Organic Grooves 2296 Items

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Star Wax X Revive Volume 5

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Compos-it)

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Green Clear Green Vinyl Edition 2023 Repress

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition.

Record is slightly warped but still enjoyable.
Includes glasses.

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Robohands

LP | 2018 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2018 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the four years since Green’s initial release, Robohands, AKA. London-based composer/multi-instrumentalist Andy Baxter has released two more albums, quickly becoming a leading force in London’s growing Jazz scene. Compared to his post-bop, avant inspired contemporaries, Baxter’s music is laid back, a modern reincarnation of cool jazz that perhaps might feel more at home being called “chill” than “cool”. With repeating riffs, spacy delay, and warm synth pads, this album blurs the lines between jazz, funk, post-rock, and ambient music to create an album more concerned about mood than genre. Its original pressing sold out almost instantly, and with the prices they’re fetching on the second hand market, we knew we had to repress it! Don’t miss this limited edition repressing of Robohands’ ‘Green’ on limited edition clear green vinyl, available only from P-vine Records!

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Randy Brecker

Rocks

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Can See Through You / Chicken Yellow

Miami

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

14,99 €*

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A limited edition 7” release by MIAMI, both tracks taken from the “PARTY FREAKS” LP. Again DYANMITE CUTS give you never been on 7” release. Including a wonderful re-production of the original sleeve.

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2LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Not Now)

The Rat Pack

33,99 €*

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Légère)

Mama's Gun

Golden Days

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Anteprima)

Eric Legnini

Six Strings Under

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bill Evans, W. Haffner, E. Mbappé & WDR Big Band

The East End

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (BMG)

Oscar Peterson

Get Happy

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall / Hamburg '82

Timeless Allstars

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Strut)

The Beginning Of The End

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut presents the definitive reissues of two all-time classic Caribbean soul and funk albums, The Beginning Of The End’s ‘Funky Nassau’ (1971) and ‘Beginning Of The End’ (1976).
Emerging from Nassau in the Bahamas in 1971, the band was formed around the Munnings brothers (Ray, Leroy and Frank) and the first song they recorded, ‘Funky Nassau’, became a No. 1 Billboard R’n’B hit, selling over a million copies. “We wanted to create something new,” remembers Ray Munnings, “something that was truly Bahamian. We loved funk but wanted to include elements of junkanoo, the indigenous music of The Bahamas.” An album was written within a week and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami. “We brought in more Bahamian themes, like ‘Monkey Tamarind’, a wild fruit that grows there.”
By the time of their second album in 1976, the band was managed by Don Taylor, also Bob Marley’s manager. “Don took us to Byron Lee’s studio in Jamaica and used Teddy Randazzo (Little Anthony & The Imperials) to direct the sessions,” recalls Munnings. “He gave us more of an uptempo jazz funk sound with Chicago-style horns.” The album led to a run of incredible bad luck. Booked to support Marvin Gaye’s ’What’s Goin’ On’ tour, the US Musicians Union stepped in and ordered a US group to fill the slot. They were then added onto a major Bob Marley tour in 1976 before he injured his foot, cancelling all dates.
These definitive official reissues of ‘Funky Nassau’ and ‘Beginning Of The End’ are remastered by The Carvery from original tapes and feature full length tracks from the studio sessions. Both albums feature a history of the albums and the band by vocalist Ray Munnings, alongside rare photos. ‘Beginning Of The End’ appears on loud-press 2LP for the first time.

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Andy Sheppard Quartett

Romaria

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (RCA)

Nina Simone

Sunday Morning Classics

7" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Athens Of The North)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Their first album in 15 years!

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Brief Encounter

Where Will I Go / Always

12,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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One of the most coveted unreleased Low Rider / Soul Ballads. A Huge tune, up there with Darling dears (google that shit). Only released on a Japanese compilation 20 odd years ago without the bands consent (and with some of the channels missing) we bring you the full unreleased Version for the first time. This is a big one for people who know the score.
If that's not enough, we found this rather good unreleased disco gospel number on the master tapes of their Private Press LP sessions (also coming soon) but we had to give the ballad to the A side, roll the windows down and blast it.

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Harmonica Blues The 20's & 30's

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Yazoo)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Jazz Is Dead

LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Jazz Is Dead)

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Lokalophon)

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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During the year 2019, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad made music with the masters. Composing and producing brand new albums with their heroes. Jazz Is Dead 001 is where it all started, their first presentation of work that has come out of these initial sessions.

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Chris De Wise Shepherd

Nera Wo'o Soke

You And Me / I Found A Note

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lokalophon is the newly established sub-label of Philophon, which is designed to release local specialities from potentially all around the world. The first 7" is by Ghanaian Frafra-Gospel singer Chris De Wise Shepherd.

Born in Bolgatanga, he moved as a young man from the rural north of Ghana to its coastal capital Accra. Consequentially, his style became more urban. That you can clearly hear on his 2012 release Nera Wo'o Soke, which sounds in some ways as if Grandmaster Flash himself were operating the production knobs. Atune Anya'alima on the other hand is pure Frafra-Gospel as it is usually performed in Northern Ghana.

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Black Devil's Makali

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Afro7)

12,99 €*

Take Me To Your Disco / Special Lady

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Spacey Kenyan disco stepper with dubby undertones, late seventies origin…

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Splendor

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Columbia Disco Series)

El Camino De Mi Alma Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another much welcomed reissue of the late 70's funk laden, disco two tracker from Splendor. The A side 'Take Me To Your Disco' is emblematic of disco records from that golden era where big bands and big budgets were rife. Yet there's an interplanetary twist to this one, with the mysterious, eerie, spacecraft sounding intro paving the way for a tale of extraterrestrials wanting to get down at one of planet earths discos. You can tell this came from an era were disco really was taking over
Flip it over and you've got the mighty Special Lady. With Philip Bailey, of Earth, Wind and Fire fame, on production his style comes through strong in the vocal arrangement with the level of feeling and power he squeezes out of each voice.
A chance to add these two anthems to the collection!

