As one of the foundational artists of Flipsight, it is only fitting that ColorJaxx gives the first major 2 x 12" gatefold statement on the label. The debut album 'In Between' of the Belgian producer gives a full overview of his trademark deep grooves with a re-invention of his club sound.
The first record is your invitation to the beach. The A-side kicks off with the ambient "Playamer", setting a scene of salt air and warm breeze. The shoreline waves combine with an electric piano groove to "Out The Door". This is where a slick trumpet gets the parole and cuts through the atmosphere, signalling to the dancefloor. "Never Enough" serves as a spiritual successor of his first EP on the label "Tales of never": shimmering guitar samples, a warm, everlasting groove, and that unmistakable "ColorJaxx" swing that we fell in love with initially.
The B-side is where Jordy catches the first hints of Spring with "Just Around" by blending uplifting trumpets and sax melodies with a fresh forward-moving baseline. "Higher" elevates the mood further with smooth rhodes keys and a jazzy piano lead. As the evening chill sets in, the first disc concludes with the literal end of the day: "The Beach Is Closed".
Time to grab the second wax out of your gatefold: leave the sand behind for the strobe light as this is where the maestro gets in club mode. "Back Then" serves as the bridge into "Discotheques," a heavy-hitting wink to the old-school Belgian club scene that shaped the underground of the early 2000's. This vibe created "Moving On," a sophisticated French-like house tune with Chris Farmer where the vocalist enters into a constant conversation with rhythmic elements, creating a versatile track that fits in any part of a DJ set.
The finale is reserved for heavy hitters: "This This" and "Disco Trouble" are pure, pumpy club rollers. Peak-time bangers designed for maximum impact, before the album dissolves into the hazy, cinematic outro of "Blurred Lines."
Cerca:blu farm
Planning For Burial is the solo project of Thom Wasluck, emerging from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It’s Closeness, It’s Easy is the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s Below The House. If Below The House was about returning home, following in the footsteps of one’s father and joining a union, and leaving behind youth’s wild days, It’s Closeness, It’s Easy embraces what comes next—the weight of all years, the quiet shifts, the reckoning with what remains. This record is many things. It captures the slow drift of time, the unnoticed shifts in a loved one—the creeping changes in mental health, the quiet pull of addiction, the kind of grief that settles in the bones rather than announces itself.
At its core, It’s Closeness, It’s Easy is about stepping into middle age and taking stock. It confronts the reality of living with the hand that’s been dealt and searching for meaning in what remains. It speaks to loss—the crushing weight of saying goodbye to a beloved 17-year old cat, the slow-motion grief of watching friends self-destruct, the inescapable passage of time as it bears down on aging parents and the self. But it also reflects the warmth of reconnection, the kind of love that never burns out but instead deepens. The feeling of picking up where things left off, untouched by the years in between.
While written over the course of two years, the recording process reflects a sense of immediacy. Rather than assembling songs piece by piece over time, the album took shape in singular, immersive sessions—less an act of construction, more an unveiling of something already waiting to take shape.
Rooted in a staunch DIY ethos, Wasluck handles every aspect of Planning For Burial project himself—recording the music, designing the artwork, and performing live as a one-man band. He books his own tours, ever and independent creative. This hands-on approach has led Planning For Burial to play hundreds of shows solidifying his place in the underground music scene. A defining moment came in 2018 when he performed at the Meltdown Festival in London, curated by Robert Smith of The Cure.
Back in 2011 when I was tentatively looking for a second release for my fledging record label Clay Pipe Music, I stumbled upon a mysterious MySpace page by a group called ‘Tyneham House’, the page was decorated with artwork by Rena Gardiner (who was unknown to me at that time) and the music was an otherworldly mix of field recordings, Mellotron and acoustic guitar. It turned out that Tyneham was promised to Glen Johnson’s Second Language label, so I offered to do the artwork, and in January 2012 the two labels co-released it on tape and CD in a cardboard box with a handmade booklet of my illustrations.
In 2016 Clay Pipe reissued it on 10” vinyl, in an edition of just 300, which has since become sort after. The new 2023 pressing is on blue and transparent marbled vinyl, with a reverse board cover and inner sleeve, and the booklet of illustrations has been given a complete redesign. Frances Castle 2023
The pastoral, wistful yet ineffably disquieting music of Tyneham House is made by artists who wish to remain anonymous here, save for their eponymous title. The musicians are happy, however, to let it be known that these recordings have been around for some years (many of them complied from old cassettes) and that they take inspiration from the 1960s/’70s/’80s work of the Children’s Film Foundation – a body who really ought to have made a film about this mysterious West Country curio. At least now we have its endlessly poignant soundtrack.
