London-based independent record label Kalita is known for specialising in unearthing and re-releasing great music that deserves to be heard by all. They focus mainly on soul, disco, and West African sounds from around the world that they love and believe others will love as well. Kalita Records prides itself on two things: the quality of its musical output, and its focus on the musicians behind each release. Alongside a beautifully presented outer sleeve, their releases are often accompanied by liner notes, photographs and interviews with the artists, thus creating a far more interesting package all around.

Some of our personal highlights from the label’s impressive back catalogue include ‘If You Need Me, Call Me’ by Emerson, ‘Looking Up: The Complete Works’ by Carrie Cleveland, and ‘Getting Next To You’ by Randolph Baker to name just three. 

We got in touch with Kalita’s founder, Chris Webb, to see if he would be interested in putting together a mix for our Off The Record series - one that showcases the overall “sound of Kalita”. Check out the full feature & interview - bit.ly/3cmWY4H

Feature & Interview

Off The Record Mix Series 27: Kalita Records

As a big thanks to everyone that came down to plastic people for the first "You're A Melody" we decided to post up the recording from the night. And for everyone that couldn't make it down, there's a plan to do it again ;)
Big thanks to Red Greg, Jeremy, all the amazing dancers and the EMTs for behaving themselves.
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TRACKLIST:


0h00'00" (JE) Alex - I Gotta Feel Something
0h07'25" (JE) Daniel Bechet - Astral Dance
0h11'48" (JE) Irene Kral - Wheelers And Dealers
0h14'25" (RG) Gimmicks - Visst Är Du Kär
0h17'13" (RG) Bar-Kays - Angel Eyes
0h20'00" (RG) Keni Burke - Keep On Singing
0h24'32" (JE) Keep digging! :)
0h27'33" (JE) Sonya Spence - Let Love Flow On
0h31'13" (JE) Monika Linges Quartett - Running
0h34'16" (JE) Esther Satterfield - Love Music
0h36'38" (RG) Michael Orr And The Book Of Life - Spread Love
0h40'23" (RG) Teodo'r - Love Message
0h46'12" (RG) Starvue - Love Affair
0h53'18" (JE) Chocolate Milk - With All Our Love
0h57'46" (FP) Arabi - Times Three
1h01'23" (FP) Brutal Force - Dreams For Sale
1h05'10" (JE) Lalo Schifrin - Middle Of The Night
1h09'10" (JE) The Live Band - A Chance For Hope
1h14'50" (JE) Stylus - Natural Feeling
1h19'13" (FP) Michael Orr, Carey Harris - Here I Go (Through These Changes Again)
1h22'23" (FP) Womack & Womack - MPB (Missin' Person Bureau) (Paradise Ballroom Mix)
1h31'19" (FP) Tomorrow's People - Open Soul
1h44'39" (RG) Visions Of Tomorrow - Galaxy
1h48'03" (RG) Marta Acuna - Dance, Dance, Dance (Disco Version)
1h52'12" (RG) Betty Padgett - Sugar Daddy
1h55'36" (JE) The Chris Rhodes Band - Gotta New Lease On Love
1h59'19" (JE) Leila Pinheiro - Tudo Em Cima
2h02'15" (JE) Little River Band - Curiosity (Killed The Cat)
2h05'55" (JE) Lucy Stone - Giving Love Instead Of Gold
2h09'34" (FP) Leroy Hutson - I Think I'm Falling In Love
2h13'26" (FP) Keep digging! :)
2h17'38" (FP) Pure Funk - Nothing Left Is Real
2h20'37" (RG) Keep digging! :)
2h23'30" (RG) Le Cop - Law Order & Peace
2h26'16" (RG) Keep digging! :)
2h29'50" (JE) William Bostic - What You Do To Me
2h32'58" (JE) Rare Function - Disco Function
2h37'17" (JE) Deep Heat - Do It Again
2h40'36" (JE) Tasha Thomas - Stay With Me (Disco)
2h46'54" (JE) Martin L. Dumas Jr. - Attitude, Belief & Determination
2h56'36" (FP) Gloria Ann Taylor - Love Is A Hurting Thing
3h03'58" (FP) Carl Hall - What About You
3h06'56" (FP) Cindy Rodriguez - What You Need Is My Love
3h14'34" (RG) Billy Cole - Bump All Night
3h18'15" (JE) Greg Henderson - Dreamin
3h25'24" (FP) Taxie - Rock Don't Stop
3h28'36" (RG) Aged In Harmony - You're A Melody
3h32'59" (JE) Captain Sky - Moonchild
3h39'29" (FP) Solid Gold Revue - Love's Traffic
3h43'20" (RG) Mayors Committee - Take Off Your Shoes