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Hermanos Gutiérrez

LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue

LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Round Hill)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two brothers, two guitars, two distinct identities, who become one soul when they compose music. Stephan and Alejandro, are the Hermanos Gutierrez, an instrumental music band with an unmistakable genre that is rooted in Western and Latin American sound. Born from an Ecuadorian mother and a Swiss father they grew up being forged by both cultures, bridging between two worlds, both of which are home.

Their mix of identities, that constant search across different countries clearly emerges in their songs. Their music takes the audience on an intimate journey through time evoking remote spaces. A magical sound that touches the heart, that sparks passion and nostalgia. An open invitation to a constant dialogue of melodies and instruments.

Playing together since their early childhood, a profound musical and interpersonal symbiosis ties the two brothers. If one of them has a melody, the other one completes it with harmony. There is a deep understanding between the two of them, without any need for words.

Active as a band since 2015, they have recorded four albums: “8 Años” (2017), “El Camino De Mi Alma” (2018), “Hoy Como Ayer” (2019), and the newly released LP “Hijos Del Sol” (Children Of The Sun). A body of work that has been inspired by their journey through the vast natural landscapes of Mexico, the silence of the desert, the sun, and their love for this country that made them feel “like going home”, as they affirm. Out came a soundtrack of the sceneries they’ve been exploring.

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BBNG (BadBadNotGood)

IV White Vinyl Edition

29,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Favorite)

Magic Source

Earthrising

20,99 €*

The Melody At Night, With You

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Magic Source is a project led by producer Björn Wagner (The Mighty Mocambos, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Mocambo Records), who is renowned for creating an authentic and hard-hitting raw funk sound. Following a few acclaimed single releases on Favorite Recordings over the past few years, the French label deeply wanted to collaborate further with the German combo, for a special and exclusive project bringing their music on new paths. This new project is a step towards a new style: Analog-Electronica, or so called Cosmic-Disco sound. Recorded on a 16-track reel-to-reel tape, EARTHRISING combines raw unedited live band recording, with the refined production aesthetics of the Disco era, including the use of vintage synthesizers, group chants and processed acoustic percussions, for an organic club feeling. While maintaining an un-edited, but highly hypnotic four-on-the-floor groove, Magic Source leaves the old beaten track of cheesy Disco-Pop and overheard Dance classics.

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Keith Jarrett

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (ECM)

We Are Sent Here By History

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The 1999 album, for the first time on vinyl!

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Shabaka & The Ancestors

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

20,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Etcetera Tone Poets Vinyl

Wayne Shorter

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Blue Note)

47,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Les Baxter

Space Escapade

Paal Flaata & Vidar Busk & Stephen

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes four bonus tracks.

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The Gospel Album

LP | 2019 | NO | Original (Grappa)

Release: 2019 / NO – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Quatermass Sessions: From The Deep

The Heliocentrics

LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

London Afrobeat Collective

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Repress! Returning after their Last Transmission collaborative album with Melvin Van Peebles, the Heliocentrics finish off their trawl through the vaults of tracks recorded at their old digs – Quatermass Studios – with psychedelic tinged funk and jazz instrumentals Rolling Stone describes as “…sprawling, with percussive patterns that suddenly morph into extraterrestrial sound blasts and opaque, detouring patterns.”

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Humans

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (London Afrobeat Productions)

A Journey Into Cameroonian Music

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Humans is the new album from sought after international touring band the London Afrobeat Collective. From Europe to Africa, Glastonbury to Nigeria’s annual ‘Felabration’ festival, LAC deliver party music born of their truly global DNA. The nine-strong collective from England, Congo, Italy, France, Argentina and New Zealand combine diverse influences such as Fela, Parliament Funkadelic and Frank Zappa to create an eclectic sound drawing on funk, jazz, rock, and dub to create something addictive and unique.
Their 2015 album Food Chain, received widespread radio support on stations such as BBC 6 Music, Radio X and BBC Radio 2, as well as glowing reviews in The Sunday Times, London Evening Standard, Blues & Soul and Songlines Magazine to name just a few. The new album Humans, (featuring artwork by Ben Hito, renowned for his designs for Parliament / Funkadelic), is a collection of anthemic songs with socially conscious lyrics, set to bold brass lines and hypnotic danceable grooves.
In 2015 the London Afrobeat Collective toured Nigeria, appearing several times on national TV and performing in front of ten thousand people at the New Afrika Shrine during ‘Felebration’. They are no less respected in their home town, having collaborated with the likes of Dele Sosimi and supporting legends such as Ebo Taylor, Fred Wesley And The New JB’s, Tony Allen, and Fela’s son, Femi Kuti.
LAC are now globally recognised for what they really are: not a tribute, but an ever evolving, international band of expert musicians, continuously inspiring each other as they create distinct, sincere and powerful music. Humans is an accomplished work with international flair and cultural relevance from London to Lagos.

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Los Camaroes

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Nubiphone)

Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music!

