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August 24 2010

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Finders Keepers Releases - Psychedelic Jazz/Funk/Rock

Written By 3 - August 24 2010

We got in a few bits from UK label Finders Keepers last week.  Below is a little about the label and some detail on some of the releases we have in store at Conch.  Please contact us at info@conch.co.nz if there are any particular releases you are after.

From Finders Keepers Website:

"Finders Keepers, a brand-new British record label, 40 years in the making, introducing fans of psychedelic / jazz / folk / funk / avant-garde and whacked-out movie musak to a lost world of undiscovered vinyl artifacts from the annals of alternative pop history. Catering to record collectors and DJ-producers alike with a huge emphasis on sample friendly soundscapes, rocksteady back-beats and primitive electronic experimental ism. Discerning purveyors of the bizarre and abnormal should expect the Japanese choreography records, space-age Turkish protest songs, Czechoslovakian vampire soundtracks, Welsh rare-beats, bubblegum folk, drugsploitation operatics, banned British crime thrillers and celebrity Gallic Martini adverts... presented on CD, 7" and traditional black plastic discs in authentic packaging."

Releases:

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Various - B Music Weekend Breaks Vol. 2
Available Here

The second offering to our new 12" series, 'Weekend Breaks' featuring exclusive drum-heavy-dancefloor-fillers from the B-Music family and friends. Volume Two includes a hard-as-nails hip-hop-ready drum track selected by Dom Thomas and a psuedo-belly-dance anthem chosen by Chris Geddes.

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Finders Keepers break yet more ground with this, 22 stomping selections from the vaults of Eastern Europe's best kept secret, Hungaraton / Qualiton Records. This first ever compendium piles heavy psych, jazz, glam and funk onto a heaped spoonful dripping with the cream of the 60s/70s Hungarian rock scene - Omega, Metro, Locomotiv GT, Skorpio as well as Finders Keepers' very own jet-set fit-bit Sarolta Zalatnay.

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Ersen - Ersen

Available here

16 schizoid slices of Arabesque Funk Rock from the silver-tongued chameleon of the electric Anatolia Pop Movement. Featuring Les Mogul, Zafer Dilek. Kardaslar and members of The Baris Manco Band.

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Various - Midnight Massiera - The B Music Of Jean-Pierre Massiera

Available Here

18 sacred psychedelic suppositories from the laboratory of Mad Scientist and scalpel happy Pop-mutilator Jean-Pierre Massiera. Including the rarest and most sought after fuzz-Funk, spooked-Surf and interplanetary-Prog from "The French Joe Meek" and all his schizoid split-personalities and freakish friends.

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Various - The Sound Of Wonder

Available here

The first wave of plugged-in Pop at the Pakistani picture house. Rare Electronic Pop from the Lollywood vaults (1973-1980). 15 untraveled currants of Space-Age Cinematic Surf and Urdu Funk.

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M.Ashraf / Nahid Akhtar - Uf Yeh Beevian

Available here

The second half of a stomping double release on our "Sounds Of Wonder!" series which features two incredible never before released Lollywood soundtracks. More indeginous compositions from the maverick M.Ashraf with vocals from the inimitable Nahid Akhtar. Limited edition 10" 500 only.

Date

August 23 2010

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Mim Suleiman - Tungi CD (RUNNING BACK)

Written By 3 - August 23 2010

Available here on CD

Running Back super proudly presents: Mim Suleiman! The Zanzibar born and Sheffield based singer/songwriter/performer made quite a name for herself on the afro-beat stages of this world with her mixture of East African vocals and percussive traditions. Tungi is Mim Suleiman’s debut long-player which has her singing and writing in her native tongue Swahili. Tungi is a mixture of all things ultramodern afro beat, rhythm trax and futuristic pop music. Starting off with the uplifting vibe and beat of Hebu, you will find boogie moments like Nyuli or Bibi Na Mpu (including a dub version) along the way, as well as quieter moments, rhythmic adventures called Flava or the hi-life guitars of Mingi and Haraka Haileti Baraka. Music for the world, led by the powerhouse that is Mim Suleiman and her lyrics about love and affection, freedom, oppression, unity and everyday life. Mesmerizing and addictive. Produced by Maurice Fulton.

