Name: Onipa - Sohaa Gb3k3 (XOA remix) by Strut Records
Duration: 5 min 31 s
Description: First single from new Onipa remix EP 'We No Be Machine: Re-Wired', out 6th November 2020

THEADORA IFUDU -Hello There-

This release is a special one; a moment where the two halves of the Mr Bongo record label unite, our heritage re-issues and our contemporary artists roster. 

Minoru Muraoka’s 'The Positive and the Negative’ is a firm favourite at Mr Bongo. It sees a master of the shakuhachi, a traditional bamboo Japanese flute, flex his prodigious skill resulting in a unique mix of breakbeat jazz and Japanese folkloric music. 'The Positive and the Negative’ featured on the 1970 'Bamboo’ album, which Mr Bongo reissued in 2019. Heralded by DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Egon, and many others. The record’s cult status had us thinking how could we pay further homage to a sublime track such as this. The opportunity came to us in an email from Melbourne’s Surprise Chef with a link to the fabulous reinterpretation of the track which they had just recorded. 

"Minoru Muraoka’s ‘Bamboo’ LP has long been a fixture in our record bags, mostly for the killer shakuhachi funk cut The Positive and The Negative. The record is possibly our favourite from Mr Bongo’s extensive catalogue of reissues, and certainly the most influential to Surprise Chef; The Positive and the Negative’s cinematic atmosphere paired with the wonky drum feels and dramatic performance makes it a near-perfect amalgamation of what we try to capture on Surprise Chef records. We’ve borrowed an element or two from the tune over the last few albums (such as the percussion on ‘The Limp’), so it felt right to go head first into reinterpreting the entire track for ourselves. We recorded the tune in Karate Boogaloo’s attic studio with our man Henry Jenkins at the controls and Hudson Whitlock on percussion. We spent an entire day trying to get the take; we felt such a deep responsibility to capture the intensity of the original, we must have done 20 or 30 takes before we were finally happy. We stuck a fork in it late into the night, satisfied that we’d had our best crack at paying homage to a masterpiece by the great Minoru Muraoka.” - Surprise Chef

Forged in their signature sound, "The Chef" have made 'The Positive and the Negative' their own whilst simultaneously treating the original with utmost respect. The shakuhachi and koto have been replaced by synths and guitars, but the breakbeat psychedelic vein flows richly through both instruments  

The 7" vinyl format was the right fit for this release, so the original Minoru Muraoka recording which clocks in over nine minutes has been edited into a 7” version to accompany Surprise Chef’s new take.

A. Surprise Chef - The Positive And The Negative

Made this quick edit for a new mix and thought I'd upload. The groove in the original only lasts for a minute and I needed more of it.

Genshu Hanayagi & Mickie Yoshino Group - 燃焼そして昇華 (Mark Wayward Edit)

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Universal Cave Records 003 pairs another record digging and DJ duo, Philadelphia's D. Lord and Werner Williams. D. Lord's 'Start the World' is stampeding euro funk with chainsawing clav and an unrelenting bass groove. Maximum funk effect achieved with vital precision. Werner Williams' 'You've Got Style' exudes cool. It's one part psychedelic synth groove and one part cockeyed classic rock, soaring harmonies & juju for days - a long lost cousin to Fox's 'The Juggler.' 

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You've Got Style (Werner Williams Edit)

@Soundway-records repress the only record from Nigeria's 'Sound Preisdent' who signed Fela Kuti to EMI Nigeria and produced all of Fela’s revolutionary early material from 1970-73.

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• Jazz connoisseurs Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella team up again, releasing second EP that hints to a future full-length album release

• This new EP features also Tommaso Cappellato and the young pianist Seby Burgio

• Previous EP had been supported byGilles Peterson, KCRW and Stamp The Wax

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Phonographe Corp has been promoting music since 2010, first in Reims, then in Paris, through a website (http://www.phonographecorp.com), a DJ team (Phonographe Crew) and parties in France and abroad (Switzerland, Belgium, Italy). The crew members come from different places and different backgrounds, and the music they love has no boundaries but its quality.

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New Zealander Julien Dyne is a multi-instrumentalist with a long and impressive history of collaborative, live and solo musicianship. Best known for his solo work as BBE and having worked with the likes of Theo Parrish, Steve Spacek, Andreya Triana and Lord Echo - one of Soundway's most successful artists.

To be released on digital and double vinyl on 19 October 2018 on Soundway Records

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Melbourne funk four-piece Karate Boogaloo cover a James Brown classic as part of their Christmas tribute to Soul Brother Number 1.

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First single from new Onipa remix EP 'We No Be Machine: Re-Wired', out 6th November 2020

Onipa - Sohaa Gb3k3 (XOA remix)

We’re excited to premiere the vibrant ‘Volta Region’. Named after a beautiful region in Eastern Ghana bordering Togo. The main riff to the song came to Nick whilst travelling in that region, after a few years of playing around with it and experimenting he managed to use it as the basis for this extended composition.

'Implicate Order' by Nick Walters & The Paradox Ensemble is released via D.O.T Records on the 29th Of January.

Find out more here:  https://www.musicamacondo.com/2021/01/premiere-nick-walters-the-paradox-ensemble-volta-region/

Premiere: Nick Walters &  The Paradox Ensemble - Volta Region

"Small Label Of The Year" at AIM Awards 2021. Beefing up your crates since the late 90's.

Onipa - Sohaa Gb3k3 (XOA remix)

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