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December 03 2010

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New In At Conch - 2nd Dec

Written By 3 - December 03 2010

Greetings,

Here's our weekly selection of new bits and pieces in at Conch this week.  Plenty more so be sure to pop in to check. And it's the Ponsonby Xmas Market Day this Saturday, we'll have the decks out front as usual. Also a reminder that we do Gift Vouchers for that hard to buy someone.  Available in store or online here: Best, Dustin, Cian, Jim, Brent & Bobby NEW WALLETS FROM STATUS ANXIETY UPCOMING RELEASES: - Soundclips & More Details Below TO PRE-ORDER PLEASE EMAIL INFO@CONCH.CO.NZ Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming (Daptone) Bossa Nova & the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s (Soul Jazz)

NEW VINYL

SOUL / FUNK / LATIN / JAZZ Koko Edits - Are You Going With Me? 12" (Gamm) Suff Daddy X Lefto - Come2ULive 7" (Live Musiq) Can - Ege Bamyasi LP (United Artists) Lisa Warrington - I Like The Way 12" (People's Potential Unlimited) Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je t'Aime... Moi Non Plus [LP+7''] Million Dollar Disco - The Other Side EP 12" Dee Edwards - Why Can't There Be Love (Pilooski Edit) Esquerita - Wildcat Shakeout (180g) DOWNTEMPO: Kelpe - Margins EP 12" (Black Acre) Gotan Project - Rayuela 10" (Ya Basta) Various - Vol.8: More Banging Artists 12" (Big M) HIP HOP: DJ Mitsu The Beats - Shikouhin 12" (JAZZY SPORT) Talib Kweli - Dub Kweli LP (Dubkweli) Raashan Ahmad - Feel Good / Sunshine 7" (Tradvibe) Full Crate X FS Green - Hi-Hat Club Vol. 5 - Eggs And Pancakes LP REGGAE / DUB: Sound Iration - The Dubz 12" (Year Zero) DUBSTEP / TECHNO / UK FUNKY: Dubkasm - Dubkasm Remixed Pt.3 (Guido/Peverelist) Simon/Off - Forever / No Pills / On Arrete Tout 12" (Immerse) Horsepower Productions - Search For The Sonic Bounty 3LP (Tempa) HOUSE / DISCO: Julio Bashmore - Chazm / Footsteppin' 10" (Ten Thousand Yen) Squarepusher - Shobaleader (Mr.Oizo RMX) 12" (Because) The Popular People's Front - Stealing Is Beautiful Sampler 12" Ugly Edits - Switch Track / No Way Back 12" The XX - VCR (Four Tet RMX) 12" (Young Turks) DJ Prime - Vol.1: Barely Breaking Even 12" (Gamm)

RESTOCKS:

Onra - The Anthem 7" Beach Boys vs J.Dilla - Pet Sounds: In The Key Of Dee LP Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer 2LP John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up! 2LP Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 2LP The Funk League - Boogie Back 12" Falty DL - Endeavour 12" Harry Whitaker - Black Renaissance LP Jose James - Blackmagic EP 12" Flying Lotus - Los Angeles 2LP

EVENTS:

THURSDAY: First Thursdays on K’Rd Thurs 2 Dec FRIDAY: Mara Tk's one Man Band Thing with Isaac Aesili @ PSC Rakinos Christmas Party SATURDAY: Ponsonby Market Day - Christmas Party DJ Krush at Zen SUNDAY: Conch Sunday Grill @ PSC FORTHCOMING: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Sat 18th Dec @ The Powerstation The Turnaround New Years Eve @ Leigh Sawmill Aloe Blacc - Thursday 27th January

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December 01 2010

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Flip Wallets From Status Anxiety

Written By 3 - December 01 2010

Just received some new wallets from a Australian company Status Anxiety,  check them below:

'money flips in, money flips out. status flip wallets are made of soft calf leather, and are stitched on all seams. featuring 4 card slots (but for it can fit up to 12) and thicker elastic for secure long lasting durability.'

dimensions: 102 x 70 x 8mm - $60 Each

greenwallet

Available Here - Green

chocowallet Available Here - Chocolate blackwallet Available Here - Black bluewallet Available Here - Blue orangewallet Available Here - Orange greywallet Available here - Grey redwallet Available here - Red

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November 29 2010

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Darkstar - North LP / CD (Hyperdub)

