Organic Grooves 1525 Items

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

WDR Big Band Cologne

Metro Big Band Boom

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Live At The Opernhaus, Cologne 1969

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rena Scott

Driftin On A Dream

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Regime

Never Going To Stop

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Want To Be In Love / Tell Your Boyfriend

Rushing

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sublime, Unreleased Real Soul Alert!

Rushing - I Want TO BE IN Love / Tell Your Boyfriend

JAM City (Chicago, Usa) & Izipho Soul Records (Surrey, UK) collaborate to bring you one of the finest discoveries of the year, tracked down and first played on Starpoint Radio’s Soul Sermon Show. Blown away on first listen, we knew what we had to do and quickly got to work with producer and writer Al Wordlaw. Back in the late 80s, the singer simply known as ‘Rushing’ was a local sensation, performing to sold out crowds whenever he was booked for Chicagoland performances; no surprise when you hear these incredible vocals!

Both songs were recorded in 1987, but never released. Thankfully the original reels were kept and have been restored, transferred and mastered for a vinyl release thirty three years later!

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Louis Prima

Just A Gigolo

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Peggy Lee

Fever

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ronn Colbert / Ronn & Selah

Just One Kiss Away / Tell Me What I Wanna Hear

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Can't Stop The Rain / Questions

David Ruffin

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exercise My Love / I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky Fashion Remix

Ripple 2.20

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2020 | US | Original (Fantazy)

Beatfanatic

Ewf & Mj Reworks

You Girl / Kiss A Good Thing Goodbye

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The prolific Swede is at it again with two tasty remixes. "fantasy" by Earth, Wind & Fire gets remixed on the A-side while on the flip Michael JACKSON's classic ballad "human Nature" gets tweaked and reworked. Limited hand stamped white label.

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Wendell Watts

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

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

Sven Wunder

Magnolia / Lotus

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mr Bongo presents a new and exciting collaborative project with Swedish label Piano Piano Records. Hearing the Swedish outfit Sven Wunder for the first time is as refreshing as an ice-cold Limoncello after an Italian meal. One of those bands that feel instantly familiar like an old friend, yet simultaneously fresh and new. Straight away we fell in love with their sound and knew we had to work with them. The Sven Wunder 'Wabi Sabi' 7" is the second collaborative release between Mr Bongo and Piano Piano Records. 'Wabi Sabi' is Sven Wunder’s follow up to the already contemporary cult-classic album 'Doğu Çiçekleri (Eastern Flowers) from 2019. Not one to be complacent and recreate a carbon copy of their previous works, Sven Wunder switched from the psychedelic-Turkish-funk sounds of 'Doğu Çiçekleri' to the Japanese inspired ethereal funk of 'Wabi Sabi'. We have selected the tracks ‘Hanami’ and ‘Shinrinyoko’ for this collector’s edition 7’. Japanese artists such as Hozan Yamamoto, Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, spring to mind, but also David Axelrod and Dorothy Ashby on the beautiful string-led 'Hanami' with it's laid-back funk breaks. 'Shinrinyoku' has a slightly more raw cinematic-funk sound, yet is cushioned with warm strings and tripped-out keys - pure, rare-library music vibes. We are delighted to be able to release these amazing tracks, cut at the Timmion Records Cutting Lab in Finland.

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Sven Wunder

Hanami / Shinrinyoku

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mark Johnson

Daydream

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lou Courtney & Lee Dorsey

Trying To Find My Woman / Give It Up

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Deptford Northern Soul Club)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Delreys Incorporated & Oscar Wright

Destination Unknown / Fell In Love

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Deptford Northern Soul Club)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Now You've Got The Upper Hand / You're Acting Kind Of Strange

Candi Staton & Chappells

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Deptford Northern Soul Club)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tape | 2020 | CA | Original (Inner Ocean)

David Lavoie Quartet

Juno

Linda Majika / Thoughts Visions & Dreams

Release: 2020 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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David Lavoie quartet plays thoughtfully composed jazz tunes which showcase Lavoie’s writing while studying jazz at Capilano University in North Vancouver. Featuring Brad Turner on keys, Miles Wong on drums, and Stephen Edwards on bass, the quartet swings and grooves like a machine. Taking cues from post bop and contemporary jazz, this quartet is bound in tradition while still remaining fresh and modern.

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

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

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Dutch Robinson

Can't Say Goodbye / Ego

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (The Sleepers Recordz)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We are elated to collaborate with cult soul man Dutch Robinson, one of the original lead singers of The Ohio Players, and known for the modern soul anthem ‘Can’t Get Along Without You’.
For this 7” single we present two scintillating songs from 2013: ‘Can’t Say Goodbye’ and ‘Ego’.
Dutch is blessed with an incredible five octave vocal range, and along with his songwriter/producer partner Aaron Hamblin, they create magical music overflowing with thought provoking lyrics and real instruments! Limited edition of 300

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Paradise Phantoms

Mirage

Key To My Heart / Soft Words

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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When one thinks about a "Mirage," the first thought that likely comes to mind is the illusion of a well-hydrated paradise in the middle of a hot, arid desert. If you could spin that illusion into a full-on fantasy, a 32-bit utopia with a neon soundtrack, you would have the Mirage presented to you by Marcos Miranda & Ivan Redondo, collectively known as Paradise Phantoms.
In musical form, Mirage is deceptively eclectic - A collection of pulsating dance cuts with a pastel glow, rooted in retro funk, but cleverly spiked with rock and streamlined with pop. The result is a project with equal appeal for classic boogie funk fiends and contemporary dance music enthusiasts alike - Mirage could hit hard in Ibiza, yet sounds like it was purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. Indeed, one of the album's standout cuts declares with no uncertainty that "Prince Was Right." Uptempo drum machine hits collide with icy FM synths and slick bass grooves as if the year was 1988. Yet, the dynamic arrangements and modern production values remind us that this is brand new music - The type that sounds as if its creators never forgot a childhood spent playing Sega Genesis in a room lined with NPG & Max Headroom posters.
Mirage is also available in a vinyl LP package perfectly suited to the aural treats within - A limited edition picture disc.

