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Soul Mix no.1

Fall Selections 2015

favourite things | 10.15

Octobre 2015

Hanini

Superfly

Chillcore

FunkSoul

Charm

Evil Friends Remix EP

Evil Friends (feat. Danny Brown) [Jake One Remix]

The track 'Fuel To Fire' is taken from Agnes' new album 'Aventine' released 30th September and available to pre-order here: http://www.agnesobel.com

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Fuel to Fire

The Shins - New Slang

Here's a new track from the final Mini Therapy Chop collection!

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Tall Black Guy - Listen And Research 90bpm

'Bout You (Tall Black Guy Remix)

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Rainy Milo - 'Bout You(Tall Black Guy Remix)

As a thank you to my fans, I thought that it would be a good time to put up a track that a few have been asking for. Good things come to those who wait! 

Enjoy, 

TBG

(only a limited 1,000 copies are available) 

Tall Black Guy - Sade's Taboo(Sweetest Taboo Blap-Up) 83bpm

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In promotion for Coalmine Records ten year anniversary compilation album 'Unearthed', which is set for a May 13th, 2014 release date, the Brooklyn-based boutique label is pleased to present the project's lead single "Get Down," featuring Pharoahe Monch. The track is produced by Australia's Award Winning M-Phazes, co-producer of Eminem's "Bad Guy," as featured on the multi-platinum selling 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2,' and features scratches courtesy of DJ Revolution of The World Famous Wake Up Show. "Get Down" is to be released for Record Store Day, April 19, 2014 as a collector's edition 7" vinyl, with it's release becoming available for digital download the following Tuesday, April 22nd. 

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Pharoahe Monch (feat. DJ Revolution) - Get Down (prod. by M-Phazes)

Track by Patawawa, additional production & instrumentation by Mr Bird.

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Patawawa - Strange

THE SP1200 PROJECT: A RE-AWAKENING (x2LP)

Without question fans of Lord Finesse always refer to the mid 90s, and his 'Awakening' album, as THAT production sound they crave for...as do we all. The SP1200 Project has effectively been 20 years in the making as we take a trip back in time and restore a grip of previously unheard beats from Finesse's stash of floppy disks. THIS IS TRULY A RE-AWAKENING!

SOS is proud to present the SP1200 Project: A Re-Awakening, which has seen these beats resurrected, sequenced, mixed, and mastered for your listening pleasure. As always no expense has been spared to ensure we provide y'all with superior quality vinyl. These beats have been mixed by Eddie Sancho, mastered by Tony Dawsey, and lacquer cut in one of the best pressing plants in the World. Add to that we've pressed to double 180 gram vinyl, placed within a gatefold jacket designed by Mr. Krum, featuring the photography of Dan Love. 

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C3 Get Down

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SSR-043 - Lord Finesse - The SP1200 Project: A Re-Awakening (SAMPLER)

Kerbside Collection's debut jazz funk and rare groove LP „Mind the Curb“ (released May 2013 on Légère Recordings) gets the remix, rework and re-use treatment with a variety of re-interpretations from fellow Aussie and international friends with everything from dubby-pacific-nu disco, analogue breaks and beats to balearic Japanese nu jazz.

Brisbane beatsmith Blunted Stylus (Geoff Blunted/Jigzaw Geoff/Ex Resin Dogs) kicks off the release with a heavy low slung, analogue, jazzy, b-boy breakbeat remix of „Jelly Belly“. Another living legend of the Australian scene – Ennio Styles (Stylin' radio show/Melbourne) completely flips „Sweet like Nectar“ into an uptempo lo-fi, live disco- boogie, dancefloor shaker. Japanese Dj and producer Chikashi Nishiwaki continues his remix love affair with Aussie groups and delivers a balearic re-make of „41 Bernhard“, teaming up with some friends to create a beautiful crossover piece fusing nu jazz, bossa and breaks flavours.

