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Made this quick edit for a new mix and thought I'd upload. The groove in the original only lasts for a minute and I needed more of it.

Genshu Hanayagi & Mickie Yoshino Group - 燃焼そして昇華 (Mark Wayward Edit)

Brand new to London-based imprint High Praise is Spanish producer Divorce From New York, one half of the San Sebastian based production duo Reyjavik606. ‘Sausalito’, the new seven track album out on September 2nd, pulls from DVNY’s eclectic influences of Jazz, Soul and Disco to create a sun-drenched album perfect for a barbeque in the park.

Read more here:

https://www.musicamacondo.com/2022/06/premiere-divorce-from-new-york-holly-grove-feat-sara-zazoya/

Sausalito

Premiere: Divorce From New York - Holly Grove (Feat. Sara Zazoya)

Warriors Part 2 is the new track from The Banger Factory's new album Warriors, releasing on Banger Factory Records. Composed by Mark Kavuma and performed with Theo Erskine and Ruben Fox, this 8-minute long monster of a track is 'a maelstrom of turbulent grooves, inspiring solo's and shifting tempo's'.

"The word Warrior means different things to different people , this is what we were exploring there are sessions where you leave everything to chance, but everyone thought carefully about their contribution to the cause.” - Mark Kavuma

The single is out this Thursday 15th September 2022.

Premiere: The Banger Factory - Warriors Part 2

Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett is set to release his beautiful new
album 'Days Like Now'. Steeped in organic sounds of jazz, folk, soul, dub and the
earthy, psychedelic roots of his homeland; the music has history but also harmonises with the new world around it, understanding the changing landscape.

"I feel as if this is both a step back and forward with my identity, piecing together what I like about Welsh and Celtic music and feelings", says Bennett.

"Trying to move forward with a modern approach and bravery in that I may not understand everything but this is mine to use and be proud of".

His last album, 2020's 'Tresilian Bay', was widely supported on BBC radio by 6
Music's Cerys Matthews, Gideon Coe, Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, Lauren Laverne, Stuart Maconie, Tom Ravenscroft and BBC Wales' Adam Walton and Huw Stephens.

The Vinyl Factory said it “Melds south London electronica and Welsh psychedelia,
along with elements of Afrobeat and highlife” while Electronic Sound said Bennett is "Another name to add to the growing list of UK new jazz talents".

'Days Like Now' started as a continuation of the worldly-funk sound of 'Tresilian
Bay' before morphing inwards to become a more personal reflection of Bennett's
connection with living in, leaving, and revisiting Wales from his now home in south
London. Playing bass, guitar and synths, the tracks were written, performed and
recorded by Bennett and as the writing progressed, he became more influenced by
thoughts of home and melodies from Wales' extensive cannon of beautiful songs.

"Now I am older, home means more to me than ever", says Bennett.

"I look back at what I took from there. Being brought up in a quiet Welsh coastal setting gives you a sense of community but also a longing for the bigger world. I like to think this record is exploring a lot of those outside influences I've been exposed to, but following my journey back to where I started, and even deeper in to the destination where perceive my identity".

On ‘Y Gwydd’, Bennett takes direct inspiration from the music of Wales, offering his
version of the popular folk tune ‘Y Gwydd’ (The Loom), first collected by Maria Jane Williams. The original words of the tune, compares the threads of life, to the threads of the loom.

'Red Valley' refers to the Welsh who left their homes between 1936 and 1939 to fight in the Spanish civil war against Franco and the rise of facism. Bennett says,

"It's just my little nod to the humble people who saw themselves as global citizens and the responsibility that comes with that, and that their individual actions truly mattered".

Featuring the voices of Angela Christofilou, Cleo Savva and Bennett himself, the
beautifully serene 'Pinc Sunset' captures that moment when it's hard not to stop and recognise the beauty of nature.

"Whether on a busy main street or streaming in through the window in your small room, it makes you stop and have a moment of clarity and peace. To look at yourself, who you are, where you are going, and where you have come from. And whatever that is, you own it".

Days Like Now

Huw Marc Bennett - Y Gwydd

Psyché's debut single is due out this May. Drop a needle on their debut double-sider and you'll see visions, or rather Mediterranean visions, be they of waves of heat shimmering above dunes of sand, or of women dancing around a bonfire on a rocky plain, or of bushy cliffs overlooking emerald-green and turquoise sea.

