4hero - Universal Love

After a short break from releases, we are back with a killer release from Janaway with 4 atmospheric jungle cuts.

Janaway - 'Til Dawn

Played June 21st @ Asheville Movement Collective's Friday Ecstatic Dance

Cover art by KhrisPants

Mana Potion Project - Sonic Solstice Formula

140 Step Project

Taken from 'The New Monday' LP by Shigeto, out October 6, 2017.

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The New Monday

Shigeto - Barry White (ft. ZelooperZ)

Bring it down bring it up

Lave Tat - Agorero
Boli - Diego Lorenzini
Capitão de Areia (AFTERCLAPP edit) - Jorge Amado
Vertigo - Dolph
Son - Raw Main
Cura del Sentimento - JaJa
Abidjan - Red Axes
Gueto de Gent


Photo taken by me in Timor Leste 2017

A primeira vez

Taken from the album The Rounded Room.

Full album here : 

https://memotone.bandcamp.com/album/the-rounded-room

Limited tapes also...

Memotone - Richardo's Salon

Buy Cykada "Cykada" album here:
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✔️SideOne: http://bit.ly/2STTs9C

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In the last few years London has become the centre of the Jazz Renaissance. A new burst of energy and attitude brought by young musicians, equally inspired by the likes of John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders or Sun Ra, as well as Madvillain, J Dilla, Flying Lotus and Floating Points, has brought a welcomed freshness to the London Scene. This exciting new environment brought a group of young musicians together, all with a mutual desire to discover a new form of expression. Together they created Cykada.

Cykada is a band of established musicians on the London scene, having played in groups including, Myriad Forest, EZRA Collective, Maisha, Where Pathways Meet, Family Atlantica and Don Kipper. Bassist Jamie Benzies is the spine of the project, along with Tilé Gichigi-Lipere, also a fellow former member of the legendary band Myriad Forest and Drummer Tim Doyle aka Chiminyo, together were the first members of Cykada. Jamie mentioned in one interview:

"I became more keen on doing something which has a longer vision. Where you get together with people you know you can work with, people you love sharing a space with and you take your time, you make sure you’re enjoying your music and as that comes, everything else comes."

Trumpeter Axel Kaner-Lidstrom, Saxophonist James Mollison and secret weapon Guitarist Javi Pérez complete the ensemble. Tilé shows a unique and indispensable role within the band, aside from playing keys, he is programming, processing and modifying the sounds of the instruments, a massive factor in creating the distinctive vibe of the band. Cykada’s unique vibe is a testament to its members and the crucial role they each play in the creative process. 

Cykada is an energetic bomb of unique style. It engages distant poles, analog worlds crashing with electronics, eastern influences crossing with western, harmonising nostalgic moments with dancefloor bangers. It seems that Western Africa is just bordering with Eastern Europe, where Turkish music high fives Flamenco and all of this is wrapped up with the fundamentals of the London club scene. There are so many inspirations that it may seem impossible to unite them, however they make it happen, creating layers of devastation, beauty and intrigue.

40 minutes of music built as 5 compositions, were recorded in December 2017 in the Total Refreshment Centre. The self-titled debut album Cykada will be released on 22th of March 2018 by Astigmatic Records. The preorder of the album is available at the Sounds of The Universe and Bandcamp.

Cykada

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Cykada - Dimension Stepper

As the gates closed on our freedom and the landscape of living in the UK changed beyond anything we had seen before, a team of hardcore fanatiks went into action. Dusting off their studio gear, digging out their 90’s sample libraries and getting into the hardcore zone.

Vinyl Fanatiks is a vinyl reissue label run by Brent Newitt, started in 2018. The sole purpose is to track down the artists of some of the collectable underground hardcore classics that were released on the many small, self-funded indie labels that scattered the UK 25+ years ago but have since vanished. Re-releasing the music is the easy part, its finding the bloody artists that’s the real mission!

But they can’t hide forever. Not when you have sheer determination on your side and the tracking abilities of MI5. So, slowly but surely ‘our guy’ started picking them off, one by one using his network of contacts and informants built up over the past 30 years in the music industry. Six degrees of separation? Nah, not when you have been around as long as Brent. A few calls and he can track down nearly anyone.

And so the suggestion of a free download project was put to him six weeks ago at the start of lockdown by DJ H. “Why not do some tunes and give them away as a goodwill gesture to the fans of the label as a big thank you?” he said. But Brent doesn’t like to do small gestures, so he contacted the artists on the label and told them the time had come. Their country needed them. This is more than just an old school comeback he told them, this is your national duty in a time of crisis. What would put a smile on the nations faces more than a fresh batch of hardcore that was totally free??? Nothing…absolutely  nothing!!!

So here we are, 50+ days into Lockdown and the hardcore elite have gathered. DJ H, Diplomat, Aphrodite, Spirits From An Urban Jungle, Silver Fox, X-Plode, DJ Junk, Fugitive, Fozbee & Cooz, Ova Doce, Tone Def ft. Ci Ci Hunter, Fugitive, Crashead and even Brent got off his arse and hooked up with one of his oldest mates, Dave ‘Mad Dog’ Wallace and made a tune under the new moniker MD20.

So please go grab your free album, either as a WAV or MP3 zip, or if you prefer, just cherry pick the tracks you like. Once you have the music, share the link and the tunes with your mates, your family, your neighbours and your gran when you take over her lockdown shopping. This album is all about making people happy, shared with you with love from us.

Stay Safe…

The Vinyl Fanatiks Crew!

Hardcore Lock Down

Diplomat 'Check It'  - Hardcore Lockdown Album - Vinyl Fanatiks - VFS001LP

We're delighted to announce Sonar's Ghosts' first full solo EP on 7th Storey Projects - In 'a Soul - due to drop early August 2020.

Featuring four tracks of ragga-infused jungly goodness, with a bit of ravey-gravy in the mix for good measure!

Presented on transparent yellow vinyl, with free digital download code for all vinyl purchases!