New Affinity

1994

"Division seems to characterise our daily experience. The secondary products of lying and corruption - frustration, anger, sadness - seeping deeper into the bones of our society, of all our experience"

In the last few weeks of October 2022 Scrimshire wrote a new collection of songs with the descriptive working title "Scream". A direct response to the absurdity of the breakdown in the UK government, the horror of the treatment of refugees arriving on our shores and the callous disregard for the trauma being caused to anyone considered "other" - class, skin colour or otherwise. Self-preserving conservative MPs fought for their jobs, record profits were announced by energy companies, while gouging crippling amounts of money from people's pockets, the sense of living in a dystopian fantasy was frequently overwhelming.

Originally named “Scream 8”, Unity Gain was one of the early outpourings from those sessions. Piano and drums bubble up until it fully boils over with huge stabbing synthesiser and string sounds in an outburst of frenetic energy. One of Scrimshire's most powerful deliveries to date.

Unity Gain follows, 2022s Music for Autumn Lovers and the much loved 2021 album Nothing Feels Like Everything.

Unity Gain

DC Promo Tracks #1290: "Have You Ever (Main Mix)" by Secret Witness is part of the release "Have You Ever" on Bienvenue Recordings @genetellem  

Buy Now: https://bienvenuerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-ever 
Interview: https://www.dreamchimney.com/interviews/Secret-Witness/

More Promo Tracks: https://www.dreamchimney.com/promo

DC Promo Tracks: Secret Witness "Have You Ever (Main Mix)"

The Glass Frog

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A sublime expedition from Brazil to the sky, “Modo Avião” (Airplane Mode) sees São Paulo based trio Caixa Cubo jet further forth from the lineage of Brazilian instrumental music.

Following in the footsteps of heroes like Azymuth, Antonio Adolfo, Cesar Mariano and Marcos Resende, with the tried and tested trifecta of synthesizers, bass and drums, Caixa Cubo have carved out their own idiosyncratic ideal of golden-era Brazilian jazz-funk and samba-jazz.

Encapsulating the vitality and experimentalism synonymous with Sao Paulo’s musical history, Caixa Cubo playfully straddle the elegant and the surreal, with masterful songwriting and the consummate musicianship of longtime friends and bandmates Henrique Gomide (keyboards) Noa Stroeter (bass) João Fideles (drums).

Caixa Cubo have been playing together for over 14 years - and that’s ‘playing’ in the truest sense of the word. As bassist Noa Stroeter explains: 

“A story, a joke, images, invented words, people we met on tour, places, fictitious or not, have always been part of our creative process. And they are precious materials beyond the musical work itself. This dynamic has stayed with us to this day, and for me it is the characteristic that guarantees that no matter what, we will have fun working.”

Presenting a contemporary reimagining of Brazilian grooves from the 1970s, Modo Avião marks an evolution for Caixa Cubo’s music which delves deeper into the tradition of Brazilian instrumental music, while continuing to develop its rhythmic and harmonic possibilities. Utilising an extensive understanding of Brazilian music history and Brazilian rhythm in particular, the group explore the seemingly endless possibilities of fusing carnaval marches, frevo and Baião, with jazz, MPB and funk.

Recent Caixa Cubo releases include 2023’s “Agora”, which featured guest vocalists including Xênia França and Zé Leônidas; and 2020’s "Angela," which was hailed by BBC 6 Music, Gilles Peterson, and Bandcamp as one of the best albums of the year. 
Caixa Cubo have performed at Jazzahead! in 2022 (Germany), Jazz à Vienne (France), Riverboat Jazz Festival (Denmark), Breda Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Blue Note São Paulo (Brazil) and Jazzkeller Frankfurt (Germany) 

This November Caixa Cubo will tour Europe, with performances in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands and France. 

Modo Avião releases on Vinyl LP, CD and digitally on the 15th November 2024 via Far Out Recordings.

Caixa Cubo - Mancini

Strength in Numbers

Strength in Numbers (feat. Kaidi Tatham)

Textures 001 kicks of a new series for 2025. 
Picture taken in Cambridge one foggy Thursday evening. 
The pictures (a small series of shadow on raised concrete) inspired me to get back behind the decks and try a new exciting series of music accompaniments to my 'snaps' 
I'll be adding to this series often, (I find its best not confirm dates as I always break them). Expect to see a new image with a new mix as regularly as I can muster. 
Hope you vibe on these as I put them out. Please comment, engage and most of all. Enjoy. 
4c x

Tracklist
Sage Caswell - Y'all
Dudley Perkins - Forevaendless
Jura Soundsystem - Cafafe Denim
House Smoke
Mark Seven - Helping Hand
Rodaestet - Nishikawa II
Larry Heard - Dolphin Dream 
Safar Ansari / Ian Fink - Walk In D Garden
Sampology - Peace Lily 
Sebastian Tellier - La Ritournelle
Roman Flugel - Wood & Neon
William The Squid - Arab Sun
Khotin - Fever Loop
Kindimmer - Leaving
Harry Griffiths - 300
Loopz The Maestro - What A Life
Vincent Floyd - Economy In Motion
Jesse Bru - The Ground Beneth
Carlos Nilmmns  - Light & Shadow
Kaytranada - Bullets (Feat Little Dragon)

equipment used
Technics 1210 mk1 x 2
Allen and Heath PX5
Traktor dvs vinyl. 
one take mix.  


4c textures 001

Noa’s Dream

Floating points - Vacuum boogie

Dancing With Friends Vol.1

Joe Cleen - Gliders

Oh yes! we got a new record coming out. The "Two Crowns EP" drops on March 26th! Thanks so much for your support. SVM 💥🎶❤

Clusters

Greg Foat

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