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Soul Jazz Records/Universal Sound are reissuing jazz composer Oliver Lake's 'NTU: The Point From Which Creation Begins', his stunning rhythmical Afro-centric deep spiritual jazz debut album originally recorded in 1971. This classic spiritual deep jazz album has been digitally remastered and is available in bespoke original exact reproduction artwork on hardboard Japanese-style boxcase CD, very limited (1000 worldwide) heavyweight 180gm audiophile vinyl, and digital download. This album features in Gilles Peterson/Soul Jazz Records' own 'Freedom, Rhythm And Sound' large-format book of revolutionary jazz.

New Release On The Iconic Relaunched Soul Re-Issue Label: A Double Sider That Is Sure To Create A Storm With A Breathtaking Adrenalin Rammed 100mph Mover Causing Dancefloor Mayhem

New Release On The Iconic Relaunched Soul Re-Issue Label: Original Version Of tHe First 'Modern Soul' Tune Played On The Northern Scene From 1973 Backed With An Another Unreleased Tom Moulton Mix

It Really Hurts Me Girl

The debut album by the L.A. based Dexter Story. Featuring many guests artists such as The Life Force Trio, Mark de Clive-Lowe and others !

Eight previously unknown tracks from rare vinyl records or archives, that reflect "the state of the art" of jazz in Germanybetween 1957 and 1969. Rediscovery of lost recordings from the early days of the German jazz scene, compiled by Stephan Steigleder and Ekkehart Fleischhammer, newly mastered and with extensive liner notes from eye-witness Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, plus many unpublished photographs from the archives of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt/ available as Digipack-CD including 16-page booklet , limited edition vinyl LP with paper insert + digital download.
[A] 1. Minor Conversation - Hans Koller Septet [play] [save as]
[B] 2. Summertime - Fritz Hartschuh-Quartet [play] [save as]
[C] 3. Din A-Bop - Albert Mangelsdorff Jazztett [play] [save as]
[D] 4. St. Tropez Waltz - Modern Jazz Crew [play] [save as]
[E] 5. That Double Thing - Harald Eckstein Sextett [play] [save as]
[F] 6. Nica's Dream - Albert Mangelsdorff Jazztet [play] [save as]
[G] 7. Beat Bop - Ingfried Hoffmann Big Band [play] [save as]

When listening to 'The Branches' it will stimulate diverse brain areas, creating short movies and stories in your mind's eye. From Soviet era hand-drawn animated fairy tales in winterly forrest-landscapes to narravites of urban struggle or even classical tales in dark and gloomy basement bars - let the record spin and your mental cinema flow.
For the 2012 winter season Project Mooncircle decided to give 'The Branches' a proper repress treatment, not only pressing a new batch for all the listeners that weren't able to acquire a
copy yet but also spicing it up and making it a true collectors item for anyone that already owns a copy.
Therefore, the - now gatefold - artwork / transparent 2LP vinyl version, originally drawn by Bioniq was colourized by Roman Pokrovsky and, besides everything being remastered
and including new work from Long Arm himself, there's also added a second vinyl with various remixes by on the one hand like-minded artists like Hidden Orchestra,
Dday One and 40 Winks, with whom Long Arm also shares artistic relationships and friendships, and on the other hand more genre-overarching and experimental remixes
from such acclaimed artists as Robag Wruhme, Sieren, Yoko Duo, Berry Weight, Empt and Speck from CYNE, which will surely make for a unique listening experience.
1. Power Of Rain
2. The Waterfall Inside Me
3. Double Bass In Love
4. After 4AM
5. Perfect Morning
6. When Children Sleep
7. Key Door
8. The Roots
9. Dummy
10. The Branches (Instrumental)
11. Thank You
12. Blue Birds Red Flowers (Bass by Sneaky of Fingathing)
13. Sleep Key (Hidden Orchestra Remix)
14. Perfect Morning (Dday One Remix)
15. The Roots (40 Winks Remix)
16. The Waterfall Inside Me (Robag´s Bad Bocklet Revolut - Robag Wruhme Remix)
17. The Branches (Sieren Remix)
18. When Children Sleep (Yoko Duo Remix)

