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Released 28th October 2013 on Brownswood Recordings. 

Gang Colours' sophomore album 'Invisible In Your City' is out now:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/invisible-in-your-city/id684910263


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Gang Colours - Why Didn't You Call? feat. Lulu James (Dave Aju Remix)

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Gang Colours - Why Didn't You Call? feat. Lulu James (Kelpe Remix)

Out Now on Brownswood Recordings 

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Anushka - Never Can Decide (Exist Dub)

Brownswood electr*c 4
Various Artists
[Brownswood Recordings]
Release Date: 19/05/2014

Pre Order:

iTunes: http://bit.ly/1mTVKPG
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1lFjaFH

Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood imprint dips back into the electronic melting pot to compile its fourth “electr*c” compilation in as many years. The fruits of intensive exploration of the cracks and crevices within today’s wonderfully fractured bass music movement, Brownswood electr*c 4 features exclusive music from a new crop of up and comers. Some like Frenchman Nikitch and Belgian wunderkind LTGL are fresh out of the blocks, whilst the likes of Deft, Adam Elemental, Glenn Astro, D Tiberio and B Lewis have cultivated relative online infamy in recent times, each carving out their own unique path and singular artistry. 

As usual we run the full gamut of styles, skipping from searing hypercolour hip-hop/bass hybrids; through ever so slightly wonky deep house; furious footworkin’ D&B that recalls vintage Metalheadz cuts circa ’96 (but somehow sounds steadfastly futuristic); awesomely drunken R&B; wrecking ball 808-driven bangerz; and introspective emo bumps… It’s a cluttered, chaotic, hyperactive kaleidoscopic trip – no doubt – but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Founded by Alex “Patchwork” Stevenson (Patchwork Pirates / Earnest Endeavours) in 2010, the aim of this series was very simply to replicate the ethos of Peterson’s much loved Brownswood Bubblers series and provide a platform for new, up and coming artists starting to make waves in the worldwide underground. It’s an approach that has characterised Gilles’s approach to DJing, broadcasting and music from the very beginning of his career and it lies at the very heart of his accidental slogan: “Searching for the perfect beat”.

The inaugural Brownswood electr*c in June 2010 provided a compelling snapshot of the dance music underground’s greyer areas, rounding up then newcomers (now major players) Shlohmo, Rockwell, 16bit, George Fitzgerald, Mosca and Mount Kimbie. Subsequent volumes burrowed deeper into the warren-like electronic landscape uncovering hidden treasures from Ta-ku, Koreless, Synkro & Indigo (these days known as Akkord), Stray (one third of Ivy Lab) and highlighted underground anthems by the likes of Dub Phizix and Krampfhaft, in addition to a whole raft of exceptionally talented newcomers.


Brownswood electr*c 4

01. Louis Futon - Shoulda Known (GANZ Remix)
02. Nikitch - Radiated Light
03. Monk' - “L”
04. Glenn Astro - We Killed Our Probation Worker
05. Deft - Breakdown
06. Adam Elemental - Green Eyes feat. Ravdeep Singh
07. NorvisJr - do kNo that…
08. LTGL - Hat To The Back (Brownswood Edit)
09. Feral - Rollercoaster
10. B Lewis - Four Days Alone
11. D Tiberio - All That's Torn feat. Natasha Agrama
12. Brrd - Youth Group

Deft - Breakdown

Brownswood electr*c 4
Various Artists
[Brownswood Recordings]
Release Date: 5/5/14

Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood imprint dips back into the electronic melting pot to compile its fourth “electr*c” compilation in as many years. The fruits of intensive exploration of the cracks and crevices within today’s wonderfully fractured bass music movement, Brownswood electr*c 4 features exclusive music from a new crop of up and comers. Some like Frenchman Nikitch and Belgian wunderkind LTGL are fresh out of the blocks, whilst the likes of Deft, Adam Elemental, Glenn Astro, D Tiberio and B Lewis have cultivated relative online infamy in recent times, each carving out their own unique path and singular artistry. 

