Organic Grooves 2352 Items

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (RCA International)

Steve Lacy

Gemini Rights

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Leopard)

Bobby Sparks II

Paranoia

14,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music Brokers)

Jazz And 80's

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Lrk)

Claire Davis

Long Gone

17,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From the success of "Thrive" which was released on a 7" vinyl by LRK Records and sold out in a day. Comes a brand new single "Long Gone "
Toronto based retro-soul artist Claire Davis serves up her latest soulful banger "Long Gone" from forthcoming 7" vinyl release on LRK Records. A jewel of Canada's Soul scene, Claire Davis takes it up a notch and showcases her mighty vocals on the fiery breakup single "Long Gone". Drawing from her influences of the likes of Etta James and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the unrelenting rhythm and sassy background vocalsof this track complement the "take-no-mess" message of Davis' lyrics and vocal delivery. A song about knowing your worth and walking away from those who don't! Claire Davis is an analog enthusiast, opting to record to tape whenever possible to best capture the feel and energy of a live performance and this single does not disappoint. The track was co-written by Toronto based artist Kyla Charter and producer Scott McCannell whom Davis has excitedly collaborated with for years on various other projects in Toronto's R&B/Soul scene. The saucy background vocal arrangement from composer/arranger La-Nai Gabriel provided the icing on the cake for this record which features dynamic background vocals from Joanna Mohammed, Tegan Michelle Gordon, and Chynna Lewis.

Whosampled.com premiered the single on their website
Jazzfm have listed the single "Long Gone" on their B list playlist
In the official retro soul spotify playlist
CBC gave it a spin on "Big city small world" by Errol Nazareth

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Cumbia - Take Place At Heart Of

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

21,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music Brokers)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In anice gatefold sleeve this vinyl will make you discover the most emblematic artists of Cumbia and other more confidential ones selected and explained by the journalist and expert OSMAN JR. Original versions entirely remastered.

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Karen Souza

Essentials 2

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis Vinyl Story

Miles Davis

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Bdmusic)

38,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | EU | Original (R.D.Y.)

RDY#47

Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1987

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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4 monstruous tracks straight from the basement feat. one of the original house music creator RON Hardy. All the real djs were looking for those for years. Grab it before it's sold out, we have very few copies. A must have. Essential Item - Limited Edition - NO Re-press

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Michael Brecker Band

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Stand Strong Black Vinyl Edition

Reginald Omas Mamode IV

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Five Easy Pieces)

Trade Of Hearts / Let Me Feel Your Charme

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reginald Omas Mamode IV returns with his fourth solo album - the resolute, soulful, confident, sonically sure 'Stand Strong'. Reginald Omas Mamode IV stands strong in process, sensibility and message; speaking authentically against our collective future andthe struggle of the Afro Diaspora people, the enslavement and colonisation of his and many others ancestors. His clear modus operandi focuses on a desire for peace, unity, love and a revised value system to insight a wider societal change. "Music, it's a beautiful, spiritual and powerful thing" says Reginald. "It transcends boundaries and cultures, brings people together, it can instigate the worst and the best in us."

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Thee Sacred Souls

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Penrose)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Warner)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Let’s trade... love,” or so propositions Josh Lane into the waiting ears of a lover on the whispering intro of Thee Sacred Souls‘ latest offering. “Trade of Hearts” is a perfectly coquettish hand-held stroll in the vein of an early Marvin and Tammy duet, on which hearts are traded like so many kings and queens in a playful hand of lovers’ bridge. On the flip, Jensine Benitez dips in with a soaring refrain for the hook of a mid-tempo groover, calling upon a wanted one to let their charm be felt and heard. Without mercy, an infectious rhythm erases any space that might have remained between two dancing souls. The Souls have already captured the hearts of Southern California and beyond with their unique soul sound, at once raw and honey sweet, yet this freshest platter can only tighten that embrace. Hold your cards close, cause they’re playing for keeps!

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Youn Sun Nah

Waking World

24,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Four Limited Gold Vinyl Edition

Bill Frisell

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marjassa 2022 Repress With Orange Cover

Fagelbörs

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Ultraääni)

Nostalgia Royal Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marjassa LP is reminiscent to 60s American avant-garde free jazz movements both soundwise and musically. Think a Finnish versions of Ornette Coleman/Don Cherry stuff (or perhaps Noah Howard/Ric Colbeck).

