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October 14 2010

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New In At Conch - 14th October

Written By 3 - October 14 2010

Greetings,

New bits in this week, details below with links for more info.

Also fresh drop of quality Second Hand bits, check the list just below.

Best,
Dustin, Cian, Jim, Brent & Bobby


SECOND HAND RECORDS

Raze - Break 4 Love 12" (CBS) $25
Transglobal Underground - Temple Head 12" (Deconstruction) $20
Dust Brothers - My Mercury Mouth EP 12" (Junior Boys Own)
Jah Wobble - Bomba 12" (Boy's Own) $30
Aly-Us - Follow Me 12" (Strictly Rhythm) $20
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh 12" (Cutting Records) $25
Innerzone Orchestra - Programmed 12" $30
Jeff Bradshaw - Slide 12" (Hidden Beach) $12
St Germain - Alabama Blues Revisited Part 2 12" (F Communications) $25
Air - Modulor 12" (Mo Wax) $25
David Holmes - Blow The Whole Joint Up (David Holmes Rmx) 12" (Heavenly) $20
Incognito - Out Of The Storm (Carl Craig Rmx) 12"(Talkin Loud) $25
Recloose - Can't Take It 12" (Planet E) $25
The Orb - In Dub 12" (Big Life) $25
The Grid - Floatation 12" (East West) $30
U Roy & Francois K - Rootsman 10" (Deep Space) $20
Melaaz - Je Marche En Solitaire / Non Non Non 12" (Ultimate Dilemma) $20
No Milk - Nobody Knows But You 12"(Rhapsody) $15
Dee Patten - Who's The Bad Man 12" (Hard Hands) $30
Paris - Assata's Song 12" (Scarface) $20
Nobukazu Takemura - Crescent 12" (Bellisima) 12" $12
Inner City - Good Life 12" (Virgin) $20
Lil Louis - French Kiss 12" (FFRR) $25
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Remixes) 12" (Big Life) $25
Backini - Champagne Flute 12" ( Lumenessence) 12" $20
Apachi Indian - Chok There 12" (Jet Star) $20
Recloose - Can't Take It 12" (Planet E) $25
Metro Area - Metro Area 2 12" (Environ) $25
Metro Area - Metro Area 5 12" (Environ) $20
Metro Area - Metro Area 6 12" (Environ) $20
Innerzone Orchestra-People Make The World Go Round (Kenny Dixon Rmx) 12"


UPCOMING RELEASES: TO PRE-ORDER PLEASE CONTACT US AT INFO@CONCH.CO.NZ

Suff Daddy X Lefto - Come2ULive 7″ (Live Musiq)

Various - Angola Soundtrack (ANALOG AFRICA)

Groove Merchant 20 (14 Selections From Behind The Counter)

Wareika Hill Sounds - Kumina Mento Rasta 10″ (HONEST JON’S RECORDS)


NEW COMPACT DISCS:

SOUL / FUNK / LATIN / JAZZ

Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show #8: Advanced Jazz CD (Stonesthrow)

Aloe Blacc - Good Things CD (Stonesthrow)

Dam-Funk - Adolescent Funk CD (Stonesthrow)


NEW VINYL

SOUL / FUNK / LATIN / JAZZ

Various - Strange Games & Funky Things Vol.5 2LP (BBE)

Budos Band - III LP+MP3 (Daptone)

TL Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir - Like A Ship... (Without A Sail) (Numero)

Los Sospechos - Jano's Revenge 7" (Colemine)

Mulatu Astatke - Mochilla Presents Timeless 2LP (Mochilla)

Sofrito Presents - Soweto Disco EP 12" (Sofrito)


DOWNTEMPO:

Zigsixteen - Abstract Lullabypan 7" (Futuristica)

DJ Catalist - Hot Witness 7" (BSTRD BOOTS)

Various - Manmade Feature Funk Vol.6 12" (Manmade)

Various - NYC Trust White Label 12" (NYCT)

Machinedrum - The Many Faces Of Machinedrum 12" (Lucky Me)


HIP HOP:

Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom - Jah Warriors 7" (Big Dada)

The Roots - How I Got Over LP (Def Jam)

DJ Houseshoes Presents - Quelle & Crown Nation EP LP (FOURONEOH)


