Name: Nat Birchall & Al Breadwinner -In The Hills (TS Premiere) by Twistedsoul
Duration: 4 min 24 s
Description: Nat Birchall comes together with dub master, multi-instrumentalist Al Breadwinner Redfern and legendary Jamaican trombonist Vin Gordon for a heavenly 10-track voyage of instrumental Roots Reggae. Read more @ https://wp.me/p471L0-8Yg

Artists: Courtney John & Ticklah
Title: Born To Fly
Label: Liondub45
Catalog #: LNDB45-004
Format: 7" Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: December 7th, 2012
Genre: Reggae / Roots & Dub

After a year-long break, LionDub45 returns with a stellar new release from Brooklyn based producer Ticklah featuring stand-out vocals from Jamaica’s Courtney John. Both artists should need no introduction - as a founding member of the Dap Kings, Antibalas, and the Easy Star All-Stars, Victor Axelrod spreads his work across hip hop, funk, soul, and African rhythms, working with artists like Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse and Estelle, but his more rootical vibrations are saved for his Ticklah productions. Courtney John is a celebrated Jamaican vocalist who has worked extensively with Sly & Robbie on their Silent River label and the UK based Peckings camp.  Courtney's sweet falsetto style evokes the classic era of lover’s rock and early dancehall. It’s easy to hear Axelrod’s funk roots in the guitar and organ licks on the vocal version of “Born to Fly”, and the busy production is filled out by a precision guitar skank, bubbling bass, and a spare percussion palette while maintaining a vintage roots feel. Courtney chants his lover’s song high over the rest with the poetry and clarity that has earned him his fame. On the dub, a liquid bass leads the drastically reduced rhythm as expert echo treatments of the drums and pads propel the deep, heads-down groove. Ticklah and Courtney John provide two perfect sides for lovers of classic roots reggae and dub with a strictly conscious and positive message. LionDub45 is proud to bring New York and Jamaica together once again for it's fourth release.

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LNDB45-004AA - TICKLAH FT. COURTNEY JOHN - BORN TO DUB

TERANGA BEAT proudly presents DEXTER JOHNSON & Le SUPER STAR de DAKAR in their last performance before their departure to Abidjan in 1969. Mastered from the original tape this recording captures the energy and quality of these most spectacular performers. The group was led by the inimitable Dexter Johnson, a saxophonist whose unique timbre influenced generations of horn players in Senegal and who can stand with pride next to the great jazz musicians.

Nigerian born he came to Dakar through Bamako & left his mark from the first night he arrived in the city with the GUINEAN JAZZ, in 1957. Later he played with the STAR BAND de DAKAR & finally with the SUPER STAR de DAKAR where he made a great duo with the singer LABA SOSSEH in the club “À l’Étoile”.

“Live à l’Étoile” features many great Afro-Cuban classics, two killer boogaloos and a cover of Wilson Pickett’s “Something You Got”. The recording also shows for the very first time the capacity of Dexter after the departure of LABA SOSSEH. This gave him the opportunity to become the absolute frontman & to have the singers JOHN GOMIS, WILLIAM & MAĪSSA NGOM accompany his tenor saxophone.

The 2LP comes out in a deluxe ‘60s style cover with a bonus track & MP3 download code. Both LP & CD booklet includes photos & linear notes outlining Dexter’s musical career. We hope you will enjoy.


Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar - Something You Got

Format: 7inch | Releasedate: 28.11.2014

Tracklist:

A – King Of Illusion
B – Watch How You Walk (Sista Riddim Mash Up)

7inch: sonarkollektiv.com/releases/SK285
iTunes: http://geni.us/SK285iTunes

Whenever Reggae or Dub is coming out on Sonar Kollektiv you can be assured that the release is backed up by – common for this kind of style of music – a version on 7inch vinyl. 

Now then also “King of Illusion” by Jah Wobble presents PJ Higgins is published in the small format most popular in Jamaica, the British Afro-Carribean community and even among Reggae quarters in these parts. The song receives especially on UK radio stations lots of airplay right now; most presumably thanks to its poppy freshness and the catchy lyrics. But even the dub version (only available on the digital release) works perfectly and belongs definitely in the playlist of every self-respecting Reggae DJ. 

The radical cheery “Sista Riddim Mash Up” finds its way into the handy singles record case on the B-side of the physical 7inch – cobbled together by Sonar Kollektiv's label manager and mixing engineer, Oliver Glage and Oliver Haertel. This riddim, based on Vicki Anderson's “Message From A Soul Sister” was originally released on Sonar Kollektiv in 2007 by Extended Spirit. Big up!