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Skinshape

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Lewis)

Nobuo Hara And Sharps & Flats +1 (Takehiko Honda)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I spent a while thinking about the title for this album; it was quite hard to pin down the feeling I felt it represented. At a certain point I realised it was nostalgia, for everything; our life passed by, childhood, moments of happiness and sadness, where we grew up”. - Skinshape Will Dorey aka Skinshape has proven himself time and again as a connoisseur for the cosmopolitan, across a prolific career expertly exploring understated sounds and theatrical textures. Taking his place alongside the likes of Khruangbin, Tame Impala, Bonobo and Madlib, Skinshape’s global kaleidoscopes are loaded with warmth and wisdom created on vintage analogue equipment applying a perfectionist’s touch. As a former member of indie band Palace, he has played everywhere from Glastonbury and BBC Maida Vale to headlining Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Conversely, as a solo artist Skinshape has never played live preferring to record, releasing an album a year (two in 2020’s lockdown) and keeping away from the trappings of stardom.

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Electronics!

LP | 2022 | JP (Columbia Japan)

45,99 €*

Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1987

Release: 2022 / JP

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Japan's leading big band, Sharps & Flats, created a unique work featuring 22-year-old up-and-coming pianist, Takehiko Honda. The sound of an electric piano rolling comfortably over the powerful big band sound is absolutely incredible! In addition this record features covers of some of the the latest rock hits at the time, such as Jethro Tull's 'Bule', BS&T's 'Spinning Wheel', and The Beatles' 'Come Together'.

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Randy Brecker Band

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Jazzline)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Round Hill)

BBNG (BadBadNotGood)

IV White Vinyl Edition

29,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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You Must Believe In Spring

Bill Evans

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Craft)

49,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cheek To Cheek Live! Limited Edition

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Interscope)

18,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Favorite)

Magic Source

Earthrising

20,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Farfalla)

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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Eleven76

Occhio Occhio

We Are Sent Here By History

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After their debut album Space Voyage for Warner Chappell, Eleven76 are back with a new album commercially available for the first time entitled Occhio Occhio. The album contains insect-themed outernational grooves with tropical and arabian flavours and smooth and buttered tunes with soulful vibes that are reminiscent of classic european library music. Vintage synthesizers and hot tape-recorded drums continue to lead Eleven76's mystique, with travels through funk territories and all the while frenzied percussion-heavy break beats keep b-girls and b-boys moving on the floor. Including the sold out first two singles "The Scarab’s Quest" & "The Hornet’s Nest" plus 3 exclusive tracks for this vinyl edition

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Shabaka & The Ancestors

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Impulse)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | UK | Reissue (Ancient Archive Of Sound)

Nat Birchall

Afro Trane

34,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Miles Davis

Sketches Of Spain

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | JP | Original (Venus)

Vladimir Shafranov Trio

How High The Moon

47,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (ECM)

John Scofield

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (ECM)

Oded Tzur

Isabela

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | DE | Original (Verve)

Samara Joy

Linger Awhile

22,99 €*

Quatermass Sessions: From The Deep

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What a voice, what a jazz feeling! Since Samara Joy won the "Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition" in 2019, it is no longer a secret that a great jazz singer of a new generation is maturing here. The 22-year-old New Yorker not only wins over her audience with performances at festivals and in jazz clubs, despite her charmingly reserved manner and her artful singing, she has by now also generated millions and millions of clicks on Tik Tok! Verve Records, the label associated with recordings by immortal singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, has now won a bidding war between various companies for a contract with Samara Joy and is releasing her major-label debut “Linger Awhile”.

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The Heliocentrics

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

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

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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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

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (PLYGRND)

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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Pale Jay

The Celestial Suite

19,99 €*

Sanba Yo Pran Pale DJ Koze Remix

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Black Vinyl Edition.
Record is slightly warped but still enjoyable.
Cover with a beginning seam split at the upper edge.

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Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray

10" | 2022 | EU | Original (Anjunadeep)

17,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Nu Jazz

15,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Brownout presents Brown Sabbath

Brown Sabbath Volume 2

CD | 2016 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

16,99 €*

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 €*

Japanese Jazz Spectacle (Deep, Heavy And Beautiful Jazz From Japan) (1962-1985) (The King Records Masters)

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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Yusuke Ogawa

2LP | 2022 | DE | Original (180g)

38,99 €*

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Blue Note)

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Limited Sun Yellow Vinyl Edition.

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Gerald Clayton

Bells On Sand

19,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Michel/Tomatito Camilo

Spain

LP | 2022 | Original

38,99 €*

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (By Norse Music)

Sowulo

Wurdiz

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (By Norse Music)

Sowulo

Mann

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | FR | Original (Favorite)

Magic Source

Riviera Drive

8,99 €*

Release: 2022 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Small light scuff on side A.

