Name: Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself by Leaving Records in FabFlameOneHundredandOne
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: TJD001 is Jitwam's debut of original slow-motion funk, dusty soul, and cassette-spun R&B from Australia by way of Manipur. Mastered by LR's Matthewdavid, available now via iTunes & ltd. edition 12" vinyl.

so chillin', good production! super cool voice!

FabFlameOneHundredandOne

available now on brownswood bubblers three and also forthcoming on emanative// time which drops on april the 5th 2010

Turn Your Lights On

TJD001 is Jitwam's debut of original slow-motion funk, dusty soul, and cassette-spun R&B from Australia by way of Manipur. Mastered by LR's Matthewdavid, available now via iTunes & ltd. edition 12" vinyl.

Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself

Single: Treasure 
Project: Hypnotic Joints II
Apple Music: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1672931201
Official Video: https://youtu.be/9nYK16lm8f4
Bandcamp: https://hypnoticbrass.bandcamp.com/track/treasure

Treasure

JEAN CLAUDE - Freddie Gibbs (Chopped & Screwed)

We're on tour: http://bit.ly/TOURDATESHER
HER TAPE #1 OUT NOW IN VINYL: http://bigwax.fr/her/tape1
& ON DIGITAL: http://bit.ly/1PlBgbL
WATCH THE VIDEO NOW: http://bit.ly/5minutesvideo


Her Tape #1

Five Minutes

ARC-002

Jamma-Dee

Vol. 1

A-1

8 TRACKS

12" VINYL RELEASE

2015

Jamma-Dee - Gud Ol' Luv

Come And See Badu  - the official BADU PARTY NEXT DOOR DUET REMIX

Self-made singer and guitarist @oscarjerome combines soulful strains with contemporary electronica and organic instrumentation, off his forthcoming self-titled EP.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/10/31/oscar-jerome-2-sides

Oscar Jerome - 2 Sides (STW Premiere)

from the new EP 'Antiphon'  - https://alfamist.bandcamp.com 
Alfa Mist - Keys
Rudi Creswick - Bass
Jamie Houghton - Drums
Maria Medvedeva - Sax
Johnny Woodham - Trumpet
Jamie Leeming - Guitar

Antiphon

Keep On

new single from Melanie Charles https://soundcloud.com/melaniecharlesisdflower

"The Girl with the Green Shoes" out on September 22nd

prod. @mejiwahn

mastering by Bae Bro

Girl With The Green Shoes

Buy/Stream

Be On My Side • Melanie Charles

"I love The Expansions their futuristic leanings inject new life into the form. Fresh material!" Ian Merchant (Black Acre)

“Exudes all the qualities I cherish most in music, warmth, integrity and a dedication to the groove… it’s a hard road to travel when you step in the footprints of giants, The Expansions are treading that path with ease and assurance.” Patrick Forge

"Coming off something like the UK's more jazz-funk fueled answer to BBNG, all four quarters of this monstrous unit are on point on this hugely anticipated release. There's got to be a very special long-player in the works, and I for one can't wait to immerse myself in that!" Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s) 

“The Expansions, very funky! Headhunters/Weather Report inspired, and definitely worth checking out. My new favourite band.” Steve White (Style Council, Paul Weller)
=========
When The Expansions self released their first single in 2013, the laid-back jazz funk of Lavender, it quickly gained strong support from soul and rare-groove aficionados including Kenny Dope, Dom Servini, Patrick Forge and Andy Smith. A run of shows followed and before long, when someone was asking if there was a soul-jazz band around to play with, “The Expansions” was the answer. 

Although this popularity meant a hiatus in releasing music, the band have been constantly busy, playing around Europe with legendary British-Ghanaian soul singer, Andrew Ashong and the exceptional, upcoming talent Connie Constance. 

Murmuration, recorded over three days at Big Noise in Southend, is constructed of single takes, with minimal overdubs, as the band attempt to capture the feeling and energy they create live. 

Debut single Breakthrough introduced the insanely catchy but deeply soulful blend of synths and groove, but here on the album that is explored to the fullest with longer breakdowns and more expansive, experimental solos. Pocket 5 displays the, possibly unexpected, influences of broken beat and almost combative rhythm playing – particularly in the complex guitar and keys breakdown where Koor and O’Keefe layer conflicting time signatures and battle to ride it out to the heavy drum return. 

Cannonball brings warm mellowness that delicately evolves through beats, touching on bossas alongside their fundamental hip-hop sensibilities. But even here there is a raucous zenith before the band sublimely recede into the silence of the a-side ending. 

Colossal album highlight Ivory Mountain is truly an epic. Evoking moments of 4Hero, there is a lightness of groove in the first half of this soulful exploration. But at the halfway point, all restraint is let go as a live string section joins the four quarters of the band for three glorious minutes of soulful disco. Evoking sounds of Quincy Jones, George Benson and Johnny Hammond, all the way through to a beautifully cacophonous finale. 

Dragonfly undoubtedly reflects on the work of Herbie Hancock and is the most direct throwback to the band’s earlier work, which is a welcome marker of how far they have come. A quintessential jazz funker. 

The album closes with the thoughtful and introverted shuffle of Miles Away. In the final eight minutes of Murmuration, The Expansions allow space and time to take precedence, with once-more-restrained peaks and developments. It becomes clear though, that the band cannot resist one last explosive finale, as they rise with screeching synths, strings and dubs for a perfect race to the finish line. 

You can hear the influences of Idris Muhammad, Grover Washington, even parallels with South London peers Yussef Kamaal and Ruby Rushton. But The Expansions have tirelessly worked to create a sound of their own and are very proud, along with label Albert’s Favourites, to finally share it.

Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself

Leaving Records

Recent comments

علي

‎

Calvin

Bush Baby

Related tracks