Organic Grooves 1674 Items

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Essence Translucent Orange Vinyl Edition

Lucinda Williams

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Universal)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (ECM)

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Live

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Intimate Friends)

Reginald Omas Mamode IV

All Together

2LP | 2018 | DE | Original (ECM)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

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Nik Bärtsch's Ronin

Awase

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | US | Original (International Anthem)

Makaya McCraven

Highly Rare

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Highly Rare is a new mixtape produced and arranged by Makaya McCraven, featuring Junius Paul (bass), Nick Mazzarella (alto saxophone), and Ben Lamar Gay (cornet, diddley bow, voice). Recorded live to Tascam 424MKIII cassette four-track at the legendary Danny's Tavern in Chicago, Illinois.

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Vijay Iyer Sextet

Far From Over

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Issue No. 1 - Benga Music (A Signature Genre From Kenya)

FLEE

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (FLEE)

Disco Music (BTO Spider 45 Edit) / I Wanna Be Near You

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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6 rare and almost forgotten benga tracks from Kenya including edits by Nik Weston, Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Africaine 808!

Inculding a 16 page printed silkscreen magazine!

FLEE is a collective of dedicated afro-diggers, driven by the enthusiasm to find and preserve semi-forgotten genres. For their first release they focused on an old Kenyan music genre called “Benga”. The record will be completed by a printed silkscreen magazine retracing the history of the genre, which will feature original archive pictures, great authors from the region, such as Emmanuel Mwenda, as well as the writer and singer of the eclectic Kenyan Band, Yellow Light Machine, Ondiso Madete. This vinyl compiles six rare and for some unreleased benga tracks, edited by contemporary artists (Nik Weston aka Mukat, Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Africaine 808), with the aim of approaching this genre with an innovative perspective, transcending simple nostalgia.

Only 200 copies of this first issue!

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Sir Ted Ford

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Record Shack)

3LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Strut)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited whitelabel 7-inch deejay press of 50 copies only!

Rare UK only modern soul/boogie release recorded 1979 in Los Angeles with Fred Wesley providing the horn section perfectly de-guitarized by BTO Spider b/w in demand sensational smooth '77 modern/crossover groover!

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Sun Ra

Singles Volume 2

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Expansion)

Soul Togetherness 2015

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chris Potter Underground Orchestra

Imaginary Cities

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (ECM)

The Soul Surfers Featuring Myron And E

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A fascinating album by American sax player Chris Potter and his Underground Orchestra.

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You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) From My Love

7" | 2015 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Turquoise Blue Vinyl close to NM

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2LP | 2018 | FR | Original (Ouch!)

Zanzibara Volume 1

Release: 2018 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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Boogie On The Mainline A Collection Of Rare Disco, Funk And Boogie From Germany 1980-1987 Remastered Green And Yellow Vinly Edition

2LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (The Outer Edge)

LP | 2018 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited and definite repress of this classic German Boogie compilation from 2018 with a selection of 11 rare Disco tracks from Germany & Austria, all originally released between 1980 and 1987. Deluxe pressing on coloured vinyl, re-transferred and remastered by Frederic Stader. Includes additional bonus track.

Part of the 2018 release notes:
German Funk, Rare Groove and 1970s Disco music (e.g. the highly regarded Munich scene around Italian producer Giorgio Moroder) have been widely recognized and featured on numerous reissues and compilations. However, the Boogie-ish post-disco side of German music history until now has remained undiscovered. One of the reasons might be that a broader national scene in Germany (unlike the UK for example) never existed. Even though tracks by US bands such as Dazz or Midnight Star were popular in discotheks in Germany around that time, bigger labels showed little interest in promoting German groups playing this new style of Disco Funk, now primarily known as "Boogie", that brought in electronical instruments and often lacked the iconic "four-on-the-floor" beat. Additionally, the number of bands that continued to play funky and soulful music in the 1980s diminished as other styles like Synth Pop, Punk, New Wave and NDW (New German Wave) ascended in popularity. Still, though German Boogie may have never existed as a national movement, great things were happening rather locally and each group featured on our compilation brings with them a particularly unique style and story.

Now, finally, "Boogie on the Mainline" sheds some light on 11 little-known German Disco gems that were released on small or even private labels. The album contains tunes by Imagination, Squish, Upstairs, Bernie L., The Poptown Syndicate, Peter Patzer, Ca$h, Trust, Publicity as well as classic tracks by Ströer and John Davis. It was compiled by John Raincoatman aka DJ Scientist.

