Dimitra Zina in conversation with the @wonderwheel-recordings label founder @nickodemusnyc & its label manager, as well as founder of the great @bastardjazz, Aaron Schultz.

WONDERWHEEL RECORDINGS started in December 2003 following through from Nickodemus’ label & party called Turntables on the Hudson. It grew organically from dance singles, compilations & albums from local NYC talent to a Worldwide roster that spans the globe and now has an actual office run by label manager & partner Aaron Schultz as well as several employees. Artists as wide ranging as Alsarah and the Nubatones live East African Retro-Pop, to El Búho’s dreamy South American deep sonic fusion find common ground in the melting pot of music & art represented.

www.wonderwheelrecordings.com
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LABEL HOUR is a radio broadcast hosted by Dimitra Zina featuring independent labels in an attempt to shed some light on the record companies that lie behind great artists and their albums.

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TRACKLIST

Maajo - Balafon Compagnment
DJ Angola - Bailalo (Quantic Mix) 
Nickodemus feat Sammy Ayala - Conmigo
Garifuna Collective - Ideruni (Help) (El Buho Remix) 
Yeahman ORRSO - Sakoneta
Habibi - Alsarah and the Nubatones
The Spy from Cairo - Marseilles Noir 
Nickodemus feat Femina - Inmortales (Body Move) 
Los Corraleros de Majagual & Corrado Bucci Mix - La Ciudad De La Eterna Primavera 
Thornato - Out Here
Chancha Via Circuito feat The Meridian Brothers - El Pavo Real 
Populous feat Emmanuelle - Flores No Mar 
Poirier & Flavia Coelho - Cafe Com Leite
Randomized Coffee feat Kalifa Koné & Kadi Coulibaly - Barake 
Gabriele Poso - Ritmo 
DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoko - Tata 
Tagua Tagua - Me Leva 
Lagartijeando feat Minük - La Frontera 
Marzebian - Chi Che 
El Búho & Captain Planet feat Kata - Rumba Viento

LABEL HOUR w/ Wonderwheel Recordings

Led by drummer / multi-instrumentalist Max Weissenfeldt (The Whitefield Brothers, The Poets of Rhythm, The Polyversal Souls) and Peruvian guitarist Alex Mendoza, this new studio ensemble takes it’s cues from Max’s experience under several different band variations that have explored Late-60’s Funk & Soul, West African Rhythms, Ethiopian Grooves and now, for the first time on record, Afro-Peruvian Cumbia. Alex Mendoza’s quintessentially Peruvian style psychedelic guitar licks lay a sabor never heard before onto Max's typically raw and funky percussion style. It’s another notch in an increasingly diversified portfolio for Max.


Alex Mendoza y sus Poetas Del Ritmo - Bu - Ga - Luz

This mix is inspired by the new grassroots civil rights movement that’s been emerging since Eric Garner’s death.

The theme "Rise" responds to Garner's last words, "I can't breathe." The time has come for humankind to wholeheartedly rise to the challenges of racial injustice. Peace can only come once we’re ready to extend a hand towards the unknown. This mix is inspired by these ideas, but it’s not completely tied to them. There’s also the desire for fun here, and to take you on a sonic journey through a range of contrasting genres of music.

photo by Leo Yamz

RISE MIX

Made in FL Studio 2025 with the YMCK Magical 8bit plug2.
Started: May 28, 2025.
Time spent: 4h33m.

Sunken Whirlwind

Gitkin - Whiskey Road (Five Star Motel)

Gitkin re-branded, sold and traded knock-off Gibson guitars. It took him to most corners of the USA, passing through big, smoggy cities and nowheresville small towns. His nights were spent at not-so-salubrious motels, places where he’d cross paths with newcomers and immigrants to the States from all four corners of the globe. His illicit musical wares were his way of making a connection. He’d strike up tentative, half-understood exchanges; part old stories and legends, part musical dialogue, part rough-and-ready riffs. There is a Sudanese influence on Whiskey Road. The Jumbush is used on this along with electric guitar.

"Incredible treats for your ears...it comes together beautifully" - Lauren Laverne (BBC 6Music) 

"Grand Street Feast is quite simply a marvellous track" - Laurent Garnier

"Love it" - Rob Da Bank

Pre-order album (April 6th) and single on Bandcamp :
› https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/5-star-motel

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Diffusé le 29 mars 2018.
Broadcasted March 29th 2018.

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Gitkin 
https://www.facebook.com/Gitkin/

Wonderwheel Recordings
›  https://soundcloud.com/wonderwheel-recordings
›  https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com
› https://www.facebook.com/Wonderwheel-Recordings-298967760149089/

[PREMIERE] Gitkin - Whiskey Road

The two month teaser leading up to this summer's desert disko.  Yucca Valley, Ca.