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Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (180g)

Loving Life Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following the already classic Wamono A to Z trilogy, 180g presents an exceptional collection of jazz funk / rare groove tunes recorded in the mid-seventies at the Nippon Columbia studios by three giants of Japanese music: arranger Kiyoshi Yamaya, koto legend Toshiko Yonekawa and shakuhachi master Kifu Mitsuhashi.

Born in 1932 in Tokyo, Kiyoshi Yamaya started his musical career in 1953 when he played in various jazz bands in town. In 1957, Yamaya joined Nobuo Hara’s famous jazz big band Sharps & Flats as a baritone saxophone player and started composing, arranging, and recording for them and other big bands. He became a key jazz figure in Japan in the sixties together with Norio Maeda and Keitaro Miho, both jazz pianists, composers and arrangers, by forming the Modern Jazz Three Association – which aimed at improving the level of Japanese jazz composition and arrangement. In the mid-seventies, his Contemporary Sound Orchestra explored jazz funk fusions with traditional Japanese melodies and instruments such as the shakuhachi, koto, biwa, and shamisen. These works were recorded for a series of panoramic Japanese albums released domestically on Denon and Nippon Columbia, from which the tracks on this compilation are taken from.

Toshiko Yonekawa, born 1913 in the city of Himeji, not so far from Osaka, is the eldest daughter of koto and shamisen master Kin’o Yonekawa. She started studying both instruments with her talented father from the age of 3, played in her first concert at 8, and was only 12 years old when she first appeared on national radio. Her unique style of koto playing is widely recognized due to the extreme accuracy of the intonation and rhythm, as well as the unequaled beauty of the instrument’s sonority. After a life decorated with awards and prizes, Toshiko Yonekawa was named a Living National Treasure in 1996.

Born in Tokyo in 1950, Kifu Mitsuhashi is a great master of Koto style shakuhachi. After completing the NHK Hōgaku Training Program in 1972, Mitsuhashi became a member of Pro Musica Nipponia, a group of leading composers and top-ranking musicians devoted to performing a wide-ranging repertoire of classical and contemporary compositions from both Japan and the West – in which all music is performed by traditional Japanese musical instruments. Mitsuhashi has toured the world for hundreds of recitals, also as a soloist, and has performed his art with the greatest ensembles such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 2020, Kifu Mitsuhashi was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Dabeull & Sofiane Pamart

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Dabeull)

31,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Lewis)

Skinshape

Nostalgia

21,99 €*

12" | 2016 | Reissue (Habibi Funk)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For fans of Khruangbin, El Michels Affair, Tame Impala and Bonobo. “I spent a while thinking about the title for this album; it was quite hard to pin down the feeling I felt it represented. At a certain point I realised it was nostalgia, for everything; our life passed by, childhood, moments of happiness and sadness, where we grew up”. – Skinshape

Will Dorey aka Skinshape has proven himself time and again as a connoisseur for the cosmopolitan, across a prolific career expertly exploring understated sounds and theatrical textures. Taking his place alongside the likes of Khruangbin, Tame Impala, Bonobo and Madlib, Skinshape’s global kaleidoscopes are loaded with warmth and wisdom created on vintage analogue equipment applying a perfectionist’s touch. As a former member of indie band Palace, he has played everywhere from Glastonbury and BBC Maida Vale to headlining Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Conversely as a solo artist Skinshape has never played live preferring to record, releasing an album a year (two in 2020’s lockdown) and keeping away from the trappings of stardom.

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Carthago

Alech

17,99 €*

Crying Laughing Loving Lying - 50th Anniversary Edition

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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Labi Siffre

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Demon)

40,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Use Vinyl)

Soul Fingers

34,99 €*

Hard Steppin' EP Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A sound that embraces different styles and different eras, but which has only one basic concept as a common denominator: spreading the “Black Power Sound”. That’s the spirit of the double vinyl compilation of Soul Fingers, a legendary Black Music traveling party that has now become a cult in Italy, still religiously followed by dancers of all kinds and ages. At Soul Fingers it is usual to listen and dance to a unique and tasty blend of soul, disco and funk, with rap and latin rhythms. There are no preconceptions other than that of putting songs to feel good and make people feel good. The real deal is to share with the dancefloor a record that is magical, full of soul and that can elevate us from our state of human beings to become a single beating heart under the speakers of the sound system.

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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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Typhoon Selected By DJ Ebreo

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Use Vinyl)

34,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Second collection dedicated to the historic Typhoon disco in Gambara (Bs) Also in this double vinyl you can find some of the tracks that have characterized the style and musical programming of this club. Selected for the occasion by DJ Ebreo who is also a regular guest and for a period resident.

