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Mehliana tours the US & Europe in October & November 2013. Details: http://www.nonesuch.com/on-tour/brad-mehldau

Mehliana is the electric duo of Brad Mehldau, on Fender Rhodes and an arsenal of vintage synthesizers, and Mark Guiliana, accompanying on drums and effects. An album is due on Nonesuch Records in early 2014.

Mehliana: Taming The Dragon

Mehliana: Hungry Ghost

Mantra is the new single from Surf Coast multi instrumentalist Immy Owusu and his first with Melbourne label Hopestreet Recordings. Mantra is a dreamy slice of Immy’s ‘Afrodelik’ approach to music, a sound that spans psychedelic rock, funk and West African roots.

Immanuel Kwabena Dreesens-Owusu grew up in two worlds: the sea bleached lifestyle of Torquay and the Surf Coast with its rock n roll soundtrack, and the musical heritage of his Ghanaian / Dutch family. Immy’s father Kojo is one of Australia’s best regarded West African musicians and his grandfather Koo Nimo is a legend of Ghanaian Highlife and Palm Wine music active since the 1960s. From them Immy learned Ashanti music and its instruments, added a fuzz pedal and began to experiment. 

Immy spent much of the pandemic living in his caravan in the bush near Bells Beach where he wrote Mantra, letting the Australian landscape and the African rhythms percolate to create a dreamy track with unstoppable momentum. Raw and rhythmic bass and drums at the forefront, Mantra opens with a roughly picked guitar hook. Echo vocals come from all around, spooky but not ominous, telling us to face our fears and give them up to a higher power. ‘When you worry, when you’re feeling down. All your darkness, give it all to me. This is my mantra’. The track builds with layered synthesizers and pads drawing you into an unfamiliar world. 

Of Mantra, Immy says ‘My family always said as a kid that when I was worried about something that I could give these negative feelings up to the Angels, The Great Mother, Jesus, God or the Universe, depending on which family member I was asking.’

Immy Owusu - Mantra

Vol 2 out January 20 2023

Artist: London Odense Ensemble
Title: Jaiyede Sessions vol. 2


In recent years London has become an epicenter for experimental, visionary jazz. On this unique session, two of the finest exponents of the London jazz scene, Tamar Osborn and Al MacSween, join forces with members of the celebrated Danish psychedelic underground - Jonas Munk, Jakob Skøtt and Martin Rude – to create a heady sonic brew. On this first volume of material there's everything one could hope for in such a collaboration: sonically it summons the free flowing euphoria of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders' work in the late 1960s and early 1970s. But there's also a focus on rhythmic energy and vitality that calls to mind the grooviest krautrock or electric period Miles Davis, as well as a healthy dose of electronic experiments. 

Throughout these eight tracks the quintet paints with a colourful palette. Tamar Osborn shifts between baritone sax and flutes. Keyboardist Al MacSween doesn't just stick with the tried and true electric piano - an instrument which he masters - but showers these tracks in analog synths and effects as well. Add to that the fact that Jonas Munk took a somewhat creative approach when editing and mixing these pieces – with effects boxes wired in, occasionally giving the mix a dubby, ambient atmosphere. Similar to Munk and Skøtt's main project, Causa Sui, digging into the past becomes a vehicle to open up the future. What the quintet has created in these sessions is something quite unique.

Bios:
Tamar Osborn: 
Saxophonist, composer and multi-wind instrumentalist is the creative force behind modal jazz ensemble Collocutor (On The Corner Records). She is a member of the Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, performs and collaborates regularly with Sarathy Korwar, Jessica Lauren, Emanative, Ill Considered and DJ Khalab.

Al MacSween: 
Keyboard player & founding member of Kefaya. Collaborations include American jazz legend Gary Bartz, Syrian qanun master Maya Youseff, London Community Gospel Choir, Palestinian jazz singer Reem Kelani & kora player Kadialy Kouyate.


Martin Rude: 
Multi-string instrumentalist & lead singer in Sun River. Doubles as stand-in bass player in Causa Sui.

Jakob Skøtt: 
Drummer in Causa Sui with a slew of side projects on El Paraiso, including Chicago Odense Ensemble, as well as being responsible for the label’s visuals.

Jonas Munk:
Guitarist in Causa Sui & studio wizard on most releases on El Paraiso. Also works with a wide palette of electronic music.

London Odense Ensemble: Casper's Green

Melanie De Biasio's acclaimed new album 'No Deal' will be released as 'No Deal Remixed' on February 23rd.

Gilles Peterson called upon some of the most exciting names across the jazz, electronic and indie worlds to rework Melanie De Biasio’s acclaimed new album No Deal, including EELS, The Cinematic Orchestra, Hex, and Seven Davis Junior.