The small village of Tyneham, on the beautiful Isle of Purbeck, in Dorset, was once a thriving little community – that is until the British Government requisitioned it for training manoeuvres and other ‘strategic purposes’ in the run up to WWII. This was supposed to be a temporary measure, but the area remained in military possession long after hostilities had ceased, causing distress among former inhabitants, many of whom were farmed out to prefabs in nearby Wareham and Swanage.
Tyneham was characterised by its red telephone box, a tiny parade of shops – Post Office Row – and a grand country pile which stood about half a mile away from the village: Tyneham House. The army removed the building’s oak panelling and ornate decorative details and promptly set about using it for target practice. So great was the shame expressed locally about the damage inflicted upon one of Dorset’s grandest houses that the powers that be decided to grow a copse around the remains of the structure to give the impression that it was no longer there. Despite this, a substantial part of the structure remains intact, including its Saxon hall.
Land access around Tyneham was opened up in the 1970s, but admission to the house remains strictly verboten. Those who’ve been found around the premises, especially anyone wielding a camera, have felt the full weight of military trespass law. Tyneham today is regarded as a nature reserve by some – as a national embarrassment by others. It’s still a political hot potato, in Dorset at least.
- 01: Mrs. Sabra Bare Hampton Bolenkin
- 02: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill Old Fool
- 03: Frank Bare Katie Morley
- 04: Marshall Ward Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- 05: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill Down In The Low Green Valley (Jealous Lover)
- 06: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill & Ben Dugger Cindy
- 07: Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie Omie Wise
- 08: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill & Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie Groundhog
- 09: Mrs. Sabra Bare Hampton & Oscar Hampton Partridge In A Pear Tree
- 10: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill Jim Blake
- 11: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill Paper Of Pins
- 12: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill The House Carpenter
- 13: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill George Collins
- 14: Mrs. Ethel Turbyfill Bare As I Went Out One Morning Fair
- 15: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill Skip To My Lou
- 16: Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie & Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill Young Farmer
Folklorist Derek Piotr continues to excavate North Carolina mountain songs, presenting an assortment of archival recordings taking in Child Ballads, bawdy songs, play-party tunes, and old-time family singing - with a further focus on overlooked star Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill, of Elk Park, NC.
Tracks 1 and 9 recorded by Herbert Halpert near Morganton, North Carolina, April 19, 1939.
Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 recorded by Herbert Halpert in Elk Park, North Carolina, April 12, 1939.
Track 4 recorded by Marshall Ward in Banner Elk, ca. 1979, transferred from analogue tape by Derek Piotr.
Curated by Derek Piotr.
Photograph of Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill courtesy of Elizabeth Gwyn.
Im Mai 2026 würde Miles Davis seinen 100. Geburtstag feiern. Einen Monat vorher gratuliert ihm bereits
Decca Frankreich mit der LP-Wiederveröffentlichung eines besonderen Albums innerhalb seines Schaffens.
Auf “Michel Legrand meets Miles Davis” treffen ein amerikanisches und ein europäisches Musik-Genie
aufeinander. Zum Jubiläum erscheint das ursprünglich als ”Legrand Jazz“ veröffentlichte Album aufwändig
remastert als 140g-LP im neuen Artwork mit Foto beider Künstler.
1958 war Legrand erstmals in die USA gereist und hatte dort die größten Stars des Jazz zusammengetrommelt: neben Miles Davis waren das John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Bill Evans, Ben Webster, Art Farmer,
Donald Byrd u.v.a. “Legrand Jazz“ präsentierte einige der größten Jazzklassiker aller Zeiten in fantastischen Legrand-Arrangements, gespielt von der damaligen Crème de la Crème des Jazz.
Speziell die Zusammenarbeit von Michel Legrand und Miles Davis auf vier Tracks des Albums gilt als
historisch, da sie kurz vor den Aufnahmen zu Davis’ Meisterwerk ”Kind of Blue“ (1959) stattfand und
bereits die harmonische Tiefe und den orchestralen Ansatz vorwegnahm, den Davis später weiter verfolgte
- We Can Be Together
- Good Shepherd
- The Farm
- Hey Fredrick
- Turn My Life Down
- Wooden Ships
- Eskimo Blue Day
- A Song For All Seasons
- Meadowlands
- Volunteers
black vinyl[34,41 €]
- A1: Steel Town
- A2: Beer Back Home
- A3: Two Broken Hearts
- A4: Another Drink Coming
- A5: Back To Country (Feat. William Barton)
- A6: Land I Love
- B1: Forgiving You For Me
- B2: Letting You Go
- B3: She Talks About Texas
- B4: The Farm
- B5: Settle It Down
“Tubby did three original dub albums, ‘Dub From The Roots’. ‘The Roots of Dub’ and the third is ‘Brass Rockers’ with Tommy McCook ‘pon the flying cymbals. Where he mixed it with the horn going in and out in a dub way and one named ‘Shalom Dub’ you can call Tubby’s too because he mixed the versions as they were off forty fives’’
Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee
King Tubby and Producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee are intertwined in the birth of Dub Music. After discovering a mistake that made a ‘serious joke’ (more of which later...) they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre namely ‘Dub Music’. Tubby’s vast knowledge of electronics and Bunny’s vast catalogue of rhythms would lay the foundations of what today is taken as a standard... the Remix / Version cuts to an existing vocal tune.
