Pop & Rock Vinyl New Releases - News

Having had major success with the 1959 LP 'Time Out', it is no surprise that Dave Brubeck decided on a follow-up which came in the shape of the 1961 album 'Time Further Out'. Once again, Dave plays about with various unusual time signatures, The album tracks are arranged in increasing order of time signatures, starting with It's a Raggy Waltz in 3/4 and closing with Blue Shadows in the Street in 9/4. 'Time Further Out' was generally considered a worthy successor to 'Time Out', peaking at Number 8 on the Billboard album chart. Dave Brubeck has left a considerable legacy to succeeding generations. He was determined to synthesise all that he felt was good in music, and he always did so with a touch of humour.

Brazil is a country of great musical talent especially in the field of rhythm oriented music. The rich tradition of samba sounds among others will certainly prove that. By the 1970s of course other styles came into the music lover's perception. Funk and soul swashed down south from the bigger US metropolises and infected a whole generation of musicians including Miguel De Deus and his fellows. As a result the former OZ BRAZOES (Latin acid rock with fuzzed out guitar) rhythm guitarist and his crew delivered their now classic sole album "Black soul brothers" in 1977, a hot blooded, steaming masterpiece of raging ghetto funk spiced up with soul eruptions on and a Latin American flavor. A rather explosive cocktail in times of slick disco music. The Latin elements tend to be more like a support for the groovy soul and funk than a bearing pillar of the whole sound. They still give the songs exciting twists and turns. The non stop rhythm pulsations would certainly feel different without any Samba influence. And so the album presents a permanent steaming dance beat that will swallow you when you put this hottie on your turntable. A never ending swirl of rhythm patterns, bass notes, brass section harmonies and commanding vocals pushes you to your physical limits. A few more relaxed songs let you breathe some fresh air but the spell of this music lasts upon your soul. You want to go wild and crazy and have your lame high school party turn into a loose and lethal freak out Play some wicked Latin funk like "Flaca louca" with its beautiful interplay of utterly melodic female vocals and dirty, screaming male vocals, your desired result will be the case. An ingenious crown jewel of 70s funk that will appeal to each fan of early FUNKADELIC, BLACK MERDA, BETTY DAVIS.

This is a holy grail of an album not many people actually seem to know about. I heard about 1978 as initial release date but it could be some archive material as well because the music sounds more vintage. Strange drum patterns, cool jazzy melodies and a tenor sax going crazy make the first tune and you could imagine Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock jamming. Suddenly this tune, "Royal walk" turns weird. A spoken word part sets in which feels like the guy (Ron Everett) reading a poem or something. But before you know what happens the original freak jazz part returns to close this sweet tune. What comes next A gentle 50s style Latin pop effort with a great female singer delivering some hot vocals. Somehow a 70s flair hangs above the songs you just cannot tell why it feels this way. The complex rhythm patterns here move straight into your blood and the sweet melodies pull up the sun at the beach. The whole composition generates an atmosphere of easy leisure and still there is this edgy, free playing from the brass section which reminds us this was a band rooted in the field of progressive jazz. Pop works well with Ron Everett and soon you understand what is going on. This raw yet vivid sound makes the atmosphere of a live performance. But the third number "Tipsy woman" is a typical relaxed funk song of the 70s with just a little free jazz spicing it up. Great electric piano performance here and the laid back and lascivious vocals are the icing on the cake. Utterly cool and sexy. All in all there is quite a bit Latin music thrown in the mix and this band performs it fairly well with passion and an extra share of fire in the heart. The groove infuses this record from the first to the last note. Polyrhythmical webs of beats and percussion sounds held together by a rather relaxed bass guitar spin a musical cocoon around your soul. The performances are all quite impressive and should even catch the attention of a sophisticated jazz fan. The raw and unpolished sound surely adds a lot to the mythical atmosphere of this album even though it might be a bit much for the average pop fan in this genre. Well, this Ron Everett album is a gift for the real lovers of strange but beautiful music.

