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Various - The World Ends 2xCD/2 x 3LP (SOUNDWAY)

Written By 3 - July 28 2010

Available here - 2xCD / 3LP (Part 1) / 3LP (Part 2)

The World Ends is the latest title from Soundway Records showcasing a wave of guitar driven and psychedelic groups that sprung up in Nigeria during the early 1970s. Featuring 32 electrifying and funk laden grooves, this is the sound of a generation attempting to pick up the pieces after the devastation of the Nigerian civil war.

Spread over 2 CDs and 2 triple gatefold LPs, this bumper collection is brimming with youthful exuberance, fuzzed out guitar and cosmic organ vibes and owes much to the psychedelic sounds of Jim Morrison, Santana, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and James Brown.

As the summer of love was blossoming in London and San Francisco, Nigeria was imploding into civil war. Also known as the Biafran war of 1967, it was a grisly conflict taking over three million lives yet at the same time as the country was being pulled apart there was a new world beginning. The tracks featured represent a forgotten chapter in Nigeria’s musical history when the youth threw their varied morsels into the pot from hard rock to psychedelic soul when guitars were cherished instruments, symbolic of a new movement, when highlife and Afrobeat played second fiddle to ‘the beat’.

Tracklisting:

Vinyl Part 1 / CD Disc 1
01 Ify Jerry Krusade Nwantinti / Die Die clip
02 The Hygrades Rough Rider clip
03 The Hykkers Deiyo Deiyo clip
04 The Mebusas Mr.Bull Dog (45 Version) clip
05 Foundars 15 Don't Take Me For A Ride clip
06 Ceejebs Eti Ufok clip
07 Tony Grey Super 7 Yem Efe clip
08 The Identicals Akwa Kayi Ji Bia Nuwa clip
09 P.R.O. Blacky Joe clip
10 Cicada Oli Nkwu clip
11 Eppi Fanio Ikoko Ti Yio Jata clip
12 Bongos Ikwue All Night Long clip
13 The Lijadu Sisters Life's Gone Down Low clip
14 The Funkees Breakthrough clip
15 Wrinkar Experience Soundway clip
16 The Wings Afam Efuna (Vinyl Only Bonus) clip
17 Big John Oaikhena Soul Generation (Vinyl Only Bonus) clip
Vinyl Part 2 / CD Disc 2
01 The Thermometers Babalawo clip
02 Colomach Ottoto Shamoleda clip
03 The Black Mirrors The World Ends clip
04 Reme Izabebo’s Music Research (Ayamayama) The Same Man clip
05 Lawrence Amavi Group Money That's What I Want clip
06 The Hygrades Somebody's Gonna Lose Or Win clip
07 Ofege In Concert clip
08 The Elcados Chokoi & Oreje clip
09 Sonny Okosuns & Paperback Limited Ohomi clip
10 Chuck Barrister & The Voices Of Darkness Be Kind, Be Foolish, Be Happy clip
11 Action 13 Active Action clip
12 The Actions Kpokposikposi clip
13 The Strangers Onye Ije clip
14 The Comrades Bullwalk clip
15 Ofo The Black Company Egwu Aja clip
16 T-Fire You've Got To Try (Vinyl Only Bonus) clip
17 Tony Grey & The Black 7 Ugbo Ndoma clip
18 The Semi Colon Isi Agboncha clip
19 Celestine Nyam & The Voices of Darkness Straight To My Heart (Vinyl Only Bonus) clip
Related:
Various - Palenque Palenque! 3LP (Soundway)
Various - Afro Tropical Soundz Vol. 1 CD (Soundway)
Various - Nigeria Afrobeat Special The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria CD (Soundway)

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Electric Wire Hustle EPs 2 & 3 (Wonderful Noise)

Written By 3 - July 28 2010

Electric Wire Hustle EP 2 available here & EP 3 here

The two new Electric Wire Hustle EPs have been available from Conch for a few weeks now, due to technical difficulties however we haven't been able to mention them up on this blog.  Details are below, be quick as they wont last. EP 2 12" The 10th release from Wonderful Noise is 4TRK EP by New Zealand Nu Soul/Hip Hop group ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE.
01 Electric Wire Hustle Water clip
02 Electric Wire Hustle Chaser clip
03 Electric Wire Hustle This World (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow) clip
04 Electric Wire Hustle Jupiter (feat. Declaime as Dr Shurman) clip
EP 3 7"
1 01 Electric Wire Hustle They Don't Want clip
1 02 Electric Wire Hustle Tom Boy clip
While Electric Wire Hustle were in London Town for their Deviation session last week, we caught up with them at the Red Bull Studios to record the latest instalment of our ‘Rehearsal Rooms‘ series. Electric Wire Hustle Website

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Grooveman Spot - Change Situations 2lP (Planet Groove)

Written By 3 - July 28 2010

Now available here

The new album from Japan's Grooveman Spot featuring Erik Rico, Grap Luva, Ahu, Muhsinah, Lil Sci and more.... a mix of soul and hip hop.
01 Grooveman Spot Dream On feat. Miwa clip
02 Grooveman Spot Everybody feat. Erik Rico clip
03 Grooveman Spot Think About clip
04 Grooveman Spot Gettin Better feat. Grap Luva clip
05 Grooveman Spot Affection feat. Ahu (Dolly) clip
06 Grooveman Spot Change Situations clip
07 Grooveman Spot Disc-O-Island (Space Africa) feat. Physical Sound Sport clip
08 Grooveman Spot Ponsonby Beat Down clip
09 Grooveman Spot Happy feat.Kissey Asplund Interlude clip
10 Grooveman Spot 2 Things feat. John Robinson a.k.a. Lil Sci clip
11 Grooveman Spot Down To You feat. Muhsinah clip
12 Grooveman Spot March feat. Aaron Phiri clip
13 Grooveman Spot People Groove clip
14 Grooveman Spot Jelly Beans clip
15 Grooveman Spot Neuralgia (LP Version) clip
Related: Grooveman Spot MySpace

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Headphones: TMA-1 from Aiaiai

Written By 3 - July 28 2010

tma-1

Copenhagen's AIAIAI will release their new TMA-1 DJ headphones in August. To pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

From Resident Advisor:

The TMA-1 takes its name from a magnetic anomaly in Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, with the designers hoping to replicate the durability of the underground monolith that created the disturbance in the novel. This should come as good news to DJs who've gone through multiple pairs in the past due to inevitable mishaps in the booth. The new cans boast a frequency response of 20Hz - 20.000Hz.

The TMA-1 has also been designed alongside Tomas Barfod AKA Tomboy of WhoMadeWho, and Fredski, who together run the Tartelet label. With the help of the Tartelet guys, they've managed to rope in a diverse array of product testers, with Kode9, Michael Mayer, Erol Alkan, Flying Lotus, Matthew Dear, Pilooski, Luciano, Hudson Mohawke and DFA's James Murphy all giving their feedback and advice along the way. You won't be able to pick up the TMA-1s in any old store, however, as AIAIAI will only be providing stock to Apple stores and retailers, boutiques such as Colette and Bodega, and a select group of record shops that include Phonica, Rotation Records, Hard Wax, Sounds of Universe and Turntable Lab. Take a look at the below video for a short look at the making of the TMA-1s. TMA-1 cutdown B/W from AIAIAI on Vimeo.

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GIG: The Turnaround Feat. Lewis McCallum - Fri 30th July

Written By 3 - July 28 2010

The Turnaround
Feat Live PA From Lewis McCallum
with Manuel Bundy, Submariner & Cian
The Bacco Room, 53 Nelson St, AK
$15, 11pm Til Late

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