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Sun Ra

Janus

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Music From Memory)

In The Moment Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For their first multi-artist compilation, Music From Memory take us on a trip to the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Outro Tempo: Electronic and Contemporary Music From Brazil, 1978-1992 is a double LP that explores the outer reaches of Brazilian music, where indigenous rhythms mix with synthesizers and where MPB mingles with drum computers. As Brazil faced the last years of its military dictatorship and transition to democracy, a generation of forward-thinking musicians developed an alternative vision of Brazilian music and culture. They embraced traditionally shunned electronic production methods and infused their music with elements of ambient, jazz-fusion, and minimalism. At the same time they referenced the musical forms and spirituality of indigenous tribes from the Amazon. The music they produced was a complex and mesmerising tapestry that vividly evoked Brazilian landscapes and simultaneously reached out to the world beyond its borders.

The product of extensive research, this compilation is a unique introduction to this visionary music and features many fresh discoveries in a country well trodden by record diggers. It gathers tracks from obscure albums that have for too long been neglected by even the most avid collectors of Brazilian music. It includes now highly sought after music by Andréa Daltro, Maria Rita, and Fernando Falcão, as well as unknown gems like those of Cinema, Carlinhos Santos, and Anno Luz. This is an essential release that reveals a broader spectrum of Brazilian music, striking a unique sonic signature that is full of innovation, experimentation, and beauty.

Compiled by John Gómez and featuring extensive liner notes, Outro Tempo showcases this overlooked corner in Brazil’s rich music history for the first time.

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Makaya McCraven

2LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (International Anthem)

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

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reissue of Makaya McCraven"s modern classic, International Anthem debut "In The Moment" (2015) One venue, 28 shows and 48 hours of live, improvised music. These are the ingredients for Chicago-based drumme Makaya McCraven"s album In the Moment. However, McCraven, as the producer he also is, has not just thrown some random sounds together. Instead, he has carefully culled, cut and remixed the music into a coherent whole and 19 complex and catchy compositions emerge from his hands.

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Vijay Iyer Sextet

Far From Over

Release: 2017 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Brownswood)

Joe Armon-Jones

Starting Today

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Mexican Summer)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

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Connan Mockasin

Jassbusters

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Sarah Vaughan

The Very Best Of

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Thrill Jockey)

Sidi Toure

Toubalbero

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lets Get It On Live Red Vinyl Edition

Marvin Gaye

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love's Theme: Best Of The 20th Century Singles

Barry White

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Island)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Undercover Mixtape Black Vinyl Edition Edition

Orgone

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

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

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Orgone takes on 13 funk and soul classics! Otis Redding, Funkadelic, The Meters, Aretha Franklin, Betty Wright, and Booker T are just a few of the artists Orgone cover on this mixtape collection with some help from friends as well! Expertly recorded and performed, you could make an argument for some of these being better than the originals, but we'll suffice it to say that it's a simply killer set from beginning to end!

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Buddy Guy

Blues Singer

World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Alice Coltrane

2LP | 2017 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s devotion to spirituality was the central purpose of the final four decades of her life, an often-overlooked awakening that largely took shape during her four-year marriage to John Coltrane and after his 1967 death. By 1983, Alice had established the 48-acre Sai Anantam Ashram outside of Los Angeles. She quietly began recording music from the ashram, releasing it within her spiritual community in the form of private press cassette tapes. On May 5, Luaka Bop will release the first-ever compilation of recordings from this period, making these songs available to the wider public for the first time. Entitled ‘World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda,’ the release is the first installment in a planned series of spiritual music from around the globe; curated, compiled and distributed by Luaka Bop.
This powerful, largely unheard body of work finds Alice singing for the first time in her recorded catalog, which dates back to 1963 and includes appearances on six John Coltrane albums, alongside Charlie Haden and McCoy Tyner, and 14 albums as bandleader starting with her Impulse! debut in 1967 with ‘A Monastic Trio.’ The songs featured on the Luaka Bop release have been culled from the four cassettes that Alice recorded and released between 1982 and 1995: ‘Turiya Sings,’ ‘Divine Songs,’ ‘Infinite Chants,’ and ‘Glorious Chants.’ The digital, cassette and CD release will feature eight songs. The double-vinyl edition features two additional songs, “Krishna Japaye” from 1990’s ‘Infinite Chants, and the previously unreleased “Rama Katha” from a separate ‘Turiya Sings’ recording session.
Luaka Bop teamed with Alice’s children to find the original master tapes in the Coltrane archive. The recordings were prepared for re-mastering by the legendary engineer Baker Bigsby (Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, John Coltrane), who had overseen the original sessions in the 80s and 90s. The compilation showcases a diverse array of recordings in addition to Alice’s first vocal work: solo performances on her harp, small ensembles, and a 24-piece vocal choir. The release is dotted with eastern percussion, synthesizers, organs and strings, making for a mesmerizing, even otherworldly, listen. Alice was inspired by Vedic devotional songs from India and Nepal, adding her own music sensibility to the mix with original melodies and sophisticated song structures. She never lost her ability to draw from the bebop, blues and old-time spirituals of her Detroit youth, fusing a Western upbringing with Eastern classicism. In all, these recordings amount to a largely untold chapter in the life story of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda.
In addition to the recordings, GRAMMY-winning music historian Ashley Kahn has written extensive liner notes on the collection. The package also includes a series of interviews with those who knew Alice best, conducted by Dublab’s Mark “Frosty” McNeill, and an as-told-to interview between musician Surya Botofasina (who was raised on Alice’s ashram) and journalist Andy Beta. 2017 marks what would have been Alice’s 80th year of life, as well as the 10th anniversary of her passing. Alice will be celebrated at events throughout the United States, Europe and South America in the coming year. With this in mind, the time is right to bring this meaningful piece of Turiyasangitananda’s legacy into focus.

