such unexpected chord resolutions - neat!

Tim Sweeney’s Playlist

Jazzanova EP

Bohemian Sunset

ANTENA - Camino Del Sol (Todd Terje Remix)

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Cheaters (John Talabot's Classic Vocal Refix)

Cut Copy Presents - OCEANS APART
A glimpse of Melbourne's new dance culture
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1. Knightlife - Don't Stop
2. Andras & Oscar - Music Is My Life
3. Michael Ozone - Oxygen
4. Statue - Statue Theme
5. Turkish Prison - Overboard
6. Ara Koufax - Brenda
7. Myles Mac - Suburban Odyssey
8. Fantastic Man - Robotic Temptation
9. NO ZU - Raw Vis Vision
10. Coober Pedy University Band - Kookaburra
11. A+O - Take Me
12. Nile Delta - Aether
13. Tornado Wallace - Circadia
14. Speed Painters - Total Person
15. Len Leise - Call of Kati Thanda
16. Bell Towers - After Party at Jackson's House
17. World's End Press - Feel City (Outskirts Dub)
18. Roland Tings - Swimmer
19. Sleep D - Austral Aura


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Ara Koufax - Brenda

In the middle of 2014, with all roads leading to Brazil, DJ, tastemaker and cultural curator Gilles Peterson embarked on the project of a lifetime, his most ambitious to date: setting up camp in a recording studio in Rio to record a sort of love letter to the nation under the artist name “Sonzeira” (meaning a joyful / killer sound). The resulting album “Brasil Bam Bam Bam” was a deeply personal work, bringing together the many authentic sounds and traditions but always through the eyes of an enthusiast inspired by 30 years of DJIng and record collecting. As Gilles said at the time: ‘Brazil’s music culture is massive..There’s the North – Bahia, Recife, the afro-brazilian sound. There’s batucada, the heavy sambas. Then bossa nova - Tom Jobim and all that history. There’s baile funk. There’s Tropicalia and the more soulful, funky scene championed by groups like Banda Black Rio, Trio Mocoto and icons like Gilberto Gil. Such a huge amount of stuff to fit in. I wanted to try and cover it all – to make a kind of Buena Vista meets club culture, but to keep it sonically very modern.’ The album included star turns from Brazilian superstars young and old, including ‘City of God’ actor and singer Seu Jorge, the grande dame of samba, 76-year-old powerhouse Elza Soares, and world-renowned percussionist Nana Vasconcelos. Of course, this was a Gilles Peterson record and so there was also many left turns -  who else would come up with Emanuelle Araujo’s bossa nova take on the 80s UK jazz-funk hit Southern Freeez, or draft in Seun Kuti (youngest son of Fela) to join the dots between modern day Brazil and the slave ships that bought poly-rhythms from Africa 400 years ago.

Of course, with roots so deep in the interesting edges of club culture it was natural for Gilles to continue this journey into new sonic territories. As such he has spent the last 6 months curating this new album “Brasil Bam Bam Bass” drafting in some of his favourite producers, friends, and associates to reimagine tracks from the album, with all the taste and good judgement you would expect. Much like the original record this is a very personal curation, a considered work that saw Gilles hand pick producers to re-imagine the album track by track - these include At Jazz, FaltyDL, DJ Oil, Kyodai, Max Graef and many more. Also included on this double CD are some wonderful outtakes (including the sublime reworking of Yusef lateef’s Plum Blossom previously only on the vinyl box set of the album), and dubbed out alternative versions of several tracks by Gilles’ Sonzeira co-producer Dillip Harris.          

If the original record was about examining Gilles own history and love for every quarter of Brasil’s sound, this provides a further glimpse into Gilles’ creative mind, ever serching for connections between rhythms; exciting, imaginative and original productions. Most of all this is a record where respect for the source material continues to shine through. 

Que sonzeira! 

Gilles Peterson presents Sonzeira Brasil Bam Bam Bass - The Out Takes and Remakes: Curated with Love will be released on double CD on Brownswood Recordings on the 9th February.


Sonzeira - America Latina (FaltyDL Remix)

A Love From Outer Space

Save Me (Neville Watson's Dub)

Stardust

Released Oct 3rd. Vinyl Only 12".
Cos-Ber-Zam "Ne Noya" appears courtesy of Analog Africa (www.analogafrica.com)

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Casino Classics

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherall Mix)

Ahead of my gig at the Jazz Cafe, I thought i'd make Mother Theresa available as a free download until 25th August. Recorded in Havana, Cuba 2015 and released as part of the Highlife World Series pt 1  :)

"The highlight for us is Auntie Flo’s ‘Mother Theresa’, a lazy track with a free-flowing melody. Subdued compared to the others on the EP, the smoky jazz influence is unexpected, with a wandering trumpet introducing itself halfway through. As the track’s soft pads and percussive textures build, you’re caught up in the spiralling solo and the track’s brassy crescendo."
Stamp The Wax

Vocals – Eric Alejandro
Trumpet – Julio Rigal
Percussion – Yissy
Keys - Jorge Aragon Brito
Production and arrangements - Brian d'Souza/Auntie Flo

Quiet Village - Pillow Talk

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