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At the vanguard of Melbourne's bustling underground music scene you’ll find Surprise Chef. A band very much on the rise, who with two exceptional albums under their belts, are picking up a rapidly swelling fanbase across the world. Working out of the College of Knowledge stable (their home / studio / record label namesake), the band’s take on instrumental cinematic soul and funk has connected with listeners across multiple scenes and genres. Their intoxicatingly laidback sound, which pairs expertly crafted hooks with a seriously funky, watertight rhythm section, has earned them a wide appeal and made their tracks ripe for interpretation.

When floating ideas for potential remixers, two names came to the fore, Masters At Work and Harvey Sutherland. MAW have a long history with Mr Bongo having remixed the Brit-funk classic ‘Dancing In Outer Space’ by Atmosfear for the label in 1997, and releasing the original track, ‘Brazilian Beat’ in 2000. With their studio collaboration now back in full swing, it was the perfect time to inject the MAW magic back into the label.

They picked ‘Crayfish Caper’ from the band’s first album ‘All News Is Good News’ as their choice of track to remix. The ’Nuyorican Broken Remix' sees MAW stepping into their Nuyorican Soul guise. A Latin shuffle meets an afro-beat rhythm and some very chunky broken beats, which all underpins an infectious melody constructed around the original track’s bassline. They pair this with horns and synths that add a flourish and reveal new layers as the track develops. It’s a sound that is uniquely Nuyorican Soul and a welcome return for fans of this aspect of their phenomenal output.

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Wipe The Needle aka Lee Gomez is no stranger to producing top quality music. A multi genre production wizard with serious attention to detail, Lee comes to one of the most important labels in the current UK Broken Beat scene, Dance Regular, with this single ‘Needle Boogie’. 

Reminiscent of the original CoOp days, this track is heavy warehouse Bruk business built for ravers. Read more here:

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Pedro Ricardo, an exciting new signing to Soundway Records, shares "Ode ao gato" - a killer jazz number dedicated to legendary Argentinian saxophonist, Gato Barbieri.

According to Pedro, “for me, this song is anticipation, eagerness for things to come. It features my dear friend Luis on the drums and was inspired by one of my favourites, Gato Barbieri”

Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer Pedro Ricardo will soon release his debut album, ‘Soprem Bons Ventos’, on London, UK based Soundway Records.

Currently based in Berlin, Pedro Ricardo has been releasing music for the past eight years under different aliases via labels such as Extended Records, 1980Lyfers, Wolf Music and his own imprints Hear, Sense and Feel and Pedro’s House. An eclectic DJ and selector, he hosts a radio show on South London's radio Balamii, has guested on Mafalda's NTS show and can be found playing in clubs across all Europe.

“The album translates to ‘Good Winds Blow’”, shares Ricardo. “This idea of good winds blowing is intertwined with the feeling of missing something, and sadness. On a positive note, there is still an overarching sense that happiness also lies ahead. ‘Soprem Bons Ventos’ represents an ode to the past, to those who came before me, connecting with my present and imagining the future.”

Stylistically, Ricardo became entranced with jazz from an early age, while also becoming enamored with folk music – rooted in his childhood in Portugal, now encompassing sounds from Cape Verde, Brazil, and Spain along the way. These crucial influences can be heard on the album, alongside field recordings, and electronics, on ‘Soprem Bons Ventos’. 

The beginnings of ‘Soprem Bons Ventos’ were born in his native city of Porto, but the album’s creative process spanned four countries and five years, finally finding completion after a move to Wood Green, North London. “This album has been following me around for the past five years,” shares Ricardo. “Wherever I went, it came along… but the majority of the recording process came alive in London.”

“The city had a particular effect on me. There are so many people doing so many exciting things, you have to ask yourself, ‘what makes the thing you are creating your own?’ This record has a lot of personal sonic moments like that. That is not to say that I found ‘my sound’, but rather that I found something that I think is special, and truly represents me now. The years when I was making the record also coincide with me moving away from Portugal, away from home  – this feeling is very much present during the record. You can hear it.”

‘Soprem Bons Ventos’ was written, produced, and performed by Ricardo, with cameos from Luís Neto on drums and vocals. The album was also mixed by Neto, and mastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery Studios, featuring original artwork by Gosia Machon.

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Taken from the Omena release "Daybreak" by Henry Rodrick. 
Remix by Tooli. 
 