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Protest Songs

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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United States at the beginning of the 1960s, the vibrant speeches of the great defenders of the black cause were soonrelayed by the artists of the time.... The groove revolution is underway!Dive into the heart of this era with the proud voices of the Artists who made the Protest Song!A fine selection with : GIL SCOTT-HERON - Angela Davis- Doris Duke- Seven Seas- Shirley Caesar- Skull Snaps- T-Connection- The Whatnauts...

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Cosmic Disco Machine Volume 6 Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Cosmic Disco Machine)

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Sahel Sounds)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cosmic Disco Machine Volume 6 is reconfirmed with a refined selection of electronic “disco” songs from the 70s / 80s, rigorously in original and remastered versions. Inside we will find songs from the German school "The 4:08 to Paris" by Berlin Express (Conrad Schnitzler) and Rolf Trostel "Digital Track", the English "Regime" by Two, Iam Siam from America with "Talk To Me Even to Italo with Riccardo Cioni's “Nebbia”.

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Mamman Sani

Taaritt

Straight Ahead 45 Mix / Can't Turn You Loose

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cosmic synth. Polyphonic analog synthesizers and drum machines interpret ancient Saharan folk ballads in an imagined science fiction future. A proposed relaxation guide, sonically lying somewhere between ambient library music and minimal wave. Recorded in Niger and France in the late 1980s.All Recordings by Mamman Sani Abdoulaye.Recorded 1985 - 1988 at Studio Samira in Niamey, Niger and Studio Kham Mai in Paris, France.Instruments include Crumar Bit 99, RCA Victor 70, Yamaha RX5, and Roland TR-505.Painting by Maria Joan Dixon.Layout and design by Christopher Kirkley.

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Pleasure

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Octoposse)

14,99 €*

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Essential 7” only mixes from funk legends Pleasure featuring two exclusive versions taken from the original session recordings available here for the first time. The previously unreleased 45 Mix of their 1975 classic jazz dance rare groove spin ’Straight Ahead’ coupled with their 1977 b-boy anthem ‘Can’t Turn You Loose’. This single covers all the angles for soul-funk fans and b-boys alike.

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Step Down Opaque Cream Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Colemine)

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | EU (Milestone)

Azymuth

Jazz Carnival

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cosmic Disco Machine Volume 5 Green Marble Edition

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Cosmic Disco Machine)

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Roche Musique)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This fifth volume fulfills the first year of hard work for reasearching, mastering and above all to bring back up to the listeners many lost “disco” gems. The selection, never banal as usual when it comes to the Cosmic Disco Machine series, includes Edgar Froese "Videophonic”, Tom Ware "Chinatown", Future World Ochestra "Mister Y" and many other historical pieces, and for the first time an unreleased track too. So dear collectors and djs, let yourself travel into the world of that alternative disco that you have proven to appreciate so much. As always, limited edition vinyl, this time marbled green pressed.

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Darius

Oasis

33,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Hisstology)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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New Darius album, featuring Wayne Snow, Kadhja Bonet, Benny Sings...

After the release of his last EP "oasis (Prelude) on Roche Musique, Parisian producer Darius reveals his second album "oasis" with the powerful track "ease Your Mind". A groovy dancing track reminiscing of his early trademark electro dance sounds with catchy R&B lead from Devin Tracy. The acclaimed and certified artist is now ready to unveil his new project, teased since the release of the +10 Million streams "equilibrium" in 2020.

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Cosmic Analog Ensemble

Expo Botanica

19,99 €*

You And Me Transparent Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cosmic Analog Ensemble is the brainchild of prolific Lebanese music producer and multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane, a one-man musical force who writes, performs and produces all of its creative output. With a DIY music ethos, Megarbane has crafted an inimitable style of instrumental music, a melting pot of global sounds that effortlessly glides between 1960s Italian library music, Spaghetti-Western soundtracks, afrobeat, Middle Eastern psychedelia and hip-hop breaks. In little more than a decade, Megarbane has released over 100 albums, offering an experimental musical diary of his late-night improvised sessions, recorded across Beirut, Nairobi, Paris, London and Lisbon – the various cities he’s called home. Released under CAE and multiple other aliases such as Trans-Mara Express, Tapeman No.1, Free Association Syndicate and Monumental Detail, Megarbane’s vast discography is archived on his own independent label and digital platform Hisstology, a window into his expansive yet insular musical universe, in which he plays (almost) every part.

