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UPCOMING: Gilles Peterson - Black Jazz Radio CD (BLACK JAZZ)
Due out very soon, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
Gilles Peterson, known for his record label (Brownswood), BBC radio show and deep crates, pays tribute to one of his favorite labels, Black Jazz Records. Very arguably a “Best Of” the label, this selection highlights the work of Doug Carn, whose track “Higher Ground” ranks up there with all time greats in spiritual jazz, Cleveland Eaton, his 9+ minute funk chant “All Your Lover, All Day, All Night” would segue well with Sugarcane Harris, early EWF, or Funkadelic. End result is that most all aspects of the label are referenced here, the soul/jazz/funk spectrum playing like a radio show, which perhaps was the curator’s intent… This is part 2 of a 3-disc mix series, coordinated with remastered reissues of the original albums on CD, featuring newly discovered photographs and artwork. Tracklist: 1. Black Jazz Radio Intro 2.The Awakening – Awakening Prologue – Spring Thing 3. Gene Russell – Black Orchid 4. Rudolph Johnson – The Highest Pleasure 5. Henry Franklin – Beauty and the Electric Tub 6. Walter Bishop’s 4th Cycle – N’Dugu’s Prayer 7. Doug Carn – Higher Ground 8. Cleveland Eaton – All Your Lover, All Day, All Night 9. Roland Haynes – Second Wave 10. Kellee Patterson – Maiden Voyage 11. Calvin Keys – Aunt Lovey 12.The Awakening – Awakening EpiloguePODCAST: Gilles Peterson in Japan on BBC Radio One
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Gilles Peterson visits Tokyo to discover how the youth of Japan are responding following the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
He spends time in Tokyo and speaks to local musicians including Goth Trad and Anchorsong. He also finds out about the local clubbing culture; tries some local food; goes record shopping; learns about a controversial piece of art that was a reaction to the disaster; and discovers why a manga comic was banned. Plus, we catch up with musicians vistiting Toyko - Sinden, SBRTRK and Robert Glasper; and find out about the battle between K-Pop & J-Pop.
Gilles also visits the Sendai region, which was near the epicentre of the earthquake in March 2011 and badly hit by the tsunami which followed, seeing the level of devastation for himself.
Music played
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Budamunk — Waterfall Meditation
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Fumio Itabashi — Watarase
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Goth-Trad — Man In The Maze (Deep Medi)
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Goth-Trad — Anti Grid
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Goth-Trad — Babylon Fall (feat Max Romeo)
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Robert Glasper — Move Love (feat King)
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Kara — Hip Dance
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Anchorsong — The Blacksmith
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Anchorsong — Plum Rain
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Shuya Okino — Sun Will Rise (Boogie Mix)
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Sick Team — Turn It Up
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indigo jam unit — Fuel For The Fire (feat Alicia Saldenha)
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DJ Mitsu The Beats — Wait So Long
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Grooveman Spot — Promise
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Grooveman Spot — Let Me Love You
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Bo Ningen — Maguro (Rewind)
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Bo Ningen — Henkan
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Budamunk — Blunted First
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Watarase — Short Edit
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Mystica Tribe — Meditation Stick
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Nujabes — Voice Of Autumn
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Emancipator — With Rainy Eyes
Gilles Peterson - Masterpiece 3xCD (MOS)
Upcoming: Various - Brownswood Electric 2
Due out June 27th on CD, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
In June of 2010, Gilles Peterson’s mighty Brownswood collective (specifically Peterson’s assistant Alex Stevenson) hand-picked artists to form a compilation that represented the multi-dimensional, kaledescopic landscape of the label’s musical interests. A tight, bright roundup of bass music at that sliver of time, ‘Brownswood Electr*c’ bred a new wave of producers and paved the way for a new sound, capturing the beats and personalities of then-up-and-comers (now game-changers) George Fitzgerald, Mount Kimbie, Mosca, Rockwell and Pearson Sound, among many others. The collection found fans in DJ Mag (nominating it for their ‘Best of British’ Awards that year), Martyn and Hemlock’s Untold, who aptly summed it up: “It’s a really spot-on snapshot of the grey area of “dance” music that keeps getting messier.”
Messy or delightful chaos (your choice), the grey area hidden between the frayed splinterings of microgenres is perhaps where the most unexpected colours form. It’s where imaginations are freed, and artistic expression lies abound: no confines, no uncomfortable boxes to tick nor adjectives to hold on to. Taking in the relentlessly malleable state of electronic music of late, what’s considered ‘future’ today may very well be tagged ‘post’ within a handful of months. The naysayers and genre-enthusiasts may argue otherwise, but to Mr. Peterson and his Brownswood family, the music world couldn’t be in a more fruitful and exciting place as a result.
Sound system culture moves so fast. Forging onwards, but simultaneously zig-zagging through its past, picking up sonic references which appear as quickly as they disappear. With the ‘Brownswood Electr*c’ series we’re simply attempting to highlight the depth and breadth of the electronic space…and the exceptional quality within. Gilles Peterson
‘Brownswood Electr*c 2’ stands tall as a wisened lesson in subjectivity and experimentalism, taking in a new league of artists that revel in sonic possibilities within the low-end territory. Between the 14 producers, with ideas that cross continents (UK, USA, Germany, Australia, Japan) as much as genre boundaries, the variety is pristine and entirely unpredictable. Joy-laden 8-bit dreamworlds (mfp – ‘Future Hopes’) are met with emotive 2-step swings and detailed walls of sound (Jack Dixon – ‘By My Side’), and tearing drum workouts lined with echoey chambers (DJG – ‘Automatic’) storm up alongside the toughly beautiful rhythms of Monky. Perth’s Ta-ku leans on call-and-response chants to fuel his heavy bounce on the enthusiastic headnodder ‘Hey Kids,’ whereas Synkro & Indigo dive deep into soul-searching with their tight, mesmeric roller ‘Knowing You,’ and DJ Dials’ ‘Pillowforts’ is a heartbreakingly sublime encounter with arpeggios. Beastly pitch-bent complexity (HxdB – ‘Savage Pets’), meanwhile, contrastingly bumps up against ethereal atmospheric escapes that serve as a lesson in simplicity (Jus Wan – ‘Miles Away’). With sounds flitting across a wide spectrum, the underlying theme that cohesively ties them all together is innovation.
01 Ta-ku – Hey Kids 02 Monky – Drunkerdz 03 Anenon – Shifts 04 DJG – Automatic 05 Frederic Robinson – Mood Swings 06 Synkro & Indigo – Knowing You 07 mfp – Future Hopes 08 Jus Wan – Miles Away 09 DJ Dials – Pillowforts 10 Funk Ethics – Step In 11 Jack Dixon – By My Side 12 HxdB – Savage Pets 13 Stray – Break Your Legs 14 AEED – Under The Alps
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