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Berlin-based quintet Onom Agemo & the Disco Jumpers follow up their 7" single - 2 Feet / Kibili - with an album of poly-rhythmic afro grooves, sax and psyched-out synths. The group has developed a unique groove and style of playing, constructing a collection of eight songs, that throws together tight and funky influences from
Morocco and Ethiopia with crunchy analogue synths, spacey organs and effects, and fluid sax and flute lines for a sound that's all their own. The LP is a collection of compositions by traveling sax man JohannesSchleiermacher, inspired by his journeys through the world. The band even travelled to Morocco for playing and recording with a quartet of percussionists/ singers in the Issawa tradition, a Sufi Trance Brotherhood in central Morocco. Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers have been playing together for years, and it shows. Taking Schleiermacher's compositions, the group ehearse the songs andplay them live to finalize the arrangement before recording the tracks to different 4-track tape machines, mostly at drummer Bernd Oezsevim's rehearsal space. Take the track - Cool Runnings' for example: locked in the groove, the intertwined saxand synth melody moves up and down the Anichihoye scale. Not to be confusedwith the comedy of the same title, the track is named after a bar in Berlin Friedrichshain, where friends of the band put on their night Tropical Timewarp. This interlocking of groove and melody is a signature element, and also inspired the title of the album. Cranes and Carpets alludes to changing patterns, and howthe parts of a wider whole can work together in synchronicity. Combine an almost telepathic group intuition with the fact that Schleiermacher also engineered and produced the record, and the pieces start to add up to why the Disco Jumpers sound like they do.It's an authentic mix of North African rhythms and modes, live jazz musicianship and analogue synths that's reminiscent of electronic African pioneers like William Onyeabor and Manu Dibango as much as modern ensembles like The Heliocentrics. While the album sounds like it could have been discovered on a dusty old tape down a Marrakesh marketplace, it has a modern twist in the neat craftsmanship and tight arrangements that ensures a blend of styles that couldn't be anyone else.

Far Out Recordings re-release the seminal debut album from Azymuth.

2LP and DVD Boxset

Werner Herzog: 'Florian was always able to create music I feel helps audiences visualize something hidden in the images on screen, and in our own souls too.' 'Herzog on Herzog'
Kailashis a new collection of work from Florian Fricke, leader of PopolVuh, seminal group in the German rock scene of the 1970s (Can, Faust, AmonDuul, Ash Ra Tempel, Tangerine Dream) and creators of classic soundtracks to the films of Werner Herzog(Aguirre the Wrath of God, Nosferatu, Fitzcaraldo and others).
Kailash brings together essential and unreleased piano recordings, together with Fricke's travelogue film Kailash, about his spiritual voyage to Tibet's 22,000 ft. Kailash mountain, 'Throne of the Gods', and the accompanying soundtrack album to this film.
This collection is released as a deluxe 2CD + DVD set and as a one off 1000 copies worldwide collectors bespoke box set 2LP + DVD with bonus cards and poster.
Essential Piano Recordings:For the first time, this compilation on Soul Jazz Records unites a careful selection of Florian Fricke's most favourite piano tracks and compositions, both released and previously unreleased. Aside from his groundbreaking work with PopolVuh, Fricke's background is that of a classical composer and it was one of his late wishes to release 'piano only' recordings.
These essential piano recordings by Florian Fricke should be considered as something like the core, or the heart, of many PopolVuh compositions.They contain tracks from 1972-1989 that Florian Fricke would have liked on a piano only album, enriched with further song improvisations that have been found posthumously, after he passed away in 2001.Some of these are studies for key tracks of PopolVuh(for example 'Hosianna Mantra', 1972). Others are reoccurring patterns and sequences, with Florian often working with recurring motives frequently further developed with the group.
This record is devoted to his inspiration and creativity as a contributor to an ongoing spiritual journey for others.
Kailash - Pilgrimage to The Throne of the Gods: The holiest mountain in Asia, in a far away corner of west Tibet, amidst wild and ragged landscape, nearly entirely cut off from the rest of the world, is called Kailash. For the pilgrims of four religions this 6675m high mountain is the 'throne of gods', or 'navel of the world' - a place where the divine takes an earthly shape. For thousands of years pilgrims have travelled to this place to worship the mystery of the mountain circumnavigating it on foot. The path around Kailash is an archaic 'path of initiation'.
Florian Fricke and filmmaker Frank Fiedler (also an original founding PopolVuh member) made their own spiritual trek along this path and documented the journey. Accompanying epic landscape scenes in the film is the music of Florian Fricke and PopolVuh, spiritual music inspired by this unique journey.
This posthumous project has been put together with the full cooperation and assistance of Florian Fricke's family.

