Etno Dub Psyc

At the vanguard of Melbourne's bustling underground music scene you’ll find Surprise Chef. A band very much on the rise, who with two exceptional albums under their belts, are picking up a rapidly swelling fanbase across the world. Working out of the College of Knowledge stable (their home / studio / record label namesake), the band’s take on instrumental cinematic soul and funk has connected with listeners across multiple scenes and genres. Their intoxicatingly laidback sound, which pairs expertly crafted hooks with a seriously funky, watertight rhythm section, has earned them a wide appeal and made their tracks ripe for interpretation.

When floating ideas for potential remixers, two names came to the fore, Masters At Work and Harvey Sutherland. MAW have a long history with Mr Bongo having remixed the Brit-funk classic ‘Dancing In Outer Space’ by Atmosfear for the label in 1997, and releasing the original track, ‘Brazilian Beat’ in 2000. With their studio collaboration now back in full swing, it was the perfect time to inject the MAW magic back into the label. They picked ‘Crayfish Caper’ from the band’s first album ‘All News Is Good News’ as their choice of track to remix. The ’Nuyorican Broken Remix' sees MAW stepping into their Nuyorican Soul guise. A Latin shuffle meets an afro-beat rhythm and some very chunky broken beats, which all underpins an infectious melody constructed around the original track’s bassline. They pair this with horns and synths that add a flourish and reveal new layers as the track develops. It’s a sound that is uniquely Nuyorican Soul and a welcome return for fans of this aspect of their phenomenal output. The 'Masters At Work Remix’ is straight up vintage MAW in House mode. It takes many of the same elements found in the 'Nuyorican Broken Remix' and points things in a House direction. It’s 4/4, but the beats have that Kenny Dope trademark swing. Tough, but oozing soul. Add to that heavy bass, vocal cuts, fierce horns and saxophone, layered synths, and that undeniable MAW bounce. 

Rounding off the package is the remix from Harvey Sutherland. Having made international waves since 2013 with his unique take on dance music, Harvey has long been on Mr Bongo’s remix radar, but until now we hadn’t managed to get that ambition over the line. This time around the stars aligned perfectly. Surprise Chef and Harvey Sutherland are both Melbourne residents and they had already been working on projects together. The band set things up and Harvey chose to remix ‘New Ferrari’ from their latest album, ‘Daylight Savings’. His take on the track sees things venturing into dubby-disco territory. A dreamy, cosmic, bass-heavy, sweeping synth-led workout, that retains yet reinterprets the catchy-as-hell hooks from the original track. A roller with serious muscle!

Masters At Work & Harvey Sutherland Remixes

PREMIERE : Surprise Chef - New Ferrari (Harvey Sutherland's Weird Flex)

Keziah Jones: AFRONEWAVE

Download: bastardjazz.bandcamp.com/album/hear-no-evil-vol-3

Bastard Jazz is proud to present another volume of our sporadic "Hear No Evil" compilations featuring unreleased tracks, B-Sides, Rarities and Remixes from the label. This time around we're offering up a killer dancefloor remix of Potatohead People's "Blossoms" by Montreal producer Nick Wisdom, Lord Echo's unreleased dub of "Digital Haircut" from his Curiosities album, the instrumental of Captain Planet's dancefloor burner "Poquito Mas", and a beautiful samba-esque remix of the Elder Statesman's "Montreux Sunrise" by Cali-cum-Rio DJ and remixer https://soundcloud.com/teecardaci.

Original version: https://soundcloud.com/bastardjazz/the-elder-statesman-montreux

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The Elder Statesman - Montreux Sunrise (Tee Cardaci's Ipanema Sunrise Remix)

For all you jazz/funk/disco heads out there! enjoy!

Lonnie Liston Smith - Peaceful Ones (Daco Rework) - FREE DOWNLAOD

Pamoja - Oooh baby

You've Got Two Funkish Eyes

Jam session with my friend Hicham on the hangDrum & Cajon

Foulani's (Hang Drum version)

Makossa No 3 is taken from the new Lord Echo album Harmonies. Available on CD and LP. DJ-friendly 2xLP out June 30th. http://smarturl.it/HarmoniesDirect

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Lord Echo - Makossa No.3

Available from https://www.mrbongo.com/products/african-dances-vinyl-lp-cd

First official reissue of the extremely rare full-length album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. Clean copies of the original currently sell for up to £500.

The record was born in 1979 when Shina put Biddy Wright, Fred Fisher, Saliu Alabi, Prince Bola, Tutu Shoronmu, Tunde willimas and several other decorated Nigerian musicians – who played with the likes of Fela Kuti, SJOB Movement, Sonny Okoson, King Bucknor amongst others – together to record. The result is ‘African Dances’, a timeless fusion of afrobeat, electronics, boogie and disco.

Includes his most well-known song, ‘Agboju Logun’ that Williams knew was ground breaking – “I want to show the whole wide world that Africa is alive with modern musicians to reckon with anywhere,”. This album version is a different mix to the two-track 12” that came out under on Earthworks, Rough Trade in 1984.

Official Mr Bongo reissue. Replica original artwork. Licensed direct from Shina Williams.

Agboju Logun

12" vinyl out now: www.mabuta.bandcamp.com
Also out on all streaming platforms...

Log Out Shut Down (Gourmet Remix)

Available to download here: https://princeklassen.bandcamp.com/album/2005-2012

Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish - Flowers (Prince Klassen Edit) (110)

Greg Foat - Nikinakinu

Joni Haastrup - Free my people

MUSIC FROM PLANET EARTH: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Dub collective project named Neurologic Dub Brigade born in 1995 with a self builded Sound System, in 1998 changed its name in I Neurologici.

[1997] AA.VV. - Vibrazioni dal Basso (Autoproduzione collettiva - Audio CD)
[1999] I Neurologici – I Neurologici (Autoproduzione - Vinile LP)
[2009] I Neurologici – In Dub Vol.2 (Autoproduzione - Audio CD + Strato Dischi Notlabel - Audio Files)
[2012] I Neurologici – Dub Box (Strato Dischi Notlabel - Audio Files)
[2013] I Neurologici - EphEstival LiveDubSet (Ephedrina NetLabel - Audio Files)
[2013] Sista Tahnee/I Neurologici - Reap What You Sow/Radio Gap (Real Rock - 7")
[2013] I Neurologici - Qassam/Qassam Dub (Real Rock - 7")
[2013] AAVV - Natale Letale (Ephedrina NetLaboratorio - Audio Files)
[2014] I Neurologici - Five Unorthodox Strategies (Strato Dischi Notlabel - Audio Files)
[2014] AAVV - Excursio Numerus Centum Volume 3 (Ephedrina NetLaboratorio - Audio Files)
[2015] I Neurologici - I Neurologici Remastered (Strato Dischi Notlabel - Audio Files)
[2015] Jobba/I Neurologici - Stronger Than Them/Dubber Than Them (Real Rock 7")
[2015] Youthman/I Neurologici - Stagioni/Dub (Real Rock 7")
[2015] Jobba/Ineurologici - Voice Of The People/Dub Of The People (Real Rock 7")
[2016] Ras Moray/I Neurologici - More Love/More Dub (Real Rock 7")
[2016] Laylah - Amalgama (Strato Dischi Notlabel - CD - Audio Files)
[2019] I Neurologici - Bacteria eat big fishes(Strato Dischi Notlabel - Audio Files)
[2020] I Neurologici - DUB Hang Over - (Strato Dischi Notlabel - Audio Files)
[2020] I Neurologici – In dub vol. 3 (Autoproduzione - Vinile LP)

Lord Echo - Makossa No.3

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