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Marc Staggers

Sorry If I Hurt You / Nothing Ever Changes

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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IZIPHO SOUL is extremely proud to present super smooth soul singer MARC STAGGERS.
KEY TO MY HEART is one of his best loved songs, now receiving the Tom Moulton mix treatment which elevates it to new heights and is rounded off beautifully with a Kirk Whalum sax solo! For the B Side the Staggers brothers Marc & Reginald delved deep into their musical archive and pulled out the never heard before jazzy soul winner SOFT WORDS.

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Aladean Kheroufi

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Kimberlite)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I'm New Here 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition

Gil Scott-Heron

2CD | 2020 | UK | Original (XL)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2020 | EU | Original (Record Kicks)

Calibro 35

Momentum

Tape | 2016 | US | Original (Voltaire)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Italian cult combo CALIBRO 35 release their highly anticipated 7th studio album “DECADE” on January 24th 2020. “Momentum” follows “DECADE” their previous studio album released in 2018 that has marked 10 years of Calibro 35 and it stands out as a new starting point for the project. In the last 10 years Calibro 35 have dug the golden age of soundtracks and they’ve been to the future with “S.P.A.C.E.”, “Momentum”, as the band stated: "represents a look at nowadays and a reflection about making music right in the time that we’re living”.
Inspired by the work of artists such as Tortoise, Jagajazzist, Dj Shadow, Budos Band, Stelvio Cipriani, Ennio Morricone, Sandro Brugnolini, White Noise, Comet is Coming, JPEGMafia and DJ Signify, compare to the previous Calibro 35’s full lengths on the 10 tracks that make up the new album band’s instruments and sounds have increased in number and complexity as the reality around has it too. The music palette is further extended by incorporating even more synths and electronic sounds, but keeping everything true and 100% real, with all the instruments played live and with no presets or programming. The two featurings on the album serve the cause as well. On the first single “Stan Lee” they’ve collaborated with rapper, producer and songwriter Illa J a former member of super group Slum Village and younger brother of the late legendary hip hop producer and rapper J Dilla. On “Black Moon”, the Milan combo provided the groove for London-based artist MEI. "If Decade was the sum of everything that the band had felt in the previous ten years" Calibro 35 says "Momentum is the prequel of what you will hear in the next ten".

To mark the new beginning and come full circle, the recordings took place under the expert hands of usual suspect Tommaso Colliva, in the same studio where Calibro released their self titled debut album twelve years ago.
Been sampled by Dr. Dre on his Compton album and Jay-Z, Love Child & Damon Albarn CALIBRO 35 enjoys a worldwide reputation as one of the coolest independent band around. During their ten years career they shared stages worldwide with the likes of Roy Ayers, Muse, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sharon Jones, Thundercat, Headhunters and as unique musicians they've collaborated with, amongst others PJ Harvey, Mike Patton, John Parish and Stewart Copeland and Nic Cester (The Jet). Described by Rolling Stone magazine's as "the most fascinating, retro-maniac and genuine thing, that happened to Italy in the last years", Calibro 35 now count on a number of aficionados worldwide which includes VIP’s fans such as Dj Food (Ninja Tune), Mr Scruff and Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin’ Criminals) among others.

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The Pendletons

Gotta Get Out

Clarence Reid / Vicki Anderson

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Pendletons is a long-standing boogie-funk and modern soul project of E da Boss and Trailer Limon. The "Gotta Get Out" EP highlights the hardships of life and love in modern society, via the smooth and bass heavy grooves of The Pendletons production squad.

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Doggone It / Sound Funky Instrumental

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Record Shack)

CD | 2016 | US | Original (Transistor Sound)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Driving Uptempo 1969 Funk Mover For The Dancefloor Available For The First Time On A Well-Mastered 7", Previously Only Avalable On LP b/w Classic Brownstone Label Instrumental Version! *LIMITED 'WHITELABEL' 7" DEEJAY PRESS, ONLY 50 COPIES MADE!*

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Monophonics

Playin & Simple

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eastern European Sounds (1970-1986)

LP | 2016 | UK | Original (If Music)

Charlie Musselwhite with Richard Bargel

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2016!

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Blues With A Feeling / Christo Redentor

10" | 2015 | EU | Original (Meyer)

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2015!

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James Brown

Please, please, please

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2016 | UK | Original (Be! Jazz)

Lars Lystedt

Fanfar!

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Do You Want To Sit On The Green?

Admiral

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wandering Eye)

Bollyweed Express / Practise Witchcraft

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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After five years from "Cash On The Line" Admiral returns with some hot served distillate of his sweet psychedelic bliss. Admiral takes us on an acid soaked journey through the many realms of consciousness offering a unique and alluring soundscape that defies traditional boundaries."Do You Want To Sit On The Green" sounds like library music coming from a parallel universe where the familiar and the surreal seamlessly blend to create a musical tapestry that is both nostalgic and avant-garde.

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Pascal & Baya Race

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Funk Night)

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Bobby Moore / Sweet Music

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited to 250 copies.

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(Call Me Your) Anything Man / I Get Lifted Record Store Day 2020 Edition

12" | 2020 | US | Original (Soul Brother)

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Ace Of Haze / Nature Identical Pleasure

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.
Limitation: 1000 copies.

