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LABEL: Soundway Records
We recently had a shipment of releases from the UK based label Soundway, so we felt it would be a good opportunity to do a bit of a label overview. Below is a bit of info about the label as well as a selection of the label's releases. If there is specific releases you are after please let us know via info@conch.co.nz
About Soundway Records: From the highlife, disco and rock sounds of 70s Nigeria to the golden age of Panamanian music, Benin’s Afro-Latin grooves, Colombia’s champeta and all other forms of tropical and Afro sounds imaginable. Soundway’s mission is to present the very best in obscure a-sides, b-sides and album cuts that have remained unavailable… until now.
“Ten years ago, while taking a break from his telesales job and traveling through Ghana, Miles Cleret heard a local DJ spinning some obscure African funk, soul and blues records. After having his mind blown by the tracks, which were in danger of fading into obscurity and never reaching ears further afield, he decided to start Soundway Records and release rare world music compilations. After a handful of trips to Ghana, Miles had enough material for his first compilation.. When it notched up 5,000 sales he decided to release a second collection and Soundway has since put out over 25 records ranging from scratchy calypso and cumbia from Panama through to psychedelic Afrobeat from Nigeria.” DAZED AND CONFUSED
Recent Releases:
King Kennytone - Dancing Time With 7"
King Kennytone, trumpeter and stalwart of the Nigerian Highlife scene of the 50s and 60s was the foremost purveyor of African twist in the early 60s. Following the massive dance craze of The Twist in the US and UK in 1961/2, Kennytone recorded his African Twist numbers at the same time in both English and Igbo. As with later imported styles such as soul and funk many broadcasters and journalists of the day criticised him for being concentrating on music that wasn’t African in origin but his records were huge hits and endure to this day (especially with the recent resurgence in late ’50s and early ’60s black Rock n’ Roll and R&B).
Dancing Time With King Kennytone and his Western Toppers Band - Medley by Soundway
Andre Tanker - River Come Down / Swahili 10"
Limited to 1000 copies, Soundway presents two tracks on 7? vinyl from one of Trinidad & Tobago’s favorite musical sons Andre Tanker. Andre Tanker’s influence on Trinidad & Tobago’s music scene was compared by Soca star David Rudder to that of Bob Dylan’s influence on the music scene in America.
Andre Tanker - 'River Come Down' Medley by Soundway
Michi Sarimiento - The Best of Michi Sarmiento y su Combo Bravo 1967 - 77 Available on CD here & 2LP here
Soundway remain in Colombia for the follow up to Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia & Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962 – 72, with a collection of pure Colombian dancefloor thunder; 16 tracks of the finest guaguancós, descargas and cumbias recorded by legendary bandleader Michi Sarmiento y su Bravos, and released on the infamous Discos Fuentes label between 1967 and 1977.
Aqui Los Bravos! The Best of Michi Sarmiento y su Combo Bravo 1967 - 77 by SoundwayOther Releases:
Various - Cartagena!
Soundway set sail for the Colombian coastal town of Cartagena for their first selection of 2011. Sourced from a period when musicians effortlessly combined the swing of cumbia with the driving bass of salsa, Cartagena! un-wraps a period of musical history seldom heard beyond the tropical coast of South America.
Los Seven Del Swing - Celoso by Soundway
Various - The Sound of Siam Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam from Thailand 1964 -1975
Thailand means different things to different people. Beyond the beaches and tourist spots lies a world of music still waiting to be discovered. Be it spaced out jazz, raw funk or the meditative sounds of the North East, Soundway has dug deep into the country’s vinyl archives to present a broad range of vintage sounds that underlines Thailand’s status as one of South East Asia’s musical hot spots.
Chaweewan Dumnern – Lam Tung Wai by Soundway
V/A - Nigeria Special!
Nigeria 1970. Highlife, Afro-beat, Rock, Jazz & Native Blues rub shoulders and are turned out at an unprecedented level. New styles meet old styles. Newfound national confidence follows the near break-up of the nation following the Biafran war. New fashions meet old fashions, creating new fusions. Soundway present 26 original and previously un-reissued tracks from the time in a lavish double CD package, complete with 36 page booklet featuring extensive liner notes, rare photos and cover art.
GIG: Karlmarx Album Release Party @ PSC - Fri 6th May
Karlmarx Album Release Party Ponsonby Social Club, Fri 6th May with DJs Cian & Isaac AesiliFREE ENTRY
The Karlmarx Album is available on CD here & for pre-order on Vinyl here
New In At Conch - 28th April
We received a shipment of reggae this week below is a selection of some of the titles.
Million Stylez - Mind Travelling 7" (African Beat)
King Kong & Khari Kill - Such Man Say 7" (Massive B)
4th Street Orchestra - None Ah Jah Children 7" (Rama)
Chucki Star / Mr Williamz & Franz Job - Locked Down / Viva Marijuana 7" (Necessary Mayhem)
4th Street Orchestra - Hawaii 5 0 (Rama)
Don Carlos - I Love Jah / I Don't Care 10" (Negus Roots)
Frankie Wilmott - I Won't Give Up 12" (Music House)
David Jahson - People Bawling 12" (KIM)
Mickey Dread - Dread At The Controls Dubwise LP
Plus a whole load more in store...