Track List & Soundclips:

01 Mim Suleiman Hebu clip
02 Mim Suleiman Bibi Na Mpu clip
03 Mim Suleiman Mpenzi clip
04 Mim Suleiman Flava clip
05 Mim Suleiman Nyuli clip
06 Mim Suleiman Mingi clip
07 Mim Suleiman Haraka Haileti Baraka clip
08 Mim Suleiman Sherehekeya clip
09 Mim Suleiman Maji clip
10 Mim Suleiman Bibi Na Mpu (Maurice Fulton Dub) clip

Date

August 22 2010

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Radio: Earshot with Cian Sun 15th August 2010

Written By 3 - August 22 2010

Earshot With Cian Sun 15th August 2010 by Conch Records on Mixcloud

For any queries regarding this show please contact us at info@conch.co.nz or feel free to give feedback below in the comments section.  Track list as always below.

To download this show follow this link.

Track List

Archie Shepp - "Song For Mozambique/A Sea Of faces" [Black Saint]
Oscar Brown Jnr - "Brother Where Are You (Herbert Mix)" [Verve]
Michael Garrick Trio - "First Born" [Argo]
Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "The Minstrel" [Aestuarium Records]
Novi Singers - "Two Three Four" [Polskie Nagrania Muza]
New Visions - "Skinny Dip" [Unisound]
Catch Up - "Onkel Joe" [Compost]
The Mystic Moods - "Cosmic Sea" [WEA]
Poets Of Rhythm - "Smilin' (While You're Crying)" [Ninja Tune]
Doris - "You Never Come Closer" [EMI]
David Essex - "Rock On (Heavy Disco Edit)" [Heavy Disco Edits]
Spinnerty ft John Robinson - "Just Listen Pt 1 (B.Bravo Rmx)" [Record Breakin]
Mabanua - "Liquid" [Jazzy Sport]
Arp 101 - "Warriors Galactic" [Eglo records]
Oriol - "5 Bars" [Planet Mu]
Oriol - "Spiral" [Planet Mu]
Low Density Matter - "Blue Steel" [Keysound Recordings]
Donga & Blake - "Grown Up's" [Well Rounded Records]
Earth Wind & Fire - "Bad Tune" [WEA]
Percy Faith - "First Light" [D.Classics]
Jazz Chronicles - "Back To Bologna" [Futuristica Music]
J.A.M. - "Roy's Scat" [Viktor Japan]
Vakula - "Different Tone" [Firecracker Recordings]
Pepe Braddock - "Deep Burnt" [Kif]

Date

August 22 2010

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Upcoming: Flying Lotus - Pattern+Grid World CD/12" (Warp)

Written By 3 - August 22 2010

Now Available here

As postmodernist space odysseys go, Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma has confidently weaved itself into the lineage of Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra's Strange Strings, Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth and Afrika Bambaata's Planet Rock…

While Cosmogramma is a monolithic convergence of 20th and 21st century musical forms, high in concept and wide in musical collaboration, Pattern+Grid World pulls the focus back to Steven Ellison and his machines. These machines are speaking (and possibly looking as well, judging by the EP's cover) from the go, as "Clay" introduces itself in a fog of synth and vocoder and gives way to one of the many surprises here, the schizophrenic ping-ponging electro of "Kill Your Co-Workers". Drenched in alternating melodies, it's a synthetic counterpart to the grand string and harp arrangements of Cosmogramma, making acclaimed illustrator Theo Ellsworth's subtly psychedelic cover image of vision-through-noise all the more intimate.

