Milky

A New Wave

Cooking Jams

light 2

Arab Vibes

MR_005

chill

Getting High

Discover: https://soundcloud.com/lakim | Full EP: soundcloud.com/soulection/sets/lakim-soulection-white-label

We are excited to announce the launch of our new White Label Series with who other than Lakim! We've been planning this series for some time now and are glad it is finally becoming a reality. Since Soulection is always finding new artists and sounds we wanted to really focus and simplify the music into a new platform. Every Soulection White Label project will consist of only 2-4 tracks and really highlight the true craftsmanship of each artist. Lakim is a perfect introduction for this launch. Stay tuned for his forthcoming release on Soulection coming out in early 2014!

Artwork by Andre Power

Download EP

Lakim - Rent4

Discover: @jarreauvandal | DL Full EP: https://soundcloud.com/soulection/sets/jarreau-vandal-soulection | #WhiteLabelFriday

Meet our latest discovery Jarreau Vandal (Pronounced Juh-Row)all the way from Amsterdam! This dude is by far one of the most talented artists that we've discovered in recent times. It was about a month ago that we found out about him when Iamnobodi brought him to our attention and told us how he met Jarreau at a show in Amsterdam. Iamnobodi said Jarreau sent him a folder of unreleased beats (including some of the tracks on this White Label) and was blown away! As you can hear for yourself Jarreau's production is very mature and ahead of time. We truly feel that he is next up to blow. Keep your eyes and ears open for plenty of more music to come from Jarreau and Soulection.

Enjoy.

Make sure to catch up on our whole White label Series here: soundcloud.com/soulection/sets/soulection-white-label-series

Artwork by Andre Power
Executive Produced by Joe Kay
www.soulection.com

Jarreau Vandal - Don't Think About It

Artist: Max Graef
Title: Rivers of the Red Planet
Cat.No. TARTALB003
Release date vinyl: March 2014
Release date digi: April 2014
Tartelet Records © 2014 
DISTRIBUTED BY !K7


Drums Of Death - C2

Glenn Astro - AIAIAI Mixtape

▶ Soulection ~ The Sound of Tomorrow
▶ http://facebook.com/soulection | http://twitter.com/soulection
▶ DL Compilation: https://soulection.bandcamp.com/album/stussy-x-soulection-compilation

This compilation is inspired by our collaboration with one of the most culturally relevant and timeless brands, Stussy. 

We've taken dozens of tracks into consideration to curate the finest selection of progressive music from around the world to bring visibility to the future sound. Because there is so much talent out there, it was challenging to pull this compilation together to showcase a progression and cohesive flow that reflects both Stussy and Soulection cultures respectively. 

You will see familiar official Soulection artists on this compilation as well some new talent from forward-thinking and ambitious producers, emcees and vocalists that we're excited about and feel have a bright future.

Our partnership with the iconic brand includes a 'Soulection Tribe' limited t-shirt designed by Stussy as well as a physical in-store event and after party at our Sound Of Tomorrow Los Angeles monthly at The Echoplex on 9.5.14.

Special Thanks to all the artists: @zikomo @iamnoboodi @goldlink @orijanus @beatsbyesta @mr_carmack @samgellaitry @connor-pearson-1 @evilneedleprod @10A @takugotbeats @jayprincemusic @sangobeats @jdreidmusic @sivey @thisjaylouis @pyrmdplaza @mikos-da-gawd @jarreauvandal @starro @lelandaleemfakir @midnightabjo

Much love to Neek and the whole Stussy team for making this collaboration a reality.

Compiled & Executive Produced by Joe Kay 
Design by Andre Power 
Words by Jacqueline Schneider

Download Compilation

Esta - Luna

▶ Soulection ~ The Sound of Tomorrow
▶ http://facebook.com/soulection | http://twitter.com/soulection
▶ Discover: @orijanus
▶ DL Compilation: https://soulection.bandcamp.com/album/stussy-x-soulection-compilation

This compilation is inspired by our collaboration with one of the most culturally relevant and timeless brands, Stussy. 