DVD
Kailash- Pilgrimage to the
Throne of Gods
A film by Florian Fricke &
Frank Fiedler
Running time approx. 53 min

A real event: Jac Berrocal has not released for 20 years. The legendary French trumpeter is back with its special atmosphere and feeling. Lot of guests too. Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene. He has released a few important albums, mainly on his own label d'Avantage. He also founded and performed in the group Catalogue. Berrocal has appeared too in several films

Remake of the Gil Scott Heron B-side f/Allan Barnes (Blackbyrds) & Craig Huckaby. The KemiticJust remix runs at a slightly faster house-tempo, increasing the propulsion, and likely causing lively dancing to break out.

Re-issue of this rare free jazz album, originally released as a pressing of 1000 copies in 1969 on Lloyd McNeill's own private imprint, Asha Records.
Flautist Lloyd McNeill & bassist Marshall Hawkins offer their improvised musical tribute to African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner at the Smithsonian National Gallery Of Art on July 20th, 1969

(...)This reissue of one of the proves why Bonfá is heralded as one of bossa nova's most important and prolific interpreters. Accompanied by an unidentified horn and rhythm section and recorded in Paris in 1962 and '63, the album features original compositions, many of them coauthored by Maria Helena Toledo, and features Bonfá's rhythmically charged guitar style and his extraordinary, expressive vocal. The fourth track, 'Dor Que Faz Doer,' includes his percussive beating on the body of the guitar, and his probing vocal on the lilting 'Teu Olhar Triste' makes for one of the more tender pieces in the collection. Le Roi de la Bossa Nova is a celebration of the brilliance of one of Brazil's most beloved artists and should be a must for all avid collectors. (...)

(from JAZZTIMES)

First edition of 500 numbered copies.

Quiet Nights is the ninth studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, and his fourth and final album collaboration with Gil Evans. The 60's saw the popularization of bossa nova in American homes and as an admitted admirer of the music from Brazil, it is not surprising that Miles Davis would attempt an album inspired by the new craze. Accompanied by Evan's conscientious arrangement, standards such as 'Once Upon summertime' and 'Wait till you see her' are performed with an unmistakably unique style that could only be done by Davis.

Recorded in Studios in New York City between July 27, 1962 & April 17, 1963

First edition of 500 numbered copies.

This 1960 album features spirituals and some of Sam Cooke's finest gospel tunes with guest artists The Blind Boys and The Gospel Harmonettes Cooke would periodically try to return to gospel always with outstanding results! Very special reissue of a rare LP.

First edition of 500 numbered copies.

When London quartet Sons of Kemet released its debut album 'Burn' last year (out now on Naim), no one could have predicted the impact that it made. The band won a MOBO, featured on many 'Albums of the Year' and 'Best Of' lists from iTunes to the Quietus and gained a reputation for incendiary live shows.

'Going Home' was the Sons of Kemet track in question and to sidestep conformity even more, it was decided to release the remixes on a 45rpm 12" inch single, with a remix on a side each, and not to include the original (this was a difficult decision of course, being very fond of the original too). And so White on Black was born: a series of 45rpm 12" singles on heavyweight black wax, all of which will be limited and numbered to 300 copies.

Side A - Blludd Relations is a collaboration between producer Bullion (best known for his work on Young Turks and his very own DEEK label) and Jesse Hackett (multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer with Brownswood's Owiny Sigoma Band/Elmore Judd and one half of Pipe Down! a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio). Together they make daring, alternative pop of the highest order and this tune, using 'Going Home' as a foundation, but building with more electronic architectural daring (and ringing telephones), is no exception.

Side B - Hello Skinny is acclaimed producer/composer alter-ego of Tom Skinner (who is one of two drummers that can be found in Sons Of Kemet), and here boldly employs his signature use of hypnotic rhythm alongside cuts of dexterous horn from the original 'Going Home' to create a progressive concoction of world music and 2-step!

