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The Album's Concept: Everyone has a story, One story; The Monomyth. You are the main character. To understand the nature of story and what it means to us is to understand your own life path. Monomyth Separation is Part One of the Hero’s Journey. Will you accept the call to adventure? 

This album was born during my first big tour of Greece. I played 10 cities and travelled around the whole country playing my music. I received such great energy and feedback from fans that I decided I must make a project inspired by the trip, so I started digging! I collected records from around Greece; some traditional greek music plus other nice bits that I found. Whilst I was traveling, I was trying to come up with a concept that would tell the tale of a great journey. And of course, as I was in Greece ideas of myth and legend came to mind. So, when I returned home I researched a few things and stumbled across a theory by a philosopher and writer called Joseph Campbell. Basically, he wrote a book called “The hero with a thousand faces” in which he describes a theory that all great stories share; common elements - that they are all one story, a Monomyth. Is there a deeper meaning to why we tell stories? Are they a road map for our very existence, and a way to describe the cycle of life, death and rebirth? Due to this the album is very cinematic. I try to tell a story, but I want the listener to decide what that story is. The album will be best enjoyed as a whole so please find a quiet time to settle in and enjoy the ride.
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1. Flying Cabs
2. Neon Garden
3. Cosmic Girl
4. Intergalactic Noir
5. Moon Dance
6. Lunar Sea
+ 5 more tracks on the full album

The Cold Busted label showcases their international bona fides with a collaborative album involving two producers separated by a half-world’s distance. From one side of the globe comes Jenova 7, known to friends as Michael J. Sirois, a multimedia artist from Boston and a member of trip-hop trio Wax Triptych (with Mononome and Mr. Moods). Then all the way over in Ulyanovsk, Russia is the young producer Eddie Shinn, author of the acclaimed Cold Busted debut The Plastic Jam as well as The Third Is Not Superfluous, his album in cahoots with Step. Now, A Cosmic Safari takes this international concept and launches it skyward … the album’s songs take place in an intergalactic sound-space. There’s “Flying Cabs”, which envisions a future that’s funky and bright, with hip hop beats, chiming Rhodes piano, squelchy synth lines, and trippy guitar riffs. A “Cosmic Girl” is encountered, loose and free, with an ’80s style rhythm embellished by cowbell percussion and floating melodies. “Intergalactic Noir” could signal a new eponymous genre, displaying a distinctive drum beat underneath funky flutes, cool keys, and the sound of space pals getting down. These are just three of A Cosmic Safari’s eleven tracks, and Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn have delivered a full set that is out of this world. 

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Kid Loco - "Great piece of work."
All Good Funk Alliance - "Dope stuff as always. 'Cosmic Girl' and 'Flying Cabs' both got that bump … so tight."
Belabouche (Midnight Riot / DiscoDat) - "Good solid tunes … will play!"
Inland Knights - "This is sounding sweet."
Quincy Jointz (Timewarp) - "Damn … groovy and fresh. I dig it."
Mason Rothert (Below Zero Radio Show) - “Love this vibe!”
Jon Fugler (Fluke / XLNT Radio Show) - "'Neon Garden' is a little gem, very easy on the ear and with shades of the late, great Mike Kandel, which is no bad thing."
DJ Love (Stellar Music) - "I like the abstract feel … the beats are inventive and unique."
Zac Love (Belmar Sol) - "Well done. Genre-pushing space beats that keep the listener interested from front to back."
Adam Warped (Whiskey Pickle / Strange Days) - "I'm definitely feeling the funky cosmic weirdness."
Double-D (Funky Fresh Radio Show) - "Rockin' fresh."
Marc Lacasse (sHIFT Radio Show) - "Cosmic and moody futuristic funk surrounds each track with a positive vibe."
Clairvo (Tilos Radio, Hungary) - "The proper amount of hip-hop, proper amount of experimentalism, proper amount of soul … this EP has got a unique balance to it."
Aja Allsop (Ketch A Vibe Radio Show) - "Totally fills the need for the cosmic wanting!"

