TRACK LIST:

D.D.D. - Dorothy Donegan

J.D. Blues - Red Saunders

Zekiel, Zekiel - The Hambone Kids

Summertime/Mambo In Trumpet - Red Saunders

September Song - Coleman Hawkins

Vivian - King Kolax

Probably/Sugar Bounce - Red Saunders

Take Out Some Time - Miss Sharecropper

Achin' Heart - Andrew Tibbs

Pennies From Heaven/You And The Night And The Music - Sun Ra & Unknown Vocalist

Cocktails For Two/Tenderly/The Phantom - Sun Ra

The Nearness of You - Sun Ra

Sunny's Place #1/Sunny's Place #2 - Sun Ra

The Man I Love - Sun Ra

The Many Thoughts of - Sun Ra

All Alone - Sun Ra

The Haunted Melody - Sun Ra, Thea Barbara & The Unknown Vocalist

Ebb Tide - Sun Ra

I Remember You - Sun Ra

The Best Things in Life Are Free - Sun Ra

My Sweet - The Nu Sounds

My Land of Dreams - The Nu Sounds

I'm Through With You #1/I'm Through With You #2 - The Nu Sounds

Dabba Dabba Dabba Du Bay - The Nu Sounds

I Got Some New Blues - The Nu Sounds

I Fall Asleep Counting My Blessings - The Nu Sounds

Africa - The Nu Sounds

Honeysuckle Rose - The Nu Sounds

A Foggy Day - The Nu Sounds

Baby Won't You Please Be Mine - The Nu Sounds

Black Sky & Blue Moon - The Nu Sounds

Holiday For Strings - The Nu Sounds

Nice Work If You Can Get It - The Nu Sounds

Somebody Loves Me - The Nu Sounds

Chicago USA - The Nu Sounds

Dreams Come True (Rehearsal)/Dreams Come True - The Nu Sounds

Stranger In Paradise - The Nu Sounds

Haunted Heart - The Nu Sounds

Evelyn - The Nu Sounds

Honey - The Nu Sounds

Spaceship Lullaby Demo/Rehearsal - The Nu Sounds

Spaceship Lullaby #1/Spaceship Lullaby #2 - The Nu Sounds

Perfume Counter - The Nu Sounds

Love Is - The Nu Sounds

I Was Wrong - The Nu Sounds

Wooden Soldier & The China Doll - The Nu Sounds

If I Only Hadn't Sinned - The Qualities

She's My Moonglow - The Qualities

Dreaming - The Cosmic Rays

Bye Bye - The Cosmic Rays

Somebody's In Love - The Cosmic Rays

There's A Small Hotel - The Cosmic Rays

The Second Stop Is Jupiter - The Cosmic Rays

Summertime - The Cosmic Rays

Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie #1/Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie #1 - The Cosmic Rays

Blue Moon - The Lintels

Baby Please Be Mine - The Lintels

Blue Skies - The Lintels

Little Sally Walker - The Crystals

Honey In The Bee Box - The Crystals

Perfidious Lover/When You're in Love This Way/Christina, Eugena, Marie - Walt Dunn

Wonderful You - Sun Ra

A Place In My Heart - Sun Ra

Of This I Know - Sun Ra

When You're With The One You Love - Sun Ra

Darn That Dream - Sun Ra

Teenager's Letter Of Promises - Juanita Rogers, Lynn Hollings

Kiss Me Sweet - Billie Hawkins

Somebody Else's World - Sun Ra

Blues in Outer Space  - Sun Ra

Velvet (Take 1 & 4) - Sun Ra 

Dreams Come True - Sun Ra

Don't Blame Me - Hattie Randolph

Blue Space - Calvin Newborn

Everything I Have Is Yours - Calvin Newborn

S'Wonderful - Sun Ra

Roll Em Pete - Sun Ra

My Funny Valentine - Sun Ra

Chi-Town Blues/I Can't Get Started/Don't Blame Me - Sun Ra, Pat Patrick, Gene Ammons, J.J. Johnson, Ronnie Boykins & Robert Barry

