Over the course of a 19-year career, Marshall Watson has released all manner of musical treats for a similarly wide array of labels, yet it’s the effortless beauty of his downtempo works – and particularly his ambient and Balearic excursions – that have often left a lasting impression.

It certainly caught the attention of NuNorthern Soul founder Phil Cooper, who brought the West Coast producer to the label in the summer of 2021. That EP, Sunsets on Larkin Parts 1 & 2, was undeniably special. The same can be said about his belated return to the label, Foothills, an EP packed to the rafters with slow-burn melodies, sustained chords, becalmed textures and gently unwinding grooves.

Watson’s distinctive take on Balearic naturally comes to the fore on EP opener ‘High Desert’, a soft-focus delight where languid electric guitars, starry electric piano lines, echoing chords and gently pulsing electronics stretch out across a shuffling groove. While tailor-made for watching the sun set off his beloved Pacific Coast – and over the Mediterranean Sea – ‘High Desert’ offers a dose of hazy sonic sunshine that can brighten up even the greyest of days.

Fittingly, the accompanying remix comes from long-time friends of the label Seahawks, whose textured, layered and atmospheric productions similarly blur boundaries between Balearic, ambient, pitched-down dancefloor grooves and glassy-eyed psychedelia. Employing opaque, shape-shifting pads, effects-laden guitars, subtle spoken word snippets and yearning, almost melancholic chords – all atop a crunchy, head-nodding beat and toasty bassline – the duo deliver a remix that’s as emotive and sonically stunning as Watson’s original mix.

The EP’s three other tracks amply demonstrate the subtle variety within Watson’s downtempo output. Vocalist Julie Childe makes her mark on ‘Sweet Sounds’, a brilliant blend of warming deep house and laidback Balearic nu-disco that sports subtle hints to his work as one half of synthwave duo Causeway, while ‘Open Sky’ brilliantly wraps undulating TB-303 acid lines and echoing Spanish guitars around a hypnotic, locked-in dancefloor groove. 

Then there’s ‘The Landscape’, a deliciously saucer-eyed slab of breakbeat-powered, TB-303-sporting genius that evokes the immersive, early morning waviness of the ambient house era, the beach party psychedelia of San Francisco’s free party movement, and the bleeping wonder of turn-of-the-90s UK dance music. Like the rest of the EP, it’s an enveloping, head-soothing and mind-expanding treat.

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Melodic synth build version of my minimal track: oilands in the sky. 

From a project based around the hanging of a microphone inside a massive old rusty oil tank and whacking the fucker with various density/shaped objects. 

An oily sonic pinata, if you will.

The Oil And The Pussycat

The Globeflower Masters Vol. 2 is the slightly edgier and more grown-up sequel to Mark and Glenn's 2021 debut album. For this excursion, the Brighton-based duo wanted to lean a little further into their European film soundtrack influences, with inspiration mined from the works of Stefano Torossi, David Shire, and Roger Webb. This expansion of their sound builds upon the rich tapestry of cinematic funk à la David Axelrod, Serge Gainsbourg and Morricone that fashioned Vol. 1.

The Deluxe Edition of the album features five new tracks, comprising two new original recordings, a piano solo version of the closing track from the original album, and two remixes from Project Gemini and Andres y Xavi.

‘Shaded By Your Side’ takes things right back to the moody, dark and Axelrod-inflected sound of their first album. Much of this track was played in single takes to try and retain as much of the urgency and spontaneity as possible. 

‘Return to Salvador’ is described by the duo as if “Shuggie Otis and Marcos Valle have one too many caipirinhas and decide to visit outer space”. It fuses together Mark's space sounds and floaty pianos with Spanish guitar and busy, melodic bass creating a musical trip from the grounded and earthy sounds of Vol.1’ to the more upwards-looking and musically diverse sound of Vol.2.

The remixes give a different flavour to the release, but both pay homage to the original recordings. Sharing a mutual admiration for each other’s work, it seemed like a natural choice to ask Project Gemini to contribute. Here is what he had to say about his rework, “I’m a big fan of both volumes of Mark and Glenn’s ‘Globeflower’ LP’s and it was a huge honour to get a chance to rework one of my favourite tunes from Vol.2. There are many great layers to ‘A Voyage North’ so it was a lot of fun to choose my favourite elements, then put some Project Gemini flavours and sounds into the mix and create something new whilst hopefully keeping some of the spirit of the original track. A darker, fuzzier take on the album version”.