This is a holy grail of an album not many people actually seem to know about. I heard about 1978 as initial release date but it could be some archive material as well because the music sounds more vintage. Strange drum patterns, cool jazzy melodies and a tenor sax going crazy make the first tune and you could imagine Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock jamming. Suddenly this tune, "Royal walk" turns weird. A spoken word part sets in which feels like the guy (Ron Everett) reading a poem or something. But before you know what happens the original freak jazz part returns to close this sweet tune. What comes next A gentle 50s style Latin pop effort with a great female singer delivering some hot vocals. Somehow a 70s flair hangs above the songs you just cannot tell why it feels this way. The complex rhythm patterns here move straight into your blood and the sweet melodies pull up the sun at the beach. The whole composition generates an atmosphere of easy leisure and still there is this edgy, free playing from the brass section which reminds us this was a band rooted in the field of progressive jazz. Pop works well with Ron Everett and soon you understand what is going on. This raw yet vivid sound makes the atmosphere of a live performance. But the third number "Tipsy woman" is a typical relaxed funk song of the 70s with just a little free jazz spicing it up. Great electric piano performance here and the laid back and lascivious vocals are the icing on the cake. Utterly cool and sexy. All in all there is quite a bit Latin music thrown in the mix and this band performs it fairly well with passion and an extra share of fire in the heart. The groove infuses this record from the first to the last note. Polyrhythmical webs of beats and percussion sounds held together by a rather relaxed bass guitar spin a musical cocoon around your soul. The performances are all quite impressive and should even catch the attention of a sophisticated jazz fan. The raw and unpolished sound surely adds a lot to the mythical atmosphere of this album even though it might be a bit much for the average pop fan in this genre. Well, this Ron Everett album is a gift for the real lovers of strange but beautiful music.

The whole recording project, the rediscovery of an atypical artist like Ivan Cattaneo, is ready. The same Cattaneo has more artistic identity: painter, poet, one man show ... but with this project, some colleagues known, established and emerging, have ventured to reinterpret his pen of author, bringing to light its first decade by songwriter, when Cattaneo realized discs and songs, under the guidance of the great Nanni Ricordi, inventor of the songwriters, musicians such as PFM, Roberto Colombo, Tony Mimms. The artists who joined this project are: Banda Osiris - Garbo - Gianni Leone Ballet Bronze - Montefiori Cocktail - Luca Urbani + Alberto Styloo - Andrea Zuppini - Allerija - John Block - Egokid - Elektroshock - Ensonika - Dario Faini - Alessandro Orlando Graziano - HER - HelenaVelena - Naif Herin - Hueco - Nine Tears + Gerardo Konte - Claudio Milan - Ottodix - Stefano Pais - Susanna Paris - Brushes Vermeer - Roby Rossini - Chinese Roulette - Porfirio Rubirosa - Steetycats - Diana Tejera - Vidra + Masi




[B CD1-2. GARBO - Scarabocchio

The best rare songs wanted by worldwide collectors and Dj of music jazz, funk soul.

More rare & nice jazz, funky and soul tunes for collectors in this chapter 4 edition !!!

On this again impressive, now third, Release, Daniel Erdmann, Samuel Rohrer, Frank Möbus and Vincent Courtois update their Swiss-French-German story. This band is serendipity. Its spectrum is broad and it focuses on the collective, rather than the self-promoting individual. It is good news that the band has been able to continue to develop its concept logically. At times luxuriously floating, then tremendously gripping again, always alert and artful and full of musical refinement. This concept invites the listener into open spaces, which are filled in a measured and thoughtful manner. The first two CDs had the floating quality of clouds in the title, as a beautiful metaphor for these sounds. In which composition and improvisation balance each other out. Grunge influences, can be heard, as can chamber-music-like cello, ebbing and flowing guitar Morse code, and emancipated percussion as a melody instrument. The saxophone can assume a rhythmic function, but also let loose earthily and, above all, this captivating band never passes the listener by.

Now it is about real utopias and the sound for them. It is not about whether the sound is called jazz, rock, pop or modern classic. This pales into insignificance against pure amazement at this far-reaching yet highly concise music. What counts is the group sound, which develops with amazing depth of focus, becomes ever more coherent, causing moods, nuances and details to lift off in a fresh way, yet without losing touch with reality. The elasticity of this web intertwined with drive and drama is enormous, the band organism has something magical. Rugged impressionism in an unmistakable use of form:

each participant has been celebrated in various contexts as an extraordinary instrumentalist. This music has this as a requirement, without having to exhibit it. In a wondrous way, the music defines the quality of more that only good art can create. It does not need to impose itself, as it is far too confident of its means. "Undreamed of tonal possibilities", commented one critic on the debut in 2011, another heard "unique, delicately compelling music" as "flights of fancy in various forms", as a

"happening", as "enormously varied group interplay. Earthy, rich in detail, rocky, contemporary". The listener is invited "to let their heart be warmed by the cool songs ". This is exactly what it's about.

