Woooo... so happy to know the ID on this gem now. :D

Crepuscular Shuffles

Autonomous Africa Volume 3

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This is the third Autonomous Africa EP, the idea being that one EP is released each year and all proceeds are donated to a charity in Africa. Last year's second volume, along with a fundraising night in Glasgow and another in London raised several thousand pounds for the Mtandika Mission in Tanzania (more info on that below). Midland grew up in Tanzania and his parents run the aforementioned charity so it feels fitting that AA continues to raise funds for that. Midland has once again contributed a stellar track as has AA stalwart Auntie Flo (who has now contributed to all three releases). This year they are joined by Glasgow funksters General Ludd and then Twitch rounds off the EP. All being well, this year will also see an AA compilation album of music from Africa.

EP tracks are

A1) Midland - Safi
A2) General Ludd - Burning Mack

AA1) Auntie Flo featuring Anbuley - Daabi
AA2) JD Twitch - Maya

All tracks mastered by Matt Colton.

Distribution by Above Board. Released 28th July 2014 on 12". Digital will follow.

A big, warm thank you to I AM in Glasgow and Trouble Vision in London for putting on AA fundraising nights and for their immense generosity. 
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Why Autonomous Africa?

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Many of the problems Africa faces are a result of outside interference by other countries, and as the 21st century progresses we will see the continued pillage of African resources to feed the global capitalist machine on an unprecedented scale. Corrupt and greedy regimes gladly sell their land and mineral wealth to finance their own extravagant lifestyles while the vast majority of ordinary people see little or no improvement in their own lives. An autonomous Africa run by the people for the people, where African land is predominantly used to feed African people and Africa's vast wealth of resources is used to benefit the people of Africa seems the only logical way forward. Autonomous Africa's goal is to highlight this message and here presents to you 4 tracks of African inspired grooves.

We fully realise a small run, independently released 12" is going to make very little difference to the world, but doing something has to be better than doing nothing. The idea of an autonomous Africa may be naive and unrealistic, but at some point the world we live in will have to change or future generations are going to be left with very little as we consume way more than our fair share. We have collectively buried our heads in the sand thinking we are powerless to engender change. Individually we have little power but collectively, the power is ours.

JD Twitch, June 2013.

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About The Mtandika Mission
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Mtandika is a large village in the dry Ruaha river valley, 400km west of Dar es Salaam. It is a very poor village.

One of the prime movers in the village is Sister Barberina Mhagala. Since she retired from being Headmistress of the Primary School in 2005, Sister Barberina has been developing a Trade School at Mtandika to provide skills training for girls who are either orphans or have no fees for secondary education. She started by building a classroom and dormitory for the Trade School girls who were given sewing lessons and learning to make garments to sell.

Because many of the children do not have homes locally, accommodation is critical. So Sister then built extra accommodation blocks, not only for some of the girls attending the Trade School but also for some 80 girls attending the local Lukosi Secondary School where there was no accommodation.

The girls are taught to be as self sufficient as possible and as well and grow their own food and rear animals in the school grounds.

Water supply is critical, as water is not only required for every day purposes at the school but for irrigating the shambas [allotments]. Water is currently pumped from the nearby perennial Lukosi river some 500 metres away using a petrol pump. Investigations into a cheaper alternative are being investigated.

Education is essential if Tanzania is to fully develop its full potential and anything is possible given the opportunity. As well as supporting Sister Barberina in her capital expenditure, some 10 of the children at the Trade School and 30 at local Secondary Schools who cannot afford the fees are sponsored by funds raised by the charity.

More information - www.actioninafrica.org/about-mtandika.php

Autonomous Africa 3 EP (sampler)

Aujourd'hui on fait la connaissance de Pepe Bradock, de son vrai nom Julien Auger, un musicien électronique français comme on les aime.

Après avoir sorti son premier album Synthèse sur le label français Versatile Records en 1998. Il forme avec Ark le duo Trankilou.

Connu pour une musique désarticulée et synthétique, il remixe dans les années 2000 des artistes comme Alex Gopher ou Soulstice. 

