New 3 track EP for New Kanada NK55. Deep, dark and moody. Out today April 6 2015. Limited vinyl copies available. Hit me up. Peace - Moon

Highs And Lows

the she hero are - 
helmut neugebauer, alto sax, flute and programming (http://www.myspace.com/helmutneugebauer)
tristan dee, bass and programming 
me raabenstein, keyboards and programming (http://soundcloud.com/nonine-recordings)

http://www.myspace.com/theshehero

© 2008 - nonine recordings

the original track was written by http://soundcloud.com/stevan-g

the she hero - pistachio

After hiding in the credit notes for two decades, GE-OLOGY is now getting full props as the prodigiously talented DJ & producer his is.

With an album on the way with SOUND SIGNATURE, we caught up over an extensive Q&A, plus there's a mix alongside dripping in jazz, funk and soul.

http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/05/05/stamp-mix-63-ge-ology/

GE - OLOGY - STAMP THE WAX - MIX

Jitwam in the mix for Global Roots.

Full show at https://worldwidefm.net/show/global-roots-selassie-tbc-with-ishmael-ensemble-and-jitwam/

Jitwam Guestmix: Global Roots

This Set was done as the sun was setting on a Saturday overlooking the monument and park full of people living and playing

TORIBIO live on Mexico City's Aire Libre FM 105.3

The Coming - Inst

For our first premiere of the week, MIMS presents “Spellbound”, lead single from UK-based producer King Knut’s forthcoming “XL” EP, due for release Aug 21. “Spellbound” is a hypnotic, heavy affair, putting us in mind of gritty 90s NY hip hop, dub, 90s trip hop and early Theo Parrish productions. 

We’re also very glad to share a video for the track, produced by Drive Me Home (Barkley Bandon, Later, CASisDEAD) and made using footage shot in the Costa Rican jungle by migratory naturalist, photographer, and small-scale coffee farmer Seth Beaudreault.

The EP comes on the back of 2018's cassette release Unreleased Beats Vol. 3 that received support and airplay from NTS, Wire Magazine and Trevor Jackson, and last year's remix for Lunch Money Life's Unlimited Ice Cream Palace on Kaya Records. The EP is mastered by Amir Shoat (Dean Blunt, Klein, Brother May).

A remix EP will follow later this fall with remixes from Cherrystones (Twisted Nerve, Touch Sensitive), Capitol K (Faith And Industry), Double Geography (Invisible Inc) and A'Bear.

Pre-order on the link below the player.

Pre-Order

Exclusive Premiere: King Knut "Spellbound" (Forthcoming Self-Release)

Buy the album on Vinyl/CD/Digital formats: https://orcd.co/ambiance 

Unearthed by The Mighty Zaf for BBE Music, Into A New Journey by Ambiance is an impossibly rare and sought-after private label spiritual jazz masterpiece from 1982 with Latin, Brazilian and Afro overtones. Ambiance was the ‘nom de guerre’ of an ever-shifting jazz collective headed up by Nigeria-born, LA-tutored multi- instrumentalist, arranger, producer and photographer Daoud Abubakar Balewa.

Balewa studied composition and jazz improvisation at the feet of innovators such as Frank Mitchell (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers), Jackie McLean (Blue Note) and other masters from the golden Blue Note era. Although he favoured alto, soprano and tenor, he was equally happy on flute, keyboards, and Latin and Brazilian percussion. What’s more, he had the knack of using musicians who were bold enough to welcome being part of such multi- faceted sessions: guitarist Jim Lum’s flexibility suits the theme of this album perfectly, as does prolific Japanese soul-jazz drummer Danny Yamamoto; the stunning Hawaiian pianist Kino Cornwell (Yamamoto’s colleague from funk-fusion supergroup Hiroshima); and the wonderful Jean Carn-like tones of Daoud’s wife, jazz vocalist Monife Balewa.

From the band’s reading of Joe Henderson’s modal masterpiece Black Narcissus, through the deep multicultural percussive jazz-dance workout that is the title track, and on to the three-octave vocal embellishments of Monife, on her own composition Something Better as well as on the Chick Correa fusion classic 500 Miles High, nothing here is generic, nothing taken for granted, nothing comfortable or predictable.