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For its 3rd releases, Nubiphone is proud to present you a compilation of the best early 7inch releases of the mythical Cameroonian band Los Camaroes.
10 raw tracks taken from various singles from 1968 to 1975, that present the musical diversity played by those seven young people: Bikutsi, Afro-Funk, Jerk, , Soukous, Rumba & Blues music. The band led by the charismatic lead vocal Messi Martin that managed to modernized Cameroonian music.
Deluxe edition that includes an 8-pages booklet, with exclusive pictures, biography in both English and French languages, and a HQ digital download card.

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Mark Guiliana

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (Motema)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2019 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

The Soul Surfers

Tribute To J.B.'S

14,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kind Of Blue Blue Vinyl Edition

Miles Davis

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Waxtime In Color)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

Mistura Pura

Hollywood Spritz

LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Motema)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hollywood Spritz is a soundtrack to a police television drama from the '70s that doesn't exist, including a Jazz Funk rework of the Charlie's Angels theme. Italian DJ, composer and producer Federica Grappasonni, aka Mistura Pura, looks to the 70’s Golden Age of Hollywood TV and the accompanying music for inspiration.

Combining Jazz, Funk and Latin elements with Afro percussion, Mediterranean harmonies, minimal electronic effects, Hip Hop and Nu Jazz beats, Mistura Pura focuses her sound on the "action" element from these ‘70s soundtracks: scenes depicting danger or tension but also making sure to round it out with moments of love and fun. The presence of percussion in all the tracks with Afro, Latin American as well as Middle-Eastern and Hawaiian polyrhythms round out the album’s edges giving it a languid feel. "Hollywood Spritz" with it’s abundant Latin vibes would be a perfect accompaniment to a police drama set in LA, New York, Miami or any major metropolis with a vibrant Latino community. Another important aspect contributing to this musical work comes from Federica’s extensive, decades-long experience as a DJ digging and spinning rare grooves from Be Bop, Funk, Soul and Bossa Nova. Her familiarity and connection with notable players in the scene gave her acces to record with a talented group of musicians such as pianist Jessica Lauren (Hollywood Spritz, LA Sound 1976, Nuevo Jungo) known for her work in the London Acid Jazz scene, Cuban multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Patrix Duenas (Looking For The Angels, Intro - The Angels Connection, Charlie’s Angels Theme), Italian Jazz pianist Alessandro Gwis (Angels On A Cruise, Jill Is Dancing In The Dark), Mediterranean flutist Carlo Nicita, the king of the Latin rhythms Hector Barez from Puerto Rico, the cool trumpet of Josh Evans (Nuevo Jungo), volcanic percussion work from Gennaro Scarpato (High Tide At Waimanalo beach), Nu Jazz drums from Lorenzo Tucci (Angels On A cruise, Jill Is Dancing In The Dark (with milonga drums)), with the combination of Lorenzo Feliciati (Angels On A cruise) and Marco Siniscalco (Hollywood Spritz) on Jazz bass, oud musician Jean Pierre Smadj (The Arab Connection), and young Italian pianist Alberto Napolioni (Sunset at Venice beach) rounding out the cast.

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Deva Mahal

Run Deep

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Blue Note)

GoGo Penguin

Humdrum Star

42,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2016 | UK | Original (Real World)

Toto La Momposina

The Garabato Sessions

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin

Ella Fitzgerald

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Verve)

37,99 €*

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (BBE Music)

Volcov

From The Archive

Hello, Summer Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Producing under the moniker Isoul8, as well as teaming up with Domu under the Rima alias for the incredible jazz/fusion album 'This World', Volcov is a truly important player in the underground music scene.
Remixing artists such as Frankie Valentine, Azymuth & Taylor McFerrin, running his two labels Archive and Neroli, as well as DJing all over the World has given Volcov a rare knowledge of soul, funk, disco and deep house music; knowledge which is very apparent throughout this album.
'From The Archive' comprises a lovingly chosen collection of obscure Funk, Disco & Boogie tracks, alongside three very special edits produced by the man himself. From Chez Damier's sun-drenched remix of The Urban Crew's 'Go' to Bembe Segue's emotional 'Sun On My Back' via Shuya Okino's disco epic 'Still In Love', this record takes the listener on a joyful journey deep into Volcov's musical mind.

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Pat Van Dyke

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Cotter)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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

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

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

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Release: 2019 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Byron Asher's Skronch Music

Byron Asher

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Sinking City)

31,99 €*

7" | 2019 | Original (Luv N' Haight)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Skrontch Music is the ambitious debut recording by award-winning New Orleans-based composer and clarinetist/saxophonist Byron Asher. This five-movement, research-based suite for ten-piece ensemble explores the intertwined histories of New Orleans jazz and anti-Jim Crow activism during the early twentieth century. Skrontch Music juxtaposes contemporary composition with collective improvisation, archival recording sound collage, and excerpts from the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court ruling. A contemporary investigation into the early jazz tradition, Skrontch Music highlights that the development of the music was itself a form of resistance to the racist Jim Crow regime. Packaged in paste on sleeve with risograph print

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Darondo

Legs / Let My People Go

Release: 2019 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Carlos Romanos & DJ Sotofett

1-2-1

12" | 2019 | EU | Original (Saft)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Saft is proud to present a re-release of a sought after disco classic from 1979. Carlos Romanos' 1-2-1 is without a doubt one of the highly regarding dancefloor classics from the heydays of the genre. With a length of 5.30 this brass infused stomper is club friendly, positive and drenching with Latin influenced percussion sounds.

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Norah Jones

Begin Again

36,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Monte Cristo)

Ghisly Brown

Lets Talk About It

Chameleon / Watermelon Man

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is a carefully curated reissue. Originally recorded in 1981, this album is best known for its tropical boogie bomb 'Let's Talk About It'. Having drawn attention from diggers for quite some time, it's finally available again on vinyl. Besides this killer boogie tune a selection of five other tracks from the album that have remained unknown to most people complete this French boogie / reggae / zouk re-issue.