Next up is another Aussie producer on the make - Billy Hoyle (Melbourne). He cooks up a smooth, jazzy, laid-back, melodic head nod hip hop rework of Red Stripe, chopping things up 'MPC/Boom Bap' style for fans of the true school, funky hip hop flavours. Renegades of Jazz hits us with the fat, b-boy breaks flavour on the remix of 'Cat Whip', complete with acid bass line, synths and congas for extra dancefloor pressure. Another legendary Brisbane Dj/MC/producer Two Dee, gives us his pacific flavoured, dubby, disco-house remix of „41 Bernhard“ – turning the rhodes into a skank rhythm sitting ontop of a shuffling disco beat - reflecting the warm, tropical, beach side atmosphere of the Australian Pacific Coast. The JNBO 'Gone Sour' rework of „Sweet Like Nectar“ is the mastermind of Henry Jenkins (bass player for college funk and soul sensations - The Cactus Channel and Karate Boogaloo/Hope Street Recordings Melbourne).

Kerbside Collection's drummer Paprika serves up two re-works. For the first one he re bumps „41 Bernhard“ into a more contemporary low slung hip hop/nu soul territory. The second remix (originally released as a bonus on the Mind the Curb disc) is a bossa re-bump of „Red Stripe“ – giving the reggae flavoured track a more swingin' jazzier sound.

A limited edition 12inch vinyl single with selected tracks from this digital release will be available in specialist shops.

Another living legend of the Australian scene – Ennio Styles (Stylin' radio show/Melbourne) completely flips 'Sweet like Nectar' into an uptempo lo-fi, live disco- boogie, dancefloor shaker complete with flute, extra keys, samples and horns (99% of the parts picked from Legere's back catalogue!). The track kicks off with a gritty live disco groove and re-appropriated guitar and bass licks from the original track, then some funky synth clav, gradually building as all the elements get added, before the soaring Brass section take you to the finish line. For fans of Cro Magnon and Todd Terje.

Ennio is a legendary tastemaker and DJ, not only in his home city and country of Melbourne/ Australia, but also worldwide – with his reputable, regular chart (back in the day) for legendary Straight No Chaser magazine, remixes on labels such as Raw Fusion, Irma, Compost and Far Out recordings, comps such as the ground breaking 'Other Worldly Fusions' CD (alongside fellow DJ and enthusiast Kano/Red Bull Music Academy), and his long running radio show on one of Australia's biggest community radio stations (3RRR) clocking up over 600 episodes – uncovering talented musicians, bedroom beatsmiths and independent releases attracting worldwide support from the likes of Gilles Peterson and Mad Mats. www.soundcloud.com/enniostyles <http://www.soundcloud.com/enniostyles> 



KERBSIDE COLLECTION - SWEET LIKE NECTAR (ENNIO STYLES REMIX)

Sol Monk - "It Feels Like Wednesday" ft. Keren Dun

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So, 2014 is nearly done and once again, the releases came at such a rate  that we’ve barely had time to draw breath, let alone sit back and congratulate ourselves on another year of putting out Real Music For Real People…
That’s why we enjoy this little tradition of posting the annual ‘staff picks’ from our own catalogue… it forces us to sit back, relax and start playing through some of that incredible music that we’ve released into a harsh world in the last year. 
Don’t think it’s easy … Team BBE can be riven with hissy-fits and sulkiness for a couple of days as personal favourites are out-voted, over-ruled or ruled out over technicalities  (e.g. the member of staff who insisted on having every track from the weird and wonderful  Strange Breaks and Mister Thing III). But the collective process usually ends in a group hug and a nice warm glow once we playback the final selection. 
It’s impossible to let the occasion pass without mentioning some of the ones that got away, though. Despite the plethora of new artists we’ve put out over the past few years we’re probably still best-known for our compilations, instantly  recognizable both visually and aurally, and this year saw no let- up in either quantity or quality. As well as the aforementioned Strange Breaks and Mister Thing III, which won plaudits from the most seasoned vinyl junkies for its educative and entertaining qualities, we had Sean P’s personal trip down memory lane to an old-school that few of today’s hip-hop generation even knew existed, Rock It Don’t Stop It. We also had Kev Beadle’s dig around the private press archives for lost jazz classics, resulting in his Private Collection, and the fourth …yes, fourth!.. instalment of Keb Darge and Little Edith’s Legendary Wild Rockers, raw rockabilly from one of our longest-serving and most illustrious of collaborators. 
Having seen a lot of reissues done very badly, 2014 was the year we stepped up the game with our Masters We Love series. Lavishly packaged and remastered from the original sources, we’ve been able to put legendary albums previously known only to hard-core collectors back into wider circulation. Nana Love, Crystal Winds, Hal Bradbury,  Janet Lawson, The Craig Peyton Group were some of the artists in this series who benefited from this exposure but inexplicably didn’t make the cut for our year end round-up … Band X and Dan Mastroianni are two more who did. We also put out the legendary Lost Album from Iron Curtain synth-meisters Rodion G.A. 
So what of those new artists? For every one that scraped on this seasonal bonanza, there were a couple more that didn’t … so a big shout-out to Lady Daisey, Morgan featuring Jo Sims, Very Tall Stories,Loretta Heywood, Hempolics,  The Grits, Algebra Blessett, Yesking, Duct Tape, Time For T, and DJ Oil, who between them represent just about every kind of credible underground music-making going on right now. 
As for those represented on this excursion, there’s no lack of diversity there, either.  Old friends like Shawn Lee, DJ Vadim and Mr.Bird jostle for attention alongside Slakah the Beatchild, Anchorsong,, Tricky D, The Excelsiors, Larry Achiampong, True Ingredients, Megajawns, Vaitea and More Like Trees. From the dopest dubbed out downtempo headnodders to the most progressive of up-tempo left-field dance, taking in the flavours of Africa, the Caribbean and the East along the way. 2014 was one helluva ride … hope you enjoy this brief trip back through it alongside. 


