Bittersweet

Yeti Season

Cham Cham (feat. Piya Malik)

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Could

Based Quas 4

Available from http://www.mrbongo.com/collections/ebo-taylor/products/ebo-taylor-my-love-and-music

Originally released in 1975 on Gapophone Records, George Prah’s label, hailing from Ghana. Only available in very limited quantity (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical vacuum imposed by the military dictatorship in the country at the time.

Laid back, lush, highlife vibrations from start to finish, with noticeable reggae influences throughout.

Ebo Taylor - My Love And Music

The Olympians

Apollo's Mood

Rye Lane Shuffle

Fallen Angels (The Singles Collection)

Space Time Girl

Unstraight Ahead

Kaifa Part 1 & 2

Off the back of their Meredith Music Festival 2019 lineup announcement, Melbourne wonky soul four-piece Karate Boogaloo have shared the second piece from their upcoming ‘KB’s Mixtape No. 2’.

This time KB gives us their flip on Mtume’s disco/R&B slow-jam “Juicy Fruit”. It’s a mid-tempo bounce, mellow and light to the touch with sprinkles of oozy synth and slide-guitar throughout.

Composed around a Linn LM-1 drum machine and recorded in under two hours, Mtume’s “Juicy Fruit” has had a lasting impact on the R&B and hip-hop scene with over 100 listed sample uses of the track. Most famously used in Notorious B.I.G’s 1994 hit “Juicy”, Keyshia Cole’s “Let It Go”,  Warren G’s “This D.J” & in Grand Theft Auto’s radio shows.

Following on from the cult success of ‘KB’s Mixtape No. 1’ - songs that were sampled into your favourite hits -, ‘Mixtape No. 2’ expands this theme with songs from the 80s that were sampled into your favourite hits! Out September 27 via Hopestreet Recordings.

Making up the rhythm section of long-time Melbourne soul favourites The Cactus Channel, KB consistently sit in their own lane – the combination of raw musicianship and sheer time on the clock in the studio and on stage gives them a glowing connection rarely seen. Making records, they follow their own rules; recording and mixing on tape with no plugins and no edits, releasing exclusively in mono. It’s not about anachronism, it’s about the KB manifesto: a chosen set of limitations forcing a specific outcome, an outcome best appreciated through their “KB’s Mixtape” series of LPs.

KB's Mixtape No. 2

Pre-Order LP

Karate Boogaloo - Juicy Fruit

Stranger Than Fiction

Numb

Why Do We Shake In The Cold?

All My Love

Down By The Bay

Nubya's 5ive

Lost Kingdoms

https://stpanther.lnk.to/thesedays 
Written by Daniela Bojorges-Giraldo
Published by Big Deal Beats / Gold Room Special Music / St. Panther Publishing (BMI) (Administered by Words & Music)
Produced by St. Panther and Nate Mercereau
Drums, Percussion, Bass, Vocals by St. Panther
Synth by Nate Mercereau
Drum Programming, Effects Programming by St. Panther and Nate Mercereau
Recorded at Elysian Park and Lower Peter's Canyon
Engineered by St. Panther and Nate Mercereau
Mixed by David Nakaji at Slick Suze Sound in Los Angeles, California. 
Assisted by John Bruington.
Mastered by Daddy Kev at Cosmic Zoo

OKAY, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
ALRIGHT, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
(PLEASE DON’T TREAD ON ME, NO)

OKAY, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
(SHOW ME SOME LOVE)
HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA

IT’S UNBELIEVABLE
THIS SHIT IS PHYSICAL
AND I AIN’T TALKIN’ ‘BOUT SMOKING ON SOME SHIT

I’M BLASTING FROM MY HEAD TO MY BONES
NEVER THINK I’VE DONE THIS BEFORE
AND WHEN YOU LEAVE ME AT THE DOOR
TELL ME WHY YOU ALWAYS HANG BACK FOR MORE

IF YOU FUCK WITH ME, I’LL PUT MY HEART ON A PLATE
IN A VAN WHILE WE’RE TRAVELLING STATE TO STATE
SHOW LOVEON A MIC ALL AROUND THE WORLD
THAT’S RIGHT, THAT’S RIGHT, I’M YOUR GOLDEN GIRL

IF YOU FUCK WITH MY I’LL PROBABLY TAKE YOU TO THE TOP
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CLOCK, NAH, THEY NEVER STOP
NO TIME LEFT TO SLEEP SO I RELAPSE, JUST NEED FEEDBACK
HEY, CAN YOU RUN MY BEAT BACK?

