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BBE Music is thrilled to announce the release of Modern Love, a diverse compendium of specially commissioned cover versions of rarities and classics in tribute to David Bowie.

Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker, We Are KING, Meshell Ndegeocello, Helado Negro, Khruangbin, Matthew Tavares, Nia and more, Modern Love seeks to champion Bowie’s lesser-known connection to soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel. The prominent jazz influences throughout Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, were a key inspiration for curating this collection of reimagined Bowie songs with these artists. The resulting album is an eclectic tribute featuring a group of artists who not only fit together creatively, but who, like Bowie, straddle different worlds musically, with soul and jazz at their core.

Modern Love offers a fresh look at Bowie’s trailblazing career, aiming to highlight the often overlooked relationship between his back catalogue and musical genres traditionally pioneered by artists of color. The project was curated by music executive and DJ Drew McFadden, alongside BBE Music founder Peter Adarkwah. “I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before — at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop,” says McFadden. “Certainly, there’s been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical
style and direction.”

Modern Love is an interactive sonic map. Here, seventeen artists make their way into the varied regions of his sundry catalog and circle back with seventeen unique re-imaginings of both his cornerstone and lesser-known tracks. Some, in atmosphere, feel like a sly alternate take from original sessions (Khruangbin’s ethereal, funk infused version of “Right” from Young Americans); others nod at the source, then wink before diving into the deep waters of another musical stratosphere (Sessa’s sexy Tropicalia-drenched “Panic in Detroit” from Aladdin Sane). Still others take tunes down to the studs and then re-arrange the moody interiors: Meshell Ndegeocello’s pensive “Fantastic Voyage” from Lodger and Tavares’ clever take on “Heroes” which is restructured into a kinetic hardbop-esque backdrop, fronted by ice-cool, held-back vocals. The bullseye these artists aim for is Bowie’s fearlessness. “Fame was an incredible bluff that worked,” he once reflected. “Very flattering. I’ll do anything until I fail. And when I succeed I quit too.”

Modern Love packs us off on a journey that balances on risk’s sharp blade. Track-to-track, it explores what happens when a musician throws out notions of should and safe and stretches beyond the known. These artists use Bowie both as a guide and a prism: A way of being and seeing. Their offerings, widely divergent, explore the inheritance from an artist who freed himself from labels, genres and, consequently, pigeonholes. While he was at it, he decimated fixed notions about territory (or terra) itself; boundaries hemmed-in his creative process, but his essence remained free to roam. He may have vanished in earthly form, yet, as he also promised in the lyrics of “Modern Love,” But I never wave bye-bye . . .” This compilation assures us that his spirit swirls around us. His force is alive to all of us and, here, it is summoned with an incantation that celebrates possibility.

Khruangbin - Right

Weapon X (Return From Mecca)

Eddy Ramich presents an exclusive DJ mix to celebrate the release of new compilation 'Croatian Blue' - out now on CD and digital formats.

Buy or stream the album: https://orcd.co/croatianblue

Founder of Kontrapunkt, one of the longest running club nights in Zagreb and host of a show on the city’s radio station ‘101’ for 18 years, Eddy Ramich has been championing great music in Croatia and beyond for three decades now. Now residing in Berlin, Ramich’s deep roots in Croatia’s music scene have enabled him to feature some of his home country’s most exciting talents on this impeccable and carefully curated selection of music.

Eddy Ramich 'Croatian Blue' DJ Mix

Special Mix for combonation 13 
Dj Zapy / Sologas Recordz

SOLOGAS

DJ Zapy - COMBOnation X3 mixtape

Pre-order 2LP vinyl: https://orcd.co/wine4melomanes

DJ Cam & sommelier Frédéric Beneix present Wine4Melomanes, an eclectic and unique compilation album concept, matching fine wines with rare pieces of music produced in the same year.

Connecting the complexity, sensuality, liveliness of a drink with the harmony, arrangements, voice, orchestration, rhythm and melody of a song, Wine4Melomanes tours France, Germany, Holland, the USA and even Slovakia in search of only the finest musical flavours.

Ranging from jazz, to pop-rock, to blue-eyed soul from the early 70s right through to 2016, Wine4Melomanes is defined by its sense of musical opulence, with warm rich tones and understated quality evident throughout. Frédéric Beneix’s expert wine pairing suggestions can be found in the album liner notes, or at wine4melomanes.com

DJ and producer Frédéric Beneix has released original music and edits on several internationally respected imprints, and he also serves as sommelier editor for Sommeliers International Magazine. DJ Cam is known for his pioneering abstract hip-hop musical compositions, his virtuoso use of technology and his fascination for acoustic jazz gaining him international acclaim.

Tracklist
1. Isabelle Mayereau – Jeux de Regards
2. Nemo – Nemo, Jungle Jim
3. Erik Tagg – Got to Be Lovin’ You
4. Achim Kück & Friends – Wind
5. The Mike Nock Underground – Wax Planet
6. Horace Silver, The Los Angeles Modern String Orchestra – Scott Joplin
7. Carmen Lundy – Have a Little Faith
8. Embryo – Knast-Fun
9. Siegfried Kessler, Serge Bringolf – Sigi Dance
10. Frédéric Rabold Crew – Ride On
11. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra – Samba De Haps
12. Larry Rose Band – The Sand

DJ CAM & Frédéric Beneix present: Wine4Melomanes (Album Sampler)

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Hot on the heels of their landmark remix of ‘Lost My Love’ by Kenny Cox, DJ Amir and Re.decay return to BBE Music with a rework of Maulawi’s ‘Street Rap’, plus a new version of Fito Foster’s ‘Salsa’ by DJ Dez (aka Andrés) featuring Amp Fiddler.

