Queue pt 8

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The first in the series of the all-Brazilian collection on Mr Bongo that now spans eight volumes

Orlandivo - Ondo Anda A Meu Amor

This new cut from Daymé Arocena - a re-imagining of Peven Everett's dancefloor shaker 'Stuck' - comes from her new One Takes EP. The EP finds Daymé Arocena bouncing around ideas with label boss Gilles Peterson & co-producer Simbad to put her unique spin on five different covers. Re-imagining cuts ranging from Italian obscurities to US house heroes, the sessions (as you might guess from the title) were about taking down whichever ideas came first. Working in a tradition of covers that's long been ingrained in jazz as well as Latin music, One Takes finds them taking that approach and running with it.

It's a perfect vehicle for Daymé to bridge musical worlds in a way that's always come naturally. With an upbringing split between classical training, early jazz greats like Billie Holiday and the spiritual and musical foundations of the Santería religion, she's grown up seeing the bigger picture. 

Daymé Arocena - Stuck

Distributed by Rub a Dub and shipping in late May 2016!

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DJ Zozi - Zozi Theme

Distributed by Rub a Dub and shipping in June 2016!

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A wonderfully warm groove from Croatia's @cuisine-dub,  utilising a rolling bassline, deft percussion and jazzy keys. Out on @banoffee-pies.

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Cuisine Dub - Mating Call (STW Premiere)

Dax J - Chasing Shadows EP
[CRG004]

A1 // Purist
A2 // Understate
B1 // Warp
B2 // Slip from Sanity

Release Date - 27th of May 2016

"The in form Dax J joins Clergy with his "Chasing Shadows" EP."

Dax J - Understate

Dax J - Purist

Nubya Garcia - Tenor Sax/Flute
Shirley Tetteh - Guitar
Amané Suganami - Keyboard
Twm Dylan - Double Bass
Jake Long - Drums
Tim Doyle - Percussion

Recorded at Royal Albert, Deptford by Tom Sankey
Mixed by Ben Hayes and Max Wallace-Jones
Mastered by Ben Hayes

Africa (John Coltrane)

Harmonies  

Woah! There's No Limit

THE STORM (Rare Silk Edit)

As a label guided by the mission of sharing the lesser heard sounds of Brazil with the world, Far Out Recordings are delighted to present the first official vinyl reissue of Edu Passeto & Gui Tavares’ Noite Que Brincou De Lua: a super rare and largely unheard masterwork of MPB, originally released in 1981. Disciples of the Clube Da Esquina movement, pioneered by Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges, Edu & Gui mixed psychedelic folk, jazz, bossa, and rock for an album of soulful, dreamy Brazilian pop, with stunning arrangements and lush vocal harmonies.

Having first met performing on the music festival circuits of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, it wasn’t long before Edu and Gui struck up a thriving song writing partnership and close friendship, united not only by the love of music, but by shared ideals of liberation and greater equality for humankind. The duo’s motivation stemmed from a desire for social and political change, during what turned out to be the final years of the Brazilian military dictatorship.

Prior to recording, Edu and Gui had to tread carefully with their lyrics, which had to be submitted to the federal censorship authorities before release. Their first application was rejected after the lyrics were deemed to contain too much direct social criticism. ‘Profome’ (translated “Pro-hunger”), a song characteristically bittersweet in tone, was initially a matter of fact portrayal of the desperately poor social conditions many people in Brazil faced at the time. Back to the drawing board, Edu and Gui, like many persecuted artists from this era had to refine their lyrics to convey their message more subtly.

It took the best part of a year to complete the album, with Edu and Gui saving every scent they could spare from gigging and hitchhiking the 100km to each session from their home in Campinas, so that they’d have enough money to pay for studio time in Abertura Studios, São Paulo.

Although the album gained a respectable amount of radio play in the years that followed, it’s remained in relative obscurity, despite its spellbinding qualities, evident on tracks like ‘Sabiá na Palmeira’, a sweet Brazilian rare-groove with shades of Leroy Hutson, and the psych-folk tinged ‘Seguir’, which harks to the dreamiest moments of Milton Nascimento and Marcos Valle.

Edu and Gui called time on their musical partnership in 1986 when Gui moved to Rio De Janeiro, but they remained close friends until Edu sadly passed away in 2008 after a series of health complications. There is a street named after him in his home city of Campinas, São Paulo. Today, Gui Tavares lives in London, still making music and working within a plethora of Brazilian music projects which include the direction of his own choirs Cantar Vocal Ensemble and Nossa Voz, as well as working with Creative Brazil, who conduct Brazilian music workshops in schools

This limited-edition official reissue has been remastered from the original ½ inch tapes and pressed to heavyweight 180g vinyl.

Noite Que Brincou De Lua

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Sabia Na Palmeira

The Arrow Of Time

Premiere: Menagerie - Evolution Feat. Fallon Williams

Liquid Saloon

Premiere: Liquid Saloon - Gueta (featuring Nitai Hershkovits)

mini jass

DIGITAL RELEASE OUT NOW, vinyl late december 2009/early jan 2010. A lovely little slo-mo house number featuring the legend Kaidi Tatham on keys & flute, due for release on the Prime Numbers label (PN011) in early December 09, on a split artist ep, along with tracks from Andres & Motor City Drum Ensemble.

Mr Scruff & Kaidi Tatham 'Fresh Noodles'

Welcome to Brownswood Recordings, the London-based indie label from globe trotting purveyor of all sounds soulful and inspired, Gilles Peterson.

Daymé Arocena - Stuck

Brownswood

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