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Nina Simone is one of those rare artists whose greatest work might have been her live recordings. A consummate interpreter of other's songs, it was on live recordings that she really stretched out her sound and truly found her most powerful voice. This 1962 live recording was her 3rd live album for Colpix and the loose, swinging trio that backs her perfectly compliment her versions of classics like "House of the Rising Sun", "Bye Bye Blackbird", and Olatunji's "Zungo". A perfect live recording from one of the masters.

This outstanding UK film score by Mr Roy Budd has been a treasure amongst music collectors for as long as I've known. Now, for the first time, Dynamite Cuts is making a 2x7' 45 collection of the musical gems form the 'Get Carter' Film using the original first pressing sleeve which was Japan only mega rare. His masterful chords and textures are a joy to listen to alongside killer bass and drum grooves that make for a cinematic musical heaven. Amongst my personal favourite Roy Budd compositions, 'Getting nowhere in a hurry,' is an easy listening gem with killer harpsichord lead lines and 'Hallucinations' (I love the deep groove in this song!) features his trade mark lush vocal production. Both cuts are sure to become favourites of yours too!

The music was play by the same following member of Roy's trusted crew.

GET CARTER Musicians

Roy Budd - Harpsichord, Piano, EMS AKS

Jeff Clyne - Electric Bass & Double bass

Chris Karan - Drums, percussion and Tabla

Brain Daly & Judd Proctor - Guitar

Lesley Cline, Johnny Turnbull & Mickey Gallagher Vocals on

'Hallucinations' & 'Getting nowhere in a hurry'

Lesley Cline - Lead Vocal on 'Love is a four letter word'

Recorded at the Olympic studios

Jack fishman - Producer

Roy Budd - Arranger

Keith Grant - Engineered

After a long wait, Melbourne's Public Opinion Afro Orchestra (The POAO) is set to release their second album, 'Naming & Blaming', a pulsing, percussive journey into classic afrobeat. Recorded by a 17 piece ensemble, led by fierce vocals and a howling horn section, it's a fitting 21st-century response to the world-shaking music of 1970s Nigeria. The result is true to the afrobeat blueprint of hypnotic, extended songs, improvisation and political comment but adds to the formula a host of pan-African influences and hip-hop elements that reflect the deep ranging roots of the band. As the title suggests, and in true afrobeat tradition, Naming & Blaming pulls no punches. It is an outspokenly political record, a cauldron of strong opinions where indignation and optimism coexist. Led by the vocals of MC One Sixth and singer Lamine Sonko, the critique of colonialism is applied to both the African and Australian experience, the battles of many cultures informing the group's ethos as does the importance of community and staying true to one's convictions. Uplifting visions of a brighter possible future as laid out in 'No Passport,' the album's rambunctious opening song, are balanced with honest reflections on injustice like guest Robbie Thorpe's take on Australia's chequered history in the title track.For the Naming & Blaming cover, the band was honoured to have the opportunity to work with one of the originators of the Afrobeat movement Lemi Ghariokwu, the legendary collage artist and illustrator responsible for all of Fela's most famous album covers of the 1970s. This relationship is what the POAO is all about, paying respects to the culture and keeping it alive and relevant in the 21st century. Over the last decade, The POAO have established themselves as a firm festival favourites with their contemporary approach to Afrobeat.

We're proud to welcome the new Paris-based punk jazz duo La Récré to the BMM roster ! Drummer Cédric Laban and keyboardist Émile Sornin (aka Forever Pavot / Born Bad Records) make sure to bring you hot rhodes-filled grooves to start off spring season ! La Récré clearly created their own innovative touch by tackling themes such as school breaks and playground fun-time, helped by their long experience in the Paris music scene. To sum this up, La Récré's debut EP is a groovy explosion of nostalgia and infantile energy condensed in 4 stunning punk jazz and hip-hop inspired tracks.

Their first EP has been issued for a very limited quantity on 10 inch records for the Record Store Day and will be available in France's bests record shops on April 13th.

I'VE SEEN, Oku Onuora's new album is slated to be released February 22, 2019 on the Swiss based Fruits Records label. The album was produced by Dr. T and Fruits Records.

Oku Onuora, Dub Poet extraordinaire is known for his hard hitting socio-political commentaries fussed with potent musical accompaniment is at it again. This new album alternates between a cappella poems and poems fussed with powerful riddims performed in the purest Jamaican tradition by the musicians of The 18th Parallel, to which is added Doctor's T modern electronic touch.