When Glenn first passed the original album to Steve KIW, his collaborator in Balearic production outfit Andres y Xavi, this was one of two tracks which he picked out as having some particularly Balearic DNA. As such, pushing this concept to its logical conclusion seemed like the obvious thing to do. There’s a shaded sunset sound paired with a 4/4 beat of Latin-leaning.

Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel - A Voyage North.WAV

with guest host Jerome Ogola

Adikwa Depala "Moni moni no deh" Kasongo! 1951

Manuel d’Oliveira & San Salvador "Cherie Bondowe" Ngoma: the early years 1952
Beguen Band "Sala mbongo, kudia mbongo" Early Congo music 1946-62: First rumba to the real rumba
Jean-Serge Essous & Rock’a Mambo "Baila" Congo revolution 
Grand Kalle & African Jazz "Moselebende to bolingo" L'Afrique danse no 2	

Charles Lembe "Yo quiero wapacha" Africa boogaloo
Pamelo Mounka’a & Les Bantous de la Capitale "Masuwa" Les Bantous vol 1
Bavon Marie Marie & Negro Succès "Nadendela Mibali" 1970
Franco & OK Jazz, with Youlou Mabiala & Sam Mangwana 1973 "Ledi" In memoriam vol 9

Nico & African Fiesta Sukisa "Compagnon disparu" Du Senegal au Congo 1966
Bopol "Choisi" Manuela 1983
Rochereau & l’Afrisa International "Tu as dis que" Babeti soukous (Live at RealWorld studio 1989)
Papa Wemba "L’Esclave" (Live at S.O.B.’s New York 1991)

intangible cultural heritage of Congo

This is " Intro", Clément Bazin's new single.
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Han Litz ft. Kid Sublime - 'Face The Flute (edit)'

Nyboe is a Danish hip hop vinyl DJ for almost 20 years - specialising in west coast and south hiphop, boom bap, instrumental sets, Danish rap and crosses into especially library music, jazz, trip hop, breaks and soul.  He is the winner of Wax Poetics x Polaroid's and Reloop's international mixtape contests and has played at everything from hiphop-jams and nightclubs to cafés, bars and his favorite thing, as a warm up act for international and Danish hiphop acts – for example recently and soon artists like CRIMEAPPLE, Boldy James & The Alchemist, Oddisee, XP The Marxman, Guilty Simpson and many more.
 
Nyboe is known for his extensive vinyl collection and cratediggin passion, which he shares on his Instagram page @nyboesvinyler.
 
He also ran the Danish hiphop label Idiotsikker Records for 10 years and was responsible for everything vinyl at the legendary hiphop label and store Run For Cover for many years.  Nyboe also has his own podcast - Nyboe's Pod - and is part of VINYL ECHOES on Black Rhino Radio with djf1bi.

In this mix Nyboe presents 47 of his favorite 90’s West Coast and Southern hiphop track from his personal vinyl-collection plus one Danish from 2001 all blending seamlessly together for this two hour long journey into a timepocket of a unique scene and culture within hiphop.

Words by Nyboe:
“Even though a lot of people consider me a boom bap head and a backpacker, my favorite hiphop has always emerged from the South and West Coast of the States – especially from ’94-’97. 

And spending a lot my time in the western part of Aarhus - Aarhus V - when I was a teenager also exposed me to what most people were listening to there if they listening to hiphop - the gangsta rap and G-Funk.
 
Most of my favorite rappers are from there and although there are some ignorant lyrics – which you can easily find among New York rappers as well – this is where storytelling was always an important part of the lyrics.
 
It’s not just the storytelling that artists like Eightball & MJG, UGK, Scarface, Dru Down and many more perfected, it’s also about the musicality and the sound. Back then the G-Funk had way more bounce and the flows were to me way more exciting. So the mix has mostly focus on the sound and finding songs that not only fit well together, but also represents and portraits the scene and sound that I wanna present. So it’s also a lot of deeper cuts and I have a feeling that only a select few in Denmark will know all of the tracks in this mix.
 
The mix is also a tribute to the skate videos coming out of my hometown Aarhus, both in the earlier days but certainly also in newer times, from the likes of VX8000 and Doggs4Life, where you can as easily hear a track from Dru Down, Ice Cube or Tru as you can a Pete Rock, Sean Price or Biggie cut.
 
