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Songlines - "a captivating blend of jazz and Latin rhythms”

FarOut Magazine - “A beautiful menagerie of sounds and influences, awash with distinctive Latin funk and the spirit of 1950s NYC big band jazz. These songs are backed up by a roster of London’s most skilled and passionate jazz musicians, to create something utterly timeless and innately funky."

Patrick Forge - "Unashamedly retro, but done so well, High calibre rhythms and playing, some hot jams!”

Paul Bradshaw (Straight No Chaser) - "The delivers that 70's NYC bario vibe perfectly.... Kickin'!!!”

Francois K - "All great cuts, very well put together”

Announcing the debut album from one of London’s most electrifying acts, New Regency Orchestra. An 18-piece Afro-Cuban big band, inspired by the musical melting pot of NYC in the 1950s, but with the punch and power of a whole host of London’s best Latin and jazz musicians. Blowing new life into these compositions, the album is a reimagining of some of the finest music from that golden era. From early 1950s René Hernandez and Tito Puente, through to the 1970s salsa of Rafael Labasta and Orlando Marin, produced and performed with fresh fire.

NRO is the brainchild of its artistic director, and the man behind Total Refreshment Centre and Church of Sound, Lex Blondin. Through a long-held passion for jazz, Lex discovered the explosive Afro-Cuban rhythms of mid-1940s NYC via the godfather of Afro-Cuban jazz, Mario Bauzá. A time when two musical worlds collided in a fusion of creativity and energy, jazz luminaries like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker joining forces with Cuban greats like Machito and Chano Pozo. This vibrant sound was music to dance to and found a home at The New York Palladium, a formative space of freedom and expression that was key to the scene’s development.

Although dance-focussed in their makeup, those early recordings are not often heard in modern club environments and Lex dreamt of retelling their story with a contemporary dynamism. A slice of serendipity followed, as a slot at a new festival opened up and Lex jumped at the chance to make this idea a reality, an 18-piece big band breathing new life into these beloved songs.

Enlisting the expertise of some of the capital’s finest talent, Lex and co-captain Andy Wood, of Como No fame, put together a world-class line-up of talent. Bringing in Eliane Correa as musical director and bandleader, a fluid and interchanging 18-piece band was formed.

The album itself is a hand-picked selection of timeless Afro-Cuban jazz classics, reimagined with NRO’s unbridled energy. It contains ten incredible instrumental tracks including 'Pregon' with its anthemic horn stabs and the addictive head nod bounce of 'Mambo Rama', alongside two scorching vocal numbers in 'Papa Boco' and 'Labasta Llego'. Coupling a heavyweight rhythm section with a wall of horns, they provide a fresh spin on songs from Tito Puente and Chico O'Farrill, René Hernandez through to Rafael Labasta.

“Some of the tunes like Tito Puente’s ‘Mambo Rama’ and ‘Scarlet Mambo’ might sound like they went to a gym as extra drums and bass synth were added to them whilst the tune ‘Sahib & Tito’ is a mix of Tito’s ‘Mambo Buda’ and Sahib Shihab’s ‘Nus’. Our intention is to be both respectful to the innovators and inventors of this incredible music and to pay our dues, but also to add something special from London where the city’s new jazz scene connects with its Latin American musicians and the musical influences around us.”

This pure collective joy, shared experience and music you can’t help but move to.

New Regency Orchestra - New Regency Orchestra

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As we all perceive music in our very own and individual way, we connect sounds and melodies with moods, feelings and memories. „Perpetual Tales“ narrates those infinite possibilities of stories being told by music. The chapters of this EP are written and interpreted by Theo Gramal as an invitation to dream with them, feel them, dance to them. May they be shaped by playing around with instruments or be inspirations from travels or collaborations - each pattern, baseline or melody has been a little adventure and eventually will be a new one for you, your ears and your soul.

Theo Gramal Feat. Timbaba - Marabou Blues

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If you don't know Masha Natanson, it's time ! She is the hidden grand voice of Europe (no joke). She sings to the perfect interpretation, hears all imperfections like an electronic tuner, she records all the polyphonic voices with a modern vision, she uses contemporary tools and she has a repertoire in dozens of languages and dialects that extends over all the balkans and eastern countries and beyond.

This EP is the beginning of a long term collaboration between them, here Dj Click wanted to give a nostalgic dimension, a sound that comes close to the Björk production's of or even sometimes, we could believe is the original sound track of “Ghost in the Shell”

Recorded by Dj Click into the garden and barn of Masha house – Poland Mixed, programmed and arranged by Dj Click at forest CuBe – España Mastered by Alexis Bardinet at Globeaudio Studio – France
Publishing : France Média Monde – RFI Instrumental

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Devendra Banhart performs "Mi Negrita," from "Mala," his eighth studio album and his Nonesuch debut, due out March 12, 2013. The album took shape in Los Angeles, where he and longtime cohort Noah Georgeson produced the album together, playing most of the instruments themselves, using borrowed equipment and a recorder they’d found in a pawn shop.

Pre-order "Mala" now at www.nonesuch.com/albums/mala

Mala

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Tibau Tavares - Morena Guitarra (Kaöb Edit)
Release date: June 5, 20 | 2020
Label: @cosmovisionrecords
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About this edit : 
'' Passionate about travel, music and cultures of the world, especially African and South American, I discovered this original in 2017 when it was released.
This edit is a tribute to the Afro-Brazilian culture in which I spent 3 years of my life, including 5 months in Sao Paulo in 2013. I found the original by chance in my playlist, it gave me smile and joy. During these 2 months of confinement, I started playing the guitar again and replay some pieces of my adolescence.
I missed this relationship with the instrument and reminded me of my beginnings of passion for music and creative freedom.
Music is a powerful bridge between the souls of this world. May it bring you beautiful energies and vibrations '' @kaob
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About @kaob :
Co-founder and resident DJ of the Parisian Collective/Label O'Tawa, he is recognizable by his singular universe, inspired by his travels around the world.
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https://tibautavares.bandcamp.com/releases

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