Just One of Those Things - Sun Ra

Sophisticated Blues - Sun Ra

Will You Still Be Mine - Sun Ra

Tony's Wife - Sun Ra

Eve - Sun Ra

October - Sun Ra

India - Sun Ra

El Is A Sound Of Joy - Sun Ra

Advice to Medics - Sun Ra

Great Balls Of Fire - Sun Ra

Adventure In Space - Sun Ra

Planet Earth - Sun Ra

Delight - Sun Ra

Overtones of China - Sun Ra

Muck Muck/Rocket Ship Rock - Yochanan

Sun Song - Sun Ra

Possession - Sun Ra

Transition - Sun Ra

Demon's Lullaby - Sun Ra

Medicine For A Nightmare - Sun Ra

Images - Sun Ra 

Ancient Ethiopia - Sun Ra

Round Midnight - Sun Ra

Watusa - Sun Ra

Lady With The Golden Stockings - Sun Ra

Spontaneous Simplicity - Sun Ra

Stuff Like That There - Sun Ra

SUN RA: 1950 - 1960

‘On The Daily’ is the electrifying first single taken from The Brkn Record’s forthcoming debut album, ‘The Architecture of Oppression Part 1’. A ground-breaking concept album from Jake Ferguson of The Heliocentrics. It is a critical journey through the eyes of black Britons, blending powerful and sobering narratives with psychedelic and soulful symphonies.

‘On The Daily’ is a future anthem that has a timeless quality to it. With flawless production that is relevant and urgent today, but would also feel at home had it emerged from the Cadet Records stable at their 60s and 70s peak. It displays the strength and intimacy of a modern-day Odetta jamming with Charles Stepney. 

A child of Nigerian, West African parents, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, narrates and delivers the song with the strength and ethereal beautify of an avenging angel. Ugochi describes this song as an "attempt to express the degree of power, resilience and focus it takes to be black and in this world. So many forces trying to take our peace of heart and mind. Though the battle rages on, those on the frontline win when we keep our poise and expose the perpetrators of racism and white terrorism."

This song is a clarion call driving awareness to the fact that these things are happening to black people everyday, and you have to be strong to survive this - on the daily.

The Brkn Record

The Brkn Record - On The Daily (Feat Ugochi Nwaogwugwu)

Persian groove specialists, Sababa 5, are due to return later this month with another essential 45 for the Batov Records Middle Eastern Grooves series. We are excited to share the electrifying B-Side, “Baksheesh”. 

Having cut their teeth playing with the likes of Kutiman and Liraz Charhi, Sababa 5’s knack for Middle Eastern grooves with killer hooks was more than apparent on their “Tokyo Midnight” b/w “Nasnusa” 45 last year, earning them illustrious fans such as Gilles Peterson and acclaimed producer, Rashad Smith.

“Baksheesh” (bribery) begins with a slippery, almost surf-like Middle Eastern guitar motif curtesy of Ilan Smilan, before Amir Sadot’s powerful bassline and Raz Man’s skittering drums deliver the groove. However, the star of the show could well be Eitan Drabkin's gritty organ. Apart from delivering the hook, the organ solos through half the record with near wild abandon.

B-Side wins again! But it’s another essential pair of instrumental grooves from Sababa 5 and Batov Records, ready for the discerning dancefloor, kitchen, or bedroom.  Don’t forget to pre-order!

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Exclusive Premiere: Sababa 5 "Baksheesh" (Forthcoming on Batov Records)

Bichos Remixes EP

Premiere: Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos - La pulga (Venezonix Remix)

‘His Mother’s Eyes’ is a future anthem and the mesmerising third single taken from The Brkn Record’s forthcoming debut album, ‘The Architecture of Oppression Part 1’. A ground-breaking concept album from Jake Ferguson of The Heliocentrics. It is a critical journey through the eyes of Black Britons, blending powerful and sobering narratives with psychedelic and soulful symphonies.

Exquisitely sung by The Voice winner and political activist Jermain Jackman, ‘His Mother’s Eyes’ communicates the pain of loss, the trauma of systemic oppression, and the hope for an end to struggle. 