As usual we run the full gamut of styles, skipping from searing hypercolour hip-hop/bass hybrids; through ever so slightly wonky deep house; furious footworkin’ D&B that recalls vintage Metalheadz cuts circa ’96 (but somehow sounds steadfastly futuristic); awesomely drunken R&B; wrecking ball 808-driven bangerz; and introspective emo bumps… It’s a cluttered, chaotic, hyperactive kaleidoscopic trip – no doubt – but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Founded by Alex “Patchwork” Stevenson (Patchwork Pirates / Earnest Endeavours) in 2010, the aim of this series was very simply to replicate the ethos of Peterson’s much loved Brownswood Bubblers series and provide a platform for new, up and coming artists starting to make waves in the worldwide underground. It’s an approach that has characterised Gilles’s approach to DJing, broadcasting and music from the very beginning of his career and it lies at the very heart of his accidental slogan: “Searching for the perfect beat”.

The inaugural Brownswood electr*c in June 2010 provided a compelling snapshot of the dance music underground’s greyer areas, rounding up then newcomers (now major players) Shlohmo, Rockwell, 16bit, George Fitzgerald, Mosca and Mount Kimbie. Subsequent volumes burrowed deeper into the warren-like electronic landscape uncovering hidden treasures from Ta-ku, Koreless, Synkro & Indigo (these days known as Akkord), Stray (one third of Ivy Lab) and highlighted underground anthems by the likes of Dub Phizix and Krampfhaft, in addition to a whole raft of exceptionally talented newcomers.


Brownswood electr*c 4

01. Louis Futon - Shoulda Known (GANZ Remix)
02. Nikitch - Radiated Light
03. Monk' - “L”
04. Glenn Astro - We Killed Our Probation Worker
05. Deft - Breakdown
06. Adam Elemental - Green Eyes feat. Ravdeep Singh
07. NorvisJr - do kNo that…
08. LTGL - Hat To The Back (Brownswood Edit)
09. Feral - Rollercoaster
10. B Lewis - Four Days Alone
11. D Tiberio - All That's Torn feat. Natasha Agrama
12. Brrd - Youth Group


Monk' - “L”

Today's Free Music Monday is from the soulful electronic pop duo Anushka. Alongside the release of their debut album 'Broken Circuit', out today on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings, they have very kindly given us this exclusive extra track. Enjoy! 

‘Broken Circuit’ is out now on iTunes: 
smarturl.it/anushkabrokencircuit

@anushkauk
https://www.facebook.com/AnushkaUK
http://www.anushkaofficial.com
https://twitter.com/AnushkaUK


FMM: Anushka - One More Time

Taken from Gang Colours' latest album 'Invisible In Your City' 

Available on; 

iTunes - http://bit.ly/WOK8Uf
Spotify - http://spoti.fi/1koaA1j
Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/1nMt0Z2

Gang Colours - Home

@GillesPeterson Worldwide Premiere (Free Download)

French producer and Worldwide family favourite @nikitchmusic injects some trap/footwork energy into the bassier original. 

Mansions (Single) is out now with remixes from Krust and Ossie. Mansions is taken from Anushka's debut album 'Broken Circuit', out now on @brownswood.

Catch Anushka live in London at The Shacklewell Arms, September 30th. Tickets below:
 https://www.musicglue.com/brownswood-music/

Mansions (Nikitch Remix) (Gilles Peterson Premieres)

Gilles Peterson and Havana Club went through hundred of entries, and chose 10 artists from around the globe to deliver Havana Cultura Mix – The Soundclash!

Here is the 2nd track we reveal off the album. Introducing Raumskaya and Daymé Arocena…

Sub bass, dirty drums, spheres and soulful voice cuts are the core of Saint Petersburg-based producer Gleb Voev (Raumskaya)’s sound. He is one of the creators of Beryoza Russian Ghetto Community project— “Our childhood memories incarnated in bass music and pop melodies from the past,” he explains. 

“Daymé has a beautiful, powerful voice and a big, romantic heart,” comments Gleb. “I think we created a soundtrack for life filled with emotions and kindness— it’s a song about love as the music in my life.”