DISKO BBQ PRESENTS_The Arabian Disko Nights Two Month Teaser

more remix ish... this time mr. jones gets the treatment..  

Catalist - Music In Your Head

RELEASE DAY! Yay!

My friend and label colleague Testa and I have joined forces as Nødstop. In December 2017 we started working on tracks together without any plan in mind. The collaboration went as flawlessly as possible, and today our first release called "Ø" sees the light of day!

www.fanlink.to/Nodstop

Thanks to @alllone for the nice remix, DJ Buzz for the mastering, eiland.wien for the great pics, and @duzz-down-san-records for everything! We also warmly thank Austrian music insititution SKE for granting us financial support with this release.

To be continued!

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LYRICS

Fe fe fe fe feel free to te te te test me
I got got got gotta be me not you not you just me

Fe fe fe fe feel free to te te te test me
I got got got gotta be me, not you, mystery

I am a dog and I howl at the moon
I am a cat, I can scream like a siren
I am a dog and I howl at the moon
I am a cat, I can scream like a siren

I am a dog, sometimes I gaze at the stars
I am a cat, I can sense the danger
I am a wolf, I will bite before I bark
I am a lion, I will shred you to parts

(2x) Fe fe fe fe feel free to te te te test me
I got got got gotta be me not you not you just

Fe fe fe fe feel free to te te te test me
I got got got gotta be me, not you, mystery

I am a condor, I’ll pass over your head, I’m a
stingray, I hurt you when we met, I am a
nightingale, I am a lark
I am a bat, I attack in the dark, I am a

condor, I’ll pass over your head
I’m a stingray, I hurt you when we met, I am a
nightingale, I am a lark
I am a bat, I attack in the dark when you sleep

Fe fe fe fe feel free to te te te test me
I got got got gotta be me, not you, not you, just me

Fe fe fe fe feel free to te te te test me
I got got got gotta be me, not you - mystery

08 Nødstop - Test Me (alllone Rmx) (Bonus)

80 87 85 eight hours maximum exposure time in a working day/shift

how loud are some common sounds 
whisper - 15 db
library - 45 db
normal conversation - 60 db
toilet flushing - 75-85 db
noisy restaurant - 90 db
baby crying - 110 db
jet engine - 120 db
porche 911 carrera rsr turbo 2.1 - 138 db

80 87 85 mixtape

Buy / Stream here:

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YOuAkx
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2zKzI0A
Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/2YdgQRg
Deezer: https://bit.ly/3hI7HYB
Bandcamp (Buy LP): https://bit.ly/3f5Jk5O

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With his first album dating back to 2001, Poirier is a prolific, creative and eclectic Canadian producer / musician with a 20 year journey of creating music. Constant in his albums and DJ performances is a desire to build bridges between different languages, communities, and cultures. His open, uninhibited musical mind means that his works bend boundaries, resulting in compositions that mix several styles and eras. He now has produced a total of 11 albums and many EPs with labels such as Ninja Tune, Nice Up Records and, more recently, Wonderwheel Recordings. Active in Montreal, his successful monthly dance party Qualité de Luxe is dedicated to African and Caribbean music, attracting crowds for over six years. Poirier is also the man behind Bounce le Gros and Karnival, parties with legendary status in Montreal nightlife history. 

As usual with Poirier, it's hard to pin point all the genres and references on his new album. Soft Power has an irresistible warm vibe that will make anyone move and dance. It's warm, it's acoustic, it's electronic. Tracks "Café Com Leite" feat. Flavia Coelho and "Me Leva" feat. Flavia Nascimento transport the listener to Brazil while "Sim Bombei" and "Sowia", both featuring Samito, while the Sounds of West Africa influence "Nidiaye Sam" feat. Daby Touré. Then it’s across the Atlantic to Montréal and Mexico with "Contigo" feat. Boogat, while "Pull Up Dat" feat. Red Fox is a Jamaican jam perfect for any dancehall party. "Nou Pare" feat. Coralie Hérard captures the heart of Haiti while "Do Kase" feat. Mélissa Laveaux fuses Canada and France with Haïti in the background. In his instrumental tracks, Poirier throws an afro house party at 4am with "The Junction", travels back in time on an island in the Mediterranean Sea circa 1987 with "Forma", and, finally, relaxes in the sun with "Coconut Beach."

