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May 18 2010

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Po-Zu Eco-friendly Shoes In At Conch

Written By 3 - May 18 2010

We have just received a delivery of shoes from Po-Zu a eco-friendly shoe company founded by Sven Segal.  You can check availability here on the Conch website

Check below for more info and pictures.  If you have any queries regarding Po-Zu shoes please contact us via either info@conch.co.nz or (09) 360 1999

From Po-Zu website:

Po-Zu was launched in 2006 by footwear designer Sven Segal with the aim of setting new standards in ecological footwear manufacturing. Our purpose is to provide maximum comfort and pleasure for the people who use our products, while ensuring the shoes are ethically sourced, and manufactured with the lowest impact possible to our environment.

Po-Zu shoes are biodegradable*, durable, and exceptionally comfortable, designed around a unique coconut fibre ‘foot-mattress’. As you wear them, air pockets in the mattress react to your body heat, weight, and movement, gradually molding to the shape of your foot. The mattress allows air to circulate and keep your feet dry, while providing good insulation for both hot and cold climates.

Our shoe components are carefully selected to be natural, free from harmful chemicals, and organically certified where possible. We avoid harmful glues by stitching our shoes together, which also makes them more breathable, durable, repairable and recyclable.

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Dez - Brown - Sizes Mens 41-45 (Euro)

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Joy - Dark Brown - Sizes Woman's 36-41 (Euro)

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Joy - Check Brown - Sizes Woman's 36-41 (Euro)

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Pep - Brown- Unisex - Sizes 41-45 (Euro)

The Pep boots come packaged in a coconut box. The biodegradable coconut box can be used as trays to grow seeds. As the plant grows, the entire packaging can be planted into the earth where it will decompose and turn into earth once again. Made from 60% coconut husk, and 40% natural latex.

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Elm - Dirty Cherry - Sizes Womens 36 - 41 (Euro)

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May 18 2010

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GIG: The Turnaround feat. DJ Mu - Fri 28th May

Written By 3 - May 18 2010

The Turnaround with Special Guest DJ Mu (Fat Freddy's Drop)
& Cian, Submariner & Manuel Bundy
Friday 28th May 2010
Bacco Room, 53 Nelson St, AK
11pm Till Late
$15 Door

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May 16 2010

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Various - Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba Vol. 1 & 2 2LP (Light In The Attic)

Written By 3 - May 16 2010

Get Vol. 1 here & Vol. 2 here

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Various - Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba Vol. 1

An unprecedented combination of socialism and artistic freedom flourished during the mid-years of Castro’s Cuba, enabling musicians to create an innovative body of music based on traditional styles like those made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club. Si, Para: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Volume 1 captures the spirit of this time.

The music ranges from son, beat, jazz, funk, and abounds with psychedelic influences, electronic experimentation, and a heavy dose of soul. Communist funk may seem unlikely, but here it is, as Light In The Attic & Waxing Deep team up for this deluxe vinyl release.

The work of experimental trombonist Juan Pablo Torres - whose tremendous versatility and large body of work since the '60 have often been overlooked - is given much love, with three of his tracks being featured on the album. Even the decades old Orquestra Riverside get loose with En Casa Del Trompo No Bailes. This music remained obscure even though even though they were put out by EGRAM Records, the only game in town at their time of issue. For the most part, these songs hardly conform to the central canon of Cuban pop, but this is truly epic music and is perhaps even more relevant to the funkier influences within the contemporary Cuban musical spectrum.

Vol. 1 Track Listing with Soundclips (Click For Audio Clips)
1. JUAN PABLO TORRES Y ALGO NUEVO - Son A Propulsion
2. IRAKERE - Bacalao Con Pan
3. LOS VAN VAN - Y No Le Conviene
4. LOS REYES '73 - Adeoey
5. COMBO TIEMPOS NUEVOS - De La Fiesta La Mejor
6. GRUPO MONUMENTAL - Si, Para Usted
7. LOS TAINOS - Amor Mio
8. RICARDO EDDY MARTINEZ - Tamba Iya
9. ORQUESTA RIVERSIDE - En Casa Del Trompo No Bailes
10. JUAN PABLO TORRES Y ALGO NUEVO - Y Viva La Felicidad
11. JUAN PABLO TORRES Y ALGO NUEVO - Rompe Cocorioco
12. LOS 5-U-4 - Baila, Ven Y Baila
13. SINTESIS - Con La Luz Del La Ma
14. JORGE REYES - Pocito 11
15. GRUPO LOS YOYI -El Fino
16. GRUPO DE EXPERIMENTACION SONORA DEL ICAIC - Sondeando
17. MIRTHA Y RAUL - Casina Y Epidecus
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Various - Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba Vol 2