Pre-order from iTunes: http://geni.us/nodealrmxitunes

Gilles Peterson Presents : Melanie De Biasio – No Deal Remixed

Sweet Darling Pain (Chassol Remix)

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Taken from the Kuiper EP out on Pluto (UK/ Eu), Luaka Bop (N & S. America), Inertia (Au/ NA), Beatink (Jp)

Vinyl released 22nd July 2016
Pre-order here: found.ee/KuiperEP

Released digitally on August 5th


Stream Kuiper:
Spotify: found.ee/KuiperSpotify
SoundCloud: found.ee/KuiperSC

Download Kuiper: 
iTunes: found.ee/KuiperiTunes

For Marmish Part II

https://soundcloud.com/livingliving

https://open.spotify.com/track/1ha6oC5fIWqa6hjKGBCrB7?si=0UqFxTx7SzagbAWV0hNiLg

PRODUZIDO EM ABSALON BEYERS GATE

LIVING - FLORAHEDRON (LB MIX)

Hector Plimmer
Eastern System Ft Drahla b/w Kalimba
Albert’s Favourites
DL / 7” Vinyl
ALBF-7002

Albert’s Favourites are proud to present Hector Plimmer for the labels third release.

Hector burst onto the scene in 2014 with an appearance on Gilles Peterson’s ‘Brownswood Bubblers” Vol 11, alongside beatsmith Al Dobson Jr, jazz luminaries GoGo Penguin, and the ever soulful Moonchild. He went on to win the PRS Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award, firmly cementing himself on the ‘ones to watch’ list.

We started bumping into Hector around Crystal Palace, and he presented himself as a deeply humble man, quiet and introspective - and with a killer selection of vinyl, but it took a support slot at Soho’s Sounds Of the Universe (supporting fellow producer and long term friend Wu-Lu) to really turn our heads. 

Hector’s beats are constructed like small sculptures, each one with its own influences and palette, but all with a very signature sound. 

Eastern System is a real beat workout, with traces of Asia in its melodies, Africa in its rhythms and a stunning choral arrangement. This, layered with a charming and somewhat nostalgic main vocal, eventually turns into a hypnotic chant towards the close. A beautifully subdued track that still manages to deliver powerfully on the dancefloor.

Flip the disc and you meet ‘Kalimba’, another pulsing beat that’ll have you hooked right from the start. Frantic percussion and a wonky Kalimba drive this track along, pushing you into the middle section where it breaks down to drums and synths, transforming what was previously acoustic into electronic, pushing the track directly into 2016.

You can catch Hector around London, playing records and playing live. He has a regular show on NTS Radio – 92 Points – and also runs his event ‘Crates’ Upstairs at the Ritzy in Brixton. He is part of this years EFG London Jazz Festival, performing at The Forge in Camden on the 11th November.

We are also excited to announce that Hector will be releasing an album with us early 2017. Stay tuned!

Eastern System

Fave tune is Me and You. I love it! - Gilles Peterson (6 Music)

PERPETUAL EP 1. Me and You
Co-Produced by STAC & Memotone	2. Perpetual
Released on 28th April 2017 3. Hippo Love	
2 Points Records 4. Harp
5. Hippo Love – Blue Daisy Rmx

The EP is B E A U T I F U L - MYYYYYY GOODNESSSSSS - Julie Adenuga (Beats 1)

Having released her debut album on WahWah45s in 2010, 2017 sees STAC write, record, co-produce and self release her follow up EP. Perpetual delivers timeless, compelling songwriting and combines achingly beautiful melodies with Badu-esq cool. Compared by Mark Ronson to a young Minnie Ripperton, in a world saturated by the ‘Indie Girl’ vocal, her voice cuts effortlessly through.

This is beautiful. All tracks are so good. - Nick Luscombe (Radio 3)

Produced with the help of Memotone (William Yates), Perpetual is an idiosyncratic mix of live and electronic sounds, which is immediately evident in the glorious opener Me and You, a song that begins simply with pianette and vocals and crescendos into a concoction of brass, strings, vocal harmonies, drum pads, electronic samples and a helicopter. 
The rather perky Perpetual is an uplifting instant classic that you are sure you heard that time you travelled back to 1956 on your gap year - but definitely didn’t. 
The laid back Hippo Love is a dreamy jazz tinged invitation for a lover to make up their bloody mind. 
And lastly, Harp has reduced many a stone-hearted goblin-troll to tears. 
Throw Blue Daisy’s Hawaiian Bass* remix of Hippo Love into the mix and you have a startlingly original EP.

Released by:
2 Points Records
Release date:
28 April 2017

Hippo Love

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Ath046A Henry Thomas - My Dreams Are Clouded

Sweatshop Soundsystem's debut 12". 

Treat the music with respect... 

We decided if we're gonna to do this, we're gonna to do it properly. Heavyweight 180g black wax, full artwork, Ten Eight Seven masters + lacs, Optimal press. 

We've been in love with Ash's music since day one whilst he's been quietly killing it in the underground. Coming in with heavy dub pedigree Ash's sound taps the veins of Soul, Jazz and Funk, fusing them into a suspicious Trip Hop tapestry. Both tracks feature the killer horn work of Yazz Ahmed, one of the freshest artists to rupture the Jazz world with her psychedelic arabic rhythms. And RUDEBWOY visuals come courtesy of Sophie Bass, the dopest illustrator in the UK right now. 