A famous European set from Thelonious Monk - recorded early in the 60s with his famous quartet that included Charlie Rouse on tenor! Rouse is already amazing - really stretching out in these modern, angular lines that are quite different than any of his recordings a few years before - a perfect match for the inventive piano of Monk, as would later be demonstrated on a host of classic studio recordings. There's an open, spontaneous energy between the pair in this live setting, though - almost like they're working out new ideas, but doing so perfectly - with the bass of John Ore and drums of Frankie Dunlop to round things out. Titles include 'Bemsha Swing', 'Crepuscule With Nellie', 'San Francisco Holiday', 'Body & Soul', 'Straight No Chaser', and 'Epistrophy' (Dusty Groove)

Recorded Live in Milan April 21, 1961

First edition of 500 numbered copies.

50 years ago was performed for the first time in public the song 'Garota de Ipanema'. This registration was never published, this record does not exist. Rediscovered and remastered this LP is the historical memory of an important moment in Brazilian music. Imagine yourself in the summer of 1962. You have never heard most of these songs. On stage Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Os Cariocas e João Gilberto, Milton Banana on drums. The venue is the restaurant Au Bon Gourmet in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The date August 2, 1962. The rest, as they say, is history...

First edition of 500 numbered copies.













M b6 Só Danço Samba

Piano driven jump blues, his two best sides coupled together for the first time

* 180 gram audiophile vinyl

Terry Callier's What Color Is Love (1973) is an essential Soul Jazz album that should belong in anyone's record collection. This record was produced by Charles Stepney, whose work with Cadet / Chess records, Rotary Connection and Earth, Wind & Fire earned him popular acclaim. Filled with Funk, Rock, Folk, Jazz, and even Classical influences, vocalist Callier can be heard on this album to the most intriguing heights.

"Dancing Girl" opens the album with Stepney's majestic orchestration. Songs like "What Color Is Love" and "Ho Tsing Mee", an elegant antiwar prayer of confusion, somehow avoid clichés or take them to another level.

"You Goin' Miss Your Candyman" was featured in the French movie,Intouchables.

Callier's passionate voice captures the sweeping drama of the human condition. A lost romantic amid "concrete frond yards," this album is a must-have for any music connoisseur.

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.

01. I Feel You (EELS Remix)
02. Melanie De Biasio "The Flow (Hex Remix)" - Boiler Room Debuts
03. No Deal (Seven Davis Jr Remix)
04. With Love / Sweet Darling Pain (Gilles Peterson & Sinbad Remix)
05. Sweet Darling Pain (Chassol Remix)
06. I'm Gonna Leave You (Clap! Clap! Remix)
07. With All My Love (Jonwayne Remix)
08. i'm Gonna Leave You (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)

H b2 | Wanda Vidal

Original sleeve notes from 1961: At Zurich, Switzerland, the Cafe Africana is the meetingplace for jazz musicians and fans alike, where both professional and amateur musicians gather for informal sessions. Remo Rau, composer, arranger and vibist has been playing with his all-Swiss, non-professional quartet at this cafe every Tuesday for the past two years. This first recording of theirs was taken from the original tape. Most Jazz fans agree that Jazz recorded directly "on the spot" is often very much more authentic, despite faults in performance which cannot be corrected. The quality of this recording may not be as good as any done in the studios, but on the other hand the listener will hear Jazz performed spontaneously in a true jazz atmosphere.

Remo Rau has the following to say about his quartet: "Our repertoire consists of compositions by a great number of the 'modern' greats, such as: Tad Dameron, Charlie Parker, Th. Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley and others, besides numerous original compositions. We are not trying to copy any specific group. We like nice themes, interesting harmonies and we try our best to get these rolling on a solid beat. When we play 'standards', we usually work our own arrangements".

Remo Rau (1925-1987) was born in Yokohama and spent his youth in Japan with lessons in piano, music theory and oboe. In 1942 he moved to Switzerland. In addition to business education he continued his musical activities. From the mid-50s, he worked as a promoter for the Zurich jazz scene, since 1959 as head of the jazz cafe-club "Cafe Africana" and in 1968 as a co-founder of the organization "Modern Jazz Zurich".