OKAY, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
ALRIGHT, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
(PLEASE DON’T TREAD ON ME, NO)

OKAY, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
(SHOW ME SOME LOVE)HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA

LIKE A CHRYSLER, BABY
I HOPPED IN YOUR SOUL, HELLO COROLLA
SEE THAT MOTOROLA DRIFTING ON SILENT A WHILE
LET’S TURN IT OVER

WISHING ON A FOUR LEAF CLOVER
THAT THEY NEVER KNOCK ME DOWN WHEN MY FEET LET UP
THEY ALWAYS TRY TO KNOCK YOU DOWN WHEN YOUR FEET LET UP
BUT I SAID NO, PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME ON MY DRIVEWAY

I’VE BEEN BLEEDING THE TIME
WHY YOU THINK I’M SO GOOD WITH MY HANDS MOTHERFUCKER?
I CAN’T COME DOWN
EVEN WHEN I TRY, I’M FLOATING
SO YOU CAN’T EVEN PRETEND
THAT YOU CAN’T SEE ME COMING
BABY, THIS LIKE A HIGHWAY
SO MANY MILES I’M DRIVING, HEY

OKAY, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
ALRIGHT, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
(PLEASE DON’T TREAD ON ME, NO)

OKAY, HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA
(SHOW ME SOME LOVE)
HA HA HA
HA HA HA, HA HA

Highway

When Leon Michels name first appeared on a record, he was 16. That release was Thunder Chicken, and the group was his high school band, The Mighty Imperials. The record was essentially an homage to The Meters, at the time it was near pitch-perfect for the budding retro-soul scene. While that release was an early step for Michels, aspects of it have almost become trademarks of his work: a unique raw-yet-disciplined approach to his sound and songwriting, and a soulful genuineness that has a sense of humor one minute and a sense of solace the next.

Right from the jump his hustling work ethic was evident, always involved in a lot at once. While finishing Thunder Chicken, Michels began touring and recording with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings—which he did for the next 7 years. During that time he was also recording songs in a makeshift home studio and preparing for what would be his first full-length record, Sounding Out The City, and the first release under the name El Michels Affair. In 2004, when Sounding Out The City was recorded, Michels’ obsession with Euro Library, American soul, and early rocksteady crept its way into the songwriting and recording aesthetic, the outcome was something Michels appropriately dubbed “Cinematic Soul.” The album was to be the first release on Truth & Soul Records, a new label Michels co founded.

The lo-fi warm recording aesthetic and bottom heavy production alongside the immediate success of EMA’s debut release lead to playing a show with Raekwon of Wu-Tang fame. That show went over so well it lead to a tour with El Michels backing multiple members of the Wu-Tang Clan. It was these shows that ended up laying the groundwork for the release of El Michels Affair’s second full-length, Enter the 37th Chamber, which eventually introduced them to a worldwide audience. While the band’s fanbase went through the roof, the industry also quickly recognized that EMA was a force to be reckoned with. Almost in a domino effect, a huge range of hip-hop artists sampled Michels’ songs, from Ghostface Killah, Just Blaze, and Jay-Z to J Dilla, J.Cole, and Travis Scott.

While simultaneously running a label, playing / touring, and co-producing other artist’s music Michels helped found The Menahan Street Band, co-produced Aloe Blacc’s sophomore smash LP, Good Things, and received a writer credit on Adele’s Grammy-nominated album, 19. Shortly there after Michels found himself on tour with The Black Keys after being cold-called by Auerbach and asked to join them on the road. It turned out that Auerbach was a big fan of the sound and approach of the Lee Fields record “My World”, which Michels produced. When Auerbach was tapped to make Dr. John’s critically acclaimed album , “Locked Down” and Lana Del Rey’s LP, “Ultraviolence”, Michels was brought along to play and add his signature sound. That led to being included in and touring for Auerbach’s psych-rock project, The Arcs, which features Michels as a musician and co-producer. 

in 2016, Michels co-founded Big Crown Records with Danny Akalapse, the second record label Michels has helped build from the ground. Since then, he has produced a majority of the albums from the labels roster including Lee Fields, Lady Wray, Brainstory, Paul & The Tall Trees, Liam Bailey, and Thee Lakesiders.  Michels has also produced records for Beyonce & Jay-Z’s side project, The Carters, Hanni El Khatib, Chicano Batman, Marco Benevento, and Don Toliver.

In 2020, Michels will release the second album of original material under the El Michels Affair moniker.  The Album, entitled Adult Themes, which Michels calls “the soundtrack to an imaginary movie,” creates a lush, evocative, complex and eclectic collection of tunes that will keep your ears on edge as you nod your head.

Cham Cham (feat. Piya Malik)

El Michels Affair

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