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May 07 2010

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UPCOMING: Onra - Long Distance CD/LP (ALL CITY)

Written By 3 - May 07 2010

Long Distance is due to be released in June 2010, to pre-order contact us at info@conch.co.nz From All City Records:

We are very proud to present our first proper full length on All City all the way from Paris. A producer with an incredible work rate, Onra has already released a 45 with us as part of our 7 inch series back in 2008 and incredibly this is his fifth LP! Most will know him through 2007’s “Chinoiseries” - a great LP created from Vietnamese found sounds after some extensive rifling through dusty crates. While this LP may be made via similar means – sampling old dusty vinyl –the sounds are distinctively Western and rooted in the 80s! Long since established as one of the beat scenes go to guys, he flips the style here to bring a distinctively French, who have been championing the modern soul and boogie sound for time, influence on what is a personal homage to the R n B and Soul sounds of that era. 21 tracks in all – a mix of instrumentals and vocals – this LP is hard to pigeon hole not straight up beat based hip hop nor needlessly wonky. Finely crafted songs with high production values, the LP features vocal contributions from T3 of Slum Village on “The One”, Olivier DaySoul fresh from Hudson Mohawke’s Butter LP is on two tracks – the title track “Long Distance”, also released on 12” and “My Mind is Gone” plus Reggie B guests on “High Hopes”. French soul-jazz keys player Buddy Sativa (Favorite Records) & Walter Mecca also appear.

The album will be released on CD in June 010 preceding the 12” of title track ‘Long Distance’ in March (this includes exclusive bonus tracks).

Track-listing:

01 Onra Intro mp3
02 Onra My Comet mp3
03 Onra My Mind Is Gone (Ft. Oliver DaySoul) mp3
04 Onra Rock On mp3
05 Onra Sitting Back mp3
06 Onra High Hopes (Ft. Reggie B) mp3
07 Onra Girl mp3
08 Onra Send Me Your Love mp3
09 Onra WeeOut (Ft. Buddy Satvia) mp3
10 Onra Moving mp3
11 Onra Mechanical mp3
12 Onra Dont Stop mp3
13 Onra The One (ft T3 from Slum Village) mp3
14 Onra Oper8tor mp3
15 Onra Long Distance (Ft. OliverDaySoul) mp3
16 Onra Tape This mp3
17 Onra To The Beat (Ft. Walter Mecca) mp3
18 Onra Wondeland mp3
19 Onra Jeeps mp3
20 Onra L.I.A.B. mp3
21 Onra Cherry (Outro) mp3

Onra - Long Distance - New Album (Teaser) from enozoib on Vimeo.

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April 23 2010

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LOCAL: Sola Rosa - Get It Together LP & Download Package

Written By 3 - April 23 2010

Just received copies of Sola Rosa's Get It Together vinyl release, you can get it here from Conch

Designed by the inimitable Dan Stiles, this limited edition package includes a mind-bendingly beautiful LP (pressed onto 200 gram translucent ice blue vinyl, what else?), stunning 12"x12" silkscreen print of the cover (using a metallic gold ink not present on the jacket), and an immediate download of the album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

Download includes all the tracks on the vinyl, plus The Ace of Space, Lady Love, These Words, and three never-before-released remixes of Bond is Back, Del Ray and Love Alone.

Tracklisting: 1. Del Ray 04:30 2. Turn Around Feat. Iva Lamkum 04:01 3. Get It Together 06:22 4. Love Alone Feat. Spikey Tee 03:44 5. Bond Is Back 04:15 6. Humanised Feat. Bajka 03:31 7. All You Need 06:24 8. I've Tried Ways Feat. Serocee 04:03

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Humanised Feat. Bajka - Sola Rosa from Sola Rosa on Vimeo.