In 2013 after withdrawal for over a decade from the poetry/music scene, Oku signaled that his re-emergency was in full effect with the release of A MOVEMENT; featuring Monthly Alexander, Sly and Robbie, Audrey Hall, Jawara. This was followed up by the vinyl single release YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW in 2015. Then there was a reissue of the seminal REFLECTION IN RED in 2016 and in 2018 came the reissue of the compilation album I A TELL DUBWIZE... & OTHERWISE.

February 22, 2019 is the launch date for the Word/music missile I'VE SEEN. Be prepared for a word, music fallout that has never before been heard. This album will delight both specialists and genre enthusiasts.

The ultimate GAMM classic is finally re-pressed on a beautiful dinked 7inch and with the the original artwork too!

Not much to say except that this is a no brainer for any decent DJ...

Soul Clap launch their new club music imprint with the duo's first EP of 2019. Two party tested instrumentals filled with that signature electronic funk ready to work any freaky dancefloor.

'Jupiter Crush' takes us on a ride around the moons of the gas planet, sound tracked by the sounds of Roland's Jupiter 8 over a broken-beat house groove. While 'Natural Bliss' brings us back to earth, with warm percussion setting a gentle mood, before evolving into a feel-good, disco influenced house joint.

Everybody's Freaky Under Nature's Kingdom.

DJ Support:

Soul Clap, Lee Curtiss, Luke Solomon

With a hybrid jazz based on African grooves, Ethio-oriental melodies and psychedelic dub this Belgian five-piece creates an atmosphere where ancient and modern sounds fuse into a powerful, hypnotic and groovy sensation.

Receiving critical acclaim for their second album 'Artifacts' (2017), the Belgian quintet are pleased to announce the release of their much-anticipated third album entitled 'Future Flora', released 12th April via Sdban Ultra on vinyl / cd / digital.

Piloted by saxophonist/flutist/composer Nathan Daems (Ragini Trio, Dijf Sanders, Echoes of Zoo), the input of notorious musicians, drummer Simon Segers (MDC III, De Beren Gieren, Stadt), cornet player Jon Birdsong (dEUS, Beck, Calexico), keyboardist Wouter Haest (Voodoo Boogie) and bassist Filip Vandebril (Lady Linn, The Valerie Solanas) leads to the specific universe that only Black Flower is able to create.

Where debut album 'Abyssinia Afterlife' (2014) and 'Artifacts' (2017) bathed in an atmosphere of psychedelics, mythical figures, ancient sounds and modern cultures, new album 'Future Flora' refers to the power of plants and their importance for the future.

"'Future Flora' is a metaphor for the importance of feeding and watering powerful and revolutionary ideas and initiatives that can save our world. You can compare it with plants that fight between the paving stones of the city for their future. These "urban warriors" need water to survive and grow. Their future and ours depends entirely on how we look at the plant world", says Daems.

Black Flower's musical cross-pollination of sounds and rhythms remain on 'Future Flora', but there is still room for a more Western touch with Romanian and Maloya (Réunion) influences. Daems developed his own arrangements where Western, Oriental and Ethiopian scales and chords are fused together to create a real mix of traditional instrumentation and modern electrical vibrations.

The strong underlying groove is omnipresent, but the room for psychedelics, folklore and experimentation grows. Songs like new single 'Hora de Aksum' combine modern western rhythms with doses of Balkan eccentricities while 'Future Flora' takes you on a psyche-delicious 21th century Ethio-dub-jazz trip with echoes of Mulatu Astatke and Fela Kuti.

"The general feeling that dominates is that of strength and perseverance. The feeling that we have to fight for our future and that we have to do it now! The whole album is interspersed with this atmosphere and sounds swirling, haunting and ecstatic. For those who once saw Black Flower live at work, this energy will be extremely recognizable", he adds.

Flick Wilson's "School Days" album has long been one of our all-time favorite LP's through it's killer combination of super heavy Roots Radics rhythms, wild Scientist mixing, and the Flick's unique alternating falsetto style. Never widely available and only ever released in NYC, it's now deservedly reissued.

Cerrone goes back to his roots and reforms Kongas, his first afro-rock band which sound is dominated by drums and percussions. With this project he explored through the 70"s the major influences that would eventually forged the singular "Cerrone sound" and disco music more broadly.
With 3 originals and an exclusive new track, "Afrodesia" shines a light on Cerrone"s cult formation and the 7 young musicians who plays with him today, standing as the heirs of a timeless sense of hedonism.

