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The music on this record is inspired by and composed for The Golden Age of Danish Pornography - a collection of vintage hardcore short films from the early seventies, directed by Danish porn pioneer Freddy Weiss - available on DVD from Pink Flamingo Entertainment.

After a show at Copenhagen Jazzhouse with my band, Alex Puddu and The Butterfly Collectors, I came to meet an old face from the underground music business, Jan Schmidt, who I knew but not as much as I came to know in later years. He used to own a few brilliant indie labels such as Pingo, Cloudland and April Records, back when some of the coolest bands from the Danish indie scene were around. I recall that after that gig, Jan and I had a hell of a lot to share with each other: Food, music, Italian giallo and horror movies from the 60s and the 70s. In fact, just about everything!

Later that year I was signed to do 2 albums with Alex Puddu and The Butterfly Collectors, 'Chasing the Scorpion's Tail' followed by 'The Silcence of the Sun and The Rhythm of the Rain', by April Records, and even if the records did not sell so well we had a wonderful time recording them and we built up a great relationship between us.
I must admit that my music tastes have always been affected by the visions and the movies that I saw back in the days when I was a teenager growing up in Italy to the Dario Argento score of 'Profondo Rosso' or 'The Warriors'.

I probably got much more into it with time and at that point I just had to do something about it, and that is when I started to record my first solo albums after the break-up with Puddu Varano under the pseudonym of Alex Puddu and the Butterfly Collectors. This was very cinematically inspired and believe it or not I have always known from the start how to compose and produce a track from the very beginning to the very end with a perfect vision and artwork. Last year Jan told me that he was going to release some vintage collection Danish porn films on DVD and he needed to have some music done. I immediately thought of myself and believed that I was that right person for the job. I knew this was going to be something special for me.

Creating a score for a vintage porn movie has been my dream for many years and the thought that I was going to write and perform something original for those pictures made me really happy and proud, especially after so many years of waiting. I remembered when I used to go out and rent old vintage porno movies at the local video store because I just appreciated the old soundtracks so much. Can you believe that now it was going to be my turn Well, it took me a couple of months of writing and producing for the soundtracks and I wrote the whole score and most of the tracks while sitting on the couch in my living room with a glass of red wine and a funky bass line. And do you know what I am a pretty cool bass player when it comes to porno music, do you know what I mean.

Some of the songs like 'Naughty Girls at the Wild Party' or 'Black Triangle' are built up from cool and freaky fuzz guitar riffs and I also have to say that beats production is awesome. This was easy for me since I have been a drummer for many years and I just love this king of music so I did not have any trouble in the recording session and I got exactly what I wanted! But you can not forget that this album would not have been possible without the help of some of my wonderful music 'mates'... continues ...

2 track Single from Ansel Collins released by Techniques/Dub Store Records

Following up Fred's quickly selling out single, Timmion sub-label Stylart rolls out another deep with a beat beauty with singer Bobby Oroza. Bobby's own story in soul music is still mostly unwritten, but listening to this effort he might have something cooking.Weirdly enough this is not the first time, the name Oroza has been inscribed on record labels in Finland. Most of the people in his immediate family have worked in the music and entertainment field in Finland starting from Bolivian transplant Gonzalo Oroza, Bobby's grandfather, who recorded an album of latin cancions in 1972 for the Eteenpäin label.Bobby's "This Love" is unpretentious music about love, romance and heartache, that should take your mind towards Californian sunsets and gleaming vehicles. Stylart is the new story of underground soul in Finland, and it's only getting started. Hop on for the ride.

2 track Single from Boris Gardiner released by Techniques/Dub Store Records

Record Kicks proudly presents "CLBR35 Live From S.P.A.C.E.", the first official live album by Calibro 35 that will hit the streets next 21 October 2016 on ltd edtion LP, CD digipak and digital. After so many studio albums, soundtracks, TV programs and an incredible amount of concerts, "CLBR35 Live From S.P.A.C.E" is the very first live album by our cinematic funk champions. Recorded during two very special nights of the Italian leg of the S.P.A.C.E. Tour at BIKO club Milano and mixed by Calibro's head honcho and fresly grammy award winner, Tommaso Colliva at Toomi lab studio in London, it sees the Milan quartet joined on stage by Ottone Pesante horn session. Most of the tracks are taken from their latest heavily acclaimed studio album "S.P.A.C.E." but there's room for some Calibro 35's classics such as "Eurocrime", "Notte in Bovisa" and "La Mala Ordina" by Armando Trovajoli from their debut album of 2008.