We've taken dozens of tracks into consideration to curate the finest selection of progressive music from around the world to bring visibility to the future sound. Because there is so much talent out there, it was challenging to pull this compilation together to showcase a progression and cohesive flow that reflects both Stussy and Soulection cultures respectively. 

You will see familiar official Soulection artists on this compilation as well some new talent from forward-thinking and ambitious producers, emcees and vocalists that we're excited about and feel have a bright future.

Our partnership with the iconic brand includes a 'Soulection Tribe' limited t-shirt designed by Stussy as well as a physical in-store event and after party at our Sound Of Tomorrow Los Angeles monthly at The Echoplex on 9.5.14.

Special Thanks to all the artists: @zikomo @iamnoboodi @goldlink @orijanus @beatsbyesta @mr_carmack @samgellaitry @connor-pearson-1 @evilneedleprod @10A @takugotbeats @jayprincemusic @sangobeats @jdreidmusic @sivey @thisjaylouis @pyrmdplaza @mikos-da-gawd @jarreauvandal @starro @lelandaleemfakir @midnightabjo

Much love to Neek and the whole Stussy team for making this collaboration a reality.

Compiled & Executive Produced by Joe Kay 
Design by Andre Power 
Words by Jacqueline Schneider

GoldLink - Velho (Freestyle) [Prod. by oriJanus]

Zikomo - Champion Riddim

On The Clouds

Sven Atterton - Vapor EP

Download @sven-atterton's 'Vapor' EP via the Upper Cuts Bandcamp page here: uppercutsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vapor-ep

1. Vapor 
2. Angel & Arp 
3. Last Of The Mullets
4. March Into The Sun

Sven Atterton - Last Of The Mullets

Wonderful Oriental Arabic Chill Out Music - Oud

Pre-order original - po.st/TOUCHITUNES

Out December 1st on Love & Other.

Touch (Klaves Remix)

A1 Delfonic & Max Graef - Kimmenschwitzer part 1
A2 Kickflip Mike & Reverend G - Magic Loop
A3 Axel S - Riesenglied 95 (Für Nano)
B1 Dubert Daviz - 9to5 Wecker
B2 Luds & Reverend G - Tungston
B3 Cuthead - Track 1.1


B2 - Labuzinski & Graef - Tungston

Sorrow Comes Slowest

LYLA begins 2015 with ‘All Or Nothing’, a collaborative track with Zen Supremacy front man sinh & Bristol instrumentalist Natty Reeves. 
The young Brit vocalist wraps her vocals around sinh’s laid back style of production, carefully intertwined with Natty’s soul infused guitar.

Follow LYLA 
https://soundcloud.com/iamlyla

Follow sinh 
https://soundcloud.com/sinhbeats

Follow Natty Reeves 
https://soundcloud.com/natty-reeves

Artwork : http://chell.co


sinh & Natty Reeves - All Or Nothing (Feat. LYLA)

i'm actually very open to djing this stuff. lemme know if you have an event that might fit..

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

check out part one of the mix here:
https://soundcloud.com/jakarta-records/jakarta-radio-001-jannis-of

i got to travel a lot in north africa in the last years thru touring with blitz the ambassador and the studio session with oddisee for sawtuha in tunisia. while being there i did some digging and found some incredible music from the 60s and 70s. some of the music in this mix has zero info on the net, was never sold on ebay and has not been "rediscovered" yet. others are somewhat classics in the field of „arabic groove“. the music in this mix comes from morocco, libya, eggpt, algeria, lebanon and syria. 

photo by robert winter.

"Habibi Funk 002 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 60s & 70s vinyl)

@imyrmind steps up for the 2nd release on the new imprint run by @glenn-astro and @max-graef, an EP is full of the deep, jazzy, shuffling feel we have come to love from the German collective. 

