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Upcoming: Julien Dyne - Pins & Digits LP (BBE)

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Julien Dyne's recently signed to UK label BBE and this November will see his debut album 'Pins & Digits' released on vinyl.
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To reserve a copy please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
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'Pins and Digits' is Julien Dyne's long awaited debut album following the critical acclaim of his first release Phantom Limbo EP (2007). Best known for his work as the drummer for Opensouls and Tyra and the Tornadoes, Julien has also worked with the likes of Verse Two, Nathan Haines, Fat Freddy's DropLadi6. andPins and Digits features guests spots from some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians including Jonathan Crayford, Paul Dyne, Lewis McCallum, Jeremy Toy (opensouls), John Bell, Isaac Aesili, Steph Brown and stand out tracks from the fresh vocal talents of Mara TK (Electric Wire Hustle) and Parks (Ladi6). The Waikato Times has described the album as staying “true to the funk, never losing the groove through brilliant down tempo compositions.” Pins & Digits is being released in Japan next month by Wonderful Noise featuring a stunning remix of “Falling Down” by DJ Mitsu the Beats. Julien’s first release, the Phantom Limbo EP introduced Julien as a producer and served as a platform for him to showcase his sizable percussion and production skills. Lead single 'Maddingos' was nominated for a bnet award 2007, and remains a local anthem for DJs. Stylistically Pins and Digits combines the big bass, brass and beats aesthetic of the Phantom Limbo EP with futuristic keyboards and synthesised sounds. Related: Julien Dyne - Pins & Digits EPoo1 ft. DJ Mitsu Remix 12" (Wonderful Noise) Julien Dyne - Pins & Digits CD (From The Crates) Julien Dyne - Phantom Limbo EP CD (From The Crates)

Tracklisting:

01 Julien Dyne - Steel Legs 11 clip
02 Julien Dyne - Layer (ft.Mara TK) clip
03 Julien Dyne - Incredulous clip
04 Julien Dyne - Deaky clip
05 Julien Dyne - Stained Glass Fresh Frozen (ft.Mara TK) clip
06 Julien Dyne - Conglomerates clip
07 Julien Dyne - Fallin' Down (ft.Parks) clip
08 Julien Dyne - Behind The Forage clip

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GIG: Half the Size, Double the Flavour Turns 5

Written By 3 - October 13 2009

Hosts Darth Junior and Bobbito Skywalker are teaming up with Sydney heavyweight jedi: PITY THE KID for some Futuristic flavours and intergalactic insanity! Half the Size, Double the Flavour Turns 5 Fri 16th Oct Rakinos

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October 12 2009

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GIG: Ghetto Red Hot - DJ Skitz (UK) + Deadly Hunta (UK)

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Ghetto Red Hot - DJ Skitz (UK) + Deadly Hunta (UK)

The return of pioneering UK hip-hop deejay, Daddy Skitz, a true originator who has guided and inspired the scene the world-over with his masterful merging of hip-hop with bass heavy reggae and soundsytem culture. Joining him for the first time in Australasia is Deadly Hunta, an outstanding artist who has been shaking up dancehalls across the UK and Europe, with his unrivaled lyrical styling, machine-gun ragga flows and massive and conscious vibes! Presented by NiceUp.org,  Newtown Sound. Featuring... Daddy Skitz (UK) Deadly Hunta (UK) Newtown Sound MC Silva Yung Shottaz Deli Tommy Flowers (Base FM)

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October 12 2009

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DJ Smash - Jazzy Grooves EP 12" (DICQUES CORDE)

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DJ Smash - Jazzy Grooves Collection EP 12" (DICQUES CORDE)

Here's a 5 track EP with a selection of tracks from the DJ Smash Japan only compilation CD 'Jazzy Groove Collection', selected by DJ Kensei (welknown japanese underground hiphop hip hop DJ). Tracks go from hiphop styled outings to nineties New Breed/Eightball sort of house cuts. Get it here
01 DJ Smash - Bassanova clip
02 DJ Smash - Flip And Trip feat. Jon Shaft clip
03 DJ Smash - What Is Jazz clip
04 DJ Smash - Still Makin' It clip
05 DJ Smash - Debadop

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October 12 2009

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Soul Jazz Presents: Can You Dig It?

