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OVER-NITE(s) 8 : OPEK - MOIN

„Moin! Kaffee?“

PRODUCED BY OPEK.

OVER-NITE(s) is a story of opening doors and entering rooms to explore a world of different productions, vocals and sensations. Be yourself a room-boy and take a look at all spaces.
An ongoing cooperation of Wadada Records with various artists and illustrator Jens Roth.

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Opek - Moin

Kudu/Eddie Henderson
Awright, Awright/Maynard Ferguson
Africano/EW&F	
Africadelic/Manu Dibango
Love And Live feat.Navasha Daya(Replayed By ROOT SOUL)/Shuya Okino
It's too Funky In Here/P-Funk All Stars
Hey Mister! (Art of Tones Extended Remix)/The Fantastics! ft.Sulene Fleming
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life feat.Anane&Tony Touch/Louie Vega NYC 
Reachin'/ROGER GLENN
Los Conquistadores Chocolates(Moplen Dizco Delight part1)/Jonnny Hammond	
Star Borne/Johnny Hammond

RADIO.D59B / NAKAMA #12 w/ Shuya Okino & DJ Kawasaki

1.Whodiniz - Cool cookie Neelofer 
2.Awori x Twani - Mindful 
3.ManofNostalgia - Subway Shenanigans 
4.Mf Doom & Westside Gun - 2 Stings (Gee-O Rmx) 
5.OG - 555 (ft. Ja'kingthedivine)
6.Ancient Astronauts - Social Distancing (ft. Ife Piankhi)
7.SW2 ft Moses Boyd & Emmanuel Folorunso - Dirty South 
8.Shy FX, Breakage, Break & Tyler Daley - I Got You
9.Sunmgnetk - I'd Run to You If I Could 
10.RLP - Do You Believe That Love Will Never Do Without You (RLP mashup edit)
11.Riah Knight - Lament To Love
12.Hypho feat. Megumi - Suffering
13.Kristoffer Elkrem & Beautiful Disco - Morning Coffee ft. Zee
14.Mvtha Cvla & Rashawn Stallworth - Potliquor 
15.Antonym - Y@ll Re@dy 
16.Payforluv. - Garlic 
16.Infinito 2017 - Future Stayed Away 
17.The Psychpatient - Blame the hustle 
18.Kalimani tha Emcee - Square One 
19.ELiAFree - Incoherent 
20.Meowsn - Intro B 
21.DynamicMP & Kay Luder - Trillest  
22.Pope Naked The First - Sex Judas feat. Ricky 
23.Crystal Winds - Lovers Holiday 
24.The Sylvers - We Can Make It If We Try
25. Phoebs - Vampires (feat. Congo Natty)

285: alt soul / blak musik / DIY / worldwide

Buy / Stream the album: https://orcd.co/soundofdetroit1

In association with DJ Amir and 180 Proof Records, BBE Music presents ‘Strata Records – The Sound of Detroit – Volume 1’, a new compilation taking in just a few highlights from the short-lived but hugely influential jazz imprint.

With a raft of Strata material now entering entering the BBE Music catalogue for the first time, joining together with already-released gems such at the long-lost Charles Mingus live album ‘Jazz In Detroit’, we asked 180 Proof founder and Strata catalogue curator DJ Amir to compile a selection of tracks as an introduction to the uninitiated.

Over to DJ Amir to tell us more:

I carefully selected my top-choice select tracks that have not been already bootlegged or comp’d in the past; from the well-known fan favourites, to the obscure, to the previously unreleased cuts. This is by no means an exhaustive and comprehensive compilation, but these are the songs that truly represent the catalog and help to tell the story of Strata.

I thought it would be fitting to begin the compilation with one of my all-time favourites from the catalog, ‘Beyond the Dream’ by Kenny Cox, a spiritual groover, highlighted with the haunting mellotron strings and soulful vocals from Detroit legend Ursula Walker. And I absolutely love the ending, with the chanting of “Vamonos Que Ya Fiesta Se Acabo” (“It’s time to go because the party is coming to an end”)!

When I originally issued the previously unreleased album ‘Mirror, Mirror’ by Sam Sanders in 2013, the track ‘Face At My Window’ that features an unknown vocalist instantly became a fan favourite thanks to its hypnotising vocals and mellotron strings.