Soul Brother Records present two rare Scepter / Wand disco classics on one limited edition 12” single for Record Store Day RSD 2020 Limited Edition 1,000 Copies. Bobby Moore was a singer, musician and bandleader from New Orleans. He worked as a writer and arranger from the 1960s to 1980s, (Call Me Your) Anything Man one of only a handful of solo 7” single releases. The 12” version has never been commercially released before, it’s prior existence in this format has only been on acetate. Sweet Music were the vocal trio who sang background vocals with KC and The Sunshine Band. Never before on 12”

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The Vicious Seeds

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Funk Night)

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Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2020 | UK | Original (Forever Living Originals)

Sault

Untitled (Rise)

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Unmask Whoever Translucent Glacial Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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The fourth album by Sault scored 97/100 at Metacritic and is the most beloved album at HHVs Supreme 100 of 2020 list, chosen by 150 journalists, musicians, label makers and record collectors. Currently repressed and soon back in stock.

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Activity

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Western Vinyl)

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2LP | 2016 | US | Original (Aaron Abernathy Music)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Activity are an avant four-piece featuring Travis Johnson, and drummer Steve Levine, both from the band Grooms, bassist Zoë Browne from Field Mouse, and guitarist Jess Rees from Russian Baths. Produced by engineer Jeff Berner of Psychic TV, their debut forms a casually menacing framework for lyrical themes of paranoia, exposed character flaws, and the broader human capacity for growth when an ugly truth is laid bare. Lead single "Calls Your Name," establishes the record's spectral aura with nauseated electronic bells, and a relentless Geoff Barrow-esque drum beat beneath a half-sung, half-spoken lyrics inspired by C.S. Lewis's 1945 novel The Great Divorce. In the novel, characters stuck in a grey, joyless conception of hell repeatedly deny opportunities to be taken into heaven, instead making excuses as to why they should remain in their embittered purgatory states. Allegorically, this speaks to the kind of opportunity for metamorphosis and positive change that's possible when the depths of disillusionment are reached, an idea which permeates much of the album. Despite recurrent aches of discontentment, each track glows with radiant waves of catharsis while elegantly evoking jubilation and anguish within the same breadth, showing that the two are always around the corner from one another.

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Aaron Abernathy

Monologue

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Freaky With You / Welcome To My World

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Here comes the highly anticipated album release from Aaron Abernathy featuring Black Milk, Deborah Bond, Nat Turner, Phonte (of Little Brother + The Foreign Exchange), Zo!

Aaron Abernathy, is a jazz pianist/soul singer and multi-talented entertainer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Abernathy comes from a long-line of historical pioneers including Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and student of the same high school music program as the late R&B great Gerald Levert.

He joined the ranks of artists like Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack as a graduate from the prestigious music program at Howard University, where he sharpened his piano playing and musicianship by majoring in jazz piano. With outstanding talents as both a pianist and a vocalist, he has acted as musical director for global touring acts Black Milk and Slum Village and collaborated with Grammy-nominated artists including Jack White, The Foreign Exchange, and Eric Roberson.

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Superior Elevation

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Family Groove)

Cowboys & Africans Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Previously Unreleased material recorded in 1979 at Allen Toussaint's legendary Sea-Saint Recording Studio in New Orleans, LA.

Freaky With You is a Six-and-a-half minute Psychedelic Disco Funk excursion taking you on a wild mojo trip with a four on the floor backbeat and extended conga breakdown peppered with some New Orleans Voodoo that reaches for the Bondye Celestial Heavens.

On the B-Side, Welcome To My World is a Modern Soul Steppers masterpiece. A version was also recorded by Joe Chopper for the Lanor Records label.

James Dumaine remembers the studio session well. After having oral surgery that morning, a grotesque, theatre of the absurd incident followed causing him to bleed onto the microphone as he was singing. That combined with the miscommunication with the audio engineer to watch the volume levels on his new synthesizer: The Engineer decided not to take heed to the warning… Half way into the recording all the band could see from the other side of the glass were heads frantically rushing to the mixing board. The synthesizer levels had caused the monitors in the control room to blow up. Superior Elevation wasn't invited back to record at Sea-Saint. 40 years later, with all that chaos, hoodoo and gris-gris enveloped into the magnetic tape, it magically survived the catastrophic 2005 floods during Hurricane Katrina and ended up in the hands of Mike Nishita along with many other Reel to Reel Tapes of Allen Toussaints' masters of The Meters albums he produced and recorded. It's available now, preserved with Family Groove Records.

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Cafolla

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Dusty Reel)

16,49 €* 29,99 € -45%

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The concept behind ‘Cowboys & Africans’ is that all humans originate from Africa (at one point in history) so as laymen, we are all ‘Africans’. The ‘Cowboys’ reference is to the people in positions of power, who take advantage of the everyday person (or those they have power over). The songs challenge how we see ourselves in today’s society. The message is quite simple – be proud of who you are, your friends, family and fellow humans. Stand up for what you believe in and have the con dence not to be bullied by peer pressure or general opinion

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Agnes Hvizdalek

Index

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Andreas Wildhagen

No Left No Right

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jinchuuriki

Kyuubi

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Filosofer

Landet Er Gitt Oss

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Nakama)

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Forms & Poses

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes

What Kinda Music

CD | 2016 | UK | Original (Gondwana)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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We are excited to present Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes’ “What Kinda Music” – an astonishing collaboration between two artists of very different disciplines, and one of the most unique and seamlessly original projects of its ilk to date.

Moving fluidly through sleek electronica, avant-garde jazz, vintage hip hop and so much more, Misch and Dayes take you on a journey that is by turns surprising and spontaneous, heady and head spinning, and nothing less than compelling – a singular vision which fuses the DNA of both musicians with spectacular results, as can be seen in the title track, which comes backed by a gorgeously atmospheric video by XX.

Even though the fundamental bones of this project came together very quickly, its actual provenance stretches back much, much farther back, with the pair not only growing up in the same area of South East London, but Misch actually seeing Dayes play on drums in the school talent show for the first time when he was roughly 8 or 9. They both kept tabs on each other – Misch becoming a fan of Dayes’ act Yussef Kamaal, Dayes clocking his videos in 2014 – but it was only when they met at a launch party for Misch’s debut LP “Geography” in 2018 that the proverbial creative sparks began to fly. “As a musician you’re always looking for contemporaries who can push you and challenge you and make you better”, says Dayes. “I instantly felt that with Tom – he was such a gifted musician, and so prolific”. That summer they decided to go into the studio together, jam a little, and see what happens, with no other expectation placed upon it.

