Q Drive

Handbrake

Stay on the groove

No nivel

Catscratch

Yo mama

Beefsteak

French fries

How Strong Is a Woman

Paparazzi, Today!

Four Brothers

I Love You

A NEW SPACE MUSICAL
When earth has died and science has failed, 
one girl's adventure for love begins with
HOTEL CONSTELLATION

Music by The Link Quartet
Voice by Miss Modus

Cover art by Bryn Barklam (Captain Hammond, Mother Earth)

Available for pre-order now!  All CD orders placed by January 6, 2014 will receive the special bonus MP3 "Looking Back" for Free (a $1.50 savings).  All pre-orders will be shipped and MP3's emailed on January 6, 2014.

The CD album (and MP3 version of the album) will be available everywhere else around March/April.

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Silhouette (from Hotel Constellation) by The Link Quartet and Miss Modus

Wrecking Machine (from Hotel Constellation) by The Link Quartet and Miss Modus

Marta Roman brings together members from Phat Fred, Fundacion Tony Manero, and The Slingshots for a spiritual and spirited set influenced by the Memphis sound, The Meters deep-funk, and classic soul. Recorded at The Blaxound Recording Studio in Barcelona.

"Trans-mission" is the 2nd album from The Blaxound and 1st with Hammondbeat.  Look for the complete (now out of print) Blaxound back-catalog on Hammondbeat Digital in 2015.

CD/DIGITAL JULY 2014

Unlovable (from Trans-mission) by The Blaxound

"Looking Back" is the power pop track that didn't quite fit the final narrative of Hotel Constellation but is every bit as wonderful a song.  The full version of this MP3 is available exclusively at Hammondbeat.com with the purchase of the full CD.

Available for pre-order now!  All CD orders placed by January 6, 2014 will receive the special bonus MP3 "Looking Back" for Free (a $1.50 savings).  All pre-orders will be shipped and MP3's emailed on January 6, 2014.

The CD album (and MP3 version of the album) will be available everywhere else around March/April.

Buy CD+MP3 bundle

The Link Quartet & Miss Modus "Looking Back" (sample)

From the album "A, B & C" - available on Hammondbeat Digital (March 25, 2014)

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Black Stripes by Penelope

From the album "Crash" - available on Hammondbeat Digital (April 8, 2014)

Wisdom by Max Paparella

New Paolo Apollo Negri single out JULY 28 from digital retailers everywhere.

Two exclusive radio versions of funk from Paolo's forthcoming album "Hello World". The mighty and legendary Noel McKoy serves up his special recipe of "Gumbo Funk". On the flip the Hammond heavy version of "Hole In A Sock". 

"Hello World" is Paolo's 4th solo long player and features Bob Harris of the Frank Zappa Band on the incendiarily paranoid "Teenie Tiny Cameras" - Album out October 2014.

Gumbo Funk featuring Noel McKoy (radio version) b/w Hole In A Sock (hammond version) [sampler]

The “Trans-mission” sound is mature; developed and refined by composer and guitarist Marta Roman whose influences include the Memphis sounds of STAX and Muscle Shoals, to The Meters deep-funk, to the classic vocal soul singers.  Patricia Garcia provides the heart-wrenching voice of love while countered with the funky growl of Roger Caballe (The Slingshots).  Two instrumentals balance out the affair with the deep funk “Bamako” and the cop funk style “The Lizard”.  “Trans-mission” also features a cover of Tommy Hunt’s “Poor Millionaire” and the lyrics of Morrissey’s “Unloveable” are set to an original arrangement as “Unlovable”, a deeply stirring piece of soul magic.

The Blaxound has deep connections to the Barcelona underground soul and funk scene.  Recorded over a period of three years at The Blaxound Recording Studio (est. 2007), “Trans-mission” was produced in a relaxed, laid-back environment featuring vintage analog equipment and the talents of professional musicians with extensive experience in African-American and Latin-American music ranging from jazz to reggae and from some of the most prominent funk, soul, and Latin bands in Spain: Phat Fred (Hammondbeat), The Slingshots (Rocafort), La Sucusal S.A., and Fundación Tony Manero (Pias).

The Blaxound was established in 2003 as a casual jam that eventually developed into a more serious project and the release of “Return Of The Blaxound” (Oidos-sordos) in 2008, followed by a single “Make Me Believe” in 2010 for Madrid’s premier funk magazine Vinilos Enlacefunk.  Phat Fred organist Arecio Smith and drummer Caspar St Charles who play extensively on “Trans-mission”, introduced Marta and Hammondbeat and opportunity for Hammondbeat to become the new home of The Blaxound took shape.  The result is “Trans-mission”, a deeply personal album that took a long journey to come to light, and well worth the wait.

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http://www.hammondbeat.com/hbrelease.asp?id=HBR015

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Trans-mission by The Blaxound (sampler)

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