Name: Highs And Lows by Moonstarr in Not too shabby...
Duration: 4 min 33 s
Description: 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

Not too shabby...

Lapalux - Puzzle (ft Andreya Triana)

From the new Lapalux album 'Lustmore' out 7th April 2015 on @BRAINFEEDER.

Pre-order Lustmore and get an instant download of Puzzle (ft. Andreya Triana), Closure (feat. Szjerdene) and Don't Mean A Thing: http://smarturl.it/lustmoreit

Puzzle (feat. Andreya Triana)

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Taken from the Dorian Concept 'Joined Ends Remixes' released 6 April 2015.

The Dorian Concept album 'Joined Ends', is now available to buy:

iTunes: smarturl.it/joinedendsit
Amazon: smarturl.it/joinedendsaz
Ninjashop: smarturl.it/joinedends

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@dorian-concept
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Clap Track 4 (Redinho Remix)

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Dorian Concept - 'Clap Track 4' (Redinho Remix)

Broken beat’s legacy is one that’s easy to miss if not given ample TLC. Just a quick bat of the eyelids, and one of the capital’s most exciting movements can flash by. A movement that inadvertently nudged soul and boogie through the early 2000s in its own way. A movement that fed on the best parts of jazz, soul and electronica and left a lot of goodness in its wake.

The producers behind 2000black are some of its main powerhouses. Established in 1998 by Dego, the likes of multi-instrumentalist Kaidi Tatham and musical director Akwasi are key ambassadors of the sound.

After a 2014 that spawned beauties like Darkest Pumpkin‘s “Let It Be/That Feeling” and March’s Lordamercy they’re back. They resurface with three new tracks – each of which are strong nominees for Debuts. “Make It Hard” was the office shoo-in. The type of track to instantly make heads knock back and forth like nodding Churchill dog playthings. Jovial polyrhythms galore, the allure of soothing rhodes and all bundled on top of a slick bass underbelly.

Out spring 2015 on https://soundcloud.com/rushhourrecords

www.rushhour.nl

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2000black "Make It Hard" - Boiler Room Debuts

Format: 12inch | Releasedate: 27.03.2015

Tracklist:

A1 – Combination (Mark E Edit)
A2 - Con El Cielo En Tus Ojos (Fajra Fantasmo Remikso)
B1 – Atlantis (Jacques Renault Edit)
B2 – Corre Caminos (Marcel Vogel Happy Edit)
BONUS - Daniel Grau - Funky Bip-Bot (Mark E Edit)

12inch: www.sonarkollektiv.com/releases/SK293
Download: http://geni.us/DanielGrauReworksVol4

„Reworks Vol. 4“ is the last issue of a whole series of stunning edits for the forgotten, Venezuelan producer and studio engineer Daniel Grau. DJs and producers like  Daniel Wang, Max Graef, Ray Mang and Debonair have all completed their very own and personal interpretations of Grau's Tropical Cosmic Disco world for Sonar Kollektiv. Now works by Mark E, Fajra Fantasmo, Marcel Vogel and Jacques Renault succeed for this 4th issue.

It's not the first remix Mark E has done for Sonar Kollektiv. But with all due respect to his previous achievements this edit of Grau's “Combination” (off the 1981 album „Por Que No Podemos Hacerlo?“) is probably one of the most astounding things Mark Evett has perpetrated so far (by a hair's breadth behind his inofficial edit of Birth Control's “Plastic People). Hynotic funk right on the bass drum with filter effects applied so perfectly that the party will get going at the latest when this track drops in. The whistle-along tune „Con El Cielo En Tus Ojos“ (off Grau's LP „El Leon Bailarin„) is morphed by Fajra Fantasmo into most peculiar techhouse. We're all wound up to a high pitch to see how in the midst of a grimy DJ set this remix will set a grin of all the dancers faces by its jauntiness. By contrast New York based Jacques Renault opens up a jar of jam with his edit for “Atlantis” and sets the mood right for a sugary sunset. And when it comes to unbridled funkyness who else the Amsterdam based Marcel Vogel would do a better job by editing “Corre Caminos” (also off Grau's “El Leon Bailarin” album)? His restoration work shines with authenticity and accuracy for modern dance floors.

With the digital download you get again an incentive: “Funky Bit-Bop” (off the 1983 released “440 Toker” LP) is getting stripped by Mark E to the bone only to pumped up again to become a brute little tigress painting clubland red.

Daniel Grau can be quite proud of by who, and how his legacy has been worked with. Let's hope this is inspiration for him to produce even more, fresh, fantastic music.

Order the compilation "The Magic Sound Of Daniel Grau" here:

www.sonarkollektiv.com/releases/SK281CD
geni.us/SK281CDAMAZON
geni.us/DanielGrauiTunes

www.sonarkollektiv.com
www.jazzanova.com
www.danielgraumagic.com
www.djtrujillo.com


B2 - Daniel Grau - Corre Caminos (Marcel Vogel Happy Edit)

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2015/03/cafe-lanai-lanai/

https://soundcloud.com/cafe-lanai
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Cafe Lanai - Lanai

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.

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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

Natural Selection originated as a weekly radio show, on the magnificent LRSfm in Leeds, with a supporting Friday night slot in Leeds student union’s Terrace bar and has continued as a series of irregular events, mixes and podcasts ever since.

Originally founded by Bobby Parafino in 2003, the show aimed to showcase an eclectic selection of worldwide beats and treats, a philosophy carried on by Horace James after he took up the reins two years later.

Featuring a host of guest appearances and mixes from Leeds’ most loved DJs and musicians, Natural Selection’s successful mix of everything from jazz, house and disco, to hip-hop, soul, latin and afrobeat built up a loyal following and culminated in a nomination for the national SRAs specialist music show.

This blog aims to showcase that same eclectic style of alternative dance floor fodder and to promote those nights, DJs, artists and events that continue to thrill and inspire ten years down the road.

Nowadays, you can find Horace producing the fortnightly Takeover sessions on Manchester’s Reform Radio.

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...

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