You're A Melody #1

Shakabula - Santrofi-Ansa

Do You Trust Amajita - Ntombi Ndaba 

Smile - SATARI 

Mabre Agu - Wilson Boateng 

Enye Woa (Leonxleon Keyed up Mix) - Pat Thomas 

Lime Tree - Gabriele Poso

Victory Dance - Ezra Collective

Sputla - Teaspoon Ndelu

Space Talk - Asha Puthli

Through the Morning Sun

Recorded live at Giant Steps 29.07.23

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John Gómez at Giant Steps

A REMIX OF AN UNRELEASED DEMO COVER VERSION OF THE HALL & OATES CLASSIC " I CANT GO FOR THAT " 

ROY AYERS ~ I CANT GO FOR THAT *UNRELEASED KON REMIX

Canary Chirps and Squawks (Original Mix) - Relaxing Bird Calls, Bird Sounds to Sleep To

Pata Pata - Le Rubrique

17 Days (Zach Witness Version) - Zach Witness 

Space Drum Machine (Detroit Swindle's Flute Mix) - The Mauskovic Dance Band

Spies Are Watching Me feat. Sir Jean (Original Mix) – Voilaaa

Mesablanca (Original Mix) - O'Flynn 

Bed & Butter (Einzelkind Iceberg Slim Megamix) - Chris Wood, Christian Burkhardt

ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ ꐑ(ཀ ඊູ ఠీੂ೧ູ࿃ूੂ✧✧✧✧✧✧ළඕั࿃ूੂ࿃ूੂ - ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ

Hold Me (T4T Embrace Mix) - Eris Drew 

Sun In Your Eyes (Original Mix) - Above & Beyond 

Born Slippy (Alma & Mater Edit) – Underworld 

Rain and Birds (Original Mix) - Atmos Atlas, Atmos Mist

From Dawn to Dusk

Our new In Focus mix series have been brought to life during times of isolation. And what’s better than spending your time diving into new music or DJ-sets from artists you admire? That’s what we thought. The next couple of weeks, we will be asking one artist each week to deliver a mix build around a self-picked theme. Everyone is free to do what and how they feel like, and create something special for themselves and everyone who’s keen to give it a listen too. We hope you enjoy.

Who else would be better to kick off with than our dear friend Palms Trax? Not only has Jay been a favourite of ours for years, he has become probably everyone else’s as well. His contribution to In Focus is one we have listened to in one go: a “100% originals, features, edits and remixes by Joaquin Joe Claussell” mix, which resulted in a stirring and spiritual tribute to one of the all-time greats.

Palms Trax: “Over the last couple of years I’ve found his music to have this wonderful effect on a dancefloor where the whole place can feel like it’s levitating, so when lockdown hit I started going through his records at home and found it to be incredibly healing. Hopefully some people out there feel the same way!“.

Dekmantel: In Focus Podcast Series

In Focus 001 - Palms Trax

Running Back co-owner Gerd Janson is one of those very few people who get referred to as 'a DJ's DJ' - an aficionado and general nice guy that always delivers the goods whenever you hear him!
We are very lucky to finally get Gerd to do a mix for us as part of the Phonica Mix Series, so we hope you enjoy it. He describes the more disco flavoured-mix as "more the 2007 Computer-Incarnations-for-World-Peace-Gerd than the sadly non-existent 2020 Ibiza-Gerd."
Read the full feature here: http://offtherecord.net/phonica-mix-series-72-gerd-janson/

Phonica Mix Series 72: Gerd Janson

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