Ana's Flavourites vol. 32

Purchase CD/Digital: http://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dose

SORCERESS (formerly known as Funkommunity) is a 5-piece band from New Zealand. Their 2011 debut album Chequered Thoughts received worldwide acclaim and saw the band tour Europe and Japan the following year. Fast forward to 2014, and the band announced a new name: SORCERESS and a new studio album: DOSE. 

While previous works were influenced by J Dilla-inspired future soul and R&B, the new album sees their sound evolve, fusing elements of Deep Electronic Soul, Afrobeat, and Dance Music. DOSE retains their distinctive sonic texture, but also projects more movement while going deeper into the source of the music. Experienced in headphones or a club/festival context, Sorceress traverses the boundaries between audio intimacy and the bass driven rhythms of the dancefloor. 

The creative duo at the core of Sorceress is producer/band leader Isaac Aesili and vocalist Rachel Fraser. Isaac Aesili's production provides a diverse and sonically rich soundscape from which the charismatic vocals of Rachel Fraser weave through both light and dark lyrical themes. Crafted over the period of a year, the album includes collaboration with Sorceress' guitarist Daniel Ryland. Other musicians involved in the sessions include fellow Kiwis Julien Dyne, Marika Hodgson, Tom Broome, Jonathan Crayford, Steph Brown and Cam Allen.
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Dose

Brother Dragonfly

manuka

three tunes that culminated from a really hard point in my life, was nice to transmute some of those emotions into this project and finally release it. free dl available.

Beneath The Surface ft. StrykerSteele

FULL EP NOW AVAILABLE:
iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/role-play-ep/id1021263013
Spotify : https://play.spotify.com/album/2C4IsiMB3gIaMVXoezXarl
Deezer : http://www.deezer.com/album/10866494

ROLE PLAY:
Bilal - Vocals 
Simon Mavin - Keyboards/Sounds & Vocal 
Paul Bender - Synth Bass 
Michael Severson - Bass, Guitar, Percussion 
Leron Thomas - Lead Vocals, Sounds & Trumpet 

Additional Credits:
Malik Crumpler - Engineering, Sound design, Arranging
Mixed by: Scratch Master Gib (One Two Pass It Studio)
Mastered by:: Shawn Joseph (Optimum Mastering)
Studios:
Labomatic Studio (Paris, France)
One Two Pass It Studio (Bagnolet, France)
Milerapa's Mind Studio (Harlem, NY)
DeSoto Sound Factory (Brooklyn, NY)
Artisitic Director: Guts
Produced by: Leron Thomas and Heavenly Sweetness

Role Play feat. Bilal

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Tracklist:
1. Obatala
2. Ochun
3. Oba
4. Wolenche For Chango

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Rezos

Buy at BCR

Okonkolo - Oba

Rye Lane Shuffle

Drum Dance

Hector Plimmer
Eastern System Ft Drahla b/w Kalimba
Albert’s Favourites
DL / 7” Vinyl
ALBF-7002

Albert’s Favourites are proud to present Hector Plimmer for the labels third release.

Hector burst onto the scene in 2014 with an appearance on Gilles Peterson’s ‘Brownswood Bubblers” Vol 11, alongside beatsmith Al Dobson Jr, jazz luminaries GoGo Penguin, and the ever soulful Moonchild. He went on to win the PRS Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award, firmly cementing himself on the ‘ones to watch’ list.

We started bumping into Hector around Crystal Palace, and he presented himself as a deeply humble man, quiet and introspective - and with a killer selection of vinyl, but it took a support slot at Soho’s Sounds Of the Universe (supporting fellow producer and long term friend Wu-Lu) to really turn our heads. 

Hector’s beats are constructed like small sculptures, each one with its own influences and palette, but all with a very signature sound. 

Eastern System is a real beat workout, with traces of Asia in its melodies, Africa in its rhythms and a stunning choral arrangement. This, layered with a charming and somewhat nostalgic main vocal, eventually turns into a hypnotic chant towards the close. A beautifully subdued track that still manages to deliver powerfully on the dancefloor.

Flip the disc and you meet ‘Kalimba’, another pulsing beat that’ll have you hooked right from the start. Frantic percussion and a wonky Kalimba drive this track along, pushing you into the middle section where it breaks down to drums and synths, transforming what was previously acoustic into electronic, pushing the track directly into 2016.

You can catch Hector around London, playing records and playing live. He has a regular show on NTS Radio – 92 Points – and also runs his event ‘Crates’ Upstairs at the Ritzy in Brixton. He is part of this years EFG London Jazz Festival, performing at The Forge in Camden on the 11th November.

We are also excited to announce that Hector will be releasing an album with us early 2017. Stay tuned!

Eastern System

Clean V1

A designer, producer and DJ, south Londoner Hector Plimmer is quite the jack of all trades, and has been making some considerable waves over the past year with his jazz and hip-hop inflected electronica.

After racking up an appearance on the most recent Brownswood Bubblers compilation (Gilles Peterson is a big fan), he recently proved his burgeoning talent when he was selected as the winner of the PRS Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award.

Following on from his recent Eastern System EP, released last year via rising London label Albert's Favourites, we're happy to premiere his debut album Sunshine, which is released on the same imprint this week.

Sunshine

Let's Stay

one for the long night drives
made with @tekdotlun's drumkit
and @officialrjd2's "work"

work (rjd2 cover/remix)

"One of the best records you'll hear all year - fact" - BBC Introducing

"Opaque, mysterious, great string arrangements with harmonic surprises galore and a restless driving bass line.." - Tom Robinson BBC6Music

"There are many other glowing reviews on Alex’s website and justifiably so....think of acts like Talking Heads and Hot Chip. Funky electro beats, slick grooves....Highton’s a class act with fine artistic pedigree." - Fresh On The Net

Listen to & follow new single "Benny Is A Heartbreaker" on @Spotify now!  https://goo.gl/DwZjbG

New album "Welcome To Happiness" out Feb 28th 2018. Pre-orders available via Bandcamp - https://alexhighton.bandcamp.com/

Welcome To Happiness

Benny Is A Heartbreaker

Alex Highton - Benny Is A Heartbreaker

Murder

The title track from TONGUE
https://friendsoffriends.lnk.to/4vLBcEM

LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-ca-ms-california-sounds-anenon-daedelus-jasper-bones-20171117-story.html

Let's Stay

Bonafide Magazine

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