As booker of the Africana in the early 1960s, he brought artists such as Abdullah Ibrahim,Horace Silver and Chris McGregor to Zurich. The jazz musician Remo Rau was influenced by the "funky" hard bop of Horace Silver along with more listening impressions. Rau told Nick Liebmann, how he was personally instructed by Horace Silver in the rhythmic and harmonic intricacies of hard bop at the Africana, with Silver sitting next to him at the piano for hours (cf. Bruno Spoerri - Jazz in Switzerland).

Very early on, Rau experimented with raga or twelve-tone scales in his "fusion" compositions , also with elements of pop, funk and world music. He also realized amazing multimedia projects. Some of his concert performances like "ballet and jazz", "Ava and Edam" or "multi-media dance theater" received considerable local recognition.

Rau also wrote an opera trilogy, entitled "Gaia - Crystal - Terra Nova", which was dedicated to his "dream of a peaceful world", but the piece was never performed, moreover a "Concerto for Flute, String Orchestra and Percussion" (1965-1970) broadcasted over radio, and chamber works such as a duo for violin and piano named "Caleidoscope" (1978). Remo Rau died in Zurich in 1987 because of cancer, leaving many excellent works to his posterity. As "Classical Musician" he left whole shoe boxes full of music for multimedia projects, operas, concertos and chamber music.

[A] Theme (Tropic Of Cancer) [Live]

Die Grand Dame des Vocal Jazz. Über Ella muss man eigentlich nichts
mehr erzählen, alles wurde bereits gesagt.
Diese zwei liebevoll zusammengestellte Tonträger enthalten ein Best
of von Ellas legendären Songbook-Recordings der Gershwing, Duke
Ellington, Irving Berlin und weiteren.
Mit insgesamt 40 Titeln bleiben hier wirklich keine Wünsche offen.
Hiermit bieten wir dem Hörer die geballte und lückenlose Power
der Grand Dame des Jazz in einer bisher noch nie dagewesenen
Intensität!

01. Blue Skies
02. Get Happy
03. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
04. Let's Do it (Let's Fall In Love)
05. Fascinating Rhythm
06. In A Mellow Tone
07. My Romance
08. Night And Day
09. Satin Doll
10. (I've Got) Beginners Luck
11. Heat Wave
12. I Get A Kick Out Of You
13. Nice Work If You can Get It
14. Take The -A- Train
15. I Got Rhythm
16. Ten Cents A Dance
17. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
18. Little Girl Blue
19. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
20. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

01. Have You Met Miss Jones
02. I Love Paris
03. Over The Rainbow
04. Somebody Loves Me
05. Blue Moon
06. My Funny Valentine
07. In A Sentimental Mood
08. Somebody To Watch Over Me
09. Cheek To Cheek
10. Come Rain Or Come Shine
11. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
12. The Man I Love
13. Embraceable You
14. The Lady Is a Tramp
15. Puttin' On The Ritz
16. That Old Black Magic
17. They All Laughed
18. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
19. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead
20. It's Only A Paper Moon

Sechs Musiker und eine Sängerin, eine harmonisch abgestimmte Band mit höchster Perfektion
musizierend, dabei jedoch nie darauf zu vergessen, dass die brasilianische Lebensart durch
Fröhlichkeit und Lebenslust bestimmt ist. Was auch deutlich aus der Musik, der Interpretation
weltberühmter Songs zu hören und zu spüren ist. Romantik und Elegie haben im reichen
kompositorischen Schaffen eines A. J. Jobin, eines Jorge Ben, eines Marcos Valle, eines Laurindo
Alameide, um nur einige zu nennen, genau so einen Platz wie Lebensintensität, Liebe und Lust.

This is a fully-authorised vinyl re-release of a forgotten Finnish spiritual-improv classic from 1982, which has never been available on CD, and whose initial vinyl release has rarely been heard outside Finland.
A forgotten slice of Finnish spiritual jazz from the 1980s, originally released on Johanna and not available anywhere until now, the only place its cropped up since it release is on 1990s compilation Son Of Arctic Hysteria. Now it sees s vinyl reissue on Arc Light Editions
Arc Light Editions follows up two successful vinyl-only releases (Arthur Russell, Ingram Marshall) with Jone Takamäki Trio's Universal Mind, a forgotten Finnish spiritual improv record from 1982, fully authorized by Jone himself. The tracks on Universal Mind are based on traditional Indian arrangements, with Japanese influence, leaning towards Alice Coltrane's spirituality and pace. In addition to traditional improv instrumentation (saxophone, bass, drums), the record also includes synthesizers, gongs, finger pianos, a vibraphone and washbasins. Jone says, recalling making the record: "We played a lot together, daily, at our rehearsal space before recording. We went through the melodies and talked about how to handle them with a kind of different angle, improvised a lot with different sounds. We talked about tempos, especially we were diving deep into special moods, how each of those melodies talked to us. They are mostly old love songs from India, more folk songs than classical music." After the recording, they left immediately on a European tour. "I told the people at the record company not to do anything to the record before we came back, but it was released while we were away. We saw the record on the windows of different record shops when we drove into town from the tour!" The record has never appeared on CD, and the 1982 vinyl release has rarely been heard outside Finland. The only place the release has re-emerged in recent memory is with the track "Bhupala I" selected on Son of Arctic Hysteria, a CD compilation of Finnish avant-garde and experimental music

