The Herbaliser Band and Rodney P 
Live In Liverpool - October 18th 2014
Rodney P - Vocals
Jake Wherry - Bass
Ollie Teeba - DJ
Ralph Lamb - Trumpet
Andy Ross - Tenor and Baritone Sax, Flute
Finn Peters - Alto Sax
Oliver Parfitt - Keys
Micah Moody - Drums

The Sensual Woman

Kruder & Dorfmeister - Black Baby (VieL Remix)

MMXIV

GLASS CANDY / MISS BROADWAY

Format: CD, Download | Releasedate: 27.11.2015

That's how long it can take when you want to avoid haste making waste. After a seven-year hiatus Sonar Kollektiv finally releases the third edition of the 2007 installed compilation series “Computer Incarnations For World Peace”. The first two, celebrated episodes had been co-selected by Gerd Janson (Running Back). Now Sonar Kollektiv's A&R manager and Jazzanova DJ Alex Barck takes care of business all on his own, picking thirteen songs out off his immense record collection – which in this order and combination unquestionably live up to the high expectations towards the third part of “Computer Incarnations For World Peace” and beyond.

To start things off we get one of Barck's undisputed favorites, “Caught” from 1986 by Tokyo born singer Anna Domino. And not only this song but all of the following twelve tracks have a strong atmospheric and sonic connection to the eponymous classic by Jean-Luc Ponty (“Computer Incantations For World Peace”). For example, “Night Flight” by German sound engineer and producer Walter Quintus is excellent feelgood jazz funk from the late eighties as well as the cosmic synth monster “Swiftness” by Georges Rodi and Dave Sarkys from 1979. For quite some time now “Airport Of Love” by French studio project Love International is an integral part of any DJ set that ranges somewhere between Balearic and Cosmic. Not assignable to any genre though is Brenda & The Beach Balls' “Theme From A Tall Dark Stranger” off their first EP from 1986. But that's exactly what sets “Computer Incarnations For World Peace” apart from other compilation series: A complexity of all different styles, musical eras and connections to a whole lot of scenes, but – if played in the right order – has a well-knit common thread and takes us on a journey through space and time. A trip with a quick detour to Japan and its quite flourishing Minimal Music scene in the early 80's (Mkwaju Ensemble), but always returns to good old Germany. For example with “Sol Y Sombra” by Amanita from 1978, or Obalki's “Lobos Point”, which came out last year on Public Possession, as well as “Bewegliche Ziele” by Plaza Hotel featuring Jaki Liebezeit on drums; a track acknowledged with a wonderful reissue on Notes On A Journey. And finally we also get a little glimpse of the future via “Altona” by the Tuff City Kids. This is one of the tracks, that could be on the long awaited debut album by the long enduring remix project by Gerd Janson and Philipp Lauer to be released on Permanent Vacation. And when Barck pays tribute to his former compilation ally he's also allowed to throw one of his own tracks into the mix. 

One of the first tracks by Jazzanova, “Introspection” still sounds surprisingly fresh and scrupulous timeless to this day. 

One can almost claim that it was a good thing that Barck (and Sonar Kollektiv) took his time and now can proudly serve us his best matured and well-tested gems out of his collection. Bottoms up!


02 - Quintus Project - Night Flight

Thievery Corporation - Holographic Universe

J-Walk - Soul Vibration (JC Remix)

Mixdown an some magic by:
@richardelcoxakamjwells

Mastering:
www.soundstallmastering.ch

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Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me(Matija Bites The Apple Edit)

Remix. Promotional Use Only. Ownership remains rights of Mr. Scruff / Ninja Tune / Pleasure Music. Werd (SOS) Vocals added, mixed and mastered at SOS HQ. Free Download.

[Verse 1]
You ever wake up feeling not suitable? 
Feeling small in the game like Subbuteo
Feeling like there was more they should do for you
So now your brain's spinning round like Rubik's Cube
Trying to add it up like - it's kind of f*cked right?
Kind of makes you feel like their kind were upright
Trying to make you fail from the time you touched mic's
But what if its like, maybe the judged right?
Maybe I shouldn't really had the chance
Maybe I should just fail like I do with romance
I don't understand I'm the man in demand
But can I keep it up when I'm feeling I can't?
I cant stand all you bam's being addicted to jams
And missing you little me when you sit on your hands
No man, no band, been banned like I am
Went HAM, set plans got tracks and I ran
So can c-come kick it, I spit it and live with it
No gimmicks, no did it, no fake, no lies, listen
No disguise or implied to be something I isn't
Werd SOS, I be something different

[Verse 2]
Yo, you see me but what's beneath this?
Underneath its like far from genius
And people in the scene seem so conceded
So I'm spinning out, Fibonacci sequence,
Leave long gone left tracks to seek this
So you can follow on if your lost and need this
The points move on not stop and creep with
Crabs in a bucket, f*ck it, ya'll see this,
Don't you? this is what we don't do,
Don't wait for studios what we go through
Cubase, Pro tools, got no pro tools
Just a prototype for a man with no skills
Self taught, but that's not the point
The point is you didn't help me at all
And I've still no help can't help but fall
Into a work-rate that hurts me when doing it raw
Rotten, it's like I've forgotten
It was fun at the start, in the past, hip-hop and
Getting on beats that's mainly upbeat
And not I just greet on them with my speech
Sad song, else throw a tantrum
But got to move on from thoughts I cant run
And got some bad ones, God I thank them
Without pain couldn't done what I've done

[Verse 3]
If you feel left out, then come on lets write
Type of recite, just get it on the mic
Feel a little down, in this upwards plight
Strife, hyped, expected to fail [X2]

Werd (SOS) - Get A Move On (Mr Scruff Remix)

Lemon Jelly - Soft

Thievery Corporation - Shaolin Satellite

Therapy
I own none of the samples. I make zero money of my work. It's just for me, and for whoever wants to listen.

MMXIV

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