R.I.P. to Skt. Anna Gade and Manual!” @nyboe

Pasteelo Mixtape 35 - Nyboe // The Other Coast Got Something To Say

One of the most electrifying acts to have emerged in recent years, New Regency Orchestra announce their highly anticipated debut album on Mr Bongo with their first single, ‘Labasta Llego’. A reimagining of Rafael Labasta’s 1972 original, the group have delivered a contemporary take on this sublime serving of Afro-Cuban jazz energy.

Harnessing the fusion of ideas that exploded out of New York’s melding of jazz and Latin during the ‘50s to the ‘70s, New Regency Orchestra are an 18-piece big band that has been setting the scene alight on stage. Led by artistic director Lex Blondin, the group are a hand-picked line-up of some of London’s finest Latin and jazz musicians. Providing a fresh spin on a selection of the seminal songs that emanated out of that golden era, they bring a contemporary radiance to their recordings.

Originally written in 1972 by Dominican trumpeter and orchestra leader Rafael Labasta, who played with greats such as Kako, Cortijo y Su Combo and even The Big 3: Machito, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente, ‘Labasta Llego’ is a salsa-infused track bursting with colour and creativity.  Congas, cowbells and timbales dance around bandleader Eliane Correa’s joyous keys providing an infectious rhythm on New Regency Orchestra’s version. With the rhythm locked, a wall of horns blasts you straight to the shores of the Dominican Republic. One of two vocal tracks from the album, Jose Cesar’s expressive vocal tones, backed by Flavio Correa add to the Latin spice, as Nick Walters steps forward for a spirited and spellbinding trumpet solo.

Lex sums up the single perfectly, “It’s one of our live anthems and it always goes down a storm. The music speaks for itself. It’s impossible to keep your hips still with this one!”

New Regency Orchestra - Labasta Llego

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Reel People Music breathes new life into its gleaming vault of back catalogue classics with brand new series Fusion Moves. The series will offer talented music-makers the opportunity to remix and reinterpret label releases of their choosing, kicking off with soulful progressive Kaidi Tatham in the hot seat.

Tatham’s modus operandi is clear from the get-go. Opening selection Sebb Junior feat. Paula’s All Of My Life flows dreamily upon that trademark Tatham mix of organic beats, polished horns and immersive keys. As Paula rightly sings, “the beautiful can happen.” And keep happening…. Reel People feat. Mica Paris’ reworked I Want To Thank You gains elegant funk and boogie bounce, a bubblin b-line and those upweighted backing vocals adding new urgency and depth, whilst some extended bass-end manoeuvrings on the collective’s 2020 hit Save a Lil Love provide a hugely effective counterpoint to Eric Roberson’s super-smooth vocals.

Tatham switches things up for his re-take of The Realm x Atjazz x Kelli Sae’s deep afro-house burner On The Road, adding wonderfully carefree jazz-funk flow ‘n’ feeling replete with sweet synth solos and guitar licks. The snappy syncopated rhythms propelling Daz-I-Kue feat. Hadiya George’s Pedigree and Monkey Brothers feat. Sean Escoffery’s stunning Losin’ My Head align to the rich broken beat heritage for which most admirers associate him but, true to form, he continues to glide compellingly between mood and moves….

From the loose bass-guitar groove of Eric Ericksson & Reel People feat. Debra Debs’ Don’t Hold Back On Love and sultry strut and swagger of AAries’ Don’t Give It Up to Sebb Junior feat. Muhsinah’s infectiously jammin’ Special – lovingly framed by nimble jazz-piano play – and the liberatingly upbeat dressing applied to Tony Momrelle’s seminal Fly, Tatham’s sonic upholstery right across Fusion Moves is as skilful as it is impactful. One expert body of work built upon another.

“I know Reel People Music’s discography so well that I had a pretty immediate sense of the tracks I wanted to work with once they gave me the keys to their kingdom,” Tatham explains. “For each song I closed my eyes, imagined playing them live on stage and let the chords and musicality fire from there. My sound incorporates so many different styles, from hip-hop and broken beat to soul and disco. It’s a perfect fit for Fusion Moves. The Reel People team share my mission statement to make people dance, smile and think.”

