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BBE Music is thrilled to announce the release of Modern Love, a diverse compendium of specially commissioned cover versions of rarities and classics in tribute to David Bowie.

Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker, We Are KING, Meshell Ndegeocello, Helado Negro, Khruangbin, Matthew Tavares, Nia and more, Modern Love seeks to champion Bowie’s lesser-known connection to soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel. The prominent jazz influences throughout Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, were a key inspiration for curating this collection of reimagined Bowie songs with these artists. The resulting album is an eclectic tribute featuring a group of artists who not only fit together creatively, but who, like Bowie, straddle different worlds musically, with soul and jazz at their core.

Modern Love offers a fresh look at Bowie’s trailblazing career, aiming to highlight the often overlooked relationship between his back catalogue and musical genres traditionally pioneered by artists of color. The project was curated by music executive and DJ Drew McFadden, alongside BBE Music founder Peter Adarkwah. “I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before — at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop,” says McFadden. “Certainly, there’s been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical
style and direction.”

Modern Love is an interactive sonic map. Here, seventeen artists make their way into the varied regions of his sundry catalog and circle back with seventeen unique re-imaginings of both his cornerstone and lesser-known tracks. Some, in atmosphere, feel like a sly alternate take from original sessions (Khruangbin’s ethereal, funk infused version of “Right” from Young Americans); others nod at the source, then wink before diving into the deep waters of another musical stratosphere (Sessa’s sexy Tropicalia-drenched “Panic in Detroit” from Aladdin Sane). Still others take tunes down to the studs and then re-arrange the moody interiors: Meshell Ndegeocello’s pensive “Fantastic Voyage” from Lodger and Tavares’ clever take on “Heroes” which is restructured into a kinetic hardbop-esque backdrop, fronted by ice-cool, held-back vocals. The bullseye these artists aim for is Bowie’s fearlessness. “Fame was an incredible bluff that worked,” he once reflected. “Very flattering. I’ll do anything until I fail. And when I succeed I quit too.”

Modern Love packs us off on a journey that balances on risk’s sharp blade. Track-to-track, it explores what happens when a musician throws out notions of should and safe and stretches beyond the known. These artists use Bowie both as a guide and a prism: A way of being and seeing. Their offerings, widely divergent, explore the inheritance from an artist who freed himself from labels, genres and, consequently, pigeonholes. While he was at it, he decimated fixed notions about territory (or terra) itself; boundaries hemmed-in his creative process, but his essence remained free to roam. He may have vanished in earthly form, yet, as he also promised in the lyrics of “Modern Love,” But I never wave bye-bye . . .” This compilation assures us that his spirit swirls around us. His force is alive to all of us and, here, it is summoned with an incantation that celebrates possibility.

Khruangbin - Right

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40 Winks is an instrumental hip hop duo made up of producers Padmo' and Weedy from Antwerp, Belgium. Meticulously chopping and pasting samples together since 2002, 40 Winks create cinematic atmospheres and vibes which we love here at LDBK radio. 

A couple of weeks ago, 40 Winks released their 5th full length album on Project: Mooncircle, a double LP entitled "It’s The Trip". Check the mix they offered to LDBK to celebrate this release: http://i.mixcloud.com/CYXvi  

Make sure to visit: http://40winksmusic.com
This track is produced by Weedy.

This track will be part of the LDBK compilation album.
CD & Digital will be available mid-June on laidback.bandcamp.com
Pre-orders (until the 15th of May) on www.indiegogo.com/Laid-Back-Compilation

40 Winks - Flight of Ideas

A Sol Mechanic’s newest EP “just pick me up” solidifies his evolution from beatmaker to producer-vocalist as he ties together blissed-out productions with achingly soulful vocals. David Blazer, the man behind A Sol Mechanic, has garnered a formidable reputation on Soundcloud for his west-coast inspired beats that are as emotionally charged as they are hard-hitting. Featuring a collaboration with label-mate Novelty Daughter,  the “just pick me up” EP is a sign of the sun-drenched sounds to come from the prolific A Sol Mechanic.

A Sol Mechanic - feels like us

The title track from Jose James' new album out now on Brownswood Recordings.

Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/blackmagic/id547333074

Bandcamp: http://brownswoodrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/blackmagic

Amazonn: http://www.amazon.fr/Blackmagic/dp/B008OCN95E/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370355304&sr=301-1

Jose James - BLACKMAGIC

Lyrics:

my skin is coarse and warm
my blade us dull and cold
i wanna breathe like you
i wanna bleed like you
weeping until i pass out
sleeping until i pass away
deep cuts
let me luv myself
let me hate myself
let me bleed
watch me grow
thorns of a rose
pierce my skin
pierce my skin
deep cuts
are you afraid?

Credits:

Art: messy
Production: gudagudagudaguda
Mix/Master: messy

distant prod. gudagudagudaguda

04 Yaw - Where Would You Be

"Lost in the Sauce" is the second single from King Garbage's debut LP, Make It Sweat, out 9/22 on Styles Upon Styles. Kicking off the album with a bittersweet vibe, laid-back yet celebratory with a hangdog's sense of perseverance, the track is a lover's inebriated lament for one last jam before heading home and starting it all over again.

King Garbage’s Make It Sweat LP will be available on September 22, 2017 from Styles Upon Styles.

Learn More: bit.ly/SUS025-KG

King Garbage – Lost In The Sauce (SUS025)

Melbourne's next big soul sensation, 30/70 unpack a full album of jazz-funk-indebted soul for @bradleyzero's Rhythm Section.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/10/13/premiere-3070-steady-hazin/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/3070-hazin

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30/70 - Steady Hazin

I was reeeaaallly into the album "Sao Paolo" by Brasilian keys player Cesar Mariano when I got asked to do this rmx. So i decided to do it as if it was Cesar's band doing a rmx of it. I was sort of way to challenge myself to see if I capture that vibe. Also, Cinematic and Cesar Mariano both have made some of the most beautiful songs that groove in the 7/8 time signature. I had a blast making this one. Shout out the Eska on vocals. She is amazing!! We had some good times hanging out together in NY and London. And it was an honor to remix a Cinematic Orchestra track!!!

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Taylor on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/taylor-mcferrin/id26149051

The Cinematic Orchestra  : Child Song feat Eska  [Taylor McFerrin Sao Paulo Remix]

Quick intro edit I made of @lionbabe's really dope single, opening with the sample used on the beat. 

Eunice Collins is forever!

Treat Me Like Fire (Eunice & Mawkus' Hotel Edit)

For Management enquiries, please contact Katie Thiebaud E: katie@ninezero.co

For Live and DJ Bookings, please contact Naomi Palmer 
E: naomi@earth-agency.com

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