I slept for 7 years and only heard this in 2020 - incredible!

Killer tuuuune. Brings back memories of my childhood. THANK YOU!!

Buy 7" and download "In The Dirt" free from: hopestreetrecordings.com/spanishharlem 

Stop what you’re doing. Lovers of soul, funk, and all the other good grease need to get on this 45 real quick. HopeStreet Recordings brings you a collaboration between Australia’s hottest soul voice, Nai Palm, and Australia’s heaviest rhythm section, The PutBacks, on that classic, classic joint Spanish Harlem. The Worm, a typically heavy PutBacks instrumental on the flip rounds out two smokin’ sides of Burn City soul.  

Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector wrote Spanish Harlem for Ben E King in 1960, but it was Aretha Franklin took it to number one in 1970. In 2013, The PutBacks and Nai put it down one more time on 8 tracks of tape with the production team at HopeStreet Recordings and you sure can take that sucker home on wax, but you’d better be quick. After all – this release has been 50 years in the making. 

The B side on this record is for the B boys. The Worm baby. Lots of songs fade out, but how many fade in? Yeah. That’s real. This kind of lowdown funky break is what the PutBacks really love to put the back in. Ouch. Will someone sample this already so it can go for longer than three and a half minutes?

This record is raucous and rich in the rawness. The drums, bass, and percussion gallop through Spanish Harlem and swagger through The Worm. The guitar and organ howl and huff. Simple production lets the musicians do the talking, and boy, Nai Palm can shout. Sweet layered harmonies over a dirty minimal rhythm track. It’s a new thing, it’s an old thing, it’s a limited pressing and it’s yours at www.hopestreetrecordings.com. 

Also, we do know what year it is so yes, the vinyl does come with a download code for both sides plus a digital version of another PutBacks instrumental – In The Dirt. Value added. Special funky bonus. Get yours. 

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The Putbacks - In The Dirt

From the liner notes of our 2-disc Ebo Taylor retrospective, Life Stories:

Ebo acknowledges the influence of US jazz rockers Blood Sweat & Tears and
– less obviously, perhaps – Deep Purple on this easy going mid-tempo
piece, written a few years before it was recorded, when Osibisa and
various ‘blaxploitation’ themes were hip. “I was trying to fuse rock and jazz together with highlife,” Ebo recalls. “This kind of music was ahead of its time – not very popular when we recorded it!”

Life Stories

Peace On Earth

Ebo Taylor- Peace On Earth

http://www.souljazzorchestra.com/records.html

http://www.discogs.com/Souljazz-Orchestra-Inner-Fire/master/656495

The Souljazz Orchestra - Agoya

© 2014 <a href="http://secretstashrecords.com/">Secret Stash</a>

Read about and enter to win a copy of the 7-inch at <a href="http://bit.ly/1kfzkF0">Wax Poetics</a>.

Dérobé Dance Band "Kem Dahg" (Secret Stash Records)

una mas trio feat. bajka-clear as water (hidden jazz quartett remix)

The lead cut from their new LP, "Octagon."  A cinematic album that builds on the funk and afrobeat sounds of their previous work with psychedelic layers and fiery rhythms.  

http://keptrecords.bigcartel.com/product/polyrhythmics-octagon

Polyrhythmics - Liam Rides A Pony

Buy / Stream: https://BBEmusic.lnk.to/GrowSlowBonus
Following their breakout album 'Grow Slow', London beat-botherer DJ Vadim and Ghananian vocalist Sena present a trio of musical offcuts we couldn't quite cram onto the LP.
'Little Lady' opens the package in fiery form, with Vadim supplying energetic yet soulful hip hop production, perfectly showcasing Sena's powerful delivery and empowering lyrics.
Described by Okayafrica as "a funky low tempo hip-hop song carried by Sena’s impressive lyricism", 'How Fast It Grows' is a deeply rooted, understated track with a very real message.
'Talk To Me' is a sublime dubby affair, featuring jazzy rhodes piano, blunted beats and twisted, heavily chopped vocals. Closing out the package, UK producer and remixer Sam Redmore tackles album highlight 'Boneshaker'. Consistently finding favour on BBC radio with his brilliant edits, Sam's remix of 'Boneshaker' is a potent slice of funk-influenced party reggae, making use of the original horns whilst adding heavyweight bass and big drum fills.
Vadim & Sena's album 'Grow Slow' is out now on heavyweight 12" vinyl and all digital formats

Grow Slow Bonus Cuts

DJ Vadim & Sena - Talk To Me Pt 2

Wax Poetics is proud to debut a recently discovered outtake from the 1978 sessions, “Imokiraria,” a stripped-down raw funk demo version of Joni’s oft-compiled classic “Greetings.”

