'Anagram Jam', a deeply covert production in the form of an album featuring 15 edits by two highly informed and inscrutable musical archivists. To cover their true identities these agents are using the anagramed pseudonyms Tandy Love and Mad Smooth, as a further clue they hail from the Manchester based label BMusic. The names of the track sources have been also been disguised so scrabble the rabble to reveal the mixed-up monikers of your new favourite freak-funk psychedelic song smiths. All tracks are de-pipped with minimal pith and added juicy bits. Maximized, marmalised, shredded and preserved using the finest ingredients from the fruitful pastures of our pear shaped planet. The album truly is an international affair combining elements from England, Korea, Turkey, Russia, France, Israel, India, America & Spain. Props from Egon, The Gaslamp Killer and more!!

Tracklist

1. Vandal Cock- Imp Girl
2. Anagram Jam- It's Competition Time
3. Gary Cole & His G.T. Hobos- Baa Laughter
4. Torchbearers Boil- Solar Singe
5. I Kavalier- Stun Gun Mao
6. Eileen Jawsin- Gentle Onto God
7. Jac O'Grou- Raincoats Trace
8. Alain Fish- Alias Earth Lab
9. Reo Grey- Ginseng Bird Rub
10. April Phibia & The Rule-her- Jar Jee Jar Jaa
11. Cbs Romania- Mask It!
12. Dizcoa- Loop
13. Jono Pelicio- A Zebu Nuclear Junco
14. Cosy As Comfort- Dead Army
15. Ray Wun- Run Way
16. Chronicle Grime- Career Cats Get Tiger Suits

Get it at Conch on CD / 2LP

DJ Mitsu The Beats - Word To The Wise (Planet Groove)

Written By 3 - June 12 2009

Second album by DJ Mitsu The Beats featuring: Kev Brown, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Maspyke, Jose James, Colonel Red amongst others. Available on CD in at Conch

First single 'Promise in Love' feat. Jose James also available soon on 7"

Tracklisting: 01. Intro 02. A Word To The Wise feat. Grap Luva 03. Ridinâ€™ Around feat. Kev Brown & Cy Young 04. (UNTITLE) feat. LMNO 05. Play Wit Crime feat. Maspyke 06. Promise In Love feat. Jose James 07. Night in Vienna 08. The Way feat. Colonel Red 09. Hard Candy feat. Mathematik 10. The Game Changer Feat.Wild Child & Georgia Anne Muldrow 11. Free Your Mind feat. Black Spade 12. Tokyo Girl feat. Maspyke 13. (UNTITLE) feat. elzhi (Slum Village) 14. Dim Skyline feat. Mark de Clive-Lowe 15. Impulze feat. Mathematik 16. Re-Estimate 17. Ex Lovers feat. Dynamic Duo 18. Playing Again feat. Ivana Santilli

The SA-RA Creative Partners - Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love LP + CD (Ubiquity)

Written By 3 - June 11 2009

The SA-RA Creative Partnersâ„¢ is a trio of accomplished musicians, producers and trendsetters, comprised of Om'Mas Keith, Taz Arnold and Shafiq Husayn.Â On their musical quest they have dazzled with amazing productions, collections, mixes and remixes. But now, for the first time, with Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love, they deliver a completely new and original album. Built from scratch, itâ€™s a truly coherent and innovative body of work. Musical, adventurous, and even more evolved than anything theyâ€™ve done before, Nuclear Evolution also shows a controlled, polished, and in-the-pocket side to their work. It is an album on which SRCPâ„¢ shine as the innovative musical force they promised to be, ever since the cult hit â€œGloriousâ€ first shattered bass bins and minds worldwide. Whether on the otherworldly opus â€œLove Czars,â€ the bombasticÂ soul of â€œI Swear,â€ or twisted tales of drug-fueled-freaks on â€œTraffika,â€Â Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love blends next-level production with a unique and unconstrained blend of street wit, dirty-sex talk, tall stories, and intergalactic future sounds, and is set to become essential listening for 2009. Itâ€™s an over-used phrase that a band has a unique sound. But The SA-RA Creative Partners use their three minds to combine and make something that is always new, something twisted, a sound not heard before. Their music is soulful, but not limited by the neo soul tag. They make Â hip hop, but of the bugged-out and other-worldly kind. Tracks are instantly catchy, but edgy and not commercial. According to the list of high-profile artists requesting their production services their sound has an infectious global spread and appeal. Most recently SRCP have been making their mystical magical soulful productions for Erykah Badu. Serving as her associate producers, they wrote, appeared, and produced on seven of the tracks from her critically acclaimed 2008 New Amerykah album. She returns the favor with a guest appearance on â€œDirty Beautyâ€ on Nuclear Evolution. Other collaborators that SRCP have worked with include Pharoahe Monche (on the massive â€œAgent Orangeâ€ track), John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Talib Kweli, J Dilla, Fonzworth Bentley, Heavy D, Common, Iggy Pop, Herbie Hancock, Dr. Dre, Jill Scott, and Jurassic 5. The Sa-Ra Creative Partners new album is released in late June and can be pre-ordered on CD or LP from Conch Disc 1: 01. Spacefruit Feat. Debi Nova 02. Dirty Beauty Feat. Erykah Badu 03. I Swear Feat. Noni Limar 04. Melodee N'mynor 05. He Say She Say 06. Traffika 07. Souls Brother 08. Bitch Baby 09. Love Czars 10. Gemini's Rising Feat. Rozzi Daime 11. The Bone Song 12. White Cloud Feat. Rozzie Daime & Lil' Kenny 13. Move Your Ass 14. Love Today 15. Can I Get You Hi 16. My Star Feat. Erika Rose 17. Cosmic Ball Feat. The Gary Bartz Quartet Disc 2: 01. Spaceways Theme 02. Just Like A Baby 03. Double Dutch (Co Co Pops) 04. Death Of A Star (Supernova) 05. Powder Bump 06. Hangin By A String

