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January 03 2012

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V/A - Jukebox Jam (JAZZMAN)

Written By 1 - January 03 2012

Available here on CD, here on 2LP

Blues boppers! Jukebox faves! Rompin’ stompin’ RnB dancers! A whole double LP worth of raucous, rollicking’ rambunctious ’50s/’60s RnB bangers! Track List  & Sound Clips:
1. Rose Mitchell – Baby Please Don’t Go 2-24 2. Mr. Sad Head – Hot Weather Blues 2-48 3. Big Maybelle – I’ve Got A Feeling 2-58 4. Bunker Hill – You Can’t Make Me Doubt… 2-15 5. Jay Swan – You Don’t Love Me 2-45 6. Jack tucker – Crazy Do 2-18 7. Little Arthur Matthews – I’m Gonna Whale… 2-09 8. Etta James – Nobody Loves You Like Me 2-27 9. Ervin Rucker – Baby You Were Meant For Me 2-04 10. Frances Burr – I Say No, No More 2-27
11. Mike Robinson – Lula 2-22 12. Big Tiny Kennedy – Country Boy 2-21 13. Little Esther – Hound Dog 2-36 14. Roy Brown – Mr Hound Dog’s In Town 2-33 15. Otis Blackwell – Let The Daddy Hold You 2-21 16. Eunice Davis – Get Your Enjoy’s 2-36 17. Marga Benitez – Geechie Goomie 2-25 18. Vernon Dilworth – Shorty 2-23 19. Terry Timmons – Got Nobody To Love 2-41 20. Jeannie Barnes – Can’t Get You Off My Mind 2-45 21. Arthur Griswold – Pretty Mama Blues 2-16 22. Ben Harper – I Can’t Takit No Longer 2-17
The Jukebox Jam club night began in Summer 2007 as a raucous monthly celebration of authentic US Rhythm & Blues of yesteryear. Two years later, the club’s founder Liam Large linked up with Jazzman to release high-quality, short-run 7? singles of the often obscure R&B music which the club continues to thrive on. Jazzman had already carved a niche for itself with the label’s many soul, funk n’ jazz 45s, but here was the opportunity to work a new furrow in vintage Black American music, turning an already clued-up and tuned-in client base of hipsters, diggers and full-on record nerds on to the seemingly endless charms of Rockin’ Blues, Greasy R&B, Jump Blues and Popcorn. Just as the Jukebox Jam club itself saw a fair few copycat enterprises spring forward in its wake, the label itself has been similarly influential in shaping the tastes of those who were yet to be introduced to the vast R&B reservoir, as well as sharpening and widening the palette’s of the more journeyed enthusiast. This is due largely to the careful selection and programming of releases. Not merely picking the records with the most obvious crowd potential, the Jukebox Jam releases have often traded liberally in the unexpected and the unique. This album is the first full length volume in the series. Founder and DJ Liam Large pulls together some selections from the 45 series and adds a further 8 songs. It’s a set which manages to be both diverse and yet totally coherent in spectrum. There are a few sombre, downbeat moments here, but even these come with a seductive groove and finger-snapping back beat and overall this is a selection very much geared, like the club itself, to get your pulse rising and feet jumping. ” 22 songs on a double LP/single CD ” CD with extensive original liner notes ” LP with fold-out booklet inside AND a free A3 size colour Jukebox Jam poster! ” Never-before-seen pictures, photos and images ” RARE and FINE music heard only on Jazzman – all because WE DIG DEEPER!

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January 02 2012

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GIG: Odd Future - Thursday 19th January @ The Powerstation

