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Conch Top Album Picks 2009
It's that time of year when people start to put out their best of lists, so here goes our picks for this years best releases, in no particular order. Let us know what you think, what your personal favourites were and if you can see any others sneaking in before years end.
As always feel free to contact us regarding any of these releases as many of them are either in store at the moment or are readily available . Contact us via email on info@conch.co.nz by phone on (09) 360 -1999 or in store at 115A Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland.
Lee Fields - My World CD / LP (Truth & Soul)
Quantic - Tradition In Transition CD / 2LP (Tru Thoughts)
Julien Dyne - Pins & Digits CD / LP (From The Crates/BBE)
Various - Legends Of Benin CD / 2LP (Analog Africa)
Dam Funk - Toeeachizown 2CD / 5LP (Stonesthrow)
Mos Def - The Ecstatic CD / 2LP (Downtown)
Electric Wire Hustle - Electric Wire Hustle CD (Every Waking Hour)
Various - 5 Years Of Hyperdub 2CD / 5x12" (Hyperdub)
Little Dragon - Machine Dreams CD / LP (Peace Frog)
DJ Mitsu - Word To The Wise CD / 3LP (Planet Groove)
Sa-Ra - Nuclear Evolution 2CD / 2LP (Ubiquity)
Hudson Mohawke - Butter CD / 2LP (Warp)
Various - Black Rio 2 CD / 2LP (Strut)
Shafiq Husayn - En-A-Free-Ka CD / 2LP (Plug Research)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble CD / 2LP (Honest Jon's)
Various - A Orillas Del Magdalena LP (Domino)
The Clonious - Between The Dots CD / 2LP
Martyn - Great Lengths CD /3LP
Paul White - The Strange Dreams Of Paul White CD (One Handed Music)
Mulatu Astake - New York-London-Addis CD /2LP (Strut)
MF Doom - Born Like This CD / 2LP (Lex)
Various - Dub Echoes 2CD / 3LP / DVD (Soul Jazz)
El Michel's Affair - Enter The 37th Chamber CD / LP (Truth & Soul)
The Turnaround - Turnstyles III CD
Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue CD /2LP (Warp)
Quantic - Tradition In Transition CD / 2LP (Tru Thoughts)
Julien Dyne - Pins & Digits CD / LP (From The Crates/BBE)
Various - Legends Of Benin CD / 2LP (Analog Africa)
Dam Funk - Toeeachizown 2CD / 5LP (Stonesthrow)
Mos Def - The Ecstatic CD / 2LP (Downtown)
Electric Wire Hustle - Electric Wire Hustle CD (Every Waking Hour)
Various - 5 Years Of Hyperdub 2CD / 5x12" (Hyperdub)
Little Dragon - Machine Dreams CD / LP (Peace Frog)
DJ Mitsu - Word To The Wise CD / 3LP (Planet Groove)
Sa-Ra - Nuclear Evolution 2CD / 2LP (Ubiquity)
Hudson Mohawke - Butter CD / 2LP (Warp)
Various - Black Rio 2 CD / 2LP (Strut)
Shafiq Husayn - En-A-Free-Ka CD / 2LP (Plug Research)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble CD / 2LP (Honest Jon's)
Various - A Orillas Del Magdalena LP (Domino)
The Clonious - Between The Dots CD / 2LP
Martyn - Great Lengths CD /3LP
Paul White - The Strange Dreams Of Paul White CD (One Handed Music)
Mulatu Astake - New York-London-Addis CD /2LP (Strut)
MF Doom - Born Like This CD / 2LP (Lex)
Various - Dub Echoes 2CD / 3LP / DVD (Soul Jazz)
El Michel's Affair - Enter The 37th Chamber CD / LP (Truth & Soul)
The Turnaround - Turnstyles III CD
Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue CD /2LP (Warp)
Earshot With Cian - Sunday 22nd Nov
Earshot With Cian Sunday 22nd Nov 2009 - George FM 96.8FM by conchrecords
Another dose of Earshot now via our spot on Soundcloud here this time without the ads.