Since 2009, Megarbane has released 31 albums under the Cosmic Analog Ensemble moniker, through which he’s developed his trademark sound of abstract analog library music for the 21 st century, soaked in the golden sunshine of the Mediterranean coast. ‘Expo Botanica’ is CAE’s latest offering, due to be released on vinyl via Hisstology Records on June 24th 2022 with a global physical distribution through Big Wax Records. Expo Botanica completes a trilogy of CAE albums, following the critically-acclaimed LPs ‘Une Vie Cent Detours’ and ‘Les Sourdes Oreilles'. ‘Une Vie Cent Detours’, was dubbed by Pitchfork as 'A major landmark on Megarbane’s musical travels' . The 2017 full-length ‘Les Sourdes Oreilles’, CAE’s first vinyl release, was hailed by Bandcamp as ‘a crate-digger’s dream, a magnum force of infectious grooves and sample-ready melodies that feel rare and familiar at the same time.’

Fronted by an abstract painting by Megarbane, ‘Expo Botanica’ features 16 instrumental tracks, each one the theme for the imagined life of a plant. Capturing the carefree innocence of the playground in its meandering melodies, ‘Expo Botanica’ could easily be the soundtrack to a 1970s children’s film, harking back to an era when they were scored by legendary composers like Piero Umiliani. The album illustrates Megarbane’s mastery of beautifully simplistic melodies with the kind of hypnotic hook that sticks in the mind for days. An album of two parts, Side A sets a tranquil atmosphere with whimsical European-style cinematic soundtracks, while Side B serves up infectious organ grooves, funk-laden breaks and tumbling Oriental psychedelic pop melodies. A master sonic illusionist, Megarbane is the maestro of his own fictional orchestra.

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Penny & The Quarters

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sometime in 2005, a lone box of master tapes escaped an estate sale and made its way through a network of collectors, record dealers, and "junkers" into the hands of leading Ohio soul expert Dante Carfagna, who linked them to Columbus, Ohio's mysterious Prix label (See: Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label). A bit of research turned up Prix proprietor George Beter, who identified most of the unlabeled material. All it took was an endless series of phone calls and letters and two fields trips in Columbus. But one complete mystery wended its way onto our final Prix compilation. "You and Me," a simple but irrepressible demo credited only to Penny & the Quarters, was found tacked onto a mixed studio reel. Our survey of every willing lifer left on the Columbus soul scene, including retired DJs, producers, and important local artists, produced not so much as a glimmer of recognition at the name Penny & the Quarters. Though we loved the song from the first play, it may've ended up a bit buried on our original compilation, as #18 of 19 tracks. Four years later, Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label hadn't exactly become a huge seller, although listeners had repeatedly told us that the unfiltered studio demos that fill out the record's back half were true diamonds in the rough. But neither Penny nor her Quarters had appeared to claim credit for their efforts. Then, completely out of left field, we heard from respected screen actor and avowed Numero fan Ryan Gosling that Penny's piercing bit of stripped down doo-wop was being considered for inclusion in Derek Cianfrance's indie-weeper film Blue Valentine. What we didn't know was that "You and Me" had won a major role in what became an indie circuit hit, and that Penny & the Quarters would instantly assume the role of world's most famous unknown doo-wop group. Every week is a slow news week in Columbus, Ohio, and early January 2011 found the city recovering from the thrill of elevating Ted Williams_the formerly homeless guy with the awesome voice for radio_into a national news sensation. But both major daily newspapers in town, as well as the city's alternative weekly, also ran stories about how a lost and unknown Columbus soul group had become the musical centerpiece of a film already garnering Oscar buzz. That mainstream spotlight aimed at Blue Valentine and Penny & the Quarters did the trick: we finally made contact with the widow of Jay Robinson, lead Quarters' singer and songwriter. Robinson, it turned out, had also been the leader of Columbus doo-wop pioneers The Supremes (later known as "The Columbus Supremes," for reasons which should be obvious). Jay Robinson never did give up on the dream of writing a hit record; even so, the posthumous realization of his dream is cold comfort for his widow and daughter. With their blessings, we returned to those estate sale masters and pulled down another neglected track ("You Are Giving Me Some Other Love") from the still-unknown Penny and her now-partly-known Quarters. "You and Me" is a song that could not be suppressed: not when Prix failed to release it; not when Penny & the Quarters were forgotten; not when Numero stuck it at the bitter end of a much overlooked compilation. Its evolution from estate sale trash to silver-screen gold has finally returned it to big-hole 45, where it probably should have lived all along.

