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June 03 2011

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Soul Jazz Re-Issues: Chicago Soul & Studio One Story

Written By 1 - June 03 2011

'Studio One Story' DVD/CD/LP, to order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Soul Jazz Records are reissuing their long-out of print DVD/CD/LP 'Studio One Story" (filmed in 2002) , now available for the first time as well as a stand alone DVD. The DVD is being issued as a prelude to the forthcoming deluxe-hardback book  'Original Cover Art of Studio One Records' released by Soul Jazz Records in the autumn celebrating next years 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence.

Studio One Story is a documentary this is both a staggering slice of musical history and a definitive guide to Studio One, Jamaica’s greatest ever record company, and its legendary founder, Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd.

Often described as the Motown of Jamaica, or ‘The University of Reggae’, Studio One is where the careers of literally hundreds of reggae artists began: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites, Burning Spear and Sugar Minott, to name but a few! Studio One is the ‘foundation’ label of Jamaican Reggae.

One and a half years in the making, Studio One Story is a truly unique documentary in which the late Clement Dodd gave unprecedented personal access to tell the previously untold story of how Studio One literally shaped the rise of Reggae music from the 1950s onwards through to the late 1970s.

This is the true story of reggae music and its Jamaican roots told from the inside: From the rise of Kington’s sound systems in the 1940s and 1950s, through to the evolution of a Jamaican music industry (and Studio One’s dominance) in the 1960s and the worldwide success of reggae in the 1970s.

This amazing 4 hour documentary (including over an hour of extras) was filmed on location in Kingston, Jamaica and features interviews with Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Sugar Minott, Denis Alcapone, The Ethiopians, Sylvan Morris, Johnny Moore, Lone Ranger, King Stitt and many others.

The DVD also includes rare footage of The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo, Count Ossie, Marcia Griffiths and others.

The six editions are as follows: 1)DVD plus CD plus 100 page book. (Region free PAL DVD) 2)DVD plus 2xLP plus free insert booklet (with all text) (with region free PAL DVD) 3) Stand Alone DVD (region free PAL DVD)

 

Chicago Soul 2LP/CD, to order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Soul Jazz Records are releasing one of the most popular, long out of print titles 'Chicago Soul' in a stunning, beautiful new Deluxe hardback CD with casing and perfect bound booklet.

Chess Records has recently been the subject of both a BBC4 documentary and a 4 Part BBC6 documentary celebrating the story of this amazing independent soul, funk, jazz, rock and blues label that took on the mighty giants of Atlantic, Stax and the majors in the 1960s. This CD features a stunning selection of the heaviest funk, psychedelic soul, rock and jazz tracks ever recorded for Chess and comes with Soul Jazz Records usual attention to detail - a 40 page booklet featuring extensive social, cultural and historical text and info and loads of exclusive photographs.

As well as the new deluxe format box case edition CD there is also an extremely limited repress of the heavyweight double vinyl

Tracklisting: 1.Howlin Wolf-Evil 2.Bo Diddley-Another Sugar Daddy 3. Etta James-Tell Mama 4. The Stereos-Stereo Freeze 5. The Soulful Strings-Burning Spear 6. Ramsey Lewis-Party Time 7. Eve Barnum-Please Newsboy 8. Dorothy Ashby-Soul Vibrations 9. Little Milton-More and More 10. Lorez Alexandria-Baltimore Oriole 11. Majestic Choir & The Soul Stirrers-Why Am I Treated So Bad 12. Phil Upchurch-The Way I Feel 13. Buddy Guy-She Suits Me A Tee 14. Rotary Connection-Memory Band 15. Etta James-You Got It 16. Muddy Waters – I Just want to make love to you 17. Laura Lee-Mama’s Got A Good Thing Going 18. Sonny Cox-The Wailer 19. Gene Chandler-In My Body’s House 20. Fontella Bass-Leave It In The Hands Of Love

 

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June 02 2011

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UPCOMING: Dunny 2011 By Kidrobot

Written By 1 - June 02 2011

Kidrobot’s upcoming Dunny 2011.  The new series features pieces by 64 Colors, Aya Kakeda, Chuckboy, Dirty Donny, DrilOne, Elphonoso Lam, Huck Gee, Kronk, Le Merde, MAD, Mishka, MisterF®ame$, Squink! Travis Lampe and Betso.   The lineup mixes Dunny stalwarts with Dunny 1st timers – a welcome approach.  Looks like this series will feature a build-a-dunny chase, 1 piece included with each blind-box.

