"Division seems to characterise our daily experience. The secondary products of lying and corruption - frustration, anger, sadness - seeping deeper into the bones of our society, of all our experience"

In the last few weeks of October 2022 Scrimshire wrote a new collection of songs with the descriptive working title "Scream". A direct response to the absurdity of the breakdown in the UK government, the horror of the treatment of refugees arriving on our shores and the callous disregard for the trauma being caused to anyone considered "other" - class, skin colour or otherwise. Self-preserving conservative MPs fought for their jobs, record profits were announced by energy companies, while gouging crippling amounts of money from people's pockets, the sense of living in a dystopian fantasy was frequently overwhelming.

Originally named “Scream 8”, Unity Gain was one of the early outpourings from those sessions. Piano and drums bubble up until it fully boils over with huge stabbing synthesiser and string sounds in an outburst of frenetic energy. One of Scrimshire's most powerful deliveries to date.

Unity Gain follows, 2022s Music for Autumn Lovers and the much loved 2021 album Nothing Feels Like Everything.

Unity Gain

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AMPLITUDES - Dimanche Café N°064

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Bicoastal disco aficionado, Super Elevation label/shop owner, and all-around legend of the scene, Tom Noble brings forth a sprawling project 15 years in the making with his House of Spirits full length LP on Razor-N-Tape.

Slow-cooked over more than a decade, the eight tracks that stretch across this double 12” pack are the realization of Tom’s unique vision of modern dancefloor soul, with lush live instrumentation and deviously catchy hooks. Boasting a near encyclopedic knowledge of decades of club music, Tom draws on influences like Patrick Adams & the Mizell Brothers to build a sound that’s both reverent to the past, but feels extremely fresh and immediately timeless.

The lead off singles ‘Times Are Changing’ and ‘Please Take Me There’ and respective remixes by Harvey Sutherland, Makez and Sizmo have already garnered huge support, and ‘Holding On’ the beloved original House Of Spirits single from 2020 appears with a shiny new mix. The album opens with ‘Love Trip,’ an uptempo invitation to the sonic world to follow, and moves through various moods, like the Brit-funk vibe of ‘Time Is Running Out,’ the mid-tempo groover ‘I Get Lifted’ and the downtempo R&B smoothness of ‘Diamond Eyes’ featuring dreamcastmoe on vocals.

The cheeky dollar bin artwork rounds out this package perfectly, and with the tracks mixed to perfection and cut tough for the floor, this is an essential record that will surely find a permanent home in the bag.

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Tom Noble Presents : House of Spirits

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Tom Noble - Time Is Running Out

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Objective Back Space

ZYNTHTIME (Bonus Track)

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Azymuth — the Brazilian jazz-funk wizards — are back on the work horse and sounding as effortlessly slick as they always have. Since the passing of keyboard maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami in 2012, remaining members Ivan Conti and Alex Malheiros have worked tirelessly to keep the spirit of Azymuth alive, and to continue the legacy of Bertrami’s genius. But out of pain comes a new lease of life and as the title suggests, Fênix (out on Far Out Recordings) marks a new era with Kiko Continentino now on keys.

A hugely talented pianist, composer and arranger, like Bertami, Kiko has worked with the likes of Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil and Djavan. The album also features Brazilian percussion legend Robertinho Silva, one of Brazil’s most important and influential players.

Loyal fans of the trio will immediately gravitate to Fênix's colourful arrangements and musical mastery. The title track is the perfect show and tell of just that; a beautiful marriage of croaking bass slaps and sun-drenched chord progressions that act as the perfect amble out of summer and into the autumn.

To coincide with Azymuth’s massive European tour, Far Out have pressed a one-off run of 300 hand-stamped and hand-numbered Fênix white label LPs, which will come housed in the finished sleeve. This super-limited priceless piece of Azymuth history will be available exclusively at the shows on the tour, over a month ahead of the official release date.

Fênix arrives on December 2 on digital and on vinyl/CD. Pre-order the album here, and check out their live dates while you're there.

Fênix

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Azymuth “Fênix” - Boiler Room Debuts

Stone Soul Disco

Photay - Illusion of Seclusion ( upgraded by mmmR )

Scrimshire, Paroxysm - out now. 
Previously nominated for "Album of the Year" Gilles Peterson, Worldwide Awards for Nothing Feels Like Everything. 
Named as one of three essential UK soul producers in The Guardian. 

Songwriter, Producer, mix and mastering engineer and one of the men behind Modified Man and the Albert's Favourites record label.