Osbourne ‘King Tubby’ Ruddock was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 28th January 1941 and grew up in the High Holborn Street area of downtown Kingston. He studied electronics at Kingston’s National Technical College and also on two correspondence courses from the U.S.A... When he had qualified Tubby began repairing radios and other electrical appliances in a shack in the back yard of his mother’s home. His work in the early days included winding transformers and building amplifiers for Kingston’s Sound Systems. Tubby built his first Sound System in 1957 playing jazz and Rhythm & Blues at local weddings and birthday parties. His reputation as a man who knew and understood both electronics and music grew steadily and as the sixties drew to a close. Tubby
purchased his own basic two track equipment. He installed this alongside his dub cutting machine, a home-made mixing console, and his impressive collection of jazz albums in the back bedroom of his home at 18 Dromilly Avenue which he christened his music room.
Tubby and Striker were at Treasure Isle Studio’s one day while Ruddy from Spanish Town was working with the engineer Byron Smith....
“Tubby and myself was talking when Ruddy was cutting some dub but Smithy (engineer) made a mistake through we were talking and forgot to put in the voice. It was two track recording in those days. Ruddy said ‘No Man! Make it stay! and so they cut the rhythm. When I went over to Ruddy’s that Saturday night a dance was in progress and when they played the vocal to the tune... then he said we’re going to play ‘Part Two’. They never called it ‘Version’..and then he played the rhythm track. The song was a catchy song and everybody started to sing along and the deejay started to toast so everything went down well. On Monday morning I went up and I said ‘Tubbs the mistake we made was a serious joke.It mash up Spanish Town! The people went wild. So you have to start to do that now ‘cause when the man put on the ‘Part Two’ everyone start singing this song. It played about twenty times. I said you try Tubbs!’...Well the next Saturday night now when Tubby strung up down the farm U Roy said he’s going to play ‘Part Two’ but Tubby did it different now. He started with the voice then dropped it out and let the rhythm run and then he brought in the voice in the middle and from there Tubby started to get really popular.’’
Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee
Dynamic Sounds upgraded to sixteen track recording in 1972 and Tubby purchased, again with the help of a deal brokered by Bunny Lee. The old four track equipment and the MCI console from their Studio B. The four tracks now gave him far wider scope to work with and he began to create a new musical form where the bass and drum parts were brought up while the faders allowed Tubby to ease the vocal and rhythm in and out of the mix. It was only a matter of time before Tubby’s dub plate experiments began to make it on to vinyl and the first ever long-playing King Tubby releases would feature a collection of his mixes to a selection of Strikers rhythms. So please sit back and enjoy this historic set of sounds. Lovingly restored and with a few extra gems added to the CD Editions. These releases were the first to carry the name of King Tubby and the first to credit the great musicians that contributed so much to the rhythms that made these albums possible.
- 1: Louisiana Stomp
- 2: Clifton's Blues
- 3: Boppin' The Rock
- 4: Ay-Tete Fee
- 5: Rockin' Accordion
- 6: Baby What You Want Me To Do
- 7: That's Alright
- 8: Ay, Ai, Ai
- 9: Why Did You Go Last Night
- 10: Zydeco Et Pas Sale
- 11: Louisiana Blues
- 12: Lafayette Waltz
- 13: Hot Rod
- 14: Louisiana Shuffle
- 15: French Zydeco
- 16: Bon Ton Roulet
- 17: Jole Blonde
- 18: If I Ever Get Lucky
- 19: Black Gal
- 20: Keep On Scratching
- 1: Black Snake Blues
- 2: Let's Talk It Over
- 3: Walking To Louisiana
- 4: Johnny Can't Dance
- 5: Grand Mamou
- 6: Gone A La Maison
- 7: Live From Phr Studio, Clifton Chenier!