#havanaculturamix

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U Knew Before Feat. Daymé Arocena- Raumskaya (Havana Cultura Mix)

Emanative Feat' The Pyramids
"Hum Allah Hum Allah Hum Allah" 
(Written by Pharoah Sanders)

Taken from the forthcoming album 
"The Light Years Of The Darkness"
Available here: https://stevereidfoundation.bandcamp.com/
Steve Reid Foundation/Brownswood Recordings

Idris Ackamoor: Chant, Alto Saxophone  & Percussion
Kenneth Nash: Chant & Percussion
Suman Joshi: Upright Bass
Nick Haward: Upright Bass
Phillip Harper: Percussion
Mally Harpaz: Percussion
Tamar Osborn: Bass Clarinet & Flute
Ben Hadwen: Tenor Saxophone
Liz Elensky: Backing Vocals
Andre Espeut: Backing Vocals
Jessica Lauren: Piano
Nick Woodmansey: Drums & Percussion

Vocals/Chant Written and Arranged by Kenneth Nash
Kenneth Nash - Kenade Music, BMI
Idris Ackamoor - Aomawa Music, BMI
Recorded by Mamiko Motto w/ Etienne Railu 
All proceeds to The Steve Reid Foundation

Hum Allah Hum Allah Hum Allah

Following on from Toddla T's killer first installment in 2011, Radio 1's underground dance music champion B.Traits steps up to deliver the second chapter in the Red Bull Studios Mixtape free download series. Volume II sees nine emerging artists and producers from house and techno to electro-pop, reggae and grime specifically create tracks for the mixtape under the supervision of chief curator, B.Traits. New producers, Hodge, Lewis Boardman, Palace and i-D Class of 2015 member Novelist all make an appearance, but now we press play on this beautiful downtempo number from Brownswood Records rising stars, Anushka. This is Waterlillies. 
@anushkauk

Watch the full making of the mixtape out February 12th here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2V4mEzcUnE

redbullstudios.com/mixtape
btraits.com


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Brownswood are delighted to announce that we have signed Cuban singer Daymé Arocena.
Daymé was part of the Havana Cultura Mix project, which saw Gilles Peterson mentoring selected producers from around the world to make a record in Cuba with local musicians. She auditioned, prompting all producers to decide they wanted to work with her... In the end, she sung on three tracks on the album, including the massive "U Knew Before”. Seeing huge potential in her, Gilles invited her to London to perform at the album launch event, where she enchanted the packed out audience, and it was decided she should record a solo project for Brownswood Recordings / Havana Cultura. The announcement brought out a loud, rich, infectious laugh instantly recognizable as Dayme’s deep and chocolaty voice. “My first record, here,” she squeals. “It’s a crazy dream.”

Credits: 
Vocals & Campana - Daymé Arocena 
Produced by Simbad 
Thumb Pianos, Bass Cajon, Djembe,  Shakers, Small Percussions, 
CP 70 & B3 Organ - Simbad  


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Daymé Arocena - Madres

Emanative’s latest body of work comes in the form of this incredible collaborative piece of art all in the name of the charity, the Steve Reid Foundation. With features from Four Tet, Collocutor, The Pyramids, Earl Zinger, Jessica Lauren, Finn Peters, Rocketnumbernine, United Vibrations and Steve Reid collaborator Ahmed Abdullah! This will be a limited edition release of 500 2xLP on 180g-heavyweight vinyl.

This whole double album was conceived from the beginning as a way to raise both
money and awareness for Gilles Peterson's Steve Reid Foundation.
Orchestrated by Nick Woodmansey/Emanative, but not without the generosity, help and contribution of every musician and collaborator involved.
 
All of the effort and countless hours invested by all; from the musical, recording and mastering to the organisational and administrative; including the record's art and design, have been given with the sole intention of flowing towards this cause - in the knowledge that all proceeds are going to The Steve Reid Foundation.
 