As it turns out, the music came fast and furiously. Two initial tracks were suddenly followed by a handful of others, and the pair found themselves contemplating what to do next. “Pretty soon, we knew that something was gelling”, Dayes says. “It didn’t feel like a one-off collaboration, it felt like a body of work”. What made the pair click, according to Misch and Dayes, were the exact same factors that meant it shouldn’t, by all rights, work. Misch says, “Yussef comes from a more experimental background, and he has a lot of loose, crazy ideas. I know how to write a catchy melody, but with interesting chords and have a good understanding of popular song forms, so I think I streamlined those ideas and made them accessible”. And certainly, in “What Kinda Music” you can sense the DNA of both musicians, but fusing so effortlessly and beautifully that it creates something else entirely, the appropriately named “Lift Off” sending goosebumps with its jazz flecked crescendo, and “Night Rider” hynotising with its deeply mesmeric grooves. “I have a love for harmony and chords”, Misch adds. “Working with someone like Yussef, who has such a gifted sense of rhythm allowed a perfect balance”.

Throughout the record, there is an utterly joyful feel of two musicians at the top of their game sparking off one another, picking up ideas and running with them – zigging where the other zags, ebbing where the other flows, with Misch producing the majority of the record and both having a hand in the overall sound and feel of the record.

“Working with Yussef has actually changed the way I work as a musician”, Misch muses. “He’s pushed me and unlocked a more experimental part of me that I hadn’t really allowed myself to explore before. I think we really did impact each other in a fundamental way”. Dayes is similarly effusive in his praise for Misch. “A musician like him, who’s at the top of his game, he doesn’t need to do this”, he raves. “He can just keep doing the same thing and why not? He’s killing it. The fact that he’s so humble, that he’s so curious about everything and open to collaboration, speaks a lot to him as an artist, because it’s not easy finding musicians who want to collaborate. Something always gets in the way, whether it’s ego or their team or whatever. But with Tom it felt like the intention was purely creative, and that’s what made it exciting”. In fact, Dayes says that the intentions of the record go even deeper than just music. “Both our parents who’d never met each other before, are now best friends as a result of this, they now see each other more than we do! I’d like to think, in some small way, that this album has a similar impact for people too – everything feels so divided these days, it would be nice for people to hear the record and hear two very different musicians coming together and realise it doesn’t have to be that way”.

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Matthew Halsall

On The Go

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Vampisoul)

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Re-mixed and re-mastered at Gondwana's home from home, 80 Hertz studios in Manchester and reissued here due to popular demand, ON THE GO appears here in an extended format that adds three new tracks alongside the original album and appears on vinyl for the first time.

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Alfredo Linares

Lo Que Tengo

Adrian Younge presents Venice Dawn

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Alfredo "El Inca" Linares Is One Of The Best And Most Beloved Musicians In The History Of Salsa. Fans Love His Piano Playing Because Of His Authentic Cuban Feel And 'Swing' Combined With Progressive Arrangements And Uncompromising Phrasing. "Lo Que Tengo" Is Full Of Rock Solid Dance Floor Killers And No Filler, Recorded In 1980 With Some Of The Cream Of The Crop Of Contemporary Venezuelan Salsa Musicians (Members Of Mango, Madera, El Trabuco Venezolano, Los Dementes, Los Melódicos, Dimensión Latina, Guaco, And La Salsa Mayor) And Launched There On The Indie Label A.L.G. Records As ¡Con Todo!, And Then A Year Later On The Much Larger Velvet Records With A Different Cover. This A Classic Alfredo Linares Album, But With The Updated Studio Sound Of 1980s Caracas. With Fiveperfectly Paced Salsas, One Funky Cha Cha Chá, A Steamy Bolero And A Dance-Friendly Latin Jazz Number To Top It Off, There Is Something For Everybody On This Record. Thankfully Today's Generation Can Now Enjoy This Rarity At A Fraction Of The Cost Of An Original Copy. Presented In Its Original Artwork And Pressed On 180g Vinyl. Good To Know:Alfredo "El Inca" Linares Is One Of The Best And Most Beloved Musicians In The History Of Salsa. Fans Love His Piano Playing Because Of His Authentic Cuban Feel And 'Swing' Combined With Progressive Arrangements And Uncompromising Phrasing That Puts One In Mind Of Eddie Palmieri. As A Composer, Arranger And Band-Leader Linares Is Highly Respected As Well. Ever Since The 1960s In Lima Peru When His Career Began, His Records Have Always Been On Point, Being Super Tight, Sharp, And Hard As Hell, What Salseros Call Salsa Brava Con Afinque. It's No Surprise That Lo Que Tengo Is Exactly That: Full Of Rock Solid Dance Floor Killers And No Filler, Played With Verve And Flair. Unlike Some Of His Other Records That Were Patched Together From Various Sessions Made In Different Studios (Sometimes Even In Several Countries!), This Album Has The Advantage Of Being Produced, Recorded And Mi...

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Something About April Deluxe Edition

2CD | 2015 | US | Original (Linear Labs)

The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the Linear Labs deluxe edition in cardboard sleeve. The release contains the full CD album and instrumentals including bonus tracks.

Adrian Younge is the next generation of soul music. A self-taught musician and recording engineer who has dedicated his life to the study of classic soul music, Younge finds himself at the center of a new soul renaissance with a vision for pushing the boundaries of the music itself.

For his current solo project, Younge envisioned a new sound that would revisit his earlier, more baroque instrumental work of Venice Dawn and mesh it with the deep, gritty soul of Black Dynamite, eventually deciding to bring everything full circle by releasing the material under the moniker Venice Dawn.