- 8: Mr. Charlie
- 9: Hey Madeleine
- 1063: 4-5789 (That's My Number)
- 11: Drifting Blues/Breaux Bridge Waltz
- 12: Shake, Rattle And Roll
- 13: Rock House
- 14: Breaux Bridge Waltz
- 15: Ma Negresse Est Gone
- 16: Fannie Mae
- 17: Going Home Tomorrow
- 1: J'ai Conet, C'est Pas Me Femme (I Know, You're Not My Woman)
- 2: Since I Met You Baby
- 3: Cher Catin
- 4: You're My Mule
- 5: I'm On The Wonder
- 6: You're Fussin' Too Much
- 7: All Your Love
- 8: Zydeco Cha Cha
- 9: Ti Na Na (Little Na Na)
- 10: Someone Told Me It Was All Over
- 11: You Can't Sit Down
- 12: Oh! My Lucille
- 13: Take Off Your Dress
- 14: M'appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy)
- 15: Je Suis En Racolteur (I'm A Farmer)
- 16: Je Marche Le Plancher (I Walk The Floor)
- 1: Tu Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now And Then)
- 2: Down The Road I Go
- 3: Calinda
- 4: Zydeco
- 5: What I'd Say
- 6: Dust My Broom
- 7: My Mama Told Me
- 8: Night Time Is The Right Time
- 9: I'm A Hog For You
- 10: Grand Prix
- 11: You Got Me Crying
- 12: Tit Mam's Zydeco
- 13: Party Down (At The Blue Angel Club)
- 14: I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)
- A1: Through The Wall Feat. Rozsa
- A2: Introvert
- A3: Illusion Of Self Feat. Farma G & Bva
- A4: Absorbing Imagery
- A5: Distraction
- A6: See The Truth Feat. Leaf Dog
- A7: Change Feat. Verbz
- A8: Motivation Pt.2 Feat. Karizz
- A9: Alien Concept
- A10: No Expression Feat. Scorzayzee & Teach Em
- A11: Adrenaline Feat. Beano
- A12: Suspense And Tension Feat. Harry Shotta & Jah Digga
- A13: To Kill A Phantom
- B1: Not There
- B2: Anti-Stress
- B3: 1000 Features Pt.2
- B4: Swerve A Lot
- B5: By Myself
- B6: Minimal Feat. Truemendous
- B7: Don't Waste Time Rushing Feat. Jayahadadream
- B8: Prior To Existence
- B9: Bring It All Together
- B10: Late To School Feat. Donkobz
- B11: Rejuvenate Feat. Fliptrix
- B12: Everything Feat. Isaiah Dreads
- B13: Phantom Laugh
After three decades of musical escapades as both a solo artist and 1/4 of The Four Owls, Verb T returns with his most ambitious offering to date in the shape of ‘To Love A Phantom’.
Reuniting with Canadian producer Vic Grimes on the follow up to their 2023 LP ‘The Tower Where The Phantom Lives’, the duo leave the traditional ‘rapper + producer’ stereotypes at the door on an insanely adventurous LP; Vic Grimes expertly soundtracking Verb T’s low fantasy across a double album 26-tracks steeped in suspense and intrigue.
Picking up where the previous album left off, ‘To love A Phantom’ sees the duo expand upon their collective love for the language of cinema; each track expertly blurring the everyday with the supernatural; spectres and spirits swirling around our protagonist as he exits the tower and extends his arc…
A deeply emotive, visceral and visual listen, the plot thickens with the help of a supporting cast of featured artists from across the UK underground, each adding their own distinctive flair to the wider narrative.
A truly unique universe of sight and sound, ‘To Love A Phantom’ is a shining example of Verb T & Vic Grimes at the height of their collective powers
- A1: Through The Wall Feat. Rozsa
- A2: Introvert
- A3: Illusion Of Self Feat. Farma G & Bva
- A4: Absorbing Imagery
- A5: Distraction
- A6: See The Truth Feat. Leaf Dog
- A7: Change Feat. Verbz
- A8: Motivation Pt.2 Feat. Karizz
- A9: Alien Concept
- A10: No Expression Feat. Scorzayzee & Teach Em
- A11: Adrenaline Feat. Beano
- A12: Suspense And Tension Feat. Harry Shotta & Jah Digga
- A13: To Kill A Phantom
- B1: Not There
- B2: Anti-Stress
- B3: 1000 Features Pt.2
- B4: Swerve A Lot
- B5: By Myself
- B6: Minimal Feat. Truemendous
- B7: Don't Waste Time Rushing Feat. Jayahadadream
- B8: Prior To Existence
- B9: Bring It All Together
- B10: Late To School Feat. Donkobz
- B11: Rejuvenate Feat. Fliptrix
- B12: Everything Feat. Isaiah Dreads
- B13: Phantom Laugh
After three decades of musical escapades as both a solo artist and 1/4 of The Four Owls, Verb T returns with his most ambitious offering to date in the shape of ‘To Love A Phantom’.