Originally issued as the opening track on Maulawi’s self-titled 1974 album by Detroit’s Strata Records, ‘Street Rap’ is a slept-on jazz/funk classic. As part of his role as curator and archivist of the Strata catalogue, DJ Amir discovered the original stems for the track and was happy to discover they had survived the years well. “I thought we could really do something different with this song” say Amir. “Like making it more of a mid-tempo ‘four to the floor’ groover. Also, I wanted us to play with the original vocals a bit for the updated version. This is by far our favourite remix!”

Previously serving as DJ for Slum Village and releasing on Moodymann’s Mahogani Music simply as Andrés, DJ Dez Andrez is part of the fabric of Detroit’s unique and eclectic music scene. But few people know that Dez’s father is Cuban music hero Humberto “Nengue” Hernandez, a highly respected percussionist and vocalist who starred in the 1988 motion picture ‘Salsa’. “So I reached out to Dez because I knew his father sang and played on the Fito Foster song “Salsa’” says Amir. “I have had the stems of the song since the beginning of my license deal with Strata. I thought it would be a great homage to have Dez remix his father’s music. Plus, Dez was definitely excited to do so!”

For his remix, Dez called upon Detroit legend Amp Fiddler to play additional keys and piano on the remix, while Dez also added additional percussion to compliment his father’s, like a time-travelling jam session going back almost 50 years. Staying true to his Cuban roots, Dez’s remix brings a contemporary twist to this timeless track.

Maulawi - Street Rap (DJ Amir & Re.decay Jazz Re.Constructed Remix)

New original boom-bap mix by DJ Zapy.

Each track is a mixture of several famous and not so hip-hop songs of the 90s.

Chek it out now!

Thanks to these two hip hop heads for the inspiration
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DJ Zapy - Underground Mashups 2022 (Feat. Mastah & Cooson)

Jeff was at the helm of the final Sweet Nothings show of 2021. The first hour is all new music from Far Out Recordings, International Anthem, KAYTRANADA, The Alchemist and Cleo Sol. The second hour is all music from bbe records, celebrating 25 years of the label.

Sweet Nothings w/ Jeff and Baxter - December 2021

Naughty By Nature-Uptown Athem

Das Efx - Mic Checka (Solid Scheme Remix)

We just had to make DJ Vadim part of our Record Store Day celebrations this year, as the Leningrad native is celebrating twenty years of record releases this year. Right there at the beginning of the trip-hop variant of hip-hop, Vadim’s music has always been steeped in reggae influences, culminating in last year’s mighty Dubcatcher album. The dancehall  double-header Black Is The Night / Lyrical Soldier is no exception.  An exclusive cut, the catchy Black Is The Night (featuring Katherine DeBoer) is taken by  Vadim’s Mad Professor -inspired sonics into deep dub territory, whilst the latter is a bravura dee-jay  excursion taken from the Dubcatcher  album remixed by Jstar  an original don whom helped inspire the Major Lazer crew; with  Demolition Man’s tongue-twisting performance  over vibrant riddims. 

Sound Catcher

Black Is The Night feat. Kathrin deBoer

DJ Vadim - Black Is The Night

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On February 10th, 2006, the world of Hip Hop lost J Dilla aka Jay Dee.
James ‘J Dilla’ Yancey leaves behind an impression on Hip Hop that will last the test of time. A bridge between Hip Hop’s underground and mainstream, Dilla’s contributions ranged from single- handedly defining Detroit Hip Hop as a founding member of Slum Village to providing his production talents to Common, D’Angelo, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, The Roots, Janet Jackson and Macy Gray.

The Shining marked the reunion of J Dilla & BBE, who had released Welcome 2 Detroit, J Dilla’s debut album. The Shining serves as a showcase of J Dilla’s talents which features him not only as a producer, but also as a rapper, singer and musician. Featured guests on this album include Busta Rhymes, Common, Pharoahe Monch, D’Angelo, Madlib, Black Thought, Medaphor aka MED, and Guilty Simpson.
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The Shining Instrumental

So Far To Go

J Dilla - So Far to Go (Feat. Common & D'Angelo)

Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock This Funky Joint - I Wanna Rock Remix - 8-2 - 14(POPrmx)

Black Sheep - The choice is yours (1991)

EPMD Mini Mix 
DJ Professor CC

So Whatcha Sayin' vs. Professor CC 808 Remix -into
Crossover -into
You gots to chill -into
Just like music -into
It's my thing 

Thanks to you guys we've reached the DL limit here, no worries, Buy a copy of this track for .99 cents here: 
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Theres this guy who comes to my shows who's obsessed w EPMD and always asks for a mix block, then the stork delivered this.
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EPMD Mini Mix

01 - 18 Run Dmc "Down with the king"

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Zapy - Yalta Summer Jam

Breakbeat Template

Fresh one! 
Boombap/hiphop mixtape for bboys & bgirls!
BY ZAPY FROM SOLOGAS RECORDZ AND OUTSTANDING CREW
@sila_duha2019
Peace Love and Unity Everybody
Cover by Jerry Metal

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