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Herbie Hancock

12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Columbia)

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Get On Down)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Major Keys is a brand-new audiophile label focusing on fully licensed reissues of jazz classics, pressed on 12” for a fuller, louder version compared to the original album cut. What better way to kick of the series than housing Herbie Hancock’s imitable ‘Chameleon’ and ‘Watermelon Man’, loud and proud on either side of a 12” - remastered and cut by the engineer of the original Head Hunters LP from 1973.

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Sisters Love

With Love

After Midnight Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Motown's First Ladies of Funk finally release their vinyl
debut, some 45 years after it was originally scheduled!
As the '70s dawned and Motown relocated to the West Coast, the
era of their honey-toned '60s girl groups came to a resounding
halt. The Sisters Love were the antithesis of the traditional
Motown group and came to the label from A&M, armed with a lot
of funk, sass and attitude.
Paired with some of Motown's finest writers and producers - Hal
Davis, Gloria Jones, Pamela Sawyer, Paul Riser and Willie Hutch
- they got off to a rousing start with the gritty "Mr. Fix-It Man"
and went into high gear for the UK only release "I'm Learning To
Trust My Man".
Motown had them playing arenas with The Jackson Five (probably
not their smartest move!), issued the odd single and scheduled
more but Sisters Love's anticipated breakthrough didn't happen.
In 1980 New York DJ Danny Krivit pressed up an extended
eight-minute re-edit of "Give Me Your Love", an old B-side from a
1973 single! That song was somewhat of an underground classic
but the Krivit mix brought in a whole new legion of fans amongst
the rare groove crowd, both in the US and the UK.
Sisters Love had long been rumored to have recorded a complete
album for the Motown subsidiary MoWest. Get On Down Records
combed the vaults with Motown's help and the result is the
original 10 cut album, plus a bonus cut, "Give Me Your Love."
Although Gwen Berry passed away some years ago, the other
three members of the group - Jeanie Long, Lillie Fort and
Vermettya Royster have all been actively involved in this release.

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Nat King Cole

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Fantasy)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes two bonus tracks.

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The Marcus King Band

Carolina Confessions

36,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2018 | US | Original (GroundUP Music)

Snarky Puppy

Sharktank

17,99 €*

You Know How to Love Me (Long Version) / Living Inside Your Love

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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Phyllis Hyman

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Arista)

Brownout presents Brown Sabbath

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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American soulstress Phyllis Hyman gets two of her much loved anthems officially reissued on 180g vinyl.
"You Know How To Love Me" is a 7 and a half minute lesson in love. It's got that full bodied production of this golden era - layering strings seamlessly with a busty brass section and a flute line that even the most hardened can't help but smile at. Couple this with Phyllis' sultry yet powerful vocals bolstered by a backing group containing, amongst others, the mighty Gwen Guthrie.
On the flip, "Living Inside Your Love" hits you with a soul jam, heavy on the funk - complete with hands in the air chorus. Just as perfect to close out a set, as it is to warm up the floor.
Two essential tracks for any soul & disco aficionado!

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Brown Sabbath Volume 2

CD | 2016 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra

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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A Very Ping Pong Christmas Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

20,99 €*

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Shawn Lee’s classic Ping Pong Christmas album is now available for the first time on colored vinyl! The limited LP version is randomly pressed on red and green vinyl.

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Satchmo At Symphony Hall

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Vinyl Passion)

14,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beauty Of Winter-Ice Music Live

Terje Isungset

LP | 2019 | Original (All Ice Music)

Release: 2019 / 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)

32,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2016 | Reissue (Habibi Funk)

Carthago

Alech

17,99 €*

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (KPM Music Ltd.)

Release: 2016 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Repress of sought after Habibi Funk release from 2016! Carthago: Rare Tunisian Disco Including Unreleased Instrumentals And Eight Page Booklet! When we first decided to start Habibi Funk, a label dedicated to re-releasing "funky" Arabic music from the 1960s to 1980s, a band called Dalton was the first release we worked on. Dalton was a band from the Tunisian capital of Tunis and they played a unique mix of soul & funk with an Arabic DNA. We licensed the release from the band's composer Fawzi Chekili, and when we spoke to him on the phone in preparation of the release he mentioned another band he was part of, called Carthago. Our work with Habibi Funk is like a big treasure hunt. There are too many great bands that fully vanished into obscurity and didn’t leave any traces in the digital sphere yet. We are so used to the internet providing all informations we might be looking for, but Carthago was one of those bands where the internet largely failed to provide any infos despite the fact that Carthago created some incredible music in the form of an highly infectious Tunisian take on disco music. Luckily most of the members of the 1970s musical scene of Tunis are still around to tell their story.

Carthago was founded in the late 1970s as a fusion of Dalton and a second band called Marhaba Band. Both bands frequently played at hotels and night clubs in Tunis and Sousse. They had similar musical influences and despite the fact that they were competition for the most part, they came up with the idea to join forces for a new band. Musically Carthago kept on walking on the musical path of Dalton and Marhaba but incorporated disco music, a new style that was making its way to North Africa from Europe and North America. The band had quite some success on local radio and played a number of big shows with thousands of people showing up. The band’s concerts were a mixture of their own compositions as well as cover versions of the hits of the time from Stevie Wonder to Chicago. At the end of the 70s they went to Paris to record their only, self titled album. For our reissue we picked out two of our favorite tracks: „Hanen“ and the outstanding disco version of the Dalton track „Alech“ which has proved to work on every dance floor we played over the last two years.