On vous offre Path Of Most Resistance, un hymne à la fête, aussi calme qu'euphorisant. De quoi bien lancer une soirée.



Pepe Bradock - Path Of Most Resistance

Bass – Mamadou Seke
Drums [Afrikan] – Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell*, Udu Kwanza
Guitar [Lead] – Olo Pepe
Guitar [Rhythm] – Ala Fe, Femi Kutera, Igba Bona
Percussion – Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell*
Saxophone – Fe Fe
Trumpet – Olu Fe, Wele Wele

The Bayara Citizens - Ju/Ru Music (Raw Afrikan Street Version)

Once again, we're back with one of our most anticipated releases of the year: Profoundness Vol. 3. This carefully curated VA showcases a deep selection of tracks that capture the essence of our distinctive sound immersive, emotive, and groove-driven. From atmospheric textures to driving rhythms, each piece reflects our ongoing commitment to quality Deep House. Dive into the journey.

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DiRamos - Embue (Original Mix) [Deep Clicks]

Preview

Mysterious new artist Grant releases his debut LP, The Acrobat, on the similarly enigmatic Lauren Bacall label this month.

Our pick of the record lays down swishy-swashy groove and plenty of bars padded out with ambient analogue goodness. 

Read more: http://www.stampthewax.com/2015/09/17/premiere-grant-awful-truth/

Follow:
@grant-la-1
@the-lauren-bacall

Grant - Awful Truth (STW Premiere)

Wolfey & Project Pablo - Whatitis

Church is back in action with their second various artists compilation featuing brand new productions from DJ Aakmael, Aquarium, Laurence Guy & Debukas. Church has definitely been a label to watch lately after they released one of the best selling records of the year from Mall Grab but we've also been keeping an eye on another artist from the label who's been making music for a long time but only recently started to get the attention he deserves. Laurence Guy has recently dropped some great solo EP's on Church and Rose Records and contributed to compilations and split EP's on CinCin and Outplay but his latest addition to Churches Volumes 002 has the entire Phonica crew tapping our feet and nodding our heads in approval! It's strength lies in its subtlety, 'Wish I Knew' is a stripped back and piece of House music which effortlessly plays with tension and release.  Listen to it in Laurence Guy's 'Wish I Knew' down below in full down and reserve your copy now. j.mp/Wish_I_Knew

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Phonica Premieres: Laurence Guy - Wish I Knew [CHURCH]

JLM and Chris Wang started the party Love Dancing in 2009 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Love Dancing, along with Jesse Proudfoot and Chris Allen’s Good Faith,  was a formative dance experience for many of us in Vancouver and an essential ingredient in the Mood Hut stew. The music on this disc dates from that period and captures some of the energy of the Love Dancing parties. We hope you enjoy it.

A - Better
B - Fever

Distributed by Rubadub.
Available in August.

MH013 - A - Better

A long-awaited sophomore EP from prodigiously talented @rossfromfriends. Dusty percussion, chopped MPC wizadry and fuzzy RnB vocal licks all combine to consolidate the EP's 90s, lo-fi aesthetic. 

Out on @lobster-theremin off-shoot Distant Hawaii. 

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/07/20/premiere-ross-from-friends/

HAWAII003 - You'll Understand [Distant Hawaii]

Ross From Friends - Gettin' It Done (STW Premiere)

"Positioned" is from Sejva's debut EP, "Coquet", available now on Company Records.

Company shop - http://smarturl.it/coquet_company
iTunes - http://smarturl.it/coquet_itunes

Check out more from Sejva here: https://soundcloud.com/sejvasound

Sejva - Positioned

EAS016 - QVARK

Milan, Italy, 1983. In the midst of the 80’s economic boom, 
which gave an injection of optimism after the heavily political 70’s,
a group of young local musicians meet every night in a basement 
to rehearse and record a peculiar breed of Italian disco music.
Originated from the ashes of various other projects, 
and rooted in the broader jazz-funk tradition,
the group creates music which is equally inspired
by contemporary fusion as well as by the first wave 
of the italo-disco sound. Fast forward 35 years 
and the genuinely mediterranean flavor of Qvark’s 
demo recordings are still enjoyable for the groovy quirkiness 
of a project which has been to long forgotten.
After an intense work of audio restoration of such demo tapes, 
heavily affected by time, Early Sounds is pleased to present 
a compilation which is an important find to define the sound
of late 70's and early 80's Italian club sound.

