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February 22 2012

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VIDEO: Homebrew - Yellow Snot Funk

Written By 1 - February 22 2012

New video from Homebrew, "Yellow Snot Funk" from forthcoming double album.  

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February 21 2012

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UPCOMING: Mo Kolours - EP2: Banana Wine 12" (ONE HANDED MUSIC)

Written By 1 - February 21 2012

Due out March 2012, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Track List & Soundclips:

1. Ridda Mountain 2. Twelve 3. Mini Culcha 4. Keep It Up 5. Banana Wine 6. Talking Move 7. Temi 8. Mini Culcha (Beautiful Swimmers Remix)

Half-Mauritian singer-percussionist Mo Kolours returns with his second release: EP2: Banana Wine. Last year’s EP1: Drum Talking saw his blend of soul, dub and various electronic styles with the Sega music of his ancestral home celebrated far and wide.

Opener Ridda Mountain sets the tone: a hypnotic blunted incantation which draws heavily on a love of dub. Twelve sees a loose hip-hop rhythm paired with Mo Kolours’ unique sound palette, turning something familiar into something altogether strange. His percussion skills come to the fore on the fast-paced Afro-Latin workout Mini Culcha as he seeks to explore what dance music can sound like in 2012. The witty Keep It Up roots Mo Kolours in the here and now, a tale of a life spent disturbing the neighbours, while the astonishing Banana Wine takes its cue from a Sega classic and sounds something like dubstep imagined on an African island in the 1970s. Talking Move and Temi offer two more chances to dance to a different drum before Beautiful Swimmers from Washington’s cult Future Times label rejig Mini Culcha into the kind of compelling leftfield house that they’ve made such a stir with.

EP2: Banana Wine is the second in a trilogy of Mo Kolours EPs to be released by One-Handed Music, the increasingly renowned label behind releases from Bullion, Paul White and others. The first EP found favour with the likes of Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard, Gilles Peterson, Rob Da Bank, LA’s influential KCRW radio station, and many more. Mo Kolours performs as part of Paul White’s live band and will be bringing his new one-man live show to the stage this spring.

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February 20 2012

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GIG: Gappy Ranks @ PSC Tomorrow Night

Written By 1 - February 20 2012

GAPPY RANKS & Special Delivery playing at Ponsonby Social Club
TOMORROW night from 9pm.
support from Sandy Bay boys and Grassroots...FREE.

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February 20 2012

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UPCOMING: DJ Mitsu The Beats - Beats Installments EP 1 & 2

Written By 1 - February 20 2012

The 112th & 113th releases from Japan's Jazzy Sport label is the long awaited new EP from DJ Mitsu the Beats 's new project "Beats Installments"!!  To pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz Across two 12" EPs Mitsu delivers 10 instrumental tracks that have a mixture of Hip Hop、Jazz、Funk、Breakbeats、Beatdown, House、Brazil、Fusion etc supported by Cro-Magnon's keyboard player Takumi Kaneko. EP 1 Track List A1. snow bunny Takumi Kaneko(Cro-Magnon) A2. cloud 9 B1. nightfall B2. a little piano B3. slide EP 2 Track List: A1. silver Takumi Kaneko(Cro-Magnon) A2. always something... B1. steep B2. change B3. Masquerade

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February 20 2012

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Bonobo - Black Sands Remixed (NINJA TUNE)

Written By 1 - February 20 2012

Available here on 3LP & here on CD

Contains remixes by Lapalux, Cosmin TRG, Mark Pritchard (Africa Hi Tech / Harmonic 313), Falty DL, Machinedrum, Mike Slott, ARP101, Floating Points, etc.

Black Sands came out in 2010 to almost universal critical acclaim and worldwide commercial success. Si Green aka Bonobo moved from being an underground producer of impeccable credentials to a poster boy for a new take on electronic music – contemporary and edgy but also soulful, song-based, sometimes lush but always emotional.

Black Sands Remixed gathers together a group of like-minded musicians and producers to interpret this classic album. Most of the material here has never been heard before (versions of a couple of the pieces were used as part of Ninja’s 20th anniversary XX campaign) and has been gathered with assistance from renowned DJ and label-head Alexander Nut. Recent Brainfeeder signing Lapalux kicks things off with a meticulous, sensuous re-work of “Prelude”. Banks fills “The Keeper” with spooky atmospherics. Cosmin TRG re-imagines “Kiara” as delicate heartbeat-house. Floating Points spaces “Eyesdown” out and adds to the groove, while ARP101 (better known as D&B producer Alix Perez) gives the tune an electronic re-lick and DELS adds heartfelt lyricism to the original.

Later in the record, Machinedrum turns the same tune into hyperactive percussion and echoed loops of sound. FaltyDL shows a subtle, understated exercise in rhythm and atmosphere for his re-work of “All In Forms”. Mark Pritchard lets in the air on “Stay The Same”, to create delicate, dub-soul. Mike Slott fiddles with the pitching on “All In Forms” to create robot emotion. Blue Daisy cuts up and plays with Andreya Triana’s vocals until “Stay The Same” really is “Not Quite The Same”. Duke Dumont finishes the record with an incredible use of ambience and orchestral build on his ‘reconstruction’ of “Grains of Sand”. Bonobo himself makes two contributions. “Ghost Ship” (originally given away to promote the XX celebrations) reminds the world of Si Green’s obvious talents, combining as it does a classic Motown shuffle with lashings of wobbling bass. “Brace Brace” is, quite simply, beautiful, showcasing once again his grasp of instrumentation and tone.

Tracklisting: Prelude (Lapalux's Finger on the Tape Remix) The Keeper (Banks Remix) Kiara (Cosmin TRG Remix) Eyesdown (Floating Points Remix) Eyesdown (ARP 101 Remix) Eyesdown (feat. Andreya Triana & DELS) All In Forms (FaltyDL Remix) Ghost Ship Stay The Same (Mark Pritchard Remix) Eyesdown (Machinedrum Remix) All In Forms (Mike Slott Remix) Stay The Same (Blue Daisy 'Not Quite the Same' Remix) Brace Brace Black Sands (Duke Dumont's 'Grains Of Sand' Reconstruction Edit)

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