"it's a whole world of it's own, and it's out of this world!" Richard Norris (Time & The Space Machine / Beyond's the wizard
Sleeve) 180gr VINYL Longplayer !! The Confusional Quartet are Enrico Serotti, Gianni Cuoghi, Lucio Ardito and Marco Bertoni, a four piece experimental band with new wave, avant-garde and post rock influences who have been recording since the late 70s. Having first released their debut album more than three decades ago, they now return with a new,
eponymously entitled full length on Hell Yeah recordings, and accompanied by fabolous artwork by Andrea Amaducci. One of the most recognized Italian bands in the so-called new wave era, the energetic group were never afraid of pioneering new sounds and performing energetic shows (often called the italian Devo), and this new album suggests they have lost
none of their edge having reformed just last year. Across the course of the 11 tracks, the band explores the fusion between synthetic sounds and real drums; fizzing guitar lines and plenty of feedback. It's funky, raw and looks to many different eras and genres all at the same time. The opener 'FuturFunk' (co-written and co-produced with Sir Bob Rifo of The Bloody Beetroots) is just that, dazzling and arresting as it goes.Elsewhere, high energy, dense and gauzy songs like 'Kursaal' rage
and writhe as drums cut in and out and guitars get worked to the max. Pilling layer upon layer of sound, each track is stuffed with contrasting surfaces before being stripped to just a jazzy drenched bassline or funked up lead. 'Verme' marks one of few comparatively sober moments in an otherwise spine tingling, nerve jangling journey through intergalactic sonics and grubby rock ethics

Die vielgepriesenen Multiinstrumentalisten der Menahan Street Band veröffentlichen ihr zweites Album The Crossing auf dem Daptone Records-Ableger Dunham Records. Der Titeltrack des Albums hatte seine Premiere am 1. August auf RollingStone.com.
Neben ihrer Rolle als offizielle Hausband des Brooklyner Labels Dunham Records hat die Menahan Street Band bereits 2008 ein erstes Album veröffentlicht, dass nicht nur von den Kritikern bejubelt wurde sondern auch deshalb von sich reden macht, weil es so oft gesampelt wurde, wie kaum eine andere zeitgenössische Funk- oder Soul-Platte. Samples von Made The Road By Walking finden sich unter anderem in Songs von weltbekannten Kollegen wie Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Kid Cudi und vielen anderen. 2011 spielte die Band No Time For Dreaming, das Debüt-Album der Soul-Sensation Charles Bradley ein den sie auf seiner Welt-Tournee auch als Backingband begleiteten. Das Album wurde co-komponiert und produziert von MBS-Gründungsmitglied Thomas Brenneck.
»Vibe ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil von allem, was ich mit meiner Musik anstrebe«, sagt Brenneck über den Schaffensprozess des Albums. »Vibe, Mood und Emotionalität.« Diese drei Elemente finden sich überall auf The Crossing, vom allerersten Trommelwirbel, mit der der bedrohliche Titeltrack das Album eröffnet bis zum finalen Wah-Wah-Ausbruch des abschließenden »Ivory and Blue«. The Crossing Hörer ist großes instrumentales Kopfkino, entführt den Hörer auf eine Reise durch eine nächtliche Stimmungs-Landschaft, getragen von funky, Hiphop-beeinflussten Grooves, traumhaften Bläser und Keyboardmelodien.