Based in Belfast, Kaidi Tatham is the multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ who helped to define West London’s iconic broken beat sound during the late Nineties but who has continued to operate beyond genres and pigeonholes – be that via albums including In Search Of Hope, Bandana and Don’t Rush The Process, his dance music-focused pseudonym Agent K and a raft of collaborations including those with Bugz In The Attic, 4Hero, Amp Fiddler, Amy Winehouse and Slum Village.

Reel People Music is a label borne out of the soulful success of acclaimed collective Reel People but representing so much more. Launched in late 2009, the imprint has built a fiercely loyal international fanbase through its passion for artist development, musicianship, song-craft and soulful groove. Label alumni include Tony Momrelle, Portia Monique, The Layabouts, Kelli Sae, Sebb Junior, Opolopo, Angela Johnson, Emmaculate and Mothers Favorite Child.

Expect to hear further Fusion Moves in the coming months. Fresh twists on quality songs and sounds. Always with soulful authenticity at the heart.

Fusion Moves (The Instrumentals)

Fly (Kaidi Tatham Instrumental Remix)

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This is Mix 01, Side 1 of DJ Beppe Loda's Afro Series, recorded 1982.

DJ Beppe Loda - Serie Afro - Mix 01 - Side 1 (1982)(Tape Recording)

2020 sees Jazz & Milk celebrating its 15th anniversary! Since 2005 the label, founded by Dusty, offers an experimental playground for international artists that share a passion for organic and soulful dance music. Many legendary club nights and over 30 releases later, Jazz & Milk has become a household name amongst the eclectic music imprints. The focus has always been to transcend genres, including a broad spectrum of styles ranging from jazz, soul, brazil, afrobeat to house, broken beat and electronic music.

Jazz & Milk continuously provides a global platform for new international talents alongside established artists, friends and worldwide family. For this very special occasion, the label presents six exclusive tracks (plus three digital bonus versions) by the likes of Steve Spacek, Àbáse, Sam Irl, Feater, Bongani GiveThanks and Moe Fabrik - the club focused collaborative moniker of Wayne Snow, Ziggy Zeitgeist and StyleBoi 92.

With this compilation project, Jazz & Milk is not only celebrating an illustrious 15 years of operation. The label also wants to take the opportunity to highlight the importance of ‘community’, at a time when racism, greed, injustice and a deadly pandemic are jeopardizing our ability to harmoniously exist with one another. Music has enormous individual and social health benefits, the potential to empower whole communities and build cultural bridges. Thus, Dusty’s vision was to invite artists coming from completely different corners of the world - from South Africa to Europe and Australia. Each one of these featured producers is representing their local music culture and individual influences, as well as sharing their current emotions during the lockdown, through music.

There’s no need to introduce the legendary Steve Spacek. With his epic projects ranging from Spacek to Afrika Hitech and Space Invadas, this man continuously redefines the sound of modern music with his futuristic approach. While most producers are in need of a studio environment full of equipment to create music, Steve Spacek is currently shaping the sound of tomorrow entirely on an iOS based mobile phone. „Do U Want My Lov“ is a progressive and bass heavy, yet very soulful track thanks to Steve’s highly distinctive vocals.

We’d like to thank each and everyone for supporting Jazz & Milk and vinyl music culture throughout the years! Furthermore we’d like to once more remind you how important it is to get together and cultivate inclusive communities in these turbulent times. While the term “social distancing” is still widely used at the moment, it may be sending the wrong message and contributing to social isolation. More than ever before in our history, we have ways to remain social, while maintaining „physical distance“. Staying in touch with people feeds the human connection we all need to thrive daily! Let’s appreciate our differences and celebrate our similarities. Let’s help each other to stay healthy and sane in these crazy times! And what tool could be better for all of this than music.

Peace, Love & (Comm)Unity! 
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releases November 27, 2020

P & C 2020 Jazz & Milk Recordings & Publishing
JMEP022 / LC15027 / GEMA
Compiled by Dusty / Mastered by Sam Irl
A1 Mixed by Dusty A3 Written and produced by Szabolcs Bognar,
additional drums by Ziggy Zeitgeist / congas, bongo by Eric Owusu / Mixed & Dubbed by Sam Irl
Cover by Tim Schmitt
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COMMUNITY - 15 Years of Jazz & Milk

Exclusive Premiere: Steve Spacek "Do U Want My Lov" (15 Years of Jazz & Milk)

Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Exclusive Premiere: Steve Spacek "Do U Want My Lov" (15 Years of Jazz & Milk)

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