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Music That Inspired Buena Vista Social Club

2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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That Cat Was Clean! The Mod Side Of Jazz

2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Can't Get Enough Limited Edition

Barry White

LP | 2018 | Reissue (Island)

Release: 2018 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz IS Back In Grand Rapids

Louis Armstrong

2LP | 2017 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thought Gang Cloudy Clear Vinyl Edition

Thought Gang

LP+7" | 2018 | US | Reissue (Sacred Bones)

LP | 2015 | DE | Reissue (Steyrer Disco)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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- Legendary early '90s experimental jazz recordings by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti.- Music has appeared in pieces in Lynch's film and TV work but never seen the light of day as a proper release.By the time Twin Peaks' second season had air...

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Videoclips

Deutsche Amouren

Release: 2015 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Chat Chapeau Nouveau)

Deladap

Rejazzed-Bring It On

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soul Drums Deluxe Edition

Bernard Purdie

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Nature Sounds)

33,29 €* 36,99 € -10%

Nai Palm of Hiatus Kaiyote

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bernard Purdie is one of the most well known drummers of all time, and probably the most recorded in history. From his early days as a session player, Purdie rose to become Aretha Franklin’s musical director, did overdubs for The Beatles, and recorded with the likes of Steely Dan, Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oats, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, and James Brown, to name a few. In 1967 he entered a studio with several friends to cut his first solo album, “Soul Drums”. The album was critically acclaimed upon its initial release, only to reach mythical proportions once being rediscovered by DJs and hip-hop producers years later, when it became one of the most sought-after drum LPs among vinyl collectors. “Soul Drums” is now available on vinyl for the first time in years, along with an entire bonus LP comprising Purdie’s long-lost follow-up LP “Alexander’s Rag Time Band”, which was never given a proper release. This deluxe gatefold re-issue also includes liner notes taken from a recent interview with Purdie, plus rare photos from the late 1960s.

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Needle Paw Pink-Splatter Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2017 | UK | Reissue (Brainfeeder)

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Antiphon Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2023 re-issue of Nai Palm (of Hiatus Kaiyote)’s debut solo album.

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Alfa Mist

2LP | 2018 | UK | Reissue (Sekito)

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2018 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Fifth pressing, this time via Sekito.

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George Duke

The Inner Source

V2.0 Special Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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GoGo Penguin

2LP | 2018 | UK | Reissue (Gondwana)

Release: 2018 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rerelease with three extra killer tracks from the original album sessions!

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Fortuna)

Hafla!

Jesse Sharps Quintet & P.A.P.A.

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Fortuna-selected compilation for Tel-Aviv restaurant "The Brothers". Only available locally except for a few limited export copies. Fortuna describe this compilation as "A set of ten killer tunes we licensed especially for the restaurant. One-off tracks from the golden Jaffa, dancefloor certified bangers, and all-time personal favorites!"

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Sharps And Flats

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Outernational Sounds)

Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album Deluxe Edition

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Issued on vinyl for the first time, Outernational Sounds proudly presents a monumental spirit music document from the Los Angeles underground – Jesse Sharp’s slept-on deep jazz classic Sharps And Flats.