Light In The Attic & Waxing Deep team up again for Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Volume 2 - taking up where the first volume left off with another a fully-licensed compilation of Cuban funk, jazz, psych, son, and soul from the last four decades. Highlights include the deep funk of Safari Salvaje by Los Rápidos, a mesmerising funk workout from an obscure band that in the 70s won the Cuban equivalent of American Idol, Al Sonar la Hora, a funk-rock classic from Los Barba who, despite being one of Cuba’s most popular bands ever, never recorded a single LP, and Vanguardia y Juventud by Sonopop, absurdly unlikely party music from teenaged members of the Communist Youth Militia.

The series has already received fantastic critical praise, with The LA Times calling Volume 1 “sublime”, Spin giving it 4-stars, and Pitchfork claiming it was “what every revolution should sound like”.

All of the tracks were re-mastered from the ORIGINAL tapes, kept by the Cuban government in a dusty Havana warehouse. Given the poor quality of Cuban vinyl, this means the music on Si, Para Usted has a sound quality previously unavailable. Quite simply, the music has never sounded this good.

Vol. 2 Track Listing with Soundclips (Click for audio clips)

1. Los Britos - El 4-5-6
2. Los Caneyes - Suspirando Por El Chikichaka
3. Los Rapidos - Safari Salvaje
4. Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna - Vehicle
5. Grupo Monumental - Tremendo Tremendo
6. Juan Pablo o Torres - Y AparecEl Tromb
7. Los Britos- Cuando Llego A Mi Casa
8. Combo los Caribe - Andaluc
9. Sonopop - Vanguardia Y Juventud
10. Grupo Fas - El Siglo De Libertad
11. Los Llamas - Los Llamas
12. Los Barba - El Cristal
13. Los Barba - Al Sonar La Hora
14. Mirtha y Raul - El Suee Andr
15. Hilario Durah - El Son De Victoria
16. Los Papines - Para Quiegas

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Light In The Attic Website

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May 15 2010

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Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 2LP/CD (Warp)

Written By 3 - May 15 2010

FLYING LOTUS RETURNS WITH THE NEW ALBUM ‘COSMOGRAMMA’ ON WARP RECORDS

Get it here on 2LP 0r CD here

When global bass music matriarch Mary Anne Hobbs recently told The Fader “Flying Lotus, for me, is like the Hendrix of his generation” it seemed more then an audacious opinion, and with the arrival of Cosmogramma, it’s revealed as a revelation. In the past couple of years, Flying Lotus has grown into the position of being far more than a producer, he has helped materialize a far-reaching strain of musical ideology that has encompassed not only a global family of like-minded artists, but also a nearly infinite palate of planetary (and interplanetary) sonics.

Looking back, his full-length Warp debut, Los Angeles appears to be much more of a mission statement than a simple introduction – laying the foundation for a field on which an entire generation of artists would soon be playing. While that album was an introspective, moody travelogue through the Californian metropolis, it certainly hinted at Flying Lotus’ inclination to expand his sound beyond terrestrial means. As you may deduce from the title of his latest opus, he’s done just that. Not only has an entirely new range of sounds been unlocked by our intrepid astral traveler, but every genre touchstone associated with his name has been merged into a self-described “space opera”.

Seamless in execution and too wide in scope to properly describe, it is the authentic embodiment of his unique musical heritage. The spirit of his famed aunt, Alice Coltrane permeates the record, notably in the powerful collaborations with relative Ravi Coltrane, bass virtuoso Thundercat and the brilliant harp prodigy, Rebekah Raff.