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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Little Drummer Boy Christmas Tree-Shaped Colored Vinyl Edition

10" | 2016 | US | Original (Blue Engin)

12" | 2015 | US | Original (Peoples Potential Unlimited)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Black Friday RSD 2016!

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Junei

Let's Ride

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the real late nite music, recorded in 1987 at his home studio NEI (Gary, Indiana), Willie Junei Lee Jr's music is beyond this time. Guitarist, Director, Vocalist, Songwriter, Composer, Producer, Junei is still booking dates today.

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B.B. King

Singin The Blues

Golden Flamingo Orchestra

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes two bonus tracks.

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Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us

12" | 2016 | US | Original (Golden Flamingo)

Wyn Jazz At The Lincoln Center Orchestra/Marsalis

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We’ve watched the movies, seen the photos, heard the stories. As in all of New York City, crime was as
rampant in the subway as it was on the streets. Thefts, robberies, shootings and killings were a frequent reality
throughout the 1970s. In 1979, a group of angered residents led by Curtis Sliwa began taking crime prevention
into their own hands, donning red berets – looking very much like a gang and calling themselves the Guardian
Angels. This funky track produced by the Legendary Patrick Adams and uptown empresario Peter Brown is
an ode to what was hapenning at the time. Like many of the P&P records of the time, this wasn’t dance music
for flashy downtown clubs, it was the real uptown funk!
“With bass as heavy as rolling stock, and field recordings from the subway tannoy echoing along almost
empty train carriages late at night, Margo Williams's vocals supply the inner city funk menace with some
almost ethereal soul.” At a crossroads between funk, soul and an emerging Hip Hop culture this track apealled
to both the disco crowd and the bravado of the uptown b-boys.

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Vinyl Me Please-Spotify Singles

10" | 2020 | US | Original (Blue Engine)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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DJ Tudo, Gente De Todo Lugar, Dona Anecide Toledo

Pra Iemanjá

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Mundo Melhor)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea 2022 Repress

Mouth

12" | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Emotional Rescue)

Sato Anna X Sasaki Toshiyuk

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Emotional Rescue looks back again with a 2022 repress, digging deep in to the early 80s Bristol post punk scene of Pig Pag, the Wild Bunch and the Dug Out club. A short lived project of just 3 releases, Mouth trail-blazed leftfield percussive jams in the rich vain of Liquid Liquid and ESG but in their own jazz-infused way. Centered round the cultural melting post of the St Paul's district, it's pubs, clubs and blues parties threw together young and old to the sounds of dub, funk, jazz and soul and took the spark lit by punk rock and new wave and spawned music that still resonates today. Consisting of a floating line up based around main members Andy Guy and Rob Merrill, alumina included a young Nellie Hooper before he would go on to be a founding member of the Wild Bunch and on to produce the likes of Bjork, U2 and Madonna. Based around a hard tribal drumming, mixing guitar, trumpet, shouted vocals and effects, the thrown in the mix nature was inspired as much by avant-jazz than punk's do it yourself attitude. Here then, on one EP are their complete recordings, including as the title cut, their best and deepest, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. Featured on a compilation LP from the legendary Y Records, its bottom heavy dub sound is augmented by female and toasted vocals riding a top a heavy stepper style riddim. This is followed by an increasingly dizzy array of percussion jams. Acab Part 2) is all skips and trumpets, while the versions of Take Your Coat Off perfect skat vocal / tom interplay, before the finale busts out the rockabilly influences in full effect with jagged guitar, skipping hats meets double bass punk style.

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Itokuri Ryuhei The Man Edits

7" | 2020 | JP | Original (At Home Sound)

Release: 2020 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What 'Em Doing Is My Business

Gregory Jolly

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Record Shack)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rebel, The, Dedy Dread, Keila Abeid, Mo Horizons

Quero Ver Voce Dancar

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Four Flies' DJ's Choice)

Sleepless Nights / I Love You

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Quero Ver Você Dançar is a collaboration between Rome-based DJ/producer The Rebel, Portuguese DJ/producer Dedy Dread, and Brazilian jazz singer Keila Abeid. Other musicians playing on the track – including Neney Santos (percussions), Marco Ravallese (keys), and Fab Samperi (flute) – masterly contribute to its soulful favela vibes. Housed in a single jacket with beautiful artwork by Roman illustrator Federica Fruhwirth, the 12- inch single also features a super groovy remix by Mo’Horizons whi ch, wi t h i t s powe r ful combination of bossa and drum’n’bass rhythms, makes this release a must for tropical-music aficionados. Also available on all major digital outlets, with two additional remixes by young Brazilian producers Afterclapp and Brasila Strut.

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The Larks

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Preservation Project)

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Sdban Ultra)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Whew - we took some time off, but we're back with a very limited press, incredibly soulful 7" 45rpm. Soaring vocals and a strong backbeat greet the ears on side A - throw in some harmony vocal backing and you have the recipe for a Soul classic that has never been heard before! The unknown singer belts out a tune about heartbreak and insomnia that is sure to satisfy. I Love You on the B-side greets us with more of the same. Hardly a throwaway track, instead it competes to be a double A-side! More heartbreak here, the singer is left again by his lover. His unrequited love shines through on the track along with strong horns and an equally snappy backbeat.

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Bandler Ching

Sub Surface

Yumeno Hate / Life Is Wonderful

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hailing from Brussels, Bandler Ching is a creation of musical ideas from composer and saxophonist Ambroos De Schepper. Flawlessly blending contemporary jazz, electronics, hip-hop, noise and global beats, the sound is based around the freedom of expression and improvisation and performed with dazzling conviction.

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Rekko

7" | 2020 | JP | Original (Astrollage)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Latin Big Note)

Release: 2020 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Japan import! Better don't sleep!

