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Amaro Freitas - Ayeye

Unreleased version of "Simbi" by Haitian guitarist/composer Franz Casseus. 

Chicago Underground Trio:
Jeff Parker - guitar
Noel Kupersmith - bass
Chad Taylor - drums

Recorded at Überstudio, Chicago, 1999. Engineered by Bundy K Brown.

Simbi

This fabled 11 minute+ version of Brazilian icon Joyce's groundbreaking "Feminina" was recorded at Columbia Studios, New York in 1977, for the as yet unreleased Natureza album. Produced, arranged and conducted by the great Claus Ogerman (Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Billie Holiday... the list goes on), Natureza would have ostensibly been Joyce's big break to international stardom, but mysteriously, it was never released. With Joyce came fellow Brazilian icon Mauricio Maestro, while Nana Vasconcelos and Tutty Moreno were already living in New York, and Ogerman employed North American jazz legends Joe Farrell, Michael Brecker, Buster Williams, Mike Manieri and a full orchestra for the sessions.

In anticipation of the monumental forthcoming Natureza album release via Far Out Recordings, this astonishing version of a true classic gets its first proper 12" vinyl release for Record Store Day 2022. In the spirit of making the release special for Record Store Day, rather than leave it as a single sided 12", Far Out boss called up Joyce to talk about the recording, recorded the conversation, and got it pressed onto the B-side.

Joyce - Feminina (produced, arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman)

Made this quick edit for a new mix and thought I'd upload. The groove in the original only lasts for a minute and I needed more of it.

Genshu Hanayagi & Mickie Yoshino Group - 燃焼そして昇華 (Mark Wayward Edit)

‘How Are You (Como é que vai você)’ is the third single to be taken from SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) forthcoming album, ‘Force of the Wind’. 

Lush, gentle harmonies slowly build like a swell of waves until the crescendo of strings breaks the waters. The orchestral arrangements by the band’s Alex Chumak flash back to the subtle psychedelic sound of Arthur Verocai’s 1972 debut. 

São Paolo born Sessa is one of Brazil’s rising talents, and he guests on vocals on this track. Singing in Portuguese, his unhurried voice gives this timeless piece a tranquil, soothing delivery. The lyrics are based on correspondence between two friends at different ends of the earth ("Como é que vai você, amigo meu? Nesse jogo, nessa vida?"). Alex Chumak was also responsible for the stunning orchestral arrangements on Sessa’s recently released album, ‘Estrela Acesa’. 

Reminiscent of post-tropicalia recordings by Jorge Ben, Milton Nascimento, etc; 'How Are You' feels like it could be a missing, lost track from a Brazilian classic circa 1972. The composition holds all the magic of a recording we've grown to love from this rich, vibrant era.

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ)Feat. Sessa - How Are You (Como É Que Vai Você)

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Shuffling percussion and off-beat rhythms overlay @louisbaker's soft vocals in this remix of @bennytones by @glenn-astro & @imyrmind. Out on @airdrop. 

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/04/08/premiere-benny-tones-glenn-astro-imyrmind/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/time-glenn-astro-imyrmind

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Benny Tones feat. Louis Baker - Time (Glenn Astro & IMYRMiND Remix) (STW Premiere)

From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the last half a century. As one third of cult Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth, Mamão was at the root of the group’s ‘samba doido’ (crazy samba) philosophy, which warped the traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics. Even with his lesser known jovem guardua group The Youngsters, Mamão was experimenting with tapes and delays to create unique, ahead-of-its-time sounds, way back in the sixties. More recently Mamão recorded an album with hip-hop royalty Madlib under the shared moniker Jackson Conti.

With his first album in over twenty years, and the first to be released on vinyl since his 1984 classic The Human Factor, Mamão shares his zany carioca character across eleven tracks of rootsy electronic samba and tripped out jazz, beats and dance music. Featuring Alex Malheiros and Kiko Continentino on a number of tracks, the Azymuth lifeblood runs deep, but venturing into the modern discotheque (as Mamão would call it), Poison Fruit also experiments with sounds more commonly associated with house and techno, with the help of London based producer Daniel Maunick (aka Dokta Venom).

Take a bite of Mamão’s psychoactive Papaya and join the maestro on a weird and wonderful stroll through the Brazilian jungle.

United by a love for the music of Mamão and Azymuth, the CD and digital edition also feature the previously released remixes and dubs from some of today’s most forward-thinking producers with a penchant for percussion, including IG Culture, the 22a crew, Max Graef and Glenn Astro.

Vinyl / CD / Digital

Ivan 'Mamão' Conti - Poison Fruit (ALBUM TEASER)

The Sunflower is like no other. A flower of ultimate dedication, it basks in the glory of sunbeams all day, it’s head constantly and carefully tracing the source of light and warmth’s every move. A superb ally to nature anywhere it is found, it has unique nutritional value, oils and seeds available to all who cultivate it. It’s the reason they are found across the globe.

This is the ethos behind Ronin Arkestra. Formed in Tokyo in 2017, Ronin Arkestra brings together some of the finest and most creative players in Japan’s Jazz and and electronic scene. The collective includes members of Kyoto Jazz Sextet, WONK, Cro-Magnon, Root Soul, Sleepwalker, Sauce81, Kyoto Jazz Massive and, of course, band leader Mark de Clive Lowe. 

Kicking it all off is ‘Stranger Searching’, where lush electronics meet beautifully executed Jazz in full story mode. A constantly driving beat push this track along through its various chapters, with each member of the band given time tell their tale. Horns from Shinpei Ruike, Kohei Ando and Wataru Hamasaki tie everything together in beautiful harmony.

Ronin Arkestra - Stranger Searching

Afroelectro - Sika Blawa.mp3

Music Is My Sanctuary is excited to share a beautiful piece of instrumental psychedelic soul from GODTET, led by the talented Sydney-based guitarist and producer Godriguez (producer of Sampa the Great's "The Great Mixtape").

Godriguez marshalled together some of the best musicians of the new generation in Sydney: A head priest of the Cuban Ifa religion, the step-son of Australia's greatest ever funk and soul musician, Australia's leading drummer in this new generation and a deeply emotionally gifted pianist from New Zealand. These disparate backgrounds culminate with incredibly sensitive musical and emotional connections to form GODTET.

To adjourn the past two improvised records, Godriguez was looking to compose for the next release. The 'Suite' EP is the amalgamation of the earlier GODTET LP sounds and Godriguez's produced albums, through-composed as a 15 minute suite. To be true to the long-form, through-composed piece, the band recorded this release live; one take, no over-dubs and straight to tape.

Suite

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Exclusive Premiere: GODTET "Womens Choir" (Forthcoming on La Sape)

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