Funk

From the forthcoming EP 'Back To The Start' out September 29th on Red Laser Records

Gravity

featuring vocals from 'The Coattails'

TONIGHT MATTHEW EP OUT NOW ON PARLEZ PARLEZ

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New track Hardly: https://soundcloud.com/slip42/hardly

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Our design was to oversleep
On a worn out lullaby
Time's passing by with a rough and tumble heart
From the currents that underlie. 
Our crime was the deficit of eyes
In the shape of the dollar sign
Time's passing by but we took too long
And the idea crystallised.

And all the things I want to state
Are undermined by hesitation
lightness, is a mythic city inside.

Who's to say we've had enough
We were soulen, strollin', stolen, I stole it.
Who's to say we've gone too far
We were walkin', growin', rollin', owing.

Our design was to oversleep
On a worn out lullaby
Time's passing by with a rough and tumble heart
From the currents that underlie. 

And all the things I want to taste
On other's tongues and other's plates
Insight is, just a dream punch away from the light.

Friction of a distant time, 
I hope I don't pay the price,
For takin' time, changing mind,
take it to the borderline.

Nuff

Here is a little taster of my new compilation Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection Vol.2 – More Independent Jazz Sounds From 70's & 80's coming out on BBE Records at the end of July 2014.
Another collection of some hard to find independent jazz dance rarities from the 70's and 80's

Released on 28th July 2014 on BBE Records on double vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Digital Pre Order
iTunes: http://geni.us/PrivateCollection2
Amazon: http://geni.us/PrivateCollection2amz

Double vinyl and CD should be available from the usual suspects

CD TRACKLISTING:
Archie Shepp – Song For Mozambique
Stanley Cowell – I’m Tryin To Find A Way
The Janet Lawson Quintet – Dreams Can Be
Chico Freeman – Wilpan’s Walk
Kathryn Moses – Music In My Heart
Seawind – He Loves You
Paz – Yours Is The Light
Grupo Medusa – Ferrovias
Dimenzio – Bamba (The Fool)
Cortijo & His Time Machine – Carnaval
Barry Miles – Hijack
Appendix – Autumn Song

VINYL TRACKLISTING:

SIDE 1
The Janet Lawson Quintet – Dreams Can Be
Seawind – He Loves You

SIDE 2
Stanley Cowell – I’m Tryin To Find A Way
Grupo Medusa – Ferrovias


SIDE 3
Kathryn Moses – Music In My Heart
Paz – Yours Is The Light 
Dimenzio – Bamba (The Fool)

SIDE 4
Byron Morris & Unity – Kitty Bey (Vinyl Only)



Kev Beadle Presents Private Collection Vol.2 – More Independent Jazz Sounds From 70's & 80's

RECORD LABEL LAUNCH PARTY
Friday 16th May 2014, 99 Hanover Street, Edinburgh
A Complimentary Disco Occasion with Special Guest
From Austin, Texas 

David Haffner (Magnetic Records / Friends Of Sound)
Plus
Jason Stirland (Soulstacks Records, Newcastle)
Fryer (Athens Of The North)


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Athens Of The North Launch party - David Haffner /   Jason Stirland / Fryer

Made this around the time I was working on "Freezer Burner" with Qwel. 

manolo

Nobody Can Touch You

Written by My Baby, Mickey Smith and Rob Allen
Remixed by M v/d Winkel and J de la Porte

My Baby - Got a Habit (Dr. Feel Good Remix)

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'Them Changes'
Written and Produced by S. Bruner / S. Ellison
Bass, Vocal - S. Bruner
Keyboards, Programming - S. Ellison
Saxophone - Kamasi Washington
Piano - Dennis Hamm

Virtuoso bassist and singer-songwriter Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat returns to the Brainfeeder fold with his first solo material in two years, having already made outstanding contributions to not one, but two, of the greatest albums of 2015 - To Pimp a Butterfly and The Epic - by fellow Los Angelians Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington. 

Mini-album 'The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam' will be released digitally on Monday 22nd June via Brainfeeder.

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iTunes

Thundercat - 'Them Changes'

AOE012B The Us - Peace

- 40 Year old holy grail Chicago Jazz Funk Musical. 
- On CD for the first time
- Original Colour Sleeve in heavy hand made Tip-On Sleeve (B&W is the second issue not the first as collectors including myself previously thought)
2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the production of the Black Fairy album. We began on the journey in 1975 to produce the album following the successful production and tour of the musical. My first call for consultation was to one of my mentors, the late, legendary Oscar Brown Jr., for his advice. My second call was to the late Paul Serrano, owner of P.S. Recording Studios. Paul, a former trumpeter with Count Basie, agreed to personally engineer the album. I was also able to assemble great musicians such as the amazing Chico Freeman, Anthony Llorens and Jerry “Jami” Johnson to support the incredible singers from the original cast of the play. I must mention Patricia Crawford the Black Fairy; Masequa Myers the Queen Mother; Denise Llorens as Black Bird; Vincent Hardman as Johnny; Barry Ray as Uncle Remus and the vocals of Gregory Curry. The continued positive impact of the songs after all these years on so many generations are testimony to the extraordinary talent assembled for this project.

“Black Fairy” is a fairy tale, but not in the traditional sense. When writing this play, I did not want to re-create the types of fantasies which are so common in children’s theater. There is no kind of magic that can relieve Black children from the oppression that retards their development. However, I do feel giving them a better understanding of their heritage can help them achieve their true potential. And those of us who are concerned with their development should try to expose them to knowledge that gives them a positive sense of identity. Although I do feel a children’s play should be entertaining, I also feel it should be educational. Also, because there are so few children’s plays which reflect the Black Experience, I wanted to write a play that Black children could identify with.


Black Fairy - Tell Them They Are Beautiful (Athens of the North)

From the incredible pen and production skills or LeRoy Hutson comes this amazing slice of unissued soul music. Taken from the same studio session as the now legendary "trying to get next to you" Super Disco Edits is proud to release "Finally made it home".  On LeRoy Hutsons producton company of Triumph records.  This is Limited pressed 45 and available from Sunday 2nd October from 11pm.  www.superdiscoedits.com

Arnold Blair finally made it home previously unissued soul 1975

Scorpio Man Theme

LTD 500 - My two favourite tracks from the Unreleased Raw Soul Express LP (released last month) on our format of choice, blink and they will have disappeared into collections, no repress.

Ath053A  Raw Soul Express - Let Go

Mafalda has quietly become a truly influential part of the London music scene. Born in Portugal but based in the English capital since 2014, she moved there after a powerful club experience involving Sadar Bahar and has since gone on to create many of her own. Not only does she play at Europe’s most cultured clubs and festivals, but she also co-runs the peerless reissue label Melodies International with Floating Points, DJ Love On The Run and Elliot Bernard, is resident at the much loved You’re A Melody night and worked at Cosmos Records. A serious digger and eye opening selector, she plays moving music with a positive message.

In just over an hour here, Mafalda pours out her heart through a series of moving jazz tracks that are imbued with various elements of soul and Afroism. Sweeping vocal tracks range from raw and funk fuelled to blue eyed and sombre. As well as showcasing her ability to dig out high quality music that will have ID requests immediately flooding in, this perfectly sequenced mix is also the sort to get the right club in raptures despite the decidedly non-dance floor nature of the selections. As a DJ, curator and digger, then, Mafalda is one of the best out there right now.

AOE012B The Us - Peace

Athens of the North™

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