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Various - Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-84 (NUMERO)

Written By 1 - May 19 2012

Available Here On CD, Here on 2LP

If the independently-pressed record made the galaxy of recorded music that much larger, the burgeoning home studio became the black hole from which little escaped. Flowering in the mid-to-late ‘70s, affordable high-quality tape recorders, synthesizers, and simple drum machines permitted the aspiring artist to never leave his home, never request the assistance of another human being. In the world of American Black music, name artists such as Sly Stone, TimmyThomas, and Shuggie Otis had experimented with rudimentary electronic soul with a modicum of success, but on record what remains is scant. This collection presents the unheard underground of the self-produced, often solo, electronic soul world of the ‘70s and early ‘80s, offering a view into an ocean of sound that is in turn peaceful, bizarre, funky, and often humbly ahead of its time. Available as a high quality 180 gram double LP or deluxe bound book CD and features arial photography by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.
Track list & Soundclips:
01 Jeff Phelps Excerpts From Autumn clip
02 Guitar Red Disco From A Space Show clip
03 Jerry Green I Finally Found The Love I Need clip
04 Key & Cleary I'm A Man clip
05 Spontaneous Overthrow Money clip
06 Cotillion If You Give A Dance clip
07 U.S. Airies Are You Ready To Come clip
08 The Makers Don't Challenge Me clip
09 Tyrone Dyson It's All Over clip
10 Starship Commander Woo Woo Master Ship (Excerpt) clip
11 Johnny Walker Love Vibrator clip
12 Jeff Phelps Super Lady clip
13 Deborah Washington Shortest Lady clip
14 Steve Elliot One More Time clip
15 U.S.Airies Are You Ready To Come clip
16 The New Year My Bleeding Wound clip
17 Otis G.Johnson Time To Go Home clip

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May 17 2012

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UPCOMING: J Dilla - Dillatroit - (MAHOGANI MUSIC)

Written By 1 - May 17 2012

Due for release soon, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

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 - preorders advised. Tracklist: 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 Fact Magazine did an article on the upcoming release here that you can check out here

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May 17 2012

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Francis Bebey - African Electronic Music 1976-1982 (BAD BORN RECORDS)

Written By 1 - May 17 2012

Available here on 2LP, here on CD

Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey is truly one of a kind. He entered the music scene with his african compositions for classical guitar. He gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. The same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, and some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in Africa and in the french-speaking world. But few people know that in the 1970s, Francis Bebey delved into electronic music. The first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. he embraced the technique of 'sound on sound' recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). This new stage in his musical career included the production of several records ('savannah georgia,' 'new track', 'haiti'), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. This was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments.

Track List & Sound Clips: 1. New Track 2. La Condition Masculine 3. Wuma Te 4. Divorce Pygmee 5. Fleur Tropicale 6. Tiers Monde 7. Agatha 8. Pigmy Love Song 9. Catching Up 10. Sahel 11. The COffee Cola Song 12. Super Jungle 13. Savanah Georgia 14. ll n'y pas de crocodiles a cocody

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May 16 2012

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UPCOMING: Various - Remolino De Oro LP (DOMINO)

Written By 1 - May 16 2012

Remolino De Oro: Coastal Cumbias from Colombia's Discos Fuentes 1961-73

A follow up to "A Orillas del Magdalena", twelve more cumbias from Colombia's most prolific label. Hailing, by all accounts, from the Northern coast of Colombia, Cumbia is the offspring of the musical melding of three cultures—the Indigenous, Spanish and African. Shaped by bright cymbals, an insistent bass line, eclectic percussion and brilliant accordion playing, these Discos Fuentes recordings remain raw, loose and unpolished. From dance floor hit to nostalgic ode—they come straight from the heart.

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May 16 2012

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Various - Jahtarian Dubbers Vol. 3 (JAHTARI)

Written By 1 - May 16 2012

Available here on CD, here on LP

The tape heads of the Jahtari echo machines have been finetuned, the reverb modules are rewired, the bass implant is set to maximum blast and now the third episode of our ongoing series called “Jahtarian Dubbers” is ready to rock your walkman for a long time to come.

Mikey Murka went up to the dancehall again, John Frum is back with a hauntingly beautiful dub, Soom T is in top shape on one of his other riddims, Maffi team up with Ranking Levy from MyLord Sound while the Jahtari Riddim Force is on the loose, El Fata rinses Tapes‘ smashing “Gold Love Riddim”, disrupt dug out a forgotten treasure from the vault and Rootah runs his tube delays into the red zone.

Wearing the black belt for beatmaking and new in the Jahtari camp is Monkey Marc (who supplied a wicked instrumental to the last Roots Manuva album). Our favourite sound system champions Mungo’s Hifi are about to blow your speakers alongside veteran Jim Nastics, plus there’s a very special Rootah version of a Dub Syndicate / Adrian Sherwood classic – with Lee Perry (!) on the mic, lazergun in hand, straightjacket and all. So better pack enough supplies for an interstellar trip – this one might take a while.

Check out the Soundclips Here

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5
Mikey Murka – Sweeter John Frum – Healing Dub Soom T – Bullets Will Bounce Monkey Marc – Rudebwoy Dub Ranking Levy – Mad Man Style Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate – Secret Laboratoy (Rootah version)
Jahtari Riddim Force – One Armed Swordsman
Jim Nastics & Mungo’s Hifi – Nah Lef Africa
El Fata – Dancehall Girls
disrupt – Asteroid Dub Force Rootah – Mr. Vibes

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