Whateverism LP

FW010

SCRUSCRU - SCRU'S CREW
A compilation of collaborations with friends

Featuring:
@meowsn
@flatwhitechris
@ksenia-pisanova
Whatever
Pasha Borisov
Classonix
S. Timoshenko

Artist: @scruscru
Release Date: October 2022
P&D: Prime Direct
Masters: Reel Mastering
Art: @backdowntrav & @dwilsdesign

SCRUSCRU - SCRU'S CREW (OUT NOW)

Vinyl/digital: https://lagaffetales.bandcamp.com/album/va-10-years-of-lagaffe-tales

A1. Felix Leifur - Cohen Social Club
A2. Moff & Tarkin - Pure Fury
B1. Jónbjörn - We're Not Alone
B2. Viktor Birgiss - Að Handan


The Lagaffe boys have a special one for you. Lagaffe 10 marks the 10th EP in our vinyl series and serves as a perfect way to end our 10th year in existence. To mark this occasion we are releasing a 4 tracker with our founders and label regulars. 

The EP opens up with Cohen Social Club by Flexi Leifs aka Felix Leifur. Our man Felix lost his drum machines last spring but luckily he found a guitar and some drums. The track starts off with suspicious sounding guitar notes that somehow up as pure beauty, giving hope in the darkest of places. Frodo with the ring stuff, if you know what I mean. Playful reverbs and echos give the tune the classic Felix Leifur feel to it! 

Moff & Tarkin has the next track "Pure Fury", some breakbeats and cheesy disco vocals, why change a winning recipe? 

Next up is "We are not alone " by label boss Jonbjörn. I think this is what Elton John meant when he said "thank god for those electro bangers!" Solid 909 drum work featuring dramatic chords and some original vocal work. If you can spot the sample write us on Soundcloud and you might win a year's worth of LaCafe Tales! 

With "Að handan" Viktor Birgiss comes back to the label in style. Our mastering engineer described it as having the loudest kickdrum in history, imagine that! Lo fi dub sounding drums interlaced with atmospheric chords, made for those late night intimate moments on the dancefloor, again Frodo with the ring stuff, if you know what I mean.



Mastering: Bob 'Macc' Macciochi at Subvert Central Mastering
Artwork: Jónbjörn Finnbogason
Pressing & Distribution: Inch By Inch Distribution

10 Years of Lagaffe Tales

Vinyl/Digital

Felix Leifur - Cohen Social Club [10 Years Of Lagaffe Tales]

Last Forever Records was established by Italian DJ & producer Tommy ‘Turbojazz’ Garofalo and is set to make more waves in the dance music scene. The imprint focuses on delivering a full spectrum of high-quality dance vibes already displayed by its quality roster and monthly momentum with artists like Javonntte, Sean McCabe, EVM128, Piers Kirwan, Parker Madicine, Moondance, June Jazzin’, Laesh and more.

Tommy Garofalo, aka ‘Turbojazz,’ is also co-founder of the group Jaxx Madicine, and has been around the scene for twenty years. He’s had numerous tasteful productions on labels like GAMM, Local Talk, BBE and Defected, and has become a real figure of reference in the Italian underground scene! His highly energetic sets are expressed through the house, funk, disco, and warm techno genres that he loves. Turbojazz has DJ’d globally sharing the decks with Moodymann, Gilles Peterson, Mr Scruff, Jimpster, Kode9 and Benji B.

As the pilot single for his stunning album that drops at the end of the year, Turbojazz brings us ‘The Standard.’ When I first heard this track a few months back it stopped me in my tracks. Goose bumps all over, thoughts of Robert Glasper and 4Hero filled my head. ‘The Standard’ is the suite in which Turbojazz kicks off his debut album ‘Whateverism.’ This cut is six minutes of a few well combined elements that compose a sparkling journey into the roots of nu jazz, with Tommy’s unmistakable twist between broken beats and house. Prepare yourself for unpredictable changes and fusion bridges of piano, drums, synths, and bass for the perfect feel-good, pepped-up beauty of an album opener

Whateverism

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Turbojazz - The Standard

Moonbather is taken from the album 'Ceramics' by Saine. 