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Setenta

Materia Negra

Falcon Claw Vs. Kunming Brothers

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Created in 2006, Setenta, the Latin Soul Band spreads a unique mix over the world scene. For their fifth album Materia Negra, the Paris-based band returns to its roots: hard Latin funk with plenty of Afro-Latin percussion upfront in the mix contrasted with accents of lush vocal harmony and warm, breezy melody. But at its core, there is something essentially darker, rougher and funkier than their previous releases, especially in the guitar and synth work, bluesy minor key arrangements, and lyrical content. It’s essentially a heavier feel with this record, influenced no doubt on the negative side by the current dark times being experienced across the globe due to the pandemic, subsequent economic downturn and the lack of effective government leadership and global solidarity to deal with the crisis. On the positive tip, the inspiring Black Lives Matter movement and international protests against oppressive governments, systemic racism, corporate greed, global warming and environmental exploitation no doubt have something to do with the serious feel of Materia Negra as well. Another crucial aspect to this newfound toughness is what band member and Latin Big Note founder and director Osman Jr. states is the group’s desire to address DJs and dancers who appreciate the rawest songs from Setenta’s previous productions. The desire is to leave their mark on the decks and dance floors of the planet with a genre that “we defend by taking the torch extended by our mentors such as Joe Bataan: Latin Funk!” Setenta’s sound has always been soulful, with plenty of tropical Caribbean roots, but this time there is an even stronger Afro-centric theme and gritty psychedelic R&B angle, clothed in galactic, outer-space trappings, bringing to mind another forerunner, Mandrill, as well as the Afro-Futurist mothership vibe of Parliament-Funkadelic.

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DJ DSK

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (DNA)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Robert Torres Psych-Funk, unreleased Kungfu flick theme tune, saved from the last remaining cassette copy Left, lost and almost forgotten. First time on a 45 and flipped with an Afro-Disco banger from China featuring MC Didjelirium. This limited edition picture cover release features special artwork from Mark Cursa.

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If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop Volume 2

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Death Is Not The End)

16,99 €* 19,99 € -15%

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Vinyl LP edition! The second volume in a two-part collection of Jamaican doo wop from the late 1950s through to the early 1960 represents a period in which sound systems began to dominate the island, and were starting to step up their rivalry by beginning to record heir own platters rather than rely on imports to gain the competitive edge. With the uniquely Jamaican ska craze yet to fully catch hold, these tracks are largely imitative of the sounds that had been reaching the island from American shores, albeit peppered with hints of what was to come ~ some of the future stars of ska, rocksteady and reggae are starting to cut their teeth here on these records, providing a unique view into the fledgling industry at a time of creative flux.

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Marcos Valle

CD | 2020 | US | Original (Jazz Is Dead)

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

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The third release from Jazz Is Dead records is features Marcos Valle, one of the greatest and most important composers, arrangers, writers and performers in Brazilian history. A jack of all trades, Valle has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and more.

Composed and produced by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad and recorded in the Linear Labs analog studio.

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The Bees

Mamezala / Never Give Up

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Ateneum 2019

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Helsinki's We Jazz Records presents "Ateneum 2019", part 2 of their ongoing "We Jazz Live Plates" series documenting the label's live activity. Recorded at the historic Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki during spring 2019, the intense live compilation brings together three acts on the label's roster: Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen, OK:KO and Alder Ego, each performing two tracks here.

OK:KO opens proceedings with their sound electrified by Toomas Keski-Säntti changing from piano to Fender rhodes, a little touch that opens up new avenues in their sound. The band who made a big splash with their 2019 debut album "Syrtti", present energetic new versions of the title track and the looping "Piik". Alder Ego, led by drummer Joonas Leppänen, shifts gears with a new deep version of their 2018 album track "Cubism", and add a new track "Mystery Room Nr. 6" into the mix. Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen strecth out their compact tracks "Fallow" and "Goldenrod", which grow into new lenght and depth in the live setting.

"Ateneum 2019" released together with "Lonna 2019", We Jazz Live Plates vol. 3, is an inspiring example of the active and high quality jazz scene in Helsinki.

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Lonna 2019

CD | 2020 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Jazz Records presents "Lonna 2019", a nautical live album bringing together recordings captured at the successful concert series at the island of Lonna just outside Helsinki in July 2019. Part 3 of their ongoing "We Jazz Live Plates" series documenting the label's live activity, "Lonna 2019" features inspired performances by Aleksi Heinola Quintet, Antti Lötjönen Quintet East and Oaagaada. Drummer Heinola's quintet and the Hämeenlinna-based quartet Oaagaada make their We Jazz Records debut with this release, while Lötjönen is releasing his debut as a leader on the label in April.

"Lonna 2019" captures the easy-going feeling at the island series fittingly. Aleksi Heinola Quintet swings with their natural ability of making no-nonsense hard bop sound fresh in the contemporary setting. Antti Lötjönen leads his star-studded Quintet East through a high-spirited rendition of Don Cherry's "Art Deco". Oaagaada charm with their deep DIY spiritual jazz. And somewhere just above the music, a seagull screeches, echoing a perfect sunny day at Lonna.

"Lonna 2019" released together with "Ateneum 2019", We Jazz Live Plates vol. 2, is an inspiring example of the active and high quality jazz scene in Helsinki.

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Khruangbin

Mordechai

CD | 2020 | US | Original (Mofunk)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Khruangbin has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages like East Asian surf-rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican dub into mellifluous harmony. But on its third album, it's finally speaking out loud. Mordechai features vocals prominently on nearly every song, a first for the mostly instrumental band. It's a shift that rewards the risk, reorienting Khruangbin's transportive sound toward a new sense of emotional directness, without losing the spirit of nomadic wandering that's always defined it. And it all started with them coming home. By the summer of 2019, the Houston group_bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, guitarist Mark Speer, drummer DJ Johnson_had been on tour for nearly three-and-ahalf years, playing to audiences across North and South America, Europe, and southeast Asia behind its acclaimed albums The Universe Smiles Upon You and Con Todo El Mundo. They returned to their farmhouse studio in Burton, Texas, ready to begin work on their third album. But they were also determined to slow down, to take their time and luxuriate in building something together. Musically, the band's ever-restless ear saw it pulling reference points from Pakistan, Korea, and West Africa, incorporating strains of Indian chanting boxes and Congolese syncopated guitar. But more than anything, the album became a celebration of Houston, the eclectic city that had nurtured them, and a cultural nexus where you can check out country and zydeco, trap rap, or avant-garde opera on any given night. In those years away from home, Khruangbin's members often felt like they were swimming underwater, unsure of where they were going, or why they were going there. But Mordechai leads them gently back to the surface, allowing them to take a breath, look around, and find itself again. It is a snapshot taken along a larger journey_a moment all the more beautiful for its impermanence. And it's a memory to revisit again and again, speaking to us now more clearly than ever.

