Mantra is the new single from Surf Coast multi instrumentalist Immy Owusu and his first with Melbourne label Hopestreet Recordings. Mantra is a dreamy slice of Immy’s ‘Afrodelik’ approach to music, a sound that spans psychedelic rock, funk and West African roots.

Immanuel Kwabena Dreesens-Owusu grew up in two worlds: the sea bleached lifestyle of Torquay and the Surf Coast with its rock n roll soundtrack, and the musical heritage of his Ghanaian / Dutch family. Immy’s father Kojo is one of Australia’s best regarded West African musicians and his grandfather Koo Nimo is a legend of Ghanaian Highlife and Palm Wine music active since the 1960s. From them Immy learned Ashanti music and its instruments, added a fuzz pedal and began to experiment. 

Immy spent much of the pandemic living in his caravan in the bush near Bells Beach where he wrote Mantra, letting the Australian landscape and the African rhythms percolate to create a dreamy track with unstoppable momentum. Raw and rhythmic bass and drums at the forefront, Mantra opens with a roughly picked guitar hook. Echo vocals come from all around, spooky but not ominous, telling us to face our fears and give them up to a higher power. ‘When you worry, when you’re feeling down. All your darkness, give it all to me. This is my mantra’. The track builds with layered synthesizers and pads drawing you into an unfamiliar world. 

Of Mantra, Immy says ‘My family always said as a kid that when I was worried about something that I could give these negative feelings up to the Angels, The Great Mother, Jesus, God or the Universe, depending on which family member I was asking.’

Immy Owusu - Mantra

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Body Cheetah - Raking The Wind - 01 Shone

Recorded live at ESL | Washington DC. Date: Feb 23rd 2024. Duration: 5 hrs.

Love To The World. Sharing this live recording of the 5-hrs set I played @18thstlounge in Washington DC on Feb 23rd. 

It’s super eclectic again. I started my set with a few slow jams by Bilal, McKinley Jackson’s Tribute to Marvin Gaye, Paulinho da Costa, Francisco Aguabella, Friends From Rio, Alcione, Tony Bizarro, Emilio Santiago, some mixes on #sade #cleosol #jillscott #michaeljackson #whitneyhouston #luthervandross #mosdef #thegapband I definitely played some original tunes, edits and remixes by @dj.darryn__disco_or_die @rahaanrah @anothertaste_ @davelee.jn @dimitrifromparisofficial @louievega @wallacejimmygs @jkriv @souldynamic @musclecars.nyc @kaiditatham @toddterje @red_greg @badbadnotgood @mfdoom @royayerssunshine to name a few…

I would like thank everyone who came to support and dance! Hope to see you again soon! Thank you Farid Nouri 🙏 Photo: @rustam_robert @bluebar_almaty

Some of the upcoming gigs in #washingtondc & #newyorkcity :

Sat 3.2 Mercy Me 7 pm | Washington DC
Sun 3.3 Analog Market Vinyl Session at Bump’n’Grind 10 am
Fri 3.15 Port Sa’id 8 pm | NYC
Sat 3.16 Carousel 9 pm | NYC
Sat 3.23 Allegory 9 pm | Washington DC
Thu 4.4 Touch of Classics @ Darling Rooftop | Hard Rock Cafe 8 pm | NYC
Fri 4.5 Cafe Balearica Bar 9 pm | NYC
Sat 4.6 Crown Inn 8:30 pm | NYC
Sun 4.12 Nina NYC / NYC 
Thu 4.11 The National Art Gallery 6 pm | Washington DC 
Fri 4.12 Allegory 9 pm | Washington DC
Fri 5.3 Bogart House. Private / NYC 
Sat 5.4 El Techo | Washington DC
Fri 5.10 Razor-n-Tape Shop 4-6 pm | NYC
Fri 5.10 Eavesdrop 8 pm | NYC
Sat 5.11 Cafe Balearica 9 pm | NYC
Fri 5.24 Port Sa’id 9 pm | NYC
Sun 5.26 Private Event | NYC
Sat 6.1 Private Event | Maryland (TBC)
Sat 6.8 Le Mont Royale | Washington DC