How could I not include my all-time track from Lyman Woodard, ‘Saturday Night Special’? This track represents the best of that lo-fi jazz funk organ groove and bass combined, again, with those mellotron strings. And after meeting Lyman in 2008, I became even more of a fan! His magnum opus that is ‘Saturday Night Special’ began my journey to re-introducing the world to the Strata label.

After a chance discovery of a Strata master with only the letters ‘TJ’ written on the front, I took a chance and digitally transferred the master. Unfortunately, the master was in awful shape, but what I discovered was truly a stunning recording! At first, I thought I was listening to a young Shuggie Otis but then I quickly realised that I was not. TJ, armed with a basic drum machine, guitar, and incredibly infectious vocals, was able to communicate the pain and joy in his soul so clearly in tracks like ‘Time Is Wasting’.

With further tracks from Kenny Cox featuring the Contemporary Jazz Quintet (CJQ), Larry Nozero (saxophone player on ‘What’s Goin’ On’ by Marvin Gaye), to the ever-elusive and spiritual deep Maulawi Nururidin, to a few previously unreleased gems from Ursula Walker, Mixed Bag, and the Soulmates, hopefully, you’ll be inspired to dive deeper into the Strata catalog!

Enjoy!

Amir Abdullah aka DJ Amir

All of the original albums from which these tracks were chosen are now available to download or stream wherever you find your music.

Release Date – May 25th 2021

DJ Amir Presents 'Strata Records-The Sound of Detroit' Volume 1 (Album Sampler)

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.

Matthew Tavares - Heroes

MIMS is extremely excited to premiere the truly otherworldly and yet beautiful sounds of Ruth Goller, with “Often they came to visit, even just to see how she was (M1)”, the lead single from forthcoming debut solo album, “Skylla", on Bex Burch's Vula Viel Records. A strong recommendation for today’s Bandcamp Friday.

Taking inspiration from Bulgarian folk song, via free jazz and the Brazilian singer-songwriter & guitarist 'Joyce', to the Italian Alps from where she hails, Goller turns bewitching compositions from improvised bass guitar harmonics in different tuning systems into ethereal polyphonic songs.

Ruth Goller’s ‘Skylla’ shines a long-awaited light on one of the most important musicians to have driven and revolutionised the UK jazz and improv scenes over the last 16 years. The bassist, vocalist, composer, environmentalist and now solo artist, draws inspiration from deep within to create a stunningly original and beautiful piece of work.

Hailed by the Guardian for her “thunderous bass-guitar hooks’, Goller has been a true trailblazer for London’s jazz scene, since touring and recording with Acoustic Ladyland and Melt Yourself Down, through to Let Spin and Vula Viel, whilst performing and recording with the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Kit Downes, Sam Amidon, Bojan Z, Marc Ribot, and Rokia Traoré. 

‘Skylla’ sees Goller almost looking back to the raw instincts that drove her as a teen punk musician. Working with different tunings for each song, Goller composed instinctively based on what she could hear, moment-to-moment. As Goller puts it, “at that point muscle memory doesn’t work anymore so I have to trust my ear completely”.

Ruth tells us ““Often they came to visit, even just to see how she was. (M1)” is pure instinct and improvisation. I made it into a tune afterwards. It's the most improvised piece of the whole album, and completely accidental tuning. My bass was tuned that way, when I took it out from my softcase after a plane-jurney. This tune represents water to me. I am happy and eternal in water.”

Hailing from the Italian-Austrian border, Goller grew up fascinated by the differences and similarities in the intentions behind speech. This ear for words has influenced her approach to vocals; improvising them through streams of consciousness around her bass playing, focusing on the sound and feeling, and almost inventing a new language through abstraction. As Goller puts it, “Music is a language and I always want to learn as much as I can about it”.

Initially Goller recorded all the vocals alone, before inviting accomplished and celebrated vocalists Lauren Kinsella and Alice Grant to lend their additional voices to particular pieces;  knowing they would rise to the challenge of singing words free of language to irregular tunings. Mercury-Award nominee Kit Downes, produced and mixed the album.

This week, a live performance of Skylla by Ruth Goller with Lauren Kinsella and Alice Grant was hosted and streamed by the Guildhall School Summer Jazz Festival. An incredible performance, it can be streamed back until May 13: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/summer_2021/summer_jazz_festival

“Often they came to visit, even just to see how she was (M1)” sees release on May 11, with the album, “Skylla” following on July 9, on CD, digital and vinyl. It's available to order now on Bandcamp.

