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Funk it up

Boom'chill'Laka house

August 2019

R&B / Soul

DISCO

Funk Friday possibles

Music video directed by Jean-Marc Robert :
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L'Amour à la Plage (Niagara COVER)

Official Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AOjb9HW2E

Nothing's Real

Touch

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Ibibio Sound Machine are set to release their debut LP through Soundway Records. Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, they combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Preceded by the pulsating first single 'Let's Dance', ‘Ibibio Sound Machine’ will be released 17th March.

Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of the album. A large dose of electronic elements and an approach as influenced by London as much as by West Africa, give the vocals and guitar lines space to breath without being overwhelmed.

From the banging sub-bass of 'Lets Dance' to the spiritual, gospel-tinged notes of the album's opening track 'Voice of the Bird', the band have turned in a dynamic and, at times, beautiful take on modern afro-soul music.

The 8-piece live band made their official live debut at this year's Transmusicales in France and will be a name to look out for in 2014

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Ibibio Sound Machine - The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)

Call Me

This mix is something like a second generation crate-digging mixtape featuring some of my absolute favourite tunes from the 60´s to the 90´s. Timeless masterpieces, some of them slept on, but whatever genre it might be they are all heavily soul inspired. This one, and all of my other mixes can be found at http://mixcloud.com/djdigga. Enjoy!

Tracklist
1. Truth intro
2. Mr. Dream Merchant – Jerry Butler
3. Come on and go with me – Teddy Pendergrass
4. Charisma – Tom Browne
5. Into the night – Benny Mardones
6. My flame – Bobby Caldwell
7. Take me with you – Lyn Christopher
8. A time for us – Joe Pass
9. Friday´s child – Nancy Sinatra
10. Ke si tha figis – Tolis Voskopoulos
11. Gracias mi amor – Danny Rivera
12. An old fashioned love song – Three Dog Night
13. Sleepin´ – Diana Ross
14. I´ll love you more than you´ll ever know – Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears
15. Morning sunrise – Weldon Irvine
16. Hospital prelude of love theme – Willie Hutch
17. Requiem: 820 Latham – The 5th Dimension
18. Shady blues – Lee Mason &amp; His Orchestra
19. Disillusioned man – Demon Fuzz
20. Method of modern love – Hall &amp; Oates
21. Too Much – Mathilde Santing
22. Slow dance – David Ruffin
23. I (who have nothing) – Tom Jones
24. Cross my heart – Billy Stewart
25. Thank you – Billy Paul
26. Wichita lineman – Glen Campbell
27. Chicago – Graham Nash
28. Theme from Midnight Express – Giorgio Morodor feat. Chris Bennet
29. That ain´t the way you make love – ZZ Hill
30. Living inside your love – Earl Klugh
31. Amarsi un po´ – Lucio Battisti
32. California dreaming – José Feliciano
33. When will the day come – Rasa
34. You and me – Penny &amp; The Quarters
35. Am I a good man – Them Two

Swell Mix (DJ Digga mixtape vol. 20)

Taylor McFerrin - Already There (feat. Robert Glasper and Thundercat)

From the forthcoming album "Early Riser" on Brainfeeder.

Release date: 06/03/14


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Taylor McFerrin - Already There (feat. Robert Glasper and Thundercat)

Where What's Happening

Paroles

Enjoy this mix tape of tracks released on Numero Group's Project 12, a seasonal music club featuring 12 exceedingly rare or entirely unreleased LPs.

http://www.numerogroup.com/project12


Rob Galbraith - Daytime's For Sleeping

untitled unmastered.

untitled 06 | 06.30.2014.

Conceived, mixed and selected by https://soundcloud.com/emotionalmusicofficial

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TRACKLIST:

1) London Grammar - Big Picture (SG Lewis Remix)
2) Jan Blomqvist - Stories Over (Aparde Remix)
3) Nu - Man O To (Be Svendsen Remix)
4) Sandrino, Frankey - Wega (Original Mix)
5) Kora (CA) - Fragile (Original Mix)
6) Zakir - Ruhi (Original)
7) Claptone - In The Beginning Feat. Nathan Nicholson (Raumakustik Remix)
8) Adrian Hour - Kickback (Original Mix)
9) St Germain - How Dare You (Romain Poncet & DJ Deep Mix)
10) ZDS, Kid Enigma - Picture Perfect (Original Mix)

Photographer: Israel Mojica (https://www.instagram.com/israelmojicaphoto/)
Model: Zuleika Ramirez

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Bob & Gene - If This World Were Mine... is back in print, this time with TWO bonus tracks, including "It's Not What You Know (It's Who You Know)" August 11th on LP and Digital. 