Since You've Been Gone

Mr Bird feat. Greg Blackman - Since You've Been Gone

Taken from Songs To Make Up To, out June 12th on Future Classic / Fool's Gold

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Love Again

Love Again (feat. JMSN & Sango)

hello people, this is my new song... i wanted to do something with poetry inside again as 'Le chant de Maldoror'. for this one i mixed electronic/house music with a french poem written by Baudelaire called "Elevation". It deals with the elevation of the mind and the pursuit of an ideal. "ataraxie" is a philosophical term which means  "the lack of troubles" and the rise of the soul. 
_feel free to like, share and it's FREE DOWNLOAD! 

_picture: "Le Voyageur contemplant une mer de nuages" by Caspar David Friedrich

_poem read by Michel Piccoli
"Elevation", Charles Baudelaire:

Au-dessus des étangs, au-dessus des vallées,
Des montagnes, des bois, des nuages, des mers,
Par delà le soleil, par delà les éthers,
Par delà les confins des sphères étoilées;

Mon esprit, tu te meus avec agilité,
Et, comme un bon nageur qui se pâme dans l'onde,
Tu sillonnes gaiement l'immensité profonde
Avec une indicible et mâle volupté.

Envole-toi bien loin de ces miasmes morbides,
Va te purifier dans l'air supérieur,
Et bois, comme une pure et divine liqueur,
Le feu clair qui remplit les espaces limpides.

Derrière les ennuis et les vastes chagrins
Qui chargent de leur poids l'existence brumeuse,
Heureux celui qui peut d'une aile vigoureuse
S'élancer vers les champs lumineux et sereins; 

Celui dont les pensées, comme des alouettes,
Vers les cieux le matin prennent un libre essor,
- Qui plane sur la vie, et comprend sans effort
Le langage des fleurs et des choses muettes!

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All In You (ft. Anna Kova)

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KLEINTIERSCHAUKEL – BLUE ELEPHANT (LUL008)

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Nights are coming and going and faces appear and vanish, great plans are made and rarely held up to. While that is the mode that keeps the machine running, from time to time something greater can evolve out this fast paced spare time profession. That is to say, it is a great pleasure to smooth the way for our dear friend »Kleintierschaukel« and his »Blue Elephant«.

A rare species whose origins are found in »Motomia« (A1), that odd place where sticky clocks tick faster than time passes. Still all confusion is lost in the calm whispering of Juliette (A2), a harmony of strange confidence. Despite all its apparent harmlessness, it needs the soothing voice of our all beloved Leonie to let its vast figure withdraw to the rivers and show the gentle nature of this »Unterwassermann« (B1). Back in his element all notches are smoothed out and movements unite in a rythmic flow. This is not a documentary, this is the Blue Elephant: »TV Ende« (B2).

All echoisms aside: We are very happy to have Mr. »Valentin Stip« from Montreal himself contribute his interpretation of »Motomia« (D), a delicate dissection, reunited to a greater interaction of the most gentle kind.

