Vibes || Edition 3

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

A Sol Mechanic’s newest EP “just pick me up” solidifies his evolution from beatmaker to producer-vocalist as he ties together blissed-out productions with achingly soulful vocals. David Blazer, the man behind A Sol Mechanic, has garnered a formidable reputation on Soundcloud for his west-coast inspired beats that are as emotionally charged as they are hard-hitting. Featuring a collaboration with label-mate Novelty Daughter,  the “just pick me up” EP is a sign of the sun-drenched sounds to come from the prolific A Sol Mechanic.

A Sol Mechanic - feels like us

Album is OUT NOW, buy your copy here: 
iTunes - geni.us/MessageFromTheOtherS
Amazon - geni.us/DamianAMZ
Juno - geni.us/DamianJUNO

Pete Tong’s ‘Essential New Tune’ last week, ‘Vermillion’ is the lead single for the forthcoming album from Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons.  Channelling the magic of those hazy, sunrise parties Vermillion captures the globe-trotting influences of Damian Lazarus’s new album. 

Transported to glistening new realms, the bubbling deep house rolls beneath the revelatory soul of LA singer-songwriter and guitarist Moses Sumney, is the first of two appearances from the singer on the forthcoming album ‘Message from the Other Side’. Album out May 18th available to pre-order - http://geni.us/MessageFromTheOtherS

Released on 27th April, ‘Vermillion’ lands with an inter-stellar remix package. French techno connoisseur Agoria leads us on a minimal, spaced out trip through shining synths and swift vocal echoes. Acclaimed house maverick and Hot Creations head honcho Jamie Jones has been closing his DJ sets for the last few weeks with his own remix.  Its bouncing, old school house tip bounding beneath bright gospel turns of phrase, approaching near classic status with arms aloft receptions on the dancefloor.  And finally Berlin’s Deniz Kurtel, who pulls her penchant for polyrhythmic percussion to the fore, casting sweet tribal grooves across an original surely destined to become a dancefloor anthem this summer.

“There is nothing that compares to DJing under the stars,” Lazarus explains. “In the night air or being responsible for soundtracking the rising of the sun and I wanted to create an album that reflects these beautiful moments.”

A career spent DJing across the globe was the catalyst for Lazarus’s latest project – Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons.  Co-produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco, the new album brings together an assortment of vocalists, collaborators and players from around the world, all taking inspiration from his Lazpod series, Get Lost events and Day Zero festival in Mexico. 

SINGLE TRACKLISTING: Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - Vermillion
A1 Vermillion
A2 Vermillion (Agoria Remix)
B1 Vermillion (Jamie Jones ‘Pupkit’ Remix)
B2 Vermillion (Deniz Kurtel Remix)

The Ancient Moons have confirmed the following US dates – with further festival dates to be announced soon. 

Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons Live:
27th April - REBELRAVE, London 
21st May - IMS Dalt Vila, Ibiza
30th May -  Forbidden Fruit Festival, Ireland

Rebel Rave London 24th April - http://bit.ly/REBELRAVE_LONDON_2015_RA


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Honeycomb

04 Yaw - Where Would You Be

De La Soul - Drawn Ft. Little Dragon

Taken from from the fabric 99 mix. Released June 22nd 2018. 
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BAILE - Amae (Sasha fabric1999 Mix)

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Mura Masa - Lotus Eater (pluko Flip)

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music 

Song credits:

Produced by Tom Misch
Executive Production by Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
Mixed by Russell Elevado & Tom Misch
Recorded & Engineered at Unwound Studios by Syed Adam Jaffrey
Vocals and Synth by Tom Misch
Drums & Percussion by Yussef Dayes
Strings by Tobie Tripp
Written by Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes, Jessica Carmody Nathan, Max Pope

Taken from the album of the same name "What Kinda Music" which is out now on Beyond The Groove / Blue Note Records.

Watch the official video here: https://youtu.be/4az3mKDOrEo

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What Kinda Music

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Live track "Kyiv" taken from the album "What Kinda Music" which is out now on Beyond The Groove / Blue Note Records.

Song credits:

Recorded Live at DK Korolyova in Kyiv & Engineered at Unwound Studios by Syed Adam Jaffrey
Mixed by Syed Adam Jaffrey 
Guitar by Tom Misch
Drums by Yussef Dayes
Bass by Rocco Palladino
Written by Tom Misch, Rocco Palladino & Yussef Dayes

You can purchase and stream the album here:
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You can listen to "Kyiv" on all platforms here:
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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Kyiv

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Last 100

Song credits:

Produced by Tom Misch
Executive Production by Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
Mixed by Dan Parry & Tom Misch
Recorded & Engineered at Unwound Studios by Syed Adam Jaffrey
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano & Synth by Tom Misch
Drums & Percussion by Yussef Dayes
Backing Vocals by Vula
Written by Tom Misch,  Francis Anthony White & Yussef Dayes

Taken from the album "What Kinda Music" which is out now on Beyond The Groove / Blue Note Records.

You can purchase or stream the album here:
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http://whatkindamusicuk.lnk.to/whatkindamusicSo 

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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Last 100

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Tidal Wave 

Song credits:

Produced by Tom Misch
Executive Production by Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
Mixed by Russell Elevado & Tom Misch
Recorded & Engineered at Unwound Studios by Syed Adam Jaffrey
Vocals, Guitar & Synth by Tom Misch
Drums & Percussion by Yussef Dayes
Bass by Rocco Palladino
Backing Vocals by Joel Culpepper 
Written by Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes, Francis Anthony White & Rocco Palladino

Taken from the album "What Kinda Music" which is out now on Beyond The Groove / Blue Note Records.

You can purchase or stream the album here:
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http://whatkindamusicuk.lnk.to/whatkindamusicSo 

Follow Tom Misch:
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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Tidal Wave

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The Jordan Rakei Remix of "What Kinda Music".

Stream: https://whatkindamusic.lnk.to/remix

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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music (Jordan Rakei Remix)

Red Moon is out now!
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Management  > Duncan Murray - mgmt@tommisch.com

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