The classic 1962 album Duke Ellington & John Coltrane showcased the rising jazz saxophone innovator performing alongside the long-established piano institution. While the pairing might have portended a dynamic clash of the musical generations, instead we got a casual, respectful, and musically generous meeting of like-minded souls (...). Ellington and Coltrane play a handful of well-known Ellington book numbers, including a supremely lyrical In a Sentimental Mood' and a soulful, half-lidded version of Billy Strayhorn's My Little Brown Book.' Ellington even supplied the brisk original Take the Coltrane' allowing plenty of room for Coltrane to let loose with knotty, angular lines.

The ever consistent KAT edit label reaches release number 19 with a 4 tracker from all round super ace DJ, selector and producer Mr Jonny Miller who has recently released via the GAMM label.

First up we have 'That's The Way Love Is', (yes that track we all know and love but certainly not the version you had in mind). Here Jonny takes the relatively unknown Xavier Naidoo version, does away with most of the original (apart from the vocal and the odd stab) to re-construct a mighty mid-tempo 4/4 House cut that's sure to delight and surprise in one fell swoop.

Next up is the Cesaria Evora classic, 'Angola'. Stripped back, subtly Housed up, basstone added with Cesaria's sweeter than sweet vocals, this just glides effortlessly along whilst staying true to the Latin /Brazilian ethics of the original.

Get your space suits ready as we kick the flip side off with the 1983 Electro monster 'Light Years Away' by Warp 9. Here we get a straight up re-edit which cuts, chops and extends to enhance this futuristic beauty to the hilt with almost a minute and a half of spaced out acapella goodness to boot!

Finishing things off nicely we have 'Cold Blooded (& down-right-funky)' by People's Choice originally released in 1976. A Funk / Soul number with a drum break bigger then Questlove's 'fro. Here, the break is the main focus which has been stretched and then stretched some more... Add some guitar licks, keyboard stabs and monster vocal goodness which results in a Funk edit that has more cheek than a Baboons bottom - You have been warned !!

DJ Support:

Bonar Bradberry, PBR Streetgang - STRAIGHT UP BADBOYS !!!! Will be hammering these !! Thanks guys 10/10

Tom Thorpe, PBR Streetgang - I'm ashamed to say this is my first real reaction, but can i just say 'I LOVE IT'. keep 'um coming...

DJ Pope, Baltimore, USA - Nice, will support!

Lexx, Switzerland - Angola is the one for me. I'll give it a spin.

Kev Beadle, SPW & SunCeBeat - Thanks for sending. On it already ;) Dropped the Xavier Naidoo on this weeks show - http://bit.ly/1fuCOUq

Mark Milz, Further In Fusion Radio, Germany - really liking the edits for "cold blooded" and "Light years away" !!!

Dr. Bob Jones, UK - Very smooth and very very good, quality productions.

Javi Frias, - Another great collection of edits by JM, my favorite is the really nice take on 'That's The Way Love Is'.

Stuart Patterson, Mi Soul Radio and Faith, UK - 'kin hell... top release.. never heard this Xavier Naidoo (will have to search out original) .. great selection of tracks from JM and nicely executed.. in the club, on the radio, in the bath...

Beane The Noodler, Nottingham, UK - *Adopts Danny Dyer voice* -

NAWTY NAWTY NAWTY. Liking the Xavier Naidoo edit and the 'Angola' rub is lovely. 'Light years' a great slice of future boogie too. Top work from the Miller as per usual. Another great package KAT :)

A rare 1966 trio recording by piano legend Dom Salvador. Features Edison Machado (drums) and Sergio Barroso (bass). Tracks include an uptempo version of Donato's 'Lugar Comum' ('Índio Perdido') plus 'Fred's Ahead', & 'Sambório'.
Dom Salvador, born 1938 as Salvador da Silva Filho, worked in a series of bossa jazz combos and professionally backed top-name artists such as Elis Regina, Jorge Ben and Edu Lobo. Almost all his songs were original compositions, showing Salvadors stately position in the Brazilian jazz brethren.

