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Mr Bongo Weekly Selections

granada inferno

favourite things | 3.24

Abr del 24

Psychosynthesis

Tropical Love

Above the Clouds

Education & Recreation

Iconoclasts

Dreamy new jazz from Clear Path Ensemble. Perfect for a hot, humid day.  "Drumatix" is taken from their forthcoming on Soundway Records, "Solar Eclipse". 

Led by percussionist Cory Champion, Clear Path Ensemble bottles the energy of New Zealand’s bubbling new jazz scene and distills it into moody morsels of differing styles. From electric jazz to ambient, experimental, house and funk – it’s a DIY, jam-session attitude towards composition, as the band members freely cherry-pick from a vast orchard of influences.

Solar Eclipse

Exclusive Premiere: Clear Path Ensemble "Drumatix" (Soundway Records)

Old Light

“WWDAWAWG” is the second single from ‘Two Ticks Loose Bits’ – an upcoming EP compiling our favorite unreleased tracks from Royce Wood Junior's ‘No Two Blue Ticks’ album sessions.

Stream the single & pre-order the EP: smarturl.it/rwjwwd

Produced & Mixed by Royce Wood Junior

Written by Royce Wood Junior, Dan See, & Charlie Platt

Ross Hutchison - vocals
RWJ - backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keys, programming
Jamie Woon - backing vocals
Dan See - drums
Charlie Platt - piano

Engineered by RWJ and Alex “Lexxx” Dromgoole

Mastered by Kevin Tuffy @ AIR Studios

FSX-053-02 © 2022 Fresh Selects. Sounds like butter.

Two Ticks Loose Bits

Royce Wood Junior "What We Doing And Where Are We Going? (WWDAWAWG)"

The second single to come from the ‘The Globeflower Masters Vol.2’, and with a title such as 'Moogs Over Jupiter’ it’s not only literal, but also a jumping off point that enables Mark and Glenn's musical imagination to go wild. It takes the listener on a journey covering some distance – all the way to the moon! Not just any moon, but a moon orbiting the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter. 

Mark’s Mini Moog and Jupiter 8 synthesiser are the stars of the show here, providing the perfect combination of depth and frequency to soundtrack their space-scape. Add to that some heavily effect-laden guitar from Glenn and the slow-but purposeful drive of the drums and Milo Fell’s percussion and we’re travelling without moving. 

The imagery of space travel echoes throughout this laid-back excursion. If a Moog pioneer such as Jean-Jacques Perrey had jammed with a contemporary, headsy beat-maker, the results may have been similar to this floaty as helium, cinematic, spacefaring jaunt.

Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel - Moogs Over Jupiter

‘Glance’ is the second single to be taken from SOYUZ (COIO3) forthcoming album, ‘Force of the Wind’. It was the only song written between the sessions for the band’s previous album ‘II’ and ‘Force of the Wind’ that made it to the album in its original form. 

It’s a song inspired by measured life in the low-rise and village-like Minsk, which is the band's composer Aleksey Chumak’s hometown. It references Lo Borges' debut album and the work of Burnier e Cartier. Breezy as a summer east wind, gentle Fender Rhodes swirl, guitars sway whilst Alex's gentle ethereal vocals surf the bassline. Over too soon and akin to waking up and trying to remember a dream, the images of the song tickle away leaving you wanting more.

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) - Glance (Мгновение)

Sounding simultaneously from the past, the present, and the future, the debut album 'MLDE' by Marxist Love Disco Ensemble seeks to eradicate both the trite from disco and the sobriety from political music. Half poetic, half tongue-in-cheek, this stunning compact eight-track album is influenced by Eastern European and Mediterranean 70s disco records. In the words of band member Paolo, ''it was written in response to hearing 'I love America' by Patrick Juvet. The song prompted the question: why does disco, a genre originally created by oppressed minorities, eventually become synonymous with Western capitalist excess?" MLDE seeks to break this connection.

Merging disco, post-disco 80s pop, and boogie into the fold, 'MLDE' was recorded using only analogue instruments, giving it warmth and space. Recorded on cassette, ½ inch tape, this gives moments of lo-fi abstraction between the beats of an aggressive, tight drum kit. Instruments used for this recording range from saxophone, trumpet, harpsichord, guitar, and rare analogue synthesisers. The bass sound is shaped by early 80s boogie records, whilst the influence of artists such as Hamlet Minassian can be heard in some of MLDE's more driving-disco outings, such as 'Hues of Red'. In the tradition of Soviet vocal group records, which the band has studied, some songs are sung by a vocal quartet in homage to this tradition. 

