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We are very proud to announce the release of "Mobilisation Générale" : Protest & Spirit Jazz from France 1970-1976, our (fully licensed) new jazz compilation in collaboration with Born Bad Records. This time, we have gathered some fine protest & esoteric jazz songs featuring a few big names of the french jazz scene and also a few tunes that you have probably never heard. Double lps album including : Le Collectif du Temps des Cerises, Baroque Jazz Trio, Alfred Panou, Mahjun, François Tusques, Full Moon Ensemble, Chêne Noir, Areski Belkacem & more ... Pre-order only at Diggersdigest before the official release on mid December

"MOBILISATION GENERALE" PROTEST AND SPIRIT JAZZ FROM FRANCE 1970 -1976 SNIPPETS

Produced by Alex Storrer
Guitar, Bass: Roger Szedalik
Additional Guitar: Pablo Color
Mastered by Matthew Styles
Artwork by www.vanjensen.jp
Picture by Sandra Gili Zollinger

Home Away From Home

Rising Tides

Rising Tide

The Label Mix 2023 presents tracks from current releases and other favorites and discoveries that have accompanied us throughout the year. These are things that should be played at the beach, instead of cheap pop-house. Take a trip to this island!

Tracklist:
Janelle Monae feat. Grace Jones - Oooh La La
Jive Connection - Roots
Kay Zee - Le Rêve
Pachyman - Goldline
Aili - Fashion
Moreeats - Forever Fun (Kejeblos Remix)
Ethimm - Emotional Men
Erobique - Acquamarina
Move 78 - But What If We’re Wrong? (Supertaste Remix)
Nick Carr - Swahili
Tarjei Nygard - Bleusa
Ana Frango Elétrico - Electric Fish (Edit)
Parbleu - Pour Cette Liberté
Maraschino - Hi Desire (Fuga Ronto Rmx Instrumental)
Aura Safari feat. Zeke Manyika - Dancing In The Moonlight
Djosa - Botanica Obscura
Ronald Langestraat - Alpha Centauri
Dream Dolphin - Image Respect Love
Lexx - Rising Tide
Freak Heat Waves - Off My Mind
Nicolay - Indian Summer
ThemTunes - Plz, I Feel Very

Phantom Island for Radio Raheem (07.12.2023)

Recorded live at Midnight Lovers' Valentine's Bash in Los Angeles on Feb 10, 2024 - 12am-2am

Daniel T - Live at Midnight Lovers - Feb 10, 2024

‘Eighty Three’, a sumptuous slab of slow-motion gorgeousness smothered in sun-splashed synth sounds and warming electric piano motifs, was one of the undoubted highlights of Mudd’s critically acclaimed sophomore solo album, In The Garden of Mindfulness. Now the track has been given a makeover by Conrad McDonnell, a long-time friend of the family and Claremont 56 contributor.

 

McDonnell is famous for his wild and effects-laden dub mixes, both as a solo remixer and alongside long-time musical partner Dan Tyler as the Idjut Boys. Together, they provided deliciously wayward and mind-altering takes of tracks from the Claremont 56 catalogue as part of the label’s 10th anniversary triple-CD compilation back in 2017.

Now McDonnell has gone solo to deliver an album of dubbed-out revisions of In The Garden of Mindfulness, a set that will land next year. To get us all in the mood, he’s laid down a trio if reworks of ‘Eighty Three’ in his distinctive style.

McDonnell first offers up the ‘Le Cidre Dub’, a slowly pulsating rendition in which lightly echoing and tape delay-laden guitar, synthesiser and Rhodes riffs drift across a throbbing electronic groove and low-tempo dub disco drums. The veteran DJ/producer has effectively given the track a more cosmic and spaced-out spin whilst retaining much of Mudd’s intricate and densely layered instrumentation.

Those seeking even wilder and more out-there acoustics are catered for by McDonnell’s two alternative dub takes. He successfully strips back the track to its most skeletal form on the ‘Uppity Dub’, bringing the sparsest of beats in and out of the mix whilst focusing on ambient synthesiser sounds, bubbly electronic patterns, echoing electric piano notes and Mudd’s squelchy and addictive bassline. His favoured effects are all audible in the mix but never dominate the sound space.

This celebrated side of McDonnell’s audio output comes to the fore on the EP-ending ‘Uppity Again Dub’, in which waves of trippy and picturesque electronics lap against a locked-in, delay-laden dub disco groove and flashes of reverb-heavy bass. It’s effectively a heady, mind-altering ambient dub interpretation of a sun-splashed Balearic treat. Like the other revisions on the EP, it offers a mouth-watering appetiser for the album of dubs still to come.