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Texas Moon EP

Tape | 2022 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Laserlight Digital)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two of the acts boldly leading Texas music into the future have now delivered a second chapter of their groundbreaking collaboration, further extending the region's sonic possibilities. Singer/songwriter Leon Bridges, from Ft. Worth, and trailblazing Houston trio Khruangbin have joined forces for the Texas Moon EP, a follow-up to 2020's acclaimed Texas Sun project. While the five new songs are clearly a continuation of the first EP, they also have an identity all their own _ Bridges calls it "more introspective," while Khruangbin bassist Laura Lee says it "feels more night time." When Texas Sun was released, AllMusic called the results "intoxicating" and Paste noted that "their talents and character go together so well." Now comes the next stage _ a set of songs that touch on themes like love, faith, and death while exploring new dimensions of inventive, hypnotic grooves. Significantly, both parties' musical directions were clearly affected by their time working together. Khruangbin's most recent album, Mordechai, moved their own vocals much further forward, a change they readily admit was a direct result of working with Bridges. Meanwhile, since these recordings began, in addition to his genre-defying album Gold-Digger's Sound, Bridges has put out several other challenging, shared tracks, including work with John Mayer, Lucky Daye, and Jazmine Sullivan. Texas Moon represents a genuine and rare achievement, with two of the most respected and innovative acts of their generation truly collaborating to create something new. "As far as an essentially instrumental band, these guys are kind of the top for me," says Bridges. "I'm honored to have been the first singer that they've incorporated in their music." "It feels really special to me," says Lee. "It's not Khruangbin, it's not Leon, it's this world we created together."

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Sam Cooke

King Of Soul

14,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Let's Ride Black Vinyl Editin

Junei'

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Changing Light Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Willie "Junei" Lee spent the first half of the 1970s playing guitar with his older brother Robert Lee in the self-contained band Lost Weekend, recording a handful of singles and a still unreleased LP. The back half of the decade was spent touring with Albert King, Curtis Mayfield, and The Emotions, before returning home to Gary, Indiana, to focus on his own sound. In 1985, Junei's girlfriend brought home a suite of Fostex home studio gear, including a 12 channel board, 8-track tape machine, and a halftrack for mix downs. He added a Yamaha drum machine and a Maestro echoplex and started his solo project. "The only artists I listened to was Hendrix and Santana," Junei said. The emissions coming from his home studio were entirely different, however, as "Let's Ride" channels the Euro sensibilities of Kraftwerk or Italo over virtuosic guitar. "I just didn't want to sound like anyone else," he continued. "Let's Ride" achieved that differentiation, and managed to anticipate Chicago house by a few years. Pressed in minuscule numbers in 1987 on Pharaohs Records, the 45 never connected with the nearby scenes in Chicago and Detroit where it might have found purchase in fertile soils. Decades later "Let's Ride" found new life as the bed for KAYTRANADA's "Scared To Death," and the track has slowly worked its way through the algorithm to a new generation of vapor huffers. "I am all for experimentation, trying new things, etc," Junei said. "Kaytranada is a visionary and a talented producer. He has my respect.""

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The Ironsides

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Colemine)

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Touching Bass)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Breezy instrumental soul from California's The Ironsides. Featuring members of Monophonics, 'Changing Light' is a cinematic and orchestral track that is uber-pleasing to the ears. The B-Side, "Sommer" is a cover of an obscure 1973 song by Stig & Steen, but the mood seems very modern with the help of some excellent production by brothers Max and Joe Ramey. FOR Fans OF.. Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, Antibalas, El Michels Affair, Ikebe Shakedown

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Contour

Onwards!

20,99 €*

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Underdog)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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South Carolina-based multi-hyphenate, Contour, arrives on Errol and Alex Rita’s Touching Bass with Onwards! — an evocative, twelve-track journey through black art past and contemporary with soul, electronics and archival material at its core. “The record exists as a bridge in conversation between today’s artists and art of the past which offered potential ways to navigate the world that we’re in; personally or on a larger scale” says Contour. Shared today is “Hearing Voices'', the first single which “explores the relationship between our conditions of living and working and how we process or fail to process them”. Contour directed the accompanying music video, a filmic performance seemingly set in a work study. The single is about how work can sever “our connection to intuition”. Khari Lucas describes himself as multifaceted, including musician, score composer, film and radio programmer within his universe of practice. Contour — the musical alias he started in 2014 — is the vessel for his musical research, songwriting and production. Onwards! arrives in October 2022, following on from Weight (2020) and Love Suite (2021). Both previous records were impressive calling cards for the now 27-year-old, diving deep into a rich and incredibly vivid imagination set to a soul, hip-hop and psychedelic rock-influenced blueprint. This third body of work serves as an expansion of his songwriting ability, both lyrically and thematically, through and beyond autobiographical expression. During 2020, Khari spent a lot of time reading works from poets, writers, and theorists involved in the black arts movement. Films, including many from the L.A Rebellion movement of the 80s, became a recurring source of inspiration. As did a recently purchased Roland Sp-404 originally intended for organising samples, which turned into his personal audio diary populated by a multitude of sound bites. Using this vast pool as a foundation, alongside additional samples and select co-production from collaborators Swarvy and 10.4 ROG, Onwards! blossomed into Khari’s most accomplished synthesis of sample-based production and the direction his songwriting skills were already moving in. This project comes from the emotional exploration and metabolization of the media he consumed during this time. It encapsulates his digestion of the intersection of political and emotional realities. Via soundbites and references, he places art ancestors and influences in conversation with his work. Outside of this latest offering, Khari has collaborated with visionary black fashion house, Telfar, to launch their Black Camo line, co-directed/edited (Fresh Rain, 2021) and scored (Half-Day, 2022; One Magenta Afternoon, 2022) film, and is a seasoned resident artist. Most recently for New York’s non-profit cultural centre Pioneer Works, NTS Radio’s WIP programme and as a guest curator for the New York-based art publisher and performance space, Montez Press Radio. As Contour, he has supported contemporary musicians including Mndsgn and keiyaA. His monthly hosted radio show on dublab is a curatorial exercise called Footprints in the Dark. A two-hour exploration of a single black artist and a means for making one part of his research practice public. He has also guested on London’s NTS Radio and New York’s The Lot among others.

