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August 08 2012

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Karriem Riggins - Alone LP (STONES THROW)

Written By 1 - August 08 2012

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Karriem Riggins is best known as a jazz drummer and hip-hop producer for artists like Common, Slum Village, Talib Kweli and The Roots, but he doesn’t categorize himself as anything but an artist. He advises younger musicians to do the same.

“You don’t have to put yourself in a box…there’s so many different ways to go,” Riggins says. A student of late jazz bassist Ray Brown, he tours with another Brown protégé, Grammy Award winner Diana Krall. In 2011, he collaborated with former Beatle Paul McCartney in concert and on Kisses on the Bottom, McCartney’s first studio release in five years. Names of some of the jazz artists he’s backed reads like the genre’s hall of fame – Hank Jones, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, Donald Byrd and Ron Carter.

"Alone" is part 1 of a 34-track instrumental hip-hop album, "Alone" features the first 17 tracks listed below:

01 Intro clip
02 Round The Outside clip
03 From Detroit/Belle Isle clip
04 Moogy Foog It clip
05 OOOOOAAAAA clip
06 Stadium Rock clip
07 Alto Flute clip
08 Orbitz clip
09 Up clip
10 Forward Motion clip
11 Esperanza clip
12 Africa clip
13 Harpsichord Session clip
14 Water clip
15 Double Trouble clip
16 A7 Mix clip
17 Ding Dong Bells clip

Date

August 07 2012

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Various - Country Funk 1969-1975 (LIGHT IN THE ATTIC)

Written By 1 - August 07 2012

Available here on 2LP, here on CD

Tracklist & Soundclips:

1. L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas - Dale Hawkins
2. Hello L.A., Bye-Bye Birmingham - John Randolph Marr
3. Georgia Morning Dew - Johnny Adams
4. Lucas Was A Redneck - Mac Davis
5. Light Blue - Bob Darin
6. I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me - Jim Ford
7. Hawg Frog - Gray Fox
8. Fire And Brimstone - Link Wray
9. Street People - Bobby Charles
10. Funky Business - Cherokee
11. Stud Spider - Tony Joe White
12. Piledriver - Dennis The Fox
13. Ohoopee River Bottomland - Larry Jon Wilson
14. He Made A Woman Out Of Me - Bobbie Gentry
15. Bayou Country - Gritz
16. I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Johnny Jenkins

What in the hell is country funk you ask? The answer is a complicated one, in part due to the fact that Country Funk is an inherently defiant genre, escaping all efforts at easy categorization. The style encompasses the elation of gospel with the sexual thrust of the blues, country hoedown harmony with inner city grit. It is alternately playful and melancholic, slow jammin’, and booty shakin’. It is both studio slick and barroom raw. And while these all may seem unlikely combinations at first glance, upon close listen, it all makes sweet sense. Light In The Attic presents Country Funk 1969-1975, a melting pot concoction of the music of Dale Hawkins, John Randolph Marr, Cherokee, Johnny Adams, Mac Davis, Bob Darin, Jim Ford, Gray Fox, Link Wray, Bobby Charles, Tony Joe White, Dennis The Fox, Larry Jon Wilson, Bobbie Gentry, Gritz, and Johnny Jenkins.

Featuring extensive liner notes by Jessica Hundley (MOJO, The New York Times, Vogue), original album/label artwork, and new illustrations by Jess Rotter (JessRotter.com, Rotter & Friends), this down home package is not only a treat for the ears, but a feast for the eyes. Think of this as a fantasyland where the Josie-era Meters back young Elvis singing Kris Kristofferson-penned slices of rustic American life and you’ll begin to understand the country funk vibe. It’s from the swamp to the city and all points in between.

  • All tracks newly re-mastered
  • Features rare cuts by Bob Darin, Gray Fox, Dennis The Fox, Cherokee, Gritz and more
  • 2xLP housed in a deluxe Stoughton “Tip-On” jacket with liner notes insert, along with Jess Rotter’s illustrations
  • CD with 24-page booklet with liner notes plus Jess Rotter’s illustrations

Date

August 06 2012

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LOCAL RELEASE: Seva Hi-Fi - Early (SUGARLICKS)

Written By 1 - August 06 2012

Available here on CD

Seva Hifi is a unique collaboration between producer Gmuva, percussionist Levani Vosasi & multi instrumentalist & soul vocalist Baz Suamili. Baz comes from a Niuean family of seven, and has a background singing in Niuean church groups, before a 9 year journey playing with his Father's band the Tuleki Brothers. More recently he has played in Auckland reggae bands such as Tenement Yard and Jah'licious. Baz has been likened to a young Pacific Bill Withers - no surprise, when you hear his silky smooth and emotional soul tones... Seva Hifi release debut single Pressures of Life May 25th 2012, with debut album "Early" released August 2012. Expect conscious laced Pacific dub and soul music, psychedelic electronica & Island drums... Check the Sugarlicks blog here for more info

