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There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News’ - the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and Janko Nilovic, with dramatic Library-music-esque cinematic arrangements echoing both light and dark, delving into moments of dissonance and positivity. There is a meticulous education of 1970’s soul on display that touches on the legacies of the great composer / producers, yet at the same time, this is a truly contemporary record that could have only been made now. 

The first limited pressing of 'All News Is Good News’ was released on the band's own 'College Of Knowledge' imprint in November 2019. It slipped rapidly into the collective consciousness of underground music lovers around the world, with all copies selling out within a week and becoming a firm favourite at Mr Bongo HQ in the process. We felt Surprise Chef had made something very special, a future-classic, and that needed to be heard well beyond those lucky enough to have bagged those limited first copies.

Formed at the end of 2017, Surprise Chef have grown within the fertile, creative, and supportive Melbourne music scene. Whilst the band is comprised of four core members, the album features friends and family as guest instrumentalists on flute, saxophone, vibraphone, congas, and assorted percussion; all adeptly recorded by engineer Henry Jenkins from the band Karate Boogaloo. The warm-raw-authenticity of the album was captured in the recordings live to tape over a handful of sessions in the band’s home studio in Melbourne’s inner-northern suburb of Coburg. As band member Lachlan Stuckey explains “All of the music we record is tracked live to tape, simply because so many of the records we love most were made that way".

The results are a captivating journey of instrumental cinematic-soul that will connect with the hardened Axelrod, Truth & Soul, El Michels Affair, and Daptone's fans, as well as the open-minded first-time listener. We are very excited to share this first slice of Surprise Chef’s world, with plenty more magic from these guys coming around the corner very soon.

Surprise Chef - All News Is Good News

Vibes 058: Nov '21

Amidst the fervent anticipation of the release of Stac's long awaited second album (due in the spring of 2014) our favourite soulful songstress has found the time to gather together ten of her favourite pieces of contemporary music for your delictation, in the shape of the third instalment of the "Allo Love" series.

Stac is a real music lover (not a fighter) and her selection exemplifies the breadth of her knowledge, and her perfectly pitched taste. A sonorous collection, it kicks off in grandiose style with music from The London Bulgarian Choir, no less, and remains in deep musical waters with the Matthew Herbert produced Hejira, trumpeter and friend Matthew Halsall and close contemporaries, Natural Self and Blue Daisy.

You'll also find a quartet of cherry picked Wah Wah 45s nuggets, with music from The Gene Dudley Group, Henri-Pierre Noel, Lea Lea and Scrimshire fitting perfectly into Stac's personal soundtrack, and the latter's cut also featuring the lady herself on fine vocal form. 

Finally, Stac also appears on a stunning downtempo delight from the mysterious William Sommers with whom she duets on the delicate "Delight", a tune that sums this compilation up perfectly. Enjoy.

Henri-Pierre Noël - Simbi

Sounds of My World

Close To Me (feat. WizKid & Jael)

Light some incense and catch a vibe to my Tamil bass edit of Paakatha by the lovely Ashnaa. 💖

Originally from the movie Aaru.
 
Ashnaa - ashnaa_ns
Guitar - @blazelassiegne

Mastered by @novemberrosemusic

320 kbps download

Ashnaa - Paakatha (Omar Tamil Bass Edit)

Balearic rhythms from Caravan on Mike Who's Planet Trip Records.

Read More & Buy: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/11/02/premiere-caravan-searchin-extended-mix/
Listen on Youtube: https://bit.ly/CaravanSearchin

Listen on Youtube

Caravan - Searchin' (Extended Mix) (STW Premiere)

Just a token of inspiration to all creatives. 
I had an idea that I wanted to try, putting the Ashanti sample behind the Smokin out the Window lyrics. 
So I took it to my main man @DJTAG-ATL to execute. This turned into a dope session of creativity for the both of us, ending with an amazing flip with an Atlanta bounce.

Smoking In The Cut (TAG X BRIXLA)

If you want to throw a successful block party, you need to get the sound, the system and the beats just right!' Mo' Horizons have done exactly that with their new album. 'Mo' Horizons and the Banana Soundsystem' is about putting the groove in place, as entertaining and profound as possible: 'We were touring to such an extent that we were nearly going bananas,' Mo' Horizons creative mastermind Ralf Droesemeyer recollects the last few years. 'It was as much fun as it was a colourful trip exploring the music of the world.

Mo' Horizons - Free And Easy

Brazil 45, number 13: http://www.mrbongo.com/products/joyce-aldeia-de-ogum-rosinha-da-valencia-summertime-7

A. Joyce - Aldeia de Ogum
AA. Rosinha da Valencia - Summertime - 7"

Rio born Joyce Moreno is one of the most famous names in Brazilian music. Her career has spanned more than 20 albums over 40 years and she continues to record and tour the world.

Aldeia de Ogum is one of her most well known songs. An anthem amongst DJs and dancers in the Acid Jazz days in London, regularly featuring at clubs such as Dingwalls.

Originally features on her sought after 'Feminina' LP from 1980, it also appears on the 'Essential' compilation that we released in 1997. This is the first time the track has been released on 7" however.
 

Rosinha was a highly acclaimed composer, arranger and guitarist who played with legends including Baden Powell, Sérgio Mendes and Sivuca. Sadly she passed away in 2004.

'Summertime' is taken from her 1975 RCA LP entitled 'Um Violão Em Primeiro Plano'. This is the first time the track has been released on 7".

Rosinha da Valencia - Summertime

Acoustic version of Blindfold performed by Morcheeba @ La Boule Noire, Paris, in 1998.

Morcheeba - Blindfold (Live)

Available from http://www.mrbongo.com/collections/ebo-taylor/products/ebo-taylor-my-love-and-music

Originally released in 1975 on Gapophone Records, George Prah’s label, hailing from Ghana. Only available in very limited quantity (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical vacuum imposed by the military dictatorship in the country at the time.

Laid back, lush, highlife vibrations from start to finish, with noticeable reggae influences throughout.

Ebo Taylor - My Love And Music

WICKED LESTER- CHOCOLATE

First track of El Freaky Colectivo
Featuring Empire ISIS Ras Jahonnan Prod By Benny B
Master by Frank El Medico
Colombia 2012

La pongo - El Freaky ft Empire Isis  Ras Jahonan Benny  B

I’m 1st generation Nigerian American and “Waiting For You” marks my 1st time making an African influenced song & it was the easiest song I’ve ever made. Shortly after recording it, i got the opportunity to join Jidenna’s 85 To Africa Tour & saw the reaction from the crowd. Audiences all over the country were echoing the words.  People felt the same way i felt. Waiting For You showed me that even though I’d never “done it before” those influences are just in me. Waiting for me to tap into them.

Waiting For You

Groovy (Prod. Level)

Another Mr Bird remix for the mighty Savages of Hungary!!!

Check out more of his tunes here...highly recommended!!!

http://soundcloud.com/savages


Surprise Chef - Drinking From The Cup Of Bob Knob

Mr Bongo