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Soul Jazz Records presents ‘Can you Dig It?’

The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1969-75

Available on 2xCD and 2LP Vol. 1 and 2LP Vol. 2
CD One
1. Roy Ayers – Coffy (Coffy)
2. Gene Page – Blacula (Blacula)
3. Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa (Addis) (Shaft in Africa)
4. Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (The Mack)
5. Don Costa - Soul of Nigger Charley (Soul of Nigger Charley)
6. Marvin Gaye - T Plays it Cool (Troubleman)
7. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (Across 110th Street)
8. J.J. Johnson – Willie’s Chase (Willie Dynamite)
9. James Brown - Down and Out In New York City (Black Caeser)
10. Quincy Jones – They Call Me Mister Tibbs (They Call Me Mister Tibbs)
11. JJ Johnson - Keep on Movin On (Willie Dynamite)
12. Dennis Coffy - Black Belt Jones (Black belt Jones)
13. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie’s Dead (Super Fly)
14. Blackbyrd’s - Wilford’s Gone (Cornbread, Earl and Me)
15. Willie Hutch - Foxy Brown (Foxy Brown)
16. Isaac Hayes - Run Fay Run (Three Tough Guys)
CD2
1. Isaac Hayes – Shaft (Shaft)
2. Joe Simon - Theme from Cleopatra Jones (Cleopatra Jones)
3. Roy Ayers – Aragon (Coffy)
4. Gordon Staples - All Strung Out (Mean Johnny Burrows)
5. Brer Soul & Earth, Wind and Fire - Sweetback’s Theme (Sweet Sweetback)
6. Johnny Pate - Truck Stop (Shaft In Africa)
7. James Brown - Make It Good to Yourself (Black Caeser)
8. Isaac Hayes - Pursuit of the Pimpmobile (Shaft in Africa)
9. Edwin Starr – Easin’ In (Hell Up In Harlem)
10. Don Julian - Lay it On Your Head (Savage)
11. Gene Page - The Bus (Cool Breeze)
12. Grant Green - Travelling to get Doc (The Final Comedown)
13. Impressions - Make A Resolution (Three The Hard Way)
14. Nat Dove and the Devils - Zombie March (Petey Wheatstraw)
15. Booker T and MG’s - Time Is Tight (Uptight!)

‘Can You Dig It?’ charts the rise and fall of ‘Black Action Films’ from 1970-75. As well as featuring a double-CD collection of the stunning music from these films, ‘Can You Dig It?’ comes with a 100-page booklet, mini-film poster cards and stickers.

The Black Action Films of the early 1970s gave Hollywood its first African-American cinema – actors, directors, cameramen, editors and writers. These films discussed aspects of the African-American experience in the form of entertainment. Storylines interwove post-civil rights revolution with action stories, many involving pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers or private detectives.

The films also featured the finest funk and soul black music of the time as stars such as James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Willie Hutch and Roy Ayers produced some of their finest work, with film budgets allowing for the addition of huge orchestral arrangements by jazz legends such as Quincy Jones, Johnny Pate and JJ Johnson.

In the early 1970s, Black Action Films exploded into the cinema with three extremely successful films – ‘Shaft’, ‘Super Fly’ and ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song’. The most profound statement of these films was their actual existence – black actors and black directors entering the previously closed Hollywood film industry.

Black Action Films were a representation of politically everything that had gone before and stylistically of everything that was current. Civil rights, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Black Power, Black Panthers, Vietnam sit alongside the criminal worlds of policemen, private investigators, bail bondsmen and the criminals, drug dealers, pimps and hustlers that they parole.

Black American culture is reflected in the scorching soundtracks, some seriously funky clothes and the language of the street. Rarely does ten minutes pass when someone will expound ‘Right on!’, ‘Can you dig it?’, ‘Stay loose’ or the eponymous ‘Is it Black enough for you?’.

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