Another DJ mix from our man behind the pots 'n' pans....This time it's a short 25min selection of 7 x strictly Aussie/Kiwi jazz funk 45s (including the limited edition 7" of Catwhip/Red Stripe - out August 19th), created for '7 Deadly Spins' segment on Sydney's 2SER Jumping the Gap radio show.

1. Jelly Belly – Kerbside Collection (Cutucada/Légère Recordings) AU

2. Gravel Rash – Cookin' on 3 Burners (Bamboo Shack) AU

3. Buckingham Palace – Col Nolan Soul Syndicate (Votary) AU

4. Huihui –  Open Souls presents Tornadoes & Tyra Hammond (FTC records) NZ

5. Red Stripe – Kerbside Collection (Légère Recordings) AU

6. Rise Up pt. 1 – Open Souls (FTC Records) NZ

7. Burning Spear – The Poly-tones (Freestyle) AU

7 x Aussie/Kiwi jazz funk 45s (For 2SER Radio Sydney)

A little crusty i-phone recording snippet from our Jazz Trio sessions at local speakeasy - Cobbler Whisky Bar. Featuring Ravi's sweet and melodic guitar work (alongside Alex Elfes - Fender Jazz Bass, Jason 'paprika' Bell - Drums), running some classics and rarities. Songs:
- Footprints (Wayne Shorter)
- Summertime (Goerge Gershwin)
- Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard)
- On My Way (Jeff Bradshaw)

Live (in Jazz Trio mode) @ Cobbler whisky bar

Round The Corner (Risperson Remix) [SNIPPET] listen preview.
full album out 9.6.23 available on our bandcamp or on all usual digi plarforms. 

https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/round-the-corner-remixed

Down-under instrumental dusty jazz funk and gritty rare grooves ensemble Kerbside Collection get their sizzling fourth album “Round The Corner” (2022) reinterpreted and revisited with a wide spectrum of treatments - from straight up deep jazz house dance beats, indie downtempo, head nod hip hop, cut up B-boy funk turntablism, to deep dub reggae steamers.

Kicking things off is young keys/producer wiz Risperson (from down under live boogie-house grooves group - First Beige) with a deep, dubby and bumpy house beats rework of the title track “Round The Corner”, complete with sonic wobbles and punchy synth bass funk for fans of Opolopo, Beatfanatic, Atjazz, Jimpster, Jazzanova. 

Premiered by @EnnioStyles (Heard & Felt) on his Stylin' Radio Show 9.6.23:
https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/stylin/episodes/25168-stylin-9-june-2023#episode-playlist

Echo Dex Rub-a-dub video:
youtu.be/8pmN4tknemk

*Remix and additional production, synths, instrumentation by Oscar Borschmann (from First Beige)
www.instagram.com/risperson_/
risperson.bandcamp.com
firstbeige.bandcamp.com

Round The Corner REMIXED

Round The Corner (Risperson Remix)

Round The Corner (Risperson Remix) [SNIPPET]

(J O'connor, C Poulsen). LEGO 059.
Film Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJ3_iMUcd4 

Cat Whip

(J Bell/R Welsh) LEGO 059.
Our little funky jazz reggae tune paying tribute to Jamaica's finest ale (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7tRCfSuMTY). 
The B-side to a limited edition 7":
https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/cat-whip

or available on the 'Mind the Curb' full album (release 2013):
https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/mind-the-curb

Red Stripe

As shared on our socials and newsletter over the past week - and to coincide with the latest jazz dance single 'Rapid Shave' (that came out mid June), our man behind the pots ‘n’ pans 🥁 Paprika recently cooked up this nice all 'jazz vinyl records' ⏺️🎶 mix/selection👏🏽 .

full info + details over on the initial mix 🎶 post:
https://www.mixcloud.com/DJPaprika/jazz-spectrum-vol-1-paprika/

Tracks from Doug Carn, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Jeff Gilson, Sonny Fortune, George Kawaguchi & Art Blakey, Don Burrows w Pyramid, taking in USA, Japan, Europe, Scandinavia & Australia. (*excuse crackle & pops from the dusty vinyl - some in better shape, than others). *shouts out to ‘otaku’ senseis Dr Ravi & Chikashi.

