Claremont Editions
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Gatefold double LP hand numbered LTD 500

When Claremont 56’s first compilation series, “Originals”, came to an end in 2013, Paul “Mudd” Murphy decided not to replace it, choosing instead to pour his energy into promoting albums and singles from the label’s growing family of artists. Six successful years later, Murphy has had a change of heart and decided to inaugurate a brand new compilation series, “Claremont Editions”.

This time round, the focus won’t be rare and obscure cuts selected by DJs, but rather new, unheard and overlooked recent material from label stalwarts, new artists and friends Murphy has made along the way.  The first volume of “Claremont Editions” is naturally rather special, offering a vibrant and colourful trip through Claremont 56’s distinctively warm, sun-kissed and emotion rich sound. As befits a compilation that will be desired by DJs and sofa-bound listeners alike, Murphy has selected a mixture of dancefloor-friendly workouts and hazy, horizontal fare.

The compilation kicks off with something rather special: a chugging, mind-altering late night cover of Eagles classic’ “These Shoes” by Angel Spells, an all-star collective featuring 40 Thieves’ Layne Fox on production, David Harks on vocals and Jack Cutter on guitar. The results are trippy, hypnotic, mind-altering and alluring: a 21st century West Coast voyage that never loses sight of its 1970s roots. 

It’s followed on side A by another stellar cover: a jazzy and breezy disco-reggae version of Hall & Oates’ classic “I Can’t Go For That” by HF International. The version here is Kaoru Inoue’s “disco dub”, which does a great job in showcasing the eyes-closed guitar solos provided by guest musician Kashif. Completing record one is an absolute epic from German krautrock combo Fursattl, who return to Claremont 56 after a seven-year hiatus. The Frank Mollena-helmed outfit offers up “Leerlauf”, an 11-minute journey through heavy punk-funk grooves, Stereolab synths, backwards guitars and constantly building percussive energy. Like their previous 12” on the label, it’s staggeringly good.

Hear & Now kick off with record two with “Alba Sol”, an undeniably gorgeous, sun-baked trip that recalls the lazy, slow motion beauty of their 2018 debut album “Aurora Baleare”, before Murphy transports us back to Japan and the quirky trip-hop-pop of new signing Yamp Kolt’s languid and groovy “Fuyu No Ne”, featuring the blissful vocals of Karin Miyagi.

To round things off on side four, Murphy has reached for previously unreleased cuts from the label’s vaults. First Essex trio Statues doff a cap to Pink Floyd on the lazy, multi-coloured trip that is “Heaven Fades” – nine minutes of softly spun grooves, dreamy vocals, toasty Rhodes riffs and David Gilmour guitars – before Murphy dusts down a previously unheard track by the late, great U-She and Holgar Czukay. 

The cut in question, “Longing”, offers a stunning – if poignant – conclusion. Low-slung, atmospheric, eccentric and lusciously string-laden, the track was recorded by the husband-and-wife duo some years ago and was intended to form part of an album called “Second Life Identity”; here it provides a stirring, breathtaking finale to the first installment of “Claremont Editions”. Given the quality of this collection, we can’t wait to hear volume two.


Track list:

A1 Abbey Spells – Those Shoes (6.48)
A2 HF International – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) feat. Kashif (KI’s Extended Disco Dub) (6.03)

B Fürsattl – Leerlauf (11.09)

C1 Hear & Now – Alba Sol (8.40)
C2 Yamp feat. Karin Miyagi – Fuyu No Ne (4.04)

D1 Statues – Heaven Fades (8.56)
D2 Holger Czukay & U-She – Longing (4.25)

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Feed the Fire is the lead single from multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne's forthcoming From the Fire LP and what an introduction it is to the Melbourne based artist's much anticipated debut album. Building on Audrey's already impressive international reputation as a performer and session musician, she has received plaudits from Gilles Peterson, Maceo Parker and Masta Ace amongst others.

With music and lyrics composed by Audrey, Feed the Fire is a track written in response to the Australian bushfires of 2019 and their undeniable link to the climate crisis and the Government's unwillingness to acknowledge this connection.

Combining dramatic strings with a powerful and emotion fuelled vocal, a dark harmony and a climactic trumpet solo Feed The Fire is a track that fuses a Neo-Soul and Jazz feel with a tough drum break and a production that is reminiscent of the quality of a Charles Stepney track. With Audrey combining composition and lyric writing duties with trumpet, vocals and string arrangements on Feed the Fire, it is very much her production values evident here.

This wonderful single package will also include the instrumental version not available on the vinyl LP and remixes by BBE stalwarts Atjazz and the New York maestros musclecars. Both remixes showcase Atjazz and musclecars signature styles at honing in on moods and rhythms in Audrey’s composition and translating them into certified dancefloor bangers. Definitely tracks needed for any serious DJ's cannon in 2024.

Audrey Powne - Feed the Fire (Atjazz Remix)

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Championed by Craig Charles on BBC 6 Music in the UK, Jamie and The Numbers produce a fine array of powerful and passionate funked up soul music….New single ‘What When How Or Why’ is mixed by Birmingham DJ/Producer Lee Fisher (famous for producing the classic 90’s dance track Mother ‘All Funked Up’) and has all the hallmarks of a classic floor filler.....so we say get on the floor under the disco ball and dance with the funky kiwis.


Jamie and The Numbers

Jamie Musuva is a wonderfully gifted Tongan - Kiwi, the 30-year-old singer is based in Wellington and she can often be seen singing soul tunes for Tapestry Promotions at many of their Music Reviews or at Church singing in the local Gospel Choir.

