Margaritas on Mondays

Catalog: INNER183
Format: Streaming // Digital

Inner Ocean Records is pleased to present the latest release by Carsten Rubeling, one of Canada’s premier jazz composers and trombonists.  “Headwaters” was recorded with a seven-piece ensemble intended to transport the listener to an environment where rivers begin and true wilderness fills us with a sense of natural beauty and magic. A cinematic and mesmerizing experience, as the songs unfold they evoke a message of reverence for this remaining piece of pristine wilderness and a call for protection of these areas.  

Bighorn region is tucked along the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains between Banff and Jasper. The expansive scenery of this wilderness includes lush forested valleys, snow covered mountain ranges, jewel-like lakes and wildflower meadows.  The Bighorn area forms the headwaters of the North Saskatchewan River basin which flows across Canada to the Hudson’s Bay.  The area contains critical wildlife habitat for many animal populations including grizzly bear, caribou, bighorn sheep, and bull trout. 

This album was created in conjunction with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) and with support from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA).  

Credits:
All compositions by Carsten Rubeling except Old World by Aaron Young
Produced by Carsten Rubeling
Co-Produced by Steve Jackson
Mixed by Steve Jackson
Mastered by Aaron Young
Recorded at OCL Studios by Brennan Kennedy
Artwork by Sharon Rubeling

Carsten Rubeling: trombone (tracks 1-7)
Andre Wickenheiser: trumpet/flugelhorn (tracks 1-7)
Mark DeJong: Alto saxophone (tracks 1,3,4,6,7)/Tenor saxophone (tracks 2,5)
Fraser Calhoun: Tenor saxophone (tracks 1,3,6)
Aaron Young: guitar (1-7)
Steve Shepard: bass (1-7)
Trevor Falls: drums (1-7)

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://www.inneroceanrecords.com/products/carsten-rubeling-headwaters

Headwaters

FREE DOWNLOAD

Carsten Rubeling - Lake of Falls

Carsten Rubeling - Shunda Creek

Carsten Rubeling - Ta Otha

Carsten Rubeling - Old World (ft. Aaron Young)

Carsten Rubeling - Bighorn Sounding

Carsten Rubeling - Coral Canyons

Vinyl & Stream: fanlink.to/Teenwolf

@twit-one

Twit One - Teenwolf

NOW OUT ON LIMITED EDITION VINYL & TAPE! https://www.inneroceanrecords.com/products/vienna-in-due-time

Like stars in the night sky, "10,000 Dreams" illuminates the brilliant creative mind of Montreal-based producer Vienna. Evolving far beyond his roots as a beat maker, Vienna has fully embraced the world of modern jazz music and through continuous experimentation he has come up with a sound all to his own. "10,000 Dreams" is the third single from his upcoming full length album "In Due Time" out on Nov 4, out on Vinyl LP and Tape Cassette shipping worldwide.

Artwork by Nick Dahlen: https://www.instagram.com/nickdahlen_/

In Due Time

BUY VINYL & TAPE

Vienna - 10,000 Dreams

Format: Streaming // Digital

Free Download: https://www.inneroceanrecords.com/products/kazumi-kaneda-batholith-street

The wildly talented jazz sounds from Tokyo's Kazumi Kaneda. "Batholith Street" takes an entirely new direction for Kaneda, a much more traditional jazz production showing off his top level skills on the keys. His super dedicated fans know him as one of the most consistent artists putting out only top quality music and continues to evolve his sound. Part of the jazz compilation "Colour Theory" out on Inner Ocean Records, highlighting the best jazz producers worldwide!

Artwork by MC Blue Matter
www.instagram.com/mcblue_matter/

Colour Theory

Kazumi Kaneda - Batholith Street

Catalog: INNER189
Format: Digital // Tape Cassette // Streaming

Translucent Red Limited Edition Vinyl // 100 Copies Worldwide
Translucent Red Limited Edition Tapes // 200 Copies Worldwide
https://www.inneroceanrecords.com/products/tomc-true-life


TOMC's second beat album in almost two years, "True Life" is an album filled with the history of beat music from the 1990s to the 2020s.

The album is a combination of "deep respect for the history of jazz and soul", "sound-collage like abstract hip-hop and trip-hop", "hybrid musicality with various rhythms similar to LA beats", and "a quiet listening experience that resonates with ambient music after the lo-fi beats movement. The result is a work that combines all of these qualities.

In addition, the album is unique in its deep knowledge of club culture, including medium grooves like rare grooves and neo-soul, house music, and even 2step.

This album is like Nujabes' "Modal Soul" in the 2020s, and is a dense piece of sampledelia magic similar to The Avalanches, Cornelius and others.

The album features three guests. H.Takahashi, the owner of Kankyo Records, where TOMC also works as a writer/reviewer, and one of the current frontrunners in nowadays Japanese ambient scene, pushes the quality of the balearic new age track, "True Life Again," to the extreme. Yutaka Hirasaka, a guitarist/beatmaker shows off his superb groovy playing on "Ubiquity. Hiroyuki Nakamura, a pianist and a longtime friend of TOMC, plays a key role in raising the quality of the three songs that form the heart of the album. He is like Uyama Hiroto in Nujabes’ works.

What TOMC expresses in its sound is a genuine wish for those who stand at the crossroads of their lives to live their "true life" with their hearts beating with excitement while being lost in their own positions.

Yes, this album may appear to be a complex work, with three deep "inner" suites and short interludes, but the result is very far from a sense of introspection or stagnation. Instead, the album is filled with sincere vibes that inspire and celebrate the lives of listeners living in today's uncertain society. 

This album is TOMC's first masterpiece, summarizing his extensive work from beats to ambient and beyond. We hope that this album will connect the cultures before and after the lo-fi movement and will be loved beyond the boundaries of the scene for a long time to come.

True Life

BUY VINYL + TAPE

TOMC - Ambience (feat. NAKAMURA Hiroyuki)

Inner Ocean Records is a platform and collective for emerging artists to release music and visual art. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the label was conceptualized in 2012 as a vehicle for artists to have their music heard and seen, to build a community of passionate people.  We designed the label to be what we would have loved to have as artists ourselves, redefining the rules in an ebb and flow to the changing landscape of music. We have made a conscious commitment to be transparent, adaptable and always for the people.

We are a label for artists, by artists. 

We’ve built the backbone of this label around great sound and feeling; laid back, honest and forever chill. We have released a lot of different sounds; Ambient, Lofi Hip Hop, RnB, Modern Funk, Future Soul and Indie. Since our inception, we have prioritized natural evolution and organic growth in the music – we value the process and accept change.  Expect the unexpected; we want to delightfully surprise you;)

Carsten Rubeling - Shunda Creek

Inner Ocean Records

Related tracks