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Rapid Shave digi single out now on Légère Recordings :
https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/rapid-shave
https://lnk.to/rapidshavekerbsidecollection

Official Rapid Shave film clip (feat local LindyHop/Swing dance group + Juno Toraiwa):
youtu.be/Q2kUgU17jSQ

enjoy

*orig artwork by Sandro Seymeoni

Jazz Spectrum Mix Vol 1

Kerbside Collection return with their new full length record ‘Trash or Treasure’ and deliver 'Kojak the Frog' as the first taste - a free download (*track does not appear on the LP). A simple, gritty groover of a track with slinky, jazzy guitar licks and wah wah, bubbly bass, crusty drum grooves, some 'frog hopping' and screechy hammond organ noodling, and some sitar to round off this 60's private investigator themed number. 
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Kerbside Collection 'Trash or Treasure' (LEGO 90)
(out on LP/CD/DL 12/6/2015 on Légère Recordings)
Influenced and inspired by the rare funk and simple raw jazz and soul sounds of artists like Placebo (the 70’s Belgian Jazz fusion group), The Menehan Street Band, The Whitefield Brothers, Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee and The Mattson 2, 'Trash or Treasure' takes a step into a wilder and more textural territory containing hints of library music with lush tones from added instrumentation like vibraphone, sitar and brass that blend into their existing dusty jazz funk a rare groove sound. Recorded by Hopestreet recording’s Bob Knob, the album features a collection of players including members from The Cactus Channel, Bombay Royale and Brazil to complete a full spectrum of colours displayed on the record. 

14 tracks in total (including a classic Freddie Hubbard cover) capture movements from deep funk, raw jazz, rare groove, bossa, soul and even some lo-fi sitar disco.....

made and recorded on analogue gear......all with a warm 60's West Coast Flavour...... a recording in full trim.....

in stores officially 12/6/2015

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www.legererecordings.bandcamp.com



Trash or Treasure

Kojak the Frog

Album influences & Inspirations mix. A dusty jazz funk and rare groove selection to coincide with the new 'Trash or Treasure' album. Cooked up by our man behind the pots 'n' pans - Paprika. A selection of sounds that help join the dots and showcase some inspirations and influences for the record. feat tracks from The Whitefield Brothers, Bobby Hughes, Placebo, The Stance Brothers, Unity Sextet, The Bamboos, UK Library sounds plus tracks from the new album. Free Download. 

Buy Trash or Treasure LP/CD/DL here: http://legererecordings.bandcamp.com/album/trash-or-treasure

Trash Or Treasure DJ Mix

The two 7" single tracks lifted from the 'Trash or Treasure' album out now through Butter Beats records (one of our hometown's finest record stores!)

The A side - aptly entitled ‘Quicksilver’ (named after a Marvel comic book character) - is a gritty, fast and frenetic funk workout that kicks like a mule! Starting off with a tight, fun, hard hitting riff that’s met with snappy brass stabs which collide with a fierce drum break, before tearing into a righteous, soaring B section, as the razor sharp drums and rhythm section set up the tune again for another round of raw JBs styled funk!

The B-side ‘Rabbit Hole’ continues the homestyle funk ride with its catchy, rubbery, dance- floor groove. The tunes skips along with some of the tight trademark funk flavours found on the ensemble’s first 7” release ‘Jelly Belly’! Warm and twangy guitars, honky tonk hammond organ and crispy tight drums (and tambo) stride ahead as the organ then announces its solo and dances back and forth with a hard hitting drum break (b-boy/b-girls alert!), before the groove returns and takes you to the finish line. Let’s go again?

Both tracks feature Darvid Thor (Guitar) and Henry Jenkins (Bass) from the college funk and soul sensations The Cactus Channel.

