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October 05 2010

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Bilal - Airtight's Revenge (PLUG RESEARCH)

Written By 1 - October 05 2010

Available on CD here and 2LP here

A small 10 years after his debut 'First born second' (and 4 years after the shelved 'Love for Sale'), soul sensation Bilal drops his new album!

A provocative genre-bending album that dissects love, politics and relationships, 'Airtight’s Revenge' demonstrates the Philly-bred singer’s growth as an artist. “It’s a mix of jazz, hip-hop, soul, blues, and experimental free music,” says Bilal. The differences in economical social classes inspired the track “Robots,” which scrutinizes societal and governmental effects on people. After watching the 2007 documentary, “Zeitgeist: The Movie,” Bilal wrote “Who Are You.” “Of all religions, I drive to be human,” says Bilal. At the end of the day, we are all one. We need to connect with the spiritual side of ourselves; we don’t need to inflict that on others. It’s OK to have free thought. “Little Ones,” a smooth track with a soulful sound is dedicated to his sons. “My youngest son has Sickle Cell and my oldest son has Autism. This song is for them,” stated Bilal. Steve McKie (Jill Scott, Estelle, Kindred, Vivian Green) co-produced the album with Bilal, recorded in Philadelphia, Virginia and Los Angeles. The album also features production by Nottz (Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Drake), 88 Keys (Mos Def, Macy Gray, Musiq Soulchild), Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra and Tone Whitefield.

Track List & Sound Clips:

01 Cake & Eat It Too clip
02 Restart clip
03 All Matter clip
04 Flying clip
05 Levels clip
06 Little One clip
07 Move On clip
08 Robots clip
09 The Dollar clip
10 Who Are You clip
11 Think It Over clip
Related Releases:
Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love 2LP (Ubiquity)
Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra) - Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka 2LP (Plug Research)
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 2: Return Of The Ankh 2LP (Universal/Motown)

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October 04 2010

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Gonjasufi - The Caliph's Tea Party (Warp)

Written By 3 - October 04 2010

Available on CD here or LP+MP3 here

It's a tricky thing, re-working a completely unique and peerless piece of music. It is made even trickier when the personality behind the original music is so vivid and otherworldly that it is almost sure to continue to cast it's long shadow over whatever new form is chosen for it.

Of course the questions of whether or not to remix Gonjasufi's classic A Sufi and A Killer arose, but with that voice and those songs, it was never going to fail. Of course the fact that Gonja had made fans out of quite a few incredibly talented artists didn't hurt either.

So, The Caliph's Tea Party was slowly summoned to life. Like the Caliphs of the Ummahs of the 7th century, orchestrating affairs from their palaces, Gonjasufi has assembled a collection of artists in his musical world and invited them to exchange ideas.  In this spirit, the symbolic and musical centerpiece of the album, as well as its namesake, is the result of the mutual admiration formed between Gonjasufi and Broadcast and The Focus Group. A bewitching, drastic re-working of 'DedNd' it takes the form of a suite of layered compositions and radiophonic transmissions.

Elsewhere, reinterpretations from new talents shine while established artists continue to surprise. Mark Pritchard channels Ennio Morricone with epic orchestral dystopia on his remix of 'Ancestors' while retaining the inherent gravity of Flying Lotus' original production.  Young guns Shlomo and Jeremiah Jae eschew their labeling as 'beatmakers' and tap into a fractured emotional core within 'Change' and 'Holidays', respectively, giving them new leases on life as subtly mechanized melancholia. Bibio smooths out the rough edges of 'Candylane' for a remix indebted to the 1980s R&B leftfield, while Brooklyn's Bear In Heaven and Oneohtrix Point Never deal in heavy motorik meditations and ethereal musique concrete. That The Caliph's Tea Party lives up to it's concept as a companion piece to A Sufi & A Killer is not only a sizeable accomplishment, but also a testament to the source material. Gonjasufi has emerged in 2010 as the most striking new voice in a vast musical landscape that continues to outrun true classification.  With so many errant strands of creativity moving in all directions, it may well prove fortunate that a Caliph has been selected.

Tracklist & Sound Clips:

01 Ancestors ((Dreamtime) Mark Pritchard Rmx) clip
02 Candylane (Bibio Remix) clip
03 Ageing (Dam Mantle Remix) clip
04 The Caliph's Tea Party (Broadcast & The Focus Group "DedNd" Remix) clip
05 Kobwebz (Jeremiah Jae Remix) clip
06 Love Of Reign (Bear In Heaven Remix) clip
07 She's Gone (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix) clip
08 Holidays (MRR Remix) clip
09 Change (Shlomo Remix) clip
10 My Only Friend (Hezus Remix) clip
11 DedNd (agdm Remix) clip
12 SuzieQ (Dem Hunger Bowel Blood Remix) clip

Date

October 03 2010

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Jazz Chronicles - Jazz Chronicles (FUTURISTICA MUSIC)

Written By 3 - October 03 2010

Available here on CD & on the remixes 12" here

Jazz Chronicles is a project by Futuristica´s Simon S and is heavily influenced by his love of classic era hip hop and deep, spiritual jazz. Simon is joined on this set by horn player Ben Hadwen, who has worked with Recloose, Mark De Clive-Lowe & Emanative and award winning Vibraphonist Corey Mwamba who has recently played alongside Quantic & Robert Mitchell. The sound sits somewhere between 90´s Mo´ Wax and 70´s Strata East with Simon´s heavy, break laden tracks and Ben & Corey´s free-flowing solos. The album includes the single ´One For Joe´ (FM010) and forthcoming single ´Bologna´ with remixes from K15, As Valet & Emanative.