Reuniting with Canadian producer Vic Grimes on the follow up to their 2023 LP ‘The Tower Where The Phantom Lives’, the duo leave the traditional ‘rapper + producer’ stereotypes at the door on an insanely adventurous LP; Vic Grimes expertly soundtracking Verb T’s low fantasy across a double album 26-tracks steeped in suspense and intrigue.
Picking up where the previous album left off, ‘To love A Phantom’ sees the duo expand upon their collective love for the language of cinema; each track expertly blurring the everyday with the supernatural; spectres and spirits swirling around our protagonist as he exits the tower and extends his arc…
A deeply emotive, visceral and visual listen, the plot thickens with the help of a supporting cast of featured artists from across the UK underground, each adding their own distinctive flair to the wider narrative.
A truly unique universe of sight and sound, ‘To Love A Phantom’ is a shining example of Verb T & Vic Grimes at the height of their collective powers
- A1: Through The Wall Feat. Rozsa
- A2: Introvert
- A3: Illusion Of Self Feat. Farma G & Bva
- A4: Absorbing Imagery
- A5: Distraction
- A6: See The Truth Feat. Leaf Dog
- A7: Change Feat. Verbz
- A8: Motivation Pt.2 Feat. Karizz
- A9: Alien Concept
- A10: No Expression Feat. Scorzayzee & Teach Em
- A11: Adrenaline Feat. Beano
- A12: Suspense And Tension Feat. Harry Shotta & Jah Digga
- A13: To Kill A Phantom
- B1: Not There
- B2: Anti-Stress
- B3: 1000 Features Pt.2
- B4: Swerve A Lot
- B5: By Myself
- B6: Minimal Feat. Truemendous
- B7: Don't Waste Time Rushing Feat. Jayahadadream
- B8: Prior To Existence
- B9: Bring It All Together
- B10: Late To School Feat. Donkobz
- B11: Rejuvenate Feat. Fliptrix
- B12: Everything Feat. Isaiah Dreads
- B13: Phantom Laugh
After three decades of musical escapades as both a solo artist and 1/4 of The Four Owls, Verb T returns with his most ambitious offering to date in the shape of ‘To Love A Phantom’.
Reuniting with Canadian producer Vic Grimes on the follow up to their 2023 LP ‘The Tower Where The Phantom Lives’, the duo leave the traditional ‘rapper + producer’ stereotypes at the door on an insanely adventurous LP; Vic Grimes expertly soundtracking Verb T’s low fantasy across a double album 26-tracks steeped in suspense and intrigue.
Picking up where the previous album left off, ‘To love A Phantom’ sees the duo expand upon their collective love for the language of cinema; each track expertly blurring the everyday with the supernatural; spectres and spirits swirling around our protagonist as he exits the tower and extends his arc…
A deeply emotive, visceral and visual listen, the plot thickens with the help of a supporting cast of featured artists from across the UK underground, each adding their own distinctive flair to the wider narrative.
A truly unique universe of sight and sound, ‘To Love A Phantom’ is a shining example of Verb T & Vic Grimes at the height of their collective powers
- 1: The Last Race - Jack Nitzsche
- 2: Trash - Duane Eddy & The Rebels
- 3: Boo Boo Stick Beat - Chet Atkins
- 4: Comanche - Link Wray & The Wraymen
- 5: Jungle Fever - Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
- 6: Mumblin' Guitar - Bo Diddley
- 7: Put The Blame On Me - Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
- 8: Baby I Go For You - The Blue Rondos
- 9: Parchment Farm - Billy Lee Riley
- 10: I'm Not Your Stepping Stone - The Flies
- 11: Mountain - Sunshine Theatre
- 12: Gotta Find A New Love - The Yo Yo's
- 13: Man From Nowhere - Jet Harris
- 14: Watermelon - Frank Minion
- 15: I'm Out - The Surf Riders
- 16: Fuzzy And Wild - The Ventures
- 17: Baby - Tracy Rogers
- 18: Mail Train - Billy Joe Tucker
- 19: The Day The World Turned Blue - Gene Vincent
- 20: Listen To The Drums - Richard Caiton Gnp
- 21: Tracks To Your Mind - The Sounds Of Lane
- 22: My Baby - The Girls
- 23: I'm A Nothing - The Magic Plants
- 24: Little Joe - The Sounds
- 27: Sleepy Hollow - The Last Word
- 28: Cycle-Delic - The Arrows Featuring Davie Allan
- 25: Pink Cadillac - Johnny Todd
- 26: Fast Freight - Arvee Allens
In 2023 Ace Records released the album “28 Little Bangers From Richard Hawley’s Jukebox” where the acclaimed Sheffield musician, singer and songwriter compiled together some of his favourite records. These were instrumentals and vocals records that he had collected over the years and found musically addictive. The album received fantastic reviews and allowed his
extensive fanbase to discover and enjoy tracks like Ronny Kae’s ‘Swinging Drums’ and King Curtis’ ‘Hot-Rod’ that were on the juke box in his home.