Includes secret ‘freakout’ drum-break and bass interlude.

All tracks taken from the forth coming album ‘Trash or Treasure’ out now on Legere Recordings! **Quicksilver is exclusive to this 7” vinyl release and does not appear on the LP vinyl version!

https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/trash-or-treasure

ltd pressing of 500 copies worldwide!
Released on Butter Beats : www.butterbeatsrecordstore.com 
Contact Jason Woodward e : info@butterbeatsrecordstore.com
Licensed from Legere Recordings: www.legere-recordings.com
Full track album DL here: https://legererecordings.bandcamp.com/album/trash-or-treasure

Quicksilver/Rabbit Hole 7" single snippets

Strawberry Fields (Sampologys in the Sunshine Remix) 

AV artist/DJ/Producer Sampology lights up the sitar disco vibes of ‘Strawberry Fields’ taking the track into sizzling balearic, disco, club work-out territory with added afro percussion, squelchy wobbles and dubby effects; perfect for summer festivals and hazy end-of-night vibes!

nice one Sam!

Additional remix production and instrumentation by Sam Poggioli. 2016. 
www.soundcloud.com/sampology
http://sampology.com/

out 11th November 2016 

Ltd Ed 12" Vinyl (300 copies worldwide) E.P & full DL album (feat re-works from JNBO, Street Rat, Renegades Of Jazz, Two Dee, Paprika, Kallellak, Vinnie Laduce, and more) available in select record stores and online :
https://kerbside-collection.bandcamp.com/album/trash-or-treasure-remixed

preview clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7gmETWnNuA

on Légère Recordings
http://www.legere-recordings.com/

LEGO 110-VL

Trash or Treasure Remixed

Strawberry Fields (Sampologys In the Sunshine Remix)

Strawberry Fields (Sampology's In The Sunshine Remix)

First taste of 3rd album 'Smoke Signals' out November 30th 2018 on Légère Recordings!

on all platforms here: 
https://lnk.to/KerbsideCollection_SmokeSignals

limited edition/hand numbered 500 LP copies:
https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-signals

The collection's take on a Cedar Walton classic from the 70s - Jacob's Ladder

feat: Andrew 'manny' Fincher- Fender Rhodes, Lachlan 'swampdog' Symons - Fender Bass, Papa Joe Roberts - flute, Jason 'paprika' Bell - drums/percussion

follow/like on fb: www.facebook.com/kerbsidecollection

album influences/inspirations mix: https://www.mixcloud.com/legererecordings/kerbside-collection-smoke-signals-dj-mix-by-paprika-dusty-jazz-rare-grooves/

artwork: 'Visão' www.rafaeluzai.com

Smoke Signals

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder [SNIPPET]

Another taster snippet from our 3rd album 'Smoke Signals' out now (30.12.19 2018) on Légère Recordings! This time a skankin' funky reggae number with a New Orleans flavour, named after one of its trademark Creole dishes - Cajun Jollof (spicey chicken & rice)!

on all platforms here: 
https://lnk.to/KerbsideCollection_SmokeSignals

limited edition/hand numbered 500 LP vinyl copies:
https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-signals

album influences/inspirations mix: https://www.mixcloud.com/legererecordings/kerbside-collection-smoke-signals-dj-mix-by-paprika-dusty-jazz-rare-grooves/


follow/like on fb: www.facebook.com/kerbsidecollection

artwork: 'Visão' www.rafaeluzai.com

Cajun Jollof

Cajun Jollof [SNIPPET]

Dusty sidewalk live recording of the trio out on a Sunday afternoon, simmering down next to the river... running a medley of a Herbie Hancock classic + Andrew's souljazz ballad 'Little Mountain' from the new album.