3ft Above // 

One for the heads. 

"3ft above was inspired by Ezra: he made a sketch originally that i reworked into my own vibe, removed layers and then added in drums, bass etc until i ended up with what it was.... then Yazz truly finessed it..... lots of space echo used". 

Bagger // 

An opiate laden dancefloor stomper. Big Fishtank Funk. 

"Bagger was originally made at my old studio in crouch end, and was inspired by the greek/turkish food i was eating at the time in the area.... I played it with Charlie at home, decided that it would sound great with Yazz on, and pulled the trigger.... the Bagger was born". 

Also, a slice of each record goes to the anti sweatshop activist organisation 'No Sweat' - fighting for workers rights worldwide. 

We also throw loophole raves... 

3ft Above Inspired by Ezra-Lloyd Jackson (www.ezralloydjackson.com) 

Horns - Yazz Ahmed 
The Rest - Ash Walker 
Making it all happen - Charlie Curran 

Mastered and cut by Rob Thomas at Ten Eight Seven (www.teneightsevenmastering.co.uk) 
Pressed at Optimal Media 

Artwork by Sophie Bass (www.sophiebass.co.uk) 
Art direction by saCCuli

3ft Above - Ash Walker (ft Yazz Ahmed)

Our second release and the debut single from Melbourne four piece, Mildlife is finally here! 

Narrowing down the group's style into a genre is almost impossible, as they bond over the desire to push musical boundaries. No strangers to the Melbourne band scene, the four old friends have been drawing crowds through an epic journey at intimate venues and festivals for the best part of the past 4 years. Developing a tight live show bolstered by wild improvisation, the group have left punters itching for their first full length studio album that mines jazz, psych and disco for its irresistible groove.

"The Magnificent Moon" a 9 minute psychedelic disco journey is the opening track taken from Mildlife’s debut LP "Phase" due for release early 2018. Capturing the spirit of the band, this kaleidoscope jam is the interplanetary path between jazz, funk and disco with the perfect amalgamation of cosmic electronics and soulful acoustic instrumentation. 

Tom Shanahan explains its entrancing grip, “The Magnificent Moon feels like the veteran journeyman to the rest of the album. I’m not sure if that’s because it was written first or because it seems to know what it wants and has a more considered direction. It never really second guesses itself except for maybe just before the outro when he realises he may have journeyed too far and his space suit has a hole in it. But then he just jams some gum in the hole and gets on with it anyway.”

Single available here: https://mildlife.bandcamp.com/track/the-magnificent-moon

Mildlife - The Magnificent Moon

An infinite avalanche of particles

The Potted Palm  - My House Of Grass

Available to download now from https://kelpe.bandcamp.com/album/polymar-one

POLYMAR ONE

Polymarb

Taken from the forthcoming PostMap release - a printed postcard, with download code. lostmap.com/postcard-shop

Lost Map Records are delighted to announce new material by London and Manchester based spoken word artist, writer and saxophonist Angus Fairbairn AKA Alabaster dePlume. A PostMap postcard single features a remix of ‘What Do We Want’ by Teleman drummer Hiro Ama, plus a version of ‘Who Are You Asking For’ recorded live at the Total Refreshment Centre in London as part of Alabaster’s monthly development residency PEACH. Both tracks will be included on a bonus disc set to be packaged with a deluxe repressing of the wonderfully uncategorisable album The Corner of a Sphere, which is set for release February 1, 2019, after the original pressing quickly sold-out on vinyl following its release in May. Alabaster dePlume is touring widely in coming months, including a newly announced headline show at Hangar in London on Saturday, February 2 – his biggest headline show to date. 

As Alabaster explains, ‘What Do We Want’ is a song about “our refusal to include people from disadvantaged backgrounds in our society, while celebrating competitive accumulation of wealth… which implies that there is something we all want, that’s better than our general wellbeing, better than one-another. What is it?” The track’s theme about society-at-large’s fear of immigration, and refugees, is reflected in the artwork, a retelling of the poem as a sinister, bureaucratic government form.


* LIVE DATES *
THU, OCT 18-FRI, OCT 19 @ JAZZ & THE CITY, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
SAT, OCT 20 @ GIB LAUT FESTIVAL, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
THU, OCT 25 @ KALTERN POP, SOUTH TIROL, ITALY
SAT, OCT 27 @ ATELIER 201, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
FRI, NOV 9 @ KIN, ARNOLFINI, BRISTOL
SAT, NOV 10 @ LE GUESS WHO? FESTIVAL, UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS
SAT, DEC 1 @ WEST HILL HALL, BRIGHTON
SAT, DEC 8 @ PYMÉ THEATRE, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
SAT, FEB 2 @ HANGAR, LONDON

Alabaster dePlume - 'What Do We Want' (Hiro Ama remix)

We throw sweat skanks....

Wagwans: sweatshopsound@gmail.com

3ft Above - Ash Walker (ft Yazz Ahmed)

Sweatshop Soundsystem

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