Jermain described the writing process “I thought about Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ and the opening line "Mother, Mother, there’s too many of you crying”. I asked myself, what was the context in which Marvin wrote that, and how does that relate to today? I felt that song meant so much now, it is still so important and factually correct. I decided to flip it on its head and use that as an inspiration. The first line of ‘His Mother’s Eyes’ is “how do you stop the tears from falling from his Mother’s eyes” - we are talking about George Floyd’s family, but also the families of those who have been killed because of racism, not just police brutality, but negligence, institutional racism, where Black women are five times more likely to lose their child or die themselves during childbirth. It was direct inspiration from Marvin, where at the point he wrote the song he was trying to understand what was going on so we can come together. ‘His Mother’s Eyes’ is a journey from that song to this one that says now we know what is going on how do we stop it? At what point do we stop and listen, and how do we now build to a better future? It felt like a part two where I was writing to ‘What’s Going On’.” 

Jackman’s crystalline voice is matched to an emotionally rich backing reminiscent of Charles Stepney’s timeless Cadet productions. It allows Jermain’s vocal to soar, culminating in an emotionally powerful song that will surely be heralded as an anthem of its time.

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The Brkn Record - His Mother’s Eyes (feat Jermain Jackman)

‘Melodi’ is the second album from Kit Sebastian. Those familiar with the band's cult classic 2019 debut record 'Mantra Moderne' will instantly recognise their unique sound that blurs boundaries of world music, jazz and psychedelia. Not to be content replicating the same album, sonically the feel of ‘Melodi’ is a maturation. It is more diverse and provides glimpses into many different worlds from the Italian Riviera to the mountains of the Caucasus, the beaches of Bahia to the city streets of Istanbul and Paris. This joyous merging of soundscapes evokes a borderless planet with music as an international language, belonging everywhere and nowhere.

Melodi

Kit Sebastian - Please Don't Take This Badly

Kit Sebastian - Inertia

Kit Sebastian - Melodi Pt 2

'Almost Five' is the first single from Bucharest's 7th SENSE.

Read more @ https://twistedsoulmusic.org/2022/03/02/new-sounds-7th-sense-ft-liam-shortall/

Almost Five

7th SENSE ft. Liam Shortall - Almost Five (TS Premiere)

Ahead of the much anticipated release of Música Macondo's 'Brasil Novo' compilation of deep, raw and contemporary Afro Brazilian samba, we are exited to premiere Grupo Bongar's electric take on Samba de Coco, "Vento Corredor". 

Música Macondo has unearthed eight contemporary Brazilian tracks on compilation 'Brasil Novo', disseminating the rich and percussive heritage of Brazil and Samba De Coco. Selected by DJs Tahira (Sao Paulo) and Tim Garcia (London), the diversity and positivity of Brazil shines, featuring elements of samba, candomble, batuques, jazz, folk and beyond, designed with the esoteric dancefloor in mind.

DJ Tahira is a massive Brazilian music fan and has been on a research journey for a number of years, dedicated to the preservation and archiving of music made or influenced by black and indigenous Brazilians. Based out of Sao Paulo he has a particular interest in the history of Samba de Coco, a folkloric musical form that was very popular in, (and probably originated from), the north east of Brazil, by slaves and indiginous people from working class backgrounds who came together, making a rhythmical mesh of sounds dating back hundreds of years and allowing them to carve a unique cultural identity.

Ignored or disregarded as inferior by Brazil's recording industry, there are few existing original recordings of this music from the twentieth century, relying instead on oral tradition and carnivals like those in Recife or Pernambuco. In recent times there has been a flux of contemporary proponents who mix Samba de Coco with other contemporary Brazilian musical forms. Brasil Novo features both the roots, and more divergent fusions.

In the current cultural impasse that Brazil is experiencing, with artists and musicians experiencing the withdrawal of funding and services and with concerts and clubs yet to get back to pre-pandemic levels, it's never been so important to give visibility to contemporary creativity. This compilation not only gives a needy international platform to new artists, it enables an archive of Afro Brazilian culture that in some cases is disappearing. It’s also a fine example of resistance and positivity, against the odds.

Grupo Bongar, well known in Brazil and internationally, combine all manners of Brazilian folk, axé and samba, whilst they also run a centre for percussion aimed at galvanising musicians from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Exclusive Premiere: Grupo Bongar "Vento Corredor" (Forthcoming on Música Macondo)

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Kit Sebastian - Inertia

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