Release date : August 2015

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2nd single taken from Msafiri Zawose's upcoming album "Uhamiaji", due for release on 1 September 2017.
https://Soundway.lnk.to/Uhamiaji

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Hugo Mendez (Sofrito) and Nico Skliris (Digital Zandoli) profile pan-African Parisian dance music in 80s Paris on a compilation for @nouvelleambiance.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/09/14/premiere-antoinette-konan-macko-remastered/

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James Stewart story behind the edit: « I found this track during a trip in Benin. I came home with my luggage full of local records, most of them dug in Juju. I love that sound coming from Nigerian Yoruba tradition which is a contemporary version of traditional music such as ‘Were Were’ or ‘Apala’. The full album shows a classical Juju style, except that very last track coming like a cosmic pearl with its beat box and Juno pad. The original track is called ‘Sir Shina Adewale & The Superstars International-Verse 6 ( Wel-Kabed Records 1979, Nigeria) (Yoruba Juju)’.  Shina Adewale is an abbreviation for Shina Peters et Segun Adewale, two must-known artists of Nigerian Juju music. With Chylo, we made this edit in 2010 and waited for a good opportunity to publish it. »
 
James Stewart is the host, resident dj and promoter of monthly night « Black Atlantic Club » in Lyon & Grenoble, France. Borrowing the term “Black Atlantic” from renowned scholar Paul Gilroy’s 1993 book, Stewart presents “black music” as a transnational, incredibly diverse cultural exchange. An avid lecturer on the subject and founder of the Blog Afrosouldescarga, he merges an intellectual approach with the musical and creative side of things: as an active conga player and percussionist, show host at Radio Nova & LYL Radio and producer of his own music.
 
His next EP « Where are we going » will feature Ghanaian singer Ayuune Sunle, including two original tracks and two remixes by Simbad. Out on Mawimbi records in the coming months!

Discography:
EP : « Cotonou »(James Stewart, Alma Negra records, CH 2018)
https://almanegramusic.bandcamp.com/album/cotonou-ep
Single - « Nolias » (James Stewart, On Versus 3, On the Corner Records, UK 2019)
https://onthecornerrecords.bandcamp.com/track/james-stewart-nolias

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mid 80s to late 90s highlife dance music from Ghana and diaspora... taking the tradition and experimenting with new influences, incorporating synthesizers, drum machines and studio techniques. progressive and forward thinking, but always keeping that uplifting feeling intact

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A.B. Crentsil's Ahenfo Band - Sika Be Ba
Classique Vibes - Meri Bom
Jewel Ackah - Adee Oyede
Alan Cosmos and his Bam-Baara Soundz - Onua Gyae
Aban - Efie Nnye
Thomas Frempong - Ajojoo
Bessa Simons - Sii Nana
Nana Tuffour - Sikyi Medley
Kojo Frimpong - Yempa Aba
Daddy Lumba - Se Wo Tan Mea
Osei Banahene - Odo Nye Me Sa
Jonel Cross - Ofe Owerri

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Atsushi Yano returns to Omena with a new release, "Whole Rotta Love".
Bracken Fern is the third track taken from the EP.

Order - omena.bandcamp.com/album/whole-rotta-love

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Creative offspring of the musical fantasies of @Tushen_Rai and @CorneliusDoctor, Hard Fist brings together a passionate, supportive and activist party scene. Celebrating a globalized - but far from rootless - dancefloor where Turkish psychedelia, Lithuanian cold wave, Central African percussion and Indonesian polyphonic chants blend, Hard Fist crosses time and borders with a singular attachment to the folk music of trance, the kind that marks spiritual gatherings and festive rituals. Shaping the technological meeting of man and machine, the Hard Fist sound brings the experience as much on the dancefloor as in the calm of a Bedouin tent, always off the beaten track, with a free heart and clenched fists.

The label has been releasing collective records with artists such as Bawrut, Balam, A-Tweed, Omri Smadar, Matias Aguayo, Fantastic Twins, Philou Louzolo, Deena Abdelwahed, Curses, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Martin Noise, J.A.K.A.M., Omar Joesoef, MR TC, Pletnev, Anastasia Zems, John Parsey, Errortica, The Juan MacLean, Khidja, Roe Deers, Cosmo Vitelli, Ground, Sascha Funke, Fargo Devianti & Vongold, Daniel Monaco, Fringe Society, Elfenberg, Timothy Clerkin, A-Tweed, Ko Shin Moon, Lokier, Pletnev, nICo, Strapontin, Simple Symmetry, Que Sakamoto, Kubebe, Jonathan Kusum, Kaan Duzarat, Los Ninos Del Parque, Feller, Mekine U Teksi, Bab, Linja, Lion's Drum, Mishell, Ayma, Kincaid, Balam, Juan To Tree, Mytron & Ofofo, Niv Ast, Damon Jee, Thomass Jackson, Rina, Fabio Me Llaman Soltero, Hipless, N.O.Y, Oded Gafni, Radial Gaze, Fabio Fabio, Omar Joesoef, Da Iguana, Neskeh, Warum and all artists that collaborated to our edit series Re-Phrase Collection...

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