“He became the Ark leader…he was hardcore. They’d all be quiet and listen to him when he talked.”
Horace Tapscott, on Jesse Sharps

You could be forgiven for not knowing how important saxophonist, bandleader and composer Jesse Sharps is. After all, the only album to come out under his name, Sharps And Flats, was recorded in 1985, and wasn’t issued on CD until 2004.

But despite this seemingly small recorded footprint, Jesse Sharps is a major figure in the history of jazz music in Los Angeles. As the bandleader for Horace Tapscott’s Pan-Afrikan People’s Arkestra (P.A.P.A.) – the Marshall Allen to Tapscott’s Sun Ra – he led Tapscott’s seminal music community through its most cohesive phase. And, after a hiatus living in Europe, his return to Los Angeles in the 2000s saw him build a new group, The Gathering, which linked original heads including acclaimed singer Dwight Trible and legendary trombonist Phil Ranelin with a new generation of LA jazz voices, including none other than Kamasi Washington. Sharps has been around, and he’s made an indelible mark.

Born in Los Angeles in 1953, Jesse Sharps spent his childhood in Watts. He first encountered the visionary pianist Horace Tapscott when he was still at high school – the Arkestra were performing on 103rd Street, and when Sharps heard them he knew what his future would be. Tapscott soon invited the young Sharps to rehearsals, where he played baritone. At college, Sharps studied under Cecil Taylor. When he came back to LA he rejoined the Arkestra on flute and reeds, and eventually took over band-leading duties from the great altoist Arthur Blythe. Trusted completely by Tapscott, as bandleader Sharps turned the Arkestra into a well-drilled unit. This was the time of the classic P.A.P.A. recordings Flight 17, Live at I.U.C.C, and The Call, and Sharps also wrote for the band. The funky, deep spirituality of compositions like ‘Desert Fairy Princess’, ‘Macramé’ and ‘Peyote Song III’ has made his tunes among most celebrated in the whole P.A.P.A. catalogue.

Sharps And Flats was recorded in 1985 for Tom Albach’s legendary Nimbus West imprint, a label Albach had founded specifically to document the work of Horace Tapscott and his circle. Featuring a quintet of P.A.P.A. regulars at the height of their game, Sharps And Flats is one of the great lost Nimbus sessions – it lay unissued until 2004, and never saw a vinyl press.

In line with the original Nimbus CD release, this edition of Sharps And Flats includes ‘McKowsky’s First Fifth’, a stunning 16 minute bonus cut by the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra featuring Horace Tapscott, recorded in 1979. A lost classic of the LA underground, on wax at last!

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John Coltrane

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Impulse)

Nicola Conte & Sprititual Galaxy

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album is a studio album recorded by saxophonist John Coltrane for Impulse! Records that was first released in 2018. The recordings were made in 1963 during Coltrane's Classic Quartet period and were lost for decades.

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Let Your Light Shine On

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

GoGo Penguin

v2.0 Special Edition

3LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Westbound)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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To celebrate the inclusion of v2.0 as a Barclaycard Mercury Prize album of the year, GoGo Penguin are releasing a deluxe digital edition of v2.0 with three killer tracks from the original album sessions! Released here for the first time is the incessant 'Break' featuring a killer groove that offers a not to the one and only Squarepusher, 'Wash', a haunting slice of the band at their most ambient and the wonderful 'In Amber', the first track that the band wrote completely together. The title of which was inspired by a book by Kurt Vonnegut where he describes us all as 'trapped in the amber of the moment' in reference to time happening all at once rather than in a linear fashion.
GoGo Penguin's skittering break-beats, telepathic interplay and a penchant for anthemic melody all contribute to a sound that's wholly their own. Pianist Chris Illingworth's yearning classical influenced melodies are filtered through the dance music energy of bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner. Their instrumentation might be the archetypal piano trio but while the melodic, harmonic and structural ideas are influenced by both classical and jazz the rhythms are drawn from left field electronica and it's this meeting of opposites that makes their unique acoustic-electronica sound so exciting and creates such an interesting and emotionally rich palate for the listener - as drawing on a heady brew of influences from Brian Eno, John Cage and Squarepusher to Manchester's grey rain-streaked urban streets they create a brave new sound all their own.

