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Sonar Kollektiv are very proud to present a sweet slice of obscure Philly soul with deep connections to our very own Berlin family. Shirley Turner’s 1965 recording of I Wish You A World Of Happiness has long been a crate digger’s delight and now receives a very special reissue, alongside a rather stunning cover version from Hamburg based quartet, The KBCS, featuring the vocal talents of Nora Becker. 

Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and Virtue Records (headed up by musician and music producer Frank Virtue) had become prolific in releasing soulful underground hits like The Horse by Cliff Nobles & Co. and Boogaloo Down Broadway by Fantastic Johnny C. as well as producing a number of somewhat less popular, more low-fi soul and garage records that were slept on at the time but have remained highly sought after records to this day. 

One of those records was I Wish You A World Of Happiness, which started life as a popular 60s instrumental cut Bird Walkin’ by Emanon’s Orchestra. The song was written by Weldon A. McDougal III and Johnny Stiles, with lyrics by Eddie Holman, of Hey There Lonely Girl fame. Virtue had been looking for someone to record a vocal version of the tune for some time, and having had a rough demo recorded by an uncredited singer, somehow said demo found itself in the hands of seventeen year old gospel vocalist Shirley Turner. The young, aspiring soul singer learned the lyrics from the dubplate by heart, and on the night she turned eighteen, went into Virtue Studios to record her version of the song. Several takes were laid down and three dub plates produced all on the same night, one of which was taken home by the eighteen year old hopeful, where it remained for years to come. 
The recording was largely forgotten about as Shirley grew up and had a family, that is until her son started playing with the dubplate as a child. Shirley's son is Sonar Kollektiv’s very own Hollis P. Monroe - now a producer, composer and DJ as well as being responsible for the late 90s hit, I’m Lonely. Hollis took an interest in the record from an early age with the dubplate being one of the first records he learned to scratch with! 

Some years later, and with the help of the internet, Hollis’ continued interest in his mother’s recording led him to a number of specialist soul blogs and in particular to UK based DJ Andy Rix who posted about a dubplate he had found which sounded very familiar! The 45 was widely credited as featuring vocalist Ann Robinson, but Hollis was soon able to set the record straight which enabled him to tell the true story behind this fascinating recording. 

Some fifteen years later, and taken directly from Shirley’s personal dubplate, Sonar Kollektiv were finally able to restore and remaster this rare take from that session. Not only that, we commissioned Hamburg four-piece The KBCS to deliver their own interpretation of this timeless piece of music. The result is a sophisticated, balladic reworking that respects the original but gives it a very different twist that should please lovers of modern and two-step soul alike.

B - Shirley Turner - I Wish You A World Of Happiness

S’ENVOLER A DEUX <<prod>> /Kerem/

JUST LIKE THE FIRST TIME

A haunting yet charming original jazz piece by UGLYTHEY depicting someone who takes people pleasing to the highest place of delusion, fully convinced of possessing the ability to make anyone love them, even someone sent to kill them. UGLYTHEY was influenced by Harold Arlen and Ella Fitzgerald for this tune. This metaphor for domestic violence  is an urgent warning to anyone in a situation like this to reach out, get help, and leave. Your life and safety is never worth trying to love someone. Call 800-799-7233 for a domestic violence hotline.

Hitman

Sinking in the Sand

Old french romantic song... revisited . Enjoy
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SOLENZARA 2023

Playful and sexy, this track evokes the romance of a different age.

Superman

01 Pendulum - Master

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My new Record of these times we're in !
https://open.spotify.com/album/7AY16rhOTyESxP6Z9tZtNb

Dawn Of The Woke

Real World

‘Knoaack’ and the coconut crushes against the tree.
I find myself covered in floury sand, drenched in salty blue, i'm warm straight through my bare toes. 
I’m in a land where my legs belong higher than my head, i’m floating from the ground. 
Aloha ia Hawaii!