When I came to Tunis for the first time after the Dalton reissue I met Fawzi in person. He still lives in Tunis and still works as a full time musician though his focus has shifted more towards Jazz over the years. Luckily he did not only keep a spotless copy of the Carthago album but he also kept the master tape of the instrumental versions of the album which to this day were unreleased. Being able to add exclusive content to a reissue is something that is rare and we feel highly privileged to be able to do so. Futher more we are so happy that we will be able to add something new to the bands legacy not only musically but also visually: One day I realized that most of the releases from Tunisia I liked, be it from Dalton, Carthago or Marhaba Band had the same photographer credit.

Hassen Turki started taking photos at a young age and when he was 18 he started going to the gigs of the bands of the time that were playing in the Marhaba Hotel which was managed by his father at the time. He became friends with the bands and ended up being the person to be asked when it came to shooting the photos for the covers of the records. After some research I managed to get in touch with Hassen and met him in his hometown Sousse. Luckily he kept most of the negatives of the photos he took so we’re more than happy to be able to share these unseen photos with whoever is interested.

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Ray Lopez & The Juniors

We've Got Latin Soul

Schizophrenia - The Yang Project

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The legendary music publisher KPM, famous for its iconic music library catalogue, commissioned a group of musicians in 2018 to write and record an authentic tribute to the early 70’s Latin Soul Boogaloo. Although not intended for commercial release, this vinyl LP is a limited pressing of just 500 copies and features 15 new grooves inspired the greats of the era such as Tito Puente, Ray Barretto and Machito. Ray Lopez and his band recorded the session in the traditional way using the same microphone direct to reel tape. Vamanos!

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Bobby Sparks II

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Dave Liebman

Fire

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hard Steppin' EP Black Vinyl Edition

Ikebe Shakedown

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Colemine)

Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This is the first ever vinyl release of Ikebe Shakedown’s debut release. The sound of the album is still as heavy as an angry herd of elephants! Recorded at Dunham Studios in Brooklyn with the help of members of The Budos Band, these tracks are rough and tough to be sure and offer a variety of different sounds from the band. Ikebe seamlessly blends the raw emotion and passion of ‘70s African Funk with the danceable horns and rhythms of American soul music! The records is housed in a heavyweight gatefold tip-on jacket and comes with a download.

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Wede Harer Guzo

2LP | 2016 | US | Original (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Warner Music International)

Kinga Glyk

Feelings

29,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love 4 Love (Joey Negro Extended Mix) / Make Me (Go Crazy) (Opolopo Remix)

Change

12" | 2019 | EU | Original (Expansion)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Timesig)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The story of Change goes back to the 1980 and our introduction to Luther Vandross on their hits “Searching” and “The Glow Of Love”. Next there was the amazing James Robinson with them on “The Very Best In You” and “Miracles” before they joined forces with writers/producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for “Change Of Heart”, “You Are My Melody” and so many more. You know this already! But here in 2019 Expansion are thrilled to bring you two tracks from their new album with extraordinary remixes by Joey Negro and Opolopo. What could go wrong? Both tracks are astonishing, brilliant on the dance floor and presented here on vinyl exclusively for the first time.

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Datach'I

Bones

Tape | 2019 | US (Colemine)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Fraioli, a.k.a. Datach'i, returns with eighth album 'Bones'. Released on Venetian Snares' Timesig imprint, 'Bones' features 12 tracks of mind expanding electronica, once again recorded on his custom-built Eurorack modular system. Much like its predecessor, 'Bones' manages to make the most of the possibilities modular systems offer, whilst avoiding their many pitfalls that can often turn such music into little more than a dry academic exercise. Indeed 'Bones' is a remarkably intimate album, written and recorded in the time following his father's death, and reflects this intense period of personal change in Joseph's life. "Creating this music was a therapy of sorts," Joseph recalls. "It was almost like a close friend being there for me, and it's something that I hope others can perhaps utilize in the same way." The connection to his father is something that is reflected not just in the emotional intensity of 'Bones', but in the actual production itself. "My father and I were very close," he explains. "Whilst he was sick with cancer I bought him a guitar as he wanted to learn how to play, just to have something to do while he was getting treated. After he passed away my mother gave me the guitar to have as a sort of memory of him. I had the idea to record some sounds and music on the guitar and load it onto granular sample players on the modular synth so I could make new music from those sounds as a sort of tribute to my dad. You can hear some of those sounds on a few of the tracks here like 'Arrivals', 'Motion in the Living Room' and 'Undimension'." . Even though 'Bones' is about endings and finding closure, it also looks forward to new beginnings. "It was something very much on my mind throughout recording this album," he relates, "ends being beginnings and beginnings being the end. Cycles of time and how time works, it's all reflected throughout the album right down to how the tracks are ordered." Ranging from blissful ambience and guileless, starry eyed melodies, to intricate claustrophobic rhythms that forever sound close to collapsing in on themselves before expanding into bold new patterns, 'Bones' is the work of a producer who, twenty years on from his debut, continues to push the boundaries of electronic music.

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Kelly Finnigan

The Tales People Tell

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Western Vinyl)

Release: 2019 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kelly Finnigan's debut solo album for Colemine Records represents the culmination of his 15 years of experience - in the studio as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer - and touring the US and Europe as a singer, musician, and band-leader. The content within reflects his dedication to expression through the rich American music traditions of soul, gospel, doo-wop, and R&B. The subject is love. Its ecstasies and heartaches. Love sought, found, betrayed, lost, and rediscovered. The result is a marvelous collection of songs and performances that run the gamut from whispering tenderness to roaring appeals; from lean and mean to lush and lovely. And always_always, manifestly honest, and undeniably soulful. With Finnigan guiding these songs from their conception all the way to the record pressing plant, the new release provides the singular voice missing from soul music: a visionary that writes, records, performs and produces his own material.