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November 29 2009

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Various - Daptone Gold CD / LP (Daptone)

Written By 3 - November 29 2009

Daptone Gold - CD available here, LP available here

Daptone Gold is a collection of hits and obscurities, album favorites and unheard exclusives from the Daptone Records catalog. Since first rearing it's head in 2001, Daptone has upheld it's reputation as both a premier source for new raw soulful music and a model for the possibilities of independent music today. With a library of albums and 45's spanning from rhythm and blues to afrobeat, gospel to funk, Daptone has established a sound that is consistently sincere, heavy, and soulful. As Gabriel Roth (Daptone Records co-owner, engineer and bass player for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings) sees it, "Over the past decade, a lot of blood and sweat was shed in this little house in Bushwick, and when people experience all these recordings together in a package like this, they are really going to feel what the "Daptone Sound" is all about." Roth continues, "I'm very proud of this record. It's hard evidence of what the Daptone family has accomplished. I'm also excited to finally have so many of my favorite Daptone cuts, many of which were previously only available on vinyl seven inches, included on a proper album. People should really hear this." After much heated debate, Daptone has selected and sequenced the tracks that were chosen to represent both the depth and breadth of the Daptone sound. It features some of the most popular songs such as Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' "Tell Me" and the Budos Band's "Up From the South", alongside some deeper selections such as Lee Fields' "Could Have Been" and Charles Bradley's "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)" which have previously only been released as 45 rpm singles. With the inclusion of unreleased tracks such as Binky Griptite's "A Lover Like Me" and Sharon Jones' version of Gladys Knights' "Giving Up", Daptone Gold promises to be a special addition to the collection of Daptone die-hard fans, as well as a perfect introduction to the label for those who have not yet been experienced. As always, Daptone has made sure that the entire presentation is of a quality and design consistent with the music it contains: decadent gold foil packaging with the Daptone logo prominently embossed across the front, incentives for the vinyl fans, and extensive liner notes. "Daptone's aesthetic is built around sounds, attitudes and even design sensibilities that were invented 35 or 40 or 45 years ago, but their best records end up sounding timeless rather than retro. They've struck gold in their own backyard." - Excerpt from Douglas Wolk's liner notes. Double LP includes: o Deluxe Gold foil embossed gatefold jacket o Coupon for .mp3 downloads of all 23 tracks o Full-Color Daptone Records collage poster o Big sparkly Daptone sticker o Exclusive Photos
01 Binky Griptite Introduction by Binky Griptite clip
02 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings I’m Not Gonna Cry *(45 Only) clip
03 The Budos Band Up From The South clip
04 Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens What Have You Done clip
05 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? clip
06 Lee Fields Could Have Been *(45 Only) clip
07 Antibalas featuring Mayra Vega Che Che Cole Makossa *(12” Single Only) clip
08 The Budos Band Budos Rising clip
09 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Got A Thing On My Mind clip
10 Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band The World *(45 Only) clip
11 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Make It Good To Me clip
12 Lee Fields and Sugarman & Co. Stand Up *(45 Only) clip
13 Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens What Is This clip
14 Binky Griptite with the Sugarman Three A Lover Like Me *(Unreleased) clip
15 Menahan Street Band Make the Road by Walking clip
16 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Tell Me clip
17 Sugarman & Co. Down To It clip
18 The Dap-Kings Nervous Like Me *(45 Only) clip
19 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Giving Up *(Unreleased) clip
20 The Budos Band Ghostwalk clip
21 The Gospel Queens feat. Cynthia Langston I Need You To Hold My Hand clip
22 Binky Griptite & the Mellomatics The Stroll Pt. 2 *(45 Only) clip
23 Sharon Jones & Lee Fields Stranded In Your Love clip

Similiar Releases:

Lee Fields - My World (Truth & Soul) V/A - Fallin' Off the Reel II (Truth & Soul) V/A - Up From The Vaults (Soul Fire)

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Daptone Records

Date

October 01 2009

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Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement CD / 2LP (Stonesthrow)

Written By 3 - October 01 2009

Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement CD / 2LP (Stonesthrow)


Available on  CD / 2LP with 4inch Single

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.”