Soia's Happy Place Is "where Magnolia Grows". This Is Where Her Paradise Lies, Where She Can Bloom And Blossom. Adorned With Playful Melodies, The Soundtrack Fuses Hiphop, R&b, Nusoul And Jazz Over Saturated And Ample Beats. The Downright Lyrics Offer Deep Insights Into Soia's Soul. Together With Her Producer Mez She Revives Her Musical Roots Of The Nineties. The Songs Range Between Sensual Soul And Expressive Contemporary R&b, Neatly Packed In A Shell Of Electronic Synths And Keys. Throughout The Nine Tracks The Beats Make Your Head Nod While Soia's Voice Makes You Close Your Eyes In Delight.

The First Track, A Boom Bap Tune Called Run With Wolves, Gently Introduces You To The Album. In Her Paradise World She Runs From Nothing And Determines Her Own Pace. Soia's High-pitched Vocals Are A Deliberate Alienation, A Stylistic Break From Her Two Predecessor Albums, Which She Also Uses In Hoe For Love And Looming Storm.

Vacant Paradise Employs Deep 808 Kick Drums And Rolling Hi-hats. In Pay For Pizza, Soia Not Only Shows Her Love For Hiphop, But Also Urges Everyone To Pay For Their Bills Them Damn Selves.

Released On Beat Art Department, A New Sub-label Of The Well-renowned Munich-based Record Label Compost Records, Where Magnolia Grows Is Soia's Third Solo Album. Her Two Previous Albums Mood Swings And H.i.o.p. Were Published By The Philadelphia-based Label Record Breakin' Music.

Her Pre-productions Have Been Nominated For The Austrian Music Award Amadeus Twice And Enjoy A Loyal International Fan Base. She Has Appeared Live At Festivals Such As Sxsw, Sonic Visions, Electric Spring, Waves Vienna Or Popfest Vienna, As Well As At Numerous Club Gigs From Cape Town To Vienna. Thanks To Nasom Programme (the New Austrian Sound Of Music) She Is Currently On Tour With Her Band Of Four.

Quotes:

- soia Delivers Sensual, Abstract Lyrics While Effortlessly Moving Between Spoken-word Rhymes And Melodic Singing. - Okayplayer / Usa

- soia & Mez Have Grown Immensely Over The Years Musically Pushing The Boundaries Of Soul & Jazz Within An Electronically Tainted Spectrum. Brilliant Album! - Jay Scarlett / Sound Supreme / Spacek

"soia And Mez Have Had A Unique Musical Vibe From The Start, But On This Record They Truly Came Into Their Own. Trusting Each Others Talents And Instincts Enabled Them To Expand Their Sonic Universe While Staying 100% True To Their Path." -trishes / Radio Fm4

In 1980, the 9th Creation began working on new music at a Modesto studio, South East of Stockton. The studio was suspiciously cheaper than all of its competitors. After recording weeks of material, the band discovered the reason. 'We didn't know that the guys that were running the studio were drug dealers,' A.D. Burrise recalls. 'There was a big raid.' All the studio's master tapes were confiscated by the DEA. J.D Burrise unsuccessfully sued the DEA to recover the tapes but to no avail. Luckily Mike Micenheimer saved cassette mix-downs of some of the group's songs from those sessions. 'A Step Ahead' is the the 9th Creation's lost album. 8 unreleased songs of pure soul, funk, disco and boogie.

We are proud to present this lost album for the first time. The ultra talented Jacob Arnold also wrote the complete story of the band that we are presenting with never seen before pictures.

Finally the CD version includes bonus tracks from the Love Crime 12', the Mellow Music 7' and 3 previously unreleased (rough) demos.

(Because of the source of these recordings, please know that (sadly) some of the songs have drops in stereo and are not 100% audio quality.)

Gorgeous 32 track box featuring 5 x LP and a 7" plus 20 page booklet. An all star cast of early street hip hop featuring genre defining artists such as Spoonie Gee, Cold Crush Brothers, The Fearless Four with producers and mixers like Afrika Bambaataa, Davy DMX and Russell Simmons. "..crucial New York rap label..." Jon Caramanica, New York Times

1979 recordings
Produced by and under license from Bunny 'Striker' Lee

'Producer and multi-instrumentalist FRNT BZNZZ returns with the second installment in a six-part series of 45s from the Aloha State.

