2015 Q2

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Islander Version

Portable Sunsets - Islander (Version)

"The Stevie Nicks edit makes the girls and gays in NYC go crazy... who needs anything else??"
- Tim Sweeney / Beats In Space

"I like a side!"
- Toshiya Kawasaki / Mule Musiq

"Appropriate that the graphic decorating Kojak Giant Sound’s latest release is a palm tree, because this one feels like stumbling ‘pon a tiny disco club oasis in the middle of the Sahara on a hot July day might feel like.

We’ve raved about the last Young Edits vinyl release on Foot & Mouth, and Luke Fosky’s exceptionally tasteful reworks of Kate Bush and Arthur Russell have restored a lot of my faith in the “soundcloud edit” as a viable genre. The fun continues here, where Stevie Nick’s vocals get wrapped up in some windswept drum patterns and echoing whistles, feeling faithful to the original but like a whole different beast at the same time.

B-Side is a twangy edit of The Catch’s “25 Years” that’s also worth investigating, especially when that saxaphone kicks in, damn."
- Discobelle

"Straight outta Finland, the popular limited edition series returns with two more re-edits that usually stand head and shoulders abover the usual re-edit output...this is a big big remix of this less well known Stevie Nicks track and on the flip, its the lesser known "25 Years" from the Catch. The Catch were fairly successful in the early to mid 1980s with releases on Metronome and Stiff Records. The two man group featured Chris Whitten and Jonn Savannah who’s responsible for the incredible sax running through “25 Years”!"
- Phonica Records

"We’re massive fans of the Kojak Giant Sound releases, you know the ones, massive palm tree in the middle with a blend of pastel shades across the centre. Sometimes the edits are obvious, sometimes not so obvious. The latest being the latter featuring a track by The Catch called “25 Years”

The Catch were fairly successful in the early to mid 1980s with releases on Metronome and Stiff Records. The two man group featured Chris Whitten and Jonn Savannah who’s responsible for the incredible sax running through “25 Years” If you recognise the sound, then award yourself 10 points and a badge sporting the words “I love Squeeze”. On the flip you can find Stevie Nicks’ – “Smiling At You” which has also received the Young Edits treatment.

The next Kojak Giant Sound release is due to drop soon. You can pre-order via their wonderful site (www.kojakgiantsounds.com). Get yours whilst you can."
- Mark Webster / Cosmic Disco

"Entendu sur Feel My Biceps il y a bientôt deux ans, le re-work par Young du Smiling At You de Stevie Nicks est enfin disponible sur Kojak - ça tombe bien: l'été, rien n'est aussi sexy qu'une Fleetwooderie."
- Alainfinkielkrautrock

"Kojak Giant Sounds 最新第10弾！！エクスクルーシヴ！！
前作第9弾シングルも素晴らしかったフィンランド発オブスキュア・ディスコ・リエディット・レーベル<Kojak Giant Sounds>最新第10弾シングルがエクスクルーシヴ入荷！！今作はFleetwood MacメンバーStevie Nicksによるしっとりバラード・ポップ"Smile At You"をトリッピーなシンセにランニング・ベースそしてダビーな音処理/エフェクトを加えドラマチックなピアノの魅力を存分に引き出しシンセ・ブギー・ディスコにアップデートした"Smiling At You (Young Edits Going Home Version)"をA面に、The Beauty Roomにもメンバーとして在籍もしているドラマーChris Whittenとマルチプレイヤー/ヴォーカリストDon SnowによるユニットThe Catchが'83年に<Metronome>からリリースしていた"25 Years"をアーベインなサックスを全面に押し出したミッド・テンポの極上ゆるファンキーなブギー・ディスコに仕上げた"25 Years (Young Edits Catchy Re-Rub)"のB面とArthur Russellを見事に捌いた<Foot & Mouth>発デビュー作で注目を集めたオーストラリアン新星Young EditsことLuke Foskeyが手掛けた1枚！！Kenji Takimi、DJ Hikaru、FKNV aka Taro Akiyama、Fran-key、Peechboyお買い上げ！！(SBT)"
- Pigeon Records

"New release from super limited Finnish edits label Kojak Giant Sounds. Don't Sleep on this...End of summer anthem."
- Manifest Destitute


Stevie Nicks - "Smiling At You" (Young Edits Going Home Version)