BUY LINK

[EAS016] Qvark - Qvark

Out on @palmstructure
Original production by @huhany

https://palmstructure.bandcamp.com/album/dieb-incl-remixes

Hany - Dieb (Buddy Lembeck Remix) [PalmStructure]

TV.OUT - Always Anyways

Having previously featured on Eskimo Recordings' 2018 compilation 'The Purple Collection’ as one half of Languages, Franz Matthews returns to the label alongside fellow Berliners Local Suicide with 'Meditation / Tutan Jamon', 2 tracks of heady disco that join the dots between the German capital and the sun soaked souks of North Africa.

Tutan Jamon premièred by https://soundcloud.com/magnetic-magazine -> https://www.magneticmag.com/2019/03/premiere-franz-matthews-local-suicide-tutan-jamon-eskimo-recordings/

Despite living on the same street for 4 years Franz Matthews and Brax Moody and Vamparela from Local Suicide only met recently through their common friend Sam Berdah (Days of Being Wild, Club Bizarre). Making up for lost time, the trio soon found themselves bonding in the studio, digging into their love of both the esoteric and travelling, and together channelled those passions into 2 spiritually infused numbers.
 
'Meditation'was the first result of this inspired partnership, appropriately recorded at the same time that Matthews was also recording music for a meditation app, and features a freeform stream of consciousness from Vamparela over a suitably hypnotic backing of wistful guitars and breezy rhythms. 'Tutan Jamon' meanwhile shares its DNA with recent Eskimo releases by the likes of Simple Symmetry and SHMLSS, the track built around a couple of very Egyptian influenced riffs and comes in two distinct versions.
 
Between his production studio MOWD, his duo Languages, and his solo electronic project, Franz Matthews keeps himself busy. Making Berlin his hometown for the past 5 years, the Franco-German producer and DJ has always kept one hand in the Indie Dance world, while the other wanders in more Psychedelic Pop realms, a winning combination that's seen him release music on imprints such as Eskimo Recordings, Days of Being Wild, Rockets & Ponies.
 
Local Suicide, aka DJs and producers Brax Moody and Vamparela, meanwhile have made a name for themselves putting on some of the most infamous underground parties Berlin has to offer, running their acclaimed blog and still finding time to make waves with their productions, a wild fusion of new wave, acid, slow techno and post-disco that has seen them work with the likes of Rodion, Mijo and Curses in recent years.
 
FIND ESKIMO RECORDINGS ONLINE AT:
http://www.eskimorecordings.be
https://www.facebook.com/eskimorecordings
https://twitter.com/eskimorecords
https://soundcloud.com/eskimorecordings
 
FIND LOCAL SUICIDE ONLINE AT:
https://www.localsuicide.com
http://facebook.com/localsuicide
http://twitter.com/localsuicide
http://instagram.com/localsuicide
https://soundcloud.com/localsuicide

FIND FRANZ MATTHEWS ONLINE AT:
https://soundcloud.com/franz-matthews
https://www.facebook.com/franzmatthews
https://www.instagram.com/franz_matthews/
https://twitter.com/franz_matthews

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Franz Matthews & Local Suicide - Tutan Jamon

Heady psychedelic Greek folk from @anatolianweapons on @timsweeney Beats In Space Records.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2019/05/29/premiere-anatolian-weapons-feat-seirios-savvaidis-ofiodaimon/

To The Mother Of Gods (BIS037 - 320 - Promo)

Anatolian Weapons feat. Seirios Savvaidis - Ofiodaimon (STW Premiere)

Reduce Reuse Repost what ya got

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@boltingbits is the spot

The In Sound From Way Out 

Residents: @aaronl_dj ≈ @original-hp ≈ @miazs-1 ≈ @peachystw ≈ @rosie-ama-cain ≈

Grant - Awful Truth (STW Premiere)

Stamp The Wax

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