Obwohl die innige Verbindung der Menahan Street Band zu Brooklyns Soul-Szene offensichtlich ist, gibt sich The Crossing nicht mit dem Status eines reinen Soul-Albums zufrieden ... es ist eher so etwas wie die »dunkle Seite« des Souls. »Ich habe eine Menge zwischen Mitternacht und Sonnenaufgang aufgenommen, vor allem die weirden Synthesizer und Slidegitarren«, merkt Brenneck an. »Vieles geschah sehr spontan, aus dieser gedankenverlorenen, nächtlichen Stimmung heraus. Und exakt in diese Stimmung möchte ich die Hörer versetzen, wenn sie das Album hören: es soll sie im Geiste an den einen oder anderen seltsamen Ort versetzen.
Über einen Zeitraum von fast zwei Jahren aufgenommen, belegt The Crossing auf elf Songs die fruchtbare kreative Beziehung zwischen den Bandmitgliedern: Thomas Brenneck, Schlagzeuger und Gründungsmitglied Homer Steinweiss, Bassist Nick Movshon, Trompeter Dave Guy und Tenorsaxofonist Leon Michels. Die fünf Band Mitglieder musizieren seit Anfang 2000 in verschiedenen Projekten zusammen, als sie alle noch Mitglieder der Dap-Kings waren. Antibalas- Keyboarder Victor Axelrod, selbst ein ehemaliger Dap-King, spielt bei zwei Songs des Albums die Orgel, während Mike Deller von The Budos Band hinter dem Piano saß.
»Ursprünglich wollten wir mit MBS weiter nichts, als gemeinsam Musik machen, die sich außerhalb des enggesteckten Rahmens der Musik bewegte, die wir mit den Dap-Kings und Antibalas machten, und wir wollten der Tatsache Rechnung tragen, dass wir mit Hiphop und Rockmusik aufgewachsen sind«, sagt Brenneck. »Es gehört sehr viel Disziplin dazu, sich so in die Musik Fela Kutis und James Browns zu vertiefen, wie wir es mit beiden Bands taten. Genau das lieben wir daran über alles und wir haben hart daran gearbeitet, diese Musik so authentisch wie nur möglich zu spielen. Aber ich liebe auch Neil Young, The Beatles und Jimi Hendrix, und wir alle stehen auf die frühen Wu-tang-Clan- und RZA-Produktionen genau so sehr, wie auf Stax und Motown. Bei MSB können wir auch diese Einflüsse zeigen.« Der reifere und vielseitigere Sound von The Crossing ist in direkter Linie auf den Ort zurückzuführen, an dem das Album aufgenommen wurde. Das Dunham Sound Studio ist das komplett analoge Aufnahmestudio, das Brenneck und Steinweiss vor vier Jahren in Brooklyn aufgebaut haben und das mit dem Tantiemen-Scheck finanziert haben, den sie erhielten, nachdem Jay-Z für seinen Hit »Roc Boys (And the Winner is ...)« den Titeltrack ihres Debüts Make The Road By Walking gesampelt hat. Zu den Künstlern, die im Dunham Sound Studio aufgenommen und mit der Menaham Street Band gespielt haben gehören auch Mark Ronson, Rufus Wainwright, Cee-Lo Green, Theophilus London und Diane Birch.

Zweite Compilation mit faszinierenden und raren Modern Jazz-Titeln legendärer Musiker wie Albert und Emil Mangelsdorff, Joki Freund, Hans Koller, Fritz Hartschuh, Dusko Goykovich und anderen. Acht bislang unbekannte Tracks von seltenen Schallplatten und aus Archiven spiegeln "the state of the art" des Jazz in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zwischen 1957 und 1969. Wiederentdeckung verlorener Aufnahmen aus der Frühzeit der deutschen Jazz-Szene, zusammengestellt von Stephan Steigleder und Ekkehart Fleischhammer, neu gemastered und mit ausführlichen Liner Notes von Augenzeuge Siegfried Schmidt-Joos sowie vielen unveröffentlichten Fotos aus dem Archiv des Jazzinstituts Darmstadt. Erhältlich als Digipack-CD inklusive 16-seitigem Booklet, limitierte Vinyl-LP mit Papier-Einleger + digitaler Download.

Tracklisting:

1) Hans Koller Septet - Minor Conversation (Kiessling) 3:26
Hans Koller (ts), Don Menza (ts), Joki Freund (ts), Willie Sanner (bs), Pepsi Auer (p), Gary Peacock (b), Rudi Sehring (dr)
Aufgenommen am 07. Juni 1957 in Frankfurt

2) Fritz Hartschuh-Quartett - Summertime (Gershwin) 8:51
Fritz Hartschuh (vib), Rolf Luttgens (p), Dieter Von Goetze (b), Rolf Quenzel (d)
Aufgenommen 1962 in Düsseldorf

3) Albert Mangelsdorff Jazztett - Din A-Bop (Freund) 5:03
Albert Mangelsdorff (tb), Joki Freund (ts), Emil Mangelsdorff (as), Dusko Goykovich (tp), Pepsi Auer (p),
Peter Trunk (b), Rudi Sehring (dr)
Aufgenommen 1961 an unbekanntem Ort

4) Modern Jazz Crew Stuttgart - St. Tropez Waltz (Kalke) 3:28
Wolfgang Trattner (tp), Wolfgang Lohnert (fhr), Eberhard Weber (b), Roland Wittich (d), Thilo Kalke (arr) und andere
Aufgenommen 1963 in Düsseldorf

5) Harald Eckstein Sextett - That Double Thing (Eckstein) 4:34
William McKay (tr), Jochen Voss (as), Karl Heinz Vögler (tb), Harald Eckstein (p), Josef Plecher (b), Rolf Schmidt (dr)
Aufgenommen 1969 in Zürich

6) Albert Mangelsdorff Jazztet - Nica's Dream (Silver) 8:45
Albert Mangelsdorff (tb), Joki Freund (ts), Emil Mangelsdorff (as), Dusko Goykovich (tp), Pepsi Auer (p + arrangement),
Peter Trunk (b), Rudi Sehring (dr)
Aufgenommen 1959 in Berlin