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Funkadelic

Reworked By Detroiters

Down On Deptford Broadway

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Funkadelic were the most influential group to emerge from Detroit in the 1970s. Their early albums have cast a long shadow over everything that came afterwards in the city. It was music that understood the past but was firmly aiming towards the future and mixed soul, funk and rock into an almost unimaginable stew. Albums such as “Maggot Brain”, “Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow” and “Cosmic Slop” are regularly featured in all-time greatest lists.

From the techno pioneered by the likes of Carl Craig and Underground Resistance, to the garage rock revival spearheaded by the White Stripes and the Dirtbombs, all have paid homage to the Parliafunkadelicment Thang. This album is a tribute from some of the most important recording artists currently working in the city to these most influential of forefathers. The very finest talent now active in Detroit appear on the record, being given free rein to work on the multi-track tapes, to rework in any way they see fit. We have full-on remixes, futuristic creations using the original track as an inspiration, disco-fied re-edits and skeletal dubs.

Spearheaded by Brendan Gillen of Interdimensional Transmissions, the set features names working across the musical spectrum. There is an appearance by those most mysterious of techno pioneers Underground Resistance, and by Kenny Dixon Jr and his alter-ego Moodymann. The Dirtbombs throw down a frenetic take on ‘Super Stupid’, whilst disco re-edit expert Gaye Marvine adds his magic to ‘Undisco Kidd’. Other contributors include Funkadelic alumni Amp Fiddler, Marcellus Pittman and Anthony Shake Shakir.

This is a worthy celebration by New Detroit of its most twisted and illustrious forebears.

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Skinny Lister

LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Xtra Mile)

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Polysom)

Roberta Campos

Todo Caminho É Sorte

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Earmusic)

Al Di Meola

Opus

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Craft)

The Christmas Collection

Presenting... The Ad Libs Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Schwarzer Freitag Record Store Day 2018! Only 1 per customer!

Another friday dedicated to the black gold!

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The Ad Libs

LP | 2018 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Schwarzer Freitag Record Store Day 2018! Only 1 per customer!

Another friday dedicated to the black gold!

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Nicola Conte presents Cosmic Forest - The Spiritual Sounds Of MPS

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Nonesuch)

Joshua Redman

Still Dreaming

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Tigran Hamsyan

An Ancient Observer

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An Australian Jazz Anthology

Alan Lee

LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Jazzman)

LP | 2018 | CH | Reissue (We Release Jazz)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There are few Australian originals in jazz, though vibraphonist AlanLee surely ranks alongside the best. Australian jazz is and always will be an interpretation of the American art form, but throughout his long career Leehas ploughed his furrow undaunted, 'What I want is the fire! Whether it's John Coltrane's Blues Minor from Africa Brass or Backwater Blues by Leadbelly, I want the emotion, the gut wrenching pain, the cry from within!

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Ryo Fukui

Mellow Dream

2LP | 2017 | US | Original (Herb Alpert Presents)

Release: 2018 / CH – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Herb Alpert

Christmas Wish

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | RU | Reissue (Soviet Grail)

Gunesh

Вижу Землю = I See Earth

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Earmusic Classics)

Release: 2018 / RU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Near Mint

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs, closer to VG+. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Etta James

Live At Montreux 75-93

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jazz Keller Frankfurt Live

Oliver Leicht

LP | 2018 | Original

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Cente

Wynton Septet Marsalis

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Blue Engine)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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El Perro Grande White Marbled

Edi Nulz

LP | 2018 | Original (Boomslang)

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

Loving On The Flipside

Gerhard Heinz, Orchester Michel Dupont

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We at Now-Again unearthed so much information about the bands that recorded the definitive disco and modern soul contained in our Soul Cal anthology that we decided we had no choice but to release this album at the same time. With that, Loving On The Flip Side was concieved. Loving On The Flip Side offers the enthused a chance to listen to and reflect on another great burst of black American creativity: the creation of the sublime genre we like to call "sweet funk." It seems laughable to skip past Thomas East’s "Slipping Around" 7' for the cheesy funk of "Just A Trip," or to listen obsessively to Lou Ragland’s instrumental funk on the Hot Chocolate LP and ignore his indolent-yet-stirring "We Had True Love." Yet we did just that, until we first heard the Darling Dears and Funky Heavy’s beautiful two-sider. This was the record that set Loving On The Flip Side in motion, as the Darling Dears and Funky Heavy’s two songs precipitated the sweet funk genre: the dichotomy of Funky Heavy’s skull snapping rhythm section and the teenage Dears’ angelic harmonies didn’t sound like anything we’d heard before. That discovery set off a decade long search for the band and culminated in their discovery, the documenting of their stories, the emergence of their master tapes and the inclusion of their songs on Loving On The Flip Side. The excitement we felt while listening to the Darling Dears and Funky Heavy’s masterworks forced us back into the field, in search of other sweet funk swooners and beat-heavy ballads to round out this anthology. The opportunity to present anew such wondrous soul music made the exhaustive process that produced Loving On The Flip Side worthwhile, and allowed us to collect one-offs that escaped prior investigations into the deep funk and sweet soul genres.