RnB / URBAN SOUL:

John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up Everybody (ft.Common & M.Fiona) 7" (GOOD MUSIC)

HOUSE / DISCO:

Various - Sleazy Family Sampler 12" (Sleazybeats)

T-Coy - Carino 2010 (Greg Wilson/DJ Marky+SPY) 12" (Deconstruction)

Delphic - Doubt (Kyle Hall RMX) 12"

Trinidadian Deep - Inner Love EP 12" (Futre Vision)

Christian Prommer - Oxygène / Sleepy Hollow (Alex Barck RMX) 12" (!K7)

Craig Bratley - Part Six 12" (Instruments Of Rapture)

Lone - Pineapple Crush / Angel Brain 12" (Magic Wire)

RESTOCKS:

Darkhouse Family - Family Trees EP 12" (Fat City)
Baptman - Groo / I Luv 2 Luv U 7" (MPM)
The Lions - Roll It Round 7" (Lions Bread)
California Flight Project - Cali 7" (People's Potential Unlimited)
Cardell Funk Machine - Shoot Your Shot 7" (People's Potential Unlimited)
20th Century Steel Band - Heaven & Hell 12" (Mr Bongo)
Greg Wilson - Credit To The Edit Vol 2 12" (Edit The Edit)
Tony Cook - Video Rock 12" (Stonesthrow)
V/A - HVW8: Music Is My Art 12" (HVW8)
V/A - Raw Soul LP (Arcania)
V/A - Havana Cultura Remix EP (Brownswood)
Grooveman Spot / MCDE - Looking Up To You 12" (MCDE)
Adam Prescott - On A Dubstep Tip 12" (Nice Up)
Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin 12"
Minority Band - Journey To The Shore 12" (People's Potential Unlimited)
Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie - This Room 12" (Best Seven)

Date

October 12 2010

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Upcoming: Various - Angola Soundtrack (ANALOG AFRICA)

Written By 3 - October 12 2010

Available on CD & 2LP, check listening clips below, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

The nascent Angolan music scene was set on fire by a small group of intrepid singers, backed by an array of super tight bands and led by extraordinary guitarists who revolutionized the musical and the political panorama of the 60s and 70s. A powerful confluence of traditional rhythms from Luanda's islands, psychedelic guitar sounds imported from neighbouring Congo, Latin grooves, old school Caribbean merengue and the hard beat of the angolan carnival bands conspired to create the modern music of Angola. These sounds were immortalized by two excellent recording companies - Fadiang (fábrica de discos angolano) and Valentim de Carvalho. The great electric bands of Angola were a well kept secret until the late 90s when France-based music label Buda Musique released a short-lived series of Angolan music compiled by Ariel de Bigault. Inspired and taken aback, the releases proved to be a pivotal juncture for Analog Africa's founder Samy Ben Redjeb: Listening to Angolan music suddenly became part of my daily life and when my label was founded a few years later, the idea of releasing an Angolan compilation was never too far away from my mind. From the nine Analog Africa releases thus far, Angola Soundtrack has been the most difficult to create. The travel visa was in itself a struggle and logistically and financially, Luanda is a nightmare. After two unsuccessful years, I eventually found shelter at a home in Prenda, a musseque (township) outside of the capital. I had come to this former Portuguese colony to meet my favorite Angolan musicians, to convey my ineffable love for what they have created as well as license some of my favorite tunes for my label while documenting their story. I had no idea what to expect from the trip - more than once I was told that I should expect complicated situations, and if I thought I knew Africa, I should wait until I experience Luanda. I was prepared for the worst. To my surprise I encountered an amazingly positive vibe and, except for heavy traffic jams and high costs, I am entirely grateful of my Angolan experience. With the support of Zé Keno, the legendary guitarist of Jovens Do Prenda, I managed to meet most of the composers of the tunes presented here. The anecdotes they provided are numerous: Boto Trindade, guitarist of Os Bongos, abandoned his dream of becoming a football player to support his brother´s family by earning money as a musician. A very young Zé Keno went to see his favorite guitarist Marito performing with Os Kiezos and consequently built a three string guitar only to become one of the most sought after guitarists in the country a mere few years later. Those are just an appetizing dose of the anecdotes presented in the 44-page booklet that comes with this compilatioc. Although the licensing fees I paid were an inadequate deal for Angolan standards, it didn't seem to matter as much to the artists as the earnest request of "Take our music abroad", something that will hopefully be fulfilled with this upcoming release. Angolan music is truly unique and stands on its own as a sound that can only be found in that part of the world. Rhythms such Rebita, Kazukuta, Semba and Merengue, all of which are presented in this latest compilation, might be unfamiliar but they are superbly melodic, highly danceable, hypnotic, raw and quintessentially beautiful and totaly addictive. If given the chance, you will undoubtedly be riding grooves that shall guide you through an unforgettable melting pot of moods from a people glistening with musical prowess.