Andrew 'manny' - rhodes
Lachlan 'swampdog' - bass
Jason 'paprika' - pots 'n' pans

Sunday 24th March 2019

more of these on the way... enjoy Kerbside Collection in raw trio format

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Little Mountain

Butterfly + Little Mountain medley (live trio)

Dusty sidewalk live recording no. 2 of the trio simmering down on a stinky Sunday afternoon by the Brisbane River... Andrew 'Manny' Fincher showing his N'awlins colours leading the collection through a boogaloo-soul-jazz piano medley of another Herbie classic 'Watermelon Man' with a version of Eddie Roberts' Mr E (*who happens to celebrate 20 years with his legendary 'The New Mastersounds' band this year - check anniversary album out Sept 2019 http://www.newmastersounds.com/). 

*stay till the end for Swampdog's sizzling bass solo-workout - equally as stinky as the steamy weather.

Andrew 'manny' - piano
Lachlan 'swampdog' - bass
Jason 'paprika' - pots 'n' pans

recorded on cell-phone - Sunday 24th March 2019

number 3 of these coming later in the year... 
enjoy Kerbside Collection in raw live trio format

*different live version footage of this over on our youtube page:
https://youtu.be/554QPhks80Q

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*artwork - 'watermelon man' Philip Sage

Watermelon Man + Mr E (live trio)

Little Mountain (Chikashi Tree Remix) [feat Emi]
(A Fincher)  
* Remix and Addditional production by Chikashi Nishiwaki. Vocals - Emi, Keys - Yuske Nakamura (Blu-Swing), Sax - Shinsuke Fujieda, Beats - Tadanao Matsumura, mixed and mastered by Nori Sakamoto (Studio Mocha).

.... out 27.12.19 
Chikashi featuring Emi’s chill Japanese Neo-Soul connection (Lyrics in English & Japanese)silky rework of Little Mountain taken from Smoke Signals ‘REMIXED‘ ! cho sugoi !! すごい音すごい

Film Clip:
⥰  https://youtu.be/iaapMIYwMGk

Listen & support on your prefered platform:
⥰ https://lnkfi.re/YL0jZIpo
⥰ https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-signals-remixed

Full album Bio:

Instrumental Jazz funk and gritty rare grooves ensemble from down-under - Kerbside Collection’s 3rd album ‘Smoke Signals’ gets the re-use, re-cycled treatment with a variety of remixes and reworks from raw disco beats, Japanese neo-soul, ska, reggae-dub, tropical afro house, funky hip hop, downtempo electronica and even some 90’s jungle drum’n’ bass reinterpretations of the original album tracks?! 

Australian remixers feature including Horatio Luna (30/70 - La Sape / Mandarin Dreams), Blunted Stylus (Jigzaw Geoff), Two Dee, Sam Stosuur (Middle Name Dance Band, Astro Travelers/Tiana Khasi/Green Chimneys), Sabrosa Sound System, alongside internationals Grant Phabao (Paris DJs / France), Chikashi Nishiwaki & Emi (Japan), and Mzuzu (Germany).

The package of remixes opens with ‘man-of-the-moment’ Horatio Luna (30/70 Bass player / Mandarin Dreams / Sunnyside Up Brownswood compilation / Melbourne) clearing the air with his galactic space-jazz-beats and bit-crushed rework of Yellow Fellow. Followed by legendary first generation Australia beats and breaks producer Blunted Stylus (Jigzaw Geoff/ex Resin Dogs) chopping up Traffic into a raw disco , NYC b-boy beats stomper, before Grant Phabao (Paris DJs) takes things to the Carribean with his ska version of Cajun Jollof! 

Two Dee also maintains the Jamaican vibes with his sizzling reggae-dub re-cook of the same track conjuring up some vintage King-Tubby x early Bouzou Bajou/Fat Freddy’s Drop vibes. Sabrosa keep things tropical with their futuristic ‘benga styled’ afro club re-rub of Afro Struttin’.

Hamburg’s Mzuzu (Pitch&Scratch/Unbelievable Two) re-edit’s NOLA with some slynky live hip hop vibes and extra guitar touches; before things simmer down with a Japanese neo-soul flavoured re-work of Little Mountain by Chikashi Nishiwaki featuring Emi, complete with lyrics sung in English and Japanese and extra sax! 

