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Artist: Kid Sublime
Track: Heaven's Glory feat. vAn
Release Title: The Paradigm Shift LP
Label: Natural Element
Cat No: NE003
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Genre: House, Broken Beat, Soul
Release Date: 24/10/2025
Buy / Pre Order: https://naturalelementmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-paradigm-shift

Natural Element proudly presents the long-awaited album The Paradigm Shift by one of Amsterdam’s finest and most prolific producers, Kid Sublime. Following on from the 12” single ‘You Got Me Runnin’’ which dropped in the summer, this 8 track, double LP offering is a special piece of work crafted during the pandemic years and Turbulence recording sessions with maestros Beka Gochiashvili and Mishulino.

The album showcases the evolution of Kid Sublime’s sound and the influence of London’s vibrant broken beat scene, with him having connected with some of the artists around the time of the passing of the legendary Phil Asher. It touches on house, bruk and even techno, with his signature soulful touch palpable across the whole record. Features include talented London artist Oliver Night, Sydney-based vocalist Natalie Slade and long time collaborator, flautist Han Litz, amongst others.

The Paradigm Shift takes you on a deep sonic journey straight from the heart, celebrating love, connection, spirituality and human evolution. There’s introspective moments with the jazzy house drifter ‘The Awakening’ and the dubbed out bass of ‘Kingz’, as well as joyful moments such as the uplifting ‘Heaven’s Glory’ and the romantic ‘Stay Over’, which is as soulful as it gets. ‘Bring It Come’ brings some minimal bruk flavours reminiscent of Bugz in the Attic, and the title track takes things a bit darker with a club-ready roller.

Sitting somewhere between the living room and the dancefloor, this album is sure to enliven the spirits of many a discerning listener and bring some much needed radiance and hope into people’s lives.

Web / Social Media Links:
https://www.instagram.com/natural__element/
https://soundcloud.com/natural-element-music

PREMIERE: Kid Sublime - Heaven's Glory feat. vAn [Natural Element]

scrapped album turned mixtape. diff genre coming soon brah

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An official remix of "Kossa Kossa" by Ottawa's mightiest soul outfit, The Souljazz Orchestra; a cut from their massive new record "Resistance". This remix is released exclusively on  limited edition (300 pressings) 10' vinyl courtesy of Memeplex Records, celebrating 10 years of TIMEKODE in Ottawa.

Buy on Bandcamp: https://timekode.bandcamp.com/album/timekode-x-vol-1-the-souljazz-orchestra-x-bonjay-ott
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From The Souljazz Orchestra: "Kossa Kossa" was inspired by late 70s/early 80s West African disco and boogie music.  "Kossa" was initially a type of Duala dance in  Cameroon, which later became "Makossa", the style popularized by Manu Dibango, but we really flipped the genre around and made it our own.  It's probably the Souljazz tune with the most "electronic" elements ever, since we used an old analog monosynth and a Roland 808 drum machine for the first time, along with our usual acoustic instruments."

From TIMEKODE: "For this song we really picked up the tempo a lot from the original to take it from the disco/boogie world and give it more of a house / broken-beat feeling.  We also brought the full palette of sampled and synthesized drums and bass to give the SJO a boom and rattle that only drum machines can provide. Leaning heavily on the original parts, this remix takes the song and the listener on a journey from a club in West Africa on a Saturday night circ. 1976, to an after-hours in the UK on Sunday morning circ. 2016, and back."

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Produced by TIMEKODE
Drum programming by Memetic
Additional drum programming by Zattar
Space Echo by Zattar
Pre-mixed by Memetic and Don Charette at The Memeplex, Ottawa
Final mix by Alister Johnson at The Hive, Toronto
Mastered by Jason Jaknunas at Metropolis Studios, Ottawa

Original song "Kossa Kossa" is written by Pierre Chrétien and performed by The Souljazz Orchestra

The Souljazz Orchestra - Kossa Kossa (TK Kossa Remix)

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Lindíssimo tune do projeto francês Voilaa, lançado em 2015. Editamos em uma jam no início de 2018 e tenho tocado em muitas gigs desde lá.

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