Jorge Ben in 1963, after the large impact of his first album Samba Esquema Novo (DOK225), goes back into the studio to realize his very cool early album Sacundin Ben Samba. Here Ben's work took a jazzy turn, with a crossover into Brazil's cabaretstyle pop. Some of these tracks have a straight jazz character, particularly with the piano and horn combos (and assist by Meirelles and Luiz Carlos Vinhas...) Interestingly enough, although he didn't stick with style long, his version of jazzy presentation swung heavier than most of the proper 'jazz' records of the time, by folks such as the Tambo Trio, etc.

The Classic 80s pioneering dance label Street Sounds brand is revived with the arrival of Street Sounds - Jazz Funk Classics - the first in a new series. Spread across 3 CDs, Jazz Funk Classics features 30 full length funk classics from Donald Byrd, George Duke, Brass Construction and Charles Earland to name a few.

Jazz Funk Classics will be the first in the series, and a great album or gift for people passionate about funk, electro and jazz.

01. Donald Byrd And The 125th Street Love Has Come Around
02. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes Expansions
03. George Duke Brazilian Love Affair
04. Brass Construction Movin
05. Tom Browne Funkin' For Jamaica
06. Rodney Franklin The Groove
07. Ned Doheny To Prove My Love
08. Ronnie Laws & Pressure Always There
09. Herbie Hancock I Thought It Was You
10. Deodato Whistle Bump

01. Aquarian Dream You're A Star
02. MFSB Mysteries Of The World
03. Wilbert Longmire Black Is The Colour
04. Mass Production Cosmic Lust
05. Earth Wind & Fire Runnin'
06. Webster Lewis El Bobo
07. Bob James Westchester Lady
08. Al Di Meola Roller Jubilee
09. Charles Earland Let The Music Play
10. Eddie Henderson Prance On

01. Wilton Felder & Bobby Womack Inherit The Wind
02. The Blackbyrds Rock Creek Park
03. Chico Hamilton Strut
04. Roy Ayers Love Will Bring Us Back Together
05. Kleeer Open Your Mind
06. Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly Before I Let Go
07. George Benson & Al Jarreau Breezin'
08. Bobbi Humphrey Harlem River Drive
09. Crusaders, The Keep That Same Old Feeling
10. Grover Washington Jr. Mister Magic

LIMITED 180g vinyl. NON RETURNABLE

Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano
Evan Parker - tenor and soprano saxophone
Paul Lovens - drums

Found in the archives of FMP!
The very first - never released - recordings of the SCHLIPPENBACH TRIO

Recorded april 2nd 1972 during the Workshop Freie Musik at the Acadamy of the Arts, Berlin.
All music by Parker/Von Schlippenbach/Lovens
Mastering by Olaf Rupp & Martin Siewert. Produced by Jost Gebers.
Cover by Lasse Marhaug. Photos Dagmar Gebers.

Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano
Evan Parker - tenor and soprano saxophone
Paul Lovens - drums

Found in the archives of FMP!
The very first - never released - recordings of the SCHLIPPENBACH TRIO

Recorded april 2nd 1972 during the Workshop Freie Musik at the Acadamy of the Arts, Berlin.
All music by Parker/Von Schlippenbach/Lovens
Mastering by Olaf Rupp & Martin Siewert. Produced by Jost Gebers.
Cover by Lasse Marhaug. Photos Dagmar Gebers.