More info at: http://www.stampthewax.com/2015/04/13/premiere-imyrmind-bright-moments/

Out 10th May on @money-ex-records: https://oye-records.com/sgl.php?id=133702&aplay=0

Premiere: IMYRMIND - Bright Moments (Money $ex Records)

Get the February 15 EP
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/feb15 
Vinyl here: http://smarturl.it/feb15lp
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/feb15spotify
YouTube: https://youtu.be/9PAxxJQVSko 




February 15

Inhale Exhale ('15)

Black Mountain - "Druganaut" from 'Black Mountain', out 6/23/15 via Jagjaguwar
Direct:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountain2015
iTunes:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountainitunes
Amazon:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountainamazon
Indies:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountainindies

MORE INFO: http://bit.ly/BlackMountain_10thAnn

It's only a cliché because it's true, but the greatest records are timeless. Black Mountain's self-titled debut album is just such a record, its roots leading twisting paths back into the past, while always sounding like 'now', like a future still to come. The work of a small collective of musicians operating from Vancouver, Canada, far from any industry buzz but firmly in the eye of their own storm of creativity, Black Mountain's debut album was, of course, a beginning, but it also marked an ending for Jerk With A Bomb, the group that preceded Black Mountain.

Begun as the fourth Jerk With A Bomb album, Black Mountain's debut grew from skeletal sessions cut by McBean and Wells. "We laid down the bed tracks, the guitars and drums," remembers McBean. "Matt [Camirand, bass] joined, and we changed the band name after a dream of how life could be different in the B section between Black Flag and Black Sabbath. Josh's roommate Jeremy [Schmidt, keys] was lurking about. We asked him if he wanted to add some synth bleeps or whatever. He came back with all these orchestrated keyboard parts, and we said, 'Oh, you should probably join the band now.'"

They cut the album at the Hive in Vancouver, recording in "a big cement room with a tall ceiling, nice boomy acoustics, lots of natural reverb," remembers McBean, "on an 8-track reel-to-reel tape recorder." During the sessions, these elemental first Black Mountain tracks found their true shape: the wry, giddy shuffle of "Modern Music," with its Roxy Music sax and Velvets-y chug; the epic, sky-staring riffage of "Don't Run Our Hearts Around;" the hypnotic, gracefully heavy groove of "Druganaut;" the joyful rush of "No Satisfaction;" the dark, powerful blues of "Set Us Free;" the mysterious murk of "No Hits." Here was a new classic rock, its reference points arcane and clear, its sound fresh, unfamiliar and irresistible.

The album's initial success saw the band take to the road, leaving their Vancouver enclave for stages across Canada, America and Europe. "It felt like there was a real explosion of excitement at shows," remembers McBean. "The first couple of tours, we kinda were pretty shambolic. We wouldn't write setlists, we'd just feel the energy in the room and call things out, jamming on songs like 'No Hits' and 'Druganaut.' It was a good time for live rock'n'roll: DJ booths were being transformed back to drum risers, people were digging 20 minute jams and there were bands like Comets On Fire and Oneida out there who we felt kinship with. I was into Faust and Amon Duul but had no idea of the scene of modern bands doing that stuff. And then we met those bands, and it was cool. And then we went on tour with Coldplay...and the adventures continued."
Their jaunt across the world as guests of perhaps the biggest band in the world right then is a tale for another time, perhaps: the start of Black Mountain's next chapter, and all that followed. For now, savour the compact, spacey brilliance of that cosmic, heavy and subtle debut album, expanded now with a raft of delicious bonus tracks scavenged from the Black Mountain Army archives.

Black Mountain - "Druganaut" from 'Black Mountain', out 6/23/15 via Jagjaguwar
Direct:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountain2015
iTunes:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountainitunes
Amazon:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountainamazon
Indies:  http://smarturl.it/blackmountainindies

Black Mountain

Druganaut

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Black Mountain - "Druganaut"

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"The 'Holo' EP to me is a sonic representation of where my head is at the moment. I wanted to let the audience kind of journey through the things that I feel and imagine; at times very mellow and relaxed, and other times very chaotic and emotional. Which is why I named it 'Holo' (for Hologram). This EP in a way is a projection of part of my consciousness to my audience." -- https://soundcloud.com/dirtychocolate