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Moniquea

Los Robles & Washington

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Record Kicks)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For her third release on the MoFunk label, Moniquea takes to the streets on a certified west coast ride. Named after the corner she resided at in Pasadena, California, during the mid 90’s, Los Robles & Washington is equal parts tribute to her hometown, ode to the laid back Los Angeles lifestyle, and a forward-thinking envisionment of how the g-funk sound of nearly three decades past fits perfectly with the modern funk sound of the present day. Uptempo offerings such as “All The Time,” “Under Control,” & the Mofak-produced “Who Is That Girl” (feat. XL Middleton & Kevin “Slow Jammin” James) channel boogie-era funk legends and Venice Beach pop lock battles, while more medium-paced tracks like “Get Away With My Lovin,” “Put Your Trust In Me,” or the album’s title cut evoke liquor store runs in hot weather and tendrils of chronic smoke trailing from Buick Regal windows. Indeed, the straightforwardly titled “House Party” paints a portrait of a bygone era so vividly it feels like it just happened last weekend - The backyard boogie, the pregame beforehand, the thrill of cutting loose at someone’s house as if it was the Century Club. Finally, the tracks “Believe Me” (feat. Zackey Force Funk & Polyester The Saint) & “Always On The Run” carry nods to contemporary west coast rap & ‘future R&B’ respectively. The bulk of production on Los Robles & Washington is handled by XL Middleton, who continues to serve up varied platters of funk, from “G” to “modern.”

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The Devonns

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (SVBKVLT)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Release date moved due to Corona.

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Seven Orbits

EP0001

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Chuwanaga)

Ishkero

Brume

Show Your Hand Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Parisian label Chuwanaga curated by Clémentine & Saint-James is back in the production game with fresh music from Ishkero, maybe the hottest Jazz-Fusion band of the capital city. Going from Jazz-Funk to Afrobeat through Prog and Psychedelic influences, Brume infuses together killer grooves, irresistible melodies and excellent musicianship. The 12inch, coming with its beautiful illustration, reveals a uniformly good yet diverse musical journey.
Behind Ishkero, you’ll find five young and gifted musicians with strong jazz knowledge: Tao Ehrlich (drums), Adrien « Dridri » Duterte (flute & percussion), Antoine Vidal (bass), Victor Gasq (guitar) and Arnaud Forestier (keys). With its strong evocation power fuelled by their youthful energy and creativity, Ishkero’s music is a one-of-a-kind variation on the Jazz genre. Fusion at its best potential! Expect intense rhythmic sections, virtuoso solos, lush FX sections and robust arrangements. Used to play a lot live, the musicians developed a vigorous connection that really shines on stage and during studio sessions.
Collectively with Saint-James as their co-producer, they recorded Brume in summer 2019 at Studio Delta (Paris) with sound engineer David Cukier aka Greita (Disques Flegon). The first track, "Triple B", is an ode to 70’s jazz-funk carried by Jeff Mercadié’s Sax performance. "Tonik Gin"’s mighty jazz-rock groove which comes afterwards brings the genre to its emotional climax. B side starts with the main track "Brume", bringing together long-tailed reverberated guitars and Mizell-like piano chords for a very warm and hazy effect. As the last track, "Gare De l’Ouest" is a nice jazz variation on the Afrobeat genre, again with Jeff Mercadié on Saxophone.

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Average White Band

LP | 2020 | Original (Demon)

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (We Jazz)

Ville Herrala

Pu: Black Vinyl Edition

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Super Disco Edits)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We Jazz Records presents "Pu:", the boundary-breaking solo debut of bass player Ville Herrala, to be released on 21 February 2020. Utilising only the double bass but looking at the instrument from various different perspectives. The end result is an inspired set of 14 miniatures, each pushing the concept forward in a highly personal way.

The first single "Pu: 12" presents a rhythmic approach with echoes of from the world of minimal classical music and electronic music. Bowed tracks such as "Pu: 2" offer another perspective, as does the second single "Pu: 10", going back to the essence of the instrument and opening new doors while doing so. Each of the tracks is a compact musical adventure unto its own.

Ville Herrala (b. 1979) is one of the most higly-regarded bass players working in the Finnish scene. He's known from the ranks of such top ensembles as PLOP, Jukka Perko Jazztet, U-Street All Stars, Jukka Eskola Orquesta Bossa and UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, to name but a few.

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Twinn Konnexion

Sunshine Of My Day

Imagine Giving Up Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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We really are excited by our new release. Taken again from the vaults of Mr Stu Gardner we have the next instalment of the Twinn Konnexion story. We released the single SDE17 way back in 2016, a double sided 45 of "dont fight the love", a blistering slab of modern boogie soul that sold out very quickly upon release. The single was first championed by Dj Jeremy Underground at many of his dj nights. Move on a few years and we have discovered the original studio reels from that session. And it doesn't disappoint!
Pulled from those reels are another 3 amazing compositions where no doubt Mr Gardener called on his long list of musical associates.
The information of the players and singers has never been divulged with us, not sure why the secrecy & frankly we don't care. What we do know is each song oozes class from start to finish and there is something for everyones taste.
A "Sunshine of you day" has an almost gospel feel to its rhythm, with the singer telling how his women lights up his day. And to be honest its lite up our HQ since we had it. Just ripe for the dancefloor!
Moving on to the B side we have two incredible ballads/2 step songs for that connoisseur amongst you B1 "love side facing up" Well as soon as you hear the opening guitar and horn section with the male singers sultry voice you just know this is taking you down that classic 2 step sound that was big on the London and rare groove scene We know this is going to a be a big fave for years to come. B2 "Memories dont fade away" its pretty much as above. More 2 step action that you can fail to love!

