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on loop this jam makes wanna bust so breakdance moves...

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In the moody psychedelic slow-burn funk of "Mirage," Captain Planet explores some less familiar territory, expanding his sonic repertoire while keeping true to his organic global sound, aka “Gumbo Funk.” Like the other material from his new “Sounds Like Home” EP, the song grew organically out of a jam session, in this case with his youngest brother Taj Bethel, a guitar player, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. Charlie Wilder, the man behind Captain Planet, has always made a point of providing his youngest brother with musical inspiration, regularly sharing lesser-known tracks and albums that were fundamental in his own musical awakening. The classic 70's sounds of Cymande, Gabor Szabo and Baris Manco among others stay in regular rotation in the Captain's studio, where the walls are flanked by ceiling high shelves full of vintage vinyl records. In "Mirage," you can hear the two brothers lovingly nod to some of these influences, while highlighting their own unique musical voices and interpretations as well. In the Captain's words, "the goal was simply to make a record that sounds like what I pull off the shelves and put on my turntable at home, and this feels like it perfectly hits the mark."

“Mirage” is out on Brooklyn’s Bastard Jazz Recordings June 24th; the “Sounds Like Home” EP is due July 15th.

Mirage (feat. Taj Bethel)

Captain Planet - Mirage (feat. Taj Bethel)

PLUMAGE02 Limited to 300 units, vinyl only NO REPRESS
Release date: April 10th 2014

A1. Ohio Replayed 128kbps (Norm De Plume / PLUMAGE02)

@al-dobson-jr applies some of his familiar groove and percussive elements to some spiritual jazz from London. 

Collocutor (meaning ‘a person or people taking part in a conversation’) is the brainchild of Tamar Osborn, an ensemble responsible for one of the standout breakthrough jazz albums of 2014. Supported by Gilles Peterson, Wah Wah 45s, Matthew Halsall, Lefto and Sounds of the Universe. 

For more info head to: http://www.stampthewax.com/2014/09/16/premiere-collocutor-agama-al-dobson-jr-indica-mix/

Collocutor's debut album 'Instead' is out 6th October via @onthecornerrecords in digital and hand stamped 180gm vinyl. Available to pre-order at: http://onthecornerrecords.bandcamp.com/

Collocutor's debut live appearance and album launch is on 29th September at The Forge, London. Tickets and info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/680807545343963/?fref=ts 

Collocutor - Agama (Al Dobson Jr Indica Mix)

Heart Beater (Your Soft Inside)

Available http://geni.us/SuperFoodsVol1 

More info www.bbemusic.com

Australian production powerhouse Inkswel returns to BBE with the first of three specially selected albums of original productions. Packed full of stellar vocal performance over undeniably sleazy, soulful production, the LP is simply irresistable from start to finish. Former b-boy and self-confessed ‘drum-machine obsessive’ Inkswel first popped his locks downunder in Australia, where he began life as one Jules Habib, but his cosmopolitan outlook on music and life has taken him places, of late: he’s now as at home in London and Amsterdam as in Melbourne and Adelaide, all cities where he has put in studio time.

https://soundcloud.com/inkswel | @inkswel | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inkswel/52317838953