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A1: Motomia
A2: Nous (feat. Juliette & C. Mayr)
B1: Leonie Falke - Unterwassermann (Kleintierschaukel Version)
B2: TV Ende
D: Motomia (Valentin Stip Remix)

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Artist: @kleintierschaukel
Remix: @valentinstip
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LUL008
EAN-Barcode: 4025858069678
Format: 12” Vinyl + Digital Download
Release Date: June 2015

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Motomia

Kleintierschaukel - Motomia (Valentin Stip Remix) [Digital Only]

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Natty Reeves - Dream

In the upcoming free EP "Basket Sound Part.3" 

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Get Up

Astronauts Etc feat. Toro Y Moi - Rocket Man

"The Lavishments of Light Looking" (featuring George Clinton, prod. Flying Lotus)by Flying Lotus, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat [EXPLICIT]

Download this track for FREE at adultswim.com/singles beginning September 28 at 12p EST.


WOKE(Flying Lotus, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat) f George Clinton - The Lavishments of Light Looking

Originally released December 2014. Re-issued on cassette by Sports Day Records October 1st 2015. 

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Majorca

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Hazel English - Fix

Steve Lacy's Demo will be here soon...Here's the single

Donchano- Steve Lacy (Prod. by Steve Lacy)

"Egg" by The Garden from the album 'haha,' available October 9th.

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The Garden - Egg

Taken from the new album "Melancholy." released by Toonorth on Urban Waves Records! Toonorth is a young producer from small town, Ashland, Oregon (a.k.a Narnia) You might have heard his work on Soundcloud and apparitions on such labels as Turbo Tape Recordings and Lush Loops. Today he brought us his new album "Melancholy" to mark a first collaboration with Urban Waves Records! 

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Produced by https://soundcloud.com/countbazzy-2

Artwork designed by Justin Rodriguez

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Toonorth - Mirage

"Convergence" - Out Oct 16th 2015

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Rushin feat. Jacinthe

Hot on the heels of their current album '”Showdown”, The Mighty Mocambos release a new single that shows yet another side of band's musical versatility.

For the heart rending 'Where Do We Go From Here', no other than soul legend Lee Fields takes over the vocal spot, confirming that he is one of the coolest soul cats around.


THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS with LEE FIELDS - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE

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Bluestaeb is one of the key figures of the new generation of up and coming beat producers from Berlin/Germany. Equally influenced by Dilla and Ta-ku they won't let them label you as "future" or "boom bap", the actually maneuver in between those sounds effortlessly. "Rodalqulilar" will be Bluestaeb's debut of Jakarta and will take you on a journey to the spanish town of Rodalquilar where Bluestaeb spent quite some of his childhood in his parents house. The LP version comes with a photo booklet including the complementing visuals to the said journey.

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Bluestaeb - Rodalquilar

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♕

LYRICS / PAROLES — PARFUM THÉRÉMINE 

Misleading me 
When lights are awake 
What I can see 
Is just a shade of you

And you know 
I only feel you through 
The scent 
Of the wave 

Finding the key 
While touching the air 
Soft odyssey 
Delusive is the view 

And you know 
I only feel you through 
The scent 
Of the wave

Misleading me 
When lights are awake 
What I can see 
Is just a shade of you

♕

L'Impératrice — PARFUM THÉRÉMINE

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Following hot on the heels of our well-received reissue of his first album, Rim Arrives, we now present the two other key records that have made this a cult figure for lovers of both African music and ‘disco’ in its widest sense. Too Tough, a superb three track EP from 1982, on Sum-Sum Records, was credited to Rim and Kasa, whilst he issued the cracking 12” I’m Not Going To Let You Go as Rim And The Believers for Harmony Records the following year.

Rim and Kasa – Love Me For Real (Radio Edit)

American Girl started as a joke when I was watching old Kobe Bryant highlights and Estelle's ''American Boy'' was the soundtrack. I really wanted to make a stripped back #emotional version that would play on its really great melodic structure. I reached out to my lovely friend @Wafia to sing a duet with me & mustered enough courage to jump on the first verse. I'm very proud of this song. I hope you enjoy it.  

Produced by Ta-ku, Daniel Crawford & Will Langer.

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American Girl

American Girl (feat. Wafia)

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TR705 - Willie West - "I'm Still A Man" - new single, out 30th of Oct 2015! Timmion Records.