Aussie ‘vapour wave’ beat-taper Bakmahn keeps things chilled constructing a sofa-surfing, downtempo rework of his brother’s track (keeping things in the family), before switching it into uptempo territory with his ‘Jackin’ deep, jazzy-house version of the same track.

Closing out the release is Astro Travellers/Tiana Khasi/Middle Name Dance Band bass-man Sam Stosuur with his steaming, analogue-afro-house ‘peak-time’ extended work-out of ‘Afro Struttin’ complete with wobbly synths, galactic sound effects, firey percussion and soaring organ solo remeniscent of some classic S.U.M.O / Detroit techno-jazz / Underground Resistance / Kevin Saunderson sounds. A jungle inspired re-work akin to some classic late 90’s Adam-F, LTJ Bukem, D-Kay, Makoto drum ‘n’ bass, and another funky edit remix from Mzuzu, making for a wide spectrum of remixes from 80% Australian sources.

“Love the Horatio Luna remix...” (Ennio Styles-Stylin’ / Heard & Felt / Worldwide FM / Bandcamp Weekly) 

“Dig Sabrosa and Horatio Luna remixes, will play on the show!” (Sampology / Worldwide FM)

out through Légère Recordings & Zebralution Digital Media Distribution

*original Smoke Signals album:
⥰ https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.c...

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Smoke Signals Remixed

Little Mountain (Chikashi Nishiwaki Tree Remix) [feat Emi]

Little Mountain (Chikashi Nishiwaki Tree Remix feat Emi) [SNIPPET]

For our soundcloud followers + listeners - the last (no. 3) in our little live trio, raw footpath phone-recording outing from last year. 

This one sees Fincher (on guitar this time), taking the trio through a version of funky-blues-organ-legend Dr Lonnie Smith’s Bluenote classic - ‘Play it Back’. 

*A fitting moment to share this at a time where worldwide corona virus pandemic restrictions are slowly beginning to ease in some places and things are trying to ‘come back’ - people endeavouring to ‘play things back’. Not all countries/regions are in the same ease of restrictions of course, and for us here at KC it’s been a challenging time (for a small tight unit that’s together most weeks), we haven’t seen some of each other since our last show on the 15th March! :p literally locked down. . . all things live ‘music’ practically stopped, and it was all quite sudden. 

. . things won’t be exactly how they were before Mr Virus / CV-19 came on the scene for sure, but now at least it seems some things and some people are beginning to attempt to ‘play it back’ and get back in the groove (fingers crossed Mr Corona Virus).
Here’s to Lonnie’s great nugget of a tune. 

enjoy Kerbside Collection in raw , dusty footpath trio action. 

**excuse the ruff and wooly recording, and like the last one (Watermelon Man / Mr E), it features more stinky bass action from Swampdog (around the 4:47 mark) - on his silky Sadowsky bass.

Andrew ‘manny’ Fincher - guitar
Lachlan ‘swampdog’ - bass guitar
Jason ‘paprika’ - drums

(recorded with 1 x i-phone - on a footpath - 24th March 2019).

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Lonnie’s original Bluenote Recording:
https://youtu.be/e5r3kLEOgQA

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no. 2 recording - Watermelon Man / Mr. E :
https://soundcloud.com/kerbside-collection/watermelon-man-mr-e-live-trio

no. 1 recording - Butterfly / Little Mountain :
https://soundcloud.com/kerbside-collection/butterfly-little-mountain-medley-live-trio

Play It Back (live trio footpath version)

A mixture of mostly instrumental jazz funk and dusty rare grooves - some new, some old - some rare, some not so rare - curtosy of our man behind the pots 'n' pans. Influences, inspirations and favourites alongside some Kerbside Collection numbers. A simmering selection to coincide with the Mind The Curb album release this week on Legere Recordings! *Included is quite a few Aussie nuggets - Don Burrows, Col Nolan, The Cactus Channel, The Bamboos - showing that down under gets funky....enjoy (for best results use whilst driving down to the beach)