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Joseph Shabason

Anne Black Vinyl Edition

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Anne, the second album By Toronto saxophonist and composer Joseph Shabason, is
a tonal essay on degenerative illness. Delicately and compassionately woven with
interviews of Shabason's mother from whom the album takes its name, Anne finds
its creator navigating a labyrinth of subtle and tragic emotions arising from his
mother's struggle with Parkinson's disease. Across the nine vivid postcards of jazzladen
ambience that comprise the album, Shabason unwraps these difficult themes
with great care and focus revealing the unseen aspects of degenerative diseases that
force us to re-examine common notions of self, identity, and mortality. Shabason's
uncanny ability to manoeuvre through such microscopic feelings is mirrored by his
capacity to execute a similar tightrope-walk through musical genres. His music
occupies a specific space that is as palpable as it is difficult to pin labels to. R.I.Y.L.
Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Laraaji, Robert Rich, Harold Budd

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Aragon / El Nino

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

The Serpent's Mouth Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Big Crown)

2LP | 2019 | UK | Original (LateNightTales)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following up on the massive worldwide success of their debut album 55, Bacao Rhythm & Steel band is back with another heavy duty offering. Picking
up where they left off and incorporating a ton of new recording techniques they take a huge step forward with The Serpent’s Mouth. Named after the
eight-mile strait between the island of Trinidad and the coast of Venezuela, The Serpent’s Mouth is a journey through both originals and covers,
combining classic elements that wide-eared music fans already know, and mashing them up in new and unique ways.
Take “1 Thing” – on it, the group attacks the galloping, chopped Amerie smash hit, with singing pans that follow the R & B vocal. The sound is crisp
and up-front, arguably more muscular than the 2005 original. On “Great To Be Here,” they take on the Jackson 5 B-Boy favorite (which stretches back
to the Zulu Nation / Bronx block party days) – uncoincidentally, the original version featured a guitar lick that emulated a steel pan run. Here, it gets
an even more pulsating groove, adding open-drums breaks throughout, to get DJs salivating. The group veers through more inventively-constructed
covers as the album’s sequence continues, including Gang Starr’s “All For The Cash”, Mary J. Blige’s “I Love You”, and the recently unleashed first
single, “XXplosive” and “Burn,” paying tribute to both Dr. Dre and Mobb Deep for a bi-coastal funk party. And, as band leader Bjorn Wagner states,
“My favorite cover on the album is probably ‘Crockett Theme,’ which is the theme to ‘Miami Vice.’ I always loved the melody, and the cosmic vibe of
the song, and I was honestly surprised that it worked without synthesizers.”
This time around the group’s originals are even stronger, as evidenced by cuts like the flute-fueled break-fest of “Hoola Hoop”, the slow and spacey
“Touchdown”, and the album’s title track, the future-epic-adventure-movie-soundtrack cut “The Serpent’s Mouth.” Wagner explains, “I wrote the song
with Bernhard Hummer as an instrumental fantasy story – think of pirates, smugglers and a dangerously beautiful sea passage towards the island. It
became an allegory for our mind travels into the world of the steel pan.”
The Serpent’s Mouth is sure to please past fans and newly-minted ones alike. It seems like a new era for Steel Drum music is upon us, and Bacao is
firmly leading the way into the hearts of music fans around the world.

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Floating Points

LateNightTales

Live At Antibes Jazz Festival In Juan-Les-Pins 1968

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

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

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Cover with slightly bumped corner, close to NM

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Pharoah Sanders

LP | 2019 | EU (Alternative Fox)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Syllart)

Release: 2019 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pharoah Sanders: Live at the Antibes Jazz Festival in Juan-les-Pins July 21, 1968 Experimental jazz titan Pharoah Sanders made a lasting impact with his unorthodox approach to tenor saxophone. Born Farrell Sanders in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1940, he was given the nickname Pharoah by grandmother, in reference to the potential regal lineage of his African heritage. Playing clarinet at church services during his youth, he began playing tenor sax at high school. In 1959 he moved to Oakland, California, where he played with rhythm and blues bands and befriended John Coltrane. Moving to New York in 1961, he drifted into Sun Ra’s Arkestra after experiencing a difficult period of homelessness. His status began to rise upon joining Coltrane’s band in 1965, where his discordant solos formed a strong contrast to Trane’s more melodious sound, though each player had a strong impact on the other’s subsequent work. Following Coltrane’s untimely death in 1967, Sanders formed a quartet of his own with former Jazz Messengers pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, bassist Norman ‘Sirone’ Jones of the Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team, and drummer Majeed Shabazz. For this blistering performance, given at the Antibes Jazz Festival of 1968 and broadcast on French radio station WDR3, the quartet moves through various Sanders free-jazz workouts, taking in “Venus” from the Tauhid album and “The Creator Has A Master Plan” from Karma along the way, with the rhythm section holding down the fort as Sanders blows himself into the stratosphere.

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Gestu De Dakar

Diabar

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Official first reissue of this Senegalese gem recorded in 1981 and produced by Ibrahima Sylla
Remastered from the original tapes, available on LP with 4 page booklet At the dawn of the 1980s, Senegal was immersed in the 'beautiful era' of Cuban influences, African-American soul and funk.