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LTO - Trabajar

In the middle of 2014, with all roads leading to Brazil, DJ, tastemaker and cultural curator Gilles Peterson embarked on the project of a lifetime, his most ambitious to date: setting up camp in a recording studio in Rio to record a sort of love letter to the nation under the artist name “Sonzeira” (meaning a joyful / killer sound). The resulting album “Brasil Bam Bam Bam” was a deeply personal work, bringing together the many authentic sounds and traditions but always through the eyes of an enthusiast inspired by 30 years of DJIng and record collecting. As Gilles said at the time: ‘Brazil’s music culture is massive..There’s the North – Bahia, Recife, the afro-brazilian sound. There’s batucada, the heavy sambas. Then bossa nova - Tom Jobim and all that history. There’s baile funk. There’s Tropicalia and the more soulful, funky scene championed by groups like Banda Black Rio, Trio Mocoto and icons like Gilberto Gil. Such a huge amount of stuff to fit in. I wanted to try and cover it all – to make a kind of Buena Vista meets club culture, but to keep it sonically very modern.’ The album included star turns from Brazilian superstars young and old, including ‘City of God’ actor and singer Seu Jorge, the grande dame of samba, 76-year-old powerhouse Elza Soares, and world-renowned percussionist Nana Vasconcelos. Of course, this was a Gilles Peterson record and so there was also many left turns -  who else would come up with Emanuelle Araujo’s bossa nova take on the 80s UK jazz-funk hit Southern Freeez, or draft in Seun Kuti (youngest son of Fela) to join the dots between modern day Brazil and the slave ships that bought poly-rhythms from Africa 400 years ago.

Of course, with roots so deep in the interesting edges of club culture it was natural for Gilles to continue this journey into new sonic territories. As such he has spent the last 6 months curating this new album “Brasil Bam Bam Bass” drafting in some of his favourite producers, friends, and associates to reimagine tracks from the album, with all the taste and good judgement you would expect. Much like the original record this is a very personal curation, a considered work that saw Gilles hand pick producers to re-imagine the album track by track - these include At Jazz, FaltyDL, DJ Oil, Kyodai, Max Graef and many more. Also included on this double CD are some wonderful outtakes (including the sublime reworking of Yusef lateef’s Plum Blossom previously only on the vinyl box set of the album), and dubbed out alternative versions of several tracks by Gilles’ Sonzeira co-producer Dillip Harris.          

If the original record was about examining Gilles own history and love for every quarter of Brasil’s sound, this provides a further glimpse into Gilles’ creative mind, ever serching for connections between rhythms; exciting, imaginative and original productions. Most of all this is a record where respect for the source material continues to shine through. 

Que sonzeira! 

Gilles Peterson presents Sonzeira Brasil Bam Bam Bass - The Out Takes and Remakes: Curated with Love will be released on double CD on Brownswood Recordings on the 9th February.


Sonzeira - America Latina (FaltyDL Remix)

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When I'm on tour travelling I like to do edits. While waiting in airports, cars, vans, trains, customs, hotels, soundchecks I do them. This is one of my favourites. 

Ishinohana - Lucía (John Talabot's Sunset edit)

Wild & Free's Low Pressure EP out 5/22

"Undeniably uplifting" ~ @XLR8R

Wild & Free - Tropique

Stephan Bodzin - Sungam 
Remixes by Fur Coat, Rodriguez Jr. and Patrice Bäumel

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Stephan Bodzin - Sungam (Patrice Baumel Remix)

From the forthcoming album Seraph out July out July 24th on Downtown Records / Maple Music Recordings.

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As spring dawns, Rhythm Section International go from Local Artist to a pair of very ‘local’ artists - Peckham’s very own Chris Watson + Chris Coupe; otherwise known as FYI CHRIS , who present the ‘Back In The Millennium’ EP as the labels 5th offering.

The EP was born after a rather hazy late night listening session at Rhythm Section HQ, where bossman Bradley Zero was instantly beguiled by the Duo’s hypnotic and rhythmically complex arrangements. 
The record begins abrasively with the trance-inducing mechanical stutter of 'back in the millennium', before shuffling into downbeat number ‘Jeru'  and then picks things up with the peak time groove of ‘need i say more’  before bringing us back down to earth with the melancholic acid bump of 'dedication’.
Early support from Osunlade, MR.G, Ryan Elliott  & Damiano Von Eckhert

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FYI CHRIS -  Back In The Millenium

OUT NOW!!! Repress coming soon, too :)

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Future Times is very pleased to introduce this killer 12" to the globe, a serious disc by JACK J. His 12" for Mood Hut last year flipped many wigs and this 12" is further proof that the dude is full-fledged. "Thirstin'" takes the day-in-the-life quintessence of "Something (On My Mind)" even farther, using his voice to beautify the sparkling, spaced track. The B-Side "Atmosphère" is just as mighty, as Jack channels a velvet Patrick Adams vibe in this gorgeous instrumental, the pianos in particular take the song to a galactic place. Both tracks feel like you could live inside them, each as good for walking around This Life chillin' as they are for the party. Essential Summer Music. 

Recorded & played by J. Jutson at Mood Hut Studio, additional mixing by Christopher Wang

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Jack J - Thirstin' b/w Atmosphère 12" - PREVIEW - FT029

Taken from 'Body Complex' LP by Heathered Pearls, out August 7, 2015.