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Certainly these are further reaches into a musical space that Flying Lotus had hitherto been exploring, however other collaborators such as Erykah Badu and Outkast string arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and guest vocalists Thom Yorke and a returning Laura Darlington (featured on Los Angeles’ epic closing track ‘Inifinitum’) help deliver Cosmogramma to dizzying new heights. All this name-dropping, however, is not to detract from the genius of the wizard-like figure behind it all. The most powerful aspect of FlyLo’s output has always been it’s ability to communicate his boundless love and enthusiasm for music in all it’s forms and that is what is boldly on display here.

People speak about ‘important’ albums all the time, but rarely is it so apparent that person behind them is following their own, chosen path – Flying Lotus is one of those precious few artists. When one is presented with an invitation for space travel, it’s not something to pass up.

Flying Lotus ‘Cosmogramma’
WARP195
May 2010 Double Gatefold Vinyl / CD
Tracklisting & Listening Clips:
01 Clock Catcher clip
02 Pickled! clip
03 Nose Art clip
04 Intro//A Cosmic Drama clip
05 Zodiac Shit clip
06 Computer Face//Pure Being clip
07 …And The World Laughs With You ft. Thom Yorke clip
08 Arkestry clip
09 Mmmhmm ft. Thundercat clip
10 Do The Astral Plane clip
11 Satellliiiiiteee clip
12 German Haircut clip
13 Recoiled clip
14 Dance Of The Pseudo Nymph clip
15 Drips//Auntie’s Harp clip
16 Table Tennis ft. Laura Darlington clip
17 Galaxy In Janaki clip
Check the Flying Lotus Essential Mix here More: Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma covered in Wall St Journal Flying Lotus Website Warp Records Website

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May 15 2010

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Upcoming: Kode9 - DJ Kicks 2LP/CD (!K7)

Written By 3 - May 15 2010

UPDATE: This is now available - to buy please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

