Sample from Dreamflower by Tarika blue, Production, Keyboard & Guitar by Melchior Sultana

Tarika Blue - Dreamflower - (Melchior Sultana Edit)

Dutch saxophonist, producer and composer, Thysenterprise, shares melodic piano-led jazz head-nodder, "'Sounds After The Fade-Out”.  One for fans of Robert Glasper, Bill Evans and Makaya McCraven. 

Thysenterprise tell us, “"'Sounds After The Fade-Out” describes the feeling that I felt days after my dad’s funeral, when life had to go back to normal, but due to sorrow I couldn’t see things clearly. Friends drinking, crowds cheering at basketball matches, loud laughter... all while having a numb feeling. It’s one of the few tracks my dad heard in its beginning stages, just before passing away. I had the chord progression since 2017, but finally was able to write the melody last year. It hints to Duke Ellington & John Coltrane’s ‘In a Sentimental Mood’, a song which was played at that same funeral. No denying that Robert Glasper was a major influence on writing this tune and real heads can recognize the drums from Glasper’s 'F.T.B.'. The bass line was loosely inspired by the melody of 'Bottom of the Barrel,' a Grant Green gem and a personal favorite of mine".

In his latest album, 'ESSENTIAL,' Thysenterprise pays a sincere tribute to his late father, creating a musical journey that blends jazz and hip-hop influences. The album revisits melodies from iconic jazz records that were pivotal in his father's influence on his musical upbringing.

This collection is deeply personal, showcasing Thysenterprise's emotional connection to the music. The liner notes, written by John Morrison, encapsulate the sentiment: "We play for pleasure, we play to understand ourselves and the world around us, we play to celebrate and remember our loved ones”.

'ESSENTIAL' smoothly transitions through a range of sounds, from spiritual to hip-hop, presenting a contemporary exploration of human emotions. The album resonates with its listeners, offering a heartfelt musical journey that celebrates life, love, and the power of sound to connect on a deeply personal level. It's an invitation to experience the emotions woven into every note”.

ESSENTIAL

Exclusive Premiere: Thysenterprise "Sounds After the Fade-Out" (Rucksack Records)

@al-dobson-jr makes a return to Rhythm Section (@bradleyzero) to continue with Rye Lane Volumes with his debut full length LP. 

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Al Dobson Jr - Live At Makeover (Worldwide Premiere)

112 kbps files for preview - don't be a dunce!

For our first release of 2017 RNT welcomes HADE! Best known for his work on Local Talk and Basic Fingers, the Cologne native delivers a symmetrical 2 sides of disco edit barnstormers and downtempo head-nodders. From the beefy kick drum thump of Say What You Wanna Say and My Thang, to the obscure yet memorable sample sources of Jeep Cherokee XJ and Range Rover HSE, this is one to get the party shaking!

HADE Edits

HADE - Range Rover HSE

Dorothy Ashby - Little Sunflower (Flamingosis's Flip)

From AOR GLOBAL SOUNDS VOL.3 (1976-1985, selected by Charles Maurice)

AOR Global Sounds Vol.3 (1976-1985, selected by Charles Maurice)

Stratus - Girl

L'originale étant bien courte, on a rallongé le plaisir!

Just a quick edit to extend one of our Marcos Valle's favorite tunes , enjoy!

Marcos Valle - Wanda Vidal (Supa extended edit)

Luiz Mendes Jr or "Junior Mendes" was a ubiquitous figure in the
Brazilian Soul / Funk scene of the 70s and early 80s, contributing to
compositions for bands such as Banda Black Rio , Tim Maia, Sandra de Sá and many more. This, his only solo album has remained fairly off the map (unless your a collector of rare Brazilian vinyl). Despite his huge contribution to Brazilian music the LP has remained unissued until now on anything but the O.G LP, 35 years after its recording. So Athens of the North are putting that right with a remastered CD and LP.

