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Palate Cleansers - 2

STRICTLY SOUL (OG)

library music rare groove night

The Michelin Guide

Feel Good Playlist

give me vibes 25

Spotishine - 8

Mars

Cortex - Huit octobre 1971

Black Beauty 
A response to Lana Del Rey from Willis Earl Beal.

Black Beauty (A response to Lana Del Rey from Willis Earl Beal)

The innovative, radical soul of Guadeloupe explored across thirty years of contemporary gwoka music.

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As Guadeloupean vocalist and composer Marie-Line Dahomay writes in her liner notes to the compilation, gwoka is more than a style of music, it is “a way of living and thinking.”

Rooted in the social, musical and ritual practices of enslaved African people and their descendants on Guadeloupe, gwoka has always sought to express the spirit of independence and resistance authentic to the island.

Building on its traditional call-and-response form and the ideas of pivotal figures like Gérard Lockel and Christian Laviso, modern gwoka evolved throughout the second half of the twentieth century to include funk, jazz and electronic influences.

Defined by its propensity for innovation and experimentation, this compilation charts the most radical changes to modern gwoka, capturing a sensory riot of traditional répertoires, rhythms and makè techniques fused with a rich seam of genre-defying experimentation.

Whether heard in the deeply cosmic, spiritual music of Dao, Freydy Doressamy and Gaoulé Mizik, or the jazz funk inflections of Gui Konket and Horizon, the music here is united by the feeling of santiman ka, crucial not only to gwoka music but the identity of Guadeloupe at large.

As co-curator Cédric Lassonde writes: “What unifies these selections is the depth of the compositions, the experimentation around the santiman ka, and the spirit of resistance and liberation against slavery, be it modern or ancestral. With a thirst for innovation typical of the island’s creole culture, the ka spirit is deeply rooted in collective history and in a quest for identity.”

Co-curator Brandon Hocura continues: “The creative energy of these musicians is powerful and demonstrates a universal pursuit of resistance, freedom and identity. Their voices are distinct, but the chorus rises high and carries their message far across the sea.”

Released on double LP, L’Esprit Ka: New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010 is the first compilation of its kind to bring the sound of modern gwoka to a wider audience, with many of the musicians features still active today.

Presented with typical attention to detail, the release features a specially commissioned essay by Guadeloupean musician Marie-Line Dahomey, and extensive liner notes from Cédric Lassonde and Séance Centre’s Brandon Hocura. 

True to the hybrid nature of the music, the compilation seeks not to provide a definitive sound, but express the variety of contemporary forms gwoka has grown to take. Just as Guadeloupean trailblazers Kassav fused gwoka with funk and cadence to create zouk, so did the musicians on this collection push gwoka in new directions rarely heard beyond its shores.

In the words of Gérard Lockel, “gwoka is the soul of Guadeloupe”.

Lèspri Ka : New Directions in Gwo Ka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-201

Emboule Jean-Claude, Louison Gerome et Le Groupe Kako - Enjafann Kannn

Honest Labour

Ladybird Drone

Alberto Rosenblit & Mario Adnet

Penedo (feat. Boca Livre)

Skyscrapers (Remixes)

Skyscrapers (Vladimir Dubyshkin Hungover Mix)

Skyscrapers (Solomun Remix)

Skyscrapers (Solomun Remix - Radio Edit)

Skyscrapers (Ryan Elliott Remix)

Skyscrapers (Vladimir Dubyshkin Accordion Detected Mix)

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Mimosa

Donny In Valdez

Donny In Valdez (PJ's Flip)

82 92 (feat. Mac Miller)

Percussions - KHLHI (TEXT029A)

Prospect Park West

Cortex - Troupeau Bleu

Cortex - L'enfant Samba

Sons Of Ethiopia

Astawesalehu

sampl@Robert Vanderbilt & The Foundations Of Soul- A Message Especially From God 
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Luigi Beats - Vanderbilt/sampl@Robert Vanderbilt - A Message Especially From God

America

A Horse with No Name

Here's a rip of DJ Target spinning our track Dust to Dust on Radio 1... You can D/L a copy here:
https://soundcloud.com/monki-1/gotsome-dust-to-dust

Our Tell You Why/Don't Stop EP is out on Zoo Music on the 15th of February.

DJ Target Plays "Dust To Dust" on Radio 1 (17/01/16)

Linger Lane

Manzanita

Time Is Slipping Away

The Sweetest Pain

Conscience

Teardrops

Gap Mangione - Boys With Toys

KPM 1132 - Synthesis

Brian Bennett & Alan Hawkshaw - Alto Glide (KPM 1132) 1974

On Love

4° Último

Infinito do Espelho

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'50 Mile View' from the 'Sketch on Glass' EP

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Fifty Mile View

Othona

laurence Guy - claudi

First of 3 new flips cominig from @parkbreezy and I

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Johnny Hammond- why can't we smile. (pheel. Flip)

BEACON TALK

A Girl Cried Red

Little Angel

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The Lijadu Sisters - Life's Gone Down Low

TEXT017 
Percussions - Bird Songs/Rabbit Songs
12" in the shops very soon.

Percussions - Bird Songs (TEXT017)

Visions Of A New World

Off the back of their Meredith Music Festival 2019 lineup announcement, Melbourne wonky soul four-piece Karate Boogaloo have shared the second piece from their upcoming ‘KB’s Mixtape No. 2’.

This time KB gives us their flip on Mtume’s disco/R&B slow-jam “Juicy Fruit”. It’s a mid-tempo bounce, mellow and light to the touch with sprinkles of oozy synth and slide-guitar throughout.

Composed around a Linn LM-1 drum machine and recorded in under two hours, Mtume’s “Juicy Fruit” has had a lasting impact on the R&B and hip-hop scene with over 100 listed sample uses of the track. Most famously used in Notorious B.I.G’s 1994 hit “Juicy”, Keyshia Cole’s “Let It Go”,  Warren G’s “This D.J” & in Grand Theft Auto’s radio shows.

Following on from the cult success of ‘KB’s Mixtape No. 1’ - songs that were sampled into your favourite hits -, ‘Mixtape No. 2’ expands this theme with songs from the 80s that were sampled into your favourite hits! Out September 27 via Hopestreet Recordings.

Making up the rhythm section of long-time Melbourne soul favourites The Cactus Channel, KB consistently sit in their own lane – the combination of raw musicianship and sheer time on the clock in the studio and on stage gives them a glowing connection rarely seen. Making records, they follow their own rules; recording and mixing on tape with no plugins and no edits, releasing exclusively in mono. It’s not about anachronism, it’s about the KB manifesto: a chosen set of limitations forcing a specific outcome, an outcome best appreciated through their “KB’s Mixtape” series of LPs.