Just like the rst 45, the A-side 'Separation Anxiety' takes to the same raw electro boogie feel, this time with more layers. The 4-minute ride into the artist's complex, often haunting production is up before you know it.

The B-side opens new doors in the series with vocals - angsty, yearning, a little somber. 'Always Wanted' is a slow burner for those looking to alleviate heavy doses of straight-laced modern funk. Something about Aiea High School prom circa 1990s, and a feeling of being left out.'

Killer roots on both sides, perfect companion to his "Sings Songs..." album !
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Double sided heavyweight roots 10" from the late Gladdy Anderson. Made around the same time as his killer "Sings Songs For Today and Tomorrow" LP (now back in stock, click here!), here again are two killer tracks with Gladdy's sweet vocals over hard riddims from his band the Roots Radics. The A-side made the rounds as a dubplate first, then the vocal and dub ended up on different albums, while the B-side saw release as a single and an album track in extended format.

Born in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) in 1975, Irene Nonis started playing the guitar at the age of 13 and wrote her first songs at 17. Her influences come from the American soul, with variations towards jazz and bossa (Sade, Paul Weller, Astrud Gilberto, Johnny Marr). Her voice shines in the two new tracks included in this 7'': "This Love" is a blue-eyed soul track that moves between Northern Soul and Motown, while "Night Stuff" has more of a 70's London nocturnal atmosphere, with a great bass line.

From the legendary producers, mixed by the Pharmacist, with hornsman Patrick Aba Original.

'Dancing With A Stranger' is a slice of sultry, R'n'B influenced pop from Sam Smith & Normani - via Capitol Records. The collaboration between the two artists came about through a chance encounter at a Los Angeles studio where Smith was writing with Stargate and Jimmy Napes. Normani was in the studio next door and, with both artists being long-time fans of each other, it seemed only natural for her to team up with Sam to create the new single. The single has already surpassed 1 million digital sales. 'Dancing With a Stranger' is the first new music from Sam Smith in 2019 and follows his summer 2018 global hit with Calvin Harris, 'Promises.' This limited edition 12" vinyl comes with a scented sleeve.

- Limitierte weisse/clear heavyweight (180g) Doppel-Vinyl im Roughboard Sleeve inklusive Downloadcode / Artwork von The Designers Republic

Pressure Sounds has thankfully made such a move away from the tired Record Store Day formula, to release a funk-alicious reggae box - for sale in Record Shops, at sometime near the end of April: Five stonking 7" from the house of Herman Chin-Loy.


Starting play with a Jamaican Funk banger, the wah-wah led, Temptations infused Medusa by H2O; the wild fuzz guitar of James Eastwood - a sublime cut of the Soul Vendors' Darker Shade Of Black; Chin-Loy himself as The Teacher, with a DJ cut of Augustus Pablo's East Of The River Nile; and Pablo in person performing two gracious gestures with his pipes, making this a box of sevens to cherish.

Pressure Sounds' screen-printer has gone into overdrive on this package, embellishing the box itself, also an enclosed poster, and a towel (tea towel to you). All this handiwork, and killer-no-filler sounds justifies the eye-watering price, there won't be many available, so get them while you can.

Washing the dishes will never be the same.

New voicing on U-Brown's rhythm with horn cut from Patrick Aba Original.

More versions on the Coach rhythm, with killer bongo cut.

Prolific London based reggae label presents four killer cuts on one rhythm.

Released three years after Stoned Raiders, Latino hip hop group Cypress Hill returned in 2004 with their seventh studio album Till Death Do Us Part. On this album they flirt with reggae, particularly on 'What's Your Number' sampling The Clash's 'The Guns Of Brixton' plus 'Ganja Bus' featuring vocals from Damian Marley. 'Latin Thugs' is a characteristic Cypress Hill latin-mariachi rap and B-Real rocks with a clever cover of The Beastie Boys' 'Paul Revere' retitled 'Busted In The Hood'. Till Death Do Us Part reached #21 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and #23 an the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Cypress Hill are one of the main progenitors of West Coast hip hop in the early 1990s, releasing several critically acclaimed albums. B-Real's high-pitched nasal vocals is one of the most striking aspects of the band. Till Death Do Us Part is available as a limited 15th Anniversary edition of 2.000 numbered copies on gold & black swirled vinyl.

