Jazzy, atmospheric & exceptional bassline

produced by RONALD BRUNER JR
THUNDERCAT -BASS & VOCALS
TAYLOR GRAVES -VOCALS
KAMASI WASHINGTON -SAX
*shout out to Thai Long Ly!!


9. Don't Mimic (feat RONALD BRUNER JR, THUNDERCAT, TAYLOR GRAVES, KAMASI WASHINGTON, JTHORN)

Breathe Deep

New track from Ivan Ave's upcoming "Mid Season"-EP, produced by Sasac. Pre-Order 10" now at www.mutualintentions.com

Artwork: Hans Jørgen Wærner

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Gear

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Sample: ISOO FUKUI QUARTET ft KAZUHIRO MATSUISHI - Early summer

quarters

Corey Fonville - drums

Zach Brown - Bass

Javi Santiago - Composition, Keys


Year Of The Horse (EP) out February 19!!

Trance

Week number 2 came to me fairly easy. Pretty much a freestyle. I was in a place where I didn't know if I wanted to speak or sing but I needed to get these words out. Hope you feel me.

Reneé

Another Night On The Roof (Another Night on The Roof produced by Flying Lotus)- FlyLo Thurs 2

Corey Fonville - drums
Brevan Hampden - congas
Andrew Randazzo - bass
Moi - keys, adlib vox
Morgan Burrs - guitar
Marcus Tenney - trumpet
David Hood - baritone sax
Kevin Simpson - tenor sax
Reginald Chapman - bass trombone

AfroKuti #3

Introducing the first Single to @ivanave’s „Every Eye“ album coming Sept.29th, "Fast Forward" is about reluctantly diving head first into the unknown. 
Ivan Ave returns, accompanied by @MNDSGN & DJ Harrison, for a dreamy follow up to his Singles „Also“ and „Young Eye“ earlier this year.

Every Eye

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Ivan Ave - Fast Forward (produced by MNDSGN & DJ Harrison)

Recorded at Jellowstone Studios, February 2017. 
https://butcherbrownmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afrokuti-a-tribute-to-fela

Butcher Brown:
Corey Fonville - drums 
Andrew Randazzo - bass 
DJ Harrison - keys 
Morgan Burrs - guitar 
Marcus Tenney - trumpet 

Guests: 
Brevan Hampden - percussion 
Reginald Chapman - bass trombone 
David Hood - baritone saxophone 
Kevin Simpson - tenor saxophone 

Artwork design and format by Derrick Tenney.
credits
released August 23, 2018
All songs written, recorded, and produced by DJ Harrison. 

Management: David Passick Entertainment

Booking: Madison House Booking

AFROKUTI

Tales from the Shrine

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Discovered among the storied Roy Ayers ‘Virgin Ubiquity’ studio session tapes, BBE Music presents ‘Reaching The Highest Pleasure’, a previously unreleased gem capturing Ayers and his band at their smooth and soulful best.

Lovingly remastered by Optimum mastering in Bristol, this lost masterpiece recorded in June 1977 features a sumptuous bass-line and ultra-tight groove, over which Roy’s extended vibraphone solo simply soars.

For reasons lost to the mists of time, ‘Reaching The Highest Pleasure’ was never included on either volume of BBE’s ‘Virgin Ubiquity’ albums, however eagle-eared music fans may remember a slightly different version being championed by Gilles Peterson around a decade ago.

As we all know, pleasure is most rewarding when it’s shared, no matter how long it takes, so enjoy this previously unpublished page of musical history from the Godfather of neo soul himself, Mr Roy Ayers.

Roy Ayers - Reaching The Highest Pleasure

Legally blind from birth, Brazilian keyboard player, composer and bandleader Manfredo Fest learnt to read music in braille and began studying classical music at a young age. By 17 he had fallen in love with jazz (particularly the music of fellow blind pianist George Shearing) before becoming swept up in Rio’s emergent bossa nova movement in the sixties. Moving to the States in 1967 where he would go on to work with fellow countryman Sergio Mendes, Fest recorded and self-released Brazilian Dorian Dream in 1976, enlisting Thomas Kini (bass), Alejo Poveda (drums, percussion) and Roberta Davis (vocals).

Like a turbo-powered, intergalactic elevator ride, Brazilian Dorian Dream builds on the principle of the modal diatonic scales of the Dorian mode, with influences of Brazilian rhythms, North American jazz and funk, and music of the European baroque and romantic era. The coming together of these intergenerational and intercontinental styles coupled with Fest’s visionary use of the Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Arp and Moog synthesizers (plus a whole load of effects units), makes for an album light years ahead of its time. 

The miraculous wordless vocals of American jazz singer Roberta Davis are nailed so tightly alongside Manfredo’s keys and mind-bending synths that it sounds almost alien. On the album's liner notes, Fest preaches Davis’ ability highlighting how hard it is to sing such precise intervals so accurately. One of the tracks on which the vocals shine brightest is space funk stepper “Jungle Cat”, which features hard funky drums, freaky synth lines and expert Rhodes comping. The track builds up and up before releasing into the unmistakable scat melody in the chorus.

A few years after releasing Brazilian Dorian Dream, Fest recorded and released his Manifestations album in 1979, featuring ‘Jungle Kitten'’: a new dancefloor focused variation on “Jungle Cat”. At around 140 BPM ‘Jungle Kitten’ was possibly deemed too fast for statside dance floors, which explains why it never got a US 12” release. But the track became something of an underground hit at jazz dance clubs and all-dayers across the UK in the 80s and as a result it has probably become Fest’s most well known track since.

Manfredo passed away in Florida in 1999, and his music never quite reached the audiences it deserved. Due to the independent nature and limited run of the original release, Brazilian Dorian Dream has to this day remained almost impossible to find on vinyl. Far Out Recordings is proud to make this masterpiece available to new audiences with a remastered vinyl, CD and digital reissue in 2020.

Braziliana Nº 1

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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...

Roy Ayers - Reaching The Highest Pleasure

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