A group of passionate musician friends want to shine in this construction of a revolution in Senegalese music. Their credo will be to claim a spiritual search, that is the meaning of the word Gestü in Wolof. The group of friends gathers around the young guitarist leader As El Haji Malick Diouf who is joined on vocals by Tidiane Bathily, reinforced by Couri Ndiaye and Abdou Bâ, on drums Abdou Kane, on bass guitar Jean-Pierre Gomes, Madiama Diop (saxophone, clarinet) and finally on tumbas Djiby Ndiaye.

They released their first album Diabar in 1981, recorded at Golden Baobab studio under the direction of Senegalese producer Ibrahima Sylla. This unique record of the group will leave the youthful and dynamic imprint of a Senegalese musical revolution like the Orchestra Baobab or the Etoile de Dakar.

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Crown Jewels Volume 1 Fools Gold Vinyl Edition

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Durand Jones & The Indications

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown is proud to present our first compilation on the label, Crown Jewels Vol. 1. This is something of a highlight reel for what we have released in the three years that we've been around.Some of our artists are world famous at this point while some of them are still under the radar. It's been extremely satisfying for us when the fans of one Big Crown artist discover another one because they are label mates. We are putting out this comp with the hope that it will continue that process, and, this is a damn good listen. Even though not all BC artists can be found in the same aisle of the record store, after listening to Crown Jewels Vol. 1, it should be clear how they all fit on the same record label. When we started Big Crown we wanted to have a label that's only boundaries were defined by our taste, not by genre. We think that this is a perfect example of that; and this is only volume one. Thank you to everyone who has supported us thus far and please stay tuned as we have plans to continue pushing the envelope and putting out tunes we believe in.

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Morning In America Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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When Durand Jones & The Indications released their sophomoreLP, American Love Call, there was a bundle version of the albumavailable that included a bonus 7" with "Morning In America" on the Aside and a true bonus B-side, "Cruisin' To The Park." That B-side, an homage to lowriders everywhere, has become a theme for a whole new generation of sweet soul lovers. So we are proud to present this heater of a 45. Let's cruise....

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The Ultimate Guide To Avant-Garde-Step - Sides A & B

LP | 2019 | UK | Original (Agile Experiments)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Cien Fuegos)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition 12" white label vinyl with handwritten labels in sleeve with 3mm disco bag decorated by sticker + A4 paper print about the project including track listing & personnel details.

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Schlippenbach Quartet

Three Nails Left

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Big Crown)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Evan Parker - soprano & tenor saxophone Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano Peter Kowald - double bass Paul Lovens - percussion This album was originally released on FMP in 1975. Remastered by Martin Siewert in2019. Design by Paul Lovens, photo by Nick Leidner and Dagmar Gebers. side A recorded live at 3rd Jazz Festival Moers June 2nd, 1974 by Michael Krause side B recorded live at the Quartier Latin Berlin, February 2nd, 1975 by Jost Gebers with the FMP Mobile Recording Unit. Produced by Jost Gebers.

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Holy Hive

Oh I Miss Her So

C. Baker / P. Catherine / J.-L. Rassinfosse

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Holy Hive, the group that coined the genre Folk/Soul, comes out swinging with this monster of a two-sider. The A side "Oh I Miss Her So" is pulled from their recently released Harping EP: a drop dead gorgeous tune of love and longing, featuring the harping of Mary Lattimore. The tune serves as a testament to The Hive's gift for songwriting and arrangement, taking the listener on a ride from the first notes of Paul's falsetto to the outro featuring Dave Guy's (The Roots) gorgeous trumpet solo. The B Side is The Hive's crushing cover of Sunny & The Sunliners' classic "If I Could See You Now". Homer's world renown drumming provides an instant dance floor backbone to the tune while Paul's signature vocals add a welcome twist giving the original version a proper run for its money. This cover is pulled from the forthcoming Big Crown Records label compilation "Dear Sunny" a collection of Sunny covers done by the roster of Big Crown artists.

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Crystal Bells

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Igloo)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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How Do I Talk To My Brother? Black Vinyl Edition

Ben Pirani

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

DeRobert & The Half-Truths

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"It'd be easy to mistake this release for yet another soul revival album made by a dude who wasn't there the first time around - but it'd be the listener's mistake to make. What kind of record is a man with a punk past going to make when he's been a mod, a rocker and a rare soul collector in between? One that draws on a familial history of activism, sacrifice and earnest hustling - the very same things we're all being called upon to conjure as a society in this present moment. This is a body of work that lets neither performer nor listener off the hook, yet still understands the need for care and cause in the spaces between. Consider it: A band of fighters meant for the clear-eyed lovers of the world. Ben Pirani is not fooling around, and neither are the working musicians who agreed to make this record with him." - Jocelyn Brown Colemine Records is proud to present the debut LP from Ben Pirani. A record that feels so very easy and familiar, but at the same time fresh and relevant. Like the hype sticker says, "Soul music that's so positive it might just spark a revolution!"

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Judgement Pt. 1 / Judgement Pt. 2 Black Vinyl Version

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Agile Experiments Volume 1

LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Agile Experiments)

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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At the beginning of 2015 I approached Victor Greetham at The Agile Rabbit Pizzeria about programming a series of concerts at his spot in Brixton Village, an open air marketplace in the heart of Brixton (London, UK).

The premise being that I would bring a selection of great, strictly one hour long concerts every Thursday night, some of which would be completely improvised free form music. These performances came to be named “Agile Experiments”, paying homage to Victor & his venue for allowing us to expose the market's passing trade audiences to something they may well have never had an opportunity to hear before or ever again for that matter.

We implemented two simple rules for the performances:
1. We wouldn't discuss or plan anything around what we were going to play.
2. We would play for an hour straight with no breaks.