'when i joined mouse on the keys, i envisioned a concept that mixes diverse elements of contemporary music, such as dynamic hardcore drumming and modern french harmony with the feeling of a detroit techno follower.

since we got an offer to release an album on mule musiq - a label with much diversity in dance and contemporary music - our new album has been pulled out of us by itself' reveals the japanese acoustic and electric piano player daisuke niitome. together with drummer and piano player akira kawasaki and synth and piano player atsushi kiyota he is mouse on the keys - an energetic, hard to pigeonhole tokyo based trio that combines the sound of divers pianos and synthesizers with out-there drumming.

in their music locomotive us-american hardcore rhythms and virtuosic post-rock grooves dance fearless with jazz, contemporary classic and shreds of electronic music. since their foundation in 2006 the band has release three acclaimed albums on labels like the japanese imprint machu picchu industries or demanded german denovali records and toured live around europe, canada, brazil and asia.

as their main influences the musical libertines name a miscellaneous range of labels, artists and bands like on-u sound, burt bacharach, claude debussy, bad brains, kreator, material, johann sebastian bach, beastie boys, napalm death and steve reich. all of them left their traces on their third album 'flowers of romance' - an irrepressible amalgam of spontaneous ideas and precise written harmonics.

Classically trained composer and contrabass player expands on his work with James Ginzburg on 'Nimbes' and his analog tape work as KETEV (Opal Tapes, Where to Now) with a record exploring the hidden resonances of the contrabass.

For more than ten years Soul Jazz Records have been exploring and documenting the sound of New Orleans Funk. Now they turn their attention to the flipside of this musical coin - New Orleans Soul.
These two musical forms share a lineage that begins with the city's enormous rhythm and blues explosion in the post-war 1940s and 1950s. New Orleans Soul incorporated the soulful vocals of the gospel church, the driving beat of rhythm and blues, as well as traces of the second-line parade bands and the latinized rhythms of the city.
Here you will find New Orleans soul in all its glorious variations - from the deep, deep soul of singers Aaron Neville, Willie Tee and Robert Parker to the storming northern soul of Maurice Williams and Eldridge Holmes, the funky soul of Eddie Bo, Lionel Robinson and Ernie K-Doe all alongside the Crescent City's finest soul sisters - Irma Thomas, Betty Harris, Jean Knight, Inell Young and more!
The main force behind New Orleans Soul is Allen Toussaint, a virtual one-man hit-making machine in the 1960s, writing, arranging and producing hit after hit for an unending list of unbelievably talented local singers such as Eldridge Holmes, Maurice Williams, Betty Harris, Ernie K Doe and Diamond Joe all of whom are featured.
New Orleans is also a city of great musical families. Vocalist Aaron Neville was the brother of Art Neville (who formed The Meters) and later in the 1970s joined with brother Cyril to form The Neville Brothers. Soul vocalist supreme Willie Tee is also known as Wilson Turbinton, who alongside brother Earl, formed the super-heavy funk band The Gaturs and backed the Mardi Gras Indian group The Wild Magnolias.
Also included here are rare, lost and killer soulful tracks from New Orleans artists Eddie Bo (and protégée vocalist Inell Young), Jean Knight, Jimmy Hicks, Francine King and more!
This album tells the story of New Orleans Soul and comes complete with extensive sleevenotes, exclusive photography, supreme sound quality and comes as deluxe CD with slipcase + outsize booklet, and super-heavy, super-loud limited-edition double vinyl album + download code.














[N} c4 Irma Thomas - She'll Never Be Your Wife (2.54)

This soundtrack is not only an aural companion to Low Down-the acclaimed biopic of jazz pianist Joe Albany, based on the memoirs of his daughter Amy-Jo Albany-but also the perfect primer for Albany's lifework. Comprised of Albany's own compositions alongside those of Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, and selections from Ohad Talmor's score, this album conjures both a feel for Albany's own avant-garde, quick-tempo, bebop jazz and a mood that evokes the life of Hollywood's notorious jazz hustler.

