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DANIELE BALDELLI, HOT TODDY, LAY-FAR, DANIELE MOORE, LEX, KASSIAN, WILLE GRAFF, CHRIS COCO, SIRS, CRAIG SMITH, FISH GO DEEP, HARRI HARRIGAN & SLOTHBOOGIE

ARTIST: FSQ
TITLE: REPRISE REPRISE TONIGHT
LABEL:  SOUL CLAP RECORDS
RELEASED: 23RD SEPTEMBER
FORMAT: DIGITAL

Ten years in the making, the debut long player from Funk Style Quality aka FSQ was released in 2020, the album featuring an all-star cast of funk legends: 
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Nona Hendryx, Fonda Rae, Denise King, and Dolette McDonald. The album was the brainchild of two of the most influential forces in Soul Clap’s musical journey, Chuck ‘Da Fonk’ Fishman and 
Sa’d ‘The Hourchild’ Ali (RIP). The original concept tells the story of someone with one last chance to have the party of their life! Now Soul Clap Records proudly present
 Reprise Reprise Tonight the remixes.
 
Kicking off with the king of Nu-disco Ray Mang, and his Reprise Tonight (Second Time Around Dub). Mang makes use of the slo-mo funk and delivers a timbale-tinged remix led by the vocals of Philadelphia's disco and jazz chanteuse Denise King.  Michael The Lion worked his remixes of Reprise Tonight and Vibe Out Now early in the album process, and here he ups the energy with an early 90s piano house rub, plus his new rework of Vibe Out Now that extends the original, turning it into a sleazy after-hours disco-house affair. 

Sa'd The Hourchild Ali shared the tracks early on with Tom Moulton who quickly turned in his A Tom Moulton Mix of Vibe Out Now and The Infinite Reprise. Moulton refines the FSQ approach and shows that less is more, as he pairs back the orchestral strings to their most melodic elements and strips back the layers of this epic tune.  Birdee goes in a different direction on Dancefloor Democracy, with a Nu-disco version for those who want a more vigorous workout.  Dr Rubberfunk's mix of the same cut captures the heart of the original sessions at FSQ’s G Koop's in Oakland California, where both Funkadelic Billy Bass Nelson and George Clinton's son Trey Lewd laid down the guitar lines. 

Jitwam’s Trouble Remix of Dancefloor Democracy speeds up the rhythm with cosmic synth pads and new guitar parts providing the perfect backdrop for interplanetary vocalists and living legend  George Clinton and his son, Trey Lewd.  Charlie Soul Clap isn't afraid to dial up the tempo on Peel Back which features Nona Hendryx. His Breakbeat for Ya Feet flies at 130 bpm and is set against a grainy old school beat that puts the tune right back in ’97!   Lee Curtiss turns in a Prince inspired effort of What They Don't Know led by 
Talking Heads vocalist Dolette McDonald.

Closing out the package,  DJ Rocca rinses FSQ and Fonda Rae (Over Like a Fat Rat, Touch Me) 11:00 AM, turning in a lush Italo disco cut with huge arpeggios, wide analog riffs, beautiful pads, and big electro drums. Fonda Rae sounding totally at home in
 DJ Rocca's Italo Disco zone.

Reprise, Reprise Tonight

FSQ - Reprise Tonight (Ray Mang's Second Time Around Dub)

The return of MIMS faves, Natural Lateral. Deep modern jazz fusion,  with an Afro-Cuban swing, a sprinkle of spiritual jazz and the most subtle electronic touch  that works as well on discerning dancefloors as it will on your home stereo, via the the good people at Social Joy Records. 

Following their rapidly sold out debut, the North London based group have announced a follow up, ' Tapesty of Life' and given us the exclusive premiere of "Tom's Tumbao", featuring Madrid-based flautist, saxophonist, composer, and band-leader in his own right, Chip Wickham.

The forthcoming release moves incorporates sophisticated sound production fusing jazz with modern electronic sensibilities. "Tom's Tumbao" channels the spirit of Latin jazz via the lens of Calle 54/New York City featuring Natural Lateral’s beloved friend and flautist/saxophonist Chip Wickham and the well-known drummer David Mrakpor from Blue Lab Beats. The keys and flutes in the track add a vibrant dialogue of music, creating a back and forth conversation of lush and deep melodies. Both solos are accompanied by horn arrangements from Eoin Grace which sets this James Bond-esque theme to an intense level of energy.

