The amazingly cool sound of the Level One Studios!!

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Echocentrics - Pioneira (feat. Tita Lima)

HopeStreet Recordings and Zillanova are proud to present a brand new vocal soul 45 starring two of Melbourne’s finest: Cisco Tavares and Jess Harlen. Two very distinct sides showcase the amazing talents of these two guest vocalists as well as the production and songwriting skills of HopeStreet impresarios Bob Knob and Tom Martin and the heavy duty sounds of The Zillanova Rhythm Combination.

On the A side – Cisco sings Suicide. Sweet, sweet sadness shimmers over low slung syncopation and builds to a climactic peak before dropping back to the whisper from which it came. It’s a story of collective rather than individual suicide. Something to tap our toes to while we watch the human race run headlong for self destruction. Do we care? Sure. Enough to change our ways? It seems unlikely. What’s Going On? You might ask, as Marvin once did. Truth is no one knows, or has, or will.

On the flip, Maori/Australian mistress of neo soul magic Jess Harlen gets down but plays it cool over a rocky rhythm track that owes as much to Led Zeppelin as it does to the Meters. The Time It Takes is a song about that moment in a relationship when one person has given all they can and still doesn’t know where they stand. Ouch. It’s a familiar story but delivered with the unshakeable conviction we’ve come to expect from Miss Harlen, the old tale takes on new life.

Zillanova is a studio based project led by bassist and producer Bob Knob. The Zillanova Rhythm Combination, the mighty rhythm section behind hiphoppers Illzilla and Bollywood heart starters The Bombay Royale are joined by reggae don Jake Savona on organ, San Lazaro’s Sebastian Orellana on percussion and The Bombay Royale horn section. Recorded and mixed by Bob Knob and Tristan Ludowyk at the Hope Street Studios in Brunswick, this record is a family affair for the HopeStreet crew. Many hands make light work apparently, but this record is super heavy regardless.

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Zillanova - Suicide (feat. Cisco Tavares)

Autores: Criolo, Rodrigo Campos, Daniel Ganjaman e Marcelo Cabral

Contém Sample gentilmente cedido da música “California Azul” de Rodrigo Campos.

Criolo - Voz

Daniel Ganjaman - MPC

Marcelo Cabral - Baixo, Guitarra

Thomas Rohrer - Rabeca

Produção musical: Daniel Ganjaman e Marcelo Cabral

Gravado e mixado por Daniel Ganjaman no estúdio El Rocha em agosto de 2013

Masterizado por Fernando Sanches no estúdio El Rocha

Realização: Oloko Records

Duas De Cinco

We first interviewed Adrian Quesada back in 2013 in issue #92 about his band Grupo Fantasma and have since chatted with him about his Grammy winning project Black Pumas on the Tape Op Podcast. During quarantine Adrian created two solo records, Boleros Psicodélicos and the most recently released, Jaguar Sound. Geoff Stanfield caught up with Adrian to discuss. Enjoy.

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Episode 77: Adrian Quesada

More Than You'll Ever Know

Go Fever

2nd single off the "Over the Covers" EP, which will be released Fri. June 2nd via Fat Beats distribution.

Evolver

The "Over the Covers" EP is out digitally Fri. June 2nd via Fat Beats Distribution. Vinyl will be later this summer.

Things You Say

Brownout - Fight The Power

Brownout teams up with DJ Eclipse on this 'Fear of a Brown Planet' Mix, combining Public Enemy a cappellas w/ Brownout instrumentals. 

The album, 'Fear of a Brown Planet', features psych-funk covers of classic PE beats, dropping 5/25 on Fat Beats!

DJ Eclipse - Fear Of A Brown Planet Mix

Adrian Quesada first made a name for himself as a founding member and producer of the Grammy winning latin-rock bigband, Grupo Fantasma. Since then, he's been writing and working on several projects. Most recently, he partnered with songwriter Eric Burton and formed Black Pumas, an Austin Texas based band that has just released their debut album on ATO Records. It's a collection of classic soul-flavored tracks in great songwriting, but is not simply a retro retread. Taking queues from hip-hop and psychedelic genres and parring them with a mix of classic and modern recording techniques, and a live off-the-floor approach, The Black Pumas have created a future classic of their own. Larry interviewed Adrian back for Tape Op Issue #94, so having Geoff Stanfield, Tape Op online publisher catch up with him was long overdue. Enjoy!

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Episode 36: Black Pumas' Adrian Quesada

"Lovers' Revolution," from the Iron and Wine album "Ghost on Ghost," due out April 16, 2013, on Nonesuch Records and 4AD.
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