- Jac - Naschkatze

Imagine there is a seven-headed rythmic beast with a percussionist, drummer, bassist, keyboardist, two horn players, and a DJ up on the stage embracing the musical totality of the world without any folklore kitsch, its subtlety and urban club grooves crossing various divisions in musical genre.  Feindrehstar is standing on the stage. The studio recordings of this unique Jena-based band have long been known to capture the live energy of their onstage performances. And now Feindrehstar presents their second album named „Love & Hoppiness“ – five years after their brilliant debut „Vulgarian Knights“. A lot has happened in the meantime: countless club and festival gigs, an inspiring African tour as well as countless hours spent working in the studio. „Love & Hoppiness“ matured over three years, a musical puzzle that was composed at different locations – the first recordings developed in the fall of 2012 with Michel Baumann (Soulphiction, Jackmate) and Nik Reiff in Stuttgart. Further overdubs with a trombone, violoncello, guitar and vocals followed at various home studios and conservatories.

 

That's right, vocals have been brought onboard this otherwise instrumental band. Owing to these vocal tracks with Dave Aju, Ebo Taylor and Tina Keserovic on the microphone, Feindrehstar’s sound continues to develop. Jazz, soul and funk vibes shine through on tracks like „Antelope“, a track featuring the vocals and guitar of legendary Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor.

At first, Taylor thought Feindrehstar rocked too hard – however in the end, things got mellow and he had so much fun that he recorded guitar tracks with enthusiasm.  It was clear right from the start that everything clicked with Dave Aju – the smooth soul-soaked hiphop of „From Bob To Stevie“ standing out on the album.

 

Feindrehstar call their music Krautclub, and the reason ought to become clear in „Caje Sukarije“:  a classic Balkan funk sound taken over by wild synth loops that become fused together in a haze of electro-funk. It is in fact a Roma anthem sung by Tina Keserovic. The album takes a chiller, newer direction with „The New Ballad“, „Blues For Bagdad“ as well as the completely acoustic ballad „Love & Hoppiness Int.“ with cello and clarinet, anchoring the album in a captivating calm.

 

Despite the many new directions, the genre defying yet danceable club sound of Feindrehstar remains. „Love & Hoppiness“, „Deep Horse“, „Shake That“ und „Night Rainer Diskodub“ show once again that after 15 years of rocking dance floors, Feindrehstar's energy hasn't diminished.  Feindrehstar will ensure that clubs and festivals will be well supplied with their estatic performance into the future. 

Love & Hoppiness

From Bob To Stevie (feat. Dave Aju)

Feindrehstar - From Bob To Stevie (feat. Dave Aju)

Lovingly mastered and beautifully pressed onto 10 inch vinyl in manila covers, this limited edition release is worthy of any record collection. It also represents a little piece of the magic that is Boipeba, but that will also fit perfectly into those Balearic and Adriatic settings too.

Thank you Joakim and Viva Mareh!


Mareh 003 Side B - Joakim - Boipeba Dub [Snippet]

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - 'We Be All Africans'
Out Now on Strut
Order: https://strut.lnk.to/AllAfricansSo

The career arc of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids has been an unexpected but wonderful one. The band met in Ohio in the early 1970s, studied with jazz greats including Cecil Taylor, performed throughout Europe and Africa and released three independent albums before disbanding during the late '70s. Renown for their recordings grew over the years, culminating in Ackamoor reconvening the band in 2007. They have recorded the incredible new album 'We Be All Africans,' produced by Max Weissenfeldt at Philophon in Berlin, and are touring once again, sharing the stage with Floating Points on a recent tour. 

Here, DJ duo We Are The Horsemen (DJ Harv and Sub-One) take us through the original rare recordings which earned the band its reputation among connoisseurs of mind expanding jazz. The one-hour mix spans the band's entire career.

Tracklist:
THE PYRAMIDS - MEMORY RITUAL
THE COLLECTIVE - THE SHEPHERDS TUNE
THE PYRAMIDS - QUEEN OF THE SPIRITS
IDRIS ACKAMOOR ENSEMBLE - CUBANA
THE PYRAMIDS - JAMAICAN CARNIVAL
THE PYRAMIDS – BIRTH/SPEED/MERGING SUITE PART 2: BIRTH/SPEED/MERGING
THE PYRAMIDS - NEBULOSITY
THE PYRAMIDS – NSORAMA (THE STARS)
THE RIVER GANGES
THE PYRAMIDS - INDIGO (PART 1)
IDRIS ACKAMOOR QUARTET - SPIRITUAL REBIRTH
THE PYRAMIDS- YA A YA A
THE PYRAMIDS - BLACK MAN AND WOMAN OF THE NILE
THE PYRAMIDS - LAND OF ETERNAL SONG SUITE (PART 3)
THE PYRAMIDS - REINCARNATION
THE PYRAMIDS – BIRTH/SPEED/MERGING SUITE PART 3: REAFFIRMATION

For More Info:
http://www.strut-records.com
https://www.facebook.com/We-Are- The-Horsemen- 149688925058310/

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids Retrospective Mix by We Are The Horsemen

Armani mix

Pre-Order here: https://SonarKollektiv.lnk.to/SonarKollektingVol2
Format: digital ; Release: 02.06.2017