7) Ingfried Hoffmann Big Band - Beat Bop (Hoffmann) 4:42
Manfred Schoof, Dusko Goykovich, Wolf Escher, Hans Thomas (tp), Horst Gmeinwieser, Gerd Hoffmann, Rainer Napieraj (tb), Gernot Lemaire (b-tb), Manfred Lindner, Nils Unbehagen (as), Frank Lemaire, Bent Jaedig (ts), Ingo Schmidt-Neuhaus (bar), Thomas Weisweiler (tu), Ingfried Hoffman (org), Volker Kriegel (g), Helmut Kandlberger (b), Dieter Flimm (d)
Aufgenommen 1967 in Köln

8) Manfred Welsandt Trio - Many's Waltz (Welsandt) 3:15
Manfred Welsandt (p), unknown (b), Joachim Weiler (d)
Aufgenommen 1962 in Düsseldorf

t's a debut that isn't really a debut, by a Trio that isn't a trio; a Christmas album that's unlike almost any other Christmas albums, and very possibly jazz for people with an especially subtle and sophisticated concept of what jazz might be.
01 Oh Xmas Tree
02 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
03 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
04 Carol Of The Birds
05 Winter Wonderland
06 Jingle Bells
07 I Saw Three Ships
08 Good King Wenceslas
09 The Christmas Song
10 In The Bleak Mid - Winter
11 Oh Come All Ye Faithful
12 We Three Kings

Drones consists of the Nico Muhly's three EP's Drones & Piano, Drones & Viola and Drones & Violin, with a special
bonus composition. Performing the pieces are Bruce Brubaker, Nadia Sirota and Pekka Kuusisto along with Muhly
himself. Drones was recorded and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson in the Greenhouse studios in Iceland.

It's a debut that isn't really a debut, by a Trio that isn't a trio; a Christmas album that's unlike almost any other Christmas albums, and very possibly jazz for people with an especially subtle and sophisticated concept of what jazz might be.
01 Oh Xmas Tree
02 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
03 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
04 Carol Of The Birds
05 Winter Wonderland
06 Jingle Bells
07 I Saw Three Ships
08 Good King Wenceslas
09 The Christmas Song
10 In The Bleak Mid - Winter
11 Oh Come All Ye Faithful
12 We Three Kings

A wonderful Elvin Jones session for Blue Note from 1970 !
On this one he deploys a double sax frontline of George Coleman and Frank Foster supported by Wilber Little on bass, Elvin on drums and the great Candido Camero on conga.Check out 5/4 Thing - as Leonard Feather puts it on the sleeve notes "A rhythmic circle of sound". Our favorite Elvin Jones album on Blue note, deep and spiritual

svia Abarbanel - Soul Of The East 45
Fortuna Records in Their debut release brings you Two Rare thrilling,Soulful Middle Eastern jazz cuts by Tsvia Abarbanel & Piamenta Guys. Remastered & Reissued for the first time.

hat's Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release. The ADSR envelope is just one type of envelope, but it's a popular one that's been used in electronic music for decades. Attack is the period of time after the initial release, it's typically the loudest part of the sound Decay is the phase while you're going from the attack to the sustain - you're 'decaying'  the volume from this sharp initial phase to the normal volume phase Sustain is the normal phase of the sound.  It is typically less volume than the attack, and go on for an indefinite period of time, or for a specific amount of time Release is the draw down from the sustain period to no sound. A fade out.

The new edition of the third album by the duo
Roman nu-jazz contains 13 tracks, 5 of which
are in the new version
Keep it cool sung by Mozez of ZERO 7
Lies in acoustic version sung by Chris Cornell with Ace, guitarist Skun ANANSIE
Baby good bye with Mia Cooper Rey remixed by Pedroso So Many Nights always with Mia Cooper
and A vida e agora with Flora Purim remix version Sunlighsquare

01. Slow Dancin' Dans La Maison feat Z-Star
02. City Song feat. Gary Go
03. So many Nights feat. Mia Cooper
04. Life Can Be So Beautiful feat. Z-Star
05. If You Want Me feat mia Cooper
06. Fim De Noite FEat Barbara Casini
07. Baby, Good-Bye featy Mia Cooper
08. Lies (acoustic version) feat. Chris Cornell And Ace From Skunk Anansie
09. Keep it Cool feat. Mozez (Fennec The Latin Lover Cat Version)
10. So Many Nights feat Mia Cooper (Fil's Journey)
11. A Vida e' Agora feat Flora Purim (Sunlightsquare Remix)
12. Baby Goodbye feat Mia Cooper (Rey pedroso & Santo Techno Resistance Mix)
13. Life Can Be so Beautiful feat. Z-Star( Rey Pedroso Vocophunk Edit mix)

The 13-piece Re:Freshed Orchestra from Rotterdam presents 'Re:encore' a tribute to Jay-Z. Tip!