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The Barefoot Adventures - 03 - Hawaii

Back to my dusty Records from 60-80's. Only Polish artists in this set.
  Relax and Enjoy it!
  Tracklist:
  01. KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA - ETIUDY BALETOWE (1962)
  02.ANDRZEJ TRZASKOWSKI - BALLADA Z SILVEROWSKA KADENCJA (POLSKIE NAGRANIA 1965)
  03.STANISLAW SOJKA - NAIMA (POLSKIE NAGRANIA 1981)
  04.WLODZIMIERZ NAHORNY - MELODIA Z FILMU "DZIURA W ZIEMI" (POLSKIE NAGRANIA)
  05.ANDRZEJ DABROWSKI - ODDAM WSZYSTKO (PRONIT)
  06.JERZY MILIAN - ZAPISZEMY NASZA MILOSC (PRONIT)
  07.NOVI SINGERS - ON THE ROAD (POLSKIE NAGRANIA 1974)
  08.STUDIO JAZZOWE POLSKIEGO RADIA - SPRZEDAWCY GLONOW (POLSKIE NAGRANIA)
  09.TOMASZ STANKKO - MADEMOISELLE "KA" (PRONIT 1983)
  10.NASZA BASIA KOCHANA - SEN ZNALEZIONY W LESIE (POLSKIE NAGRANIA)
  11.ANDRZEJ DABROWSKI - ZAMIEN, ZAMIEN DZIEWCZYNO (PRONIT)
  12.PIOTR FIGIEL, URSZULA SIPINSKA - PIOSENKA DO SLUCHANIA WE DWOJE (PRONIT)
  13.BEMIBEM - DLACZEGO NAS TAM NIE MA (POLSKIE NAGRANIA 1974)
  14.G.LOBASZEWSKA & P.SCHULZ - NA STARY ROK (POLSKIE NAGRANIA)
  15.ADAM MAKOWICZ - DRINKING SONG (POLSKIE NAGRANIA 1973)

dj mix 00 (Polish Jazz and Rare Groove)

Two hours of Jazz standards, classics and the like...

Just a Regular Old Jazz Mix

1.  Ba Dada  -  Jazzual Suspects (4:37)
2.  This Beat  -  Jazzual Suspects (4:51)
3.  Funkin Koobad   -  Jazzual Suspects (4:24)
4.  Jazzual Suspects  -  Jazzual Suspects (2:44)
5.  Sweet Lost Night   -  Nujazz (4:21)
6.  Green Tea   -  Everydayearthkid (3:47)
7.  Feel Somet   -  Everydayearthkid (2:06)
8.  Summer Love  -  Everydayearthkid (5:25)
9.  Ass Kickin Bass  -  Gramatik (2:14)
10.  Afternoon Soul   -  Gramatik (4:16)
11.  Nightime  -  Beat Demons (3:14)
12.  Jazz Selecta  -  Beat Demons (5:12)
13.  Desperado  -  Beat Demons (3:32)

Acid Jazz Mix (Jazzual Suspects, Gramatik, Everydayearthkid, Nujazz, Beat Demons)

37th Gost Zvuk episode on NTS w/ Artem Ryazanov @miraclelibido

1. Aleksander Rjabov Ja Ansambel Synthesis — Solarius (1983)
2. Leningrad Jazz Music Band Under David 
Goloshchokin — Midnight In The Summer Garden (1972)
3. Unknown Composition
4. Murad Kazhlaev — in the old village (1973)
5. David Gazarov ‎ — Walking (1991)
6. Andrei Eshpai — Evening (1977)
7. Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh — Present (197.)
8. Jazz Quartet «Tallinn» — Polka Dots And Moonbeams (1983)
9. Ivars Galenieks — Without Warry (1988)
10. Natalia Fokina & Elena Novikova — Lyric duet (1969)
11. Jazz Group Arkhangelsk — Besame Mucho (1988)
12. Raymond Pauls — Vestule Meitenei (1975)

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Benoit Mascart