronics (Cacao, Actionmen). Their Debut Is A 5 Track Manifesto Of Love, Utopia, Revolution And Freedom. Think Sleaze Electronics, Night Shifty Rhythms, Tropical Trance And Industrial Dub. Recorded And Produced By The Great Hugo Sanchez And Mastered By Federico Grella @ Dirty Sound Studio. Artwork By Giovanna.

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Carwyn Ellis / Rio 18

Yn Rio

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Our Swimmer)

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