Listening Clips:

01 Mamukueno Rei do Palhetinho clip
02 Os Kiezos Comboio clip
03 Jovens Do Prenda Ilha Virgem clip
04 Zé Da Lua Ulungu Wami clip
05 Os Bongos Pachanga Maria clip
06 Dimba Diangola Tira Sapato clip
07 Santos Júnior N´Gui Banza Mama clip
08 N´Goma Jazz Mi Cantando Para Ti clip
09 Ferreira Do Nascimento Macongo Me Chiquita clip
10 David Zé Uma Amiga clip
11 Jovens Do Prenda Farra Na Madrugada clip
12 Os Korimbas Sémba Braguez clip
13 Dimba Diangola Fuma clip
14 Alliace Makiadi Passeio por Luanda clip
15 Os Bongos Kazucuta clip
16 Quim Manuel O Espirito Santo Eme Lelu clip
17 Africa Ritmos Pica O Dedo clip
18 Africa Show Massanga Mama clip

Date

October 11 2010

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Upcoming: Groove Merchant 20 (14 Selections From Behind The Counter)

Written By 3 - October 11 2010

Out on Luv N'Haight Records November 11th 2010, to pre-order please let us know at info@conch.co.nz

There will also be accompanying 12"s as well as a 7" boxset

CD & 2LP Track Listing & Listening Clips:

01. The McCrary - Emerge 02. Ron Forella - Crystals 03. Twilight - Straight To My Heart 04. Numonics - You Lied 05. Jodesha and Star Ride - The Answer 06. April Fulladosa - Sunlit Horizon 07. Rod Abernethy - Ron and Eddie Blues 08. September - Stump 09. Lois Johnson - Be Mine 10. Frankie Gee - Date With The Rain 11. Round Robin - Our Love Is So True 12. Arthur Foy - Get up and Dance 13. Soul Liberation - Who Is Your Friend 14. Pataphysics - Nick Danger

20 Years ago the Groove Merchant record store opened its doors on Haight Street in San Francisco. The rare funk, soul and jazz emporium became a mecca for collectors, DJs, music fans and producers.

It was also the birthplace for the Luv N'Haight and Ubiquity Record labels. To celebrate this anniversary, Groove Merchant Record store owner Chris Veltri is collaborating with Luv N’Haight and has compiled a tasty selection of 14 musical treats that range from soulful disco to dusty funky folk, and beyond. The forthcoming full-length album will be packaged for release on CD, and super limited edition 7 x 7” box set with an exclusive poster by Props/Wax Poetics designer Freddy Anzures.

Liner notes will be by Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides.com, who says, “It’s no surprise that the GM has become far more than a retail space. Especially on weekends, you’re likely to find a small block party of disc junkies in attendance; all you need is a BBQ and lemonade stand on the corner of Haight and Pierce to make the cipher complete.”

With Veltri at the helm, this anniversary compilation takes off into unexpected directions. Whether you’re listening to the cozy soulfulness of April Fulladosa’s folk tune “Sunlit Horizon” and the bouncy, handclap groove of Numonics’ modern soul jammer “You Lied” or the uber-chill, moogy mellowness of September’s stump, the diversity reflects just a sliver of the surprises to be found within the GM’s curated crates. Frankie Gee "Date with the Rain" is a nice funky disco version of the song also covered by Eddie Kendricks (a Dimitri from Paris fave) and Lois Johnson "Be Mine" is an obscure and uplifting Bay Area soul 7" that could be mistaken for something new by Alice Russell.

