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Dap Kings' Electro-Sax Space Warrior returns with this groove-heavy sequel - an expressive, transcendental journey through the archive of his Indigenous roots and beyond.

Drawing on ancestral memories and family histories to wrap new flesh around the bones of history, this album is a bold, semi-autobiographical work that leads us deeper into the annals of family histories, mythology, and the cultural imaginary.

Leading a 7-piece ensemble composed of New York’s top percussionists and members of Daptone’s rhythm section, Cochemea has created his own world of emotional textures and rhythmic possibilities, a musical and spiritual synthesis made possible through his deep reverence of the horn and the music and traditions preceding him. Vol II: Baca Sewa - is an offering and continuation of Cochemea’s explorations, part of a musical process of cultural reclamation and healing through connection, relations, memory and imagination.

Vol. II Baca Sewa (DSP Master)

Cochemea - Mimbreños

Stargazing from the sands of the Niterói beach, Tempos Futuros is low-end-led Brazilian futurism from one of Brazil’s most prolific and influential bassmen. As one third of legendary Brazilian trio Azymuth, Alex Malheiros has pioneered a one of a kind fusion of space-funk, samba and jazz since the early seventies. His playing can be heard on the records of Jorge Ben, Milton Nascimento, Roberto Carlos, Marcos Valle and Mark Murphy (to name a few), and he’s performed and toured with everyone from Stevie Wonder to Chick Corea.

Written and recorded in Niteroi, Brazil, overlooking Guanabara and the beaches, mountains and forests of Rio de Janeiro, Tempos Futuros has deep roots in Brazilian soil. The rhythms of Malheiros’ homeland have always permeated his music. But just like the Oscar Niemeyer designed Niterói Contemporary Art Museum which stands spaceship-like over the water, Tempos Futuros - while inspired by terrestrial forms, reaches out deep into the great unknown. 

Produced by acclaimed London-based producer Daniel Maunick, who has worked with Marcos Valle, Azymuth, Terry Callier, and Ivan Conti, the funk comes full circle. Daniel’s father Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick and Alex Malheiros shared a reciprocal stream of influence throughout the 80s, between London and Rio; Azymuth and Incognito; brit-funk and samba-funk. But just as with Azymuth’s music, you can also hear the influence of stateside jazz-funk masters like Roy Ayers, Weather Report, Lonnie Liston Smith, Mtume and Pleasure.

Tempos Futuros features Alex’s daughter, a Brazilian star in her own right, vocalist Sabrina Malheiros, Brazilian percussion master Sidinho Moreira,  London based saxophonist Sean Khan, Marcos Valle’s go-to drummer Massa, and keyboard player Dudu Viana.

Alex Malheiros - Prece (feat. Sabrina Malheiros)

Off of their self titled debut album, out August 26th on Daptone Records

Thee Sacred Souls

Thee Sacred Souls - Overflowing

Feeling Free (Live)

Tracklist: 

1. L'Éclair, The Mauskovic Dance Band - Homo Sapiens
2. P'Cock - Telephone Song
3. Saâda Bonaire - More Women (Original Mix)
4. Imagination - Just an Illusion
5. 6th Borough Project - McLovin
6. Letta Mbulu - Nomalizo
7. Vex Ruffin - Mabuhay Boy
8. Lieutenant Nicholson, DjeuhDjoah - El Nino 
9. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music 
10. Wham! - Everything She Wants
11. Universal Togetherness Band - More Than Enough
12. Gwen Guthrie - It Should Have Been You (Larry Levan Mix)
13. Roberta Kelly - Aie
14. Edoardo Florio di Grazia - Indossare Il Mare
15. Voilaaa - Tu Mens Devant Moi (Voilaaa Remix)
16. Guy Cuevas - Obsession (The Nassau Mix)
17. Womack And Womack - Teardrops

Music To Dance To: Marzo '24

With You

Vocalist Akua Allrich presents her cover of "Can't Stand the Rain," by Ann Peebles, featuring the amazing Nicholas Payton on trumpet and keyboards. They're joined by Kris Funn on bass and Corey Fonville on drums. This is the first single to be released from Allrich's forthcoming album, to be released later in 2015.

Akua Allrich, feat. Nicholas Payton - "Can't Stand the Rain"

The One Takes EP finds Daymé Arocena bouncing around ideas with label boss Gilles Peterson 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.

'Gods of Yoruba' is version of a Horace Silver track, an example of how the finished EP is almost as much a tour through interesting corners of Peterson's record collection as it is through Daymé's range as a performer.

Daymé Arocena - Gods Of Yoruba

6- jeremy steig-goose bumps

Producer Victor “Ticklah” Axelrod is back with another supple Reggae delight. After the success of The Inversions' last collaboration with Bob & Gene, Axelrod once again takes a seat in the Producer’s chair, this time with a tune a little deeper in the catalogue. Originally tweezed from the beautiful MO DO tape boondoggle, back in ‘05 - ‘06, this single has been a long-time favorite of the Daptone family.

One night in 1971, frustrated by their lack of the success, Bobby Nunn and Gene Coplin sat in the basement of 50 Orange Street and put together a record expressing said frustration. Equipped with only a guitar, bass, and piano - no drums (though you don’t even notice) - the two crafted an immaculate slice of Soul, aptly titled “It’s Not What You Know (It’s Who You Know)”. Fast forward 46 years, and now accompanied by the rocksteady rhythms of The Inversions - the vocal stylings and poignant lyrics are reborn, sounding as fresh today as it did when it was crafted down in that magical basement. The VERSION flip is a delay laden masterpiece produced and arranged by Axelrod. A must for fans of Dub and Reggae alike. A truly gorgeous record!

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Bob & Gene ft. The Inversions - It's Not What You Know (Its Who You Know)

On November 1, 2017, Maryanne and her band performed all new material for friends and family at the Atherton, an intimate venue amidst the bustle of Honolulu city life. It was an experience nothing short of magical — you can hear it in the record.

Listen to "No Solution" on Spotify, Apple Music and more. 
Full album arriving May 2019.

www.alohagotsoul.com

Live at the Atherton

Maryanne Ito - No Solution

Erykah Badu - Real Thang (Mark Wayward Remix)

Pat Van Dyke Remix of Animal Ventura's "No Gravity".  Featuring John Robinson.  Available everywhere you stream music.

Animal Ventura: "No Gravity" [Pat Van Dyke Remix] feat: John Robinson

What better way to christen Daptone’s fledgling imprint Penrose Records than with “Can I Call You Rose?,” a sumptuous and serendipitously titled mid-tempo premier by San Diego’s blossoming young soul serenaders, Thee Sacred Souls. Stepping off the stage after their very first club date, Josh, Sal, and Alex were tugged aside by producer Bosco Mann whose seasoned ears had been tickled by their set. Backs were patted, hands were shook, and three days later heads were bobbing in Mann’s Riverside studio, as the Souls laid their first notes to tape.

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Can I Call You Rose b/w Weak For Your Love

Thee Sacred Souls - Can I Call You Rose

San Diego's sweetest export is back with two sublime sides of West Coast flavored soul. The soft, tremolo-kissed intro of "Will I See You Again" seeps out of the speakers like a cool Cali breeze, allowing the drop to hit like Thor's hammer on the dancefloor. As the groove gets in you, Josh Lane's vocals send you to a place transcendent of time and space... A world where lovers love, and hate has no place. "It's Our Love"'s mellow but funky feel grinds out a vibe that tempers the "beat" in Beat-Ballad. Thee Sacred Souls are raising the bar to heady, unattainable heights.

Cochemea - Mimbreños

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