Featured Vinyl
Available on CD here & 2LP + Book Here
Far from the twin epicenters of New York and Miami, Carlos Ruiz and his Ebirac label were both feeling and generating the aftershocks of the mid-’70s salsa boom. Holed up in their own bustling Puerto Rican community center on Chicago’s west side, these third coast salseros plied their trade outside the hot lights, cutting their teeth in city parks, VFW halls, and Holiday Inn rec rooms. Nearly 50 records survive in the wake of orquestas La Justicia, La Solucion, and Tipica Leal ’79, the most impassioned, singular moments of which are compiled here.
Presented in deluxe Numero Style with a 60 page booklet accompanying the CD and a 12X12 inch, 24 page booklet in a full-sized slipcase with the LP.
Tracklist & Soundclips:
01. Ebirac All-Stars feat. La – Plena Matrimorial
02. Justicia – Stone Flower
03. Juventud Tipica ’78 – Afro Theme
04. Juventud Tipica ’78 – Ano Nuevo Y Reyes
05. Under The Sun Orchestra – Under The Sun (Instrumental)
06. La Solucion – A Bailar Son Montuno
07. Tipica Leal ’79 – Donde Estabas
08. Justicia – Alegre Hibarito
09. Justicia – Las Frutas Del Pais
10. Justicia – Guaguanco Coroco
11. Justicia – Bwana Tambula
12. La Solucion – El Gordo Y El Flaco
13. La Solucion – Mini Minoso
14. La Solucion feat. Mongo Sa – Mozambique
15. Ebirac – Ebirac Radiio Spot
Rammelzee Vs. K-Rob - Beat Bop
Released on Tartown Records in 1983, this is one of the most influential early hip hop recordings. Rammelzee was a pioneer graffiti artist, who had is own unique rapstyle. Jean-Michel Basquiat created the cover art, had a hand in producing the record, he himself a street artist with tremendous influence and legacy. The sounds and images have been borrowed, lifted, and twisted for the last 27 years. Available Here
DOOM’s own Metal Face Records here releases Operation: Doomsday as it was intended to be heard: as a special remastered and expanded two-disc set, featuring a 32-page lyric book and a complete collection of alternate versions, b-sides and instrumentals, packaged in a 7” x 8” tin lunch box. Stones Throw’s Jeff Jank, an often DOOM collaborator, and San Francisco-based artist Jason Jagel, who provided the painting for DOOM’s MM… Food album, were enlisted to create both an updated version of the album’s iconic comic-book style cover art for the box and a set of 10 Doomsday MCs trading cards (featuring DOOM, Kurious and others) especially for this release. Produced by Stones Throw Records GM and A&R Egon under the watchful eyes of DOOM himself, this is Operation: Doomsday as it was intended to be experienced. Available Here
Wax Poetics - Issue 46: George Benson
Featuring: George Benson / George Duke / Billy Cobham / Norman Connors - Available Here
NEW COMPACT DISCS
Local Peeps:
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NEW VINYL
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Here at Conch we invite people to bring in their good quality second hand records for us to sell on their behalf. We sell on behalf so that you get a better cut of the sale.
If you would like to trade in some of your records simply contact us at the shop on (09) 360 1999 or email info@conch.co.nz to discuss details.
RECOMMENDED GIGS:
Saturday:
JAM ft CoopaBlu, AveragewhiteDJ & Guest @ Barrio
LatinAotearoa with support by Dylan C @ Ponsonby Social Club
Sunday:
Conch Sunday Grill @ Ponsonby Social Club
PODCAST: Earshot - Sunday 17th April 2011
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Tracklisting:
Harry Whitaker - Black Renaissance
Flying Lotus - MmmHmm feat. Thundercat
Fink - Ever Since I Was A Kid It Seemed I Collected Something (Hefner Rmx)
Mo Kolours - Biddies
Unknown - Jonkoloni (Joystick Jay’s Kosmiske edit)
Iman Williams & Bobby Blunt - Before
Jneiro Jarel - Breathin feat Rocque Wun
Exile - Your Summer Song feat J Mitchell
M-Phazes - Raise It Up For Dilla
Frank n Dank - One Time For The …. (Moo Rmx)
Tettory BLK - International Institute feat Bembe Segue
Platinum Pied Pipers - 1 Luv 2 U feat Neco Redd
Topo - Ba Ba Go Go
Tokimonsta - Sa Mo Jung
Shlohmo - Antigravity (Low Limit Rmx)
Royalty - Royalty
Falty DL - Mean Streets Part 1
Wagon Christ - Replicurtains
Mizz Beats - The Day Before Tomorrow
Lone - Dolphin
Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It (John Daly re-Edit)
Blaze - Lovelee Dae
Ron Trent - Movement
Theo Parrish - When I’m Gone
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