The point of the album (and the store) isn’t just to be obscure, or to present only super-expensive jams (although many are included.) The point is to put together a compilation that presents the eclectic outlook of a friendly, well-stocked record store, which is run by music enthusiasts. This is a shop where the only “in-store” you’re likely to catch is a conversation about dope psychedelic Korean funk jams, fueled by a pack of Negro Modelos. That free-flowing, easy-going vibe carries over into the selections on this album.

Within a year of opening, the small Groove Merchant record shop had built a reputation the world over as a place to find rare records and learn about new sounds. Within a year of opening, the small Groove Merchant record shop had built a reputation the world over as a place to find rare records and learn about new sounds. Collectors, DJs, and producers came in to look for soul jazz, musical obscurities, and break beats, and the Groove Merchant even earned a toast on the Beastie Boys song "Professor Booty", "This one goes out to my man the Groove Merchant, comin' through with the beats that I've been searchin'," rapped Mike D. on 1992's Check Your Head album. With a few dollars and little knowledge of the record business, the Luv N' Haight record label (named after the Sly and The Family Stone song) was launched from within the store. In 1993 the company incorporated as Ubiquity Recordings releasing an instant hit-record from a then unknown DJ called Greyboy.

Long live the Groove Merchant!

Date

October 11 2010

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Aloe Blacc, Madlib & Dam-Funk Albums

Written By 3 - October 11 2010

Three new albums from artists from the Stones Throw label: madlib-medicine-show-no-81

Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show #8: Advanced Jazz [CD]

Available here on CD

Madlib has always called himself a DJ first, producer second, with jazz music as his first love and inspiration. With that in mind you might say this is what he does best.

The title card of Madlib Medicine Show No. 8 reads: Imagine an 80-minute music history course talking place in a dusty, hazy studio with wall-to-wall jazz vinyl - records from the past 40 years – jazz, fusion, funky, obscure. This course will not be graded. There will be no lecture. Madlib’s at the turntable.  Class is now in session.

The front & back cover is the painting Jazzcats Crossing the Hudson (info).  CD contains an 8-page booklet.

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Aloe Blacc - Good Things [CD]

Available on CD here
Listening Clips:
01 I Need A Dollar clip
02 Green Lights clip
03 Hey Brother clip
04 Miss Fortune clip
05 Life So Hard clip
06 Take Me Back clip
07 Femme Fatale clip
08 Loving You Is Killing Me clip
09 Good Things clip
10 You Make Me Smile clip
11 If I clip
12 Mama Hold My Hand clip
13 Politician (Reprise) clip

“My purpose for music is positive social change,” says Orange County, California native Aloe Blacc. “Even if the music itself does not explicitly express anything that may signify positive social change, the product of the music will.” He is speaking in general terms regarding his career, but more specifically about the circumstances surrounding his upcoming album, Good Things, co-written by the versatile vocalist and songwriter in conjunction with the in-house production team at Truth & Soul Records.

Good Things marks a shift in methodology from personal to political for Aloe, who refers to the project as his report on present conditions—joblessness, homeless, the misappropriation of wealth, pillaging of resources, and a universal lack of compassion from the capitalism at-large under which we all function, but some struggle to survive. Song titles such as “You Make Me Smile” and “Miss Fortune,” coupled with airy, ethereal production from Truth & Soul’s Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman mask a foreboding undercurrent in which Aloe crafts lyrics both thoughtful and thought-provoking. Nowhere is this more evident than on lead single, “I Need a Dollar”—commissioned by HBO as the theme music for the series How to Make It in America—because ultimately, that is how to make it in America.

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Dam-Funk - Adolescent Funk [CD]

“New” album recorded 1988-1992, available here now

Dam-Funk, to many, is a new name from the past year or two, but what we see and hear from him is a great deal more interesting than a new and emerging artist with a sound influenced from the golden era of electro-funk.  Dam-Funk is the real deal.  He has been recording for himself for two decades, developing his work to his own taste, and using equipment like the Korg M1, Linn Drum, and Casio SK-1 since the days when many other musicians considered them novelty electronics rather than instruments. At the request of Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam went through many of these recordings, all made on cassette, going back to his teenage years.  As Wolf tells it, “Dam told me, ‘this is your project Wolf.  Do whatever you want with it.  I leave it in your hands.  I don't even wanna see it til it's done.  Have fun.’”