All time great Jump Blues classic from Daddy Cleanhead, the older brother of LA bandleader and R&B star Chuck Higgins. With a rock solid rhythm, catchy piano and bass riff, humorous and light-hearted lyrics and a rousing, rasping sax break, what's not to like Doesn't get much better!

Doktu Rhute Muuzic (formerly Roy Hytower) has enjoyed a full career from his late teens to this present day, a career that spans over 50 years. His first experiences were singing around Mobile, Alabama. In 1962 he came to Chicago, replacing Mighty Joe Young as rhythm guitarist for Otis Rush. Often adopting a soul-slanted sound, Hytower cut a handful of 45rpm singles in the 1960s and '70s for several local labels such as Avin, Expo, Brainstorm, and Jiffy. In June 2016 his tune "Song Of Deliverance" was featured on Tramp's "Peace Chant" compilation. In recent years Roy Hytower has self-released a couple of CDs, however under his new moniker, Doktu Rhute Muuzic. "I'm In Your Corner" and "Tip Jar" were released on two different CD albums. This is the only chance to get these two wonderful tunes on vinyl. Don't miss it!

Repress!

The two glorious 80s boogie tracks written and produced by Roy Ayers are released here on 7' single for the very first time.

The two songs were originally released back to back on 12' single for the Uno Melodic label, copies exchanging hands for over £400.

These are the only two known recordings by Ethel Beatty, It's Your Love' much sampled on the hip hop scene.

A refugee. An orphan. A street urchin. A 11 year old bearded, sticky fingered now-where-did-your-cellie-go! type miscreant. The prodigal son of the Afghani Big Lebowski. The street corner shit talker. The Bart Simpson of Kabul. The brother who claims he knows your moms and your girl, intimately. A hustler. Young Fuchy. The kid who used to sell poppy heads by the kilo. One of many, but one of a kind. A beat maker. A maverick. A musical hypnotist. A kid on a mission to avenge Kenny for every single one of his deaths. The youngin' with a truly odd future. A fucking menace with a golden heart.

Flashback. There is a war raging in Kabul. After a bomb strike, Fuchy stands in front of what used to be his home: all that is left is debris and paralyzing pain. He looks around. He is left with nothing but his queer mind and his superpower: music. Equipped like this, he embarks on a journey to the distant, foreign and uncertain world of the West. This is the narrative context for the adventures of the odd midget fighter Fuchy. The story of a refugee from Afghanistan, who tries to explore his new environment on his own terms. Fuchy is drawn, animated, made up. He's like the oriental hip-hop version of Bart Simpson. But at the same time, he couldn't be more real - because he's full of contradictions. Fuchy, is not only the protagonist of '420', he's also the alter ego of Farhad 'Farhot' Samadzada, a Hamburg-based music producer.
Farhot, who was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, 34 years ago, has not only worked with top German artists like Max Herre, Haftbefehl, Samy Deluxe, Karate Andi and Xatar. He has also successfully worked for internationally renowned artists such as soul-singer Nneka from Nigeria, multi-platinum-selling Belgian artist Selah Sue and UK grime queen Ms Dynamite or the US hip-hop stars Talib Kweli and Isaiah Rashad. Recently, Farhot founded his own label Kabul Fire.

Jo Ann Campbell's 'I Changed My Mind Jack' is a male and female call and response duo answer to Ray Charles' 'Hit The Road Jack' set to a barnstorming, uptempo backing which will cause fireworks on the dancefloor. On the flip side, more familiar popcorn tempo with a terrific rendition of 'I Really Really Love You'

2 track Single from Johnny Osbourne released by Techniques/Dub Store Records

2 track Single from Johnny Osbourne released by Techniques/Dub Store Records

Pure badness all over this 1979 Jamaican Disco-Funk odyssey!
King Sporty should be no stranger to those of you with a keen ear for esoteric underground Disco sounds, his tracks have been getting serious play by top shelf, discerning jocks since the 1970's & his Konduko label has dropped many a left-field bomb on unsuspecting dance floors!

"fire keep on burning" is one such bomb, an LP crammed full of unstoppable stripped back island sounds, too many killer cuts to mention but just check out the OG version of "get on down" for starters!

An essential & extremely rare record & one that deserves a spot in any self respecting Disco lovers collection. %100 heat on here, party jams from start to finish, "let's go to the Disco!"

The LATIN SOUL BROTHAS take aim at big room dancefloors worldwide with these two 70's style Afro Latin jazz disco funk classics. Energetic beats with Chicago style claps throughout.

