ART: Swifty Jazz Prints
Just received a bunch of prints from UK graphic artist Swifty
All prints are as follows:- Digital colour pigment print on 300GSM heritage white cartridge
- Edition of 50. Signed & Numbered. 220mm Wide By 500mm High
- $75 Each
Conch Records
Upcoming: Nottz - You Need This Music (RAW KONCEPT)
Available on 2LP, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
Grammy-winning producer Nottz, who is among the most successful beat-makers to emerge from the Virginia hotbed of production talent that exposed The Neptunes and Timbaland, is prepped to release his solo debut, You Need This Music on October 12th via up and coming label Raw Koncept. The project will introduce fans to a new facet of his remarkable talent, as he has honed his rhyme delivery to a razor’s edge. Nottz is a fixture among the industry‘s heaviest-hitting producers who got his start placing his first instrumentals on Busta Rhymes’ best-selling album E.L.E in 1998. From that point, he collaborated with luminaries such as Notorious B.I.G, 50 Cent, The Game, Little Brother, Bilal, Royce Da 5’9 and plenty others to amass an enviable resume that he still supplements to this day. Though he has recently dedicated himself to mastering cadence and lyrical structure for You Need This Music, he has still managed to place compositions on upcoming projects by the likes of Rah Digga, Scarface, and the elusive Dr. Dre, who’s Detox boasts Nottz among a very select few guests. It’s work like this that has allowed him to secure his status as “your favorite producer’s favorite producerâ€, his discography including work for legends of the mixing boards like Kanye West, J Dilla, Swizz Beats, Diamond D and Pete Rock. On You Need This Music, Nottz pulls no punches, charging out of the gate over a cavalcade of snares hammered out by Travis Barker, and doesn’t bat an eye before jumping into the next number. He handles the entire production workload, extracting the emotive instrumental elements from vinyl clips with an ASR-10 sampler and adding his own lyrics. So goes the 14 track marathon, the pace kept by energetic verses by Black Milk, Little Brother, Asher Roth and Joel Ortiz and tempered by soulful hooks from Dwele, Mayer Hawthorne, Bilal and Colin Munroe. You Need This Music is unlike most producer-centric albums in that it isn’t merely a collection of songs, but a cohesive album of essential Hip Hop gems. A1. Intro feat. Travis Barker A2. Fair Warning A3. Blast That feat. Black Milk A4. Shine So Brite B1. You Need This Music feat. Dwele B2. I Do It For Yawl feat.Kardinal Offishall & Little Brother B3. How Long Will It Last? feat. Joy Denalane C1. A Dream Come True C2. I Still Love You feat. Mayer Hawthorne C3. Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor) feat.Asher Roth & Colin Munroe C4. No Money Down feat. Terese Cook D1. Never Caught Slippin’ feat.Snoop Dogg & Royce Da 5’9 D2. The Cycle feat. Joel Ortiz D3. Right Here feat. Bilal
Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical - Ranil's Jungle Party LP (Masstropics)
Available Here On LP
Deeply funky psychedelic-surf guitar jams from Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical (Ranil and his Tropical Band). Ranil’s Jungle Party (re-released for the first time by folks at Masstropicas and limited to 1,000 copies) brings back from the past the much loved popular music of Peruvian cumbia.
For the uninitiated, Peruvian (or Amazonian) cumbia was to Peru as Tropicália was to Brazil—a 1960s – 1970s popular music style that mixed (often irreverently) traditional music with those of African and the West. Hailing from the Belen district of Iquitos, nestled within the heart of the Amazonian rainforest, Ranil and Co. were definitely digging on some Western Surf music while keeping alive the traditional highland “huayño†dance music.
On Ranil’s Jungle Party, Ranil and his Tropical Band keep things in a mellow, funky mood with some heavy psych-surf guitar workouts. The result is a style mash-up not unlike that of African “Juju†or “High-Life†music, popularized by the incendiary Stratocaster guitar playing of King Sunny Adé. In fact, think of Ranil’s Jungle Party as King Sunny Adé jamming with some Andes dudes while on vacation in Peru. Dig?
Stand out tracks include “Marlenita†with its highly melodic guitar riff and frenetic percussion and “Chinito rulo†which grooves in an Eastern drone / psych fashion and the beautifully melodic electric 12-string of “Tus cabellosâ€. It’s largely an instrumental affair but Ranil steps up to the mic for “Denuncia a tu Pátronâ€, “El manicero†and “Carboneroâ€.
