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Art Bleek
Between Yesterday & Tomorrow
Released in 2006 on Loungin' Recordings.

Art Bleek - Five In The Morning

Ben Hauke, one of our favourite producers working across broken beat, jazz and the wider electronic musical landscape, puts his own special spin on "Stillness" by Italian jazz funk duo, Re:Fill.

Comprising of Gaetano DeCarli on drums and Stefano De Santis on keys, with their interest in the energies of the dancefloor, Re:Fill's music lends itself to remixes. In the right hands. Ben Hauke's take, alongside remixes from Brighton UK based WheelUP and label boss Sofatalk, doesn't disappoint.

Ben Hauke really shifts perspectives on "Stillness", with the hazy piano fuelled experience found in the original turbo drived upon a two step leaning beat. The delicate piano that makes the original so intoxicating remains as a rhythmic motif, with plenty of intriguing elements thrown into the mix that keep the mind yearning for more, whilst the beat gets the feet stepping until the early hours.

For those who don't know, Ben Hauke is a South London producer. Ben's distinctly London identity fluctuates between house, broken beat and instrumental hip-hop. Always full of character and style, Hauke's productions have seen him likened to Theo Parrish and Madlib, with an altogether physical approach to sound.

'Cycles (remixes)' is out on Cognitiva on vinyl and digital on April 25.

Exclusive Premiere: Re:Fill "Stillness" (Ben Hauke Remix)(Cognitiva Records)

Retreat celebrates its fifth birthday with a very special edition of the infamous »Treats« series! Volume 5 is the label’s first double vinyl in a carefully designed gatefold sleeve and features exclusive music from all the Retreat regulars as well as exciting new guests: Session Victim, Quarion, Iron Curtis, Mr Beatnick, Kim Brown, Jamie Lloyd and many more. »Treats Vol. 5« is a fantastic collection of tracks that stands on its own as a compilation while offering some of the most heartfelt House music for 2014 and beyond.

http://www.retreat-vinyl.de/39174/blog/rtr15-coming-up

RTR15 - D2 - Robert Oh - Blush

Alkalino - Ghetto Blues

Indie Pop, Dreampop, Hypnagogic Pop, Chillwave, Neo-Psychedelica, Bedroom Pop, Jangle Pop, Indie Rock, Sophisti-Pop, Alternative

i’m sticking my tongue out in silence

Full info and tracklist: blrrm.tv/rewind2015
Mixed by @borncheating

Rewind 2015: A Universal Groove

Jungle

Son Of A Gun

JUNGLE - Son of a Gun (Oliver Ferdinand Edit)

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Calore EP

African Food

Mena & Melgado - African Food (low quality cut)

order here or from Groove Distribution: rocksteadydisco.bandcamp.com/album/rsd005-revival

"It was time to bring back the old, inject some life in to the forgotten and captivate those who had lost interest. This was a damn revival and it was going to be loud. As the bus paraded down the cobbled streets the rattle of a megaphone could be heard coarsely above the sound of a bedraggled engine. She shouted loudly to the masses on the streets down below, keen for as many to hear the truth as possible. Disco was back, the party was now and it was time to dance.

Peter Croce features on a new EP for his own label Rocksteady Disco. The label which operates out of Detroit has amassed a reputation for the finer side of house, disco and funk." www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere…croce-revival/

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Revival

Peter Croce - Revival [RSD005 NOW AVAILABLE]

‘Leave, If not I will kill you’

In early 1978, Vincent Ahehehinnou left the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou without explanation. He had been one of their principal vocalist since 1968 and had helped transform them from a hard-charging nightclub band into a musical powerhouse and Africa-wide sensation. By the end of 1977, after an explosive performance at the pan-African arts and culture festival (Festac77) in Lagos, the band had reached the very pinnacle of their success.

For nearly forty years, the reasons behind Vincent’s sudden departure have remained a mystery. Until now.

In an interview included with Analog Africa’s new reissue of Best Woman – Vincent’s first post-Poly-Rythmo album, which has been out-of-print for close to four decades and nearly impossible to find outside West Africa – the great singer finally breaks his silence. He didn’t leave … he was pushed.

Poly-Rythmo were already popular in their native Benin but, in the aftermath of Festac ’77, the band were poised for break-out success throughout Africa. One of the people who stood to benefit most was the band’s manager Adissa Seidou, whose label Albarika Store had released most of the band’s recordings. However Adissa’s vision for Poly-Rythmo didn’t always line up with that of the musicians and, more often than not, it was Vincent who spoke up for the band.

The two men grew increasingly estranged until one day – at the funeral for Adissa’s father no less – Adissa gave Vincent an ultimatum of sorts. In Vincent’s own words: ‘I asked him if there is a way we could sort out our differences to which he replied that the only solution was for me to leave the band, adding, “if not I will kill you”’.

And so Vincent found himself forced out of the band he had helped build. He tried his hand at various business ventures, but soon realised that the pull of music was too strong. On a business trip to Nigeria, Vincent met with Ignace de Souza of Benin’s Black Santiago band, who agreed to arrange Vincent’s songs, assemble musicians, and book a session at the legendary Decca Studios in Lagos. 

With everything in place Vincent returned to Cotonou, gathered together all the money he had saved over the years and set out again for Lagos. But the simple bus journey to Nigeria turned into a nightmarish odyssey of military corruption … and  had it not been for the random kindness of an unknown woman on the bus, this album – along with Vincent’s subsequent solo career – might never have existed. Vincent tells the full story in the liner notes to this LP.

But Vincent did make it to Lagos and the sessions went ahead. The nine-piece band, handpicked by de Souza, learned the songs and set them to tape in the span of only a week … but the results are as timeless and essential as anything to emerge from West Africa in the late 1970s.

Vincent’s afrobeat credentials are in full evidence on opening track ‘Best Woman’ (English) whose driving beat, focussed horns and intricate vocal melody recall the raucous intensity of Poly-Rythmo. But the deep funk of the title track turns out to be only a warm-up for album-highlight ‘Maimouna Cherie’ (French), a moving expression of love and longing which kicks off with a hi-hat and wah-wah guitar workout but shifts gears mid-way into a more concentrated and contemplative groove. 

The funk and afrobeat gems on Best Woman are balanced by songs that draw upon Sato, one of the many Vodoun rhythms of Vincent’s native Benin. Side one concludes with ‘Vi Deka’ (Mina), an epic slow-burner propelled by some of the record’s most soulful vocals, while album closer ‘Wa Do Verite Ton Noumi’ (Fon) all but dares you not to lose yourself in its sublime hypnotic trance.

Ahehehinnou Vincent Vol.1

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Best Woman - Vicent Ahehehinnou

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Pleasure of Love with Daniel T Jan 27th 2018

Bossa #1

Bossa #1 (Original Mix)

Antonin Appaix - first Ep : Aquaplanning 

out on Cracki Records on 21st of feb 2020
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