Next up on Africa Seven is the next installment of our series of Manu Dibango CD re-issues. Manu Dibango is probably the most famous musician from Cameroon and quite possibly one of the most internationally well-known African musicians ever. Manu Dibango is a most versatile musician, having played and recorded almost every style of music you care to mention - soul, reggae, jazz, spirituals, blues, African, electro.

Manu Dibango originally trained in classical piano, His musical career began in Brussels and Paris in the 1950. The 1960s finds him in Congo as a member of African Jazz led by Joseph Kabasele (Le Grand Kalle). He formed his own band in Cameroon in 1963, moving to Paris in 1965. His international breakthrough came in 1972 with international hit "Soul Makossa". This went on to be inspire the chant in Michael Jacksons "Wanna Be Startin Something" (and many others).

For the "Afrovision" album we move to 1976, in Paris. Four years after is international breakthrough with Soul Makossa, Manu assembles a supremely talent bunch of musicians who include Vicky Edimo (on bass) and our very own Africa Seven favorite Jo Tongo helping out with Guitar. Claude Vamur (Kassav) on drums, Alex Francfort on Piano and Celluloid / Bill Laswell stalwart Aiyb Diemg on percussion.

The albums six lengthy tracks, span a series of styles from the driving afro jazz of "Big Blow", The soundtrack-laced xylo jazz, smoothness of "Dakar Streets". The afrofunk, groove laden "Akoko Party", the smooth progressive afro jazz of "Bayam Sell'am" and the pensive, sax-driven, reggae slow-groove of "Baobab Sun 7". The album finishes off with the afrobeat grooves, punchy organ and layered guitars of the title track "Afrovision".

Bearing in mind in the same year Manu also recorded the equally masterful "Manu 76" album many argue that the year of 1976 was one the masters finest years.

2 track Single from Marvin Brooks released by Techniques/Dub Store Records

2 track Single from Michael Prophet released by Techniques/Dub Store Records

Nick Waterhouse, the rhythm & blues fanatic who combines an uncanny old-school sensibility with a charged,
contemporary style, is set to release his third album 'Never Twice' on Innovative Leisure. As ever he is inspired by the overmodulated sound of vintage R&B, invoking the back-alley thrills of New Orleans, Detroit, and Memphis in their heyday,
using old school values to hone a new sound.
Having earned his stripes producing garage-rocker Ty Segall and the Allah-Las as well as releasing the critically acclaimed
albums 'Time's All Gone' and 'Holly', Nick Waterhouse's latest album 'Never Twice' is a culmination, intensification, and
realization of everything he's been developing throughout his career. Catchier and loaded with more hits than its
predecessors, Nick's new LP is at the same time harder hitting, more rhythmic, more harmonic, more diverse, and more
adventurous than both those albums. A cool and elegant post-post-modern cocktail of 1950s r&b and club jazz, mixed with
1960s soul and boogaloo, and shaken with a minimal contemporary sensibility, 'Never Twice' finds the artist taking his time,
refining his vision, and speaking with new authority. Nick Waterhouse has come a long way and it looks like he may have
just painted his masterpiece.
180 Gram Vinyl, Tip-On Jacket, Download Card & Printed Insert

eat Street is an American 1984 drama film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s, breakdancing, DJing and graffiti.There are several performances in the movie, notably from established early hip hop groups, Grandmaster Melle Mel
& the Furious Five, Doug E. Fresh, Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force and the Treacherous Three. As a member of the Treacherous Three, Kool Moe Dee also appeared in the film.
Beat Street's impact was felt internationally as well as throughout the United States. In Germany, for example, Beat Street is credited with introducing the hip hop movement to the country.

StoryBorderline "is a key concept in rap album that Picciotto try to dig into the precarious existence of old and new generations through 12 storytelling.12 songs linked by a thin line balancing between discomfort and redemption, including human degradation and redress, including stars and oblio.Una young researcher mom, an escort, a father messed with street wear and status, a neighborhood teenager, a middle-aged worker, a business executive, a lesbian couple and a gay couple, one " cop, "one veteran activist jailed and a football player. These are the protagonists of the 12 stories of the turbulent succession of events that weaves their lives since the 80s to oggi.Musicalmente produced by Luca "Satomi" Rinaudo (Almendra Music) who arranged and mixed the music tracks created in large part by " the Gold Diggers 'nee Ciaka Mortero and Fabio Tunaman, in the production of "Storyborderline" have also joined K9, the historian DJD, the young Alex 3'o5' and to add a mistral orchestral touch Gheesa the first single "Amarcord 2.0" , preface to the entire concept.L'album was realized thanks to the transverse fan base Picciotto thanks to crowdfunding campaign on MusicRaiser platform that has achieved 118% target and end up with the disk even a book soon to be released and some sort of web-series that recounts the concept of the album through various video clips that tell with images 12 characters recounted in "Storyborderline" Among the guests of the disc the powerful voice of rapper Kento, the refinement of the "professor" Murubutu, the presence of McNill in the song that takes position on the "de facto couples" while in two of the three bonus tracks that complete the album you can hear the productions Satomi & N'Hash already members of the People Picciotto Strana Posse family that in the very last track sounds to complete the instrumental that houses the microphone as a finalist in the last edition of X Factor David Shorty.L'album was recorded, mixed and Zeit mastered at Studio Palermo Luca "Satomi" Rinaudo (Almendra Music) already beside Picciotto in previous albums.