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Jonah Parzen-Johnson

LP | 2020 | UK | Original (We Jazz)

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brownout presents Brown Sabbath

Brown Sabbath Volume 2

CD | 2016 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Pan Am)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Austin’s Brownout unleashed the “Brown Sabbath Vol. I” project garnering acclaim from outlets such as NPR (50 Best Albums of 2014), Pitchfork, hardcore Black Sabbath fans and most important of all Ozzy Osbourne himself, while staying true to their Latin Funk roots. Brown Sabbath Vol. II cranks up the level, rocking harder than the original with a brew of ballistic horns, pummeling guitar-riffs underscored by a funky, driving rhyhm section. Ghostland Observatory‘s Aaron Behrens makes a guest appearance sharing vocal duties with Brown Sabbath lead vocalist Alex Marrero.
Hitting harder than its predecessor and keeping closely in line with the original Sabbath material, “Brown Sabbath Vol. II” crosses over more to hard rock territory. Brownout’s powerful, signature full horn section, dual-guitar attack, funked-up drums and latin percussion return with a vengeance, adding even more weight and texture to create a dark hybrid sound that resonates with groove-laden intensity unique to their interpretation of Black Sabbath’s tome.
An 8-piece outfit formed ten years ago by members of Grammy Award-winning Latin revival orchestra Grupo Fantasma, Brownout has evolved into a musical force all its own. With a succesful tour of “Brown Sabbath” under their belt including Bonnaroo and Austin Psych Fest while earning their third Austin Music Award, the band has continued to produce music that is unflinchingly progressive, while evoking the classic influences of artists such as WAR, Cymande and Funkadelic. Brownout now has four albums under their belt including “Brown Sabbath Vol. I” (Ubiquity 2014), “Homenaje” (Freestyle Records 2008), “Aguilas & Cobras” (Six Degrees 2009) and “Oozy” (Nat Geo 2012).

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B.B. King

Blue Shadows

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Alien Ensemble)

Alien Ensemble

Alien Ensemble 2

12" | 2016 | US | Original (Queen Constance)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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God knows how Micha Acher manages to be part of so many different projects at once: Besides playing and recording with Alien Ensemble, he also plays tuba in the band Millipede, contributes trumpet parts to the "Landlergschwistern" and the "Hochzeitskapelle" oh, and then there's also this other indie band he's been working with – a certain group called The Notwist.

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Chain Reaction

Dance Freak

Love Honey, Love Heartache

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A bonafide dancefloor invitation, this classic cut by Chain Reaction was originally released in 1980 on the P&P affiliate label, Sound Of New York. A project between keyboardist Dwight Brewster (of The Imperials) and percussionist Harold Sargent (of Wood, Brass & Steel fame) Dance Freak provides one finest moments in the entire catalog. A funky disco track with all the elements of a party anthem, it’s no surprise it’s been a favorite of veteran Deejays like Kenny Dope and Danny Krivit. There are many reasons why this track is a must-have for Disco DJs. Outstanding percussions; check. Funky Guitar & Bass lines; check. Catchy chorus; check. Brass accents; very welcomed. Using a synth as a percussive instrument; incredible and most likely lifted from the Patrick Adams Handbook “How to make a hit record”.

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Man Friday

12" | 2016 | US | Original (Get On Down)

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Latin Big Note)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vinylmania: As classic disco came bounding through the late ’70s and into the electronically orientated sounds of the ’80s, New York was one of the undisputed frontiers for the latest developments in dance music culture, nightclubs and the art of DJ-ing. At the center of this seminal time for vinyl culture was a store called Vinylmania, set up by Charlie Grappone in the heart of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, just as the culture of 12-inch singles and promo copies was taking hold. From supplying Levan, Tony Humphries and many more with the latest imports to championing the emergence of house music in the mid-’80s, Grappone and his staff played a significant role in New York’s own dance music story. Through the ’90s and up until closing in 2007, Vinylmania was a store that catered to DJs from across the complex mixture of racial, social and sexual demographics that made up New York and its legendary nightlife. Man Friday: As the NYC Peech Boys came to an end, Man Friday became Larry Levan’s newest production project. Fronted by Kofi Morny and Brodie Williams, their debut single “Love Honey, Love heartache” was released by Vinyl Mania in 1986 with Larry Levan at the helm of the mix. Love Money: In the spirit of most dance music borrowing elements from other sources,
“Love Honey” was heavily inspired by another Paradise Garage & Loft classic from 1980 and its remix in 1981 by UK Outfit Funk Masters / TW Funkmasters. A dubbed out track big in the Jazz-Funk scene in the UK, it became a hit among underground Deejays in Both NYC & Chicago. Love Honey: No matter what list you look at. ‘Love Honey’ is always attached to Larry Levan’s tenure at the Paradise Garage. All the elements of a Garage Track are here; Dub Echoes, Synth Basslines, Percussions that linger, FX -that one can only dream of hearing on a Richard Long System- and an Organ, because after all, they say the Garage was like going to Church.

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Setenta

Paris to Nueva York

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Complete Commodore Masters

Billie Holiday

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

The Jazz Messengers

LP | 2015 | US | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Grant Green

Nigeria

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl including one bonus track!

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Etta James

The Second Time Around

Fela Kuti, Moblack, Emmanuel Jal & Henrik Schwarz

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl including two bonus tracks!

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

12" | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Defected)