Get It Here: James Duncan - Hello-Fi (Round Trip Mars)
From infectious warped pop genius, led by the singles 'Cupboards Bare' and 'My New Flumes', to spacebound shoeglaze on the hypnotic '...Of Everyone Around You' and the Radioscope Alt Chart #1 'Don't Close Your Eyes', Hello-Fi heralds the arrival of a major songwriting talent. Fans of Jame's earlier work will undoubtedly find rich rewards in the five exclusive tracks only available on the CD, anyone with an ear for a good tune and the slightest smidgeon of taste will almost certainly instantly fall in love with the whole fandangle.
Tracks:
1. My New Flumes
2. The Cupboard's Bare
3. Get Blanket
4. Colours
5. Don't Close Your Eyes
A Obvious
7. You Are The Sun
8. ...Of Everyone Around You
9. Comet Tail & Effigy
10. Balcony
CD Only MP3 Tracks
A: Bald Orange Head Statuette
B: Colours Reprise
C: Rendezvous
D: Rejectpain
E: Guesstiny
Links:Round Trip MarsStinkInc BlogJames Duncan Myspace
For many this will be one of the most anticipated albums of the year. Mayer Hawthorne's album "A Strange Arrangement" is due to drop in the next few weeks. Avoid any disappointment by letting us know at Conch you want to reserve a preorder - contact us at info@conch.co.nz
Mayer Hawthorne grew up just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. “Most of the best music ever made came out of Detroit,†claims the singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, who counts Isaac Hayes, Leroy Hutson, Mike Terry, legendary songwriting and production trio of Dozier, Holland, and Holland Jr. The “retro†tag is added to almost any contemporary work that sounds like it was originally recorded between 1966 and 1974, and Hawthorne, among the newest contributors to the genre, is aware of how trends come and go. After being introduced to Stones Throw label head Peanut Butter Wolf, even the label boss was skeptical. “He showed me two songs and I didn’t understand what I was listening to,†Wolf recalls. “I asked him if they were old songs that he did re-edits of – I couldn’t believe they were new songs and that he played all the instruments.â€
And after meeting in person, it was even harder for Wolf to believe that Hawthorne was also the lead vocalist. Few expect such heartfelt sentiment to come from a 29-year-old white kid from Ann Arbor, but he has caught the ear of his family at Stones Throw, as well as BBC Radio 1 host Gilles Peterson and producer/DJ Mark Ronson. Expectations are high for the admitted vinyl junkie who never planned on taking his crooning public. Hawthorne’s hanging-by-a-string falsetto and breakbeat production on his first recorded effort, the tender “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out,†are simultaneously Smokey and J Dilla – equal parts “The Tracks of My Tears†and “Fall in Love.†“It’s soul,†he explains, “But it’s new.â€
Hawthorne has produced and played instruments for much of his life, but never intended to become a singer. He isn’t formally trained, and never sang in the church choir or in any of the bands he was in before founding the County (formerly the County Commissioners). But here he is, new school soul sensation, who has taken the Motown assembly-line production model and eliminated nearly every element but himself and a few hired hands. “I think Mayer is the only artist in the history of the label that I’ve signed after hearing only two songs,†says Peanut Butter Wolf. “Sometimes, you just know it’s the right thing to do.â€And for those willing to believe anything is possible, be grateful to have Mayer Hawthorne on the scene. It’s not just throwback music anymore – this revival is all about progression.
From Ventvox.comStrut Record'sInformation Inspiration series has established itself as a reliable source of globe-trotting, genre-bending sounds; the product of spontaneous collaborations between two musical forces. Hot on the heels of volumes from Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics,Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle and Sly & Robbie & Amp Fiddler, Strut is pleased to announce that the latest volume will feature legendary Fela Kuti drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen along side Finnish electronic / jazz maverick Jimi Tenor. The is a raw and forward-thinking take on Afrobeat which will thrill fans looking for the next evolution in worldly future funk. See the teaser trailer below for a taste.To preorder a copy please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
Duke Reid died from cancer in 1974 and his nephew, Errol Brown, who had been a junior engineer at Treasure Isle and who would go on to become one of the key engineers at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Studio, took over the studio controls. He mixed three dub albums at Treasure Isle that dressed down and dubbed up some of the best of the Bond Street catalogue. Snatches of the original vocals were woven in and out of mixes that sound as fresh and as vital today as they did when they were first released, both in their original sixties incarnations and their seventies counteractions. "Treasure Dub Volume One" and "Treasure Dub Volume Two" have been available in various incarnations ever since. However, "PLEASURE DUB", the best of the set featuring Errol Brown's cuts to rock steady classics such as "The Right Track" by Phyllis Dillon, "The Tide Is High" and "Riding On A High & Windy Way" from The Paragons and "Things You Say You Love" by The Jamaicans has never been re-pressed since its initial release. "PLEASURE DUB" is a record we have wanted to release for a long, long time and we are all delighted to be able to finally add a Treasure Isle album to the Pressure Sounds catalogue.
1.Tracking Dub
2.Love Dub
3.Dub With Strings
4.Lift Off
5.Ride De Dub
6.Rema Skank
7.Bond Street Rock
8.Many Questions
9.The Attorney
10.Silver Hour
11.Twilight Rock
12.Dreads Leaving Babylon
13.Side Walk Doctor CD only
14.I Shave The Barber CD only
15.Barbering CD only
16.Seven Eleven (7-11) CD only
17.I See Your Face Version CD only
18.Scrubit (featuring Lizzy) CD only
Get at Conch on CD or LP
Kia OraBrand new bits n pieces hitting the shelves and bins at Conch this morning.
Just a quick heads up on a few titles to wet your appetite....Lee Fields - My World CD & LPMajor Lazer - Hold The Line 12"Lion Dub - Heartbroken (Noah D Rmx) 12"Mos Def - The Ecstatic LPMayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No 12"S-Ra - Nuclear Evolution LpRob Symeonn & Ticklah - Rob I Land 12"Souleance - Le Monde EPV/A - Beat Dimensions Vol 1 & 2 EP'sThe Emperor Machine - Space Beyond The egg LPV/A - Black Rio Vol 2Buraka Som Sistema - IC19 12"Whole load of other bits, best you come and check it out your good selves.DON"T FORGET....'Club Sandwich' tonight at Rakino's with Stinky Jim, Geezer
Guy & Cian. Kicks off at 10pmEasy out there
Cian, Brent, Jim, Bobby & Dustin
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