Masstropicas worked with Ranil on this vinyl LP re-release (his records were originally produced and released by himself on his own label) and we look forward to more in the future.
Track Listing
(click for audio samples)- 1. Andalucia
- 2. Marlenita
- 3. Lamento en la AmazonÃa
- 4. Denuncia a tu patrón
- 5. La danza de don Lucho
- 6. Cumbia sin nombre
- 7. Chinito rulo
- 8. Mambo en España
- 9. Tus cabellos
- 10. El manicero
- 11. Carbonero
- 12. El rondador
Brackles - Songs For Endless Cities (!K7)
Available here on CD
New !K7–affiliated label Cool in the Pool opens its account with a state of the art compilation from 24 year old Londoner Brackles. In the last six months, the Blunted Robots co-owner and FWD/Rinse FM regular has been grappling with the "future garage" tag that's been pushed his way, and he's not too keen. "Too limiting" he says. He can live with the "post dubstep" moniker, but his first commercially available mix album gives us a better snapshot of where this buzzing, vibrant scene is going than any scene name could hope to do. Songs for Endless Cities aims to capture a slice of Brackles after hours and out of hours, with the afterglow still burning, maybe the rhythms still bumping, but with the freedom to roam around a bit, enjoying and exploring sound without always having to turn back to the dancefloor. It's a mix for the mind and the soul as much as the body, and it comes from a legion of musical influences, not all of them conscious ones. It was only when Mike 'Mu' Paradinas commented on the Detroit influence he heard in Brackles' sound that the young Londoner went off to explore and enjoy the Motor City mothership, and now it's there, along with the garage, the dubstep, the house, the funky and the rest of it, all channelling into Brackles' contribution to the continuum, all helping shape his Songs for Endless Cities.
Track List & Soundclips:
| 01 | Flying Lotus | My Chippy | clip | |||
| 02 | Floating Points | Peoples Potential | clip | |||
| 03 | Zomby | Tarantula | clip | |||
| 04 | Roska | I Need Love feat. Anesha | clip | |||
| 05 | Brackles | Blo | clip | |||
| 06 | Martin Kemp | No Charisma | clip | |||
| 07 | Kyle Hall | Luv for KMFH | clip | |||
| 08 | Cooly G | Love Dub Refix | clip | |||
| 09 | DJ Dom | Sunshowers | clip | |||
| 10 | DJ Mystery | Speechless feat. Natalie K | clip | |||
| 11 | Hypno | Over The Top | clip | |||
| 12 | Rishi Romero | African Forest | clip | |||
| 13 | Breach | Fatherless | clip | |||
| 14 | Deadboy | If U Want Me | clip | |||
| 15 | 2562 | Dinosaur | clip | |||
| 16 | Dorian Concept | Trilingual Dance Sexperience | clip | |||
| 17 | Funkineven | Must Move | clip |
Ladi6 Album Release Tour
Celebrating Ladi6’s homecoming and release of her second solo album,
Ladi6 announces her album release tour throughout November.
Ladi6 : the Liberation Of… is due for New Zealand release on 1 November 2010.
Spending the last 6 months based in Berlin and performing over 60 shows in Europe and the UK, Ladi6 and Parks have been wowing audiences with their unique blend of hip hop, soul and funk.
Ladi6 and Parks have supported top artists such as Gil Scott Heron on his European and UK tour, Mos Def, Mayer Hawthorne and German Hip Hop stars Blumentopft as well as festival slots and solo shows.
Ladi6, described by London’s Metro Magazine as ‘One to Watch’ they say “she knows how to make an impression – including a recent wow-inducing support slot for Gil Scott-Heron at London’s Southbank Centre “
While in Europe, Ladi6 has recorded their second album with production by Parks and top German producer, Sepalot.
To see these new tracks performed live see Ladi6 on stage with Parks and Julien Dyne this November.
Tour Details:
5 November AUCKLAND The Powerstation
Support from Homebrew, MC Silva & special guests.
Tickets available from Ticketmaster 6 & 7 November WGTN San Fran Bathhouse
Support from Parks, Julien Dyne and Riki Gooch
Tickets available from Eventfinder
12 November CHCH The Bedford
Support from Julien Dyne and Parks
Tickets available from Eventfinder
13 November NELSON Phat Club
Support from Julien Dyne and Parks
Tickets available from Eventfinder
14 November TAKAKA Mussell Inn
Support from Julien Dyne
Tickets available from The Mussell Inn
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