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Kenya Special : Volume Two is available to pre order on Soundway Records now. 

Direct: http://smarturl.it/KenyaSpecial2Direct
Digital: http://smarturl.it/KenyaSpecial2

Lulus Band - I Can Feel It

Most honored to even have the chance to put my spin on this beautiful piece of love by two of my all-time favorites. Sincerely hope yall dig it. I played all the guitar work, drums sampled from Shawn Lee, and grateful for my man Reed Mathis, coming through in a rush and laying bass on it night before the deadline for submissions.
Blessyall!
// Sole.

UPDATE: The winners of the DJ Shadow remix contest have been announced! I'm not one of them, but it was great to hear the ones that shadow picked. So glad Archive's Waltz version was in the ranks, played that on my KCRW show on Wednesday. I'm not bummed one bit, everyone who Shadow picked killed it in their own way, and since I only set out to make what I consider to be a beautiful song... I feel successful in that. BLESSYALL for voting, and all the kind words. Now that it's over I can give it away for free. Enjoy.

DJ SHADOW ft. LITTLE DRAGON - Scale It Back (Jeremy Sole Remix)

Harmonies  

Woah! There's No Limit

Nigun Simcha from our debut album Imprints

Available on Bandcamp / Amazon / iTunes 

www.bahlauk.bandcamp.com

www.bahla.co.uk

Ines Loubet - Voice
Tal Janes - Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Joseph - Piano, Wurlitzer & Rhodes
Andrea Di Biase - Double Bass
Ben Brown - Drums & Percussion 

Recorded at Fieldgate Studios 
Recorded & Mixed by Alex Killpartrick 
Mastered by Shawn Joseph, Optimum Mastering
Album Photo by Warren Richardson

© ℗ 2017 Bahla. All rights reserved.

Nigun Simcha

Mulatu Astatke - Ené Alantchi Alnorem

Cool It

Pre-order album ~ https://hopest.re/NamingAndBlaming

The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra (The POAO) release ‘Fight So Hard’, the first single from their long-awaited second album ‘Naming & Blaming’. Recorded with the full POAO 17 piece ensemble, Fight So Hard is a simmering slow burn with MC One Sixth trading rap verses with singers Kuukua and Lydia Acquah, Fem Belling and Lamine Sonko. In true afrobeat tradition the album version clocks in at a trance-inducing nine minutes long! (Radio edit supplied for those on a tighter schedule). The vocals are broken up with heavy brass sections and extended instrumental improvisations while the understated rhythm section bubbles away without pause or deviation.

Available everywhere on all formats on November 30th, the ‘Naming & Blaming’ album is a pulsing, percussive journey into classic afrobeat led by fierce vocals and a howling horn section. It’s a fitting 21st-century response to the world-shaking music of 1970s Nigeria defined by Fela Kuti. The result is true to the afrobeat blueprint of hypnotising rhythm, extended improvisation and political comment, but adds to the formula a host of pan-African and local influences as well as hip-hop elements that reflect the deep ranging roots of the band. This balance is what The POAO is all about, paying respects to the culture while keeping their feet planted in the 21st century.

Naming & Blaming

Pre-order Album

The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra - Fight So Hard

The Cinematic Orchestra - Ode To The Big Sea

!!! These are stripped-down 192mp3 snippets of the original tracks!!!

Artist: V.A.
Title: Compost Vocal Selection (Brothers) „Merging – Male Vocal Tunes“ compiled & mixed by Rupert & Mennert 
Cat No: CPT 418-3
Format: Download
Releasedate: 15.03.2012

Tracklisting:

01.	Zwicker - Prism (Featuring Serpentine) (05:23)
02.	General Electrics - Take You Out Tonight (Feat. Lateef the Truth Speaker) (05:16)
03.	Intuit - Western Sunrise (Featuring Andy Bey) (06:37)
04.	General Electrics - Facing That Void (Featuring Maroons) (03:06)
05.	Wagon Cookin' - Start To Play (Featuring Aqeel 72) (07:31)
06.	TJ Kong & Nuno dos Santos - Merging (Featuring Robert Owens) (10:18) 
07.	Phreek Plus One - True (I Know It) (Featuring Ovasoul7) (05:20)
08.	Beanfield - Someone Like You (Featuring Ernesto) (05:46)
09.	Daniel Magg - Set For Seizure (Featuring Gentlerain) (06:11)
10. Kyoto Jazz Massive - Deep In Your Mind (Featuring Victor Davies) (07:23)
11. Les Gammas - All Of Me (03:24)
12. Alex Attias Presents Mustang - Help Me (Featuring Colonel Red) (04:54)
13. Joseph Malik - Evil Things (Bobby Hughes Combination Remix) (04:37)
14. Muallem - Holla (There's Sun In Primrose) (Featuring Marc Frank) (04:29)