Mind The Curb - Dj Mix (selected and blended by paprika)

this one especially for our soundcloud followers:

A melting pot selection of dusty jazzfunk and gritty rare grooves + album tracks that join the jots on the groups influences and inspirations for the ‘smoke signals’ record (released end of 2018/early 2019 on Légère Recordings).  enjoy

album: https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-signals

selected and blended by our drummer Paprika. 
( originally aired on Légère Recordings mixcloud Nov 2018 https://www.mixcloud.com/legererecordings/kerbside-collection-smoke-signals-dj-mix-by-paprika-dusty-jazz-rare-grooves/ )

*excuse the crackles + pops from the dusty vinyl ;-)

artwork: Rafael Uzai 
www.rafaeluzai.com

Smoke Signals - Album influences & inspirations mix (by Paprika)

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Kerbside Collection - are an all instrumental jazz funk and rare groove ensemble from the inner suburbs of Brisbane/QLD/Australia.
The band plays raw jazzfunk and traditional dusty rare groove for listening or dancing.

‘A gritty rhythm section of old school drums and fender or upright bass, alongside funky hammond and rhodes, with some sweet George Benson-ish jazz guitar licks on top.’

The sound harks back to the 60’s and 70’s Californian West Coast jazzfunk music of artists such as Wes Montgomery and George Benson, whilst tipping its hat to some of today’s contemporaries (Soulive, Eddie Roberts & the New Mastersounds, Cookin on 3 Burners, Mattson 2, Frootful etc).

4th studio album 'Round the Corner' out Feb 2022 
(* dedicated to the struggles & loved ones lost around the world during cv-19 *) 
https://kerbsidecollection.bandcamp.com/album/round-the-corner

official clip:
https://youtu.be/9ItzZbeLkNU

VA streaming:
https://lnk.to/l0o9sl

full band bio:
https://kerbside-collection.tumblr.com/about

“Fantastic Brisbane Australia sounds! . . definitely getting some 4hero and Mizell Brothers vibes from this!“ 
(Ennio Styles - Stylin’ RRR FM / Heard & Felt / Worldwide FM Melbourne) 

"Proper jazz funk fusion vibes!" (Kev Beadle - Mind Fluid radio show / UK) 

“The technical abilities of these musicians is undeniable, & reveals itself in a work that is mature & leaves the listener breathless!” 
(Rockerilla - Italy) 

"Heavy heat coming out of Brisbane Australia! pull up a chair and get ready to be fed a piping hot meal of delicious sounds for your ears." 
(Flea Market Funk - NJ / US) 

"Glaze - what a tune to open up with!" (Andrew Jervis - Bandcamp Weekly US) 

"Breezy, 60's inspired West Coast style. Ace!" (Sounds of the Universe Records / UK)

"..funk and timeless grooves!" (Phil Horneman - Wicked Jazz Sounds/NL)

“Cajun Jollof is nice!...funky reggae!” (Baz - Spasibo Records / RU)

“Sounds great! Nice stuff.” (Bradley Zero - Rhythm Section/NTS/UK)

“Smokin’ re-work of Freddie Hubbard’s Red Clay!” (Chris Gill - Northside Records/ Melb/AU)

“Some hefty funk out of Australia!” (Snowboy/Blues &Soul Mag- UK)

“Hard, fresh and carefree!...Cat Whip, is a real tribute to the Godfather, James Brown!” (Soulful Corner – Italy) 

“Tight instrumental jazz from from the Oz scene!” (Dusty Groove Records - Chicago/USA)

“...Fat rhythms, Hammond organ or Rhodes piano, crisp funk bass ....and a guitarist who does not want to be the center of power....for fans of GEORGE BENSON.....absolutely fresh!!!” (Ohrenschmauch Radio Show - Germany)

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