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Jess Franco's Bloody Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

3LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Director's Cut)

32,19 €* 45,99 € -30%

LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Ndeya)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

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

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Near Mint

Red Vinyl. Side 3 has a deeper scratch, the other sides are between VG+ and NM

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Jon Hassell

Listening To Pictures

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mario Biondi And The High Five Quintet

Handful of Soul Transparent Blue Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Schema)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | UK | Reissue (Hive Mind)

Maalem Mahmoud Gania

Colours Of The Night

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Repertoire)

Release: 2018 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2023 Repress.
Hive Mind Records are proud to present the 2023 repress of Colours of the Night, the final studio recordings of deep, hypnotic Gnawa trance music from the late, great Maalem Mahmoud Gania.

The landmark recordings saw their first release outside of Morocco in September 2017 as a double LP through Hive Mind Records, however the album soon sold out and has since been commanding high prices on the collectors market. We are delighted to once again work with the Gania family to bring you this repress. Colours of the Night is his first solo recording to receive a vinyl release.

Maalem Mahmoud Gania was one of Morocco's most famous Gnawa musicians. Gnawa is a musical and spiritual tradition originating in sub-Saharan Africa that has survived as a subculture within Moroccan society for centuries. The roots of the blues can be heard in its hypnotic rhythms.

Born in 1951 and brought up in the coastal city of Essaouira, Mahmoud was raised in one of the country's great Gnawa families. A well-respected singer and master guimbri player renowned for his command of the Gnawa songbook, he became one of Morocco's most prolific recording musicians. From the 1970s until his death in 2015 he released numerous albums for a variety of local labels including Tichkaphone, La Voix El Maaraf and Sonya Disques, as well as recording with Western musicians such as Pharoah Sanders, Peter Brotzmann, and most recently James Holden and Floating Points. The original recordings have been remastered for vinyl by Julian Tardo at Church Road Studios, and the sleeve features the beautiful portrait photography of Nicolas Diop.'

Players:
Maalem Mahmoud Gania: guimbri & lead vocal
Chorus and qraqebs: Karima El Filali, Asmae Hamzaoui, Chaimae Lofti, Hamza Gania, Ahmed Elbnoua, Mehdi Mnouer, Abdellah Malibo and Soufiane Aghmam.

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Giorgio Moroder

Best Of Electronic Disco

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Island)

Ben Howard

Noonday Dream

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be

Sun Ra

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Cosmic Myth)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art In The Age Of Automation

Portico Quartet

2LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Not Now)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mercury Prize-nominated Portico Quartet has always been an impossible band to pin down. Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, the group created their own singular, cinematic sound over the course of three studio albums, from their 2007 breakthrough 'Knee-Deep in the North Sea', and 2010 John Leckie produced 'Isla', to the self titled record 'Portico Quartet' in 2012. Now rebooted as Portico Quartet after a brief spell as the three-piece Portico, the group are set to release their fourth studio album Art In The Age Of Automation this August on Manchester's forward thinking indy jazz and electronica label Gondwana Records. It's an eagerly anticipated return, with the band teasing both a return to their mesmeric signature sound and fresh new sonic departures in their new music. So much so that their four-night run at Archspace E8 (June 22-25) sold out in less than an hour as fans from around the world scrambled for tickets to hear the return of Portico Quartet. Support from Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum and similar minded DJs around the world. Airplay from TSF France.Features in Jazzism, Jazzthing, Jazzwise and beyond. Reviews in the Guardian, Mojo, Uncutand more. Full servcing to the Gondwana Records international DJ and radio mailing list.

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Edith Piaf

Je Ne Regrette Rien

LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Piaf is a legend who lived a life straight from a Hollywood movie, enduring hardships and acclaim in equal measure, her music is testament to a spectacular life. Never has an artist embodied the material they performed as much as Edith Piaf; enjoy her legacy in this definitive 2LP set.