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Bob & Gene - It's Not What You Know (It's Who You Know)

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TRACKLIST:

1) Road Kahan - Blue Velvet (Extended Mix)
2) Sam Goku - Shan (Original Mix)
3) Kiasmos - Paused (Stimming Remix)
4) Robosonic - Drowning feat. Son Little (Djuma Soundsystem Remix)
5) Dumming Dum Ft. Rush Midnight - Three Pills Into A Fist (Ten Walls Remix) 
6) Nicone, Aves Volare - Don't Stay (Original Mix)
7) MUTO - Say Nothing ft. Emerson Leif (CamelPhat Remix)
8) ARTBAT - Tabu (Original Mix)
9) Andhim - Amene (Original Mix)
10) David Mayer - Drained feat. Sooma (Original Mix)
11) Hans Zimmer - Time (Tale Of Us Edit)

Model: Nathalya Araujo (https://www.instagram.com/nathalya_araujo/)
Photographer: Léo Jordan (https://www.instagram.com/leojordann/)

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Conceived, mixed and selected by @emotionalmusicofficial

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TRACKLIST:

1) Monolink - Sirens (Extended Mix)
2) Tim Engelhardt, Forrest - Eyes Closed (Tim Green Remix)
3) Matthias Meyer, Ryan Davis - Hope (Original Mix)
4) Par-T-One - I'm So Crazy (Armonica Remix)
5) Impérieux - Saudade (Original Mix)
6) Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Billka Edit)
7) &ME, Rampa, Adam Port, Keinemusik - Civilist (Original Mix)
8) Yotam Avni - Midas Touch (Original Mix)
9) WhoMadeWho - Dynasty (Denis Horvat Remix)
10) Aaaron, Deckert - L.D.O.E. feat. Valentine (Floyd Lavine's African Techno Mix)
11) &ME, Rampa, Adam Port, Keinemusik - Muyè (Original Mix)

Model: Juliana Nepomuceno (https://www.instagram.com/juliananepo/)
Photographer: Benjamin Vingrief (https://www.instagram.com/benjaminvingrief/)

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Recorded in Havana, Daptone Records taps into the soul of Cuba with this 21st Century Mambo Masterwork - Full album out March 30th. 

Listen to "Mambo Rapidito" and Pre-Order the album here: http://dapt.one/OrquestaAkokan 

Akokán is a Yoruba word used in Cuba meaning “from the heart,” and indeed, every song on the self-titled debut album by Orquesta Akokán feels like a heartfelt gift from the band to the listener. Assembled and led by Cuban vocalist José “Pepito” Gómez, Orquesta Akokán is a big band collective of the finest musicians on the island, both young and old. It features all-original music and was cut live to tape over a three-day session at Havana’s hallowed state-run Estudios Areito.  Areito is one of the longest operating studios in the world and where important Cuban records have been made.  The album was produced by Jacob Plasse and arranged by Mike Eckroth.

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Orquesta Akokán

Orquesta Akokán - Mambo Rapidito

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TRACKLIST:

1) Lane 8 - Hold On feat. Fractures (Original Mix)
2) Jody Wisternoff - For All Time feat. Hendrik Burkhard (Original Mix)
3) Dee Montero - In The Wild feat. Meliha (Original Mix)
4) Way Out West - Lullaby Horizon (Ben Bohmer Extended Mix)
5) Sebjak, Superwalkers - Look At Me (Extended Mix)
6) Marcus Worgull - Broad Horizons (Original Mix)
7) Upercent - Tirant Lo Blanc (Original Mix)
8) Klunsh - Hayru Marka (Original Mix)
9) Ryan Murgatroyd - Something Said (Super Flu Remix)
10) Eagles & Butterflies - The Last Dance (Original Mix)

Model: Simone
Photographer: Mark Candari (https://www.instagram.com/markcandari/)

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Conceived, mixed and selected by @emotionalmusicofficial

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TRACKLIST:

1) Los Suruba - Peccio (Original Mix)
2) Shai T - Fauda (Valeron Remix)
3) Evans, Shawni - Through Her (Original Mix)
4) Adam Port - Do You Still Think Of Me (Original Mix)
5) Made In TLV - Layla (Original Mix)
6) Dole & Kom - Samoja (Mollono.Bass Remix)
7) Kintar, Delum - Sophie (Original Mix)
8) Sandrino, Frankey - Alya (Original Mix)
9) Luis Junior - Ways (Super Flu Remix)
10) Jonathan Kaspar - Panem (Original Mix)

Model: Vlada Eroféeva (https://www.instagram.com/vladatabunoki/)
Photographer: Viktor Korneev (https://www.instagram.com/winderwind/)

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La La Land

'Blame It All On Love', released 20 October 2023 on Counter Records: https://poolside.lnk.to/biaolSo

First single from our debut album "Pacific Standard Time" out July 9th 2012
Get your copy of Poolside's 16 track debut album only $5 digital download here: http://poolsidemusic.com/product/pacific-standard-time-digital/

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A “miramar” is a place from which you can see the ocean. The bolero group, Miramar, chose this word as their name to evoke a place of peace, reflection and solace for a broken heart. Even the bolero, a romantic music born in Cuba in the 1800’s, might have been conceived by the seaside. In the 50’s and 60’s it became the quintessential musical expression of romance in Latin America. It is this era of the music from which Miramar draws their inspiration. “Urgencia”, or “urgency”, tells of the desperation a heart feels when it is swept away by romance, but risks all for fear of not having another chance at love. The flip, “Salida” means “a way out.” It is a song about the surrender that comes after trying to break free from the darkest of places, of endless frustration and sadness. The lyrics allude, but never tell. Produced by Giancarlo Luiggi & Victor Axelrod.