V.A. – Compost Vocal Selection (Brothers) (Continuous Mix) (62:38)

Info: After one and a half decade and more than 400 releases, Compost Records bundles some of their finest tunes as Various Artists digital download compilation albums. The variety and full spectrum of Compost’s repertoire has never or rarely been presented in form of a musical genre compilation. These releases will be compiled or DJ-mixed by Compost’s artists and are available as digital downloads, except in some rare cases very very limited as 500 CDs.

Ever since the beginning of electronic music the voice was considered an instrument that shouldn’t be forgotten. So when everybody considered the beats and the bass as the King, there was still love for vocals. Sometimes to create an atmosphere of tribalism with its own mantras, sometimes as a work of poetry. But always present.

From the depths of the Compost vaults vocal tracks were selected and mixed by Rupert & Mennert. Compost and Rupert & Mennert are more than proud to present two shining examples of all the great songs that were sung and produced in the last two decades.

Could one say that this particular ‘Compost Selection’ defines a genre? Well... not entirely. Do all the great vocalists that sang on an immense amount of Compost releases deserve their own spotlight? Well... hell yes!

The first take has the appropriate sub-title: Brothers.

On this very compilation, fourteen tracks are selected and mixed together. With vocal contributions by Robert Owens, Victor Davies, Colonel Red, Marc Frank, Joseph Malik, Ovasoul 7, Jamie Lloyd, Ernesto and many more. The tracks will go back and forth through all kinds of genres. From the deep folk electronic of Zwicker , the latin-jazz by Intuit and the spoken word by General Electrics to the beats by Wagon Cookin’, Daniel Magg, Phreek Plus One and TJ Kong & Nuno dos Santos. Giving you post broken beats by Beanfield and Kyoto Jazz Massive. Ending with some classic crooning from Les Gammas and funky soul by Muallem and Alex Attias.

So let the brothers of Compost be your guide through their musical landscape!

Who are Rupert&Mennert? 
Rupert & Mennert reside in Den Helder, The Netherlands. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. From there they send their music into the wide world. They broadcast a highly irregular radioshow called Weird Pigs. They remix tracks and invent new concepts about making music. One of those mysterious new concepts is called: Brain Connection Series... also on Compost Records. And of course you can expect more Compost Selections from their hand too.
More information or booking: 

www.rupertmennert.nl 
Contact them directly through info@rupertmennert.nl

The Compost Selection releases:
V.A. Compost Ambient Selection Vol.1
„ Sleeping Beauty“ – Compost Relax Works “ compiled and mixed by Minus 8 (limited edition CD, Download) 
V.A. Compost House Selection Vol. 1 „ 10.000 Leagues Deeper – Compost House Cosmos “ compiled and mixed by Thomas Herb (Download) 
V.A. Compost HipHop Selection Vol.1
„ 2Hot 2Cold 2Tuff – Compost HipHop Hunk “ compiled and mixed by Sepalot (Download) 
V.A. Compost Disco Selection Vol.1 „ Astro Boogie – Neo Disco Voltage “ compiled and mixed by Michael Reinboth (Download) 
V.A. Compost Jazz Selection Vol. 1
„See The Sun – Compost Jazz Affairs “compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download) 
V.A. Compost Downbeat Selection Vol. 1 „Ocean Beat“ – Warm Organic Harmony“ compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download) 
V.A. Compost House Selection Vol. 2
„Get Slapped Up“ – House Moods“ compiled and mixed by Shahrokh Dini (Download) 
V.A. Compost Downbeat Selection Vol. 2 „One Step Forward – Warm Pop And Folky“ compiled and mixed by Michael Reinboth (Download) 
V.A. Compost Jazz Selection Vol. 2 „ Crosswinds – Compost Jazz Affairs“ compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download) 
V.A. Compost Experimental Selection Vol. 1 „ Seismic Tranquilizer – Leftfield Tracks “ compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download) 
V.A. Compost Remixes Selection Vol. 1 „ Incredible – Best Of Remixes“ compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download) 
V.A. Compost Ambient Selection Vol.2 „The Quiet Room – Smooth Spheric Noise “ compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download) 
V.A. Compost Brazil Selection Vol.1 „ Primavera – Bossa & Samba Beats “ compiled and mixed by Tom Burclay (Download) 
V.A. Compost Remixes Selection Vol. 2 „Go Get It – More Remixes“ compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download) 
V.A. Compost Downbeat Selection Vol.3 „Cherish Your Love – Moody Twilight Vibes“ compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)