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Kolinga

Legacy

29,99 €*

No Condition Is Permanent

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"I wanted to talk about what I know best, which life from my perspective" Rébecca M’Boungou is not unaware of the universal part of her mixed race life so many upheavals, splendors, melancholies, pleasures or pains present in this century.Kolinga tells much more than the musical adventure of a dark-skinned country girl from southwestern France who expresses herself in French, English and Lingala on a music which drawsfrom pop, Congolese rumba, jazz, soul, song, hip hop...

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Celestine Ukwu

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Mississippi)

24,99 €*

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Mississippi)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Of the many great talents of the classic Nigerian highlife scene, none contained the existential depth, transcendence and grace of Celestine Ukwu. During his brief time in this world, he pursued education, music, and philosophy; first as a school teacher, then ultimately a singer, lyricist and musician, first as a member of Gentleman Mike Ejeagha's Premier Dance Band, and eventually fronting his own groups, The Music Royals and The Philosophers National. Beginning in the early 1970s, The Philosophers National established a radical shift in the possibilities of Nigerian highlife by moving away from the typical mid-century style and cutting a new path with a distinctly hypnotic and cerebral atmosphere. This sense of depth was apparent in the lilting, multi-layered and pulsing music of The Philosophers National, as well as the concise and clear-eyed lyrics sung so beautifully by Celestine Ukwu. The arrangements establish a living, breathing environment for each song; muted trumpet solos, hypnotic guitar runs, driving percussion; every instrument gracefully following a tide of patience, tranquility, wonder, climax, knowing and unknowing. "Celestine ditched the jaunty dance rhythms and relatively facile lyrics typical of the reigning highlife tunes, and ignoring the soul music tropes most of the highlife bandleaders were appropriating in an effort to inject new life to their ailing format. Instead Celestine concocted a new highlife style that was more contemplative and lumbering; with the layering of Afro-Cuban ostinato basslines and repetitive rhythm patterns that interlocked to create an effect that was hypnotic, virtually transcendental. Meanwhile, Celestine himself sang as he stood coolly onstage in a black turtleneck and a sportscoat, looking like a university professor. The message was clear: this was not necessarily music for dancing_even though the rhythms were compelling enough. This was music for the thinkers." - Uchenna IkonneThis LP compiles some of Celestine Ukwu's deepest and most affecting songs fr...

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Los Golden Boys

Cumbia De Juventud

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Underdog)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Heavy cumbia guitar rock from 1960s Colombia.Formed in 1961 by the legendary brothers Pedro Jairo and Guillermo Leon Garces, LOS GOLDEN BOYS rose quickly to the top of the Colombian "musica tripical" scene by combining popular rock influences with cumbia, gaita, porro and other local styles. The band recorded several hit singles and albums for the Dsco Fuentes label until the tragic death of brilliant electric guitarist Pedro Jairo in 1972 laid the original LOS GOLDEN BOYS to rest. Cumbia De Juventud is a newly remastered collection of 12 of the heaviest sogs from their golden era!

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The Bongo Hop

La Napa

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2022 | US | Original (Colemine)

Dojo Cuts

Here We Are

Come Right Back Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Australia's most soulful outfit Dojo Cuts is back with a new single featuring the incredible vocal stylings of Carlton Jumel Smith. For Fans Of Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, Durand Jones & The Indications.

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Wesley Bright

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Colemine)

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (All-Town Sound)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ohio's sweetest soul singer Mr. Wesley Bright has returned with a new ear-worm called "Come Right Back". This family man, entrepreneur, and beekeeper came down to Loveland and to produce some tracks with Leroi Conroy in a more minimal, hard hitting manner. The track started off with a Wu-Tang reference and then eventually evolved into a massive 7 minute soul jam featuring strings and horns arranged by Wesley himself.For Fans of: Durand Jones & The Indications, Lee Fields, Charles Bradley...