Internationally renowned DJ and radio personality Gilles Peterson has called upon some of the most exciting names across the jazz, electronic and indie worlds to rework Melanie De Biasio's acclaimed album No Deal, including EELS, The Cinematic Orchestra, Hex, and Seven Davis Junior.

EELS haunting, orchestral reworking of opening track I Feel You is the first ever remix by Mark Oliver Everett (AKA E), who fell in love with De Biasio's music when she supported EELS at the Royal Albert Hall in June. The Cinemantic Orchestra give I'm Gonna Leave You an intense reworking, while beat maker C. Crisci, a.k.a Clap! Clap! gives the same track an afro-beat slant. Seven Davis Jr gives title-track No Deal an old school house flavour, while LA's Jonwayne coats With All My Love a lush balm of hip-hop. Japan's Toshio Matsuura (AKA Hex) adds an impressive urgency to The Flow, whilst France's modern classical composer Chassol provides a downtempo and discordant take on Sweet Darling Pain.

2014 has been a breakthrough year for Brussels-based De Biasio, who was recently announced the winner for Belgium of the 2015 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), which celebrate the best new pop, rock and dance acts in Europe which have achieved cross-border chart success. Other winners include Hosier (Ireland), MO (Denmark), Milky Chance (Germany), and Todd Terje (Norway).

No Deal received 4 star reviews from The Guardian, Mojo, and Record Collector, with Hi-Fi Plus awarding it 10 out of 10, saying "I think we have the album of the year on our hands." Her most recent single I'm Gonna Leave You was playlisted at BBC 6 Music, and last month De Biasio performed on Later...With Jools Holland, BBC2's flagship music show, becoming the first Belgian artist to be invited on the show since 1995.

Sarp Yilmaz. The turkish producer teams up with apparel. 'Electronic Music Artist From Istanbul... I like to do stuff like doing records and spinnin them.Some people take interest in what I do, This is what this is all about. ' So self-describes Sarp Yilmaz , apparently not being fond of talking in big letters about himself . We on the Apparel team however are aware that Osunlade talks of him as the best new Artist on his Guardian interview, that Maya Jane Coles drops his tunes on Pete Tongs Essential Selection, that he's been charted by many top Djs and Artists ( Stacey Pullen,Osunlade , Bill Patrick, Dapayk, Marco Resmann, Niederflur to name a few) across the globe, that his tracks are chosen Track of the day on Beatportal, his stuff is 2 times bestseller on Whatpeopleplay charts and his tracks pops on every important podcast lately, be it a Cadenza podcast or Compost Black sessions.Recently released his debut albumon Apparel music that climbed the charts on all major stores, reaching pole position on WPP charts again ,he's been praised now for his unique take on House music by many , and now is at service to everyone who likes his,her House with a little bit odd Flavour and open mind.

In the fall of 2011 DÞJ recorded a session and a solo concert in Telus studios, Banff centre in the Rocky mountains of Canada
These recordings have come to be Piano Improvisations II.

In and around Banff are magical places.
They are ancient, huge, quiet and some are sacred.
Being surrounded by the enormousness of the rockies makes one very small and wander off sometimes for many hours gazing at the endless beauty and power

Lake Minnewanka means "Water of the spirits" in Dakotan Siouan language.
Aboriginal people long inhabited areas around Lake Minnewanka, as early as 10,000 years ago.
You can still feel the spirits there...
Some of the music is a dedication to that invisible power and being of human energy

This is the second album of the piano solo improv series.

Over the course of five albums, Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader Matthew Halsall has carved out a niche for himself on the UK music scene as one of it's brightest talents. His languid, soulful music has won friends from Jamie Cullum and Gilles Peterson to Jazz FM and Mojo as well as an ever-growing international following. His label Gondwana Records is home to GoGo Penguin and his own albums have found Halsall exploring the modal jazz of John Coltrane, paying tribute to the hard bop of the late '50s and early '60s or most recently on Fletcher Moss Park and When The World Was One drawing on Eastern influences in his most personal statements yet. But perhaps the most profound influence on Matthew Halsall is the spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane and this 12" finds Matthew exploring her music with an all-star band performing two of her best known compositions: Journey in Satchidananda and Blue Nile. Featuring Matthew Halsall trumpet, Lisa Mallett flute, Rachael Gladwin harp, Taz Modi piano, Gavin Barras bass, Gaz Hughes drums and Nat Birchall percussion. Originally recorded for BBC Radio at the legendary Maida Vale Studios and broadcast on Jamie Cullum's show they are released here for the first time on vinyl and download.

