I need explanations, young lady!! Why didn't you come to brazil yet?

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Produced by Mr Bird & Dedy Dread, all brass by Romeo Sandri AKA Jazzy Gentle, guitar by Bird.

As played on the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC Radio 6.

Still never had a 'proper' digital or vinyl release of this...but the track is still available digitally exclusively from our Bandcamp page here:

http://dedydreadmrbird.bandcamp.com/track/tightening-up

If anyone is interested in helping us get this out on vinyl drop us a line to:

mrbirdproductions@hotmail.com

Mr Bird & Dedy Dread - Tightening Up

Sounding simultaneously from the past, the present, and the future, the debut album 'MLDE' by Marxist Love Disco Ensemble seeks to eradicate both the trite from disco and the sobriety from political music. Half poetic, half tongue-in-cheek, this stunning compact eight-track album is influenced by Eastern European and Mediterranean 70s disco records. In the words of band member Paolo, ''it was written in response to hearing 'I love America' by Patrick Juvet. The song prompted the question: why does disco, a genre originally created by oppressed minorities, eventually become synonymous with Western capitalist excess?" MLDE seeks to break this connection.

Merging disco, post-disco 80s pop, and boogie into the fold, 'MLDE' was recorded using only analogue instruments, giving it warmth and space. Recorded on cassette, ½ inch tape, this gives moments of lo-fi abstraction between the beats of an aggressive, tight drum kit. Instruments used for this recording range from saxophone, trumpet, harpsichord, guitar, and rare analogue synthesisers. The bass sound is shaped by early 80s boogie records, whilst the influence of artists such as Hamlet Minassian can be heard in some of MLDE's more driving-disco outings, such as 'Hues of Red'. In the tradition of Soviet vocal group records, which the band has studied, some songs are sung by a vocal quartet in homage to this tradition. 

Tracks such as '1905' and 'Brumaire' have a greater pop aesthetic, with Paolo's vocal style on these more pop-driven songs evoking early 80s bands such as Orange Juice and Chas Jankel. 

The format and message of pop and disco are commonly viewed just to entertain and move bodies around a dancefloor; however, lyrically, the subjects range from dialectical and historical materialism, class struggle, Marxist theory and praxis, as well as the concept of Marxist disco music. 

Adding the icing to the cake, mastering don Joker aka Liam McLean dusted the album with his magic, giving the songs space where the room is needed, as well as the kick and punch demanded by the modern dancefloor.

Marxist Love Disco Ensemble - Material

Selah Sue - Peace Of Mind

Crazy Vibes

Selah Sue - Crazy Vibes

This mixtape was a promotional CD for the massive Chorrillano Maldtito event that took place the 11th of July in Lima, Peru. It features unreleased songs that we did in the las 6-7 months plus some classics…
Including collaborations from around the world with Toppa Bling (Kingston), Voodoocuts (Berlin), Bleepolar (Bogota), Novalima & Miki Gonzalez (Lima), Professor Angel Sound & Electric Gozarela (Barcelona), Black Masala & Nappy Riddem (Washington DC), Soulmetric System (EIndhoven) and more. Enjoy!!!  

1. Los Chicos Altos feat PaloQ’Sea - El Diablo Alegre (Novalima Remix) - UrbanWorld Records
2. Black Masala - Bhangra V (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - unreleased
3. Los Chicos Altos feat. Voodoocuts - That’s Alright - forthcoming on Katakana Edits
4. Electric Gozarela - Echa La Pena (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - unreleased
5. Los Chicos Altos feat. Toppa Bling - Club Apolo - unreleased
6. Ajicero feat. Miss Jamon - Macumba (LCA Mixdown) - unreleased 
7. Los Chicos Altos feat. Toppa Bling - Get Ur Blings On (Bleepolar Remix) - unreleased
8. Colombiafrica Orchestra - Zarandea (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - unreleased
9. Los Chicos Altos feat PaloQ’Sea - La Canoa - UrbanWorld Records 
10. LatinAoteroa - Let It Go (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - unreleased
11. Miki Gonzalez - Komo Deke No (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - unreleased
12. Professor Angel Sound - Everybody (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - unreleased
13. Miki Gonzalez - Qanchi (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - unreleased
14. Takuya Kuroda - Afro Blues (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - Indaba Remix Contest
15. Ajicero feat. Miss Jamon - Amor&Obsession (LCA Mixdown) - unreleased 
16. SoulMetric System - Doux Comme Le Beurre (Los Chicos Altos feat Wagner Pa Remix) - unreleased
17. Nappy Riddem - I Wish (Los Chicos Altos Remix) - forthcoming on Fort Knox Recordings 
18. Los Chicos Altos - Caitro Dub - unreleased