Fabio Meridiani is considered by almost three decades one of the most important exponents of the Italian electric bass, sounding exuberant staff and appreciated in Europe and overseas. It has many collaborations between national and international artists, from rock to blues, funk and jazz, as there are many events that he was the protagonist in the musical world. This concentration of knowledge and styles are cleverly contained in his new album Hexagon, where we find only a great guitarist and rhythmic German Sören Jordan (Paul Young, Bob

01. PUNTER (feat. Sören)
02. THE SYNC
03. JOURNEY
04. INTRUDER
05. 888 (feat. Sören)
06. X BALLAD
07. HEXAGON
08. BLUE FUSION
09. PUNTER

Mauro Negri is certainly one of the best clarinetists in Europe. His recent career sees alongside the roles of side projects as Richard Galliano and the leaders of many groups in the last wave Italian jazz. This new project focuses his attention fully on the latest generations of Italian jazz. "I like to make them express themselves freely when we improvise, as well as the buds bloom with no air conditioning - Mauro Negri says in his interviews - and my goal is to be as helpful as possible, as did, for example, Enrico Rava with many young musicians, presenting them to the public of Italian jazz. "Thus, a new group was formed, which reveals the attitudes of Mauro nurture and guide the new "shoots" of Italian jazz. All songs were composed by Mauro Negri specifically for this training, with the exception of "Round About Midnight" by T. Monk and "Fra 'Martino Campanaro," a popular song. On this CD we find a Special Guest exceptional "Antonio Faraò" to the Plan.

01. Buds
02. Jump
03. Locust Man
04. Round About Midnight
05. Nerva
06. Vanvi
07. G'rallo Ocra
08. Fra Martino Campanaro
09. Pandora

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Two Records and a Market
We might shout "Long live CD!" when we look at the reissue you hold in your hands. But don'¼t forget that the staff of Schema Records have also generously provided us with a vinyl version. "Long live CD!" might sound odd at a time when the age of the CD seems to be all but over. Yet the compact disc remains the most democratic format: not as elitist as the beautiful old 33 rpm record, which today is unfortunately absent from many home hi-fi systems - and above all, not as ephemeral as the digital download format that seems so much in fashion today. To some listeners the phonograph record is still important: it'¼s associated with care, attention, concentration.

Live recording by jazz collective launched by producer/drummer Crash w/a cover of Coffee & Cigarettes Band's "Love Thing" derived from a Brazilian classic b/w cover of "Hot Music" by Pal Joey's SOHO project.

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Eine Nacht in Berlin ist das beeindruckende Ergebnis einer aufwändigen Konzertfilm-Produktion im Berliner Admiralspalast, die das gesamte künstlerische Schaffen dieser einzigartigen Besetzung dokumentiert.
Max Raabe und seine Kollegen vom Palast Orchester sind bei der Auswahl der Arrangements ihres musikalischen Repertoires immer auf der Suche nach dem Besonderen und so ist auch diese Produktion alles andere als ein gewöhnlicher Konzertmitschnitt. Diese erste Live-Produktion seit den Erfolgsalben Küssen kann man nicht alleineund Für Frauen ist das kein Problem ist eine musikalische Momentaufnahme der letzten Programme.
Raabes Detailfreude spiegelt sich dabei im aufwendigen visuellen Konzept wider, indem jedes einzelne Werk ganz individuell in Szene gesetzt wird. Reduzierte Bilder mit viel Schwarz und kühler Ästhetik wechseln sich mit entsättigten Farben ab, die die Szenerie in dezentes Rot, Blau oder Grün tauchen. Eigens gedrehte Zwischenszenen wurden nachträglich hinzugefügt. Neben den filmischen enthält Eine Nacht in Berlin auch viele musikalische Überraschungen, die erstmalig auf einem Album festgehalten werden.
Wie selbstverständlich bilden dabei die modernen Kompositionen zusammen mit dem Repertoire der 20er- und 30er-Jahre ein harmonisches Ganzes. Eine Nacht in Berlin ist ein einmaliger Konzertfilm und ein Highlight in den Veröffentlichungen von Max Raabe & Palastorchester . Die hier angebotene Albumversion enthält die Highlights des Konzertes auf CD, sowie ein schönes Booklet mit Impressionen aus der Produktion.