Shivers is the trio of Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek), Gareth Davis and Leo Fabriek, who join forces to conjure up a surreal album of parasitic intimacy and intensity. Though the three have played and recorded together in various combinations, this Miasmah release marks their first output as Shivers and manages to pull out quite a few surprises. Named after David Cronenberg's first film, Shivers the album readily adopts this concept of body horror, the fear of bodily transformation and infection--a theory and technique that Cronenberg brilliantly captures with his first film and many thereafter

Soul Jazz Records' new album Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 charts the many links between reggae music and the Rastafarian faith.

Featuring the music of Count Ossie, Johnny Clarke, The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Ras Michael and The Sons of Negus, Bongo Herman, Roy Ashanti (Congos), Earth & Stone, Mutabaruka and many more, this is an in-depth look at some of the most unique and righteous music ever made and comes complete with a 40+ page outsize booklet, containing exclusive photography and extensive historical and contextual sleevenotes.

At the source of the music of Rastafari is the figurehead master drummer and leader Count Ossie, who first brought the deeply spiritual nyabinghi and burro rhythms, heard and played at sacred Rastafarian grounation (reasoning) sessions, into popular Jamaican music through his many collaborations and performances with artists - from The Skatalites to The Folks Brothers - and producers, including Clement Dodd, Prince Buster and Harry Mudie.

At the start of the 1970s Count Ossie formed the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari with saxophonist Cedric Brooks, which immediately became the most significant group of the Rastafari faith, bringing together authentic rastanyabinghi drumming together with spiritual and avant-garde jazz influences of Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders and Albert Ayler into a truly unique and groundbreaking sound.

From the earliest proto-rasta beginnings on vinyl, Lord Lebby's 1955 mento recording 'Etheopia', through to the raw, afro-jazz roots sounds of Count Ossie to the deep and heavy roots reggae of the 1970s (Johnny Clarke, Earth & Sound, Roy Ashanti of the Congos and others), this album covers nearly 30 years of revolutionary music.

This album comes in two separate formats: Deluxe CD with slipcase and 40-page outsize booklet, and deluxe limited-edition heavyweight gatefold-vinyl edition + free download code (with full sleeve notes etc.).

1. Count Ossie and The Rasta Family - Africa We Want Fe Go (1.27)
2. Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement (3.37)
3. Laurel Aitken - Haile Selassie (3.14)
4. Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Tales Of Mozambique (5.37)
5. Ras Michael and The Sons Of Negus - Booma Yeah (5.39)
6. Mutabaruka - Say (1.13)
7. Bongo Herman and Jah Lloyd - African Drums (3.32)
8. Ashanti Roy - Hail The Words Of Jah (3.49)
9. Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Sam's Intro (3.36)
10. Bongo Herman, Les and Bunny - Salaam (3.05)
11. Winston and Ansell - Zion I (3.44)
12. Techniques All Stars - Zion I Version (3.21)
13. Lord Lebby and The Jamaican Calypsonians - Ethiopia (2.59)
14. Count Ossie& Leslie Butler - Soul Drums (2.47)
15. The Heaven Singers - Rasta Dreadlocks (3.02)
16. Rod Taylor - His Imperial Majesty (3.12)
17. Q.Q. - Betta Must Come (3.48)
18. Earth & Stone - Jah Will Cut You Down (3.22)
19. Count Ossie& The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Narration (9.03)
20. Ronald Downer and Count Ossie - A JuJuWa (3.34)

12inch Dance Chilled' - a 3CD compilation of the finest laidback, mellow mixes from the 70s to the present. Featuring a mix of the classic and the rare, CD1 showcases a selection of iconic chill-out anthems from the 90s/00s, from William Orbit to Zero 7/Sia, from St Germain to Coldplay. CD2 presents a selection of timeless Balearic/House classics from the Beloved to Orbital, from New Order to The Grid. CD3 features the finest mellow soul grooves from Chic to Morcheeba, from SOS Band to Rufus and Chaka Khan. 12inch Dance Chilled' - the perfect laidback soundtrack to the summer!

01. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings
02. Air - Kelly Watch The Stars (American Girls Remix by Phoenix)
03. Zero 7 - Somersault (Reworked by Yam Who)
04. St Germain - Rose Rouge
05. Coldplay - Midnight (Kygo Remix)
06. Simply Red - Thrill Me (steppin' razor ambient mix)
07. Radiohead - Planet Telex (Karma Sunra Mix)
08. Hot Chip - Over And Over (Maurice Fulton Remix)
09. Strange Cargo - Million Town
10. Everything But The Girl - Missing (Ultramarine Remix)

01. Chris Rea - Josephine (La Version Francaise)
02. The Beloved - The Sun Rising (Danny's 'Love Is'...Remix)
03. Jose Padilla - Adios Ayer (Original Mix)
04. Salt Tank - Angels Landing (Jose Padilla And Sunchild Remix)
05. The Grid - Floatation (Subsonic Grid Mix)
06. Electra - Autumn Love (Future 3)
07. The Aloof - Never Get Out The Boat (The Gosh Mix)
08. Orbital - Belfast
09. Twin Peaks Soundtrack - Twin Peaks Theme (Instrumental)
10. New Order - Elegia

01. Morcheeba - The Sea
02. Chic - A Warm Summer Night
03. Faze O - Riding High
04. AMILLIONSONS - Misti Blu (Schmoov! Vocal Mix)
05. Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody (Di Classic Radio Mix)
06. William Devaughan - Be Thankful For What You've Got (part 1 and part 2)
07. The S.O.S. Band - Weekend Girl
08. Grover Washington - Just The Two Of Us
09. Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (Hallucinogenic Version)
10. Deee-lite - How Do You Say...Love (Remix Version)

London based Venezuelan producers Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel teams up with from man - UK singer - Andre Espeut for another winner with their latest project Andre Espeut's Quintet.

Moving across a Brazilian / Jazzy line with an slick vocal touch on a Curtis Mayfield vibe Andre Espeut's and his Quintet comes back with this steady jazzy groover to follow up their debut release 'Let It Go / Rising" already launched in 2013.

'Here Today' is a hugely enjoyable jazzy romp involving some great musicians as well as a supremely versatile vocalist. Guaranteed to make your feet move and your heart skip this track has a touch of Tony Rallo's classic 'Holdin' on' but with a larger helping of quality jazz.

The sunshine comes out for this track as its playful melodies invite you to another place where you can't help but smile.

Vocals & Co Production - Andre Espeut

Bass-Matheus Nova

Drums - Raphael Delphino

Keys - Milt Mavrakakis

Percussion - Juan Laya

Trumpet - Eikel Venegas Hernandes

Production - Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel

PS: The launch party for this release will be hold on Wednesday 13th Aug at Topolski Bar / Southbank Centre with the debut of Andre Espeut's Quintet for very first time performing live. DJ support by the iconic Jazz/Funk selectors "Boo & Colin Parnell" (Jazzcoteque).

Génération Sans Futur (Generation Without a Future), Art Zoyd's third LP released in 1980 through Atem Records., comes back to the sound (and lineup, plus Daniel Denis/Univers Zero) of the group's first Symphonie Pour le Jour où Brûleront les Cités. The 17-minute 'La Ville' is a powerful epic including Thierry Zaboïtzeff's prehistoric grunts, complex time shifts, and a tribal/ritualistic feel once again close to the spirit of Magma. But unlike 'Musique Pour l'Odyssée' (title track of Art Zoyd's second album), the music here is fast-paced, less atmospheric, more organized. It plays on the tension that will remain the basis of Art Zoyd's originality: a tribal, atavistic feel contrasting with contemporary classical aesthetics. Actually, Génération Sans Futur may be leaning more toward the contemporary side, as exemplified by pieces like 'Divertissement,' 'Trois Miniatures,' and the manic 'Speedy Gonzales.' 'Génération Sans Futur,' on the other hand, taps into a more visceral progressive rock format and percussionist Daniel Denis actually gets to play drums for a couple of minutes, giving the piece an unusual drive. A strong album.

