This release is a special one; a moment where the two halves of the Mr Bongo record label unite, our heritage re-issues and our contemporary artists roster. 

Minoru Muraoka’s 'The Positive and the Negative’ is a firm favourite at Mr Bongo. It sees a master of the shakuhachi, a traditional bamboo Japanese flute, flex his prodigious skill resulting in a unique mix of breakbeat jazz and Japanese folkloric music. 'The Positive and the Negative’ featured on the 1970 'Bamboo’ album, which Mr Bongo reissued in 2019. Heralded by DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Egon, and many others. The record’s cult status had us thinking how could we pay further homage to a sublime track such as this. The opportunity came to us in an email from Melbourne’s Surprise Chef with a link to the fabulous reinterpretation of the track which they had just recorded. 

"Minoru Muraoka’s ‘Bamboo’ LP has long been a fixture in our record bags, mostly for the killer shakuhachi funk cut The Positive and The Negative. The record is possibly our favourite from Mr Bongo’s extensive catalogue of reissues, and certainly the most influential to Surprise Chef; The Positive and the Negative’s cinematic atmosphere paired with the wonky drum feels and dramatic performance makes it a near-perfect amalgamation of what we try to capture on Surprise Chef records. We’ve borrowed an element or two from the tune over the last few albums (such as the percussion on ‘The Limp’), so it felt right to go head first into reinterpreting the entire track for ourselves. We recorded the tune in Karate Boogaloo’s attic studio with our man Henry Jenkins at the controls and Hudson Whitlock on percussion. We spent an entire day trying to get the take; we felt such a deep responsibility to capture the intensity of the original, we must have done 20 or 30 takes before we were finally happy. We stuck a fork in it late into the night, satisfied that we’d had our best crack at paying homage to a masterpiece by the great Minoru Muraoka.” - Surprise Chef

Forged in their signature sound, "The Chef" have made 'The Positive and the Negative' their own whilst simultaneously treating the original with utmost respect. The shakuhachi and koto have been replaced by synths and guitars, but the breakbeat psychedelic vein flows richly through both instruments  

The 7" vinyl format was the right fit for this release, so the original Minoru Muraoka recording which clocks in over nine minutes has been edited into a 7” version to accompany Surprise Chef’s new take.

B. Minoru Muraoka - The Positive And The Negative (Mr Bongo 7" Edit)

Monday Night Jazz @ Bushnell Park. Hartford, CT
8/12/13
Photo by Joe Chandler

Blue Nile, by Alice Coltrane. Live @ Bushnell Park

Emanative feat' Collocutor & Finn Peters - "Fire" 
(Joe Henderson)

full length version 

intro features additional trumpet solo from Simon Finch
and piano from Jessica Lauren

*edited version appears on "The Light Years Of The Darkness"
Brownswood / Steve Reid Foundation

Fire

Brownswood Recordings and The Steve Reid Foundation celebrate the life and spirit of one of the world’s greatest jazz drummers – Steve Reid – via a deluxe 12” featuring a brand new interpretation of the classic ‘Lions Of Judah’ by emanative & Ahmed Abdullah backed with a Four Tet re-edit. 

Steve Reid was an amazing drummer with a long and illustrious history that stretched from working with James Brown, Miles Davis and Fela Kuti through to his own Steve Reid Trio and more recently working with Kieran Hebden (Four Tet). He died from throat cancer in the US in April 2010 without the money for treatment that could have saved his life. 

The Steve Reid Foundation was established by Gilles Peterson in memory of his friend. The aims of the foundation are to fundraise on behalf of struggling musicians in need of help and support. All profits from the sale of the ‘Lions Of Judah’ 12” will go to the foundation.

gillespetersonworldwide.com/gilles-peterson/the-steve-reid-foundation/


Greedbag: http://brownswoodrecordings.greedbag.com/buy/lions-of-judah/

Amazon: http://www.amazon.fr/Lions-Judah-Four-Tet-Re-Edit/dp/B006A9XSJK/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1370360040&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=emanative+judah

emanative & Ahmed Abdullah - Lions Of Judah

Forgotten Goods EP

Do You Know That Story About Starting Over?