Eighty Three (Uppity Again Dub)

Finally releasing a bunch of edits I've been playing for a while and with some cosmic assistance from Luke Ham who kindly played it on his 'Do You' Radio Show today, just as I was thinking about putting them up here, so I guess the universe decided it was a good day to release them. Huge LOVE to everyone for your support! It means a lot. Thank you! Xx

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02 Love Is Good - Skyrager Edit

DC Promo Tracks #1538: "Joking" by Brochure is part of the release "Joking" on Universal Cave @universalcave  

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DC Promo Tracks: Brochure "Joking"

In Motion

In Motion (feat. Laura Quinn)

For the fourth Serie Pegaso release, Periodica invites the listener on an escapist adventure through the ‘Citta’ Futura’ of Bassolino. With arrangements assisted by Paolo Petrella and a host of contributing musicians joining along, the album presents a paradise of sun-seared fusion colorations…horns skronking and six strings riffing over latin dance rhythms, liquid keys and cosmic leads setting the air aflame, and filmic guitar themes riding across epic deserts as spaghetti western belles sing romantic tales amidst flute and piano. It’s a sonic world of texture, mood, and cinematic magic, where midnite funk grooves transition into sorcerous prog rock melodrama, and where symphonic soul themes sing out over galactic percolations and kinetic disco jamming. (Words by Braden Balentine)

SP1004 • Bassolino - "Città Futura"

DC Promo Tracks #1577: "No War" by Macchianera is part of the release "Incognito Trax 006" on Flexi Cuts @flexicuts_wax  

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DC Promo Tracks: Macchianera "No War"

Good friends and Record Mission co-captains, Dan Tyler (one half of the Idjut Boys) and Nick The Record, take the reins for the third volume of the Mr Bongo Edits 12" series. With previous editions coming courtesy of Danny Krivit and Luke Una, Dan and Nick set their sights on a hand-picked selection of iconic ‘70s Cuban recordings for this three-track cosmic whirlwind. Across the A side, Dan picks out two Juan Pablo Torres tracks, with Nick taking on Grupo Los Yoyi on the B. Tweaking, extending and reworking the recordings with a dose of extra magic they remould the tracks to fit the sounds and structure of today’s dancefloors. 

Having formed the Idjut Boys in the early ‘90s, Dan and Conrad McDonnell have crafted a dubbed-out, disco-tinged style that permeates their countless productions, remixes and DJ sets. Speaking of the two tracks Dan has chosen to rework for this EP he mentions, “Having been caught under an avalanche of good music from Mr Bongo, I took it upon myself to extend and add effects to a couple of the fantastic tracks from the Juan Pablo Torres LPs they recently re-issued. Just for disco jockey and barn dance use.”

First, Dan looks to Cuban maestro Juan Pablo Torres’ 1978 album 'Algo Nuevo', taking one of the standout tracks ‘Cacao’ and giving it more space to breathe. Teasing out the scatting vocal line and percussive climax that nods to George Kranz's ’83 electronic disco anthem 'Din Daa Daa', whilst adding more cosmic tripped-out synths and space echoed dubs, Dan builds the tension to fine effect. This track sounds immense on a big club system and the swirling synths felt like they were lifting the ceiling off when we played it at the amazing La Paloma ballroom in Barcelona. 

Dan then turns his attention to Torres’ 1977 'Super Son' album, giving the psych-Latin-funk track 'Pastel En Descarga' a dub makeover. Rich in delay and drama, whilst maintaining and extending the breakers funk intro, he juices it up into a punchy, no-nonsense, cosmic-funk delight. 

On the B side, Tangent co-founder, long-standing Life Force resident and seasoned rework master, Nick The Record, revisits an edit that he originally constructed in 2009. Clocking in at over double the length of the original cut, Nick’s edit of Grupo Los Yoyi’s 1977 cut 'Paco La Calle', is made with dancers firmly in mind. This secret weapon builds and simmers, with the drums and percussion pushing and pulling before the psychedelic synth lines return in a sweltering fashion. In this new 2025 version, Dan is drafted in to work some brilliant new synth lines into the mix.


Juan Pablo Torres - Cacao (Dan Tyler NAD Bulto Versión)

First track of our official compilation DIGITAL ZANDOLI selected by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris to be released on HeavenlySweetness. 

O.R.E.A : Biguine Inferno with Erick Orville / Wally Badarou / Michel Alibo / Claude Vamur / Julien Constance. Composed by Erick Orville. Arranged by Wally Badarou. 