Written By 1 - January 02 2012

Tickets available here

Alternative hip-hop has found its strongest voice in a very long time. This sensation rolls like an avalanche through the web’s many music blogs with concert footage of some young hip hoppers who clearly take the genre all the way in a punk direction. Odd Future make their New Zealand debut at the Powerstation on Thursday 19 January. As a special offer, Big Day Out ticketholders will be eligible for heavily discounted tickets to this All Ages show.
This phenomenon is called OFWGKTA - Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All or simply Odd Future. Tyler, The Creator is the centre of the wolf pack and around him is a whole formation of young, talented rappers. Formed in 2007, with ages between 17 and 25, they’ve already released numerous mixtapes and studio albums, all for free at the band’s website. The crew’s crude sense of humor and confrontational subject matter earned them a huge underground following and put them on “top artists to watch” lists. Odd Future have gone from underground sensations to one the hottest new acts in the world in just a few months with Tyler, The Creator's "Best New Artist" win at the 2011 Video Music Awards and his Yonkers video being viewed more than 30 million times. The group’s energy, uncompromising lyrics and raw talent have ensured they’ve shrugged off the initial "Internet hype" labeling. Their ethos is well-defined - either you're in or out; for Odd Future or against it.  And in that categorical way, it makes them the perfect rap crew for our time.
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December 28 2011

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V/A - The Original Sound Of Cumbia (SOUNDWAY)

Written By 1 - December 28 2011

Available here on 2xCD, 3LP Vol. 1 here, 3LP Vol. 2 here

'The Original Sound of Cumbia' Medley by Soundway

The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948 - 79

Soundway set sail for Colombia once again, delving deeper into the South American country’s rich musical past. Boasting 55 tracks spread over two CDs and two triple LPs, ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’ is Soundway’s definitive guide to the origins of Colombian cumbia and porro and the result of five years pain staking re-search by Will ‘Quantic’ Holland.

Disc 1 tells the story of some the earliest Colombian cumbia recorded, a genre that captured a nation, spreading from its birthplace on the Caribbean coast in land to central Colombia and the capital Bogota. Disc 2 sees the evolution of cumbia. Greats of Colombian music like Alberto Pacheco, Toño Fernandez & Anibal Velasquez brought the music forward, bringing new influences and instruments to the genre. What had once been considered the music of the underclasses had risen up as the new sound of a nation.

After five years of becoming slowly submerged in Colombian musical culture, learning the accordion, setting up a band and a studio, and scouring the country in search it’s recorded legacy, Will ‘Quantic’ Holland (Quantic Soul Orchestra & Quantic y su Combo Barbaro) has compiled the fruits of his labour into this unique compilation that tells the story of cumbia in the years of the phonograph record’s supremacy. Along with good friend and head of Soundway Records, Miles Cletet, Will Holland has condensed hundreds of 78s, 45s and LPs into just over two and a half hours of the finest Colombian cumbia.

  Disc 1 / SNDWLP032A 1. Gastón (El Isleño) con El Conjunto de Jaime Simanca – La Cumbia Está Llamando 2. Conjunto Los Rumberos – Cumbia del Puerto 3. Lucho Peréz – Judith 4. Alberto Pacheco y su Conjunto – Sembrando Café 5. Rafeal Yepes Crespo con sus Negros de la Región – Nubia en la Playa 6. Santander Flores – Capital Cebuista 7. Ruffo Garrido y su Conjunto – El Pájaro Prieto 8. Conjunto Ritmos del Caribe – La Fullera 9. Anibal Velásquez y Su Conjunto – San Jacinto 10. Orquesta Ritmos de Sabanas – Montería 11. Baldomero Urieles con Efrian Burgos y su Conjunto – Amor del Magdalena 12. Los Alegres del Valle – Samaria 13. Conjunto Martínez – Cumbia Fonsequera 14. Silvio Guzman y Conjunto Jose M. Peñaranda – Canto a Betty 15. Pedro Salcedo y su Orquesta – La Vaca y El Caporal 16. Los Alegres Bucaneros – Cumbia Bucanera 17. Gildardo Montoya y Conjunto Los Rumberos – Fabiola 18. Guillermo Munoz y Conjunto Típico del Magdalena – Cumbia de Todos 19. Cresencio Salcedo – Me Quedo con el Viejo 20. Lalito y Conjunto Colombia – Flores de Colombia 21. Nacho Paredes con Los Vaqueros Sabaneros – Dulce Lamento 22. Los Ases del Ritmo – La Margarita 23. Emiro Caicedo y su Combo – Los Cumbiamberos 24. Hugo Racedo y su Conjunto – Cumbia del Magdalena 25. Trio Serenata – Cumbia Sobre El Mar 26. Los Indígenas – Sangre Goajira 27. Toño Fernandez – La Muerte 28. Los Hermanitos Ferreyra – Cumbia del Mar Vinyl bonus track Angel Martinez con Los Sabaneros – Cumbia Alegre Disc 2 / SNDWLP032B 1. Betopey – Cumbia del Carnaval 2. Conjunto Miramar – Reina de Cumbias 3. Los Cumbiamberos de Chorrera – La Millera 4. Andrés Landero – Rosa y Mayo 5. Los Tigres con Morgan Blanco – La Culebra 6. La Cumbia Soledeña – Tambo, Tambo 7. Jaime Simanca y sus Fandangueros – Cumbia Negra 8. Aniceto Molina y su Conjunto – Cumbia Candela 9.Banda Bajera de San Pelayo – Descarga en Cumbia 10. Alberto Pacheco – Guayabita Colorá 11. Banda 11 de Enero de Murillo – La Cachona 12. Lucho Campillo y su Conjunto – Rastrillando 13. Carlos Román – El 4 y 5 14. Banda 2da de Laguneta Córdoba – Tracionera 15. Satanás y su Grupo – Cumbia de La Montaña 16. Toño Fernández – La Guacharaca 17. Lucho Yepez – La Gaita del Pato 18. El Pholy Combo – El Porro es Hermano De La Cumbia 19. Grupo Costa Brava – A Baranoa 20. Elías Morón y su Conjunto Vallenato – Playas Embrujadas 21. Chico Cervantes – Cumbia Colombia 22. Anibal Velásquez y su Conjunto – Cumbia Bogotana 23. Alfonso Puerta y su Conjunto – Pescadores del Mar 24. Miguel Durán – Elionora 25. Celia Estremor y su Grupo de Baile Cantao – El Secuestro 26. Hermanos Tuiran – Lluvia 27. Unknown – El Niño Llora Vinyl Bonus Track Heber Macias – Cumbia Linda