Exclusive Premiere: Ruth Goller "Often they came to visit, even just to see how she was (M1)"

TRACK LIST:

D.D.D. - Dorothy Donegan

J.D. Blues - Red Saunders

Zekiel, Zekiel - The Hambone Kids

Summertime/Mambo In Trumpet - Red Saunders

September Song - Coleman Hawkins

Vivian - King Kolax

Probably/Sugar Bounce - Red Saunders

Take Out Some Time - Miss Sharecropper

Achin' Heart - Andrew Tibbs

Pennies From Heaven/You And The Night And The Music - Sun Ra & Unknown Vocalist

Cocktails For Two/Tenderly/The Phantom - Sun Ra

The Nearness of You - Sun Ra

Sunny's Place #1/Sunny's Place #2 - Sun Ra

The Man I Love - Sun Ra

The Many Thoughts of - Sun Ra

All Alone - Sun Ra

The Haunted Melody - Sun Ra, Thea Barbara & The Unknown Vocalist

Ebb Tide - Sun Ra

I Remember You - Sun Ra

The Best Things in Life Are Free - Sun Ra

My Sweet - The Nu Sounds

My Land of Dreams - The Nu Sounds

I'm Through With You #1/I'm Through With You #2 - The Nu Sounds

Dabba Dabba Dabba Du Bay - The Nu Sounds

I Got Some New Blues - The Nu Sounds

I Fall Asleep Counting My Blessings - The Nu Sounds

Africa - The Nu Sounds

Honeysuckle Rose - The Nu Sounds

A Foggy Day - The Nu Sounds

Baby Won't You Please Be Mine - The Nu Sounds

Black Sky & Blue Moon - The Nu Sounds

Holiday For Strings - The Nu Sounds

Nice Work If You Can Get It - The Nu Sounds

Somebody Loves Me - The Nu Sounds

Chicago USA - The Nu Sounds

Dreams Come True (Rehearsal)/Dreams Come True - The Nu Sounds

Stranger In Paradise - The Nu Sounds

Haunted Heart - The Nu Sounds

Evelyn - The Nu Sounds

Honey - The Nu Sounds

Spaceship Lullaby Demo/Rehearsal - The Nu Sounds

Spaceship Lullaby #1/Spaceship Lullaby #2 - The Nu Sounds

Perfume Counter - The Nu Sounds

Love Is - The Nu Sounds

I Was Wrong - The Nu Sounds

Wooden Soldier & The China Doll - The Nu Sounds

If I Only Hadn't Sinned - The Qualities

She's My Moonglow - The Qualities

Dreaming - The Cosmic Rays

Bye Bye - The Cosmic Rays

Somebody's In Love - The Cosmic Rays

There's A Small Hotel - The Cosmic Rays

The Second Stop Is Jupiter - The Cosmic Rays

Summertime - The Cosmic Rays

Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie #1/Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie #1 - The Cosmic Rays

Blue Moon - The Lintels

Baby Please Be Mine - The Lintels

Blue Skies - The Lintels

Little Sally Walker - The Crystals

Honey In The Bee Box - The Crystals

Perfidious Lover/When You're in Love This Way/Christina, Eugena, Marie - Walt Dunn

Wonderful You - Sun Ra

A Place In My Heart - Sun Ra

Of This I Know - Sun Ra

When You're With The One You Love - Sun Ra

Darn That Dream - Sun Ra

Teenager's Letter Of Promises - Juanita Rogers, Lynn Hollings

Kiss Me Sweet - Billie Hawkins

Somebody Else's World - Sun Ra

Blues in Outer Space  - Sun Ra

Velvet (Take 1 & 4) - Sun Ra 

Dreams Come True - Sun Ra

Don't Blame Me - Hattie Randolph

Blue Space - Calvin Newborn

Everything I Have Is Yours - Calvin Newborn

S'Wonderful - Sun Ra

Roll Em Pete - Sun Ra

My Funny Valentine - Sun Ra

Chi-Town Blues/I Can't Get Started/Don't Blame Me - Sun Ra, Pat Patrick, Gene Ammons, J.J. Johnson, Ronnie Boykins & Robert Barry