The result is Dam-Fun's Adolescent Funk, a 14-track album recorded between 1988 and 1992.

Date

October 08 2010

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New Shipment In At Conch - 7th Oct 2010

Written By 3 - October 08 2010

Greetings,

Just finished processing a fresh shipment, check the list below for a selection of some of the new titles.  Also included some bits that arrived on Friday from Wrap, Ninja Tune & Big Dada. Best, Dustin, Cian, Jim, Bobby & Brent NINJA TUNE XX BOXSETS We had copies of the Ninja Tune XX Boxset arrive last week after the email went out and they have since all sold, we are however trying to source some more.  Please let us know if you would like one as they wont stick around. VINYL Tato Torres Y Yerbabuena - La Casita De Chema 7” (ALALA RECORDS) Leela James/Lauryn Hill/Los Chicharrons - Long Time Comin' / Sweetest Thing 7” (VIBES) The Apples - In The Air 7” (Freestyle) Unknown Artist - Fuss N Fight / Version For Version (WAR017) Geraldo Frisina - Join The Dance 2LP (Schema) Colm K & FreeStyleMellowship - Dancing Skulls 10" (BSTRD Boots) Todd Terje  - TT Edits Vol. 1 12" V/a - Salsa Explosion 2LP (Strut/Fania) Smiley The Ghetto Child - I'm Legend 12" (The 16 Chapel) Richy Pitch - Ye Fre Mi 12" (BBE) Onur Engin - Origins EP 12” (PLIMSOLL) V/A - Keb Darge & Little Edith's Legendary Rocki RnB 2LP (BBE) V/A - Ninja Tune XX Vol. 4 12" (Ninja Tune) V/A - Ninja Tune XX Vol. 6 12" (Ninja Tune) Flying Lotus - Pattern + Grid 12" (Warp) Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom - Dupper Writer 2LP (Big Dada) Eric Lau - Makin' Sound LP (Kilawatt) Dam Funk - Hood Pass Intact feat. MC Eiht 12" (Stonesthrow) Ramadanman - Grab Somebody / Mir 12" (White) Jimmy Edgar - NXTLVLNXTLVL / My Balance 12"(Nonplus) James Blake - Klavierwerke EP 12" (R&S) Maxmillion Dunbar - Cool Water 2LP (Ramp) Benny Ill & J.King - Kosmic 78 / Lithium Soular 12" (Deep Medi) Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - The Love I Lost (Theo Parrish RMX) The Fresh Up Players – Race Relations 7” (Fresh Up) Subatomic Sound / Ari Up / Lee Perry - Hello, Hell Is Very Low 7” (SUBATOMIC SOUND) Sofrito Presents - Soweto Disco EP 12” (SOFRITO SUPER SINGLES) Erobique & Jacques Palminger - Totaler Spinner 12” (STAATSAKT) Various - Disc 'O' Lypso 2LP (TRANS AIR) RESTOCKS The Simonsound - Reverse Engineering LP (FIRST WORD RECORDS) Robbie M & Terry Patton - Tri-Fire Vol.1 12” (PEOPLES POTENTIAL UNLIMITED) Mr Scruff & Kaidi Tatham/MCDE/Andres – E11 12” (PRIME NUMBERS) Flying Lotus – 1983 LP (Plug Research) Marc Rapson - Dark Vs Light 12” (FUTURISTICA MUSIC) Buddy Sativa – Mystic Voyage 7” (Favourite) Mr Scruff - Pickled Spider 12" (Ninja Tune) Unknown Artist - Reggae Ambassador / Rising 12" (War) Unknown Artist - Blaze Dem / Find My Way 12" (War) Quest - Smooth Skin (Deep Medi) Blackpocket - Ur A Sta 10" (Fat City) Miles Bonny - Miles Gets Open 7" (MPM) COMPACT DISCS Aloe Blacc - Good Things CD (Stonesthrow) Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show #8: Advanced Jazz CD (Stonesthrow) El Michel's Affair - Walk On By  (Truth & Soul) Gonjasufi - The Caliph's Tea Party CD (Warp) Dam-Funk - Adolescent Funk CD (Stonesthrow) Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom - Dupper Writer CD (Big Dada) V/A - Ninja Tune XX Vol. 4 12" (Ninja Tune)

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