Out on Omena November 25th

Ceramics

Saine - Moonbather

Italy and Chicago meet and the result, as you might expect, is... tasty. Counting down to the release of his forthcoming album in February, Italian deep house DJ and producer Turbojazz drops a little piece of summer in December. STAY BALANCED is the third single from the forthcoming album Whateverism, featuring instinctively masterful production from Turbojazz and the slinky vibes of Chicago MC Dave Giles II. 

Two phenomenal talents come together in service of a souled'up groove, a spiritual workout of rollickin' Rhodes and sunny vibes. 


🔗 Link: https://lastforeverrecords.bandcamp.com/track/stay-balanced

🎙 Turbojazz - Tommy Garofalo aka @turbojazz has released records on imprints including Local Talk, BBE and Atjazz Record Company, and with his electrifying sets on the decks Turbojazz has forged himself a reputation as a dynamic and highly dextrous DJ. He will be releasing his first personal debut album in February 2023.

🎙 Dave Giles II - Chicago MC @davegilesii is known for his project Dave+Sam on Classic, for his multi features on works by Honey Dijon, Mike Dunn, Cor.ece, and most recently if akkm as writer and performer on "Cozy" with Beyoncé from her smash summer album Renaissance.

🏷 Last Forever Records - Founded by Tommy ‘Turbojazz’ Garofalo, Last Forever Records is a dance music label focused on delivering a full spectrum of high quality dance music. The label has rapidly increased its catalogue with monthly releases by artists from all over the world such as Javonntte, Sean McCabe, EVM128, Piers Kirwan, Parker Madicine, Moondance, June Jazzin’, Laesh and more.

📆 Out December 1 2022 from Last Forever Records.

Premiere: Turbojazz ft. Dave Giles II - Stay Balanced [Last Forever Records]

This album has felt like a long time coming, as the first single ‘The Standard’ dropped back in September. But what a way this was to open an album!
This full-length collection entitled ‘Whateverism’ is the marker of twenty years in the music business for Turbojazz, and it is a celebration of his journey into the sonics and genres that have shaped his tastes and formed the trademark sound that he is known for about the globe. It’s a kaleidoscopic journey that glides from one track to the next in a highly impression fashion through shades of House, Nu Jazz, Hip House, Soul, and the most modern electronic drifts of Deep. Full to the brim with collaborations, you can find the much acclaimed, LA based MC Dave Giles II, who recently featured on the Honey Dijon track Work and on Beyoncé’s Cozy. You will also come across Detroit’s very own - and Moodymann’s most featured vocalist on the hallowed Mahogani Music - deep house diva Nikki O, who gets together with UK House master Sean McCabe on the ridiculously good ‘In Love Again’, plus Japan’s Brisa from the Bastard Jazz family too. 
All of this is packaged with some of the most promising talents from Italy, the motherland from which Turbojazz was born and bred. There’s Neapolitan & Srilankese vocalist Sara Vanderwert, who features on ‘You Are Worth It’, and the Arya who sings the stunning lyrics on ‘We Lost A Night’ in a duet with Losangelino rapper, Demetrius Rhymes. Not forgetting to mention Tommy’s long-time close collaborator from their trio Jaxx Madicine, Veezo, who is in charge of the brilliant key work and scintillating synths on most of the album.
Enjoy this highly impressive and unpredictable journey into the illusive world of Turbojazz. If the world did not know his name before, it will be standing up and knowing his name now.

BUY on JUNO

PREMIERE : Turbojazz - Constellated Ceiling

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Turbojazz burst out of the Milan scene with this multi-genre long player that marks 20 years in the game. Musician, producer and DJ, Tommy ‘Turbojazz’ Garofalo, delivers the full spectrum in this incredibly well put together effort. Featuring a host of talent like Los Angeles MC Dave Giles II, (featured on recent Honey Dijon EP and Beyonce’s album Cosy), UK House don Sean McCabe who delivers the highly credible, ‘In Love Again’ with Detroit (Mahogani Music) vocalist Nikki O. There are performances from vocalists Sara Vanderwert -who Turbojazz met while she was busking in Puglia - and Arya, with both female vocals reaching up to the roof and touching the souls of listeners. Celebrating the sonics and genres that have shaped his sound, this album glides through house, nu-beat-jazz, hip house and soul. If there is one record you buy this month, make it this one.