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December 28 2011

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UPCOMING: Various - Spiritual Jazz Vol.2 (JAZZMAN)

Written By 1 - December 28 2011

Due out February 2012 on 2LP and CD, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

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As the ‘60s progressed, cultural and political revolutions occurred both in the US and in Europe. Jazz was both a victim and a saviour, with radical developments in the music occurring in both continents. In the US, artists took control of their own musical destiny as small labels broke away from the mainstream, expressing new and creative visions of freedom and peace against a backdrop of civil unrest, repression and war. Be sure to check the first volume of this series, Spiritual Jazz (JMANCD.020). In ‘60s Europe the jazz community forged ahead with a different revolution; that of breaking away from mere emulation of their American counterparts. A distinctive, European jazz sound began to develop that combined traditional music from across Europe and around the world with the creative freedom so abundant in American jazz. Over time the most forward-thinking creative talents of the post-Coltrane European jazz generation crafted and nurtured sophisticated and multi-faceted styles of jazz that were as radical as they were beautiful, giving modern jazz a characteristically European flavour.

 

THE MUSIC A heady mix indeed; stirring jazz overtures with orchestra and choir, festival performances recorded live from the grassy heartlands of central Europe, modal montages inspired by pilgrimages to Asia and Africa, experiments in rhythm and sound where modern jazz meets traditional Balkan and Flamenco folk music. This is Spiritual Jazz – European style.

We dedicate this album to Michael Garrick, who died shortly before its release. His contribution to UK jazz was profound, and we’re proud to include one of his previously-unreleased tracks.

·All tracks fully licensed and digitally restored from the original master tapes

·Comprehensive liner notes with individual notes on each track with original stories direct from the musicians and artists

·16 page colour CD booklet with in-depth liner notes, album cover scans and previously unpublished photographs

·Most tracks never before reissued – previously only available on rare LP’s that change hands for hundreds of dollars.

·180g double vinyl pressing with thick, glossy double gatefold sleeve and colour inserts

·RARE and FINE music heard only on Jazzman – all because WE DIG DEEPER!

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December 27 2011

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MIX: Julien Dyne - Dec 2011

Written By 1 - December 27 2011

Julien Dyne Mix Dec 2011 by julien dyne   Links:
Upcoming - Julien Dyne's "Glimpse" album
Wonderful Noise article in the NZ Herald's Canvas Magazine

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