Various - Black Rio 2 CD & 2LP (Strut)

Written By 3 - June 09 2009

Back in 2002, Strut released â€˜Black Rioâ€™ compiled by London DJ Cliffy, a snapshot of the â€˜70s Black Rio soul and funk movement in Brazil. Strut Records release the second volume in the series, delving deeper into the vaults to sample some of the lesser known gems emerging from the Carnival capital during the era. Whilst Tropicalia had given Brazilâ€™s musicians and songwriters a powerful political voice during the â€˜60s, the Black Rio movement had to battle the odds â€“ black soul was perceived as not being authentically Brazilian and the country was under the rule of General Emilio Garrastazu Mediciâ€™s oppressive dictatorship which effectively suffocated cultural expression between 1969 and 1974. Still, the movement took hold as disenchanted black Brazilian youth mirrored the struggles of their contemporaries in the US with their own potent brew of samba, soul and funk. Black Rio parties attracted thousands, bands including Banda Black Rio and Uniao Black were created from the scene and music figureheads like Jorge Ben began exploring more dense, Afro directions on albums including â€˜Africa Brasilâ€™. While Black Rio Vol. 1 brought together pioneers of the movement like Tim Maia and Gerson King Combo, Volume 2 digs deeper still, exploring more of the key artists and many of the short-lived bands and smaller labels of the time. Highlights include the dynamite funk / samba jam â€˜Faz Tanta Tempoâ€™ by Renata Lu, a great funky cover of Gilberto Gilâ€™s â€˜Bananeiraâ€™ by Emilio Santiago and a rare slice of breezy soul, â€˜Supermarketâ€™, by Pete Dunaway aka aulistano, one of a group of artists giving themselves a Western-sounding name at the time. The album is compiled and annotated again by leading Brazilian music DJ Cliffy, the man behind London club night Batmacumba. the longest running Brazilian club night in England, now enjoying a bi-monthly residency at Londonâ€™s Notting Hill Arts Club. Tracklisting:

01 Zeca Do Trombone & Roberta Sax â€“ Coluna Do Meio

02. Renata Lu â€“ Faz Tanto Tempo

03. Guimaraes E O Grupo Som Sagrado â€“ Our Sound

05. Emilio Santiago - Bananeira

06. Watusi â€“ Oi Gere

07. Os Diagonais â€“ Nao Vou Chorar

08. Claudia â€“ Salve, Rainha

09. Pete Dunaway - Supermarket

10. Super Som Lord â€“ BR Samba

11. Azambuja & Cia â€“ Tema De Azambuja

12. Avan Samba - Ibere

13. Cry Babies â€“ Itâ€™s My Thing

14. Balanca Povo â€“ Novo Dia

15. Edson Frederico E A Transa â€“ Bobeira

16. Bebeto â€“ Princesa Negra De Angola (Instrumental version)

17. Marlene â€“ Sinal Vermelho

18. Sonia Santos â€“ Poema Ritmico Do Malandro

Black Rio 2 can be purchased on CD or 2LP from Conch

Other Releases on Strut Records:

Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information 2LP / CD

Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Inspiration Information CD

V/A - Calypsoul 70 CD

V/A - Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump CD

Lafayette Afro-Rock Band - Darkest Light - The Best Of Lafayette Afro-Rock Band CD

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Anagram Jam - The Anagram Jam LP / CD (Fat City)

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