Super Foods Vol.1

She Likes Techno

Inkswel - She Likes Techno feat. Reggie B & Kid Sublime

Various Artists -
The Far Out Beat Tape

RELEASE DATE: 27/01/15
CAT. NO: FARODIGI 71
FORMAT: Digital Download

The Far Out Beat Tape brings together some of the finest forays into beat-driven electronic music from the label’s extensive back catalogue. From classics to rarities, of varying tempos and styles, this mixtape eliminates binary genre classification and carves out a place for Brazil on the map of the global beat diaspora.
When celebrated digger, DJ and Brazilian music connoisseur Joe Davis set up Far Out Recordings in 1994, it was an incredibly exciting time for dance music in the UK. House, techno and rave were splintering off into varying directions, jungle was blowing up and the future was wide open. While Far Out may be more widely known for its modern day iterations of MPB, jazz and samba, it has always kept itself firmly on the cutting edge of electronic music as this release amply demonstrates.
Far Out entered the scene with an unparalleled devotion to the music of Brazil’s past and present, but always with a keen eye on the future of UK dance, sensing a lucrative forward path in the marriage of the two which in many ways was an early precursor to the forward thinking blends of rugged dance sounds and organic, groove anchored jazz-funk, fusion and samba that was characteristic of Masters At Work’s Nuyorican Soul project and later the West London based Broken Beat movement. 
This compilation serves as both a handy sampler and an overview of a myriad of sounds and styles that Far Out has contributed to the worlds of broken beat, hip-hop and beyond. From the intrepid genre-leaping explorations of pioneering veterans Mark Pritchard, IG Culture and 4Hero to alternative hip-hop legend Peanut Butter Wolf to young up-and-comer Ben Hauke, the full spectrum is represented here. 
Simone Seritella’s atmospheric groover ‘Sambalanco’, originally released on Solaria, a subsidiary of Far Out, kicks off proceedings, a rare gem and one that even the label’s most avid followers may be unfamiliar with. On a broken tip, IG Culture’s remix of legendary Azymuth bassist Alex Malheiros’ ‘The Wave’ which marries the worlds of broken beat, hip hop with the sounds of Brazil to stunning effect, while 4hero’s remix of Friends From Rio’s ‘Vera Cruz’ is an exemplary exercise in their uniquely inventive and fearless excursions in grooving funk.
The deeper, more cerebral fare of ‘Lullaby’ and ‘Without You’ come courtesy of Far Out stalwart Troubleman – one of the many guises of Mark Prichard whose overwhelmingly prolific output, spanning the worlds of hip-hop, techno, jungle, funk, dubstep and onward into the experimental dance stratosphere, is close to peerless. Another true dance music original, Theo Parrish, turns in a typically seductive left-field house stepper with his remix of the Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra’s ‘Keep Believing’. Meanwhile, the perpetually funky Quantic’s sunny reworking of Sabrina Malheiros’ ‘Passa’ is a bass heavy RnB banger.  
The tape culminates with remixes of two of Brazil’s most celebrated artists, Azymuth and Marcos Valle. The former’s ‘Manha’ receives a subtle reworking from Stones Throw head honcho Peanut Butter Wolf, while Budgie transforms Valle’s ‘1975’, bringing the tracks futuristic synths to the fore to create a moody late-night boogie classic
Together, the selections on this release provides listeners with the diverse flavours from Far Out’s vital contributions to the global network of beats and forward-thinking groove music that the label has been and continues to be an integral part of.

Vera Cruz (4 Hero Remix)

Beanfield - The Season (Swag Vocal Mix)

Release Title: Mother Nature
Label: Banoffee Pies Records
Artist: Clifford Brown & Jeen Bassa Ft. Ella Mae Sueref
Release Type:  EP Single
Genre: Latin / Hip Hop / Soul / Beats / World
Release Date: June 8th 2018

TRACK LIST:
1 - Que Seña 
2 - Mother Nature 
3 - Big Jamie 

Ahead of the new “Samba Del Sol” album from Clifford Brown & Jeen Bassa Ft. Ella Mae Sueref, Banoffee Pies Records present an early taste of the music within with this three track single "Mother Nature". 

With strong influences in Carnival and Latin sounds, culminated with Hip Hop drums and Soul roots - the duo meet in middle ground as an expression of their background, John’s heritage in Mauritius and Cliffords childhood in South America. Partnered with Ellas Spanish language fluency and soft Badhu acclaimed voice as previously heard on the single Stop Rewind, credited by the like of Gilles Peterson.

The release was recorded on Garageband by Clifford Brown and Jean Bassa with 2 Karaoke Microphones, mixed in Bath and later buried on a hard drive for over 6 years never to be heard again. Sliding into the forgotten darkness of lost tracks and rediscovered in 2017. The production, originally just an instrumental, was then found and reignited, revamped with a vocal insert from the wonderful Ella Mae Sueref. Living room jams made in smoke. Banoffee xx

Samba Del Sol

Mother Nature

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Mother Nature EP - Clifford Brown & Jeen Bassa Ft. Ella Mae Sueref (CLIPS)

From the church to the library, it's now time for 'A Sweet Excursion', courtesy of our favourite French funkateers, DJ Soulist & Fulgeance aka Souleance, offering up three tasty edits to feed the dancefloor.

'Fantaisie' opens the set with an idyllically relentless rhodes-riff riding a slice of sugary boogie, with a super squelchy bassline and a healthy layer of disco percussion spread on top, for those with a sweet tooth.