Now, three years later, Richard has lifted the lid, taken those 7” out and replaced them with another favoured selection. One again, this second version of “Little Bangers” is full of cracking records such as Chet Atkins ‘Boo Boo Stick Beat’, Frank Minion’s ‘Watermelon’, Johnny Todd’s ‘Pink Cadillac’, Sunshine Theatre’s ‘Mountain’, Jet Harris’ ‘Man From Nowhere’, Tracy Rogers ‘Baby’ and the Ventures ‘Fuzzy And Wild’.
A with the first album there are 28 tracks spread across two albums or shoehorned onto one CD. The extensive liner notes see Richard discussing each and every track and what the record or artist meant to him. As he states himself in the introduction, “the record you hold in your hand is the result of a lifetime obsession.”
Listen for yourself and you will discover that this was time well spent.
Three years after his debut album, London-based Jeigo levels up with a new long player that displays his knack for meaningful melodies and deft rhythms while blurring the lines between ambient, garage and breaks. Inspired by three months on an olive oil farm in rural Italy, there is a beautiful sense of isolation and inward reflection to these sounds, even when the energy ramps up. Sultry, airy vocals and delicate strings weave between organic grooves on the opener, while pitched-up and pained tones bring a futurist twist to the paddy garage beats of 'Echoes.' There is a more warped low end and hints of Burial's ghostly vocal and drum designs on 'Emptiness' while 'Groundwater' is shuffling house suffused with luminous synth work that brings a nostalgic pang. Etum is a masterfully melancholic study that leaves a lasting emotional impact.
- A1: Intro
- A2: Parchman Farm Blues
- A3: Killing Floor
- A4: Born Under A Bad Sign
- B1: Oh Well
- B2: Big Legged Woman
- B3: Key To The Highway
- C1: Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
- C2: Stormy Monday
- D1: The Pusher
- D2: Metal Chestnut
- E1: Crossroads
- E2: Stone Free
- F1: It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
- F2: Shake Your Money Maker
Mit »Live at the S. E.R. P.E. N.T. Festival« bringt Slash die Liebe zum Blues und seine eigenen musikalischen Wurzeln zurück in den Vordergrund. Dieses Livealbum fängt den elektrisierenden Auftritt vom 17. Juli 2024 im Mission Ballroom in Colorado ein.
Auf Tour im Rahmen des S. E.R. P.E. N.T. Festivals liefert Slash gemeinsam mit seinem Ensemble »Slash's Blues Ball« ein einzigartiges Set, das den Legenden des Rock und Blues Tribut zollt. Es enthält Blues-Klassiker und Rock-Standards wie »Parchman Farm Blues« (Bukka White), »Killing Floor« (Howlin' Wolf), »Oh Well« (Fleetwood Mac), »Papa Was a Rolling Stone« (The Undisputed Truth), »Stone Free« (Jimi Hendrix) oder »The Pusher« (Hoyt Axton).
• Ein elektrisierendes Livealbum mit Slash in Topform
• Mit 15 legendären Blues-Klassikern wie »Parchman Farm Blues« (Bukka White), »Oh Well« (Fleetwood Mac), »Papa Was a Rolling Stone« (The Undisputed Truth), »Stone Free« (Jimi Hendrix) uvm.
• Mit dem legendären »Slash's Blues Ball« Ensemble
• Hochwertiges Packaging mit aufwendig gestaltetem Artwork und exklusiven Fotos
- A1: Natty Dub Source: Natty Dread In A Greenwich Farm / Cornell Campbell
- A2: Lee's Dub Source: Lee's Dream / Derrick Morgan
- A3: Wonder Why Dub Source: Wonder Why / Cornell Campbell
- A4: I'm Gone Dub Source: I'm Gone / Derrick Morgan
- A5: Country Boy Dub Source: Country Boy / Cornell Campbell
- A6: True Believer Dub Source: True Believer / Johnny Clarke
- A7: Care Free Dub Source: Care Free / Mighty Diamonds
- A8: Rasta Train Dub Source: Mule Train / Johnny Clarke
- B1: Move Out Of Babylon Dub Source: Move Out Of Babylon / Johnny Clark
- B2: Give A Little Man A Great Big Hand Dub Source: Give A Little Man A Great Big Hand / Cornell Campbell
- B3: Feel So Good Dub Source: Feel So Good / Derrick Morgan & Paulette
- B4: For The Rest Of My Life Dub Source: Wonder Why / Cornell Campbell
- B5: When Will I Find My Way Dub Source: When Will I Find My Way / Owen Grey
- B6: I'm Leaving Dub Source: I'm Leaving / Derrick Morgan & Hortense Ellis
- B7: Feel Lost Dub Source: Feel Lost / Bb Seaton
- B8: Dawn Dub Source: Dear Dawn / Barrington Spence
2024 Reissue
“Tubby did three original dub albums, ‘Dub From The Roots’. ‘The Roots of Dub’ and the third is ‘Brass Rockers’ with Tommy McCook ‘pon the flying cymbals. Where he mixed it with the horn going in and out in a dub way and one named ‘Shalom Dub’ you can call Tubby’s too because he mixed the versions as they were off forty fives’’
Bunny ‘Striker‘ Lee
King Tubby and Producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee are intertwined in the birth of Dub Music. After discovering a mistake that made a ‘serious joke’ ( more of which later...) they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre namely ‘Dub Music’. Tubby’s vast knowledge of electronics and Bunny’s vast catalogue of rhythms would lay the foundations of what today is taken as a standard... the Remix / Version cuts to an existing vocal tune.
