Name: Ath12001A - Renee Geyer - Be There In The Morning 77 by Athens of the North™
Duration: 4 min 15 s
Description: Athens of the North are proud to present Renée Geyer's modern soul masterpiece, 'Be The In The Morning' cut loud by Jukka at the Timmion Cutting Laboratory. Including the super rare Australian version 1976 version you probably did not know about.

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No introduction needed for this soul train classic by Kool and The Gang. I have been messing with it for some time now trying to make a modern DJ friendly version and thought it would be nice to share. Initially I made the sorter 'hip cut' for me to play and mashup crossing over from soul and hip hop to disco but then I realized I could not do without the magical ARP synth solo so thus the 'extended version'. It took a while to tame and make it work and now here it is. Enjoy this fine piece of music and Merry Xmas peepz !

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Athens of the North are proud to present Renée Geyer's modern soul masterpiece, 'Be The In The Morning' cut loud by Jukka at the Timmion Cutting Laboratory. Including the super rare Australian version 1976 version you probably did not know about. 

Ath12001A - Renee Geyer - Be There In The Morning 77

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Wax Poetics is proud to stream the Decoders' cover of the Rotary Connection joint, "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun," which was produced by the great Charles Stepney. The track features our homies Loren Oden and Brooke De Rosa.

Purchase the track on <a href="http://thedecoders.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-black-gold-of-the-sun">Bandcamp.</a>


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Riding on the heels of their first single off of <i>Vol. 2 (Walk On By)</i> with its orchestral soul arrangements, the second single from <i>Vol. 2</i>, Rotary Connection's "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun," is an ode to the beautifully epic orchestral arrangements of producer Charles Stepney.

But this time, the Decoders have decided to venture into the Brazilian repertoire, incorporating Samba and Jazz elements into the group's psychedelic soul arrangement.

This version features <a href="http://soundcloud.com/wax-poetics/sets/venice-dawn-something-about/">Adrian Younge's Venice Dawn</a> vocalists Loren Oden and Brooke De Rosa on vocals, as well as Jungle Fire's Steve Haney on percussion and Brazilian musician Quetzal Guerrero on percussion and berimbau.

The artwork for the single is an original painting by Los Angeles–based artist Michelle Robinson. Michelle's work has been praised by Cee-Lo Green, among others. For more info, check out her <a href="http://www.michellizm.com/">website</a>.

CREDITS:

Produced by the Decoders

Loren Oden 
Lead Vocals, Background Vocals

Brooke De Rosa 
Background Vocals

Itai Shapira 
Bass, Guitars, Synth, Vocal Arrangements

Todd M. Simon 
Trumpet, Horn Arrangements

Adam Berg 
Piano

Tracy Wannomae 
Saxophone

Thomas Lea 
Violin, Viola

Steve Haney 
Percussion

Quetzal Guerrero 
Berimbau

Blake Colie 
Drums

Engineered by Itai Shapira and Adam Berg at Manifest Music 
Additional engineering by David Burris at Manifest Music 
Mixed by Itai Shapira and Adam Berg at Manifest Music 
Mastered by Adam Berg at Manifest Music

Originally written and recorded by Rotary Connection (1971)

Michelle Robinson: Original Artwork • Anthony Valadez: Cover Art Design


The Decoders "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun"

Azymuth - Dear Limmertz

To commemorate the passing of the great jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd today, I'd like to share my edit, originally released on the Editions Disco label, of one of my favorite songs of his - the jazz-funk and breakbeat classic "Think Twice".  Produced by the incomparable Mizell Brothers, it was sampled (and provided the basis) for three straight-up classic records: A Tribe Called Quest's "Footprints", Main Source's "Looking At The Front Door", and Armand Van Helden's house masterpiece "Flowers".

Byrd's records were a gateway for many of us who got into the nascent jazz-funk, rare groove and breakbeat scenes of the 1990s as DJs and collectors.  But his 1970s albums for Blue Note like Street Lady, Places & Spaces, as well as those of his protégés the Blackbyrds, were not just a rich trove of hip-hop samples for the eager beat-digger - they contained great songs that helped us to appreciate jazz as a popular art-form that was still engaged with contemporary soul, funk and R&B music, and encouraged investigating its infinite musical dimensions further.  He was and, and is, tremendously important to my development as DJ and lover of music.  We've lost a giant today.  RIP.

Ath12001A - Renee Geyer - Be There In The Morning 77

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