MINT ORIGINAL PRESS FROM UNIDISC/PRELUDE WAREHOUSE IN MONTREAL

MINT ORIGINAL PRESS FROM UNIDISC/PRELUDE WAREHOUSE IN MONTREAL



Garage classic and all-time Prelude Records favourite from France Joli. Top shelf mixes from the maestro Francois Kevorkian! That essential sound.
Features a blazing Spanish language version too. Super heavy Unidisc repress.

Johnny's disk record is an independent jazz label run by the owner of jazz cafe kaiunbashi no johnny located in rikuzentakata city in iwate prefecture, japan.

the legendary label released a string of albums of high quality but down-to-earth music, spanning from modern jazz, avant-garde jazz to left-field pop. albums such as 'farewell my johnny / left alone' and 'aya's samba' has reached cult status among fans as some of the best works to come out of the japanese jazz scene.

following a cult classic jazz fusion album on bourbon records, king kong paradise delivered an album of alternative, left-field balearic rock that was way ahead of its time.

an anomaly that sticks out in johnny's disk's catalogue, the rare record may appeal more to new wave, reggae and rock fans than jazz heads—in fact, i wouldn't be surprised if people like dj harvey or theo parrish dropped this oddity in their sets.

if you dig the kind of weirdness that's being reissued by music from memory, you might find this record intriguing.

The Prescription Pricing Authority duo hails outta London town and delivers the second 7" inch release ever on GAMM !.

With a slab of funk infected disco on the A (1-2-1) and a jazz-funk-fusion jam (Lucky Duck) on the flip we hope this lil' 7" will own a permanent space in your 7" inch box.
It's a pretty bad ass release that comes with a classic vintage 'dinked' (big hole) label design.

MINT ORIGINAL PRESS FROM UNIDISC/PRELUDE WAREHOUSE IN MONTREAL

There have been millions of typical disco edits in the last years. But there is so much more interesting music from the late 1970s and early 80s yet to bubble its way to the surface. One of those lesser explored fields is the crazy funky side of Germany's underground disco and new wave from that period. At the time, many German bands were trying to make their own version of English and American styles. After Kraftwerk and Can had started to use the German language in a cool, new way, many bands that followed in their steps experimented with German new wave. Most of these bands didn't reach a bigger audience. Their records never got pressed to more than 300 - 500 copies as they were a number of years ahead of the huge commercial explosion of German pop in 1984: The NDW aka 'Neue Deutsche Welle", with Nena's humongous hit 99 Red Balloons. The bands featured on the compilation released their music before the NDW hype and later broke up. Plenty of these early bands are best forgotten but if you dig deeper you'll find the gems, bursting with style and attitude. And that's just what Toy Tonics heads Mathias Munk Modica & Kapote did. They hit gold.

Formed in Tokyo in 2017, Ronin Arkestra brings together some of the finest and most creative players in Japan's Jazz and and electronic scene. The collective includes members of Kyoto Jazz Sextet, WONK, Cro-Magnon, Root Soul, Sleepwalker, Sauce81, Kyoto Jazz Massive and, of course, band leader Mark de Clive Lowe.

Kicking it all off is 'Stranger Searching', where lush electronics meet beautifully executed Jazz in full story mode. A constantly driving beat push this track along through its various chapters, with each member of the band given time tell their tale. Horns from Shinpei Ruike, Kohei Ando and Wataru Hamasaki tie everything together in beautiful harmony.

'Redeye Reprisal' hits hard right from the top. With soaring horn lines and beautifully soulful keys from Mark de Clive Lowe, it is drummer Hikaru Arata who is given time to shine in this piece. Wild patterns add to the frenetic nature of the piece, creating drama and mystery before it safely delivers you home.

Flip the record and we are back in story mode again. 'The Silk Road Prelude' is Japanese Jazz at its finest. A solid theme gives definition to this piece, with the horns once again providing all the drama you need. Carefully interspersed with beautiful guitar playing from Tsuyoshi Kosuga, and interwoven electronics from Sauce81, drummer Nobuaki Fuji and bassist Shinju Kobayashi control the groove with exquisite detail.

The final track needs no introduction. 'A Love Supreme' is what legends are made of. Beautifully reimagined by this fine group of musicians, this is the Sunflower moment, a group showing its full dedication and respect for the Jazz masters. A band of Ronin, dedicated to follow the sun until it sets.