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After one year from the tribute to Yusef Lateef which has had a great feedback, the Beatfonics Crew is ready to release another tribute. 
This time the Crew is ready to challenge the great Lonnie Liston Smith and his unmistakable smooth jazz sound. 
After a long research through vinyls and records, The Beatfonics Crew give honor to Lonnie Liston Smith reinterpretating his sound with dope drums, fat bass lines and leads in a brand new key. Everything considering the essence, the trademark, the HipHop culture that connects the whole Crew. 
The beat's swing will bring you in a cosmic sound's world that just Smith's Fender Rhodes, piano and keyboards can communicate 
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Dopo un anno dall'omaggio a Yusef Lateef, che ha riscontrato un seguito positivo nella discografia della crew, i Beatfonics ci provano con un nuovo tribuito. 
Questa volta si mettono in gioco con Lonnie Liston Smith, che ha fatto dello smooth jazz la chiave di ogni singola produzione. 
Scelti i migliori samples, i Beatfonics rendono onore a Lonnie Liston Smith, reinterpretando il suo suono con batterie ecclettiche, giri di "fat bass" e leads in chiave moderna, senza tralasciare l’essenza, il marchio e la cultura HipHop che unisce i membri della Crew. 
Lo swing dei beats trasporta lentamente in un mondo fatto di suoni cosmici, che solo le note del Fender Rhodes, del piano e delle tastiere di L. L. Smith possono trasmettere.
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released 20 December 2014 

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• Cover design by Gianluca Renga: 
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• VIDEO TEASER : www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm9An205WCE 
by Sup Nasa : www.facebook.com/supnasamusic 

• Mastering by JP Balboa 


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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

Myele Manzanza - production, drums, synths 
Mark de Clive-Lowe - piano, rhodes, electronics 
Matt Dal Din - bass

Purchase link here https://myelemanzanza.bandcamp.com/track/freedom-of-movement-red-cross-fundraiser-ft-mark-de-clive-lowe-matt-dal-din

In these turbulent times we're currently living in and an overall fear-of-the-other vibe that seems to be setting in globally, I want to be more proactive about helping make things better for the world around me in whatever capacity I can with the resources and skills I have. One of the issues I feel is of a high importance right now is around refugee resettlement. With many of the worlds governments closing the doors to those in need, it’s more important than ever that individuals who care about human rights do something with their energies that goes a step further than retweeting the latest doomsday articles and clicking ‘like’ on a friend’s post. 

One of the small ways that I realized I could contribute is with music. While I don’t have a huge amount of money, if I can use my music to assist in causes I think are worthwhile then that’s a start. In my home country of New Zealand one of the organizations doing great work in the area of refugee resettlement is the New Zealand Red Cross. Their work on the ground alongside other local organisations in helping refugees to settle into life in New Zealand and help find work is particularly impressive, and their advocacy in pushing for New Zealand to lift it’s refugee quota in light of events across the globe is something I fully support. Their response to the New Zealand Prime Minister’s comments on the US refugee program suspension sums it up nicely… 

“We agree that it is the kiwi way to welcome refugees and believe that New Zealand has been a world leader in this regard,” says Anne Smith, acting Secretary General of New Zealand Red Cross. 

In the current global climate support for refugees, and upholding obligations to protect them, has never been more important. 

Long conflicts around the world have exacted a terrible price on civilians, among them high numbers of women and children and Red Cross is concerned that the current refugee quota in New Zealand does not match the global humanitarian need. 

“The majority of refugees are women and children, an emergency intake could assist some of these families who are most vulnerable,” says Mrs Smith. 

As the primary provider of refugee resettlement support in Aotearoa, Red Cross is confident that New Zealand has the capacity to do more to meet the ongoing humanitarian need. 

“The continual offers of support we have from kiwis demonstrates that people care about what’s happening on the global stage and want to help.” 

New Zealand has a world class refugee resettlement programme which means we are in a position to respond to urgent humanitarian need. An emergency intake now is both possible and urgently required." 

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Freedom Of Movement is a piece of music I produced in collaboration with Los Angeles based pianist and programmer Mark de Clive-Lowe and Berlin based bassist Matt Dal Din. As a long form and abstract instrumental journey through multiple forms, my hope with this piece is that the modal harmony and off kilter rhythms gives some sense of unpredictability as well as forward motion that is representative of the long and arduous journey a refugee would need to take to find a better life for themselves. 