Before the re-release of his album with the Cairo Jazz Band recently, the name Salah Ragab was best known to jazz fans and record collectors by way of another LP that was recorded with Sun Ra in the early '70s.

Sublime Christian folk jazz from 1970s Norway. In the '60s and '70s churches throughout Europe had serious competition for the attention of its younger members. The ecclesiastical establishment was shocked to hear teenagers expressing 'Sympathy for the Devil' rather than sympathy for Christ and his teachings. In Norway at this time the same situation was prevalent as was happening across Europe; teenagers were turning their back on the church and embracing the temptations and pleasures of the flourishing new pop culture. Priest Olaf Hillestad was all to aware of what was going on, and instead of relying on the floundering traditional methods of rounding up his flock, he embraced the musical aspirations of his younger followers. In so doing he founded the Forum Experimentale in Oslo, an organisation that promised in its statutes to "boldly work for a renewal in service life, church music and church art". It was here in the late '60s where That's Why founder members Jan Simonsen and Per Arne Løvold became responsible for the jazz masses at Forum Experimentale's chapel. Together with some top-notch musicians from other Christian music centres around the Oslo district, they recorded two albums in 1970 and 1971 under the moniker That's Why. That's Why blended deep acoustic and electric jazz with elements of Norwegian folklore and Christianity. They also included interpretations of young and old transcendental Norwegian poets such as Sidsel Mørck Krogdahl, Alfred Hauge and Aslaug Vaa, as well as introducing English and Swedish songwriters such as Åke Rosenstrøm and Charles Wesley and even William Blake's "Children of the Future Age" into the mix. This highly original fusion of secular rhythmic music, jazz improvisation and a distinguished selection of transcendental lyrics is one of the standout qualities of That's Why, separating them from more programme-orientated Christian music. The unique mix leads the listener to think they are hearing among the record grooves the tightness of grey, sober Protestantism along with the ecstasy of a lay preacher. This listener, for one, has never heard anything quite like it.

Twinned here are two complimenting renditions of a deliciously moody number entitled 'Sweetheart'. You can opt for either of two bluesy croon cats - on the top side we've picked Frank Heppinstall's version simply because of the sudden and unexpected blaring organ, screaming vox middle sections which give this darkly tinged little ditty an extra injection of energy. But flip it over and you can hear Lonnie Sattin's more restrained approach - slinky, conga-laden and quietly building up from a slow smoulder to a blazing finale.

Two middle-eastern themed pieces of wild 50s dance floor exotica here, with Ray Ellis' 'The Sheik' a perennial favourite among instro-freaks with it's big production and uptempo insistent rhythm. What's more, pitch it down and you also have a classic Belgian popcorn spin!

A rare 1965 trio recording by piano legend Dom Salvador. Features Edson Lobo (bass) and Victor Manga (drums).
This album fuses the hard bossa trio sound, that was just starting to become a major force in Rio, with pure melodic jazz. Lobo's double bass playing adds depth and colour that other bossa trios could not match. This is the greatest jazz album to come out of Brazil full stop

The 19979 foundation for the Black Arts presents:

The formidable Jazz nomads release a long player of deepness on Morphine's new live series...
first long player from upperground orchestra initiates the new 'live series' of morphine records. 'the eupen takes' is a live document clearly showing what the collective is normally improvising on stage, a chaotic but still tight blend of jazz, kraut and electronics, where nothing is previously planned, and analog synths and spaced out sounds melt with instruments in a natural and free approach. the eupen takes lp contains the second half of the june 2011 show at the meakusma stage, eupen muzik marathon , a full session recording will be soon out on cd.

The third album of The Rongetz Foundation, also recorded in New York, will be released end of 2012 and features musicians such as Gregory Porter, Ronnie Cuber, Renee Neufville or John Robinson. On that session, Rongetz goal was to dig more than ever into compositions that are bridging Jazz with Hip-Hop and Soul music. It resulted in eight original pieces and a cover of legend Reggae pioneer Count Ossie, which compose this brilliant The Brooklyn Butterfly Session album. The project is already supported by tastemaker DJs like Gilles Peterson, Michael Ruetten and LeFto.
'Rongetz' (Stephane Ronget) is originally from France but is now living and working in New York City (USA).