After a year of concerts in the market place, I organised 8 one hour long recording sessions in a studio with 8 different combinations of musicians I had had the honor of performing with over this period and we applied the same rules as we did for the live performances in order to document these happenings.

Two further years down the line, after sitting on these recordings trying to find a way for them to be heard, I am extremely pleased to announce a sequential release of two limited edition vinyls featuring 12 extracts from these raw & unpredictable performances.

I hope that you will truly enjoy these minutes of off-the-cuff cooperative creativity.

In good faith and love for people and music,

Dave De Rose

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Hailu Mergia

Lala Belu

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paul Ramos / Ulysses Crockett

Fence Walk / Funky Resurgence

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Big Crown)

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown Records is proud to present this tough as nails split 7”

The A side is Paul Ramos version of the Mandrill classic “Fence Walk”. Originally released on the Harlem label, and later licensed to Falcon only to oddly appear on their Kris Bravo LP. Ramos stays close to the original, but adds enough to the tune to make it a must have for funk collectors.

The B side “Funky Resurgence” comes by way of vibes player/bandleader Ulysses Crockett who was a stalwart on the Bay Area scene of the 1960's first with his Latin Jazz group Afro Blue Persuasion and later Ulysses Crockett Magic. He also played in The Skins w/ the legendary Bill Graham. "Funky Resurgence" was one of several compositions he wrote for the 1971 play "Resurgence." During this period, Ulysses was also going through law school and he remains a legal voice, writer and activist in the Bay Area.

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Out On The Coast Black Vinyl Version

LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Colemine)

The Electronique Void: Black Noise

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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San Diego's own The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble is back with their sophomore LP “Out On The Coast”. Cinematic soul is the order of the day from this west coast group. Covering a lot of soulful territory here: deep funk, soul jazz, breakbeats, and more! The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble is a heavy, original, instrumental soul band based in San Diego. They draw influence from the masters of the style from the past and modern day, including: The Meters, Isaac Hayes, El Michels Affair, Mulatu Astatke, Budos Band, The Nite Liters, Menahan Street Band, Fela Kuti and The Poets of Rhythm. In June of 2015 they released their debut self titledalbum on Colemine Records. The band has shared the stage with Lee Fields and the Expressions, New Mastersounds, Monophonics, Kamasi Washington, and many other touring bands. They perform live regularly all over California and worldwide.

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Adrian Younge

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Linear Labs)

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It was made the way they made electronic music in the good old days, all analog everything, right after synthesizers shrunk to a manageable size and you didn’t have to trek down to a university to use one anymore. Electronic music as practiced and developed by pioneers like Dick Hyman and Raymond Scott and Wendy Carlos is precise and intentional. In making his first electronic album, Younge took his cues from them, reminding a contemporary audience what a synthesizer, deep in its heart, really could be. “Black Noise” is men talking to men about women; “Lemonade” is a woman talking to women about men, and they both orbit around a failure we take for granted like the sun: loving you is complicated. It’s a skill; we forgot. Adrian Younge calls “The Electronique Void” an academic album, by which he means it is both instructional and informational. There’s a problem at the heart of it, a woman who’s been told that she’s loved, but she doesn’t recognize that, can’t feel it, may have heard it all before, may be worrying about the wrong things. Jack Waterson, long a guitarist in Younge’s band, plays the role of narrator, sounding professorial and rather superior as he lays out for the woman where she’s erred. That vocoder you hear is Adrian, talking to her on a subterranean level, the way an artist must. The discourse on the album is the kind of thing that happens when you go blonde and then you can’t keep ‘em off you. These truths are cold and hard, and our hero begrudges the well-meaning advice being rained down upon her as any independent woman would. The science of love, its formulas and if-then constraints, causal relationships and observable properties, is best taught experientially, but learning it hurts so, so bad. Music, especially electronic music, reliant as it is on abstraction and unrepentant as it is about hijacking your physiological responses to tempo and rhythm and dynamics, is a way to get there without going through it.

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Scorpio / 8th Wonder

7" | 2016 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Do It Again / In Love With You

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown Records is proud to present Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band’s new 45, “Scorpio” b/w “8th Wonder”. Coming after the smashing success of their debut full length “55” they drop 2 B-Boy classics back to back on this tough two sider that comes in a beautifully illustrated picture sleeve.
The A side “Scorpio” is a killer cover of the Dennis Coffey breakbeat staple. BRSB turn up the tempo a touch on the original doing the tune justice with crushing drums they have become known for. This is sure to be in every breakbeat enthusiasts box. The B side features the non album cut, BRSB’s cover of The Sugarhill Gang’s 8th Wonder, a tune that lends itself to pans like it was written for them. Another dance floor winner sure to be in DJs sets the world over shortly.

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Lady Wray

7" | 2016 | US | Original (Big Crown)

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

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown Records is proud to present Do It Again the first single from Lady Wray’s new album Queen Alone. The 45 and upcoming album is produced by Leon Michels and Thomas Brenneck.

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George Duke

Faces In Reflection

Baiana (Brasingles Volume 2)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018! Vinyl close to NM

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Barbatuques

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Optimo Music Selva Discos)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Far Out)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The fourth release of Selva Discos is one that has been bursting audiences into flames for a good while. Barbatuques, a well-known Brazilian group of body percussionists, adapted "Baianá" back in 2005 (first released on the "O Seguinte É Esse" album) and since then it became a staple of their concerts, getting crazy reactions from the children to the elder, being featured on soundtracks and sampled by trap duo Tropkillaz.

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Marcos Valle

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