“I couldn’t be more thrilled to have Emanative’s ‘The Light Years Of The Darkness’ album be our first release for the Steve Reid Foundation. In Keeping with Steve’s open ended approach and his musical history Nick Woodmansey has delivered a knock out Jazz and beyond album.”
Gilles Peterson

Emanative, Earl Zinger & Valerie Etienne - Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe

We deconstructed Sonzeira – the don  Gilles Peterson's epic Brazilian expedition – at length last summer, and played the accompanying Brasil Bam Bam Bam album all year long. It still has yet to get old; and now, there's even more material, with a fresh remix LP! Longstanding BR favs like FaltyDL, Kyodai and Mark E all muck in, alongside wonderful turns by everyone from  Nicola Conte to Jose Marquez

Arguably pick of the litter is the closing rework of "Brasil Pandeiro", with the loveable Mr Graef giving it a loving lick of paint. Soft in the pads, crunch in the clap, chunk in the kick – it's Max all over. It's also basically unrecognisable from the original, beyond retaining the chirpiness and colour. But that's what remix albums are for, eh? 

Brasil Bam Bam Bass... is out via Brownswood on Monday 13th.

Sonzeira "Brasil Pandeiro (Max Graef Remix)" - Boiler Room Debuts

Brownswood Recordings are proud to present this latest track from the Havana Cultura Sessions EP due for release on the 30th March. "Drama" showcases Daymé's trademark mix of influences from classical Cuban Rumba to US Jazz. 

Credits: 
Vocals: Daymé Arocena; 
Bongos, Congas, Cajon & Shakers:  Oli Savill; 
Piano: Rob Mitchell; 
Double Bass: Neil Charles; 
Cajon & Shakers: Simbad; 
Djembe: Maitre Samsou
Produced by Gilles Peterson and Simbad

Daymé plays the following European shows 
Duc Du Lombards Paris on the 16th April 
St Pancras Church London on the 20th April

Like Daymé on Facebook! 
https://www.facebook.com/dayme.arocena

With thanks to Havana-Cultura.com




Daymé Arocena - Drama

After the success of their previous albums Owiny Sigoma Band’s forthcoming long player “Nyanza" continues to bring eclectic and intriguing musical ideas to the table.

Following from the release of "Changaa Attack", Owiny Sigoma Band bring fresh perspectives to cross-cultural collaborations. To make this record, master Luo musicians Joseph Nyamungu and Charles Owoko, invited the London contingent of the band to the Nyanza province of Kenya in the heart of a region called Luoland, to discover the roots of Luo Music. Travelling with a suitcase full of recording equipment the band set up studios on the fly. Louis Hackett the bands bass player produced this hypnotic response after a 12 hour changaa fueled session of hard Nyatiti soundclash. Utilising Owoko’s fierce Nyiduongue drumming and a one take vocal workout from Nyamungu, “Luo Land" is another wayward dancefloor workout for the late night freaks. 

Luo Land and Changaa Attack are available now as instant downloads with pre-orders on “Nyanza” which gets a full release on the 28th August. 

pre-order link
smarturl.it/owinynyanza

Owiny Sigoma Band - Luo Land

Brownswood are pleased to present these new remixes of Changaa Attack from The Invisible & General Ludd.

The rapturous Changaa Attack is the perfect follow up to Nyiduonge Drums which has been thrilling dancefloors since it was released in 2011. ‘Changaa’ is the potent homebrew local to the region (it also goes by the name “Goodbye Mum”) and is rumoured to contain Jet fuel. Recorded on the fly in the kitchen at the band's Air B&B accommodation in Kisumu, Louis commandeered the band commandeered some local kids to chant out the chorus.

Having worked with artists such as Jessie Ware, Matthew Herbert, St Vincent, Hot Chip & many more, The Invisible offer a fresh, techy perspective on Changaa Attack. The remix of Changaa Attack begins with the echoing voice of Joseph Nyamungu featuring synth sounds, reinforcing the electro & dub influences of Owiny Sigoma Band. The subtle synth rhythms added creates a texturally heavy and atmospheric sound. 

Ned Ludd’s remix of Changaa Attack presents a heavy, tribal, techno driven track. The track keeps Owiny Sigoma Band's authentic and raw sounds from the original, yet gradually adds different sounds to create a bass driven weighty remix. This unique remix progressively adds to the prominent drums produced by the Owiny band while featuring more electronic influences. 

Changaa Attack will be released on Brownswood Recordings on the 14th August. 

