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@soulclaprecs have been a regular on the pages of Le Visiteur since we launched. It's a label which very much cuts it's own groove delivering both intriguing and exciting music which also has an uncanny knack of causing some serious dancefloor joy. All the boxes ticked as far as we are concerned.

The label has been up and running now for 11 years and to celebrate they are releasing a compilation of remixes by and for some of their longtime artists who have been part of the Soul Clap family. Step up Funkadelic, Underground System, Nona Hendryx, Michael the Lion, and a whole host of incredible talent including of course Soul Clap.

Our premier today see's another LV regular @fsqofficial team up with Fonda Rae and Chaz Bronz with the ridiculously talented @colleen-cosmo-murphy delivering a truly spell binding Cosmodelica remix.

Check it out here and then jump over to LV for more on the release via: https://levisiteuronline.com/music/fsq-cosmodelica-rmx-soul-clap-records/

Soul Clap Records:11 Year Anniversary Compilation

11 am (Cosmodelica Remix)

LV Premier - FSQ ft. Fonda Rae & Chas Bronz - 11 am (Cosmodelica Remix) [Soul Clap Records]

Tout Ouïe

Herbal Tonic (Best Of)

The Missing Suitcase

my music !!!
spooky (somewhere in pireus)....

Mr Day - Spooky (Patchworks remix)

Hailing from the bustling crossroads of Agadez, Niger, Etran de L’Aïr is one of the longest running desert blues outfits to electrify the arid landscape. Launched in 1995, they have been one of the region’s most popular hires for marriage celebrations. Forget western stereoypes of schlocky wedding bands. This circuit is the lifeblood of Sahelian musicians and a space where sound directly channels celebratory energy. This responsive nimbleness resounds throughout Etran de L’Aïr’s debut record, No. 1. Coming May 1st on Sahel Sounds, the album was recorded under the wide sky outside Etran de L’Aïr’s Agadez compound and you can hear joyfully ululating neighbors calling back to the supercharged musicians. Frosty premiered “Tamiditine” on Open End, his weekly Red Bull Radio voyage around the globe.

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No. 1

Etran de L’Aïr - Tamiditine [Open End Premiere]

Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother - The Black and White Affair (1968)

Kings Left Behind

The Witness

Rare Shot Blues

Over the past eight years, Ikebe Shakedown has cemented a reputation as one of New York City’s boldest, most creative instrumental bands. Combining cinematic soul, Afro–funk, deep disco, and an irrepressible groove, Ikebe Shakedown has forged a style all its own. Each song is anchored in the deep-pocketed pulse of its four-man rhythm section (Barnaby Alter, drums; Dave Bourla, percussion; Vince Chiarito, bass; Robin Schmidt, guitar) and driven by one of the tightest horn trios on the East Coast (Mike Buckley, tenor/baritone sax; Jason Colby, trumpet; Nadav Nirenberg, trombone), with tunes ranging from dance-floor burners to lush, captivating scores.

The band first came on the scene with 2009’s debut EP, Hard Steppin’, from Colemine Records. Praised by WNYC’s Soundcheck as “the perfect soundtrack for the unwritten Tarantino movie of your imagination,” the five–song release led to tours up and down both U.S. coasts and paved the way for Ikebe Shakedown’s first full-length LP on Ubiquity Records. Recorded at Killion Sound in L.A. with Orgone’s Sergio Rios and Dunham Studios in Brooklyn with noted producer Tom Brenneck, this self-titled album, released in 2011, featured 14 blistering tracks that Okayplayer called, “an adventurous trip through time” and “one of the best releases of the year.” Having toured the record throughout the U.S. and Canada, Ikebe Shakedown returned to the studio in 2014 for their follow up album for Ubiquity, Stone by Stone. Recorded at Daptone Studios, the 10-song set let the band become more adventurous than ever before, weaving psychedelic textures and raw soul into powerful compositions, or as Wax Poetics called it, “a greasy and sometimes trippy funk world.”

Now, after hitting major jazz festivals, opening on extended runs for stars like Lee Fields, and with the band’s members simultaneously touring with acts like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, and the Monophonics, Ikebe Shakedown is poised for their next big release in 2017. The new album, The Way Home, is due out October 20th on Colemine Records. It shows how the band’s style has continued to evolve, with material that transports listeners beyond their living rooms into dance parties and spaces for introspection. Building on the success that has led to musical features in series such as Eastbound and Down, movies like Our Brand is Crisis, and commercials for brands including Mini Cooper, Vans’ Off the Wall, and Surfline, the songs are at once richly familiar and incredibly fresh, paying homage to classic influences while pushing a brand new sound. Defying genre or classification, this album proves Ikebe Shakedown is helping define the next bold and soulful wave in instrumental music.