Tapestry Of Life

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Brazilian musician, songwriter and producer Pedro Guinu makes his debut on Razor-N-Tape with PALAGÔ, a record that speaks to the artist's relationship with his current home - Rio de Janeiro - and the city’s strong connection to the roots of Brazilian music and African rhythms. Recorded live in-studio, the LP captures the qualities and sonic textures of 1970s era analog recordings, evoking the sounds of Eumir Deodato, Marcos Valle and João Donato. Characterized by tasteful arrangements, improvisations, heavy grooves, and polyrhythms, the sprawling album fuses styles and influences to create something new and unique while maintaining a link to the past. 

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Sounding simultaneously from the past, the present, and the future, the debut album 'MLDE' by Marxist Love Disco Ensemble seeks to eradicate both the trite from disco and the sobriety from political music. Half poetic, half tongue-in-cheek, this stunning compact eight-track album is influenced by Eastern European and Mediterranean 70s disco records. In the words of band member Paolo, ''it was written in response to hearing 'I love America' by Patrick Juvet. The song prompted the question: why does disco, a genre originally created by oppressed minorities, eventually become synonymous with Western capitalist excess?" MLDE seeks to break this connection.

Merging disco, post-disco 80s pop, and boogie into the fold, 'MLDE' was recorded using only analogue instruments, giving it warmth and space. Recorded on cassette, ½ inch tape, this gives moments of lo-fi abstraction between the beats of an aggressive, tight drum kit. Instruments used for this recording range from saxophone, trumpet, harpsichord, guitar, and rare analogue synthesisers. The bass sound is shaped by early 80s boogie records, whilst the influence of artists such as Hamlet Minassian can be heard in some of MLDE's more driving-disco outings, such as 'Hues of Red'. In the tradition of Soviet vocal group records, which the band has studied, some songs are sung by a vocal quartet in homage to this tradition. 

Tracks such as '1905' and 'Brumaire' have a greater pop aesthetic, with Paolo's vocal style on these more pop-driven songs evoking early 80s bands such as Orange Juice and Chas Jankel. 

The format and message of pop and disco are commonly viewed just to entertain and move bodies around a dancefloor; however, lyrically, the subjects range from dialectical and historical materialism, class struggle, Marxist theory and praxis, as well as the concept of Marxist disco music. 

Adding the icing to the cake, mastering don Joker aka Liam McLean dusted the album with his magic, giving the songs space where the room is needed, as well as the kick and punch demanded by the modern dancefloor.

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Altera Vita (Alter Life) is a heartfelt tribute to spiritual jazz master Pharoah Sanders, performed by two of his master students; saxophonist Tony Kofi and harpist Alina Bzhezhinska.

Pharoah Sanders’ music has been a part of Tony & Alina’s musical upbringing for as long as they can remember, but their physical paths crossed on a memorable night in 2017 at London’s Barbican Centre, for a night titled ‘ A concert for John & Alice Coltrane’. The night was commemorating the 50th and tenth anniversary of John’s and Alice’s passing.

Pharoah Sanders had worked with both Alice and John Coltrane, and this night served as a spiritual passing of the baton to Tony & Alina, the former heavily influenced by John and the latter by Alice.

The evening was as timeless as the figures honoured, and served as a pivotal moment in both Alina and Tony’s careers.
On September 24th 2022 on the eve of Alina’s HipHarpCollective’s Reflection album launch, the Jazz world mourned the passing of the great Pharoah Sanders. Pharoah's spirit was definitely present in King’s Place that night, when Kofi and Alina led a moving tribute to the Jazz legend with their rendition of Astral Travelling, which gave goosebumps to many in attendance.

Tony found himself back in the studio soon after this night and composed a very fitting tribute to the master of spiritual jazz- Alter Vita (For Pharoah Sanders), He then enlisted Alina Bzhezhinska whose improvisations helped to provide an elegant call and response between harp and saxophone, delivering a warm and metaphysical send off for one of Jazz music’s greatest composers and saxophonists Pharoah Sanders.

Alina Bzhezhinska, Tony Kofi - Altera Vita (For Pharoah Sanders)

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