Dirty Chocolate on:
https://soundcloud.com/dirtychocolate
https://www.facebook.com/DirtyChocolateBeats
https://twitter.com/ChocolatefacexD

NEST on:
http://nesthq.com/releases
https://soundcloud.com/nesthq
https://www.facebook.com/nesthq
https://twitter.com/nesthq

Free Download

Dirty Chocolate - Multiverse ft. Abbi Press [NEST056]

http://bit.ly/JamesChatburnSpotify

Written and produced by @JamesChatburn.
Co-produced with @Jordan-Rakei

fb.com/jameschatburn

Spotify

Creator

We are very excited to announce that the magnificently talented and beautiful singer-songwriter, BR/\VE, is now a part of our family!  Our first release with her, "Nightmares", is produced by the brilliant California-based producer, Flip-D. We couldn't be more proud of the results of this beautiful collaboration and we hope you all enjoy it as much as we do :')

Discover BR/\VE: @officiallybrave

Discover Flip-D: @flipdbeats


download

BR/\VE - Nightmares (Prod. By Flip-D)

Download the complete album instrumentals here:
https://lorange360.bandcamp.com/album/time-astonishing-instrumentals

L'Orange & Kool Keith - The Green Ray (instrumental)

In the last couple of month I had the privilege to be able to travel a lot for DJ gigs and in order to find Fadoul's family (the fruits of this labour can be found here: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/azmanah-salb). I spent some time in Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan. This mix is some of the music I found, a few trades are in there too. It's quite a colorful range. Disco from Algeria and Morocco, a James Brown cover from Egypt, a modern soul meets reggae hybrid from Tunisia, a new Fadoul track that the internet doesn't seem to know of yet and some other great bits and pieces. Come along to another journey to the funky side of the arab world.....

Follow on fb: https://www.facebook.com/habibifunk
Photo by Fabian Brennecke (www.fabianbrennecke.com), Casablanca, 2015

"Habibi Funk 004 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 70s & 80s vinyl)

Sometimes (Alldatjazz)

A reggae interpretation of the song Certain Death by Brad Sucks from the album Out Of It. 

Certain Death (Brad Sucks)

pre-order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/musique-original-de-films

هل تريدون الاستماع الى ما كنا نشتغل عليه الفترة الماضية ؟ يمكنم الآن أن تطلبو مسبقا إصدار " حبيبي فانك " الثالث، حيث سنأخذكم معنا هذه المرة بأنغامنا إلى الجزائر. إن أحمد مالك بمثابة إينيو موريكوني الجزائر، إذ ألف و أنتج معظم موسيقى الأفلام الجزائرية في السبعينيات. موسيقى رائعة، مفعمة بالأحاسيس و غير اعتيادية. بعد موافقة تامة من أهل الراحل، يمكنكم و أخيرا الاستماع للمرة الأولى إلى إحدى إنتاجاته، أو النقر على الرابط من أجل طلب مسبق.

I still remember the first time I heard Ahmed Malek. It was 2012. Back then I didn’t know much about Arabic music, but I was about to leave Berlin for a couple of weeks to go to Tunisia. I was working as a project manager for a music recoding session which ended up being released by Jakarta Records as the “Sawtuha” release. I knew I would have some time off during my stay and I was certain that I would dedicate some of this time to diggin. I asked some people whether they knew of any titles that I should look for. Roskow, who also ended up re-mastering this release, told me about an Algerian composer called Ahmed Malek whose music was also released in Tunisia. 

Fast forward three years: Arabic records have become my number one hobby and luckily I got my hands on a copy of Ahmed Malek’s “Musique Originale De Films” album. I already knew some of the tracks but listening to the music the way it was originally released, and not as a crappy Youtube version, made me fall in love with Malek’s compositions all the more. It manages to create this very special mood: melancholic and reflective, emotional and touching, but never depressing. Even without having seen any of the pictures created for this, it immediately brings visuals to one’s imagination. 

