Buy 7" and download "In The Dirt" free from: hopestreetrecordings.com/spanishharlem 

Stop what you’re doing. Lovers of soul, funk, and all the other good grease need to get on this 45 real quick. HopeStreet Recordings brings you a collaboration between Australia’s hottest soul voice, Nai Palm, and Australia’s heaviest rhythm section, The PutBacks, on that classic, classic joint Spanish Harlem. The Worm, a typically heavy PutBacks instrumental on the flip rounds out two smokin’ sides of Burn City soul.  

Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector wrote Spanish Harlem for Ben E King in 1960, but it was Aretha Franklin took it to number one in 1970. In 2013, The PutBacks and Nai put it down one more time on 8 tracks of tape with the production team at HopeStreet Recordings and you sure can take that sucker home on wax, but you’d better be quick. After all – this release has been 50 years in the making. 

The B side on this record is for the B boys. The Worm baby. Lots of songs fade out, but how many fade in? Yeah. That’s real. This kind of lowdown funky break is what the PutBacks really love to put the back in. Ouch. Will someone sample this already so it can go for longer than three and a half minutes?

This record is raucous and rich in the rawness. The drums, bass, and percussion gallop through Spanish Harlem and swagger through The Worm. The guitar and organ howl and huff. Simple production lets the musicians do the talking, and boy, Nai Palm can shout. Sweet layered harmonies over a dirty minimal rhythm track. It’s a new thing, it’s an old thing, it’s a limited pressing and it’s yours at www.hopestreetrecordings.com. 

Also, we do know what year it is so yes, the vinyl does come with a download code for both sides plus a digital version of another PutBacks instrumental – In The Dirt. Value added. Special funky bonus. Get yours. 

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The Putbacks - In The Dirt

Ephemerals are a London based soul team featuring an allstar cast of musicians, founded and lead by producer Hillman Mondegreen (formerly of Hannah Wailliams & the Tastemakers). They are fronted by NYC-born singer Wolfgang Valbrun. Within only a couple of days, they recorded a stunning selection of songs to analogue tape that many critics dubbed as 'the best contemporary soul production' this side of the atlantic. The A-side 'Call It What You Want' is built around Valbrun's sincere vocals and a sinister soul groove that sounds like a lost Wu-Tang sample, the flip side "The Oligarch" showcases the band, letting loose on an organ- and horn-driven instrumental.

EPHEMERALS - Call It What You Want

Footprints

Afro Hop (Dusty Remix)

Bad Jazz Troupe - Afro Hop (Dusty Remix)

Timbuktu

Taken from RKX020 - Baby Charles.

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Baby Charles - Treading Water

Debut album 'Free To Believe' out now on Do Right Music (CD/Vinyl/Digital)

soulmotivators.bandcamp.com/album/free-to-believe

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The Soul Motivators - Until The Sun Goes Down

ously un-issued tracks that did not fit onto albums, or had been remixed but never quite found a home in the Freestyle release schedule. Lovingly compiled by Freestyle main man DJ Adrian Gibson.

Freestyle, being the eclectic and open minded record label that it is means Fresh Out The Box contains everything from deep and gritty live funk through to DJ/producer studio based music, but all drawing upon that rich seam of soul, jazz, funk, afrobeat & latin that informs so much of what Freestyle has done since the labels inception in 2003. 

First up is the Aroop Roy remix of Afro Elements 'Think'. Aroop Roy is a massive talent who has released one single already on Freestyle, 'Too Long', which will appear on his debut album (Nomadic Soul: FSRCD079) 

Adam Gibbons aka Lack of Afro gave The Fantastics cover version of The Small Faces tune such a sublime mix that we almost did not recognise it, replaying most of the instrumental parts himself, and taking it back to a gritty 1960's vibe. This is remixing of the highest order and he has turned an already big track into a raw dirty funk monster. Compare that to Sleeve's remix of the same tune which takes the track into a totally different direction, utilizing Noel McKoys' stunning vocals and making it easier for the beat friendly DJ to beat-mix.

When we mentioned to Keith Foster from Philadelphia's Big Pimp Jones that we were putting together this album he responded in 24 hours with 3 mixes of one song which he wanted to submit. We chose the Modern Mix of 'Nasty' for this but maybe we'll see the other mixes on future volumes as they could all have made the cut. A Janet Jackson tune has never sounded so raw! DJ Graham B had the same get up and go that we got from Keith with submitting two killer tracks for this compilation. The first 'Walking Sbace' is a solo effort with the b-boys in mind. Rocking beats and grooves to make the dancers go wild.

Beggar & Co main man Kenny Washington found a version of 'Rock Creek Park' in the vaults that was made in the 1980's, so not a new track as such but still Fresh Out The Box as it has never seen the light of day until now. This is top notch Jazz Funk from the UK's finest.

The original extended mix of Soul Sugar's cover version of Hammond legend Dr Lonnie Smiths' Play It Back had to find a home somewhere as it is so good. Check their debut album (Nothing But The Truth: FSRCD067) which came out at the tail end of 2009 on Freestyle. Fresh Out The Box is all your daily musical vitamins and goodness, in one easy to swallow package! 