Available from Beatport: https://is.gd/Dg8HYM
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Label and Artist Links:
www.coldbusted.org
www.jenova7.com
www.soundcloud.com/eddie_shinn

A Cosmic Safari

Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn - A Cosmic Safari (Cold Busted)

Order Vinyl 12'' & Digital : http://bit.ly/2yMcNMC

Greece's Melting Records close out 2017 with welcome return of the Tales of Another Direction compilation, now in its second volume. Tales of Another Direction Vol. 2 brings back some exciting Melting Records mainstays and introduces promising new talent, confirming the label's ear-to-the-ground taste-making prowess. The ten track collection – not including the 'bonus track' – is an aural journey in the best sense of the term, leading the listener down a jazzy pathway paved with trip hop, downtempo, and chilled electronic delights.

Tales of Another Direction Vol. 2 opens with the seductive "Flyentists" by French producer Screenatorium, featuring beautiful, smokey vocals and hazy, lazy rhythms. "Deep Water" – by Renegades of Jazz side-project Keno – continues this intoxicating vibe with its beachside sounds, organ and loungey horn loops, and beckoning female vocal snippets. Other strong highlights include the classic trip hop sound of Kognitif's "Flamant Rose", Skinshape and Jon Moody's '70s noir throwback "Oboe Diddly", the tough, choppy beats and trippy sitar of "Growth Strategies" by Niles Philips (Timewarp, Inc), and the hypnotic "Primeira Sessão" by MPC bandits Billa Qause and Mononome.

There's so much more to enjoy on Tales of Another Direction Vol. 2. Crucial cuts from smallFall, Madball Scientists, El...  more
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released December 20, 2017

Compiled by Melting Records

Mastered by Blanka at Kasablanka Studio
www.facebook.com/KasablankaMastering

Artwork Design by Kanellos COB
www.kanelloscob.com

Distribution by Painted Dog Records
www.painteddogrecords.com
info@painteddogrecords.com
sander[at]painteddogrecords.com

Executive Producers : Basilis Foteinos, Andreas Pallidis

MR would like to thank :
Gustave Lecadieu, Djeh, David Hanke, Agogo Records, Cyril Capra,
Willam Dorey, Jon Moody, Thomas Damos, Aggelos Stoumpos,
Timewarp Inc, Vasilis Zafeiridis, Phil Michadasis, Xristos
Andrikopoulos, Sam Mac, Alexandros Adam.

Special thanks to our newly added team members Alexandros Giakoumis, Nick Pagoulatos, Giorgos Vallis for assisting us in the production.

Follow the artists:

Screenatorium: screenatorium.bandcamp.com
Keno: soundcloud.com/renegadesofjazz
Kognitif: kognitif.bandcamp.com
Skinshape: skinshape.bandcamp.com
smallFall: soundcloud.com/smallfallmusic
Niles Philips: timewarpmusic.bandcamp.com
Madball Scientists: madballscientists.bandcamp.com
Mononome: mononome.bandcamp.com
Billa Qause: billaqause.bandcamp.com
El Jazzy Chavo: jazzychavo.bandcamp.com
Hashfinger: hashfinger.bandcamp.com
Gustavsite: soundcloud.com/gustavsite

Melting Records © 2017
www.facebook.com/meltingrecs

Contact us: info[at]meltingrecords.com

Tales of Another Direction Vol. 2

Screenatorium - Flyentists

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Screenatorium - Flyentists - MR007 (Vinyl 12" & Digital)

Sampled, Programed & Mixed by The Blue Square 

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Athens-based, The Blue Square is a project of Radim and Radical, two producers exploring the boundaries between hip-hop (mainly instrumental), trip-hop and nu-jazz. With Wax Tailor, Bonobo and Flying Lotus among their favorite artists, they started their career five years ago investigating their own sound equally inspired by the atmosphere of film noir, exotica and spy movies of the past. 

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For booking a live / DJ event please contact here : theBlueSquare@hotmail.com

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Order Vinyl 12'' & Digital : bit.ly/2yMcNMC

Greece's Melting Records close out 2017 with welcome return of the Tales of Another Direction compilation, now in its second volume. Tales of Another Direction Vol. 2 brings back some exciting Melting Records mainstays and introduces promising new talent, confirming the label's ear-to-the-ground taste-making prowess. The ten track collection – not including the 'bonus track' – is an aural journey in the best sense of the term, leading the listener down a jazzy pathway paved with trip hop, downtempo, and chilled electronic delights.

