it's here! https://www.mixcloud.com/pierre-raingeard/le-groove-kitu-5-premi%C3%A8res-souleries-part1-lcpr044/

This is an absolutely incredible cover; are there any plans to formally release it? (Please say yes!)

From the debut self-titled album by THE LIBERATORS:

RKX035 THE LIBERATORS - s/t available on CD/LP/Digital here:
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"This is one killer of an album...I can’t recommend this highly enough!” - DJ Snowboy (Blues&Soul Magazine) 

THE LIBERATORS - Let It Go feat. Roxie Ray

Nine Lives

Keep Walking

Willie Wright's 'I'm So Happy Now' off his sophomore album (from 1977) 'Telling The Truth' out now on Numero. http://www.numerogroup.com/catalog_detail.php?uid=01222#

Willie Wright- I'm So Happy Now

Original Track by The Invincibles (Richardson, Knight, Johnson) BMI

Austin Bohlman- Drums
Kelly Finnigan- Piano & Tambourine
Ian McDonald- Guitar & Tubular Bells
Myles O'Mahony- Bass
Ryan Scott- Trumpet

Featuring: 
Tiffany Austin- Lead Vocals
Komiko Joy & Helen Duncan- Background Vocals
Alex Baky- Tenor and Baritone Saxophone
Mike Rinta- Trombone

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Kelly Finnigan & Ian McDonald at Transistor Sound Studio in Marin County, CA 
Arranged by: Monophonics 

Cover design & layout: Galine Tumasova 

Free Track Download: https://monophonics.bandcamp.com/track/my-heart-cries-ft-tiffany-austin
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG107nMMCeo

My Heart Cries (ft. Tiffany Austin)

DOJO CUTS - In This Moment

Tired Of Fighting - Menahan Street Band

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Okonkolo - Oba

Voluptuous saxophonist trills and a disco-inclined female choir harking back to a dusty 1970s classic from @GUTS via @heavenlysweetness.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/07/25/premiere-guts-every-generation

GUTS - Every Generation (STW Premiere)

Over the past eight years, Ikebe Shakedown has cemented a reputation as one of the boldest, most creative acts in the Brooklyn instrumental scene. Combining cinematic soul, Afro–funk, deep disco, and an irrepressible groove, Ikebe has forged a style all its own. Each song is anchored in the deep-pocketed pulse of its four-man rhythm section (Barnaby Alter, drums; Dave Bourla, percussion; Vince Chiarito, bass; Robin Schmidt, guitar) and driven by one of the tightest horn trios on the East Coast (Mike Buckley, tenor/baritone sax; Jason Colby, trumpet; Nadav Nirenberg, trombone), with tunes ranging from dance-foor burners to lush, captivating scores.

The band frst came on the scene with 2009’s debut EP, Hard Steppin’, from Colemine Records.  Praised by WNYC’s Soundcheck as “the perfect soundtrack for the unwritten Tarantino movie of your imagination,” the five–song release led to tours up and down both coasts and paved the way for Ikebe Shakedown’s first full-length LP on Ubiquity Records in 2011. Recorded at Killion Sound in L.A. with Orgone’s Sergio Rios and Dunham Studios in Brooklyn with noted producer Tom Brenneck, this self-titled album featured 14 blistering tracks that Okayplayer called, “an adventurous trip through time” and “one of the best releases of the year.” Having toured the record throughout the U.S. and Canada, Ikebe returned to the studio in 2014 for their follow up album for Ubiquity, Stone by Stone.  Recorded at Daptone Studios, the 10–song set let the band become more adventurous than ever before, weaving psychedelic textures and raw soul into powerful compositions, or as Wax Poetics called it, “a greasy and sometimes trippy funk world.”

Now, after hitting major jazz festivals, opening on extended runs for stars like Lee Fields, and touring with acts like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, and the Monophonics, the seven members of Ikebe Shakedown are poised for their next big release in 2016. The band’s style has continued to evolve, with material that transports listeners beyond their living rooms and builds on the success that has led to musical features in series such as Eastbound and Down, movies like Our Brand is Crisis, and commercials for brands including Mini Cooper, Van’s Off the Wall, and Surfline. The songs are at once richly familiar and incredibly fresh, paying homage to classic influences while pushing a brand new sound. Defying genre or classification, this album proves Ikebe Shakedown is helping define the next bold wave in instrumental music.

Stone By Stone

Rio Grande

How Can I Love (Now That You're Gone) b/w Stand Tall

The Olympians - Stand Tall

Track 6 from the album "Into The Infrasounds"

Low Blow

“One of the best live soul bands I have ever seen!” – Al Bell (Record producer, songwriter, executive, and co-owner of legendary Stax Records)

Raised amid the rich musical culture and history of the San Francisco Bay Area,
Monophonics proudly carry the torch through the generations into today’s musical landscape. Holding on to tradition, but by no means purists of any kind, they play their own brand of music known as “Psychedelic Soul.” The 2012 release of Monophonics last album In Your Brain saw the band pulling influences from such acts as early Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone and the The Temptation's Norman Whitfield produced records. With the new album, Sound of Sinning (April 1, 2015 on Transistor Sound Records), the band has grown in all areas of record making and felt a need to explore other important influences.

While the group has come to cherish these inspirations, With Sound of
Sinning they started venturing beyond, to the groups that were inspiring those
soul acts to embrace the psychedelic sound of the 60's and 70's. Bands such as The Zombies, The Beatles, Beach Boys and Pink Floyd. Even with the experimentation of new musical territory, they display the sound that people know and love about Monophonics. Touching on Northern soul, doo-wop, rock and roll, Psych pop, and cinematic music, Monophonics show off their diversity while remaining true to their roots. Overall it's heartfelt music and old school vibes, without losing sight of the present. This is is music steeped in that timeless feeling when people could write and produce songs that you could listen to over and over again. Sound of Sinning was produced by Kelly Finnigan & Ian McDonald and recorded on an old Tascam eight-track 1/4” tape machine at Transistor Sound Studios in San Rafael, CA.

Monophonics is Austin Bohlman (Drums), Myles O’Mahony (Bass/Background
Vocals), Ian McDonald (Guitar/Background Vocals), Ryan Scott (Trumpet/Background Vocals/Percussion) & Kelly Finnigan (Keys/Lead Vocals) along with a rotating 2nd horn usually filled by Nadav Nirenberg (Trombone) from Ikebe Shakedown and Breakdown Brass.

My Heart Cries (ft. Tiffany Austin)

Monophonics

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