General Electrics | Take You Out Tonight (Featuring Lateef the Truth Speaker)

16 rare tropical groove tracks compiled by Mambo & Guts 
Available on CD , Double LP Gatefold ( included download Postal card with exclusive mix by DJ Damage@Jazz Liberatorz ) 
Collector T Shirt Edition ....
Cover Art by Mambo 
Ref : Heavenly Sweetness HS090 
Contact : puravidamusic@gmail.com

To pre-order now Beach Diggin' and download immediately an exclusive 50' mix of the compilation by DJ DAMAGE of Jazz Liberatorz, please click here : http://bit.ly/1bnvbbn

Beach Diggin' promo Tour ( DJ Set + Live percussion ) :
14/06 : Toulouse@Connexion 
21/06 : Bernières Sur Mer@Au Père Tranquille ( Normandie )
22/06 : Lyon @ La Marquise
26/06 : Paris@New Morning 
29/06 : Vanosc@La Bringue de la Fressange ( Ardèche )
05/07 : Paris@Pan Piper

Guts, a producer exiled in Ibiza, and Mambo, a Los-Angeles-based painter, have been lounging on the shore with the sound of the waves lapping in the background as they sift through the vinyl for their Beach Diggin’ collection. Far, far from the mouldy-smelling, lightless cellars where record hunters usually hang out. Diggin’ disks as others dig beaches, because getting your hands on a good vinyl, its grooves virtually unexplored, is like stumbling on a dazzling expanse of virgin sand.
Guts and Mambo have little time for the idea that Brazilians have to play bossa nova, Cubans must salsa and a Jamaican has to be into reggae. They sniff around the blind spots away from the beaches packed with noisy tourists and come up with Italians who beat out Afro rhythms, West Indians who lay down earth-shaking dub beats, and Trinidadians who unleash funk laced with lots of brass. Not to mention Peruvians, Frenchies and even Spaniards who can recreate the atmosphere of a humid, totally torrid sixties Rio party.
On the seafront, Guts and Mambo have put together a 16-track playlist that is hip without being elitist, guided by the highest standards and unwavering principles of sun, escapism, the good life and nothing below 25°C.
Seventeen tracks are stamped on the pages of the record’s passport - boss nova, soul, jazz, latin, afro-funk and tropical -, souvenirs of travels through North and Latin America, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean islands.
Intoxicating tunes, radiant rhythms, velveteen vocals: Beach Diggin’ is for sipping through a straw, wiggling your hips and shaking your pelvis to, and it’s made to bring bodies into friction.

PRE ORDER NOW!

Beach Diggin' Snippet by GUTS (out on June 23rd)

Piero Umiliani - Lady Magnolia (Kid Loco Remix)

Genre fluid sonic dreamers

'Life Long' is a cathartic inner-monologue of love, self-help and life cycles. Created by lyricist and producer Tal Janes and producer Joseph Costi, Bahla’s second body of work invites us into their genre-fluid world of close-knit rhythms, celestial textures and the ethereal, yet powerful vocals of Portuguese singer Inês Loubet.

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Their debut album ‘Imprints’ (2018) saw the duo dig deep into their Jewish roots, creating a cinematic trip through contemporary jazz and melodies drawn from across the diaspora. Described by MOJO as ‘Arrestingly different’ the group had several festival dates, radio appearances (BBC/JAZZ FM), a highly successful UK tour and a 7” single release with British label ‘Gearbox Records’, featuring two tracks from the album.

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Their most recent offering 'Life Long', a 5-track self-produced EP, builds on their signature sound and has a strong focus on lyricism, production and hooks akin to the likes of Little Dragon, James Blake and Thom Yorke. Joined by long time collaborators; drummer Ben Brown, bassist Andrea Di Biase and the creative stellar work from mixer Alex Killpartrick, the EP also sees a new collaboration with electronic producer Mark Cake on the self-titled track ‘Life Long’. Leaving the door open to new sonic possibilities, Bahla’s identity continues to bloom with discovery whilst being grounded in rich traditions.

Nigun Simcha

Bahla (UK)

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