I'm Still A Man - Willie West

Warning - Highly addictive nature of this record may result in uncontrollable booty shaking 
Portugese Beatmaster & Surfer Dedy Dread joins forces with Brighton's Mr Bird and Jstar for international mashup collaboration. MIA's classic Paper Planes meets Mr Big Stuff on the A-side, while a Joe Tex loop drives a dancefloor filling funky soul stomper feat Pharrell, Gwen Stafani and Skeletor! 
Limited Editions come in vintage brown paper sleeves and full colour label

DEDY DREAD & MR.BIRD - Love On Fire (Jstar Arr.)

That Swing - Soul Square

Ismaël - One & Only (Prod: R3Mi)

The album "Funkhaus Studio Sessions" will be released in May 2012.
12inch of I Human available at your local record store...remixes to come in June...

I Human feat. Paul Randolph

SILBER IM REMIX (ultralimited!) - jetzt draußen!
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DCS - "Weiter" (Projekt Gummizelle-Remix)

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Jessie Ware - Sweet Talk (Cyril Hahn Remix)

Leichter als Fliegen Instrumental

From the Fat Bird Sounds label...FBSD＃004

https://mrbird.bandcamp.com/track/monkey-funk

Big thanks also to http://soundcloud.com/dedydread for the architectural arrangement assistance ...

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Mr Bird - Monkey Funk

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<b>OUT: 24 June 2013</b>

"When I grow up, I wanna be like Omar" - Stevie Wonder

There are precious few, if any contemporary UK artists whose creative credentials and influence extend as far and so consistently wide as Freestyle Records' most recent signing Omar. Since first breaking through to worldwide renown all the way back in 1991 with his first releases on Gilles Peterson's seminal Talkin' Loud label, and since going on to work with all manner of musical legends including a certain Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Syreeta Wright, Common, and Carleen Anderson.

Omar returns with a brand new album that many say is without doubt the strongest of his entire career. The buzz generated by the single release of the album's title track, The Man, confirmed beyond doubt that Omar is very much at the top of his game, with everyone from BBC 6 Music's Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 2's Trevor Nelson and Jamie Cullum giving both major support and high praise for the simply magnificent new high point for Omar's renowned ability to write devastatingly catchy melodies.

Across the rest of this new album, opener Simplify sets the template, with its luscious and majestic string backed introduction raising the curtain on this deep, hard grooving number. Omar also joins forces with Germany's Hidden Jazz Quartett on High Heels - growling organ spars with the tough, jagged drumbeat on this tough, funk driven collaboration. Elsewhere, latin textures and rhythms have always been part of Omar's far reaching musical vocabulary, and on Come On Speak To Me and Ordinary Day restless south American beats underpin the crisp and fresh melodies.

Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler offers her distinctive voice on the duet Treat You, allowing these two legendary voices to unite beautifully. Completing the circle that began all the way back in the early 1990s, Omar has re-recorded his classic love song There's Nothing Like This, which this time features bass player to the Gods Pino Palladino. The touching sentiment remains undiminished, but the addition of soaring strings, soulful, jazzy horns, a vibrant live and acoustic feel, plus an extended and new arrangement.

This album will surely become known as the most eclectic, confident, mature and soulful album of his career. After all, Stevie Wonder knows, Erykah Badu knows... and now everyone knows; Omar is The Man.

07 Omar - Fuck War, Make Love

09 Omar - I Love Being With You

13 Omar - Ordinary Day (feat. Stuart Zender)

Clean The House single from Blackbird, the third studio album from heavyweight soul providers Fat Freddy’s Drop. Check the grindhouse marionette music video at : http://youtu.be/T2INd9Cjf1U

Blackbird

Clean The House

Clean the House

Upfront funk and future soul straight out of Hamburg Germany. Part of the Lounge Records group of labels. Established 1996.

Current releases:
LEGO 174 Smoove & Turrell - I'm A Man (7inch)
LEGO 177 Resolution 88 - Revolutions (LP/CD/Digital)
LEGO 180 Shawn Lee - Rides Again (LP/CD/Digital)
LEGO 183 Shawn Lee & Paul Elliott - Mexican Marimba (7inch)
LEGO 184 Kerbside Collection - Smoke Signals (Remixed) (Digital)
LEGO 185 Joel Sarakula - London Road (Digital)
LEGO 189 Mamas Gun - This Is The day (7inch/Digital)