01. Ouvertüre - Ich Bin Nur Gut, Wenn Keiner Guckt (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
02. Marie, Marie (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
03. Schöne Isabella Von Kastilien (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
04. Speak Low (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
05. Mir Kann Nichts Passieren (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
06. Wir Sind Von Kopf Bis Fuß Auf Liebe Eingestellt (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
07. Ich Schlaf Am Besten Neben Dir (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
08. I Won't Dance (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
09. Kleine Lügen (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
10. Für Frauen Ist Das Kein Problem (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
11. Du Passt Auf Mich Auf (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
12. Lasst Mich Rein, Ich Hör Musik (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
13. Moritat Von Mackie Messer (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
14. Am Amazonas (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014) - Das Palast Orchester
15. Am Ende Kommt Immer Der Schluss (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
16. Küssen Kann Man Nicht Alleine (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
17. Mein Kleiner Grüner Kaktus (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
18. Schlaflied (Live From Admiralspalast, Berlin / 2014)
19. Du Passt Auf Mich Auf (Radiomix)

Electronic/ Jazz. listening: www.denovali.com/hiddenorchestra Cinematic soundscapes with a big sound and wonderful string arrangements. Recorded with two drummers and a modern production feel. FOR FANS OF AMON TOBIN, XPLODING, BONOBO & DJ SHADOW. vinyl: 180g; thick gatefold sleeves + thick printed inner sleeves; different colors. An intense and rewarding listening experience, 'Night Walks' encompasses the energy and production techniques of studio-produced beats, but replacing synths and drum machines with natural/acoustic sounds and instruments for an emotionally potent style. Built on contrasts - experimental without losing accessibility, electronic and acoustic, complex and simple, dark and energetic whilst intricate and calm - there is a sense of journey and progression, and, in Acheson's words, 'the brooding reflections of a solitary walk through the still, restless night'. 'can only be described as a beautiful noise' - BBC Introducing in Scotland (Album of the Month for September) // 'a highly emotive, celluloid-inspired journey through one of the greatest films never made' 4/ 5 - The Skinny Magazine // 'a soundscape that truly envelops you' 4/ 5 - The Sunday Express // 'every bit as jaw-dropping as DJ Shadow's Endtroducing' - The Daily Record // 'a gem, a chattering, pulsating collection' 4/ 5 - Is This Music Magazine // 'these are lullabies primed to pounce when the clock strikes midnight' 7/10 - Clash Magazine 'Stunning stuff' - iDJ // 'The stunning debut will blow you away' - XYZ Magazine" //

On their tour for their recent studio-album - Boot' the scandinavian freejazz monsters teamed up with Thurston Moore of SONIC YOUTH fame at London's Cafe Oto to produce some heavy improvised thunder!

Recorded live in concert by John Chantler and Jonathan McHugh at Cafe Oto, London, 10th february 2013.
Mixed July 2014 by Martin Siewert and Mats Gustafsson at Garnison7, Vienna. Mastered by Martin Siewert.
Cover by Lasse Marhaug.

(A) a1 Blinded by Thought (20:04)
(B) b1 Awakened by You (12:11)

On their tour for their recent studio-album - Boot' the scandinavian freejazz monsters teamed up with Thurston Moore of SONIC YOUTH fame at London's Cafe Oto to produce some heavy improvised thunder!

Recorded live in concert by John Chantler and Jonathan McHugh at Cafe Oto, London, 10th february 2013.
Mixed July 2014 by Martin Siewert and Mats Gustafsson at Garnison7, Vienna. Mastered by Martin Siewert.
Cover by Lasse Marhaug.

01. Blinded by Thought (20:04)
02. Awakened by You (12:11)

'His music was cool and modern, but there was a hot heart inside. Komeda was a film composer par excellence. He gave truth to my films. Without his music they would be meaningless.' Roman Polanski.

Volume One of this Krzysztof Komeda series on vinyl looks at Komeda's classic work for Polanski's Knife In The Water (Nóz W Wodzie) along with rare earlier recordings that have never been on vinyl before. These were recorded by Komeda's progressive trio at the legendary Jazz Jamboree Festivals in Warsaw.

Together these recording signify a sea change in the sound of modern jazz - especially in Poland where it had been banned until Stalin's death in 1953. By the early 1960s Komeda had found his modern sound, one which he would build on and develop through various film scores and free jazz sessions. His untimely death in 1969 left the jazz world with a small but significant hole, one that seems to grow bigger as more people realize just how unique and versatile his music was.