3. Junior Mendes - Que Signo Voce E

As a label guided by the mission of sharing the lesser heard sounds of Brazil with the world, Far Out Recordings are delighted to present the first official vinyl reissue of Edu Passeto & Gui Tavares’ Noite Que Brincou De Lua: a super rare and largely unheard masterwork of MPB, originally released in 1981. Disciples of the Clube Da Esquina movement, pioneered by Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges, Edu & Gui mixed psychedelic folk, jazz, bossa, and rock for an album of soulful, dreamy Brazilian pop, with stunning arrangements and lush vocal harmonies.

Having first met performing on the music festival circuits of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, it wasn’t long before Edu and Gui struck up a thriving song writing partnership and close friendship, united not only by the love of music, but by shared ideals of liberation and greater equality for humankind. The duo’s motivation stemmed from a desire for social and political change, during what turned out to be the final years of the Brazilian military dictatorship.

Prior to recording, Edu and Gui had to tread carefully with their lyrics, which had to be submitted to the federal censorship authorities before release. Their first application was rejected after the lyrics were deemed to contain too much direct social criticism. ‘Profome’ (translated “Pro-hunger”), a song characteristically bittersweet in tone, was initially a matter of fact portrayal of the desperately poor social conditions many people in Brazil faced at the time. Back to the drawing board, Edu and Gui, like many persecuted artists from this era had to refine their lyrics to convey their message more subtly.

It took the best part of a year to complete the album, with Edu and Gui saving every scent they could spare from gigging and hitchhiking the 100km to each session from their home in Campinas, so that they’d have enough money to pay for studio time in Abertura Studios, São Paulo.

Although the album gained a respectable amount of radio play in the years that followed, it’s remained in relative obscurity, despite its spellbinding qualities, evident on tracks like ‘Sabiá na Palmeira’, a sweet Brazilian rare-groove with shades of Leroy Hutson, and the psych-folk tinged ‘Seguir’, which harks to the dreamiest moments of Milton Nascimento and Marcos Valle.

Edu and Gui called time on their musical partnership in 1986 when Gui moved to Rio De Janeiro, but they remained close friends until Edu sadly passed away in 2008 after a series of health complications. There is a street named after him in his home city of Campinas, São Paulo. Today, Gui Tavares lives in London, still making music and working within a plethora of Brazilian music projects which include the direction of his own choirs Cantar Vocal Ensemble and Nossa Voz, as well as working with Creative Brazil, who conduct Brazilian music workshops in schools

This limited-edition official reissue has been remastered from the original ½ inch tapes and pressed to heavyweight 180g vinyl.

Noite Que Brincou De Lua

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Sabia Na Palmeira

Talented London based producer @footshooter weaves dulcet emcee and Rhodes tones with a meditative jungle groove.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/10/19/premiere-footshooter-mars/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/footshooter-mars

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Footshooter feat. And Is Phi - Mars(STW Premiere)

From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the last half a century. As one third of cult Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth, Mamão was at the root of the group’s ‘samba doido’ (crazy samba) philosophy, which warped the traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics. Even with his lesser known jovem guardua group The Youngsters, Mamão was experimenting with tapes and delays to create unique, ahead-of-its-time sounds, way back in the sixties. More recently Mamão recorded an album with hip-hop royalty Madlib under the shared moniker ‘Jackson Conti’.

With his first album in over twenty years, and the first to be released on vinyl since his 1984 classic The Human Factor, Mamão shares his zany carioca character across eleven tracks of rootsy electronic samba and tripped out jazz, beats and dance music. Featuring Alex Malheiros and Kiko Continentino on a number of tracks, the Azymuth lifeblood runs deep, but venturing into the modern discotheque (as Mamão would call it), Poison Fruit also experiments with sounds more commonly associated with house and techno, with the help of London based producer Daniel Maunick (aka Dokta Venom).

Take a bite of Mamão’s psychoactive Papaya and join the maestro on a weird and wonderful stroll through the Brazilian jungle.

United by a love for the music of Mamão and Azymuth, the CD and digital edition also feature remixes and dubs from some of today’s most forward-thinking producers with a penchant for percussion, including IG Culture, the 22a crew, Max Graef and Glenn Astro.

3. Junior Mendes - Que Signo Voce E

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