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Kat Edmonson

The Big Picture

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fela Soul Purple Vinyl Edition

Fela Kuti Vs. De La Soul

LP | 2015 | US (Fela Soul)

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Real Gone Music)

Release: 2015 / US

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The classic is back! Limited edition for Record Store Day 2015! Gummy Soul's Amerigo Gazaway mashes up Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti with acapellas from De La Soul to killer effect! A fantasic journey into the "world of afrobeat rhythms, funky horn riffs & classic hip-hop gems". Bonus track added, now on colored vinyl in a full color picture sleeve!

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George Scott

Find Someone To Love

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Texas Worried Blues 1927-1929

Henry Thomas

3LP | 2018 | US | Original (Yazoo)

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (INA)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the earliest blues performers of the pre-war era, and an offspring of a family of freed slaves, Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas was one of the most influential, but also one of the most enigmatic practitioners of the blues genre. Much of Thomas' life was un-chronicled by historians (The exact date of his death is still a point of contention) except to say that much of his life he lived as a drifter, making his living by performing on street corners and for railway employees. Though his personal life is still shrouded in mystery, his music remains significant, so many decades later. Thomas stood out from his peers primarily by the way he strummed his guitar; as one would strum a banjo. His songs emphasized dance rhythm over complex picking, and often utilized instruments unorthodox to blues music, such as the Deep South folk instrument the quills. This sound proved to be instrumental in the development of the Texas blues sound, and would be his trademark across the 24 sides that he recorded for Vocalion Records, of which only 23 would be released commercially.

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Dalida

Premières Scènes - Live

Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition 180gram vinyl edition!
Only one copy per customer!

From the Olympia stage at the end of 1961 to the Discoparade show in the beginning of 1962, the Radio recorded Dalida’s first public recitals. These yet unreleased live versions captured Dalida’s vitality and musical energy during her very first debuts performing on stage.

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Into Forever

LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Over the course of five albums, Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader Matthew Halsall has carved out a niche for himself on the UK music scene as one of it's brightest talents. His languid, soulful music has won friends from Jamie Cullum and Gilles Peterson to Jazz FM and Mojo as well as an ever-growing international following. His new album Into Forever, puts the spotlight on Halsall the composer, arranger and producer. Halsall draws on a diverse range of influences from Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby, Phil Cohran and Leon Thomas to the more contemporary sounds of The Cinematic Orchestra, Max Richter and Nils Frahm to deliver his most complete recording to date. Into Forever features renowned Manchester based soul poet Josephine Oniyama and rising star vocalist Bryony Jarman-Pinto (Werkha) as well as regular collaborators, flautist Lisa Mallett, harpist Rachael Gladwin, koto player Keiko Kitamura, pianist Taz Modi, bassist Gavin Barras and drummer Luke Flowers (The Cinematic Orchestra) and two percussionists Sam Bell and Chris Cruiks. The result is arguably Halsall's finest record, asublime melding of stripped back soulful funk and deep, minimalist, spiritual jazz, that will take you on a journey deep into forever!

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Too Slow To Disco Volume 2

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (How Do You Are?)

Music 3 - Herb Alpert Reimagines The Tijuana Brass

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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16 relaxed tracks by Hall & Oates, Joe Vitale, Niteflyte, Eric Kaz & more fine people.

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Herb Alpert

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Herb Alpert Presents)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Feeding Tube)

Louise Bock

Repetitives In Ilocality

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Gearbox)

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"louise Bock is one of the performing names worn by Taralie Peterson of that most excellent duo, Spires That IN THE Sunset Rise. And the music on Repetitives in Illocality recalls a few aspects of Spires' recent live shows. It's akin to a dreamily aggressive take on the outer fringes of early ECM-style improvisation. A lovely hover between out-chamber-jazz, new music and the unknown tongue. Using cello, sax and treated lap harp, Louise Bock creates surfaces that are sometimes as chopped as ice sculptures made with a chainsaw, and at other moments as smooth as the soft expanse of Brian Eno's forehead. Those passages where the cello takes the lead are the most serious. Some passages, with their mournful sweep, almost sound like the slower parts of Kodály's 'Solo Cello Sonata.' The treated lap harp has resonance qualities not unlike a jaw harp at times, enabled to produce long tone lines, as well as to wobble like a jaw full of loose teeth. When Taralie's voice comes in, it can almost seem like Martin Rev is playing a solo on an old pushbutton phone while Judy Nylon blows clouds of aether into his wig. But the vocals combine with the sweet saw of cello in an entirely different way. Suggesting snippets of not-yet-discovered operettas about life elsewhere. Meanwhile, lap harp and sax appear to exist in a post-progressive universe where early '70s Gong may have actually had some serious moments. And this is some seriously amazing stuff -- solo, duos, trios and quartets drawn from the deep well of Louise Brock's imagination. Defy illocality. Come close and listen.”—Byron Coley, 2018 Edition of 300.

