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The Brkn Record - The Architecture Of Oppression Part 1

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

Scrimshire - Morning Affirmation

‘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.

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

From their forthcoming album - Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel Present - The Globeflower Masters Vol.1' - Released September 10th 2021.

‘Fear Me Now’ was recorded in the early summer of 2020. It marked a stage in the recording process where the artists wanted to introduce more grit and weight to what they had recorded during previous sessions. Not only did this help balance the album, it also led to a track full of drama, fuelled by deliberate and distinct changes of mood. Akin to how iconic TV soundtracks often utilise musical ebbs and flows to heighten emotions, ‘Fear Me Now’ has an introductory section, which progresses to an unexpected and darker twist in the middle, but ultimately resolves to an uplifting finale. Commenting on the inspiration for this approach, Glenn stated, "I've always loved the Ironside theme music by Quincy Jones as it goes from a deeply sinister intro into something softer, then back to bombastic.  So many mood changes. This track follows a similar pattern.”  

The track is drenched in strings and its arrangement is also heavily influenced by Quincy Jones, in particular his scoring of The Italian Job, which featured a more 'European' sound than much of his other work. Glenn and Mark also single out Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett's 'Black Pearl’ album from 1973 as a reference point. It shares a similar vibe in regards to it consisting of dark TV theme music undertones, but also being short and punchy for library music purposes. This single is yet another enticing glimpse into an album that promises to deliver so much.

Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel - Fear Me Now

‘Lifeline’ is the stunning second 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.

Fronted by MOBO award-winning Brownswood Recordings artist Zara McFarlane, ‘Lifeline’ is a paean to strength, solidarity and hope atop a blazing psychedelic storm with sonic echoes of the Velvet Underground’s ‘Venus In Furs’.” The song was born during a period when Jake had been listening to Josh White and Johnny Shines and imagined himself sitting alone on a porch somewhere pondering his future. He describes what happened next, “inspired by this scene, I picked up my Thai guitar, which is a four string instrument with a very bluesy, cranky sound, and then the main hook line came to me. I kept playing it over and over again and thought about recording it on its own without other instruments. After a while I started to lay down the first main line, then layered it up a few times to make it sound more lush. Sitting next to the Thai guitar was my electric tanpura which seemed to be calling me to use it which I promptly did to get that drone sound. Next thing I know and I am immersing myself, as usual, in the work of Richard Evans, one of my favourite arrangers of all time and, the man behind Cadet's Soulful Strings which is where I got the inspiration to have strings follow the Thai guitar hook.”

The drums were added to the track by Jake’s long-time collaborator from The Heliocentrics, Malcolm Catto. This loose breakbeat drumming, haunting strings and psychedelic drone culminated in something akin to a tripped-out version of Rotary Connection’s ‘Memory Band’. Jake knew he would need a singer who could cut through, and Zara McFarlane was his first choice. "The clarity and precision of Zara's vocals offered a real juxtaposition to the 'roughness' of the bluesy drone. Also, Zara dug deep to give her own perspective on racism that I hadn't heard before.”

Zara’s serene voice has a magnetic pull that draws everything together on the track. The lyrical content is equally powerful, which she summarises as "an observation of how decisions, made by ourselves and others, affect our circumstances and consequences and thus the pulse of our lives from that moment on.”

The Brkn Record - Lifeline (feat. Zara McFarlane)

‘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 - Agitate

’Assimilation’ is the fourth, and final, single taken from The Brkn Record’s forthcoming debut album, ‘The Architecture of Oppression Part 1’. A groundbreaking 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.

It is a track that has an overwhelming potency and power. A visceral tour de force that stops you in your tracks. The music has a Wagnerian manner to it, culminating in a dramatic and emotional intensity, masterfully matched by the evocative lyrics and their delivery. Over a pulsing, ominous beat, spoken word artist, singer and performance poet Dylema breaks down the psychological and social violations entrenched by the pressure placed on Black and Brown people to ‘assimilate’ to so-called English culture. 

Born and raised in Nigeria, Dylema moved to England in 2000 and it is this lived experience that is expressed in the song’s lyrics, "When I came to this country, I had such a strong accent that it was really difficult to blend in. Before I opened my mouth, you had the Black thing, and when I opened my mouth you had the African thing. People were taken aback by that, and so I found myself assimilating and remembering my experience of that assimilation. I felt in order to survive in England I would have to learn how to speak like an English person. Even though I have this accent right now, it is completely fake. It never left me to have an African accent, so amongst my friends and people close to me, I slip back without even noticing. The level of skill I had to have to assimilate into England required so much of me. Even if you’re not born and raised in Africa, there are so many things that Black British people have to do to assimilate without even noticing it. I still feel like I haven’t completely assimilated and I’m ok with that now. That is what inspired me to write Assimilation. I felt someone needed to put a voice to what we actually do to ourselves to be respected or accepted in Britain.”

The Brkn Record - Assimilation (feat. Dylema)

Bob Marley – Heathen(live)
Minutemen – History Lesson Part 2
The Partridge Family – Bandala
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – He Wants You
Van Morrison -  Caravan(live) 
Guided By Voices – I Am A Tree
Foxycontin – This Time You’re On Your Own
Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour
The Spinners – Then Came You
Mick Jagger – Evening Gown
Bob Dylan – Mississippi
Cindy Lee Berryhill – Me, Steve, Kirk and Keith

L'envie #129 :: Jon Wurster

"We are all prisoners of the dusk, dreaming of a dawn that never comes. For in the abyss of night, even stars are but dying embers—fleeting and frail. And when the wind howls its lonely hymn, remember: darkness is the mirror where lost souls recognize themselves. Here, in the silence of eternal shadows, the heart becomes a desert… and the light, a distant rumor."

Sally (slowed+reverbed)

very wicked theme

Tim invited Nerija and Maisha Saxophonist Nubya Garcia on the show to discuss her influences, Tomorrow's Warriors, Steez, Djing and much more and we were also lucky enough to hear her play some of her favourite records.
(11th December 2016)


Trinidad Senolia - Sucre Sacre (Yoruba Records)
Moodymann - Lyk U Use 2 (feat. Andrés)
Donald Byrd – Fallin’ Like Dominoes
Richard Spaven feat The Hics - Whole Other
Dizraeli & Jakaboski - Paint Flowers
Erykah Badu – Vibrate On

Nubya Garcia in Conversation

Maisha – Africa
Minnie Ripperton – Inside My Love
A Tribe Called Quest – Lyrics To Go
NÉRIJA – For You
Mo Kolours - A Soul's Journey (Jeen Bassa Version)
Herbie Hancock – Sonrisa
Fertile Ground – Like Poetry
Susso – Bani
Sons of Kemet - The Long Night Of Octavia E Butler 
Oumou Sangare - Iyo Djeli
The Brother Moves On – Sikelela
Wganda Kenya - Shakaloade

Photo Credit : Daily Laurel DAILY

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The Música Macondo Show #015 ft. Nubya Garcia

April - 2019 edition of the **Shaped by What We Love** Threads radio show with Olaf Stephenson & Rajinald Perrin live from the Threads Radio studios, The Cause, Tottenham, London......psyched out rock, funk, jazz & folk.....including **Super Bollywood Funk mix** special

Shaped by What We Love - inc. Super Bollywood Funk Mix - Threads Radio - April 2019

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The Brkn Record - Lifeline (feat. Zara McFarlane)

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