Any queries about the tracklisting please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
22 November 2009 playlist
Gary Bartz - "Gentle Smiles (Kon's Butter Edit)" [CDR]
Spec Boogie - "Bed Stuy" [CDR]
Gagle - "Snow Revolution (DJ Mitsu 2008 Edit)" [Mukatsuku]
Onra & Pursuit Grooves - "Are You Satisfied ft Fatima" [CDR]
Captain Planet - "Fresh Delivery" [Bastard Jazz]
Up Hygh - "You ft Fatima (Mad Mats Edit)" [CDR]
DJ Mitsu - "The Game Changer ft Wildchild & Georgia Anne Muldrow" [Jazzy Sport]
AFMB - "AFRONTPB (Afriendlyrideonthepressureboat)" [White]
Frank Nitt - "Hollywood ft Bad Lucc" [Delicious Vinyl]
Grooveman Spot - "Disc-O-Island (Space aAfrica) ft Physical Sound Sport" [Jazzy Sport]
Jay-Z - "So Ambitious ft Pharrell" [Roc Nation]
Kid Cudi - "Pillow Talk" [CDR]
Barkin Soul - "Tous Des Voleurs" [Mighty Highness Records]
K54 - "Bamboo Shoot" [Promo]
Sabo - "Soundboy Cumbia" [Bersa Discos]
Nafer Duran Y Su Conjunto - "A Orillas Del Magdalena" [Domino Sound]
Budos Band - "Hidden Hand" [Truth & Soul]
Karl Hector & The Malcouns - "Mellow (Version)" [Now Again]
Ruby Andrews - "You Made A Believer (Out Of Me)" [Zodiac Records]
Tammi Terrell - "All I Do Is Think About You" [BBE]
Jarvis Cocker - "Discosong (Pilooski Mix)" [CDR]
Floating Points - "Truly" [Eglo]
3 Chairs - "3 Chairs Theme" [Sound Signature]
Deborah Jordan - "Let Go" [Futuristica]
Roska - "Proverbs" [White]
Joy Orbison - "Wet Look" [Hot Flush]
Vikter Duplaix - "Electric Love (Inst)"
Piperoid Figurines Back In @ Conch
From the Piperoid Website:
Piperoid are creative handicrafts produced in Japan, paper pipes are assembled to produce 5 different robot characters. It is possible to show a wide range of expressions through little pose adjustments due to its movable joints.
Do you still remember how excited you were to make handicrafts when you were a child?  The process to create things with one’s own hands is always thrilling. Why don’t we, adults, enjoy such a sense of excitement, too? Piperoid has been launched in the hope to stimulate adults’creative minds and open the door to familiarity with handicrafts
Check the different characters below:
Muscle Jaw
A dashing robot with a giant’s strength. He is not a pushy guy but has a tendency to overreact to things and be blind to his surroundings when he is working very hard. So he might be sometimes seen as an annoying guy. He does his best to do everything even though it may be unnecessary. He tends to act before thinking carefully. As a result what he has done often turns out to be a waste and pointless. This is just among us but he is secretly addicted to something which does not fit in with his macho-like character.
Cannon Bull
Greedy eater and geekazoid. He is extremely lazy and stays home most of the time. He loves pizzas even though Piperoids do not need to eat. His favorite things to do are eating pizzas while watching TV and mumbling complaints on the couch. His cannon shaped hands are just imitation guns. He has a brutal side to his character but on the contrary he is afraid of small animals.
Mantis Hurry
Intelligent. He likes keeping himself busy. He is not comfortable unless he is calculating something or using his organizer. To tell the truth he sometimes feels superior to his fellows. He sees himself as brilliant and loves himself. Therefore he prefers to be in a city rather than in the jungle. This is because in a city area there are millions of glass windows and doors in which he can check his good looking image.
