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Brown Supremacy is the second single from Surf Coast multi instrumentalist Immy Owusu and is built on samples of legendary Zamrock band Amanaz’s classic “Easy Street” (1975). Immy and Amanaz exist decades and continents apart but a shared love of Hendrix-esque fuzz guitars and deep connection to West African tradition makes it a natural combination. 

Immanuel Kwabena Dreessens-Owusu grew up in two worlds: the sea bleached lifestyle of Torquay and the Surf Coast with its rock n roll soundtrack, and the musical heritage of his Ghanaian / Dutch family. Immy’s father Kojo is one of Australia’s best regarded West African musicians and his grandfather Koo Nimo is foundational figure of Ghanaian Highlife. On Brown Supremacy, Immy takes Amanzaz loops, and weaves his own songwriting over the top, keeping the iconic riff and the “get together, stay together” hook from the original. He adds chunky kicks and snares, fuzz atmospherics, and ‘Castles Made Of Sand’ reverse delay guitar. 

Zamrock was a 1970s movement of Zambian artists who took psychedelic rock and reframed it in an African context. Too far ahead of their time, artists like Amanaz didn’t achieve global recognition until successful reissues and compilations in the 21st century. Now their music has found kindred spirits all the way to Bells Beach where Immy has flipped it into ‘a song dedicated to every kid that grew up in a rural town that felt like they didn’t belong’.

Immy says, ‘When I first moved to Torquay, for some kids I was the first ‘black’ person they had ever seen before, and their first experience from any other culture that wasn’t their own. In high school I pushed away from people who looked like me in an attempt to fit into the establishment. How ‘black’ I felt was compounded by how ‘white’ I was treated by my Ghanaian family (in Africa). For me this song is my story about finding a place to belong.’

Immy Owusu - Brown Supremacy

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Ain't Nothing Like (Nextmen Remix)

 RKX022 DIPLOMATS OF SOLID SOUND - "The Diplomats Of Solid Sound feat. the Diplomettes " on CD/LP/ Digital Download available here:

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Diplomats Of Solid Sound feat. The Diplomettes - Hurt Me So

Mark Holder - Music Turns Me On (Mark Wayward Edit)

It's Valentine's Day, and the new DopeGems record is on point with that special occasion... Heartfelt, soulful performances from the vaults of early quiet storm is what it's all about.

Two beautiful tracks from the golden era of symphonic soul ballads rearranged as rich and intense small group instrumentals.

As an added 'secret' threat, those who know and recognize 'game' will be delighted to see this music reflect either side of their persona.

Available February 14th on digital

Limited Edition White 7" w/ deluxe die-cut cover available March 11th.

Vibraphone : Yragael Unfer
Keyboards : Giuliano Veludo
Guitar : Slikk Tim
Bass : Emmanuel Harang
Drums: Slikk Tim

Arranged, recorded and mixed by Slikk Tim.
Mastered by Shawn Joseph.

Graphic Design by Anton Gret

Special Thanks to Francky "D "

Ballads - EP

DOPEGEMS  "Travelling Man"

BE BOP JACK & STEVE (lyrics)

Baby,
due giorni e poi saremo a Rio,
mentre qui la neve
fiocca più che mai

O forse sarò solo io,
in mezzo alla fantastica bolgia
e ai ritmi forsennati

Ebbro di cachaça,
zeppo di allegria,
svuotato di ogni
dannata malinconia

be bop Jack
be bop Jack

William Burroughs e Allen Ginsberg
mi guardano dalle nuvole,
mentre Jack Kerouac
mi passa dal cielo una bottiglia

be bop Jack
be bop Jack
suona con Steve D'Apano, yeah

Guardo fuori la meraviglia bianca,
domani tutti sorprenderà

Ecco l’estasi della musica,
un caleidoscopio
di nuove connessioni,

nuovi colori,
grazieadio è bello piangere,
dovrebbero farlo un po’ tutti

be bop Jack
be bop Jack
suona con Steve D'Apano, yeah, yeah

Puoi contarci,
due giorni e poi
alzerò gli occhi,
verso il Corcovado

L’esercito della Mediocrità
cerca di legarci,
di prosciugarci l’animo

Voglio ribellarmi,
alzarmi in piedi,
combattere con la spada
della mia libertà,
e il fucile carico
di musica e allegria

be bop Jack
be bop Jack
suona con Steve D'Apano, yeah

Puoi contarci davvero perdio,
due giorni e poi saremo a Rio

Un sogno da dipingere,
col Samba,
coi colori del Jazz,
e il pennello della Bossa,

illuminando la mia strada,
col fulgore della batucada

© 2025 Stefano Padoan
All rights reserved

BE BOP JACK & STEVE

Kicking back

From: WOJTEK MAZOLEWSKI QUINTET London/Theme De Yoyo  12” LQ 007

Side B: THEME DE YOYO - Composed by Noreen Beasley, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Roscoe Mitchell



Order:
https://lanquidityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wojtek-mazolewski-quintet-london-theme-de-yoyo-12-lq-007

WOJTEK MAZOLEWSKI QUINTET - Theme de Yoyo

1989 Nuovo Repertorio Editoriale NRE/1245

STRUMENTALI: TENSIONI
(P) Nuova Fonit Cetra / Star Edizioni Musicali
Originally released in 1974 on Carosello label as "FEELINGS"
Digital audiophile source repress from 1989.

Music by J.RICHFORD, S.TOROSSI & GARY STEVAN
Orchestra directed by J.RICHFORD & GARY STEVAN

ROELENS PUCCIO	        Compositore Musica (C)	
BRUGNOLINI SANDRO	Compositore Musica (C)	
GAZZANI GIANCARLO	Compositore Musica (C)	
TOROSSI STEFANO	Compositore Musica (C)

TENSIONI

Stefano Torossi - "TENSIONI" aka FEELINGS

Let's get fizzical.

Big thanks to http://soundcloud.com/marselluswallace for sharing the original (very scarce) private press album on his blog: http://djmarselluswallace.blogspot.co.uk/

Soda Soul (Mark Wayward Edit)

Don't know about anyone else but I'm getting more disillusioned with SoundCloud with every change they make. The new algorithm and its 'recommendations' ignore mixes and any tracks over 10 mins, they've removed the New & Hot charts and replaced them with irrelevant crap like "Events near you", and this new UI has me searching for a way to revert it. 

Banner: Roy Ayers mural in Brockley, SE London by Richard Wilson: www.richardwilsonartwork.com

Mark Holder - Music Turns Me On (Mark Wayward Edit)

Mark Wayward

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