Track List & Sound Clips:
01 Intro clip
02 Land clip
03 Maybe clip
04 As If I Knew clip
05 Interlude clip
06 One For Joe clip
07 Done It clip
08 My View clip
09 Time For… clip
10 Bologna clip
11 Interlude clip
12 J Bounce clip
13 Cm Vibe clip
14 Interlude clip
15 Thoughts Of You clip
16 Untitled Suite clip
More Info: Basic Soul Interview With Simon S

Date

October 02 2010

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Flying Lotus - Pattern + Grid World12"+MP3 (Warp)

Written By 3 - October 02 2010

Available here

While Cosmogramma is a monolithic convergence of 20th and 21st century musical forms, high in concept and wide in musical collaboration, Pattern+Grid World pulls the focus back to Steven Ellison and his machines. These machines are speaking (and possibly looking as well, judging by the EP’s cover) from the go, as “Clay” introduces itself in a fog of synth and vocoder and gives way to one of the many surprises here, the schizophrenic ping-ponging electro of “Kill Your Co-Workers”. Drenched in alternating melodies, it’s a synthetic counterpart to the grand string and harp arrangements of Cosmogramma, making acclaimed illustrator Theo Ellsworth’s subtly psychedelic cover image of vision-through-noise all the more intimate. When Flying Lotus records hit their stride, all buttons labeled “pause” and “stop” disappear, and this one is no different. “Pie Face” is led by icy keys that could almost be mistaken for classic grime, before the stoned plastic marching band steps in. “Time Vampires” amazingly lands somewhere between vintage DJ Premier and Lee Hazelwood, while the stripped back bass and drum explorations of “Jurassic Notion/M Theory” are as shamanic and ceremonial as anything you’re likely to hear come out of California. If “Camera Day” brings to mind a certain crew of dungeon-dwelling ATLiens, it won’t come as much of a surprise that Killer Mike found its syrupy bounce recently inspiring. Much of the messages surrounding Cosmogramma’s release as well as reportage on the world’s ever-emerging beat scenes has painted a picture of Flying Lotus as a patriarchal figure blazing the trail for scores of young artists with new conceptual notions of what can be done with a drum machine and a dream. While this notion is certainly not inaccurate, it sometimes overshadows the fact that FlyLo is also an incredibly singular entity. However, as “Physics For Everyone!” stutters to a close, if you listen closely you might just make out the sound of another kid in his room somewhere in the world, anxiously tapping out his first beat.

Related Releases:

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 2LP (Warp)
Various - Ninja Tune XX Boxset (Ninja Tune)
Quazedelic - Around The World 12"

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October 02 2010

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Ninja Tune XX Boxset in @ Conch

Written By 3 - October 02 2010

We have currently sold out of the boxset but are trying to source some more, to reserve a copy please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

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The Ninja Tune XX box set contains the following material which is 100% exclusive to the set and unavailable anywhere else in the world:

- 2 x CDs + 6 x 7"s featuring new tracks from Mr Scruff, Toddla T, Kid Koala, Wagon Christ, Jaga Jazzist, King Geedorah, DJ Food, Kyle Hall, The Heavy, The Qemists, King Cannibal, Blockhead and unreleased archive tracks from The Cinematic Orchestra and Roots Manuva AND new remixes from Modeselektor, Cut Chemist, Zomby, Scuba, Dorian Concept, EL-P, The Bug, King Jammy, Matthew Herbert, Rustie, Prefuse 73, cLOUDDEAD, 808 State, The Orb, Tom Middleton, Gold Panda, JME, Alix Perez, Joe Goddard (Hot Chip), Doomed (Richard Russell) and Roots Manuva. See tracklists below. Ninja Tune box set

- Membership of Ninja Tune VIP, which entitles you straightaway to two FREE 12"s (delivered to your door) which are not for sale and unavailable to non-VIP members containing unreleased tracks (tracklists below) and access to a free download of King Cannibal's landmark mix album 'The Way Of The Ninja' featuring over 250 Ninja Tune tracks. Membership also entitles you to free music and promotional goodness in the future and early bird prices on new releases, gig tickets, merch and all sorts of other Ninja-related stuff.

- Hardback edition of the new Ninja Tune book - 'Ninja Tune - 20 Years Of Beats & Pieces' (Black Dog Publishing, 192 pages)

- Ninja Tune 'Family Tree' poster and Ninja Tune artwork poster

The box set also contains all the Ninja Tune XX CD releases that are available to the general public:

- Two double CD compilations 'Ninja Tune XX Vol.1 Two Decades and a Mixer' and 'Ninja Tune XX Vol.2 20 yrs of Beats and Pieces' featuring mostly new and all killer music from Amon Tobin, Roots Manuva, Toddla T, Mr Scruff, Dorian Concept, Daedelus, Zomby, The Bug, Floating Points Ensemble, Eskmo, Lorn, Fink, Shuttle, Bonobo, Andreya Triana and more. Remixes from Benga, Seiji, Autechre, Flying Lotus, Four Tet, Mark Pritchard, The Cinematic Orchestra, Micachu, Diplo, Daedelus, Joker, Rustie, Metronomy, Dan Le Sac, Todd Edwards, Hot Chip, Gaslamp Killer Mala, (the) King Jammy and Slugabed.

At last count that is 106 tracks in the box set, all housed in limited edition hi-spec packaging designed and conceived by Ninja artwork legend Openmind.

More:

DJ Kentaro Ninja Tune XX Mix by Ninja Tune XX 20th Anniversary Podcast - Coldcut & Peter Quicke by Ninja Tune XX

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