“Sonar Kollekting Vol. 1”, releases in 2013, was actually the first true, official showcase of the by now over two decades operating Berlin label. Four years later we already get the chance to get once more a 360-degree view of Sonar Kollektiv's creative work. Four years during which quite a lot has happened apparently. No more than two artists of all the present collaborators on Vol.2 have been already featured on the first edition of “Sonar Kollekting”: Pete Josef and Stee Downes. “Sonar Kollekting Vol. 2” opens up an appetizing prospect on the label's near future when it comes to current and forthcoming releases. 
Just out, for example, is the marvellous electronics-folky album “Wiped Out” by Mooryc, off which the profound song “One Day” is featured here. A bit buoyant is the remix done by Erobique for Marlow's Backroom (on which you can hear Pete Josef). Next to other releases of the past months (The Black 80s, Mius und Tim Aminov), the listener is treated with ten exclusive tracks on this impressive collection. Talents like Dürerstuben already aroused attention with releases on Mutual Musik, Pampa Records und Luettje Luise and now make a lot of noise via Sonar Kollektiv. “Will E. & Gynt Her” implies a splendid feature of the twosome and the label. Together with London based singer Mark Borgazzi, Jad & The (formerly known as Jad & The Ladyboy) also contributes a song thus far unreleased (“Underwater”) to the 15 tracks strong compilation. From Harry Miller aka Glow In The Dark we get “Dark Stars”, a song not to be found on his just released debut “Future Bliss”. There is additional exclusive material in the form of the Nikitch remix of ComixXx' “Can U Feel?”, a subtle remix by ComixXx and Alex Barck for Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra's “Into Forever”, a remix by Envee for Pete Josef's “The Travelling Song” (off his 2015 album “Colour”) and new tracks by Dutchman Geurt Kersjes aka Pitto (“Being”), the Italian Hip-hop production combo The Mixtapers (“Take Me Away”) and as well as ComixXx (“Synthesizer Journey”).

Pre-Order

01 Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - Into Forever (Barck & ComixXx Remix) EXCLUSIVE

Little River (Clip)

We delivered for the 10th anniversary of Electrocaïne a mix and an Interview you can read here: http://electrocaine.com/podcast/083/

Give this community from Mauritius some love and check them out.

electrocaïne podcast

Electrocaïne Session #083

La messe de Don Camilo, tracklist: 
 http://www.lemellotron.com/show/la-messe-de-don-camilo/

Don Camilo - La Messe de Don Camilo

La Ganzoü invite Déni Shain (Analog Africa) & SSCK (Mawimbi)

La Ganzoü invite Déni Shain (Analog Africa) & SSCK (Mawimbi)

Déni Shain 
› https://soundcloud.com/deni-shain
› https://www.facebook.com/denishainmusic/

Mawimbi Crew 
› https://www.facebook.com/wearemawimbi/
› https://soundcloud.com/wearemawimbi

La Ganzoü  w/ Déni-Shain (Analog Africa) & SSCK

🛣️ On the African road again! Special mix for www.zamalfunk.com : 16 tracks (100% vinyl), 16 years (1971-1987) and 16 different countries (South Africa - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Congo - Angola - Gabon - Cameroon - Nigeria - Benin - Ghana - Ivory Coast - Burkina Faso - Mali - Gambia - Senegal - Cape Verde) 
🌍 From Soweto to Mindelo, I chose the most direct way, at the expense of rhythmic crossings & sound bridges 🚴🏽‍♀️ 🚣🏾‍♀️ By bike or boat, by car-rapide or taxi-brousse, let's travel together through Africa 🚚🚖 
📷 Credit Photo : Allen Weinberg - Alain Chatenet - Daniel Hébert (West African Cosmos - lp cover)

AFRICAN FUNK E-MOTION ~ FROM SOWETO TO MINDELO 🌍 02-11-2020 👉🏽 Zamal Funk

Musikkrause
Started as a FAT sister label, with an eccentric bent and experimentally “too intellectual” with its heads out the window. Above all, a raw cut and clever yet boozy funk understanding from Metaboman the platform was, always MK, but a shared stylistic closeness through Robag Wruhme. In the present as an emancipated partner alongside FAT on the same level. Here comes about the stuff which is a bit club dweller-ish outsider (!): functional, experiment, melodic lone purloiner, slicked up snarky paired with a jazzy panorama and frivolic understanding of song hand in hand. As special tid-bits come to light next to Metaboman along with Krause Duo and Robag Wruhme and other sonic artists like Ian Simmonds, Schleck und Stecker, Portable, Someone Else on Musikkrause the shine of the speaker boxes.
   
With a wide awake view to the future, the right mélange of tradition, down-to-earth instincts and the adventurist appetite bend the parameters in the direction of…wrong-headed sympathetic humanity in a paradise of electronic music brought to tears, scrumptious, freak-out and fleshly depth. There is also the exception without the cemented delusions of grandeur…how does the German sitcom main character Stromberg put it: “If you allow the butter to be taken from the bread, then eventually you won’t even have the bread!”


Feindrehstar - From Bob To Stevie (feat. Dave Aju)

MUSIK KRAUSE