Rustam Ospanoff @ 18th Street Lounge. Washington DC.  5 hrs Set (Feb 23rd 2024)

Bananagun - Gift of the Open Hand

Hände runter und ab auf die Couch, Funk Your Head Up kapert die Traumstation für Numero 114. @spitterderschwafelrunde und Robert Rapsport über die Sendung:

"Robert & Marek vom Funk your Head Up Team bringen dir jeden Mixwoch 
die Sendung die du zum Abschalten einschalten kannst ohne Umwege in geneigte Gehörgänge. Funk your Head Up ist ein Album von den Ultramagnetic MC´s & eine wöchentliche laufende lokale Radiosendung, ein Teil des 
Dortmunder Krupplyn Kollektivs. 

Jazzy Rapgedöns flankiert von Soul, Funk & reichlich Jazz.
Hin und wieder auch Support für Alle Menschen welche gerne ihre Musik vorstellen möchten.  

Einfach alles was gute Laune macht hinweg über jegliche Genregrenzen. 

Schalt jeden Mixwoch von 20 - 22 Uhr ein auf www.eldoradio.de wenn es wieder heißt: "Gönnt Euch dies & gönnt Euch das". "


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Numero 114 w/ Funk Your Head Up

Show from 10th August for Dreams Of Neon https://soundcloud.com/dreams-of-neon. Thanks to Deepa and Arto!

Dreams Of Neon

Sylver Astral DJ Set Sunday @ Magic Mountain Revival, Odeceixe Portugal. 01-09-2024

1. Willie Colon - Camino Al Barrio
2. Black Disco - Night Express
3. John Cameron - Liquid Sun
4. The Electric Prunes - General Confessions
5. Paragons - When The Lights Are Low
6. Baligh Hamdy - Love Story 
7. Leroy Smart - Come Love Me Tonight
8. Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess
9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Spirits Above

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Reverberation #344

Ladies & Gentlemen
Christmas is just arround the corner, time to go a lil deeper: here´s a brandnew episode of my annual SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE mixtape series building bridges between obscure Spiritual Jazz, Gospel, some Psych Jazz Folk &  more ....one for the more quiet moments in life.

Strictyl vinyl as usual, some  finds of this year like Kahil el Zabar´s Finlandia album,new discoveries like the canadian Rob Mc Connel library LP or my classic Eddie Gale 45.

Enjoy the trip & ease your mind 

Merry Christmas & a happy New Year ,my friends .
& don´t forget: bring back peace to the world !

Tom Wieland. Vienna Dec. 2019

ps. no full tracklist available..feel free to ask for single tunes

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VA SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE X a spiritual  jazz breaks mixtape by Tom Wieland free soul inc

Welcome to this very special Word Is Love show paying tribute to the late Andrew Weatherall and his remixes that he did for Factory Records on what would have been Tony Wilson's 70th birthday 20.02.20.

Featuring Andrew Weatherall remixed tracks by New Order, Primal Scream, Happy Monday's, The Grid, The Doves, James, K-Klass, The Future Sound Of London and The Orb plus a whole host of ace remixes.

A young Weatherall, just like many of us, was seduced by the sleazy and funky sounds coming out of Factory Records and the Hacienda during it's hey day. The mix showcases Andrew's Factory Records remixes and his remixed tracks popular at the Hacienda, plus a few very special Weatherall remixes thrown in and thrown down for good measure.

All tracks are selected and mixed by @thefunkassassin with an enormous amount of Love & deepest Respect.

Happy 70th Birthday Tony Wilson I sincerely hope Weatherall is playing a set like this to you up in the Heaven's.

And to Mr Weatherall, I'm going to miss you you talented bugger! 

Peace and God Bless you both. 

For all past shows click here ==> https://soundcloud.com/thefunkassassin/sets/the-word-is-love-soul-funk

Thank you for listening.

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Reverberation #344

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