Soft Power

Buy / Order LP

Poirier & Samito - Sowia

Music: Das Hobos, Text: Franz Dobler
* Tom Simonetti/dr – Frank Nägele/g – Leo Hopfinger /elc– Franz Dobler/voc

Rec. live 23-11-2019 @ Raum 45, München
Prod. by Das Hobos
Mastered by Michael Anders
Picture: „G.Rag“ Andreas Staebler/Gutfeeling Rec
Coverdesign: Tom Simonetti (mycrotom)
Get it on Bandcamp
dashobos.bandcamp.com/releases


Liner Notes
Es ist laut 
Eines schönen Tages begleitete ich den Schlagzeuger Elvin Jones, damit sich der New Yorker vor dem Konzert mit seiner Band Jazz Machine nicht in Germany verlaufen würde. Wir kamen an einer Großbaustelle vorbei, auf der mehrere Arbeiter mit Presslufthämmern einen Höllenlärm produzierten. Elvin Jones blieb stehen und stieg sofort ein, trommelte mit beiden Fäusten auf den Metallzaun und schrie mich an: „What a sound, man!“ Ehe er es dann mit seiner eigenen Höllenmaschine krachen ließ, über der der Geist von John Coltrane schwebte.
	ES IST LAUT ist der dritte Track, den wir veröffentlichen, nachdem wir in einigen Sessions damit improvisiert haben. Text und Sound sind der Meinung, dass Lärm relativ ist. Und dass Action nichts mit Lautstärke zu tun haben muss – das Unheil kann sich anhören wie das Gebrüll eines Nazis oder so schweigsam sein wie die Killer in den Filmen von Jean-Pierre Melville.
	„Lärm ist das, was die Musik träumt“, hat Morton Feldman gesagt. Während wir nicht nur geträumt haben, dass es draußen zur Zeit nicht so laut ist wie sonst. Der Alptraum lautet „silence is death“.

DAS HOBOS & FRANZ DOBLER treffen sich seit 2015, um aus ihren Sounds & Poetry auch mal was Anderes rauszuholen. Was sich u.a. in zwei Hörspielen für den Bayerischen Rundfunk, einem Song auf der Split-7'' Remembering Nico (Gutfeeling Rec. GF068) und dem Krautrockblues „Falsche Hose“ (Bandcamp) niedergeschlagen hat. Sie träumen davon, dass der Beat weitergeht, weil sie noch einige Pfeile im Köcher haben.
 
DAS HOBOS sind seit 2010 zusammen und haben neben einigen Singles die Longplayer Memphis-Buchloe (Camomille Records/Montreal, 2012), This Is The Place (In gute Hände, 2014) und Random Home (Schamoni Musik, 2020) veröffentlicht. Leroy&Simonetti haben unter den Namen Rhytm Police (2008, 2013) und H (Echokammer, 2019) veröffentlicht, Leroy auf Schamoni Musik die Solo-Alben Skläsh und Bambadea und Simonetti aka Mycrotom kommt in Kürze mit seiner Solo-LP Ratoratiyo um die Ecke.

FRANZ DOBLER war 35 Jahre in Musikprojekte verwickelt, von denen die meisten (u.a. mit Nils Koppruch, Hubl Greiner, GUZ, HF Coltello, Steve Binetti) nur einen Abend lang dauerten, ehe er sich mit Das Hobos einließ. Er hat seit 1988 Romane, Musikbücher und Gedichtbände veröffentlicht und für das Trikont-Label Compilations herausgegeben. Zuletzt erschien der Gedichtband „Ich will doch immer nur kriegen was ich haben will“ (Starfruit Publications) mit „Es ist laut“ auf S. 144. (franzdobler.de)

Text
ES IST LAUT
(Text c by Franz Dobler & Starfruit Publications, 2020)
Es ist laut. Es ist immer so laut.
Es ist so laut, immer viel zu laut.
Die Katzen kreischen. Die Vögel machen Lärm.
Die Schafe, der Hund, der Hahn, die Hühner.
Es ist laut, immer so laut.
Die Autos machen Krach. Und die Züge machen Krach.
Und dann und wann ein Flugzeug macht Krach.
Es ist laut, immer laut, viel zu laut.
Nur der Pfeil, den mein Bogen abschießt, ist leise.


EPK with Soundfiles, pics, etc...
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ua30o4zjedfzxyx/AABMIgJmPi41UB2jvI22qkq5a?dl=0

„Es ist laut“ on Bandcamp
https://dashobos.bandcamp.com

Booking
mongkong music network
http://www.mongkong.com
Email  	dashobos@mongkong.com
Franz Dobler
https://www.franzdobler.de/

Das Hobos
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You Tube	https://bit.ly/2HNWKHL

Es ist laut

Buy it!

Es ist laut - Das Hobos & Franz Dobler

Names You Can Trust is an Independent Record Label based out of Brooklyn NY.

Artists & Alumni:

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition
Midnight Lab Band
Beverley Road All Stars
Frente Cumbiero
Meridian Brothers
Doctor Stereo
Tyrone Evans
Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
La Mecánica Popular
Ticklah
El Combo Chimbita
Romperayo
Aillacara 2743
Bixiga 70
Lascamāo
NY Hustlers
Alex Mendoza y sus Poetas Del Ritmo
Romanowski