Tracks such as '1905' and 'Brumaire' have a greater pop aesthetic, with Paolo's vocal style on these more pop-driven songs evoking early 80s bands such as Orange Juice and Chas Jankel. 

The format and message of pop and disco are commonly viewed just to entertain and move bodies around a dancefloor; however, lyrically, the subjects range from dialectical and historical materialism, class struggle, Marxist theory and praxis, as well as the concept of Marxist disco music. 

Adding the icing to the cake, mastering don Joker aka Liam McLean dusted the album with his magic, giving the songs space where the room is needed, as well as the kick and punch demanded by the modern dancefloor.

Marxist Love Disco Ensemble - Manifesto

Johnny Dynamite & The Bloodsuckers - Love in New Madrid

In the Ocean at Night

Moons Melt Milk Light

A Million Birds II

Precipice

Alpenglow

Laid back soul sounds as the inimitable Andrew Ashong joins forces with Albert's Favourites label founder Jonny Drop. 

Sultry vocals compliment the yearning sound of horns (courtesy of former Funk Lovin' Criminal, Brian "Fast" Leiser) and mellow, warm bass movement. A magical combination dropping hints of what's to come on the full length LP in April.

The Puzzle Dust MP3s

The Puzzle Dust

Jonny Drop • Andrew Ashong - The Puzzle Dust

I’ll Do Whatever You Want

I’ll Do Whatever You Want (feat. Floating Points & Laraaji)

Deep Sexy Acid

Personal Angel

Belly Ring

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

Kiss Me Before I Forget (feat. Lianne La Havas)

bklyn intro 3.24

Orange Skies (feat. NATURE)

Mariah - 心臓の扉 (Shinzo No Tobira)

Taken from Journeymann Trax "Smoke Tape", out on cassette and digitally 23 June 2015.

Buy Tape: 1080pcollection.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-tape

Press: 1080pcollection.net/journeymanntrax.html

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Smoke Tape

Journeymann Trax - Black Forest

Gel Dust (Moon Tan Edit)

Velly Joonas  - Stopp, Seisku Aeg! (FULL 7, Soul, Estonia, USSR, 1980 - 1983)

Atlantis

Straussmania

Grant Williams Bournemouth 


Five years since its double EP release on Back To The Balearics, the Pastel Love suite is now united as one album for the first time.

maric0pa.bandcamp.com/album/pastel-love

Maricopa's self-styled “Balectronica” sound is showcased across nine colourful and melodic instrumentals that channel a timeless sense of nostalgia in a world of its own.

This release features new album art and a classy tracklist card to keep you right on your journey.

Includes unlimited streaming of Pastel Love via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
edition of 100

Pastel Love

Buy Here

Premiere : Satellite by Maricopa

A subtle and beautiful remix of 1980s British band, Man Jumping from Romanian duo Khidja (@poor-relatives). Out on @emotional-rescue.

Read More & Buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2020/02/04/premiere-man-jumping-walk-on-bye-khidja-remix/
Listen on Youtube: Bit.ly/ManJumpingKhidja

Listen on Youtube

Man Jumping - Walk On, Bye (Khidja Remix) (STW Premiere)

Out on Music For Dreams 26th June 20. https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/album/copenhagen-2020-vol-1

Premiere : Coyote  - Jomo

Desire

DC Promo Tracks #626: "Tropic Quarentino" by Rompante is part of the release "Palm Trees, Tequila and other Lockdown stories" on MMDiscos/Moon&Mann @mmdiscos  

Buy Now: https://mmdiscos.bandcamp.com/album/palm-trees-tequila-and-other-lockdown-stories 

2020 will be remembered as the year that the entire world was on lockdown,
with almost the whole population locked up in their houses, producers have seen in their studios the best way to escape this tragic situation. MPC’s, Drum Machines and Synthesizers have been (and still are) like time machines that along with their creativity have built new dimensions far away from the currently reality and where they have found their own personal freedom.

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DC Promo Tracks #626: Rompante "Tropic Quarentino"