London-based keyboardist/producer Dan Nicholls (of Y-OTIS) introduces a new album project ‘Mattering And Meaning’ to be released by We Jazz Records on August 13th. Nicholls' music uses acoustic piano as its key element, transporting the instrument into new territories that sound remarkably natural and organic, whilst displaying a strong kinship with the world of abstract electronic music. The music utilises piano loops and field recordings as its key elements, forming what might be described on the surface as a fascinating ambient jazz record – but at the same time there's so much more at play here on deeper levels. Dan's music sounds at once otherworldly and immensely inviting.

With its uncanny landscape of fine sand drifts, juniper fields and pine, the ancient Beerze forest in the North-East of the Netherlands is a site of many unusual convergences of human and other than human stories. 'Papa' continues to unravel the threads of a deep artistic collaboration and kinship between pianist and producer Dan Nicholls and the Dutch filmmaker and anthropologist Louise Boer. These fuzzily collaged images and sounds represent a common love for finding the in-between places in which ideas can find deeper roots, channeled here through a dreamlike world which holds within it the location in which Louise’s father, Henk Boer, found his final resting place.

Mattering and Meaning

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Sonor Music Editions proudly presents "A TEMPO DI JAZZ" by Maestro Piero Umiliani. This lost gem captures the formative years of Modern Jazz in late 1950s Italy - alongside the legendary Basso-Valdambrini recordings in the early 1960s, as well as the early years of Piero Umiliani's long and prolific career as a composer with over 190 soundtracks, 40 library albums, and 35 TV title themes recorded.

A TEMPO DI JAZZ includes seven original compositions by Piero Umiliani recorded in 1959. Here, at the age of 33, he lays a perfect ground with himself as a pianist, accompanied by some of the best Italian soloists at the time: Marcello Boschi on alto saxophone and flute, Ivan Vandor on tenor saxophone, Peppe Carta on bass, and the American trombonist Bill Gilmore. With plenty of room for improvisation, the sextet fuses Big Band moods with West Coast experimentation of Latin American rhythms and Modern Jazz ballads that sit perfectly between his soundtracks for the films "I Soliti Ignoti" (Big Deal on Madonna Street) from the same year that attained him international recognition, and his masterpiece "Smog" (featuring Chet Baker and Helen Merrill) from 1962.

Five compositions are outtakes from Piero Umiliani's mega-rarity "Tempo Jazz", released on RCA Custom in 1960, while 'Tema In Blues' has been published on the two - impossible to obtain - 45 releases "Moderato Swing" (RCA Camden 45CP 112) and "Tema In Blues" (RCA Custom 45 R3) from 1960 as well as the previously unreleased track 'Mezza Cottura.'

The music has been transferred and remastered from the original master tapes and lacquer cut in MONO, preserving the original sound of the recordings.

A TEMPO DI JAZZ

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Piero Umiliani - A TEMPO DI JAZZ

Recorded in Bari by vinyl records on the 2th of January 2024.
A mamma, papà e Betty.

Menti Raffinatissime

"If you find Earth boring, just the same old same thing, come on sign up to Outer Spaceways, Incorporated." 

Tracklist
Greg Foat & Ayo Salawu - Journey to Arcturus
Christer Norden - Floatin'
Grouper - Alien Observer
Bitchin Bajas - Outer Spaceways Incorporated
Brandon Coleman - Interstellar Space
Sun Ra - Space is the Place Live (Mark Wayward Edit)
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Thank You God
Corinne Bailey Rae - Earthlings
King Khan -  Tribute to the Pharaoh's Den
Jaze Baqti - Tribalism
Malcolm Cecil - Birth of Light
Terry Callier - Dancing Girl (Edit)
Kathy Smith - End of the World
Marc Moulin - From
Greg Foat & Ayo Salawu - The Lonely Robot
COS - Mein Maschine Ist Schön (My Machine is Beautiful) Single Edit
Yussef Dayes - Turquoise Galaxy
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri - Moon in your Eye
Katsutoshi Morizono - Space Traveller
Laura Nyro - Child in a Universe
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Kon "Let me Ride" Remix)

Art: Lorna Simpson - Observing the Universe.