Courtesy of Soundway Records and Tummy Touch Records.

Joni Haastrup "Imokiraria (demo)" (Soundway/Tummy Touch)

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Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals - Come Down (AkizzBeatzz Edit)

Jungle Fire's Comencemos (Let's Start) (Renegades Of Jazz Remix) Now available for download. 
http://junglefiremusic.bandcamp.com/track/comencemos-renegades-of-jazz-remix


Click link for LIMITED EDITION 7" VINYL purchase $4.99 thru Colemine Records
Side A. Comencemos (Let's Start)  Side B. Tokuta

https://www.facebook.com/Colemine45/app_4949752878

Digital downloads
http://junglefiremusic.bandcamp.com/

2012 saw the release of JUNGLE FIRE's debut vinyl 45 released on indie label Colemine Records, and has been lauded by the likes of DJ Gilles Peterson Worldwide BBC 1 radio, Dj Rich Medina, Dj Bobbito Garcia, Dj Spinna, Jeremy Sole KCRW, DJ, Mark NuMark, Cut Chemist, and many others worldwide!

The JUNGLE FIRE band sound digs deep and resurrects classic afro/latin funk with an approach that is both authentic and highly explosive! Comprised of musicians from Los Angeles recording straight to analog!!

Members have performed with Stevie Wonder, Joe Bataan, Breakestra, Ozomatli, Quantic, Alice Russell, La Santa Cecilia, Simple Citizens, Celia Cruz, Orgone, The Greyboy Allstars and the list goes on. Keep a watchful eye out as JUNGLE FIRE continues to scorch dance floors and heat up clubs across the nation!

The JUNGLE FIRE family:

Sam Halterman - Drums 
Judson McDaniel - Guitar 
Steve Haney - Congas,Bongos,Bata 
Alberto Lopez- Bata/ Timbales 
Michael Duffy- timbales
Joey Reina - Bass 
Sean Billings -Trumpet 
Miguel ramirez- Congas/Bongos 
Sam Robles - Baritone Sax,Flute 
Otto Granillo- Trombone

JUNGLE FIRE - Comencemos (Renegades Of Jazz Remix)

Soundway Records present Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & ‘80s - a treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings from East Africa. Spread out over two CDs and one triple LP, Kenya Special is accompanied by detailed liner notes, original artwork and photographs.It follows on from Soundway’s much acclaimed African ‘Special’ series that to date has focused on the highlife and afrobeat output from 1970s Nigeria and Ghana.

Kenya Special is a collection of 32 recordings (most of which were only ever released on small-run 45rpm 7" singles) that stand out as being different or unique as well as some classic genre standards. From Kikuyu language ‘liquid soul’, Luo benga and Swahili afrobeat to genre-bending Congolese and Tanzanian tracks recorded in Nairobi, Kenya Special sees Soundway yet again taking the less trodden path. Many of the tracks featured here are peppered with innovation and experimentation highlighting how diverse the music scene in Kenya was at the time. 

In 1970s Kenya the two threads of rumba and benga loosely dominated the music scene. Benga quickly became Kenya’s unique contribution to afro-pop; spreading like wildfire through the interior countryside with it’s fast, 4/4 machine-gun beat and intricate electric guitar layers. The Congolese take on Afro-Cuban rumba was introduced by touring bands many of whom settled in East Africa - influencing bands from Kenya and Tanzania to come up with their own take on this popular style. Alongside these styles were small ensembles and hotel-sponsored bands, playing a blend of music that often included rock ‘n’ roll riffs, elements of ‘afro’ music (influenced by West African musicians like Fela Kuti), and multiple other combinations from South African and Zambian guitar styles to disco, funk and Swahili coastal rhythms like chakacha.

Painstakingly compiled, assembled and researched over two years by a team of five people from five countries (Kenya included), Kenya Special is a collection that looks beyond the mainstream and brings new life and recognition to some little known gems and forgotten classics of Kenya’s past. 

The Rift Valley Brothers - Mu Africa (Kenya Special)

MUSIC FROM PLANET EARTH: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

The Rift Valley Brothers - Mu Africa (Kenya Special)

Soundway Records

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