International release date: 21st June 2010, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz Kode9's grasp on the throat of bass music in 2010 is almost unparalleled. His trend setting record label, Hyperdub, is in its sixth year of viral contagion; he's become a published author on the theory of sound abuse and sonic frequencies being used as weaponry in his book 'Sonic Warfare' and his production work has mutated from an almost simplistic marriage of beats and sine waves into a fusion of dancefloor Ebonics and discordant synths. Becoming a figurehead of UK dance music hasn't been a quick process, and Kode9's single-mindedness has contributed in some way to his notoriety, but it's simply his tireless work as a record label boss and A&R that has marked him out as one of the most powerful ears within the scene. Probably best known to the wider global audience as the label that gave birth to two genre defining albums from Burial, Hyperdub has become one of the most reliably testing labels out there. Just as likely to release a glut of two and a half minute beat sketches from American beat maker Samiyam or Zomby as sprawling house opuses from Brixton bass bin temptress Cooly G, the label is at the forefront of innovation and it's something that he has infused into his volume of the DJ-KiCKS series. "Very simply, [the mix is] just a snapshot of my DJ sets at the first half of 2010," he says calmly. "It's definitely not an exploration of my musical heritage, but it's not all new stuff. It probably signifies something about my relationship to dubstep that the mix only has a few dubstep tunes in it, and is instead a mix of UK funky, broken beat, dubstep, grime and some R&B. Unfortunately, I fear some listeners, because of my background, will think that all the tracks are just mutations of dubstep." Starting off in serene fashion with Nottingham producer Lone's upbeat exploration of steel drum snatches on 'Once In A While', Kode9 dives into the percussive textures of Dutch producer Aardvarck before steering the mix into a duo of his own productions: 'Blood Orange' and the specifically tailored exclusive single, 'You Don't Wash (dub) (DJ-KiCKS)'. Jumping off from this point into a journey through current UK funky, Kode9 aligns tracks from Hyperdub artists Cooly G and Ikonika with works by Ill Blu, Sticky, Grievous Angel, Mr Majika, Ikonika and Scratcha DVA, sampling the textures and suitably brutal drum patterns that regularly inject London's dancefloors with such a sustained level of energy. "I find the whole mix pretty danceable in different ways. Some of the stuff is around 8 or 9 years old like the Aaardvark tune 'Revo' which Martyn introduced me to last year," he notes; "And in the early 2000s, I was a big fan of Nubian Mindz as well so it was great to dig up that remix of his for the mix as I feel rhythmically things have swung back round to some of that broken techno stuff, with all its scattered snares, bent synths and maximalist percussion. Also that Maddslinky tune 'Cargo' is an oldie, but I've basically been playing it in practically every set over the last couple of years. The first time I heard that tune played at FWD>> at Plastic People I remember it was like someone had suddenly let the sunshine into this dark basement..." The tracklisting is mostly, but not all London-centric, featuring a selection of big booming riffs and asymmetic percussion possessed by a guttural sense of forcefulness. "Cooly G's 'Phat Si' really is one of those tracks for me; it's just a timeless, mean, deadly roller and is effortlessly a Hyperdub classic. Producers like Lone and Zomby definitely have a magic touch and Mala, for me is like a tropical island in an ocean of dubstep sewage." On this mix Kode9 surfs through those artists and productions that sideswipe you in an unexpected moment of surrealist realisation. Whether it's being brought by a track bringing the sunshine carnival vibe to a Shoreditch basement or by the sheer level of production and temperament that a producer pours into each of their tracks. Veering from the taught and poignant snare snap of Morgan Zarate's 'M.A.B.' he flips from the troubled soul of Rozzi Daime's falsetto on 'Dirty Illusions' to the bruised rhythm of JDaVeY and on into the advanced rhythm science of Terror Danjah and Headhunter's breakout 808 anthem under his Addison Groove alias, 'Footcrab,' distilling some of the more powerful strains of modern UK dance music culminating in the big moody tombstone of The Bug & Flo Dan's 'Run'. "I love the sour R&B tracks of Rozzie Dame and Jay Davey in the middle. If only more pop music sounded like that..." he notes tangentially. "The first and second halves [of the mix] are pretty typical of my sets over the last year. The little 'dream sequence' in the middle, I only get to do when the vibe feels right and people look capable of moving to more downbeat stuff instead of just standing around and nodding their heads." "I started DJing around 19 years ago and I don't know... I just think that every few years I get a musical epiphany from an intense experience in a club or in something I hear that fills me with energy, information and inspiration to produce and DJ. After each one I spend the next few years trying to decipher what happened in that singular moment." And sonically that's what Kode9's DJ-KiCKS does: attempt to decipher the tangled state of UK dance music in 2010. Words: Oli Marlow Kode9 DJ-Kicks tracklisting: 1. Lone  Once In A While 2. Aardvarck  Revo 3. Kode9  Blood Orange 4. Kode9  You Don’t Wash (dub) (DJ-Kicks exclusive) 5. Cooly G  Phat Si 6. Ill Blu  Bellion 7. Ikonika  Heston 8. Scratcha DVA  Jelly Roll 9. Mr Mageeka  Different Lekstrix 10. Grievous Angel  Move Down Low 11. Sticky feat. Natalie Storm  Look Pon Me 12. Sticky  Jumeirah Riddim Sequel 13. Mujava  Pleaze Mugwanti 14. DVA  Natty 15. Aardvaarck  Re Spoken (Nubian Mindz Released Mix) 16. Morgan Zarate feat. Sarah Ann Webb  M.A.B. 17. Rozzi Daime  Dirty Illusions 18. Zomby  Spiralz 19. Kode9  It 20. J*DaVeY  Mr. Mister 21. Digital Mystikz  2 Much Chat 22. Terror Danjah  Stiff 23. Digital Mystikz  Mountain Dread March 24. Zomby  Godzilla 25. Digital Mystikz  Mountain Dread March (Reprise) 26. Addison Groove  Footcrab 27. Kode9 vs. LD  Bad 28. Maddslinky  Cargo 29. Ramadanman  Work Them 30. Terror Danjah  Bruzin (VIP) 31. The Bug  Run (feat. Flo Dan) More Info: www.dj-kicks.com www.kode9-djkicks.com DJ Mix:

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