It was at one of the Tapestry shows in Wellington that Jamie met Simon bass player from The Numbers and after a brief chat it was suggested they do some recording together.

After recording and releasing a cover of the Northern Soul classic "If This Is Love" and selling out the vinyl singles in next to no time they decided to release a 2nd single "Magic Touch" which sold out almost twice as fast.

The soul music record-buying public in the UK have embraced Jamie and The Numbers and subsequently they have attracted the attention of several UK-based record labels and publishers one of which they signed a deal with.

New track ‘What When How Or Why’ is a funked up stormer which highlights Jamies vocal clarity, power, and incredible feel, to quote Simon "Jamie has a voice that could fell a tree".

For the record The Numbers is an incredibly tight Wellington Mod band usually consisting of three brothers from Wainuiomata and a newly adopted Kiwi originally from Birmingham England. They are session musicians working and touring with many UK artists , they are also songwriters in their own right publishing 40+ songs with UK publishers...but currently the band's true passion is producing uplifting Northern Soul tunes with their good friend and powerhouse singer Jamie.

✘ Jamie and The Numbers 
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✘ Deltaphonic Records 
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PREMIERE: Jamie and The Numbers - What, When How or Why (Mothers Helping Hand Disco Mix)

Funkyjaws Music is back with more music to make your jaw go funky, this time in the form of a second volume of its Let's Dance series. It features a quartet of esteemed tune makers starting with Frank Booker's 'Yes No Maybe' which is a horn laced and loose-limbed delight, while go-slow master Eddie C brings his classy touch to the funky licks of 'Love Dancing Theme.' There are plenty of cosmic synth waves to Black Truffle's 'Dancing Through The Night' while the LTJ Xperience close down with a super laid back and summery vibe on 'Sunny Groove'.

Link:
@ltj-xperience
@funkyjaws

Let's Dance Vol 2

APPAREL PREMIERE: LTJ Xperience - Sunny Groove [Funkyjaws Music]

“Wonderful World" (occasionally referred to as "(What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Released on April 14, 1960, by Keen Records, it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen. He signed with RCA Victor in 1960 and "Wonderful World", then unreleased, was issued as a single in competition. The song was mainly composed by songwriting team Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, but Cooke revised the lyrics to mention the subject of education more.

Wonderful World

Great music is often about chance meetings and impromptu creative sessions and so it is that Hell Yeah proudly serves up Sensory Blending, a new collaborative album from Italian collective Aura Safari and Finnish musician Jimi Tenor. The nine-track record arrives on 26th April 2024 and is a lush and luxurious fusion of jazz-funk styles.

This glorious record came about after Tenor was playing a Hell Yeah party at Tangram in Perugia. Aura Safari were local and, in some free time the day before the gig, everyone jumped in the studio together. They had never met before but soon found plenty of free-flowing common ground and the result of that one-off session is now served up on this vibrant new album that brims with musicality, indelible melodies and subtly uplifting vibrations.

Tenor has toured the world and previously collaborated with the likes of Japanese master Calm. He is a psychedelic space-jazz-funk king, skilled musician, composer and producer who, since the mid-nineties, has released more than 25 albums and 45 EPs. Aura Safari is made up of bass, synth, guitar and keys players Lorenzo Francioli, Ruggero Bonucci, Nicola Pitassio Andrea Moretti, Lorenzo Lavoratori, Daniele Melloni and Nicholas Iammatteo, and they are label regulars who served up their sublime Island Dreams album here last year.

Says Jimi, who enjoyed his time in Perugia and adds that "the studio session was 100% efficient. I showed up and we started to play. Almost all that was made was material that we could use for the album. I love to work fast. Quick brushstrokes. Finish! I was amazed at how intuitively the Aura Safari guys could come up with new parts for songs. I mentioned some feeling or approach and they seemed to find it just like that.”

'Bodily Synesthesia' is the seductive opener with steamy sax notes and gentle grooves that are topped by aloof vocal whispers. 'Lunar Wind' is another slow and steamy mix of jazzy keys and soulful vocal hooks, 'Bewitched By The Sea' is a more tropical and percussive number with majestic melodies and 'My Bluebell' picks up the pace with jazz-funk grooves and hustling chords. 'Last Waltz In Perugia' has freeform sax lines soaring over meticulous drums that ebb and flow and 'Gimlet' brings a playful, samba-tinged rhythm and sunny flute leads straight from South America. There's a laidback, carefree mood to 'It's Too Easy To Love You' while 'Your Magic Touch' is a dancey number that exudes melodic joy, and 'Indigo' closes in dramatic fashion with a conversational sax that sticks long in the memory.  

Sensory Blending is a seamless fusion of collaborative minds from Aura Safari and Jimi Tenor and it could well be performed live at some special select shows later in the year.

Sensory Blending

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Aura Safari & Jimi Tenor - Your Magic Touch

Variation (original mix)

Track One

Colin Curtis Presents - Stefano De Santis - CCP10

A. Santos ‘79
AA. Moon Over Rio

Stefano De Santis - keys, bass & vocals.
Gaetano De Carli - drums, percussion & vocals.

Steve Conry - Additional production & artwork.

CCP10 - Stefano De Santis - Santos 79   Moon Over Rio

Yamp feat. Karin Miyagi - Fuyu No Ne (Clip)

Hear & Now - Alba Sol (Clip)

Fürsattl - Leerlauf (Clip)

HF International - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (KI’s Extended Disco Dub)(Clip)

Abbey Spells - Those Shoes (Clip)

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Hear & Now - Alba Sol (Clip)

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