Osbourne ‘King Tubby’ Ruddock was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 28th January 1941 and grew up in the High Holborn Street area of downtown Kingston. He studied electronics at Kingston’s National Technical College and also on two correspondence courses from the U.S.A... When he had qualified Tubby began repairing radios and other electrical appliances in a shack in the back yard of his mother’s home. His work in the early days included winding transformers and building amplifiers for Kingston’s Sound Systems. Tubby built his first Sound System in 1957 playing jazz and Rhythm & Blues at local weddings and birthday parties. His reputation as a man who knew and understood both electronics and music grew steadily and as the sixties drew to a close. Tubby purchased his own basic two track equipment. He installed this alongside his dub cutting machine, a home made mixing console and his impressive collection of Jazz albums in the back bedroom of his home at 18 Dromilly Avenue which he christened his music room.
Tubby and Striker were at Treasure Isle Studio’s one day while Ruddy from Spanish Town was working with the engineer Byron Smith....
“Tubby and myself was talking when Ruddy was cutting some dub but Smithy (engineer) made a mistake through we were talking and forgot to put in the voice. It was two track recording in those days. Ruddy said ‘No Man! Make it stay! and so they cut the rhythm. When I went over to Ruddy’s that Saturday night a dance was in progress and when they played the vocal to the tune... then he said we’re going to play ‘Part Two’. They never called it ‘Version’..and then he played the rhythm track. The song was a catchy song and everybody started to sing along and the deejay started to toast so everything went down well. On Monday morning I went up and I said ‘Tubbs the mistake we made was a serious joke.It mash up Spanish Town! The people went wild. So you have to start to do that now ‘cause when the man put on the ‘Part Two’ everyone start singing this song. It played about twenty times. I said you try Tubbs!’...Well the next Saturday night now when Tubby strung up down the farm U Roy said he’s going to play ‘Part Two’ but Tubby did it different now. He started with the voice then dropped it out and let the rhythm run and then he brought in the voice in the middle and from there Tubby started to get really popular.’’
Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee
Dynamic Sounds upgraded to sixteen track recording in 1972 and Tubby purchased, again with the help of a deal brokered by Bunny Lee. The old four track equipment and the MCI console from their Studio B. The four tracks now gave him far wider scope to work with and he began to create a new musical form where the bass and drum parts were brought up while the faders allowed Tubby to ease the vocal and rhythm in and out of the mix. It was only a matter of time before Tubby’s dub plate experiments began to make it on to vinyl and the first ever long playing King Tubby releases would feature a collection of his mixes to a selection of Strikers rhythms. So please sit back and enjoy this historic set of sounds. Lovingly restored and with a few extra gems added to the CD Editions. These releases were the first to carry the name of King Tubby and the first to credit the great musicians that contributed so much to the rhythms that made these albums possible.
- A1: Jack Fascianto – Abe De Aba Du
- A2: Sonny Stitt – Harlem Nocturne
- A3: Segio Mihanovic & Gato Barbieri – Los Jovenes
- A4: Curtis Fuller – Twelve Inch
- B1: Les Double Six – Night In Tunisia
- B2: The Montgomery Brothers – Groove Yard
- B3: Nina Simone – African Mailman
- B4: Benny Green – Soul Stirrin’
- C1: Mark Murphy – Why Don’t You Do Right
- C2: Duke Jordan – No Problem No1
- C3: Art Farmer – Mo’ Nix
- D1: Oscar Brown Jr – But I Was Cool
- D2: Jackson Heath Willen Clarke – Swing
- D3: Cleo Lane – Lets Slip Away
- D4: Oliver Nelson – Bob’s Blues
The new Mono Jazz series - The Jazz Sinners - is designed, crafted and produced to the highest standards allowed by today’s music industry.