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/07/leifur-james-red-sea/

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Download: Leifur James - Red Sea

Debut single from Rat Child

Rat Child (lead vox + guitar)
Kiara Fox (vox)
Bart Welch (vox)
Harmony Byrne (bass + flute)
Christy Wositzki-Jones (keys)
Maddie Stephenson (drums)
Lucky Pereira (congas)
Miles De Carteret (guitar)

Written by Rat Child and co-arranged with band

Recorded at Zuvuya Recording Studio, Selby Vic ~ October 2017

Mixed and Engineered by Joseph Fairburn
Mastered by Tom Mansfield

I mean every word. Big love x

Changes

We are so excited to present to your our next release! ☀️
Kalima - (Where Is The) Sunshine on 7"
Release date : June 6th
Pre-order yours on Bandcamp: https://chuwanaga.bandcamp.com/album/where-is-the-sunshine

For its third release, Chuwanaga goes back to the past with the reissue of “(Where Is The) Sunshine” by Kalima, a really rare 7” originally released in 1981 and produced in Baltimore (Maryland) by African-American pianist and producer Derrick Amin. Part I on the A side and part II on the B side form a real journey, a beauty in its own style fusing jazz, soul and spirituality as well as political values.

Back in the mid seventies Derrick Amin brought together young and talented musicians from his African-American Muslim community in Baltimore. He tells us: “all black music in America is a response to racism and slavery” and “(Where Is The) Sunshine” was their own answer, “a plaintiff query of one immerse in darkness. The darkness of lies, lies that deny the humanity, justice, and equality of people. It’s the impetus of this song”. He adds: “Kalima means « Word » or « Langage » in Arabic. The name was inspired by a quote from Imam W.D. Mohammad (the late Muslim American leader and erstwhile successor to Nation of Islam founder, Elijah Muhammad) who once said: “Words make people””.

With its splendid vocal parts - thanks to lead vocalist Sabreen Shareef, a unique major-to-minor chord progression, subtil synthetiser melodies in the chorus and amazing electric piano and sax solos, it really is a very special release. It’s been discovered in a @Motor Motor City Drum Ensemble jazz set with Gilles Peterson at the JAW Family Reunion in Berlin back in 2016 where he played it as the closing track of a wonderful musical journey through black music – which was the right occasion for a classic Gilles rewind and the occasion of a shared epiphany. Still, one must not forget its yet poetic still political message now shared once again with the world. The question asked by Kalima sadly still remains as relevant in 2018: Where is the sunshine ?

Don't miss!

Kalima - (Where Is The) Sunshine Pt. I SNIPPET

Emanative are a stellar UK ensemble guided by spirited drummer Nick Woodmansey. Their newest album, Earth, radiates out June 22nd on Jazzman Records. Red Bull Radio host Frosty provided an early glimmer by premiering Sandhyavandanam on his Open End radio show. This piece, pulsing with the vibrations of ancient Hindu rituals, is an expression of centered energy that disperses in an infinite glow. Emanative are intent on bringing light to Earth and we can glide along.

@jazzmanrecords
@emanative
@freeform-frosty
http://redbullradio.com/shows/open-end-frosty
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Earth

Emanative - Sandhyavandanam [Open End Premiere]

Huw Marc Bennett creates a warm, deep, retro groove, the sound of sun kissed vinyl. He draws on Tim Maia, Augustus Pablo and Idris Muhammed as much as he does the Jazz scene and community he has found in South East London, with a streak of ‘Sain Records’ brand welsh phycyedlia running through the whole thing. 

Tressilian Bay started out as a long lost live session recorded at the  Total Refreshment Centre studios, featuring Chelsea Carmichael (Sax), Rosie Turton (Trombone) Shirley Tetteh (Guitar) Jake long (Drums) with Huw at the helm on bass and compositions. Huw utilised his human style of production and multi instrumentality seen in his project Susso (Soundway Record) as well as the glorious vocal contributions of Miryam Solomon, to mold these recordings in to this mature and emotional debut, with a subtle nod to hedonistic summer nights, whether spent on the glamorgan coast or the hot lewisham streets.

Blue Lias

Huw Marc Bennett - Blue Lias

Taken from album The Volume Of The Light Out Now!

The Volume Of The Light

Emanative & Liz Elensky - Raw Wonder feat Rocketnumbernine

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24.05.2015 - Chill Out Fest 2015 Istanbul
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18.04.2015 - Record Store Day at Analog Kultur
15.04.2015 - Live At Karga with Kuhn Fu
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14.03.2015 - Live At Peyote Istanbul
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21.01.2015 - Live At Nublu Istanbul
17.01.2015 - “Seven Seas” Release Celebration - KontraPlak
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05.11.2014 - Bagimsiz Festival 4 - Karga Kadikoy
22.10.2014 - Red Bull Warm Up Campus Tour - Antalya Akdeniz Üniversitesi
24.09.2014 - Red Bull Warm Up Campus Tour - Kocaeli Universitesi
29.06.2014 - Alpman And The Midnight Walkers "Season Finale" - Arkaoda
26.06.2014 - Radiofil Yaz Bulusmasi - Peyote
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