The name Psyché is of course ancient Greek for ‘soul’ or ‘mind’, signifying the band’s love of psychedelic funk, but also the wide range of Mediterranean influences that provide an endless source of inspiration for their hypnotic sound and minimalist style. The band members Marcello Giannini, Andrea De Fazio, and Paolo Petrella have been active in the Naples music scene for almost two decades, most notably during the first wave of the new Neapolitan Power movement.

Over the years, they have collaborated on side projects in various genres, before working together as the rhythm section of Nu Genea’s live band. Following their first tour with Nu Genea in 2018, they started Psyché with the intent of exploring more minimalist styles and making music with just a few elements.

A unique combination of psychedelia, groove, and improvisation, the music of Psyché evokes visions of a mythical past, blending centuries-old music traditions and mixing them with modern genres. Like a warm Mediterranean breeze, it travels across lands, seas, and eras, distilling essential rhythms and cosmic pulsations.

On side B of their debut 45, 'Ophis', Psyché delivers a mesmeric blend of African, Balkan, and Turkish rhythms and sounds. Ethereal vocalizations and warm, hypnotic bass lines combine with psychedelic riffs and haunting melodies on guitar to evoke ancient cultures whose spirit slithers like a snake across the dunes of a sun-scorched desert.

Cumbia Mahàre

Exclusive Premiere: Psyché "Ophis" (Forthcoming on Four Flies Records)

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Greg Foat has always had a great reverence for the musicians that featured on the records he has collected over the years. Whether they were players from the great European library catalogs, Italian soundtracks, American Jazz but most of all British Jazz. One of his all-time favourites being the beautiful tone of Art Themen's Saxophone…
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After Art had played on a few sessions for Greg both were keen to record an LP together. Plans were hatched during lockdown and everyone headed to Edinburgh as soon as allowed, to an unassuming metal door that leads to a renowned studio with a large live room with a stunning Neve desk. Chamber Studio has a long Edinburgh heritage, known for recordings from Mogwai to everyone's favourite The Vaselines.

Greg & Art wanted to do something experimental so they brought in an interesting and challenging mix of new musicians along with a large pile of synthesizers and effects pedals. The result is a fantastic melting pot of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic ideas and motifs.

Greg Foat - Fender Rhodes, Prophet 10, Roland SH-101
Art Themen - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Gavin Sutherland - Guitars
Amanda Whiting - Harp
Philip Achille - Bass
Nadav Schneerson - Drums & Percussion

Recorded at Chamber Studio, Edinburgh
Recording engineer, Graeme Young

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Greg Foat & Art Themen - Off Piste - Fresh Snow

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

The Pathways Of Our Lives

Kalita Records announce the first ever and definitive discography of Carrie Cleveland. Here, they offer an expanded version of her 1978 album 'Looking Up', including both the issue and promotional versions of her single 'Make Love To Me', and the previously unknown sweet soul single 'I've Got A Feeling'. 

Privately arranged, recorded and produced by Carrie and her husband Bill as a labour of love in their backyard studio in 1978, 'Looking Up' is one of the most in-demand soul/disco LPs in existence, sought-after in particular for their track 'Love Will Set You Free'. In addition, the promotional version of Carrie's single 'Make Love To Me' is one of the best and rarest sweet soul records to have emerged out of the West Coast soul scene, and her single 'I've Got A Feeling' is until today virtually unknown even to the most seasoned of collectors, with even Carrie herself unsure if it was ever released. With the album originally pressed in a limited run of just 1000 with 500 copies of each single, original copies of Carrie's records deservingly command eye-watering figures on the second-hand market. Kalita now satisfy the thirst with the first ever official reissue of her entire discography.

The Kalita vinyl reissue consists of both the expanded album and a bonus 7" single, and is housed in a gatefold sleeve. The CD is accompanied by a mini-poster. Both include extensive interview-based liner notes and never before seen photos, detailing Carrie and Bills' life and musical career.

Looking Up: The Complete Works

Love Will Set You Free

Purchase here

Carrie Cleveland - Love Will Set You Free [Kalita Records]

Melbourne funk four-piece Karate Boogaloo cover a James Brown classic as part of their Christmas tribute to Soul Brother Number 1.

Part of our 2019 charity Advent Calendar in aid of War Child.

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All money raised through Bandcamp sales goes directly to War Child, so please give generously.

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Day 7: Karate Boogaloo - Doing It To Death

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Carrie Cleveland - Love Will Set You Free [Kalita Records]

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