PREMIERE: Turbojazz - Live At Apollo

Italy-based DJ/producer Turbojazz is finally arriving with his first solo album and it will be called 'Whateverism'. The record moves between modern soul, jazz, house, broken beat, and other electronic influences, all blended together with his own personal touch as the outcome. The album will be released via his own imprint Last Forever Records.

Release: Febr 10th
Full article: www.steppinintotomorrow.com

★ PREMIERE ★ Turbojazz - 'Free Jaxx ft Brisa'

Track taken from the compilation "Past O Phuture Vol.2"
Out on 18437 March 28th

Past Ø Phuture Vol​.​2

Dragged 2020

Underground System returns to Razor-N-Tape with the ‘Looking In EP’ - a 5-track offering of fresh originals and remixes. Ranging from low-slung Balearic grooves, to driving left-field funk and urgent up-tempo backbeats, the record is a fine-tuning of the US sound, complete with their signature flute and synth soundscapes, driving percussion, and catchy offbeat vocal hooks. On the B-side, RNT mainstays Nenor and Clive From Accounts take two of the tunes into clubbier territory, with a pair of remixes that are primed for the dance floor.

Looking In EP

PREMIERE : Underground System - Your Distraction

The wax is hot. The tunes are massive. Oath’s sub-label, Last Year at Marienbad, dispenses a foursome of punchy house tracks for its fifth release, lovingly crafted by some of the genre’s finest producers.

Link:
@oathy

APPAREL PREMIERE: Gloved Hands - She Wrote [Last Year at Marienbad]

Red hot Italian DJ and production collective Aura Safari is back with a second full-length album, Island Dreams. It lands on Hell Yeah Recordings on September 15th and is another live and sun-kissed odyssey through balmy Mediterranean evenings, gorgeous sundown sessions and funky analogue grooves.  

Andrea Moretti, Lorenzo Lavoratori, Daniele Melloni, Nicholas Iammatteo, Lorenzo Francioli, Ruggero Bonucci and Nicola Pitassio are Aura Safari, and between them, they play drums, percussion, bass, keys, and guitar. They contributed to the first volume of the Buena Onda compilation in 2020 on this label, a year after serving up a debut album on London's Church Records. Since then they have become ever more entrenched in their local scene in Perugia. They are skilled musicians and instrumentalists with an effortlessly charming sound inspired by having grown up attending the Umbria Jazz Festival and spending winters keeping warm at the legendary Red Zone Club, while these days and host their own Tropical Climax parties each month in the town centre.

Aura Safari are also deep-digging music collectors who have extensive and far-reaching tastes. When cooking up their sounds they draw on everything from Afro to Italo, house to disco, 80s boogie to world music, jazz and Balearic beats. This new album shows that once more across four sides of vinyl that sweep you up and transport you to somewhere idyllic.

The title track kicks off with steamy Mediterranean grooves embellished with lush Rhodes chords and sprinkles of cosmic magic. 'Sur Mon Balconnet' then slips into dubbed-out disco territory with 80s synths and leggy drums while 'Riserva Naturale' is a new-age jazz house sound with majestic lead synths and heart-melting chords that speak of a sunset dance on the beach. 'Onda' has squelchy boogie bass with hip-swinging drums, 'Wave Riding' is a lo-fi funk excursion with hints of West Coast Californian swagger and 'Magic Malbe' is loose-limbed Balearica with clear blue skies and blissed-out chords.

'Dancing in the Moonlight' featuring legendary Zeke Manyika has all the vibrant feelings of bubblegum pop with Afro vocals and steel drum sounds next to rich xylophone sounds. There is plenty of heat and exotic charm to the proto-Afro house of 'Tropical Climax' and as well as dub versions of 'Sur Mon Balconnet' and 'Dancing in the Moonlight' come the scuffed-up Dam-Funk style beats and boogie of 'Disco Mantra' before closer 'Patagonia' shuts down with elastic drums and bass and playful synth leads that send you home wanting more.

Island Dreams is a tropical escape to a rich world of fusion sounds that look back to go forwards. It's a feel-good record to accompany hot nights and lazy afternoons, cocktails at dusk and dancing till dawn.

