you don't need to know my name

Fresh from their UK tour as support to Bellowhead, Moulettes release a new single, 'Glorious Year' on January 11th 2015 on Navigator Records (from the album, 'Constellations.')  

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Moulettes - Glorious Year

Acoustic Classics from Richard Thompson. Pre-order now: http://smarturl.it/RTAcousticClassics

01 I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

From Galway To Graceland

Release date 02.12.2014

"On his visit to Kinshasa James Brown dubbed him *Mister Dynamite*"  

It has been a struggle to lay hands on Verckys, although the man doesn´t go unnoticed. Notorious for being one of Congo´s most ruthless business men, the legendary musician had build a whole imperium in Kinshasa, the capital city of the central african power house (arguably one of the toughest places in the world) and has a whole building with his name, in the very heart of the city.

So I travelled to the Congo in June of 2013 to find Verckys only to find out that he headed in opposite direction to sort out his health issues. But I did meet his manager who gave me his phone number, so I called:  "Oh Monsieur Samy, we need to met, lets talk business", he said, probably not knowing that I was an independent record label, with all it represents.  But the more I spoke to the men the more I realised that he was genuinely interested in music more then anything else. The following message I received few weeks ago, confirmed my feeling:

"Samy, I am writing to you because I´m a little worried. I´ve been thinking about your selection and I now wonder if your compilation will do well due to the fact that the chosen songs had little impact in Kinshasa. Others had much more success"

I was surprised but pleased to see that he cared about the project although I had already paid him in full. But why wouldn't he? Its his music after all.

"Most of the songs you´ve selected were recorded in Nairobi, for the Kenyan market. These songs did very well there, also in Zambia, but here in the Congo they flopped...except for "Ya Nini", that was a monster hit. Still, I am very surprised you´ve mentioned it has become a legendary track in Colombia, positively surprised"

This compilation was supposed to be released in October as a limited edition of 2000 copies, but after a few Skype chats with Verckys, seeing that he has come to terms with his health issues, and pushing for a European tour come next summer, we´ve decided to release this as Analog Africa No.17 which is now going to see light of day first week of December. 

In the mean time enjoy this incredible slice of "Congolese AfroFunk", probably one of the best coming out of the continent. "Cheka Sana" has become one of the most sought after 7inch singles around (the B side is killer as well). Collectors and diggers offering crazy sums for it (I don't even dare to mention the sum here). It deserves to be heard by more then just a handful....and it should set fire to many dancefloors around the globe.

Be so kind and leave a comment in the soundcloud. I will forward all of them to Verckys himself as an encouragements to come back stronger !!! 
Thank you for reading.
Samy (Analog Africa)


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Cheka Sana - Verckys & Orchestre Vévé - Analog Africa No.17 (Please leave a comment for Verckys)

A remix we did of Ed Harcourts remix on Fiona Bevan´s splendid track "The Machine".

Fiona Bevan - The Machine (KRAM Remix)

Please enjoy 'High Tea' ,the first single from our upcoming album 'Fracture' available to pre-order here http://bit.ly/1ntM4wU

High Tea (single)

In 2015 Jackie will release her sixth studio album, The Spyglass & The Herringbone (out 27th April 2015 – ECC Records), a record exploring lesser known but life-affirming songs from the English tradition, drawing on material dug from the archives, as well as some carefully selected original
works including the title track by band member Chris Sarjeant. Production credits include Afro Celt Sound System/The Imagined Village’s Simon Emmerson, multi-BBC Folk Award nominee Ben Walker and Richard Evans, who also produced Jackie’s previous albums Lullabies and Saturnine. The album features performances by names from folk and mainstream music including Jim Moray, Andy Gangadeen, John Parker and Jack Rutter

04 The Spyglass & The Herringbone

November

The Wedding Day is taken from Heidi Talbot's latest album Here We Go 1, 2, 3 which is available now. Find out more: http://www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/2016/07/new-release-heidi-talbot-here-we-go-1-2-3/

Here We Go 1, 2, 3

The Wedding Day

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Heidi Talbot - The Wedding Day

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Faustus - Thrashing Machine

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Jake Bugg

Seen It All

Broken

The Lost Ark Studio presents "Going Home (On The River Hand)" by River City, the latest single from the Lost Ark Studio Compilation - Vol. 06. 

Jon Kruger: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Andrew Armerding: Banjo, Electric Guitar
Anna Levitt: Fiddle
Ryan Tannascoli: Mandolin
Chad Pittman: Bass
Robert Ivy: Drums, Washboard

Recorded and Mixed by Mike Butler at the Lost Ark Studio, California
Mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Music, New York

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Going Home (On The River Hand) - River City

Hollowed out and entangled between the woods and the city lights
You feel and touch and you burn and you break and you fall back into your eyes
Visions mounting on the back of time
Everybody’s checking out just fine
All alone but I’m sticking close by
These river hands, these restless, restless nights

Waking up with the cats clawing at the door and you so calm and quiet
Rolling over, rolling under, rolling around the thick air of desire
Covers wrinkled laying on the floor
Your hair disheveled makes me want you more
But I still feel alone so I’m sticking close by
These river hands that hold me tight

Until my lungs are filled
With sand and bone and rock and silt
On the banks of the river, I’m going home
I’m going home
I’m going home

River City - Going Home (On The River Hand)

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