Around that time I became captivated with the idea of reissuing some of Ahmed Malek’s music. I knew some people had tried to locate his family but, but with no success. In the end it was an incredible amount of luck that made it possible for you to read these words and listen to this record. I had a DJ gig in Beirut playing old Arabic records and I mentioned my passion for Ahmed Malek’s music to a friend. She said she knew one person in Algier, and as much as it would be a shot in the dark, she could ask her if she had an idea of how to find Malek’s family. Two weeks went by before I heard back, and what I got was incredibly good news. Her Algerian friend was the neighbor of Ahmed Malek’s daughter! I’m not a spiritual person, but it felt like the universe wanted to see this release happen. 

I started to speak with Henya, Ahmed Malek’s daughter and she was more then happy with our idea. She assured us that her father would have loved the plan as well. She provided us with tons of awesome material, from great photos, to unseen video footage and unreleased tracks; she also told us more about her father’s life: 

Ahmed Malek was born on March, 6th 1932 at Bordj El Kiffan, Algiers. He was the oldest son of a family of 3 brothers and one sister. He went to work at a young age in factories to help his father to raise the family. His mother died when he was 12. It was then that decided he wanted to become a musician, and after graduating school he studied at the Algerian Conservatory. He gained recognition for his craft from an early stage and won several prizes and medals nationally and internationally (The "Premier grand prix des arts et des lettres de la composition" in 1972, the golden medal at the "Panafrican Festival" in 1976, and the "Prix du mérite national pour la composition musicale" in 1987). He was the conductor of the "Algerian Television Orchestra“ for many decades and represented his country at international events such as the Expo In Japan, Canada, Cuba and Spain. He passed on the 24th of July, 2008, at his home in El Mouradio, Algiers.


Habibi Funk 003: Ahmed Malek - Omar Gatlato (Unreleased version.  Pre-order link is description)

taken from 4th record - Beard, Wives, Denim

Beard, Wives, Denim

Fantastic Explosion Of Time

From Black Mountain's original soundtrack to the film Year Zero, out now!

Year Zero: The Original Soundtrack

Mary Lou

Black Mountain - "Mary Lou"

Joey Bada$$ - Snakes (Feat. T nah Apex) (Prod By J Dilla)

لما بــــــدا يتثــــــنى                حبي جمـــاله فتنــــا       

أومــا بلحظه أسـرنا             غصن سـنا حين مال

وعدى ويا حيــــرتى            من لى رحيم شكوتي 

فى الحب من لوعتى            إلا مليـــك الجمــــــال 

Taqasim Lamma Bada Mwashah - Wissam Joubran

LISTEN / BUY here - http://www.austinpsychfest.com/store/night-beats-sonic-bloom-lp-cd-mp3-cass/

The Reverberation Appreciation Society is proud to announce the release of the new Night Beats record, Sonic Bloom on September 24, 2013 on vinyl, cd, digital download and cassette (co-release with Burger Records!). In conjunction with the announcement, Night Beats are debuting their new track "Outta Mind" off Sonic Bloom, available for posting HERE.

Recorded in a Tacoma, Washington warehouse, Sonic Bloom is an explosion of reverb soaked rock and soul blended with sharp drone numbers and classic rhythm-and-blues founded tracks. From the haunting psychic groove of 'Seven Poison Wonders' to the sparse Zombies influenced 'Playing Dead' to the squealing ruckus of 'Rat King', Sonic Bloom harkens back to the outer corners of rock and roll radio of yore.

The Seattle-based band have spent past few years relentlessly touring, hitting over 20 countries. The trio -- featuring Danny Lee Blackwell on guitar/vocals, Tarek Wegner on bass/vocals, and James Traeger on drums/vocals -- will keep up this pace, touring this fall in support of Sonic Bloom.

Night Beats - Love Ain't Strange (Everything Else Is)

Night Beats - Outta Mind

label, dj and platform for a wide range of underappreciated music from north africa and west asia

Habibi Funk 003: Ahmed Malek - Omar Gatlato (Unreleased version. Pre-order link is description)

habibi funk - حبيبي فنك