The righteous horns of 'Lord' blaze into play next accompanied by a 4/4 disco kick, before the sugar rush kicks in and the band let loose an almighty groove. Even a soulful set of angels begin to sing, guaranteeing this one will bring out a lil' bit of that holy ghost within.

We end out with 'Funkin' which does exactly what it says on the tin. A solid five minutes-plus of delectable heads-down funk containing all the right ingredients, and the French duo's own special sauce mixed into the pot for good measure.

With a decades worth of collaboration behind them, and persistent party rocking at festivals and clubs, Souleance continue to create tried & tested moments of sweetness on dancefloors across the globe. This three-tracker is no exception, and makes this another essential one for the record bags.

'A Sweet Excursion' is released on Excursions on Friday 6th July 2018 on limited three-track vinyl 12" only.

Pre-order here
› https://souleance.bandcamp.com/album/a-sweet-excursion

Souleance
› https://soundcloud.com/souleance
› https://www.facebook.com/souleance/
› https://twitter.com/souleance
› https://www.discogs.com/artist/1487429-Souleance
› https://www.songkick.com/artists/2911221-souleance 

DJ Soulist
› https://www.facebook.com/soulistofficial/
› https://soundcloud.com/dj-soulist

Fulgeance
› https://www.facebook.com/fulgeancebeats/
› https://soundcloud.com/fulgeance

First Word Records
› http://www.firstwordrecords.com/ 
› https://www.facebook.com/firstwordrecords/

A Sweet Excursion

[PREMIERE] Souleance - Fantaisie (Souleance "Bouclé" Re-Edit)

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There's Us (ft. Marlon Penn)

From The Invisible Session's album "Echoes of Africa"
Digital album pre-order: https://theinvisiblesession.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-africa

First single: "Hearing The Call"
Written by Luciano Cantone and Martin Thomas Paavilainen (@bentalitymusic).

Although it may seem speculative after May's event in Minneapolis, “Hearing The Call” was conceived and written in 2018, and expands on the themes present in Haki R. Madhubuti’s poem “Children”, released on Medasi’s 1984 album “Nation”. In “Hearing The Call,” ancestral sounds and percussions hypnotize the listener, while the performance of the poem written and interpreted by African-American/Finnish artist Benjamin “Bentality” Paavilainen, flows with naturalness.

https://www.spaceecho.it/
https://www.ishtar.it/

Echoes of Africa

The Invisible Session - Hearing The Call

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Founded in 1996 by Peter Adarkwah, Barely Breaking Even (BBE Music) started life as a London club night, taking its name from the eponymous Disco record by the Universal Robot Band.

The label grew from the vibrant early 90's club scene with its first release, Stop & Listen compiled by Dr Bob Jones in 1996, opening the door to iconic series' such as All Back To Mine & Late Nite Tales.

A tonne of releases followed, ranging from Disco to Funk, Jazz to House. In the year 2000, the label celebrated Masters at Work's 10th Anniversary with a mighty box set that featured near 80 tracks.

A year later BBE Music spawned the Beat Generation Series of artist albums, notably introducing J Dilla (Welcome 2 Detroit) & a young Will.I.Am's first solo outing, alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff, Madlib & DJ Spinna, all of whom contributed to this seminal set of long players.

A quarter of a century and well over 500 titles later, having worked with Mark Ronson, Roy Ayers, Questlove, Hugh Masekela, DJ Premier, Dimitri from Paris, Joey Negro, Kon, RZA, Laurent Garnier, Black Coffee, DJ Shadow, David Rodigan and John Morales among many others, BBE Music looks to the future, celebrating its rich heritage while continuing to release a bounty of fresh titles.

The label’s most recent projects include an expansive reissue series from pioneering Nigerian label Tabansi, new imprint ‘Batakari’ in association with Boddhi Satva and the critically acclaimed ‘J Jazz’ Japanese Jazz multi-album project, not to mention the recent landmark 500th label release: a brand new version of 'Barely Breaking Even', featuring Leroy Burgess, Patrick Adams and Louie Vega.

In 2021 BBE Music is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark this milestone, the label is offering up some special projects, from the 20th Anniversary edition of J Dilla’s ‘Welcome 2 Detroit’, through David Bowie tribute album ‘Modern Love’, to a special new ‘Worldwide’ compilation from old friend Gilles Peterson. BBE Music will also be looking to the future with more exciting original artist projects, plus merch collaborations events and more...

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