03 GYPSY BROWN - LIFE IS A TRIP (MO' HORIZONS MIX)

Mebusas inna bboy style beefed up for the dancefloor. more drums!

lost & unreleased bosq reworks from the great beyond.

Mebusas - Mr Bulldog (bosq Rework)

Available on vinyl & digitally | 2nd december 2016
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After releasing the first single Voodoo Jazz end of 2016 the journey of Dem Juju Poets keeps on with Barabara, the first single taken off their forthcoming album Liberated Thoughts out due early 2017 on Matasuna Records. 
David Hanke aka Renegades Of Jazz, brainchild behind Dem Juju Poets, keeps on with his distinctive Afro sound and delivers a great 45 in various styles. As the Renegades Of Jazz journey will take a step away from Afrofunk music, Dem Juju Poets will be now the main outfit for Hanke to release more Afro driven music in the future.
Barabara is a heavy piece of dancefloor Afrojazz goodness, decent horn sections, tough drums and rich percussions combined with vintage vocals. People's Republic is a organ and flute driven Afrosoul tune with a heavy brass riff, thriving percussions and flute solos galore.

"Like this a lot! Can't wait till the vinyl gets released!" DJ Maestro, V2 (Amsterdam | Netherlands)
"Wooooow, great release! Dope tracks. Love both tunes. Will play it for sure." Jayl Funk, Honkey Phonk Records (Nuremberg | Germany)
"This little vinyl will definitely cause a big earthquake on every dance floor, I love it!" Voodoocuts, Resense rec. (Berlin | Germany)
Modern Afrobeatin' boogie with some retrodelic twists. Paul Murphy, Afro Art (London | UK)
"Another nice release on Matasuna! Great work!" Mr. Bird, BBE Records (Lisbon | Portugal)
"Nice one! Another great release, Well done!" Palov, Carnibal Records (Athens | Greece)
"Yeah, absolutely great!" Quiny Jointz, Timewrap Music (Freiburg | Germany)
"Nice tunes man, thanks!" Stickybuds, Ghetto Funk (Kelowna | Canada)
"Love it! A-side is huge, B-side is brilliant groove, so clean and warm, those horns with the breaks twisted, fuck!" Dedy Dread, Lisboa Records (Lisbon | Portugal)
"Wow it's a really really really good project. I will play in my radio show for sure!" Massimiliano Troiani, Radio M2O (Rome | Italy)
"Great 7inch! Barbara for shure is a Dope Killer Track! Big Up from Frankfurt." Holger Menzel, RadioX (Frankfurt | Germany)
"Absolut great release. Full marks for both tracks. Will present in my next show." Doc Best, Radio Z (Nuremberg | Germany)
"The next Matasuna release is dope, full support!" Zamali, Katakana Edits (Belgium)
"Dope tunes. Will drop on my radio show and dance floors." Phil Horneman, Wicked Jazz (Amsterdam | Netherlands)
"Love the organ and flute on People’s Republic. Can’t wait for the album" Tony Heynen, Global Riddims (Brussels | Belgium)
"Thank you for the wonderful music" Bandura, Resense Records (Basel | Switzerland)
"Nice work as always! Will repost on MonkeyBoxing." Stone Monkey. Monkeyboxing.com (Bristol | UK)
"Nice one ! Cheers" Andrea Benini, Mop Mop (Berlin | Germany)
"Good one!" Mr. Goju, Migrations Radio Show (Podgorica | Montenegro)
"Damn nice! Thank you. I will def put it in my next mix!" Radio Hobo (Berlin | Germany)
"Excelent music, i wish the best!" Teza Cappuccino, Katakana Edits (Athens | Greece)

Barabara

Dem Juju Poets - Barabara (MSR002)

SoulBrigada remix for Lausanne (CH) based band Kink & Kinky Zoo's debut album 'Released!'
available on limited red vinyl (300 copies worldwide) via Légère Recordings (Hamburg | DE)

"..In 2005, a new zoo opened in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its wild animals have been going bananas in their quest to create a more dancefloor-friendly world. Now released, the zoo residents can be tracked by their heavy funk smells. Follow their scent past retro-psychedelia and turn left after organic garage.

„Released!“ is the debut album by Kind & Kinky Zoo. It is a collection of brand new tracks, early singles as well as remixes and features a guest apperance by rapper Afu-Ra. .."

Released!

27.10.2017

Bandcamp

Kind & Kinky Zoo - Hurricane Train (SoulBrigada Remix) on Légère Rec. (DE)

SoulBrigada Rework of one of our favourite tracks by Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro: http://snd.sc/xEfTuP
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Quantic & Alice Russell with Combo Bárbaro- I'll Keep My Light In My Window (SoulBrigada Rework)

Mocambo Records - home of today's heaviest funk 45s. 

EPHEMERALS - Call It What You Want

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