When Flying Lotus records hit their stride, all buttons labeled "pause" and "stop" disappear, and this one is no different. "Pie Face" is led by icy keys that could almost be mistaken for classic grime, before the stoned plastic marching band steps in. "Time Vampires" amazingly lands somewhere between vintage DJ Premier and Lee Hazelwood, while the stripped back bass and drum explorations of "Jurassic Notion/M Theory" are as shamanic and ceremonial as anything you're likely to hear come out of California. If "Camera Day" brings to mind a certain crew of dungeon-dwelling ATLiens, it won't come as much of a surprise that Killer Mike found its syrupy bounce recently inspiring.

Much of the messages surrounding Cosmogramma's release as well as reportage on the world's ever-emerging beat scenes has painted a picture of Flying Lotus as a patriarchal figure blazing the trail for scores of young artists with new conceptual notions of what can be done with a drum machine and a dream. While this notion is certainly not inaccurate, it sometimes overshadows the fact that FlyLo is also an incredibly singular entity. However, as "Physics For Everyone!" stutters to a close, if you listen closely you might just make out the sound of another kid in his room somewhere in the world, anxiously tapping out his first beat.

Flying Lotus - Camera Day (taken from Pattern+Grid World) by Warp Records

Related:

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 2LP (Warp)
Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer 2LP (Warp)

Date

August 22 2010

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Upcoming: Jneiro Jarel - Fauna CD/LP (KINDRED SPIRITS)

Written By 3 - August 22 2010

The new album from Jneiro Jarel is due out this September, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Jneiro Jarel returns with a new Brazilian-inspired LP for Kindred Spirits. Fauna follows up his debut album Three Piece Puzzle from 2005, and since then Jneiro has gone on to work with artists such as TV on the Radio, MF DOOM, Khujo Goodie from the Goodie Mob, as well as with his own groups and aliases like The Shape of Broad Minds, Dr Who Dat?, and Capital Peoples.

Jneiro has always had a Brazilian streak to his music, dating back to Dr Who Dat’s Beat Journey, with the cover decked out in the same colours as the Brazilian flag and the standout track Braziliant Thought. But finally with Fauna he gets to create a whole album inspired by the home of the Seleção. Giving credit to his mother for turning him onto Sérgio Mendes, Tom Jobim, and Caetano Veloso at an early age, it was an inspired dig through the record collection of KS label don KC tha Funkaholic, as well as discovering Arthur Verocai and Zuco 103, that put him in the headspace to compose most of Fauna over a three month period.

But while Jneiro was fired up by the melodies and rhythms of Brazil, the record is more than just a collection of beats and dusty samples. Dedicated to conservation, Fauna is made for the plants and wildlife in Brazil, many of them endangered and all of which have such a huge impact on the planet’s ecosystem. Scattered throughout the LP are the sounds of the rainforest and the Amazon, as tropical birds calls mix with dubby synths and cone-shaking sub bass, and phased vocals are panned around beats and Candomblé rhythms. Jneiro has created a unique sense of space on Fauna, which is at once hypnotic and spiritual, while also deep in the kind of studio-wizardry which has informed the stylings of so many beat producers around the world in recent years. “It’s both outer space and down-to-earth”, Jneiro says.

In the same tradition as sci-fi writer Braulio Tavares, and Paraiban musician Totonho, Jneiro has created a slice of futuristic beat science rooted in Brazilian traditions, brimming with a real sense of community and ecological responsibility. We should all listen to the fauna much more closely.

Track List & Soundclips:
01 Jneiro Jarel Voice Of The Kayapo clip
02 Jneiro Jarel Castaju Cajunea clip
03 Jneiro Jarel Amazonica clip
04 Jneiro Jarel Rio De Jneiro (Jarumba) clip
05 Jneiro Jarel Bird Charm clip
06 Jneiro Jarel Wave Trip clip
07 Jneiro Jarel Dabuwe clip
08 Jneiro Jarel Indigo Eden clip
09 Jneiro Jarel Fauna clip
10 Jneiro Jarel Can You Compute Bruuhzeel clip
11 Jneiro Jarel Monkey Hustle (Man On Fire) clip
12 Jneiro Jarel See Them Cry (Painted Tears) clip
More: Jneiro Jarel's MySpace

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