Fall Groove 2019

BBE Music is thrilled to announce the release of Modern Love, a diverse compendium of specially commissioned cover versions of rarities and classics in tribute to David Bowie.

Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker, We Are KING, Meshell Ndegeocello, Helado Negro, Khruangbin, Matthew Tavares, Nia and more, Modern Love seeks to champion Bowie’s lesser-known connection to soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel. The prominent jazz influences throughout Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, were a key inspiration for curating this collection of reimagined Bowie songs with these artists. The resulting album is an eclectic tribute featuring a group of artists who not only fit together creatively, but who, like Bowie, straddle different worlds musically, with soul and jazz at their core.

Modern Love offers a fresh look at Bowie’s trailblazing career, aiming to highlight the often overlooked relationship between his back catalogue and musical genres traditionally pioneered by artists of color. The project was curated by music executive and DJ Drew McFadden, alongside BBE Music founder Peter Adarkwah. “I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before — at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop,” says McFadden. “Certainly, there’s been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical
style and direction.”

Modern Love is an interactive sonic map. Here, seventeen artists make their way into the varied regions of his sundry catalog and circle back with seventeen unique re-imaginings of both his cornerstone and lesser-known tracks. Some, in atmosphere, feel like a sly alternate take from original sessions (Khruangbin’s ethereal, funk infused version of “Right” from Young Americans); others nod at the source, then wink before diving into the deep waters of another musical stratosphere (Sessa’s sexy Tropicalia-drenched “Panic in Detroit” from Aladdin Sane). Still others take tunes down to the studs and then re-arrange the moody interiors: Meshell Ndegeocello’s pensive “Fantastic Voyage” from Lodger and Tavares’ clever take on “Heroes” which is restructured into a kinetic hardbop-esque backdrop, fronted by ice-cool, held-back vocals. The bullseye these artists aim for is Bowie’s fearlessness. “Fame was an incredible bluff that worked,” he once reflected. “Very flattering. I’ll do anything until I fail. And when I succeed I quit too.”

Modern Love packs us off on a journey that balances on risk’s sharp blade. Track-to-track, it explores what happens when a musician throws out notions of should and safe and stretches beyond the known. These artists use Bowie both as a guide and a prism: A way of being and seeing. Their offerings, widely divergent, explore the inheritance from an artist who freed himself from labels, genres and, consequently, pigeonholes. While he was at it, he decimated fixed notions about territory (or terra) itself; boundaries hemmed-in his creative process, but his essence remained free to roam. He may have vanished in earthly form, yet, as he also promised in the lyrics of “Modern Love,” But I never wave bye-bye . . .” This compilation assures us that his spirit swirls around us. His force is alive to all of us and, here, it is summoned with an incantation that celebrates possibility.

Khruangbin - Right

available now on brownswood bubblers three and also forthcoming on emanative// time which drops on april the 5th 2010

Turn Your Lights On

Poor Me

Dream DEMOTAPE (Mastered with Sunroof at 50pct) (1)(1)

FSX-024:  Charlotte Dos Santos - Cleo
coming out June 21st on Fresh Selects: http://freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/cleo

Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/vGwRO3evKr0

Written & performed by Charlotte Dos Santos
Produced by Fredfades
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert for Almachrome

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Cleo

Charlotte Dos Santos "Watching You"

Those following beat culture in the last years might have heard about Swiss producer @melodiesinfonie already. From his tracks on the early Soulection compilations, releases on Melting Pot Music and Sichtexot to countless live sets in Europe and even South Africa. We are very happy to now announce his first release on Jakarta Records. In comparison to previous output the most apparent difference is the extend to which Melodiesinfone incorporated live elements to his productions, achieving a more eclectic and organic sound. Get a first taste with the upcoming single „Longo Do Rio“ before the full length album „A Journey To You“ will drop 26th of April.

A Journey To You

PREORDER

melodiesinfonie - AO Longo Do Rio (taken from A Journey To You LP; April 26th)

Joomanji - Where Are You ? (Love for JL)- Lindsay Olsen - Copasetic

Find Someone Like You

Rhodes - Robert Finucane
Vox - Saara Maria
Trumpet - Nick Bianchini
Drums - Amir Oosman
Bass - Kevin Cameron

Produced by Kevin Cameron & Jonah Christian
Composed by Robert Finucane
Mastered by Cristiano Verardo @ Waterland Studios in Venice, Italy
Artwork by Raphael Cornford

Download

Joomanji - Somethin Out Of Nothin (Feat. Saara Maria)

Alex Isley- "Road To You" (Trackademicks Remix)

Alex Isley "Road To You" (Trackademicks Remix)

A signature spacey bass line serves as the bedrock to ‘Juanita’, the latest disco-funk anthem by Moon Boots in collaboration with vocalist Kaleena Zanders.

The track is set for an August 9 release on Anjunadeep, but catch a sneaky early release below.

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@kaleenazanders

Premiere: Moon Boots feat. Kaleena Zanders 'Juanita'

MEMORY DIGITAL featuring ANNA WISE

Listen:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1H3TckEBugMcQsur6Q0gTN?si=bLkDwPilQBuN4y-DmG26Ww
Everywhere: https://fanlink.to/b639


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https://www.facebook.com/SwuMbeats/


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LISTEN

SwuM x idealism - forever in my mind

Buy / stream here ~ https://redinho.ffm.to/sheriff

Redinho & Joel Culpepper - Sheriff

CHANCE TO SAY MY PIECE Feat MARCUS GILMORE

International Booking: James.Wright@unitedtalent.com 
US Booking: karl@windishagency.com

Management: 
Vincent Bennett
vincent@secondsonproductions.com

House. Hip Hop. Jazz. Funk. Disco. Progressive.
SF Bay Area | NYC

MEMORY DIGITAL featuring ANNA WISE

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