All Right Reserved-  Under licence Heavenly Sweetness 2016

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DIGITAL ZANDOLI  "Biguine Inferno" by O.R.E.A

Milton: Mizik Nou from “Doudou Créole 12” (IBO Production – IBO 8403) - Compiled on Digital Zandoli. Licensed by Heavenly Sweetness - Compiled by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris. 

It is under this English-sounding pseudonym that Patrick Saint-Éloi and Jean-Claude Naimro, eminent members of the band Kassav’, made one of their finest West Indian boogie zouk numbers. Although this Mizik Nou, which benefited from the expert ear of producer Dominique Blanc-Francart and was released as an ultra-limited edition EP, is one of the most keenly sought discs by collectors of French funk, it was never properly marketed as a dance hit! This compilation ought to swiftly right that wrong.

DIGITAL ZANDOLI  "Mizik Nou" by MILTON

Disque La Rayé (60's french west indies Boo-Boo-Galoo) is our latest project curated by Digger's Digest and produced by Born Bad Record and will be out the 25th June. This 13 titles compilation gathers a selection of tracks sounding like a rather unorthodox créole interpretation of the nuyorican Booglaoo, stuck between the strong Yéyé influence coming from the french Metropole and the modern latin fusion emerging from Harlem.

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Tracklist 

1.Maurice Alcindor - Sekirité sociale
2.Gabby Siarras - Sauvagement sexy 
3.Les Bois sirop - Je voudrais danser avec toi
4.Dany Play - Mais tu sais
5.David Martial - Jerk vidé
6.Le Ry-co Jazz - Pipi poh
7.Le Ry-co Jazz - Tu bois beaucoup
8.Joby Valente - Disque la rayé
9.Fred Aucagos - Ti Mam'zelle
10.Dany Play - Pourquoi pas
11.Les Vickings - Puchi's boogaloo
12.Monsieur X - Ou qué di moin
13.Henri Debs - Ou pas z'amis en mwen

Conception & réalisation : Julien Achard & JB Guillot

Clearance : Jb Guillot // Texte : David Commeillas // Traduction : Diane Lebel //Restauration & mastering : Norscq // Artwork : FLX


Read the story of Disque La Rayé by David Commeillas : Disque La Rayé
http://diggersdigest.com/blog/disque-la-ray%C3%A9-out-now-on-born-bad-records/

Disque La Rayé (60's french west indies Boo-Boo-Galoo) snippets - OUT ON Born Bad Records

"Ban Di Fwam" By Coco Fabert is the opening track of our forthcoming Digital Zandoli 2 selected by Digger's Digest & Nico Skliris to be released on Heavenly Sweetness, the follow up of our acclaimed first volume of this compilation.

Release date : 
*CD/Digital 22nd September 2017 
*Vinyl 13th October 2017 

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Present : DIGITAL ZANDOLI 2

DIGITAL ZANDOLI 2  "Ban Di Fwam" by COCO FABERT

A fine french jazz selection quickly mixed by Digger's digest ... 
I have recorded this mix 2 months ago for the Jazz Meet Radio Show by Nik Weston ... 
Following the Freedom Jazz France Compilation released on Heavenly Sweetness, I have choosen more french jazz tunes that I hope you will like ... 

TRACKLIST 
Intro Paris Jazz Quartet Edit

Christian Vander, Jef Gilson : Colchique dans les Près (EDIT)
from Christian Vander Et Les 3 Jef - Palm - 1973

Guy Lafitte : K'Yapy
from Blues - Disques VEGA - 1970

Jazz Group de Bretagne : Morgat Waltz
from Jazz Côte Ouest - Private 

Cossi Anatz : Aden Arabie
from Jazz Afro-Occitan - Vendémiaire

Moravagine : Funk Seven 
from Moravagine S/T album - Promophone 1976

Jef Gilson : Blue-Blizz 
from Enfin! Disques Du Club de L'Échiquier - 1963

Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra ‎: Mar Jo Cantar No Fabia / Mazir 
from L'Inter Communal - Disques Vendémiaire - 1978 

Jc Capon / Philippe Maté / Butch Morris Serge Rahoerson : Mode De Fa (EDIT)
from Untitled album Released on Palm - 1977

Randy Weston's African Ryhtms Marakech Blues 
from African Cookbook - Polydor - 1969

Majoie Hajary : Prologue (EDIT)
from La Passion Selon Judas - CBS - 197?










A FRENCH JAZZ SELECTION mixed by DIGGER'S DIGEST

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