Child In A Universe: Space Travellers & Alien Observers

A March 2024 mix for Radio AlHara in Palestine

A collaboration between Stefan Christoff and Forward Music in Halifax.

Graphic is from V Adams & andrea ene from Justseeds artists' cooperative care package # 2 to support Palestine which you can find here:

https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphic-care-package-2/

Track listing 
(artist name / track name)

01. Isador, Suspense Jam
02. Motherhood, Handbreak
03. Motherhood, Shuttered Down
04. Best Fern, World Spins
05. Joshua Van Tassel, Smiles Displaced 
06. Nico Paulo, Time
07. Motherhood, Wandering
08. Isador, Nilsson Groove
09. Özgür Atlagan - Great Looters
10. Open to the Sea - That Room for the Second Death in the Family
11. Open to the Sea - The Room Behind the Secret Door
12. Samsona, Atletas
13. Vic Mars, Pen Y Fan
14. Zyggurat, Broken Circle
15. Alessandro Adelio Rossi - Lunedì mattina

Forward Music + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة

"They sprouted through my skull and suddenly I was no longer in control."  
Archive for Party Socks [here](https://www.nts.live/shows/party-socks) 
https://www.nts.live/shows/corticeps/episodes/corticeps-25th-february-2024

CORTICEPS 023 W/ MINUS KENDAL & SATAN CLUB (LIVE) 250224

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Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English - Thela

Go Kiryu - Supernatural Radio Show 03.08.2024

The first single dropping from Jimi Tenor's new Timmion album "Is There Love In Outer Space?" kicks off like a desert breeze from Nigerien keyboardist Mamman Sani's 1980s cosmic songbook. Perhaps this is the same kind of panorama that Tenor and Cold Diamond & Mink want us to imagine while traversing the two sides of this vinyl single. 
 
At the latest, the psychedelic desert blues guitar solo transports us on a cold Sahara sand dune, watching a magical sunrise on Mother Earth, something only a few humans get to witness. This is the type of jam you can close your eyes to and let those colorscapes of your mind fill the space. The minimal vocal parts come through like a welcoming chant for the Sun slowly creeping up in the horizon, ready to extend its burning arms around all things – living and dead equally.
 
With their new collaborative project, Jimi Tenor and Cold Diamond & Mink breathe a new type of life into each others' tried & tested styles – delivering a natural fusion of cosmic and raw soul music. So hop along in this spaceship, and let it ride!

Is There Love In Outer Space?

Gaia Sunset, Part 1

Favourite Tunes Januar/Februar 2024
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We're thrilled to announce a deluxe vinyl repress of Alessandro Alessandroni's seminal masterpiece, "OPEN AIR PARADE". Regarded as a holy grail among collectors, this definitive library record takes its rightful place on the pedestal of dreams alongside other revered classics of Italian Library music like SPONTANEOUS, the FARFALLA recordings, RITMO DELL'INDUSTRIA, FEELINGS, TO-DAY'S SOUND etc.

Originally unleashed upon the world in 1972 via the legendary SR Records, "Open Air Parade" has become a sought-after gem coveted by music enthusiasts worldwide. Enriched by the unmistakable touch of bass virtuoso Giovanni Tommaso, who undoubtedly graced these sessions with his talent, this album transcends time with its killer sound and captivating arrangements.

Prepare to be transported to a realm of strung-out Psychedelic Funk, where groovy beats and lush instrumentation reign supreme. Alessandroni's Cantori Moderni chorus adds an extra layer of allure with their mesmerizing vocal themes, making this Italian Library monster an absolute mind-bender.

Mix courtesy of TommyBoy

OPEN AIR PARADE

Alessandro Alessandroni - OPEN AIR PARADE

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