The 2011 Dunny Editions are due out later this month, to be notified when they are in store, please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

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June 02 2011

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UPCOMING: Wax Poetics - Issue 47

Written By 1 - June 02 2011

Due in-store in a couple of weeks, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

EARTH, WIND & FIRE RAMSEY LEWIS ROY C LAMONT DOZIER BILLY OCEAN BOBBY WOMACK SOLOMON BURKE Plus: Record Rundown with Cool Chris Record Rundown with Dennis Coffey David Lee The Bo-Keys The Diplomats of Solid Sound Brief Encounter Melvin Sparks Remembered Marcia Griffiths, The Marvelettes, Ruth Copeland, The Notations, and Terry Callier RE:Discovered

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June 01 2011

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UPCOMING: Motor City Drum Ensemble - DJ-Kicks 2LP/CD (!K7)

Written By 1 - June 01 2011

Due out July, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Motor City Drum Ensemble's DJ Kicks mix is the latest installation into the outstanding discography of Danilo Plessow, and is not to be missed. The addition of a selection of MCDE exclusive tracks, and the majority of tracks being rare pieces of music from Danilo's personal collection make this a mix of not only exceptional mixing capability. Danilo was always incredibly young with things. He started producing at the age of eleven—“way too early” as he jokes—having his first release out just five years later: Inverse Cinematics’ “Slow Swing”, released on Pulver Records in 2002, and ended up finding its way into Ricardo Villalobos’ record bag as well as onto one of the first Fabric mix CDs. An album under the same name and a string of EPs followed. Dailo's latest releases, the Motor City Drum Ensemble’s Raw Cuts series in 2010, had the house music world responding strongly to the charmingly fresh and dirty sounding tracks, all mixed down in spontaneous two-hour sessions. Danilo has also released on top labels ranging from 20:20 Vision to Rush Hour as well as his own MCDE and Four Roses imprints, produced for Ben Westbeech and Rainer Trüby and never ceased to amaze with his challenging remix work for artists like Caribou, Jazzanova, DJ Sprinkles and Zero 7. His understanding of how the parts of a track can work has never been more apparent than on his DJ-Kicks mix. In 10 years, playing 80+ gigs a year, including such temples as Berghain, Fabric London, Rex and MOS, he’s absorbed dance history through hard and disciplined work behind the decks. Look at the opening selections of his DJ-Kicks mix to get a glimpse of his amazing ability to fuse totally disparate sound aesthetics into a coherent whole. With the next months holding an extensive tour schedule for Danilo, dancers around the world will be able to experience his gift as a selector first hand. That is, before he gets back into the studio to start working on his first album as Motor City Drum Ensemble as well as a live act. All this will prove, just as his DJ-Kicks is doing now, that there is no such thing as stagnation in the ever-evolving cosmos of Danilo Plessow!

1 01 James Mason Sweet Power, Your Embrace clip
1 02 Electric Wire Hustle Again (Scratch 22 Remix) clip
1 03 Peven Everett Stuck clip
1 04 Creative Swing Alliance Don't Forget Your Keyz clip
1 05 Rick "Poppa" Howard Can Your Love Find It's Way (Club Vocal) clip
1 06 Motor City Drum Ensemble Basement L.O.V.E. clip
1 07 Arts & Crafts I've Been Searching (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix) clip
1 08 Philippe Sarde Le Cortège Et Course (Edit) clip
1 09 Recloose Cardiology (Isolée Remix) clip
1 10 Sun Ra Door To The Cosmos clip

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May 31 2011

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DOWNLOAD: Benny Tones - Chrysalis - The Remixes

Written By 1 - May 31 2011

To celebrate the end of another NZ Music Month Benny Tones would like to give you a free sample of what he has been up to of late with the help of some of his favourite producers from all over the world. 3 x free remixes from the forthcoming remix album 'Chrysalis - The Remixes' due for release later this year: 1.On My Way feat. Mara TK – fLako Remix Benny Tones - On My Way feat. MaraTK (fLako Remix) by Benny Tones 2.Fire Fly feat. Mara TK – Opiuo’s Been So Strong In 2008 Remix Benny Tones - Fire Fly feat. Mara TK (Opiuo's So Strong In 2008 Remix) by Benny Tones 3.Odyssey feat. LP – Kamandi Headspin Remix Benny Tones - Odyssey feat. LP (Kamandi Headspin Remix) by Benny Tones  

We also recently received Benny Tones 12" release on Wonderful Noise (Japan), available here

  And if you’re in the UK or Europe this summer see Benny Tones at: 23.6.11 – The Pussy Parlure at Glastonbury, UK 26.6.11– The Pussy Parlure at Glastonbury, UK 15.7.11 – The Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL 4.8.11 – Stadtmusik Festival, Basel, Switzerland

Benny Tones Bio: Fondly considered as the 4th member of Wellington future soul band Electric Wire Hustle you may have already witnessed some of the audio magic of Benny Tones without realizing it.

As Electric Wire Hustle’s Sound Tech Benny has been responsible for mixing EWH’s live sound since their very first performance and having set up his own studio in Wellington – Organik Muzik Workz – also recorded and mixed the groups debut album.

As well as having chief responsibility for mixing EWH’s live and studio sound Benny is also a full time Studio Audio engineer and has also engineered for such acts as Pacific Heights, Sola Rosa, Julien Dyne, Iva Lamkum and Hollie Smith.

Alongside being a highly regarded Sound Engineer Benny is also a producer in his own right and his solo full length album ‘Chrysalis’ is available on Every Waking Hour in New Zealand and BBE (UK) internationally.

‘Chrysalis’ represents Benny Tone’s re-introduction as a producer and features a diverse host of vocal and instrumental collaborators including Electric Wire Hustle’s Mara TK, Taay Ninh & Myele Manzanza, Joe Dukie, LP, LA’s Shihan The Poet, Adi Dick and Sacha Vee . Set against exquisite production which is the result of hundreds of hours clocked up in the studio and perhaps an upbringing in the beautiful area of Golden Bay.

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