Ein weiterer Schub Frank Sinatra Vinyle. Diesmal "Come Dance With Me" und "Come Swing With Me".
Remastered und auf 180g Vinyl inkl. Download-Voucher

An engaging and piquant pairing of compositions by Canadian singer/trombonist Doug Tielli and British pianist Adam Hibberd, the record weaves between Adam's intricate, light classical pieces and Doug's hypnotic, falsetto, heavy arching melodies. The two composer/performers are joined by Sarah Laughton on clarinet.

Each composer brought three compositions and they had three days. This compressed time frame moved the creative process to an intensity that breathed new life into each musician, inextricably weaving culture, style, technique and genre. It is in this spirit that Superheroes Dream embarked on an open-ended interplay, which has resulted in Waiting or Flying - recorded in a day, music which bounces, stretches, soars, takes its time, and dances quickly and then languorously.

VINYL VOLUME ONE

Impressions is a hodgepodge of memorable John Coltrane performances from the 1961-1963 period. India' and Impressions' are taken from Coltrane's famous November 1961 engagement at the Village Vanguard, bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy is heard on the former while the latter features a marathon solo from Coltrane on tenor. Also included on this set are 1962's Up 'Gainst the Wall' and the classic of the album, 1963's After the Rain.'

John Coltrane's matchup with singer Johnny Hartman, although quite unexpected, works extremely well. Hartman was in prime form on the six ballads, and his versions of Lush Life' and My One and Only Love' have never been topped. Coltrane's playing throughout the session is beautiful, sympathetic, and still exploratory, he sticks exclusively to tenor on the date. At only half an hour, one wishes there were twice as much music, but what is here is classic, essential for all jazz collections.

Soul Jazz Records continues it's journey into the vaults of the mighty Studio One with this next instalment featuring everything from classic ska and rocksteady to the deepest roots, heaviest dub and dancehall roots.
As ever the album includes incredible reggae artists such as The Heptones, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites, Johnny Osbourne, Wailing Souls all of whom launched their careers at Studio One, 13 Brentford Road, under the guidance of Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd.
This album features some of the most in-demand and collectible Studio One tracks over the years, all digitally remastered. The sleevenotes are by Rob Chapman, author of the celebrated books about Studio One Records, 'Never Grow Old' and 'Downbeat the Ruler'

ESP presents Patty Waters College Tour repressed as a limited edition on Esperanto-green, 180-gram vinyl.

UK based Canadian Alt/HipHop artist Adrian Lawrence aka Official Burnt Toast releases his debut album 'Tubs 'n' Tongue-Fu' this Spring on the Sonskrif label.

Delivering a lethal stream of conscious poetry over homegrown beats and boasting two live bass players, OBT effortlessly meld elements of Lo-fi Hip Hop, Post Punk and Jazz.

The album has many highlights and stand out tracks hitting a range of subjects and moods including the political 'Whats In a Word' and 'Money as Debt' (a damning depiction of our debt based economy) as well as the poetic and personal such as 'Hi Times' and 'Titles on G Street' (composed solely from old Blue Note titles).

Tubs 'n' Tongue-Fu (SONS07LP) by Official Burnt Toast is scheduled for release on 25th May 2015. Available in deluxe vinyl edition and digital download from Sonskrif Media and distributed worldwide by The state51 Conspiracy.

For his tenth album, the human metronome of afrobeat has pulled
out all the stops.
At his side are The Jazzbastards, a trio of producers at the cutting edge of contemporary sound, and fellow world-class musicians,
including Damon Albarn, who continues to build pioneering bridges
between Africa and today's music scene.

Tony Allen has given us an album that has the ring of a true self-
portrait, an overview of his rich and exemplary career that brings
together bebop, afrobeat jazz and psychedelic pop.
For the wizard of Lagos, who has always thought of his drums as an orchestra' and who likes to make them sing', Film of Life marks the pinnacle of his achievement.

Funky and abstract atmospheres, dark and dramatic moments, exotic solutions and soul drifts - everything contributes to create a unique music soundscape - 70s library music by the Italian soundtrack composer Paolo Renosto, who released his library music compositions under the alias "Lesiman".

"Here and Now Vol.1" was originally releasesd on Vedette Records in 1973