Salida / Urgencia

Miramar - Urgencia

Miramar - Salida

Lately - EP

Summer

Shea Butter Baby

Look who's back! Just in time for your late summer soirées, Doug "Master Plan" Shorts offers up another pair of modern soul movers guaranteed to tear up the club and backyard boogie-downs alike. The A-Side, Get with the Program, drops hard with a bass line and groove reminiscent of ESG at their best, but the relaxed feel and smooth vocal lend the tune a sophistication that elevates it to another level altogether. As Doug pleads with his potential lover to "Get with the Program" it's hard not to imagine that he's also speaking to the greater soul community. For those not already down with Doug's program, now's the time...act like ya know!  On the flip we find our protagonist pleading with yet another prospective ladylove, this time accompanied by a bouncy, mid-tempo groove and Mary Jane-esque synth line. "Heads or Tails" would have been well at home on Chicago's boogie scene in the early '80s, but it doesn't ever sound dated. Both sides of this superlative disc drip with positive vibes and unassailable groove.  Summer of 2019 NEEDS this record! http://dapt.one/DSEP

Get With The Program / Heads or Tails

Doug Shorts "Get With The Program"

NEON BROWN

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Micatone-A Part Of Me

'Find Sound' is the debut record from Shards, a London based vocal group led by singer, composer and producer Kieran Brunt. Combining voices, synths and percussion, Find Sound is an astonishing exploration of the human voice; using the concepts of sound and light as simple metaphors for gaining understanding. The album’s pieces are intended to be miniature sonic paintings, with each adding to an overall picture of the emotional confusion of early adulthood: the uncertainty, the excitement, the terror and relief.

After collaborating with Terry Riley in 2016, Brunt was asked by the Barbican to form a choral group for Nils Frahm’s Possibly Colliding festival that summer. Following the success of the shows, Frahm invited Brunt to join him in Berlin to collaborate on choral arrangements for his recent album 'All Melody'. Shards have since gone on to collaborate with other notable artists, including Michael Price on his recent LP 'Tender Symmetry'.

Each of the singers in Shards brings a very distinctive musical personality to the group, something which Brunt was eager to emphasise on their debut record. Rather than aiming for a seamless blend or absolute precision when recording, the differences between voices has been intentionally highlighted — celebrating their unique textures and inviting the listener to hear their minutest details up-close.

"The group ended up consisting almost entirely of friends and friends-of-friends. I also tried my best to ask people who weren’t just singers, but who do have other projects and musical interests. As such, we have people in the group who are also composers, instrumentalists, folk musicians and teachers. It’s a vibrant mix, and I’m constantly discovering new things about them the more we make music together.” — Kieran Brunt

Shards is Kieran Brunt, Lucy Cronin, Sarah Latto, Bethany Horak-Hallett, Kate Huggett, Chris Huggon, Jack Lawrence-Jones, Rose Martin, Augustus Perkins Ray, Oli Martin-Smith, Josephine Stephenson and Héloïse Werner.

· pre-order 'Find Sound' on LP/CD/DL: idol.lnk.to/FindSound

Released by:
Erased Tapes Records Ltd

Release date:
30 August 2019

P-line:
℗ 2019 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.

Find Sound

Unrest

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Shards - Unrest

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"18 year old gal living in NYC wanting to make music which takes people in a different headspace. Stamped with love is a bop which talks about the moments when leaving things which feel like home to you. This can be a person, place, idea and leaving those behind for something new but still reminiscing and being grateful for the memories that were made."
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FIG - Stamped With Love

Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Yachts

"Gelato"  from the new album "Favorite Color, Rain" by myself and @JoeNoraa.

Released via @effortlessaudio. 

Preorder a limited edition Blue Vinyl via Qrates at: https://qrates.com/projects/18885-favorite-color-rain 

Full album can be found on all major streaming services here: https://t.co/2LZsvvRyDT?amp=1

Joe Nora & Karavelo - Gelato

Red Hot Mama - Funkadelic (JM Jackmaster edit) 100 dl

Psychedelic Soul Man Shuggie Otis' 1974 Album, Inspiration Information, 

"Inspiration Information"  - Shuggie Otis (Live)

The first single off our EP, which is coming soon.