King Of Illusion / Watch How You Walk - Mash Up

Watch How You Walk

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B - Jah Wobble presents PJ Higgins - Watch How You Walk (Sista Riddim Mash Up)

Astérix & Obélix SNES - The Palace (BK Soundfont V9)

OSTLP/CD002

OUT NOW!  www.ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com

"Easily one of the most intriguing and ear-opening records I've heard in a long time" - Errol Nazareth, CBC Radio (Canada)

"An expertly curated experience of one of the late-20th Century’s most thrilling musical encounters" - The Playground UK

"A compilation to revel in" - The Arts Desk

"An energetic, enlightening listen... Two records in and Ostinato’s track record is downright sterling." - The Vinyl District 

"Those of the caliber of Synthesize the Soul are rare." - RFI Musique

"An homage to the music of migrants of Cabo Verde." - VICE

Watch the trailer here: vimeo.com/195576843

CD/2XLP/Digital 
36-page CD Booklet
20-page LP Booklet

Through 18 diverse tracks, this compilation offers a timely revelation of how immigration to Europe and the United States from the Cape Verde Islands in the 1980s gave us an alternate history of electronic music, almost a decade ahead of its time, as traditional Funana rhythms met the synthesizer.

Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973 - 1988

OUT NOW!

Chump Lopes - Elisio Gomes & Joachim Varela

Music knows no boundaries and trespasses every geographic wall and culture. Rooted in Lausanne, Switzerland, Professor Wouassa is a living testimony of this - a special blend that brings together the principal Swiss afrobeat players into one groovy pot, cooking uplifting and infectious afro music.

Born in 2003, the combo released their first album Dangerous Koko! early 2011 and soon picked up airplay in such diverse countries as the UK, Greece, Brazil, Canada, only to be reinforced by their incredible live delivery – and soon invited to be the opening act for Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 in the reputed Cully Jazz Festival. After a string of memorable concerts throughout a packed tour, 2015 marks the release of Grow Yes Yes!, mixed by none other than Malcolm Catto (The Heliocentrics, Mulatu Astatké, to name very few) and with featured appearances by afrobeat shining stars Seun Kuti and Ebo Taylor.

The album, about to be re-issued on Matasuna Records - house of the smouldering hot new project Dem Juju Poets – and for the very first time on vinyl, will surely add fuel to the fire across dancefloors everywhere.

Serema, its first track, laces Ebo Taylor's smokey voice with an almost Cuban feel melody, preaching a message of love while Doumadem is a testament to the afro beat heritage, Thais Diarra's voice hovering beautifully over a landscape of heat-infused rhythm, cropped with precise horn stabs and arrangements that would make Antibalas proud.

We dare you to stand still while listening to We Thit. Seriously. If you aren´t compelled to dance to it, check your pulse. Surely something will be racing inside you.

Sunu Reou is a vintage, slow tempo afro groover and it is only fitting that it has Seun Kuti as its guest, proving, if proof were needed, that Professor Wouassa are a singular musical project that pays homage to and does not shy away from mixing afrobeat, high-life and ethio-jazz with contemporary funk. Yes Yes!

Grow Yes Yes!

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Serema (feat. Ebo Taylor)

From the upcoming release:
Analog Africa No.11 - Le Super Borgou de Parakou - The Bariba Sound
Release date: 27th Mars 2012

Sembe Sembe Boudou (Folklore Dendi) - Le Super Borgou de Parakou

Two sides of killer chakacha flavoured jazzy afro-beat from Kenyas Coast, finally reissued by Afro7 records with original artwork and bespoke jacket. Head over to Afro7 to read the story and get your copy!

Mombasa Vikings

Mombasa Vikings Mama Matotoya / Kibe Kibe - 1975 - snippets

Nat Birchall comes together with dub master, multi-instrumentalist Al Breadwinner Redfern and legendary Jamaican trombonist Vin Gordon for a heavenly 10-track voyage of instrumental Roots Reggae. Read more @ https://wp.me/p471L0-8Yg

Nat Birchall &  Al Breadwinner -In The Hills (TS Premiere)

Atlantic Oscillations

Is It Your Intention

Fu Chronicles

Fight Am Finish

ℙ𝔼ℝ𝕄𝔼𝔸𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ 𝔼𝔸ℝ𝕊 𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ 𝔾𝕆𝕆𝔻 𝕄𝕌𝕊𝕀ℂ.

𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝘅 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 ~ 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝘁𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰

Nat Birchall & Al Breadwinner -In The Hills (TS Premiere)

Twistedsoul

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