All of the half-dozen or so albums recorded and released by Daoud and Ambiance during just six years of frantic creativity between 1979 and 1986 are well worth seeking out, but in BBE Music’s opinion Into A New Journey is the pinnacle: spiritual jazz worthy of the very best practitioners of the genre, by an obscure group of ludicrously talented artists on a tiny, self- financed indie label with an equally tiny promo budget: that’s what great jazz is all about.

Ambiance - Eastwind

Don Grizz Loves To Boogie

Next up in the series we have top selector Don Grizz! Avid record collector, radio presenter, promoter and DJ, Don effortlessly sows different styles into one seamless musical journey. 

Having promoted his own free form night in East London - supporting artists from Big Dada, Ninja Tune, Wichita Records such as Gold Panda, Infinite Livez, Offshore, Elan Tamara, Seiji to name just a few - Don has always been at the forefront of discovering and presenting new music.

Part of the residents at audiophile institution Spiritland since early 2019 & presenting new local and global music in his acclaimed “Big Smoke Selector” radio show, Don can be regularly found in referred venues across London like Behind This Wall, The Cause, Merchants Tavern, Brilliant Corners, Cafe 1001 amongst many others - connecting anything from Soul, Funk, Dub, Reggae, Neo Soul, Hip Hop, Disco, Balearic, Middle Eastern & Caribbean grooves.

Plus for the spice fans out here, he has just brought out a seriously good hot sauce, go check it out!

Everybody Loves To Boogie

Don Grizz Loves To Boogie

Banger alert! "Amazing" is the first song on the forthcoming debut release of FLuiD BouncE, the broken beat meets boogie & soul duo of Birmingham UK based singer, songwriter & keyboardist Colonel Red and producer & DJ Lord Byron.  The full album, 'Chapter 1', is due to be released on November 27 on Inner Tribe. 

"Amazing" is a perfect example of how 'Chapter 1' weaves broken beat and house rhythms with classic soul, boogie and funk. Social commentary is high on the agenda, and rightfully so. Red is a master of the vocal performance and has a knack for writing addictive songs. Lord Byron's progressive beats are a perfect fit.

Colonel Red is well loved among broken beat aficionados for his many collaborations during the genre's Goya distributed golden age, with the likes of Daz-I-Kue, Alex Attias, IG Culture and Bugz in the Attic. Not forgetting his own self-produced debut on the legendary PEOPLE imprint. 

Since then, Red has struck his own path, with releases on Tokyo Dawn, Ink Rebellion and recently Inner Tribe, that widened his sound and appeal.  He has worked with and written for a long list of major artists & legends, including Maurice White, Lenny White, Amp Fiddler, Keith Sweat, Teddy Pendergrass, Anita Baker, Shara Nelson, Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam, Sandra St Victor, Ursula Rucker, Tony Allen, Jon Hassel, Dwight Trible, The Last Poets, and Brian Jackson.

Lord Byron is a veteran DJ, a mainstay of Bruk Up and Rogue Soul nights, whose talents have seen him invited to guest on IG Culture's Co-Op Presents: Selectors Assemble Worldwide FM show and mix series. 

Inner Tribe is the fairly young Adelaide-based label founded by Jules Habib, aka DJ/producer Inkswel, and his partner, singer & song writer Charlie Umami, that in a very short matter of time has racked up a pile of key releases, working with great talents such as J-Soul, Ezroh, Kid Sublime, Ahu, Phat Kat, Jitwam and of course, Colonel Red.

Exclusive Premiere: FLuiD BouncE "Amazing" (Forthcoming on Inner Tribe)

Played & Recorded at Regula by Frank Spirit

Frank Spirit | Underground Soul Radio - Radio Bollwerk - 09.01.2021

This man lights fires on nuff dancefloors around the planet with his interpretations of broken soul, techno, and hip hop. Broken drum loops, heavy synth action, and thick basslines are soaked into every crevice of  his music. Keep your neckbrace at the ready...

Highs And Lows

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