2 track Single from Sister Nancy released by Techniques/Dub Store Records

It all began with a licensing inquiry for a sister funk cut which we wanted to include on our deep funk comp titled "Feeling Nice Vol. 3". After the deal was completed producer Fred Forsh mentioned that the backing band of Nadine Brown's masterpiece "Leave Me Alone" had released a 45 themselves under their name Teakwood. After Mr. Forsh played us both sides we knew that this 45 would have to be re-issued. What was about to follow nobody of us ever expected. Mr. Forsh told us that Teakwood recorded almost a dozen of songs which were supposed to be released on a full length album. Forunspecified reasons the album was never released and it remained in the can for almost 40 years. Finally, we are very proud to announce the release of Teakwood's debut album "A Distant Star" in early 2017. Until then you have to be content with this 45 rpm single re-issue.

Three years ago, a group of renowned danish jazz musicians showed up on the Copenhagen club scene. Their goal was to put together a band which would fuse the west african music of Fela Kuti with the inimitable style of jazz bassist Charlie Mingus. The two creative directors Michael Blicher (sax) and Gustav Rasmussen (trombone / guitar) dubbed their project The KutiMangoes (TKM).

Their debut album "Afro-Fire" took off like a rocket and won the danish Grammy award in 2014 for "Best World Music Album" and also was nominated in categories for "Best Compositions" as well as "Best Alternative Jazz album". Following this success the band appeared on worldwide festivals and laid down frenetic and inspired performances in Denmark and Germany.

For DJs across the globe, the favorite cut from the album was called "Fire". Vocalist Patrick Kabre, born and raised in Burkina Faso, was the featured singer on "Fire". He accompanied the band on several concert dates and even joined them headlining a festival in West Africa. This experience convinced Kabre and TKM to record their second album in his homeland. It was generally regarded among the musicians that something really special would be created when the recording was done where the music has its origin: Africa. Michael puts it this way: "Our musical mission has from the very beginning been to get deeper and deeper into combining our own musical heritage with influences from especially western Africa. So when we met the incredible Patrick Kabre from Burkina Faso, a musical collaboration started that made it possible for us to get closer to the rich musical traditions, the vibrant energy and the unique sounds of western Africa."

TKM have composed new tunes based on ancient traditional songs (such as Tolma and M'ba) and included them alongside original afro beat and afro jazz within the tracklisting. TKM's goal is to create music together - to share and meet diverse but brotherly cultures through music. And that's exactly what you will experience when listening to this album.

Three years ago, a group of renowned danish jazz musicians showed up on the Copenhagen club scene. Their goal was to put together a band which would fuse the west african music of Fela Kuti with the inimitable style of jazz bassist Charlie Mingus. The two creative directors Michael Blicher (sax) and Gustav Rasmussen (trombone / guitar) dubbed their project The KutiMangoes (TKM).

Their debut album "Afro-Fire" took off like a rocket and won the danish Grammy award in 2014 for "Best World Music Album" and also was nominated in categories for "Best Compositions" as well as "Best Alternative Jazz album". Following this success the band appeared on worldwide festivals and laid down frenetic and inspired performances in Denmark and Germany.

For DJs across the globe, the favorite cut from the album was called "Fire". Vocalist Patrick Kabre, born and raised in Burkina Faso, was the featured singer on "Fire". He accompanied the band on several concert dates and even joined them headlining a festival in West Africa. This experience convinced Kabre and TKM to record their second album in his homeland. It was generally regarded among the musicians that something really special would be created when the recording was done where the music has its origin: Africa. Michael puts it this way: "Our musical mission has from the very beginning been to get deeper and deeper into combining our own musical heritage with influences from especially western Africa. So when we met the incredible Patrick Kabre from Burkina Faso, a musical collaboration started that made it possible for us to get closer to the rich musical traditions, the vibrant energy and the unique sounds of western Africa."