Date

July 26 2012

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IG Culture - Soulful Shanghai 2LP (KINDRED SPIRITS)

Written By 1 - July 26 2012

Available Here on 2LP

1. I Can't Believe It ft. ID 4 Windz
2. Truth ft. John Robinson
3. Core Exit ft. Bilaal Salaam
4. Talkin' Bout Mine
5. Black Rennaissance ft. Akwasi Mensah
6. Futures Back ft. K Banger
7. Take It There ft. K Banger
8. The (blessed) Mizells ft. Akwasi Mensah
9. Half Black Half Japanese ft. John Robinson
10. Bluff and Fold (Gamble and Bluf)
11. Catalog Pieces ft. John Robinson
12. The Revolution Will Not Be Tell Lie Vise
13. Do The Math ft. ID 4 Windz
14. Tangible Dream ft. Bilal Salaam
15. Outsider (the lite) ft. Eagle Nebula
16. Whats Happening ft. K Banger
17. The Sankofaz Peace Arkestra
New IG Culture album, featuring ID4 Windz, John Robinson and Bilal Salaam. This is Ltd to 1000 copies and comes in a heavy gatefold sleeve. TIP!! With ‘Soulful Shanghai’ IG draws a lineage directly from the civil values of jazz musicians like Harry Whitaker’s Black Renaissance and Roy Ayers’ We Live In Brooklyn, to present day music styles via the rhythms of hip hop, electro, house, and other drum machine oriented genres. “I’m an OG,” says IG. “It feels right to me to link the music from musicians like Harry Whitaker, Gil Scott Heron, and the Mizells. They should be household names, but the younger generation don’t necessarily know who these people are.” Musically, ‘Soulful Shanghai’ mixes it all up while still making sense. Selected vocalists ID 4 Windz and John Robinson, both of east coast hip hop duo Scienz Of Life, Georgia Anne Muldrow conspirator Eagle Nebula, and New Jersey residents Bilal Salaam and K Banger lock IG’s skewed beats together. The hip hop swagger is punctuated by plenty of live jazz tracks, with dedications to the Mizell brothers and Harry Whitaker keeping the swing spiritual. Perhaps the centre-piece of the album is the live rework of ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’, with a 2012 lyrical update by Niles ‘Asheber’ Hailstones, reminding us that images of riots stay the same, and they keep happening round the world, round the clock, from decade to decade. “The same issues are still relevant today,” IG says. “That’s why we did an update of ‘Revolution’. Same shit, different year. The sense of community and social values from that music is something I respect. At this stage in the game, if I’ve not got something to say then I shouldn’t be doing music, cause it’s not about the money.” IG isn’t anachronistic though, and he’s quite happy to use the Internet to link up with like-minded artists across the Atlantic. New possibilities and opportunities are always to be embraced, and as the world gets smaller, it seems the same issues affect us all, as the sample of a newsreader on the track ‘Core Exit’ demonstrates. IG Culture has been releasing music and albums since the early 90’s - that’s over two decades of craft under his belt. He’s no stranger to anyone familiar with groups like New Sector Movements and Quango, a multitude of hip hop and broken beat projects and labels like Mainsqueeze. IG’s blend is about more than the craft though. It’s about why music is important to society, and why we’re moved by it. Soulful Shanghai is a continuation of jazz and the civil rights of Black Jazz and Strata East. It’s a continuation of the spiritual funk of the Mizell brothers and the spoken word of Gil Scott Heron. It’s a descendant of hip hop and the resistance of the Zulu Nation, a distant cousin of techno and Juan Atkins’ deep space explorations. “Soulful shanghai is a place you navigate, hopefully you find It somehow,” IG concludes. Keep on searching.

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July 20 2012

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J Dilla - Dillatroit LP (MAHOGANI)

Written By 1 - July 20 2012

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Unreleased Jay Dee tracks, now coming out on Moodymann's Mahogani label in collaboration with the Yancey Media Group & the J-Dilla Foundation ! All production is by J-Dilla. Limited pressing. Track List & Soundclips:
1. Birthright 2. Feel This Shit 3. The Best That Ever Did It
4.  Lets Pray Together 5. Ride Wit It 6. Say My Name 7. Dillatroit 8. Detroit Madness 9. Possible 10. Mind Yo Business 11. Rebirth is Necessary 12. Pitfalls 

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