Tales of Another Direction Vol. 2 opens with the seductive "Flyentists" by French producer Screenatorium, featuring beautiful, smokey vocals and hazy, lazy rhythms. "Deep Water" – by Renegades of Jazz side-project Keno – continues this intoxicating vibe with its beachside sounds, organ and loungey horn loops, and beckoning female vocal snippets. Other strong highlights include the classic trip hop sound of Kognitif's "Flamant Rose", Skinshape and Jon Moody's '70s noir throwback "Oboe Diddly", the tough, choppy beats and trippy sitar of "Growth Strategies" by Niles Philips (Timewarp, Inc), and the hypnotic "Primeira Sessão" by MPC bandits Billa Qause and Mononome.

There's so much more to enjoy on Tales of Another Direction Vol. 2. Crucial cuts from smallFall, Madball Scientists, El...  more
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Releases December 20, 2017

Compiled by Melting Records

Mastered by Blanka at Kasablanka Studio
www.facebook.com/KasablankaMastering

Artwork Design by Kanellos COB
www.kanelloscob.com

Distribution by Painted Dog Records
www.painteddogrecords.com
info@painteddogrecords.com
sander[at]painteddogrecords.com

Executive Producers : Basilis Foteinos, Andreas Pallidis

MR would like to thank :
Gustave Lecadieu, Djeh, David Hanke, Agogo Records, Cyril Capra,
Willam Dorey, Jon Moody, Thomas Damos, Aggelos Stoumpos,
Timewarp Inc, Vasilis Zafeiridis, Phil Michadasis, Xristos
Andrikopoulos, Sam Mac, Alexandros Adam.

Special thanks to our newly added team members Alexandros Giakoumis, Nick Pagoulatos, Giorgos Vallis for assisting us in the production.

Follow the artists:

Screenatorium: screenatorium.bandcamp.com
Keno: soundcloud.com/kenoofficial
Kognitif: kognitif.bandcamp.com
Skinshape: skinshape.bandcamp.com
smallFall: soundcloud.com/smallfallmusic
Niles Philips: timewarpmusic.bandcamp.com
Madball Scientists: madballscientists.bandcamp.com
Mononome: mononome.bandcamp.com
Billa Qause: billaqause.bandcamp.com
El Jazzy Chavo: jazzychavo.bandcamp.com
Hashfinger: hashfinger.bandcamp.com
Gustavsite: soundcloud.com/gustavsite

Melting Records © 2017
www.facebook.com/meltingrecs

Contact us: info[at]meltingrecords.com

Keno - Deep Water

Keno - Deep Water - MR007 (Vinyl 12'' & Digital)

Thanks to <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jenova-7">Jenova 7</a> for the invite to play the flute on this great track :)

Full LP "Dusted Jazz Volume Two" available at : 
Bandcamp : http://jenova7.bandcamp.com/album/dusted-jazz-volume-two
Dusted Wax Kingdom : http://dustedwax.org/dwk119.html

Jenova 7 - Inner Space (feat. Hugo Kant)

"Smooth Jazz Backup" from the collaborative album "Time Travellers" by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jenova-7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jenova 7</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mrmoods" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Moods</a>. Released 5/21/2012 for free by <a href="http://dustedwax.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dusted Wax Kingdom</a>.

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Jenova 7 & Mr. Moods - Smooth Jazz Backup

"Moonlight Vibe" by Wax Triptych, a trip-hop trio featuring <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mononome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mononome</a>, <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jenova-7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jenova 7</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mrmoods" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Moods</a> from <a href="http://dustedwax.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dusted Wax Kingdom</a>.  From the upcoming album "A Tale Of 3 Heads".

Moonlight Vibe

"Private Eye" by Wax Triptych, a trip-hop trio featuring <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mononome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mononome</a>, <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jenova-7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jenova 7</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mrmoods" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Moods</a> from <a href="http://dustedwax.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dusted Wax Kingdom</a>.  From the upcoming album "A Tale Of 3 Heads".

Private Eye

We release trip-hop, downtempo, instrumental hip hop, lounge music.
Based in Athens, we ship our vinyl records worldwide.
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Keno - Deep Water - MR007 (Vinyl 12'' & Digital)

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