TKM have composed new tunes based on ancient traditional songs (such as Tolma and M'ba) and included them alongside original afro beat and afro jazz within the tracklisting. TKM's goal is to create music together - to share and meet diverse but brotherly cultures through music. And that's exactly what you will experience when listening to this album.

Bossa Nova = Nouvelle Vague = New Wave.
This transliteration was the starting point for Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux's unique project, which, by appropriating the punk and post-punk cannon and running it through the Bossa Nova filter, reinvented the cover band genre, revealing new and brilliant talents along the way: Camille, Phoebe Killdeer (whose Fade Out Lines was remixed by The Avener,) Nadeah, Mélanie Pain, and, soon, Liset Alea. The gambit paid off, with sales of over one million records over four albums released between 2004 and 2010, and world tours that included stops at venues such as London's Royal Albert Hall, L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl and Paris' Olympia. Since 2011, Nouvelle Vague had stopped recording, focusing on an innovative live show created in collaboration with the mythical Jean-Charles de Castelbajac (Ceremony and Dawn of innocence,) and branching out into different projects: Olivier's Uncovered Queen of the Stone Age, and Marc's Bristol, along with his Kwaidan label. The time seems right to write a new chapter in the Nouvelle Vague saga: with a new album I Could Be Happy' and live show, the band and its coterie of female vocalists continue their time travels with a renewed alegria. Nouvelle vague by Nouvelle Vague and Some Friends is thus more of a nexus of forthcoming projects: a new album comprised of punk and post punk standards imbued with the inimitable Nouvelle Vague touch, and, for the first time, a bevy of surprising Collin/Libaux which prove that the two producers are more than prodigious arrangers.This album is also the opportunity to gather again the pioneer singers of Nouvelle Vague: Élodie Frégé, Mélanie Pain, Liset Alea, Nadeah and to find other guests as Camille or Clara Luciani. A worldwide tour is already confirmed and announced. It will begin in Europe and Asia, in the fall, and will continue through South America and the U.S.A. in the new year, and feature the entire crew on stage, around Marc and Olivier: Mélanie Pain, Élodie Frégé, and Liset Alea.

Big Crown is proud to present the debut single from 79.5 Terrorize My Heart'. Hard to categorize, easy to love, 79.5 has been making tons of noise around New York City for the past year. With three lead vocalists, Kate, Nya, and Piya and a band that pulls influence from every corner of a record store, it's no wonder they are already taking the scene by storm. They are an act that gets put on as an opener and shortly there after is asked by the venue to do a month long residency. That residency leads them to a full page write up in The New Yorker before they even have a single out. The long and short of it is that 79.5 wins over the listeners wherever they play with an infectious energy. Between the arrangements of bandleader Kate Mattison and the prowess of all the players, their sets run a gamut of energies and tempos, whether breaking it down to a capella, turning it up to disco, or mastering the middle, they run the groove, and the crowd follows suit. Take all of that and put it in the studio with Big Crown's own Leon Michels on production duties and you get a record we can't wait to put out in the world, a record on which every song was recorded live to tape in one take. Terrorize My Heart', a tune leaving no room for gray, finds the ladies of 79.5 walking the line between vulnerability and forthrightness. Setting out with admonishments of love and infatuation that are checked by the bluntness of women who've lived in the Big Apple for years, is it her or is it me, that's how it's gotta be'. A smashing rhythm section covered in punching rhodes chops, flute parts, and dubbed out reggae rhythm guitar sets the perfect vibe for the ladies to trade off leads and come back together in three part harmonies: All the while taking the whole tune from half time to double time. The B side, coined the Disco Dub mixed by Jens Jungkurth, finds Michels' production taking Terrorize My Heart' from the change where it goes to four on the floor and lacing it with drums and a clap track that absolutely pushes this tune over the edge into the realm of dancefloor banger. Tombstones fall over, the earth cracks open, and dead people get up and dance when this comes on... Another Big Crown Sureshot.

Adrian Younge Presents The Electronique Void: Black Noise is Younge's first and only electronic album. An album that represents Younge's take on what Black electronic music would sound like in `72. Narrated by Jack Waterson, long a guitarist in Younge's band. Recorded and mixed by Adrian Younge at Linear Labs, the preeminent analog studio of Los Angeles, CA.

Adrian Younge Presents The Electronique Void: Black Noise is Younge's first and only electronic album. An album that represents Younge's take on what Black electronic music would sound like in `72. Narrated by Jack Waterson, long a guitarist in Younge's band. Recorded and mixed by Adrian Younge at Linear Labs, the preeminent analog studio of Los Angeles, CA.

2 track Single from Carl Meeks released by Redman/Dub Store Records