Just One of Those Things - Sun Ra

Sophisticated Blues - Sun Ra

Will You Still Be Mine - Sun Ra

Tony's Wife - Sun Ra

Eve - Sun Ra

October - Sun Ra

India - Sun Ra

El Is A Sound Of Joy - Sun Ra

Advice to Medics - Sun Ra

Great Balls Of Fire - Sun Ra

Adventure In Space - Sun Ra

Planet Earth - Sun Ra

Delight - Sun Ra

Overtones of China - Sun Ra

Muck Muck/Rocket Ship Rock - Yochanan

Sun Song - Sun Ra

Possession - Sun Ra

Transition - Sun Ra

Demon's Lullaby - Sun Ra

Medicine For A Nightmare - Sun Ra

Images - Sun Ra 

Ancient Ethiopia - Sun Ra

Round Midnight - Sun Ra

Watusa - Sun Ra

Lady With The Golden Stockings - Sun Ra

Spontaneous Simplicity - Sun Ra

Stuff Like That There - Sun Ra

SUN RA: 1950 - 1960

Today's premiere, "Still Stream", is exciting dash of cinematic jazz by drummer-composer Yannis Angelopoulos, aka Jan Van, taken from his forthcoming "Streams" album.

Jan Van is a well known figure on the Athens jazz scene, whose unique drum work we first came across on Dave De Rose's Agile Experiments 'Athens' album, and more recently on 'Bloom Anubis', but his resume stretches back for a considerable and varied history.

Since the mid ‘00s, Jan Van has worked on various jazz projects in Athens, even though the years preceding the 2010s were something of a tough period for the local scene, with limited live opportunities. And since 2010, Greece has famously been at the epicentre of the global financial crisis. 

In an already dysfunctional cultural system throughout the decade, culture eventually became a luxury. Following ten years of recession, in March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic destroyed the efforts of the country that was struggling to recover and took away any remaining hope. 

Under high psychological pressure, Jan Van had the idea of a jam session as a release for creative expression.  At the same time, the particular concept of water and its properties were stuck in his mind. 

Water’s fluidity and momentum and the idea of a quiet streaming state, shaped the only concept he eventually shared with his fellow musicians before starting to play. He only wanted them to have the energy of the water as a reference. 

By the end of May, a few days after the end of the lockdown, Yannis gathered his group, featuring Paraskevas Kitsos on bass, Vangelis Stefanopoulos on piano and Fotis Siotas on violin, viol, and voice, in a studio and recorded a live session of spontaneous compositions and improvisations.  During the session each musician took a step back to listen and give space to one another. None of the tracks were composed before the recording.  

The result is a deep listen, organic beats with spiritual jazz vibes, sometimes exploring fusion with elements of the traditional Greek folk music known as demotika, which has interested Yannis since the start of his career, and often leaning towards cinematic atmospheres. Yannis shared some words about "Still Stream" in particular.

"A walk along the creek you discovered by accident in the woods. The water is almost still yet constant, evolved, transformed, carrying within it all the stages of its cycle . From steam to cloud, from rain to ice. The everlasting preparation to flow again."

Jan Van Angelopoulos' 'Streams' album is released on vinyl and digital on June 11 via the always essential Teranga Beat.

Streams

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Exclusive Premiere: Jan Van Angelopoulos "Still Stream" (Forthcoming on Teranga Beat)

Hour 1
Georgy Porgy - Toto w/ Cheryl Lynn
Nights in Havana - Blue Lab Beats
Jewels Of Thought - Rebecca Vasmant
The Makings Of You - Curtis Mayfield
If You want Me To Stay - Ari Lennox
Jungle Strut - Ramsey Lewis
Chilvary is Not Dead - Hiatus Kaiyote
Memory of Our Love - Donny Hathaway
All That I Want - Braxton Cook

Hour 2
On & On - Erykah Badu
Beyond The Stage - Carmen Rodgers
Right on for The Darkness - Curtis Mayfield
Song for Everyman - New Rotary Connection
That Cuban Rhythm ft Regis Molina - Arema Arega & Born 74
Time Just Stops ft Jimetta Rose, Ian Roller, Josh Howard - Elusive
Brotha - Jill Scott
Splash Radar* - Turbulance
Company (re-work) - Yakul ft. Mereba

