RHYTHM SECTION HQ - part 3

Level 7

Zoë

Deep Space

enchanté EP

Something to Say

Candy Flip (Radio Edit)

Shouts - 5 Years of Rhythm Section INTL

Open Flower (Showcase Mix)

Who Are They?

Countdown To Ecstasy

King Of The World

@pellegrinoo presents his new project “Zodyaco”. 
Inspired by the ancient mythology of the stars and their deep influence on the sea life, the record is the result of nocturnal jams in the wake of the Italian jazz-funk tradition, exotic fusion and Mediterranean mysticism. 
A tribute to the stars and their reflections on the sea.

www.earlysoundsrecordings.com 2018

Zodyaco

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Pellegrino pres. Zodyaco [EAS019]

* Read more:  https://boltingbits.com/romaal-kultan-isit-yam-records/
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SJU11h_lk6M
* Pre-order: https://yamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/off-grid

There's a distinctly UK thread throughout 'Off Grid'; from the broken drum machine workout on 'Isit' and the acid bass line on 'New Levels' to the jungle-influenced breaks on 'High And Mighty' and 'Turnin'', Romaal Kultan has produced a compelling EP that will provoke plenty of gun fingers as well as nodding heads.

Off Grid

PREMIERE: Romaal Kultan - Isit

Yes Doctor

Brunswick Massive Pt. 2

eCZtasy

Shoppin

Zodyaco is back, after the debut self titled album (EAS019), exploring new approaches of its Mediterranean sound, with a new single and two different versions of “Caucciù”, delineating the shape of its “Neapolitan melodic disco from the slopes of Vesuvius”.
As usual for the label more about the music and the imagery behind it is told by the artwork, a double sided cover, strongly inspired by some of the most hidden and suggestive spots in the magical island of Capri, Damecuta and la Migliera .
Intimate and intense or exuberant and sensual, depends from which prospective you look at the sea.

Caucciù

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Pellegrino pres. Zodyaco - Caucciù [EAS022-7]

In November 2019, eight artists from Kenya, Uganda and the UK spent a week in Nairobi together exploring new tangents in soul music.

The group, collectively known as Extra Soul Perception, is made up of Faizal Mostrixx (Ug), Hibotep (Ug), K15 (UK), Karun (Ke), Labdi (Ke), Lex Amor (UK), Lynda Dawn (UK) and Maxwell Owen (UK).

Every day of the writing camp they worked with a new combination of artists, putting their powers of improvisation and collaboration to the test. The result was a body of work that reflected their range of backgrounds, interests and disciplines: acapella harmonies, soft spoken word, transcendental gqom, razor sharp swahili rap, bumping broken beat and beguiling RnB. The tracks capture a spirit, unique to a place and time that won’t be replicated again; an energy and atmosphere forged by open minds and prodigious talent.

The first EP of music made in Nairobi will be released in Spring 2020, titled New Tangents in Kampala, London & Nairobi Vol.1. It features five tracks by all eight artists in different combinations, and three cameos.

A1 Lex Amor, Hibotep & Faizal Mostrixx -Ancestry
A2 Maxwell Owin & Xenia Manasseh feat. Joe Armon-Jones - Probably Never
A3 Lynda Dawn & Bes Kept - Roses
B1 Faizal Mostrixx & Karun - In My Soul
B2 K15 & Labdi - Utokapo

Leading the EP out is first single ‘Probably Never’, by London DJ and producer Maxwell Owin with Nairobi singer Xenia Menasseh, featuring pianist Joe Armon-Jones. The track was born out of a series of improvised moments that epitomises the spirit of ESP. A low-slung gospel-sampling beat Max was playing around with late at night with no real purpose, whispered lyrics laid down in minutes on the final day in the studio during an unplanned-but-welcome cameo, and keys added by a supportive housemate as it was being finished in London.

It followers EP teaser ‘In My Soul’, released earlier this month featuring Kampala dancer and producer Faizal Mostrixx with Nairobi singer Karun rapping in Swahili for the first time; as if Obongjayar had been processed through a Hyperdub filter.

All five tracks from the EP will be performed live for the first time on the ESP. tour, featuring all eight artists performing solo and collaborative sets:

22 Feb: The Jazz Cafe, London
23 Feb: Band on the Wall, Manchester
24 Feb: 24 Kitchen Street, Liverpool

Tickets and info about the project: www.extrasoulperception.com

ESP. is supported by British Council, Arts Council England and Analogue Foundation.

RHYTHM SECTION HQ - part 3

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