Next Stop Stop Soweto Vol. 4
Out March 23 2015
http://www.strut-records.com

Strut continue their acclaimed ’Next Stop Soweto’ series in March 2014 as they return to the rich archives of South African music to spotlight the fertile era of the late ’70s and early ’80s. Tightly controlled by oppressive Apartheid laws, South Africa’s music scene had nevertheless progressed into myriad new directions, embracing funk, soul, rock and disco. 

Next Stop Soweto Vol. 4 is compiled by Duncan Brooker. It will be released on CD, 2LP and digital formats with physical formats featuring sleeve notes by author Francis Gooding along with rare photos and sleeve artwork.

Kabasa - Unga Pfula A Chi Pfalo [Next Stop Soweto Vol. 4]

FIND ME!!! (FREESTYLE)

Meridian Brothers - Los Suicidas available on Soundway Records 27th Nov 2015. 

Pre-Order here: 
Direct: http://smarturl.it/LosSuicidasDirect
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/LosSuicidasiTunes

01 Vertigo

Reinterpretation of Masenquo (Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics)
Enjoy!

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Masenqo (Krema Sidulé Reinterpretation)

Baron Rétif & Concepcion Perez - Les oiseaux

Navettes LP out now:
Vinyl, CD & Digital: brcp.bandcamp.com/album/navettes
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/fr/album/navette…&app=itunes&ls=1

Navettes’ is the debut LP from Baron Retif & Concepción Perez (BR&CP). After releasing three records with Musique Large (home to Debruit, Laurent Garnier and Fulgeance) as well as with parisian label Heavenly Sweetness and assorted remixes and rap beats, they are back with Musique Large for their first full-length album.
Largely instrumental, the album also features guests Benjamin Glibert (Aquaserge) playing bass on «Navette» and «ML disco club», COEFF spitting rhymes on «Kamoulox» & Napoleon Maddox singing on «The Crave». BR&CP music sounds like Perrier sparkling water: never automatic, always elastic.

BR&CP:
twitter.com/brcppppp
facebook.com/brcppppp
soudcloud.com/baronretif

MUSIQUE LARGE:
facebook.com/musiquelargerecords
musiquelarge.bandcamp.com
soudcloud.com/musiquelarge

Release date 01 - 04 - 2016 on Musique Large & Mostla
12inches LP, CD & Digital
Ref : MSTL02LP
mastered by JRaph


Les oiseaux

Buy it on our boutique: http://www.heavenly-sweetness.com/boutique/cotonete---inside-outside-ep-241043

In collaboration with Heart Beat Vinyl (Paris)

Inside Outside

Inside Outside (Original Mix)

Alfred Panou & l'Art Ensemble of Chicago "Je Suis un Sauvage" (1970-75)

Seminal UK Dub outfit Resonators return with another crucial, dubwise offering on London label Wah Wah 45s.

‘Miles Says’ takes on a more sun-kissed approach, a blissful summertime jam... 

More info here: https://bit.ly/2MONoZL

Premiere: Resonators - Miles Says

“The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s music…seeks to spark a time in which heightened sensibility and higher consciousness will universally be known." Howard Mandel, jazz critic and author

Recently celebrating an extraordinary 45 years in music, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, led by legendary Chicago drummer and percussionist Sir Kahil El’Zabar, are pleased to announce the release of their latest album, ‘Be Known: Ancient/Future/Music’, released 10th May via Spiritmuse Records.

An artist truly in a league of his own, El’Zabar is acknowledged throughout the world as the leader in the vanguard of spiritual groove and afro-futuristic jazz with a significant contribution in the continuation of the scene over the last four decades. His driving compositions - simple themes that gain complexity through repetition and improvisation - have been recorded with such jazz heavyweights including Pharoah Sanders, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre and “Light” Henry Huff and he has toured with some of the biggest names in jazz including Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Archie Shepp, Lester Bowie, Nona Hendryx, Billy Bang, Hamiet Bluiett, and David Murray.

Forming EHE shortly after El'Zabar graduated from the fabled school of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in 1973, he teamed up with tenor saxophonist Edward Wilkerson, Jr. with the goal “To combine concepts of African American music with its earlier roots in traditional African music, to produce new motifs and sounds true to their origins yet firmly pointed in a new artistic direction”. Forty-five years later and the rich and compelling, ever-evolving sound the band are known for, is still going strong. 

Together with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble are one of the two remaining original groups in the world today that were nurtured in the AACM. "I knew in my heart, that this band could endure," El'Zabar attests. "My concept was based in logic as it pertains to the history of Great Black Music. In other words, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has a strong rhythmic foundation, innovative harmonics and counterpoint, well-balanced interplay and polyphony among the players for highly developed ensemble dynamics. We are strong individual soloists with an in-depth grasp of music history, originality, fearlessness and deep spirituality.”

Alongside multi-percussionist and vocalist El’Zabar, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s current line-up includes Corey Wilkes on trumpet, who has worked with numerous jazz masters, including Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling and with El’Zabar for 15 years, multi-instrumentalist Alex Harding on baritone sax and Ian Maksin on cello, known as one of the most versatile and innovative musicians of his generation, having worked with such diverse artists as Andrea Bocelli and Sting.

Following on from the success of the 2014 album ‘Black is Back: 40th Anniversary Project’, ‘Be Known: Ancient/Future/Music’ is an electrifying mix of spiritual jazz and African rhythms. Compositions such as the thrilling ‘Blew It’ are built around fundamental brass improvisations with a swing-induced groove, while El’Zabar’s vocal chants on ‘Pharoah’ whip up a trance-like fervour, as we are taken on a sacred journey of enlightenment and deep listening. 

With artwork designed by the Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist Nep Sidhu (Erykah Badu/Shabazz Palaces), EHE’s ability to consistently push new boundaries with Afrocentric rhythms and free-flowing jazz says a great deal about El’Zabar’s commitment to the music and the message.

Pre-Order

Exclusive Premiere: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble "Pharoah"

Taken from More Arriving (2019):
https://sarathykorwar.ffm.to/morearriving.pbt

Bol (feat. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash)

Boozoo Bajou - Jan Mayen EP - OUT NOW
iTunes - http://bit.ly/15IHemv
Juno - http://bit.ly/10vELCR
Boomkat - http://bit.ly/16wEEzp


Bol (feat. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash)

Sarathy Korwar