Nimbus Sextet sign to Acid Jazz Records and share Trap Door the first single from their debut full length album – Dreams Fulfilled landing on the 23rd October.

Nimbus Sextet are a major new talent on the UK Jazz scene. Led by pianist/keyboardist Joe Nichols, the Glaswegian contemporary jazz outfit play infectiously original music that spans the musical spectrum. Nimbus Sextet's fresh take on jazz blends instantly relatable melodic hooks with driving grooves, sophisticated musicianship and episodic compositions. You’re as likely to hear elements of Herbie Hancock and Gil Scott-Heron as easily as The Roots and Robert Glasper.

Listen to Trap Door below & pre-order the LP, CD and pre-save ‘Dreams Fulfilled’ digitally here > https://smarturl.it/Dreams_Fulfilled

Nimbus Sextet - Trap Door

Lady Drum

Passionné de musique et de vinyle. Ness Errahmani aka DJ Ness s’est fait un nom dans la communauté afrobeat depuis une trentaine d’années. Membre actif d’Afrobeat No Limit, il a été le Dj du Fela Day pendant 10 ans. En novembre dernier, il a été choisi par la Philarmonie pour animer le vernissage de l’exposition Fela Kuti avec de nombreux musiciens comme Magou Samb, Roger Kom, Kiala Nzavotunga et Serigne Diagne.

Il a ouvert pour Seun & Femi kuti, Ebo Taylor, The Soul Jazz Orchestra ou Jungle By Night mais aussi pour des groupes de hip hop comme The Pharcyde, Supernatural, Apollo Brown & Skyzoo ou Delinquent Habits… En tant que producteur ou manager, il a sorti 5 albums comme le duo franco-camerounais Fire Tongue & Chief Cook ou le légendaire groupe de hip hop français 2 Bal 2 Neg. Ness a également été impliqué dans le premier album de Seun Kuti et a produit des remixes pour Mop Mop ou Fairuz. Sa relation avec Fela et Seun Kuti l’a amené à voyager plusieurs fois en Afrique et a co-produit un 45 tours d’Isdeen au Bénin pour également tourner à Coutounou. Il a eu la chance de jouer au Shrine à Harlem et à San Fransisco lors d’une tournée américaine. Ness a fait partie de l’équipe de Star Wax pendant 12 ans et a travaillé sur la playlist des 5 Lp’s de Star Wax. Radio Deejay, Journaliste sur Rinse France, Le Melletron et parfois sur des radios nationales en France comme Nova ou RFI.

DJ Ness Afro Playlist

Messages from the Stars

Messages from the Stars (feat. Holybrune)

La Lune

Zaire / Los Muñequitos

Zaire

Mr. Perro X online:

https://soundcloud.com/mrperrox

Clear Skies (Mr Perro X Remix, Contest Entry)

Teasing Strip: Best Sexy Music for Erotic Dance, Bedroom Sexual Mix, Slow Chill Out Collection

Provocative Dancer

Chilled Possession

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The Olympians - Sirens of Jupiter

Change The World / Try, Try was released in 1977 by Solat, a Dutch-based funk group made up of Surinamese and Dutch-Antillian musicians. Formed after ex-band members of Reality / Tony And Reality; Eddy Veldman, Franky Douglas, Ivor Mitchell and Glenn Gaddum teamed up with singer Billy Jones, Solat went on to release two singles for Poker records.

With its crossover nature, it pleases disco, funk and modern-soul collectors and DJs alike, plus due to only being released in the Netherlands, the record has now become an extremely sought-after item with a high price tag to match. 

Both amazing cuts are aimed straight for the dance-floor, but retain conscious and positive messages that are as relevant now as they were back then. 'Change The World’ is an anthemic feel-good disco funk gem, whilst 'Try, Try ‘ is reminiscent of a Mizell Brothers golden-era production.

Vinyl

Solat - Change The World

Nimbus Sextet - Trap Door (Album Version)

Nimbus Sextet - Trap Door (Single Mix Part Two)

Nimbus Sextet - Trap Door (Single Mix Part One)

Nimbus Sextet - Trap Door (12' Nuovi Fratelli Extended Disco Remix)

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www.acidjazz.co.uk

Formed back in the heady days of 1987 at the start of the ‘acieed’ explosion, Acid Jazz was the first of the groundbreaking new indie labels and paved the way for the likes of Mo Wax, Wall Of Sound and Talkin' Loud…

Initially a simple bedroom operation established by Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson, within three months of the first 45 release (Galliano’s Frederic Lies Still), the label had grown rapidly, acquired premises in London’s east end and laid out a unique manifesto of alternative club sounds – jazz, street-soul, funk, latin, reggae and jazz poetry all put in an early appearance. Galliano, Chris Bangs, The Night Trains, The Last Poets, A Man Called Adam and Snowboy & The Latin Section were amongst the first wave of label signings and they all appeared live at groundbreaking jazz themed nights at London clubs like the WAG in Soho and Camden’s legendary Dingwalls.





By ’89, Peterson had left the label to establish his own Talking Loud imprint and Piller soon moved the operation to Denmark Street, London’s original Tin Pan Alley, into the former EMI music office. The next wave of signings included D Influence, Jamiroquai and The Brand New Heavies. Chart success quickly followed as the label spread its numerous tentacles around the world. The sound of the label became the name of choice for the scene that had established in its wake and by the early ’90s, Acid Jazz was booming out of a succession of speakers from Sweden to Singapore, Hamburg to Hobart, Shibuya to Sheffield and everywhere in between. International tours followed as the label expanded through the 90′s, gradually increasing their musical influences to include daisy-age hip hop, garage psyche and trip hop.





By the mid-90′s Acid Jazz had revived the careers of legends like Terry Callier, Brian Auger and Gregory Isaacs, established three subsidiaries (Focus, All Seeing Eye and Roots to cater for progressive indie, drum and bass and roots and culture respectively) and signed yet another wave of successful independent artists which included the likes of Corduroy, Mother Earth, The Humble Souls, Goldbug and a dozen more.





In 1994, the label took the plunge and opened the first ‘non-house’ based night club in London. Based on the site of the Bass Clef, a down-at-heel and eventually semi-derelict jazz club in Hoxton – perched precariously amidst the second world war bomb sites, derelict buildings and culture-free zone, the club was credited with paving the way for the whole Hoxton/Shoreditch explosion of the late nineties. Indeed, the club was rarely less than full seven nights a week hosting events from the likes of Goldie’s Metalheads, Talvin Singh, Coldcut, Ab-ashanti, Athletico and the label’s own Magic Bus. The Blue Note closed its doors at the end of the decade and Acid Jazz went back to what they do best: releasing records.

Jumping forward to 2014 and we find the label firmly ensconced in their office at the top of Brick Lane and after celebrating their 25th Anniversary the label is as vibrant and vital as ever. The current roster includes the critically acclaimed, prog folk fusions of Matt Berry, new indie hopefuls Dexters, the soul meet the Streets stylings of New Street Adventure and ex Bluetones lead singer Mark Morriss, whilst the highly acclaimed Rare Mod series has discovered and released previously unknown works by everyone from The Riot Squad featuring David Bowie to the Small Faces Steve Marriott.

In short after over a quarter of a century Acid Jazz remains one of the UK’s most important independent labels.