100% of the artist’s proceeds from the sale of Freedom Of Movement go to the New Zealand Red Cross in their efforts toward refugee resettlement. While I’ve set the minimum buy at $5 on my Bandcamp page, please feel free to donate more if you can. It really makes a difference. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this and helping to support those in a great amount of need right now. 

Myele Manzanza.

Freedom Of Movement (Red Cross Fundraiser) ft. Mark de Clive-Lowe & Matt Dal Din

Out August 11th 2017.
Pre Order 7Inch at skinnypelembe.bandcamp.com
Limited to 250 copies. Art by Femaleonacid.

Featuring:
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Caught in the Middle

Meshell has changed. So has her music. It’s more peaceful, freer. Her new album, Weather, cloaks itself in the colours of autumn, full of in-between shades and hues and with a certain mildness to it. The singer has let her feelings carry her along. Meshell has never been scared of sharing her most intimate thoughts in explicit or colourful terms that always come from the heart. As ever, she is true to herself. But Weather’s folk sensibility and pregnant acoustic melodies make this a supremely accessible album.

“For a long time I was at war with everyone else. I dug my heels in, I fought hard. That’s all over now. I have my opinions, but they’re no longer a source of conflict with the rest of the world.” On Weather Meshell’s usually deep vocals slip into a register more like a whisper, sharing secrets about subjects that are straightforward, almost light-hearted. She has pared down her style to something like pop. “I started to write this album on the guitar and you can hear it. The final atmosphere’s gentler.”

And then the singer agreed without fuss to put her fate in the hands of a producer. Joe Henry (Ani DiFranco, Bettye Lavette, Allen Toussaint, etc.) helped her reveal a different side to herself. And Meshell went along with this. “I’ve known him since the Bitter album; Craig Street introduced us. I hadn’t called on someone from outside for several albums. But contrary to what everyone thinks, I love getting other opinions, hearing a different point of view and allowing myself to be led by someone with strong ideas. It’s a dialogue. This kind of experience really motivates me.” One might well have imagined her bent protectively over her compositions, her own personal, contradictory and profound world. But she says that she wants to continue this experience in future projects with other musicians. She mentions Brian Eno and Lee Scratch Perry.

She worked the way she likes to with Joe Henry - just two or three takes to capture the spontaneity and freshness of the moment. She is accompanied by Chris Bruce (guitar), Deantoni Parks (drums), Keefus Ciancia (keyboards), Gabe Noel (cello) and guests Jay Bellerose (drums) and Benji Hughes (backing vocals). Meshell recently did some producing herself – for jazz singer Laïka Fatien and rising star Selah Sue. Despite the pop-folk sound of Weather, jazz remains a major source of inspiration. “I love jazz musicians. They’re free; they have no fear. I’ve done pop and there are lots of barriers, lots of holding back. You have to stick to the conventions. Jazz musicians embrace uncertainty and adventure, even in their private lives. They’re more open and often more skilled, both in the studio and on stage.”

On Weather, Meshell sings of the ups and downs of love, one of her favourite subjects. Her heroines are marked by the void left by the loved one (“Object”) or else, like a game of mirrors, pour out their heart about the hurt they have caused others. She does a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel”, dedicated to Janis Joplin, an extremely sad and somewhat sexist song, as well as “Don’t Take My Kindness for Weakness” by Soul Children, a sixties soul band, whose message she has made her own. Her own lyrics are always concise, precise or allusive, full of images and poetry (“I want to be your answer”). “They’re like mantras, some phrases cast to the wind, images that pop into my mind. Then I add the music.” She also talks about the wider world on a few tracks. ‘Oysters’ is about “the change that everyone talks about but never comes”. Meshell explains that “Consumerism is gaining ground all the time. We all live to get a new car or a new computer, but what’s the point?” So, join the great world party? “Not for me,” she replies in Dirty World. “I live two hours from New York. I ran away from all the dirt. There’s a farm where I live, and healthy food. I love cooking – it’s not all that different from making music. You need ingredients, and the greatest pleasure is when you share it share it with others.”

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