Hammer Rose
A girl robot who yearns for love. Addicted to fortune-telling.She has a weakness for good-looking machines and robots; falls in love at once, makes a move on a guy, and ends up getting tired of him suddenly. Complicated enough, she always says “I want to be in love.†Her priority is neither function nor personality but appearance. She has very demanding conditions for her Mr. Perfect and never shows interest in her work mates. She dose not like her broad shoulders and is starting to do something we cannot tell to keep fit.
Jet Johnathan
Gossipy and free-minded. He is talkative and gossipy. He gathers a variety of information by flying around the world. He suddenly shows up out of the sky, chats away about what he wants, and flies back home. This can be seen as a reconnaissance activity but his intention is 100% for his interest, so it is hard to say if this is his job or only a hobby. He is a wimp and he always, but we cannot say, while sleeps.Keb Darge & Paul Weller - Lost & Found - Real R'N'B & Soul 2LP/CD (BBE)
Get It Here On 2LP
Keb Darge’s Lost and Found series sets out to expose lesser known or forgotten lights of soul music from the 50’s and 60’s.
The soul of the fifties and sixties was much purer, and more honest. Therefore it reaches parts that the modern day pish cannot reach. However at last thanks to a new generation of youngsters influenced by the likes of Amy Winehouse, thousands of clubbers worldwide are now turning to the past for real pleasure during their nights out.
‘I look into the sea of smiling faces on the dance floor every Saturday night at Madame Jo Jo’s, and get a feeling that somehow this music has saved these people from a false and dreary nightlife.’ Keb Darge. Keb Darge has compiled more compilations for BBE than any other DJ selling close to 200,000 CDs and vinyls over a 10 year period. Paul Weller is an acclaimed Rock star and Soul music collector whose contribution to music is well documented and surpasses that of any other act that has compiled a long player for BBE. Tracklisting:
| 01 | Big Mama Thornton | They Call Me Big Mama | clip | |||
| 02 | The Brothers Of Soul | Come On Back | clip | |||
| 03 | The Tempos | (Countdown) Here I Come | clip | |||
| 04 | Epitome Of Sound | You Don't Love Me | clip | |||
| 05 | Daddy Cleanhead & C. Higgins Band | Something's Goin' On In My Room | clip | |||
| 06 | The Casanova Two | We Got To Keep On | clip | |||
| 07 | The Creations | A Dream | clip | |||
| 08 | Elsie Wheat | Tippin' | clip | |||
| 09 | Sarah Dean w/Freddie Mitchell Orchestra | Long Lean Daddy | clip | |||
| 10 | Billy Fair & Orch. | I'll Be True To You | clip | |||
| 11 | The Cadets | I Want You | clip | |||
| 12 | Velma Cross & Her High Steppers | I'll Be Oh So Good | clip | |||
| 13 | Big T. Tyler | King Kong | clip | |||
| 14 | The Flirtations | Stronger Than Her Love | clip | |||
| 15 | The Great Experience | Don't Forget To Remember | clip | |||
| 16 | The Intruders | Hang On In There | clip | |||
| 17 | Major Lance | Rhythm | clip | |||
| 18 | Margie Joseph | One More Chance | clip | |||
| 19 | Tammi Terrell | All I Do Is Think About You | clip | |||
| 20 | The Dells | Wear It On Your Face | clip | |||
| 21 | Bobby Bland | Honey Child | clip | |||
| 22 | The Radiants | Ain't No Big Thing | clip | |||
| 23 | Albert King | Crosscut Saw | clip | |||
| 24 | Jimmy Witherspoon | Money Is Getting Cheaper | clip | |||
| 25 | Billy Watkins | The Ice-Man | clip | |||
| 26 | Eddie Giles | Losin' Boy | clip | |||
| 27 | Emmitt Long | Call Me | clip | |||
| 28 | Slim Harpo | I Got Love If You Want It | clip |
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