Their third album Nyanza will be released on the 28th August.

www.owinysigomaband.com

www.brownswoodrecordings.com

Owiny Sigoma Band - Changaa Attack (General Ludd Remix)

LV - Ancient Mechanisms 
BWOOD0143CD/LP/DD

‘Ancient Mechanisms’ is the fourth album by globetrotting London production duo LV. It traces a train of thought that was sparked by a live session with Tigran Hamasyan back in 2012: two and a half years down the line and a trip to Belgium later, the finished record is as much about the workings of musical artefacts as it is about putting the virtuoso pianist into new contexts.  

The duo, made up of Simon Williams and Will Horrocks, found the insides and mechanisms (hint) of the instruments they were working with to be of increasing interest as the project developed. They found a discarded, portable piano in the former’s new flat and spent hours painstakingly recording its notes, creaks and noises. This left them in possession of a MIDI keyboard that sounded like something from “a bar in a wild west movie” and featured heavily on the album. ‘Ruiselede’ makes reference to the town whose piano museum in which they were able to record Hamasyan playing on its collection of antique grand pianos.

LV have always thrived by working with new collaborators and environments. In the past there’s been joint efforts with London poet Josh Idehen and journeys to South Africa for kwaito-infused productions with Johannesburg MCs. It was from working with Hamasyan that their attention began to shift to the piano itself. “We got into the sound that instruments make themselves, not just the production of the sound,” says Williams, “We got into the actual sound of keys being hit.”

Anyone who heard the Maida Vale session that laid the foundations for the album will know how exciting it was to hear delicate jazz musicality at play with UK-tinged dance rhythms. ‘Jump and Reach’ builds on that potential, with circling piano going toe to toe with rolling drums and stabs of bass. But Hamasyan wasn’t just providing pretty riffs for them to work with, he also fed into the process of how they worked. As Horrocks says, “His musical interests are much more broad than perhaps people would expect,” something that’s on show in ‘Infinite Spring’ where his penchant for looping pedals has produced a wash of sound easy to fall adrift in.

The exploration of what lay inside the instruments in front of them is the thread holding this unique record together: strands ranging from foreign surroundings to the darker corners of London’s club lineage are channelled into exploring that idea. There are field recordings of Belgium’s streets along with snare hits in ‘Transition’ that nod to the studio where a nascent dubstep’s sparse aesthetic was born. As an album, it draws together disparate interests in a way that feels compellingly coherent. 

“Ancient Mechanisms” is released 9th October on Brownswood Recordings

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LV - Transition

This unique band (pronounced: oh-wee-nee si-go-mah) is made up of 3 Londoners: 
brothers Louis and Jesse Hackett, and their school friend Tom Skinner and 2 gentleman from Kenya, Joseph Nyamungu and Charles Owoko, both masters of traditional Luo instruments, the Nyatiti and the Nyidoungue Drums respectively. 

The 28th of August will bring the release of their 3rd album ’Nyanza’, for which the group were invited to the Nyanza Province of Western Kenya, the Birthplace of Luo music, and homeland of Joseph and Charles, to record and craft the record closely with the roots of Owiny. 

The creative process of the Owiny Sigoma Band in the past has been crucially intwined by localities, memories and stories, as well as an element of spontaneity from their jam sessions. ‘I Made You / You Made Me’ sung by Jesse is a track inspired by the birth of his daughter. Stirred by hearing “purely happy” African popular music on the radio and taking early morning walks with gospel emanating from the churches Jesse challenged himself to write a joyous pop song.  This track beautifully reflects the ambience and energy of the environments in which it was made, and as well as Owiny Sigoma Band’s raw and organic collaborative process. 

I Made You  You Made Me - Owiny Sigoma Band

This remix from Rainer Trueby & Corrado Bucci aka Truccy arrived a little too late to make it on the album but is just simply too good for us not to share this one with you in the form of a free download. The full Bam Bam Bass project is available via Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, Check out the link in above!

Gilles will be heading back out in November to begin a follow up album, so expect much more anthems into the new year.

Free Download

Sonzeira - The Mystery Of Man (Rainer Trueby & Corrado Bucci Present Truccy Remix)

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