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Chorrillano Maldito Presenta Los Chicos Altos

"Fake Empire" is a song by Brooklyn-based indie rock band The National from their fourth studio album, Boxer. The song was released in June 2008 as the album's third and final single.
Lyrically, "Fake Empire" is a commentary about a generation lost to disillusion and apathy. Vocalist Matt Berninger further explained to The Quietus that it is about "where you can't deal with the reality of what's really going on, so let's just pretend that the world's full of bluebirds and ice skating."            Wikipedia
Lyrics:
Stay out super late tonight
Picking apples, making pies
Put a little something in our lemonade
And take it with us
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire
Tiptoe through our shiny city
With our diamond slippers on
Do our gay ballet on ice
Bluebirds on our shoulders
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire
Turn the light out, say goodnight
No thinking for a little while
Let's not try to figure out everything at once
It's hard to keep track of you falling through the sky
We're half awake in a fake empire
We're half awake in a fake empire

Songwriters: Bryce David Dessner / Matthew Donald Berninger
Fake Empire lyrics © BMG Rights Management
The National – Fake Empire (Live in Rome) Lyrics

Genius 
Mastered Track; Distrokid Mixea




Image: cottonbro studio

Fake Empire-The National  (Cover)

Tribute to Sinéad O’Connor
A cover of a song by Sinéad O’Connor, an unforgettable voice and artist, who left us on July 26, 2023. A tribute to her music and legacy.

Nothing Compares 2 U (Guitar Accoustic)

Get This Thing Out Of My Head

The next part of the great Winter Collection Compilation will be released on Feb 10th 2017 !!!

Phos Toni - Pshht, Quiet, Baby Just Sleep (WINTER COLLECTION 2017) ! OUT 10.02.17 !

"Ces dernières années ont été les plus belles. Finalement un but dans ma vie.
Sous la forme d’un premier album. Et il ne s’agit pas ici du succès à proprement parler, mais tout ce qu’il y a eu autour et qui m’a rendue si heureuse :
"La tournée avec les musiciens et l’équipe, découvrir le monde et surtout avoir la chance de pouvoir faire de la musique tous les jours.
Et tout ça, c’est à vous que je le dois.
C’est pourquoi je souhaite aujourd’hui vous offrir ‘Mommy’, pour la fête des mères. Pour vous remercier pour tout ce que vous avez fait pour moi. 
Et parce que je continue de penser que ma maman est la meilleure, la plus gentille et la plus intelligente des personnes sur Terre." SELAH SUE

"De laatste jaren waren voor mij de mooiste. Eindelijk, een doel in mijn leven. 
In de vorm van een eerste plaat dan. En t'is niet het waanzinnige succes zelf,
maar alles er rond wat me zo gelukkig heeft gemaakt:
Touren met waanzinnige muzikanten en crew, de wereld zien,  en vooral de kans krijgen om
elke dag muziek te mogen maken.
Ik besef elke dag meer en meer dat ik dit aan jullie te danken heb. 
Vandaar deze 'Mommy' voor jullie, ter ere van moederdag. Om jullie te bedanken voor alles tot nu toe, en omdat ik mijn mommy ook nog altijd de beste, liefste en meest wijze persoon vind op deze aarde." SELAH SUE



Mommy

Selah Sue - Mommy

Jimi Hendrix & Larry Lee - Gypsy Woman/Aware Of Love (Woodstock)

More infos here:
http://www.selahsue.com/rarities

Tracklist:
1. FADE AWAY
2. RAGGAMUFFIN ft. J COLE
3. FAMOUS
4. ON THE RUN
5. THE MORE THAT I 
6. BREAK
7. ALL I NEED FROM YOU 
8. ZANNA (feat Tom Barman) 
9. CRAZY VIBES (AKS Remix)
10. RAGGAMUFFIN (Bodyspasm Remix)
11. CRAZY SUFFERIN STYLE (Blackjoy Remix)


Selah Sue - Explanations

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