Hour 3
I Want To Ta Ta You Baby - Leela James
Summer Madness - Khruangbin
Show Me - Raquel Martins
It’s All Over Your Body - Jose James
Red Room - Hiatus Kaiyote
Clever Austin - Hiatus Kaiyote In Convo
On The Red Clay - Mark Murphy
Damage - Terrace Martin & Brandee Younger
I Want You To Know Me - Deyampert

Jazz FM Tony Minvielle on Sunday 13/6/21 guest Hiatus Kaiyote

We are delighted to premiere the sublime sounds of “No Words”, by Awkward Corners, featuring acclaimed multi-reed player and Collocutor chief, Tamar Osborn.  Taken from ‘Amateur Dramatics’, Awkward Corners AKA Chris Menist’s second LP in the space of a year. 

Awkward Corners is Chris Menist, percussionist for The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band​, in-demand DJ, NTS radio host, compiler for the likes of Finders Keepers​ and ​Soundway, and writer for esteemed publications such as Songlines, Straight No Chaser and FACT. 

Awkward Corners started life as a small project in Islamabad, where Chris was living at the time. Initial recordings were made with local musicians in Pakistan and then subsequently in Thailand. This culminated in the​ ​’Sweet Decay​’ split LP on Finders Keepers’ Disposable Music​ in 2014, anda limited tape release on Boomkat/Reel Torque of original compositions and re-edits of Thai 45s the same year. 

Jumping a few years ahead, having relocated to the UK Chris began recordings for ‘Dislocation Songs’ in reaction to Brexit, collaborating on many of the tracks with award-winning performer Sarathy Korwar. The album’s release on Shapes of Rhythm in May 2020 marked his first full album. Catching the mood of the times and offering an incredibly fresh sound, it was hailed across the likes of NTS, Resonance FM, BBC 6 Music, Balamii and of course our own site and made Tom Ravenscroft’s LPs of 2020.

In 2020 – a time when the global pandemic gave artists more time and space to think about their music – Chris took his collaborations and compositions to a different level. Having already collaborated remotely with Sarathy Korwar amongst many others, Chris turned his thoughts towards a new project. 

‘Amateur Dramatics’ builds on foundations of the meditative, devotional electronic aspects of previous LP ‘Dislocation Songs’ but this time frames it more in a spiritual jazz context with significant collaborations with Collocutor’s Tamar Osborn on four tracks, and also for the first time, a vocal collaboration. The result is a thoughtful and deep listening 40 minute listening experience.

“No Words” heralds the first collaboration with Tamar Osborn - founder of acclaimed jazz ensemble Collocutor, frequently heard performing and recording with the likes of Dele Sosimi, Maisha, Emanative, Sarathy Korwar and ILL Considered. 

With a rhythmic bed of Tamar’s bass clarinet and Chris’ electric piano, the space is there for Tamar to grab an alto sax and solo above. As we reach the centre of the composition, the clarinet steps out of its loop and begins to engage with the saxophone. An LP standout, “No Words” underlines the progression from ‘Dislocation Songs’ to a more collaborative, and detailed approach with deeper levels of instrumentation.

 ‘Amateur Dramatics’ is released on Shapes of Rhythm on August 20th, and is available to pre-order now from Bandcamp.

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Exclusive Premiere: Awkward Corners "No Words" (Forthcoming on Shapes of Rhythm)

Download / Vinyl / Stream: https://kryptox.lnk.to/Mathias_Modica_Jazz_Futurism

The Kraut Jazz Futurism compilation shows what's cookin’ in the new German Jazz scene. Young German bands and a few of the international musicians working in Berlin now. Fresh artists that combine Jazz, Kraut Rock, Afro, Hip Hop and Electronica in a new way.
The first part of the compilation came out last year and was described by The Wire as  „… a re-drawn map of underground Berlin. Refreshingly new, eccentric, badassed and sometimes funny.“ 
This second part goes further. Similar to Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here compilation, where he shows mainly the new hip english Jazz artists, on Kraut Jazz Futurism Kryptox records head honcho Mathias „Kapote“ Modica puts together what’s hot in the new club jazz scene in Germany. And there is a lot cookin’ in Berlin right now. Kraut Jazz Futurism comes out on Kryptox. Sublabel of Gomma & Toy Tonics records.

https://kryptox.org

Modha - Harzer Straße

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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...

Matthew Tavares - Heroes

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