Written By 3 - November 29 2010

Available here on LP & on CD here

Darkstar in 2010 are an upgraded model of the Darkstar which released the much loved single 'Aidy's Girl Is A Computer' at the end of 2009. That song, and previous singles 'Need You' and 'Squeeze My Lime' hinted at a nas-cent songwriting talent and mastery of oozing synth drones that has burst into life on their debut album, 'North'. The band have adjusted their focus, adding lead singer James Buttery to the production and writing team of James Young and Aiden Whalley, and the result as heard on 'North' is a brave, low-key pop masterpiece, which discards the cheap thrills and treadmill ideas that many deploy to access success. Instead, 'North' will creep up on you with each listen, seducing with its' achingly gorgeous, synthesized songwriting. From the intro track 'In The Wings', right through to the closing song, a lush new version of 'Squeeze My Lime' now called 'When It's Gone', the album blends their crunchy, citric synths, baroque strings, piano and tender guitar with vocal harmonies, gently laced with glitches and noise. Here, Darkstar have subtly found the beauty in distor-tion. The first single from the album, the catchy 'Gold', is a cover of a little known Human League song 'You Re-mind Me Of Gold', inspired by hearing the original slowed to 33rpm. Insectoid drum machine rhythms carry the song along accompanied by a chilly piano. 'Deadness', 'Dear Heartbeat', 'Two Chords' and 'North' impress with their icy radiance, the rich, wafting strings, dreamy guitar and keys bury the otherwise snowy-white sonics, the crunch of the drums and the translucent vocals sounding as if they're sung by a hologram. Some tracks, like 'Ostkreuz' and aspects of 'Under One Roof' conjure up a soundtrack to Twin Peaks if it was set in the North of England. Mini-anthem of 2009, 'Aidy's Girl Is A Computer' also earns a slot among the new material. With their first long player, Darkstar have produced an album many bands with far more experience and many more releases and under their belt can only dream of. Downbeat, breezy, sometimes melancholy, sometimes just plain sad, at others optimistic and affirming, and always gracefully elegant, 'North' will surprise many, a classic record for short days and long nights. TRACKLIST: 01 In The Wings 02 Gold 03 Deadness 04 Aidy's Girl Is A Computer 05 Under One Roof 06 Two Chords 07 North 08 Ostkreuz 09 Dear Heartbeat 10 When It's Gone

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November 29 2010

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Ponsonby Market Day - Christmas Party

Written By 3 - November 29 2010

Once again the Ponsonby Market Day is on this Saturday 4th of December.
PONSONBY CHRISTMAS PARTY 2010
Saturday 4th December
11am - Late
www.ponsonby.org.nz

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November 26 2010

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Upcoming: Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming (Daptone)

Written By 3 - November 26 2010

Due for release January 2011, to pre-order on either LP or CD please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

It’s taken just two short years for Dunham Records – an imprint of Daptone Records – to establish itself as one of the most captivating creative forces in soul music. The brainchild of guitarist/producer Thomas “Tommy TNT” Brenneck, Dunham’s indelibly atmospheric sound is epitomized by its flagship artist, Menahan Street Band. After releasing a handful of crucial 45s, Dunham Records prepares to enter the next phase of its evolution with the debut album of its inaugural vocalist, Charles Bradley.

Charles Bradley’s voice has evolved from a lifetime of paying dues, having nomadically labored for decades at various day jobs from Maine to Alaska – singing and performing in his spare time – before re-settling in his hometown Brooklyn and eventually finding a musical home at Dunham. In his distinctively rough-hewn timbre one hears the unmistakable voice of experience – each note and gruff inflection a reflection of his extended, sometimes rocky, personal path. It’s only fitting that No Time For Dreaming’s producer Brenneck (also a member of The Dap-Kings and The Budos Band) would recognize in Bradley a kindred musical spirit – a singer whose performances exude both raw power and poignant beauty. Recorded at Dunham Studios, and mixed at Daptone Records’ internationally revered "House of Soul" Studios, No Time For Dreaming is the inspired sound of an awakening.

Track List & Sound Clips:

01 The World (Is Going up in Flames) clip
02 The Telephone Song clip
03 Golden Rule clip
04 I Believe in Your Love clip
05 Trouble in the Land clip
06 Lovin’ You, Baby clip
07 No Time for Dreaming clip
08 How Long clip
09 In You (I Found a Love) clip
10 Why is it so Hard? clip
11 Since Our Last Goodbye clip
12 Heartaches and Pain clip
Related Releases: Various - Daptone Gold 2LP (Daptone) Lee Fields - My World LP (Truth & Soul)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way LP (Daptone)

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