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Ana Silvera

Oracles

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rain Sultanov / Isfar Sarabski

Cycle Vinyl

LP | 2018 | Original

31,49 €* 41,99 € -25%

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Saigon Supersound Volume 2

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Saigon Supersound)

Witness Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Saigon Supersound Continues… to present more interesting tunes of a musical era that has long been obscured. With the well-received Volume 1, we are very delighted to dig deeper and share with you the beautiful music of a short but significant period in Vietnam‘s history.
Much like the country itself, the music of Vietnam has endured many twists. As the result of the Geneva Accords in 1954, Vietnam was divided into two. From the North, the Nationalist forces fought to reunite Vietnam as a Communist State, while the American troops backed the government of the South. This caused a mass migration of Northerners to the South, which includes many Tân Nhạc (Modern Music) singers and songwriters. Often characterized by its emotive, poetic and prolific personality, Tân Nhạc continued to freely develop in the South and progressively vacating from the influences of its main inspiration, French music. In the North, the Resistance music, or the so-called Nhạc Đỏ (Red Music), which promoted socialism, patriotism and anti-capitalism was the only genre allowed on national radio. Tân Nhạc was something new to the South Vietnamese repertoire. Between 1954–1960, the theme of hometown (quê hương) was a main inspiration for many songwriters such as Hoàng Thi Thơ, Lam Phương and Nguyễn Hữu Thiết. The 9th title of the compilation, “Thôn Trăng Mở Hội Trăng Tròn” showcases a variety of images that were often described in this genre: the harvest moon, playful children, old mother…
Every recording made in this era is then an organic combination of human experiences, communications and uniqueness. In 1965, the first American troop landed in Vietnam, bringing with them the musical influences of the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley… The Vietnamese people quickly integrated it into the repertoire with hope to further diversify the music of Vietnam. Constantly changing and learning from different cultures, the modern music of Vietnam cuts a window into the soul of a Vietnamese person and the country’s history as a whole. With that, we hope that Saigon Supersound Volume 2 would take you on a trip back to the unique atmosphere of Saigon through the many different palettes of music that this beautiful place offers.

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Benjamin Booker

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Rough Trade)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Saigon Supersound Volume 1

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Saigon Supersound)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What started as an idea 5 years ago now becomes reality with the release of SAIGON SUPERSOUND Vol.1, compiled by Jan Hagenkötter. A compilation about the story of a musical era in Vietnam that was almost lost, made of tracks from 1965 to 1975, the so-called “Golden Music” period in the south of Vietnam, where – under difficult circumstances – a lively pop culture had developed. This period is characterized by the fusion of Vietnamese music with western pop music. The compilation includes some tunes reissued for the very first time since they´ve been released originally. With the release of Saigon Supersound Vol. 1 on double gatefold vinyl and cd in May 2017 the story of this nearly unknown music will be reissued.
Jan Hagenkötter a music-lover and DJ who is also the mind behind the renowned music publishing company and record label INFRACom!, relocated to Saigon in 2012. In co-operation with the Vietnam based dOSe crew, Jan organized parties and shows, inviting guest and friends like DJ Spinna, Jazzanova, Alice Russell and many other artists. During this year as he was spinning tunes in Saigon and other parts of South East Asia the idea for this project was born. In 2013 Jan returned to Germany but has been swinging back and forth between Saigon and Frankfurt ever since.
In the following years he began to research and collect more seriously. He bought vinyl singles from around the world, often several copies of the same release, just to restore or rather “rebuild” one good recording from several sources. With the help of friends based in Saigon, he was able to navigate an almost impenetrable jungle of music websites. Thanks to invaluable support and translation assistance from Vietnamese friends, he came into contact with several collectors. The best recordings from this treasure hunt were then retouched, refined and remastered in the studio for this release.
Besides this amazing project, Vietnamese producers like Maqman from Saigon, DJ Yellow from Paris and others who also share roots in Vietnam have already started to work on edits and re-works of songs featured on Saigon Supersound Vol. 1. These will be released in a next step....the mission is not completed....it just started!

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Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Numero Group)