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Mestizo Beat

Poppin' Off

11,99 €*

Live In New York City, February 8, 1975

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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MESTIZO BEAT incorporates a diverse mix of sub-genres withinthe Funk and Soul spectrum. They have released a string of45s with labels like Colemine, F-Spot, Common Good, andnow ATS! We couldn't decide which tunes should be assignedthe A and B sides, so we left them unmarked, for you todecide. "Poppin Off" catches your attention right from thestart with some Metersesque organ and guitar interplay. Itsettles into the groove and this is a feel good Southern Funkinfluenced burner. A 4 piece horn section comprised ofmembers of Sure Fire Soul Ensemble mixed with Jungle Fire'sSteve Haney on percussion, round out this recording.On the flip side is "City Of The Body Bag" which would haveyou believe you were hanging out somewhere in South EastLos Angeles in 1973. This tune takes heavy influence fromthe band "War" and is destined to be another Latin Funkstruttin' classic. FOR FANS OF: The Meters, War, New Mastersounds, Jungle Fire...

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Alan Braufman

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Valley Of Search)

43,99 €*

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This recently unearthed recording captures saxophonistAlan Braufman with his five-piece band in an early 1975 live radio session soon after recording his debut album Valley of Search for the India Navigation label. This was the first meeting of William Parker and Cooper-Moore, whose musical partnership has flourished ever since. The 94-minute performance is spread over 5 sides on 3 LPs / 2CDs. Newly mastered with liner notes by the host, Susan Mannheimer. Braufman has earned worldwide acclaim after the 2018 reissue ofValley of Search, and 2020's new album, The Fire Still Burns.

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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)

11,99 €*

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)

11,99 €*

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Rvng Intl.)

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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Horse Lords

Comradely Objects

24,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (By Norse Music)

Sowulo

Sol

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2022 | US | Original (G.E.D. Soul)

The Half-Truths

We Party / Let's Party

8,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU (Gondwana)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Half-Truths party hard on this deep funk banger. Employing group vocals, blasting horns, a teenage sounding rhythm section and squeaking synths, the Half-Truths keep the message simple on "We Party" and "Let's Party" Light one up, pour up a drink and get off your feet with Nashville's Premier Deep Funk Band.

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Jasmine Myra

Horizons

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2016 | Reissue (Decca)

The Lumineers

Cleopatra

32,99 €*

Release: 2016 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Box | 2022 | US | Original (Analogue Productions)

Bill Evans

Riverside Recordings

986,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Martes + Utopia 20th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

Murcof

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Leaf)

33,99 €*

2LP | 2016 | CA | Original (Justin Time)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Murcof"s first three albums are to be reissued on vinyl to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of his seminal debut album, Martes. Out of print for many years, these albums have been hugely influential in the worlds of minimal and ambient electronic music in their use of modern classical instrumentation, and are significant landmarks in the history of The Leaf Label. Each of the reissues is presented in a new gatefold sleeve featuring updated artwork, with Remembranza and Cosmos featuring fully remastered audio, and Cosmos including a previously unreleased bonus track.

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Diana Krall

Stepping Out

Release: 2016 / CA – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love & Hate Limited Edition

Michael Kiwanuka

2LP | 2016 | Original (Polydor)

42,99 €*

Release: 2016 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Donnoya Drake / Woodfield Rd Allstars

Only You / Shake Up The Dance

7" | 2022 | Original (Original Gravity)

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Strut)

The Collective

Idrissa's Dream

32,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Crammed)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut continue their work from the archives of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids with a first ever vinyl release of Ackamoor"s debut avant-garde / Afro-jazz recordings from 1971 with The Collective, based out of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

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Batida

Neon Colonialismo

21,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Horisontal Mambo)

Giorgio Lopez

Chalet Miseno

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Neapolitan producer makes a comeback on Horisontal Mambo with an ideal follow-up to his previous LP “Palinuro Phonebox” and once again teams up with label boss Prins Thomas for some mixdown touches. Halfway between italoboogie and Balearic beats, Chalet Miseno is a nostalgic ode to some 90s “estate italiana” holidays seen through the eyes of a kid. From the catchy beats of the title track (with its roaring motorbike intermezzo) and “Dragonara Punch”, to the dreamy soundscapes of “Luna Mirabilis” this album is guaranteed to be the perfect soundtrack to a hot summer (and a refresher for the long winter).

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Royal Athlete Volume 6 EP

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Royal Athlete)