AMPLITUDES - Dimanche Café N°007

Malik

Malik (Remastered)

Sunday Sessions Nº416

"Cookie Dough" Ultra-crisp productions, sophisticated synthline melodies and pitch perfect vocals from Freddie Cruger and Anthony Mills. 

On The Road

Across the river Mersey, a broadcast beams out of Transmission Towers. Signalling the arrival of a new transcendent machine soul duo and their forthcoming debut album Transmission One, the grooves of ‘Roller Skater 23’ reverberate into the atmosphere. Laced up, strapped in, this is a cosmic cruiser to soundtrack your ride on the interstellar airwaves.

Transmission Towers, operated by Mark Kyriacou and Eleanor Mante, brings together two artists who collaborated over 10 years ago and stayed friends ever since. This new project, which also marks the first release on Luke Una’s new É Soul Cultura label, orbits a synthesised world won over by soul. Giving a first taste of what’s to come on their forthcoming album, the lead single is an outer planetary excursion taking in off-kilter E soul, tripped-out astral punk and sonic Afrofuturism.

Machines melding with emotions, Mark programming the synthesisers and drum machines as Eleanor lays down the lyrical radiance. Galactic keys, hyperspace basslines and celestial strings, it’s the kind of otherworldly energy that transports your mind to another dimension.

Amplifying this first transmission as far as it can possibly reach, Crooked Man aka Parrot has been brought in on mix down duties. Combined with a heavyweight mastering by Joker, ‘Roller Skater 23’ is destined to command dancefloors and capture minds wherever it is received.

Transmission Towers - Roller Skater 23

TH569 Abramo Laye Sené & THC - Ningkinaka ( Radio Version)

Elixir

Why Can't It Wait Till Morning

New wave rumba disco crossover, recorded in Paris in the mid 80s. 

4 tracks spanning rumba, disco, new wave and reggae experiments from Congolese singer Albert Siassia and his group Tokobina, including two previously unreleased tracks taken from original demo tapes. 

Originally from Pointe Noire in Congo, Albert Siassia came to Paris in the early 80s as part of the Ballet Nationale du Congo and joined forces with a young French reggae group called Dread Lion – a band he re-christened “Tokobina” (Lingala for “let’s dance”). Keen to broaden their audience the group played a mixture of reggae, rumba, disco and new wave styles, often using drum machines and synths. 
They released one 12” EP, further altering the spelling of the name – “Tokobina” was phonetically anglicised to “Talk-Hoby-Night” in an unsuccessful effort to increase international sales. The record failed to make much of an impact and soon after Albert Siassia moved back to Pointe Noire to become an evangelical preacher. He passed away in 1999. 
Dancefloor sureshots Mama Africa and Pointe Noire are taken from the group’s only 12” release. In the world and Sangui are taken from demo cassettes from the archive of drummer Franck Benhamou. Sangui was originally scheduled for release on a 7” but the release was withdrawn due to a pressing fault.

SIASSIA & TOKOBINA - SANGI (B2) *previously unreleased*

One of 17 tracks contained in the compilation "SoulShaker Vol.7":

RKX034 VARIOUS ARTISTS - "SoulShaker Vol.7" available on CD/LP/Digital Download here:
http://www.recordkicks.com/releases/VA-SoulShaker-vol.7

"Another superb yearly selection of new retro funk, afro, soul and reggae grooves. Each volume of the series is more solid than the previous one. Record Kicks is getting addictive now!!" – Djouls (T.I.M.E.C. / Paris DJs / Colored-Inc)

LOS GRANADIANS DEL ESPACIO EXTERIOR - New York City

Manu Dibango Anthology

Wilderness

Souleance TRIO featuring Vincent Choquet 
presents TRIBUTE TO GALT MAC DERMOT "LIVE"
Buy it as seprated tracks here: https://souleance.bandcamp.com/edit_album?id=825573723
Recorded @ Les Rendez-Vous de l'Erdre 
Nantes, France
September 2019

Wilderness

Manu Dibango

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