Island Dreams

PREMIERE : Aura Safari - Island Dreams

Natural Element proudly presents the long-awaited album The Paradigm Shift by one of Amsterdam’s finest and most prolific producers, Kid Sublime. Following on from the 12” single ‘You Got Me Runnin’’ which dropped in the summer, this 8 track, double LP offering is a special piece of work crafted during the pandemic years and Turbulence recording sessions with maestros Beka Gochiashvili and Mishulino. The album showcases the evolution of Kid Sublime’s sound and the influence of London’s vibrant broken beat scene, with him having connected with some of the artists around the time of the passing of the legendary Phil Asher. It touches on house, bruk and even techno, with his signature soulful touch palpable across the whole record. Features include talented London artist Oliver Night, Sydney-based vocalist Natalie Slade and long time collaborator, flautist Han Litz, amongst others. The Paradigm Shift takes you on a deep sonic journey straight from the heart, celebrating love, connection, spirituality and human evolution. There’s introspective moments with the jazzy house drifter ‘The Awakening’ and the dubbed out bass of ‘Kingz’, as well as joyful moments such as the uplifting ‘Heaven’s Glory’ and the romantic ‘Stay Over’, which is as soulful as it gets. ‘Bring It Come’ brings some minimal bruk flavours reminiscent of Bugz in the Attic, and the title track takes things a bit darker with a club-ready roller. Sitting somewhere between the living room and the dancefloor, this album is sure to enliven the spirits of many a discerning listener and bring some much needed radiance and hope into people’s lives.

BUY:
https://naturalelementmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-paradigm-shift

PREMIERE: Kid Siblime - The Awakening feat. Han Litz

Gab Rhome, Mark Alow - Bob Fossil

composed by dj MT akafollowman August 2025

in memory oh yeah

Deejay since 00's - Producer x Local Talk, BBE, GAMM, S3A, Co-Op, Boogie Café, Broken District, SupportSystemUS  and so on.
Co-Founder of Jaxx Madicine music group with releases on Local Talk, Visions recordings, Jazzy Sport & Eureka! (Japan). Ex Alumnae Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp Rome 2017.
Father of @lastforeverrecords.

WW Bookings: joe[at]remoteartists.co.uk

Dj Booking & Inquiries : lesyeuxorange@gmail.com

Next ==> 13/09@ La  Rotonde Stalingrad, Paris
               26/09@ Burger Disco Club, Athens 
               27/09@ Rokfor, Patras
               04/10@ La Démarrante, Annecy
               18/10@ Boom Boom Villette
               31/10@ La Rotonde Stalingrad
               13/12@ La Rotonde Stalingrad


Past Gigs : 
Paris => Cabaret Sauvage, Trabendo, Rex Club, Badaboum, La Java, Mazette, La Machine du Moulin Rouge, La Prairie Du Canal, Petit Bain, Nexus, La Madrague Festival, Palais de Tokyo, La Rotonde Stalingrad, Silencio, ZigZag, La Clairiere, Wanderlust, Nuits Fauves, Double Vie, Pamela, Virage,  Le Monseigneur etc...

France => Calvi On The Rocks, Cabourg Mon Amour, We Love Green, Sarcus Festival, Tres cool Festival-Deauville, Highfive Festival-Annecy, Briques Rouges Festival-Lille, Bains Numeriques Festival-Enghien, Macadam Nantes x2, Lieu Unique Nantes, Le Sucre Lyon x3, Le Terminal Lyon, Le Petit Salon Lyon, Iboat Bordeaux x3, Chapiteau Marseille, 1988 Live Club Rennes, Gare Saint Sauveur Lille x2, Ostra Nancy, Grenoble Campus, La Bobine Grenoble, Angers, Nuit Blanche Saint Denis etcetc...

Europe => London x4 , Manchester x3, Leeds x2, Edinburgh, Berlin x3, Hamburg, Freiburg, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm x2, Copenhagen, Geneve x4, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Zurich x4, Bern, Lucern, Madrid x2, Ronda, Barcelona x3, Porto, Prague, Skopje, Milan, Rome, Liege, Istanbul, Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest x2, Vilnius x2, Palanga, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, Saint Petersburg, Moscow etc...
RoTW ==> Mexico City x2, Guadalajara, Leon, Merida, San Miguel De Allende, Queretaro etc...

PREMIERE : Turbojazz - Constellated Ceiling

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