The tracks featured come from either rare, top-condition vintage first pressings or from meticulously sourced recordings to ensure the
best possible sound quality. Thanks to the expertise of Giorgio Cencetti (DJ Farrapo), we've created a fully organic mastering process that offers a
360° sound spectrumfor a truly high-fidelity listening experience. The vinyl itself is pressed under the supervision of Elettroformati - Milano.
The cover is 100% Italian-made, using premium 350g cardstock with a luxurious hand feel, with inner sleeves lined in polyliner for complete protection of the record.
- A1: Introduction By "Humble Harve" Miller / Mr Farmer
- A2: No Escape
- A3: Satisfy You
- A4: Night Time Girl
- A5: Up In Her Room
- B1: Gypsy Plays His Drums
- B2: Can't Seem To Make You Mine
- B3: Mumble And Bumble
- B4: Forest Outside Your Door
- B5: 900 Million People Daily All Making Love
- B6: Pushin' Too Hard
- C1: Introduction By "Humble" Harv / Mr Farmer
- C2: Mumble And Bumble
- C3: No Escape
- C4: Satisfy You
- C5: Hubbly Bubbly Love
- C6: Up In Her Room
- D1: Gypsy Plays His Drums
- D2: Can't Seem To Make You Mine
- D3: Flyin' With Love
- D4: 900 Million People Daily All Making Love
- D5: Pushin' Too Hard
„Raw & Alive – The Seeds In Concert“ ist möglicherweise das beste „Live“-Album, das es je gab. Das Album wurde 1968 gegen Ende der Karriere des ursprünglichen Quartetts veröffentlicht und war ein Versuch, die Live-Begeisterung, für die diese Garagenlegenden bekannt waren, auf Vinyl zu übertragen. Das Album wird von Seeds-Fans hoch geschätzt, da es spannende Versionen von Bandklassikern wie „No Escape” und „Up In Her Room” sowie hervorragende neue Originalsongs wie das punkige „Satisfy You” enthält, wobei letzteres eine klare Rückkehr zur alten Form nach dem blumigen Longplayer „Future” darstellt. Die meisten wissen jedoch nicht, dass die Aufnahmen tatsächlich live im Studio gemacht wurden und der Applaus erst nachträglich hinzugefügt wurde. Ursprünglich war geplant, eine Seeds-Show vor Publikum aufzunehmen. Im Februar 1968 wurde eine Live-Studioaufnahme vor dem Fanclub der Band aufgenommen, die jedoch in letzter Minute verworfen wurde. Die zweite CD unserer Deluxe-Vinyl-Neuauflage enthält dieses geplante Album in der Form, in der es für die Veröffentlichung vorbereitet wurde, direkt vom bisher unveröffentlichten Masterband. Die frühe Version enthielt den seltenen Titel „Hubbly Bubbly Love“, der für „Raw & Alive“ nicht neu aufgenommen wurde. Die neue 2LP „Raw & Alive“ ist die vierte Ausgabe der erweiterten Seeds-Reihe und enthält ein 8-seitiges Booklet mit Anmerkungen des Herausgebers Alec Palao, der die Geschichte des Abgesangs der ursprünglichen Seeds-Besetzung detailliert beschreibt, illustriert mit bisher unveröffentlichten Fotos des Quartetts auf der Bühne in ihrer Blütezeit Mitte der 60er Jahre. 2LPs, 22 Tracks
»Chitin« captures Berlin-based duo Narval (Peter Strickmann and Evgenija Wassilew) in a series of recordings made during a 2025 residency in the village of Schöppingen, Münsterland. Known for their use of everyday objects, self-built wind and percussion instruments, feedback systems, and small-scale electronics, Narval treat the performance space itself as a collaborator. In Schöppingen, this meant farmhouses, a parish church, a sculptor’s studio, and surrounding cornfields — each site imprinting its acoustics and atmosphere onto the performances. The result is a set of recordings where birds, insects, and ambient traces of rural life seep into the music, blurring the boundary between intentional gesture and environmental chance.
The title refers to chitin: the hard-yet-flexible material that forms insect shells, fungal walls, and crustacean exoskeletons. Like tape or rural matter, it is at once protective and permeable, tactile and intimate — qualities mirrored in the album’s sound world. By working with a deliberately limited palette of tools, Narval allow small sonic details to accumulate into shifting durations, giving each piece the strange, layered texture of surfaces both organic and mechanical. Chitin offers a portrait of site-specific listening where the line between instrument and environment continually dissolves.
Peter Strickmann – objects, smartphone, ceramophone, cornfield, iron bar Evgenija Wassilew – AM radio, prepared Stylophone, feedback, smartphone, Bastl Kastle, iron bar Recorded by Peter Strickmann and Evgenija Wassilew Mastered by Jacob Calland




















