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Volume ii of our monthly late night series at Topa Topa Brewing Company in Ventura. Slide in my DMs for the #411 on the next one.

Good Vibes After Dark Vol. ii

We are extremely excited to share an absolute banger of a tune by sUb_modU - A dancefloor primed edit of his synth-heavy take on Fela Kuti’s classic “Expensive Shit”.  Out this week on all digital formats and on a limited 45 on September 17, via Brighton, UK institution Tru Thoughts, ahead of his forthcoming debut album. 

‘All Around / Expensive Shit (Centre Edit)’ is the new double single from Berlin-based electronic producer and multi-instrumentalist sUb_modU, aka the brainchild of Italian Romeo Sandri. Following up from lead tracks ‘Impressions / I Am Thousands’, all songs form part of the jazz musician’s debut album ‘Descent To The Centre’, a record that is an autobiographical and existentialist account of oneself, blending the electric/psychedelic spectrum of jazz with house, avant-garde and ambient leanings. 

 “All Around” uses Herbie Hancock-esque glitchy synths to create a transcendental state where one can “look all around, observing nature and all lives” Romeo explains. Tastemaker favourite and Fela Kuti cover (Fela-electronics!) “Expensive Shit” is given a new edit featuring colourful synths and rhythmic movements, with the 45 Centre Edit (exclusive to the 7”) being a more condensed version for the dancefloor. sUb_modU has amassed an impressive list of tastemaker support through his unique reinterpations from the likes of Gilles Peterson (BBC 6Music), Ross Allen (NTS) and Virgil Abloh (Off White). 

‘Descent To The Centre’ is the result of a natural process, a concept of allowing musical passions to flow organically in the midst of Romeo’s daily experiences. In the words of the artist “it’s about the direction towards the centre, finding the nature within me, at my inner core. As astronomers say “we are all made from stardust” – we are all interconnected to the universe, this makes me feel inconsequential while simultaneously part of something immense.”

Born and raised in Aosta, a small tourist town in the Alps, this beautiful hometown of outstanding nature and mountain ranges acted as a catalyst for Romeo’s musical ambitions, creating a wanderlust to go beyond these borders. Studying classical music as a child and citing listening to Symphony no.6 by Tchaikovsky as a pivotal movement in his musical development, for Romeo music is simply “food for the soul”.
 
sUb_modU is influenced by an array of music such as 60s/70s electric/psychedelic jazz, productions from the electronic kraut period (Tangerine Dream), Detroit & Chicago House, avant-garde & free jazz, soul, black music, hip-hop, ambient music, Sam Gendel, Jeff Parker, Gill Scott Heron reimagined by Makaya McCraven, the list goes on…  
 
sUb_modU has previously released on BBE and Agogo Records, collaborated with Matteo Cigna in a Roman Amphitheatre, toured around Europe with various projects and performed at Jazz Re:found, Chamoisic, Apolide and Nylon festival. ‘Descent To The Centre’ sees sUb_modU push the boat out to glorious new extremes, an ambitious project from the avant-garde newcomer that is rooted in jazz standards.

All Around / Expensive Shit (Centre Edit) 

Exclusive Premiere: sUb_modU "Expensive Shit (Centre Edit)" (Forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

Fela Kuti   "FeAr nOt fOr mAn"

Buy / Stream it here: https://orcd.co/jazzroom2

Welcome to the 2nd Volume of the Jazz Room series compiled by DJ legend and label owner Paul Murphy.

Following on from the success of the original Jazz Room compilation released by BBE in 2019 Paul has compiled a double vinyl volume of Jazz dance tracks that range from heavy funk of New Orleans to Latin grooves and contemporary jazz from the new generation.
Tracks written by Dizzy Gillespie sit with those from the musical pens of Raul Monsalve and Fela Kuti.

Paul's own label, Jazz Room Records, specialises in re-issues and it is his expertise in finding the rare and the obscure and matching with the new and the fresh that creates the joy filled atmosphere on this compilation.

This album really is as much for the party people as it it for the headz and links the audiences from his legendary gigs in the 1970s and 80s at the Electric Ballroom, 100 Club and The Blue Note to those at his current appearances at Spiritland, Shiftless Shuffle and
Brilliant Corners.

Indeed, among the rarities and the global rhythms in this collection are some excellent cover versions of tracks from the aforementioned Fela Kuti, The Stranglers, Azymuth and The Human League (yes, The Human League). What Paul Murphy has done here is compile a selection of tracks that could easily be a DJ club set, a soundtrack to a party, a Summer festival highlight or a night of music appreciation with a favourite tipple and partner.

The Jazz Room Volume 2 is a must have compilation and, along with Volume 1, is a masterpiece of music curation.

Daniel Crawford - Water No Get Enemy

Fela Kuti has always remained a huge percussion influence for me. I added some additional guitars and other bits and bobs, all the time trying to keep true to the genius of the original vibe. This is my mix of the 1971 Fela Kuti track, Open & Close

Original: https://open.spotify.com/album/77vLQ8zcA6vjBsKsbuBd3P?si=PXAKdkv9Sjm4T0c4cXpl3A

Open & Close | FELA KUTI | E11 RMX

Fela Kuti - Fefe Naa Efe - Kristian Gjerstad Edit - Free DL

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02 Destroy Machine

This is a remix of Aether's "Still Lies the Midnight", a beautiful song masterfully played on a prepared piano. Go give him a follow and check out the Aether Bandcamp. Really awesome music. 

Still Lies the Midnight (Aether Remix)

Fela Kuti - No Agreement

Afro Social Club met Muyiwa Kunnuji, trumpetist of Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Osemako, for one concert in the "Bulles d'Afrique" Festival, and here is one of these collaborations, recorded live @ Rocher de Palmer, Bordeaux, France

Afro Social Club Feat. Muyiwa Kunnuji - Noise For Vendor Mouth (Fela Cover)- Live @ Rocher de Palmer

The Alpha Boys School from Jamaica joined Raw Material and Youthsayers in London, to work together on some collaborative work, creating music together, re-creating and performing covers. Here below is their work recorded, all played by young musicians.

My Lady Frustration - Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti - Gentleman (Andi Andean Remix)

Riders On The Storm - Snoop Dog feat. The Doors

Digital Purchase/Stream: https://fanlink.to/figs

FIGS exists as the prologue of an ancient mythology coded into the context of electronic mediums.The release examines the rapid-fire ideological battles of technology, toys with the duality of "the rendered woman," and ultimately places identity at the core of creation. As she states, "in the void of the uncanny valley, we have an opportunity to reclaim our own nature." FIGS is a spell, a new transfiguration, a genre-defying trip inside the inter workings of the mind of an avant garde auteur.

Album Art by @hiradsab

Released on July 12, 2019.

Thank you to all who helped me process the weight of beginning. Dalena Tran, Thomas Tsuruda, Lloyd Galbraith, Hirad Sab, Radka Salcmannova, Natalie X, Kaley Tukes, Jasha Tull, and to all of Los Angeles, my family.

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