Purchase at The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/heathered-pearls-body-complex

Heathered Pearls - Interior Architecture Software

The title track off Urulu's latest EP for Let's Play House, a digital-only Drip exclusive.

https://drip.fm/lph/releases/4540

https://soundcloud.com/urulu

Urulu, "TapeDrums4eva" [LPH Direct Download]

Made this remix last year and it didn't get released, so I decided to share it here.

The Preatures - Somebody's Talking (Matthias Zimmermann Unreleased Remix)

REVIEW > inverted-audio.com/review/dial-all

John Roberts' Paloma is one of the most interesting tunes of the collection, a track that confirms the American producer's recent return to an even lusher battery of sounds, drifting more freely towards John Cage'ian shores and melting elements as diverse as nervous guitar vibratos and strings getting distorted in an background orgy of swashing percussions.

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John Roberts - Paloma [Dial]

Artwork by Studio Joe & Nicholas Pomeroy.

'Days Gone By,’ the debut album from Bob Moses, is out September 18th on Domino.

Preorder the limited heavyweight “silver” vinyl edition with two downloadable bonus tracks here: http://po.st/DaysGoneByDM

Preorder on iTunes here: http://po.st/DaysGoneByDL

Tour Dates and Buy Tickets here: http://po.st/BobMosesSK

07/31 – Output Club – Brooklyn, NY – SOLD OUT
08/01 – MoMA PS1 – Long Island City, NY
08/02 – Osheaga Festival – Montreal, QC
09/19- Symbiosis Festival- Oakdale, CA
09/23-27 – Decibel Festival – Seattle, WA
09/24- Decibel- Seattle, WA
09/30- Bowery Ballroom- New York, NY
10/01- U Street- Washington, DC
10/02- Jonny Brenda’s- Philadelphia, PA
10/03- Sinclair- Boston, MA
10/04- The Fairmont- Montreal, CA
10/06- CODA- Toronto, CA
10/08- Double Door- Chicago, IL
10/09- 7th Street Entry- Minneapolis, MN
10/10- CRSSD- San Diego, CA
10/11- Larimer Lounge- Denver, CO
10/14- Imperial- Vancouver, CA
10/15- Doug Fir- Portland, OR
10/17- Treasure Island- San Francisco, CA
10/20- Echo Plex- Los Angeles, CA
10/21- Valley Bar- Phoenix, AZ
10/23- Three Links- Dallas, TX
10/24- Red 7- Austin, TX
10/25- Rudyards British Pub- Houston, TX
10/28- Hi-Ho Lounge- New Orleans, LA
10/29- Aisle 5- Atlanta, GA
10/30- Warehouse- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
10/31- The Garrett- Miami, FL
11/01- The Social- Orlando, FL


Days Gone By

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Sifting through East African treasures has become quite a thing for us lately. Trans-Mara Express flew the flag for Lebanon and Kenya not too long ago; today Mikael Seifu spoils us with gifts from neighbouring Ethiopia. And oh, what a present it is. Returning to the familiar grounds of Washington D.C. label 1432 R - the imprint that released his debut Yarada Lij EP last year - comes Seifu's next project, The Lost Drum Beat.

His penchant for melding electronic hardware and traditional Ethiopian sounds is as novel as ever here. The title track manoeuvres with all the mystifying, dubstep/garage jerks of a Burial number, yet this is slightly brighter and more bouncy territory. Nocturnal by nature, yet less forlorn and blessed with ghostly percussive intonations.

Catch it on its June 19th release date.

Mikael Seifu "The Lost Drum Beat" - Boiler Room Debuts

Pedro Vian - Cops De Cap "(Pye Corner Audio Remix)"

Other People is pleased to announce Abstract Speed + Sound, a new seven-track recording by Turin’s Daniele Mana aka Vaghe Stelle. Previously associated with Italian label Gang of Ducks and a current member of production group One Circle with fellow nationals Lorenzo Senni and A:RA, Daniele’s roots in the emerging Italian production scene run deep and place him at its center. His is a clear, utterly contemporary voice with a unique relation and keen ear to the relevant past. 
Taking its title from painter Giacomo Balla’s iconic 1913-14 work, the EP draws a critical line between contemporary digital music practices and the century-old Italian Futurist movement. Where Futurism obsessed over the automobile and its unprecedented speed, Daniele fixates on the newer precedent set by digital networks, how they move our bodies and how our representations move through them. The cover art immediately speaks to this: a digital self-portrait of the artist stylized atemporally as a Nefertiti bust and/or The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Following themes of self-making and reimagining, Daniele draws from a canon of definitive Italian films for his palette of fluttering, disembodied vocal samples. Highly processed, not exactly dehumanized, they’re evocative, yet impossible to trace—towing deep into the uncanny valley. Their haphazard arrangement and asexual timbre react to temper any masculine swagger boasted in the rhythm of these tracks. Rocky drums splash and batter like objects in viscous space, while shards of vocality replete the distortion. Follow the slipping downbeat of “Hyper” or the tragic syncopation of “Multiple Concentric Hexagons”.

Vaghe Stelle - Tempo

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