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.”

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.” 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.
Available on  CD / 2LP with 4inch Single

Date

September 16 2009

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Pax Nicholas and The Nettey Family - Na Teef Know the Road of Teef (Daptone)

Written By 3 - September 16 2009

Pax Nicholas and The Nettey Family - Na Teef Know the Road of Teef CD/LP (Daptone)

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Available on CD / LP

Sample Tracks:
1. Na Teef Know De Road of Teef
2. Ataa Onukpa
3. Na Six Feet
4. You

Nicholas Addo-Nettey was born in Accra, Ghana on August 7th, 1954. From his early childhood on he was dedicated to music: he started singing in a gospel choir when he was only 6, and later on joined different traditional and cultural groups as a dancer and percussionist. In the 60s, Ghanaian youth were crazy about American soul music, and Nicholas was no exception to the rule. James Brown and Otis Redding were his idols, and by the age of 18 he started to perform himself. Shortly after, fellow musician Joe King Kologbo invited him to the Mecca of African funk music: Lagos, Nigeria. Nicholas was not only talented but also lucky. Kologbo introduced him to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the undisputed Godfather of Afrobeat. He was able to convince the master of his skills as a drummer and singer and in 1971 became a full member of Fela´s legendary band Africa 70 as a conga player and background singer. The first record he appeared on was “Shakara” – an international smash hit and one of Fela´s greatest. Nicholas was at the right place at the right time. In the 70s, stars like James Brown, B.B. King, Ginger Baker, Stevie Wonder and Manu Dibango came to Lagos to visit Fela’s Shrine Club to hear this new and incredibly heavy thing called Afrobeat.

While playing and recording for Fela’s Africa 70 (he appeared on all of Fela’s releases between 1971 and 1978), Mr. Addo-Nettey also always had his own thing going on the side. He released two solo LPs for the Tabansi Label with the Martin Brothers Band from Portharcort, Nigeria: Mind Your Own Business in 1971 and Na Teef Know The Road of Teef in 1973. The latter, made with Africa 70 musicians and singers, is heavy Afro-funk, recorded in Ginger Baker’s highly equipped Lagos studio, where many of Fela’s albums were recorded, as well. Obviously, Fela was not amused at all about these kinds of things, even less when he heard how strong the Na Teef… album was. Reportedly, he said, “Don’t you ever, EVER play it again!” And so it was. Despite being a killer record, Na Teef… remained undercover for more than 30 years.

The story of Na Teef… would have ended there had it not been for Frank Gossner (aka DJ Soulpusher of voodoofunk.com, a dedicated cratedigger who, in the 90s, found a copy hidden at a record store in Philly, tracked down Nicholas in Berlin, and brought the album to the attention of Daptone Records.

As for Nicholas, in the 70s he experienced life in Fela’s Kalakuta Republic, a place where about 100 musicians, dancers, friends and family members of Fela lived, played, loved, and celebrated together. It was a property in Lagos that had been declared an independent state by Fela, in open defiance of the brutal dictatorship that was ruling in Nigeria at that time. The regime, which hated Fela for his radical messages and his popularity, attacked Kalakuta several times. In one of these raids, Nicholas was arrested with several other band members and remained in prison for nine months, where he was strongly mistreated. During another army attack in 1977, Fela’s mother was thrown out of an upstairs window and killed, and the whole compound was burned to the ground. The dangerous conditions became to much for Nicholas to bear. When playing at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1978, he and other band members, including drummer Tony Allen, left Africa 70 because they didn’t want to go back to Nigeria. While Allen moved to Paris, Nicholas stayed in Berlin where he raised two sons and continues to play music to this day. Pax Nicholas now leads his own band, Ridimtaksi, which features West African musicians, continuing to play his own fresh take on Afrobeat.

– Matti Steinitz

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