Conch Records
UPCOMING: Various - Youths Boogie (Jamaican R&B) (FANTASTIC VOYAGE)
Due out June 2013 on 2xCD & 2LP, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
Jamaican R&B and the Birth of Ska! It took years for ska music to become an overnight success. When tunes like 'My Boy Lollipop' hit the airwaves in Britain in the sixties, most listeners assumed that the odd and addictive back-to-front beat was something dreamed up in the studio the month before. Some realised that the music had connections with Jamaica, but few people knew that the genre had been gestating for some years. The music owed some debt to Jamaica's indigenous folk music, mento, but the strongest, most obvious ingredient of ska was American r&b. By the close of the 1950s the advent of record pressing facilities on the island had enabled records to be manufactured, without sending tapes to Britain and waiting for records to be shipped back. A number of enterprising Jamaicans began to supervise recording session and released the results on their own labels. Compiled by specialist black music writer Mike Atherton (Record Collector, Echoes), Youths Boogie portrays the popular music of Jamaica in the period 1959 to 1962, before it became formally known as ska, but by which time most of the characteristics of ska were present and correct, alongside the influences of American r&b. Disc One showcases the productions of Chris Blackwell, a white Jamaican who ran the local R&B and Island labels, before moving his operation to Britain, and Duke Reid, who ran the Trojan sound system, and issued many of his productions on the Duke Reid's label, before founding the famous Treasure Isle label in the sixties. Disc Two looks at the productions of other individuals like Simeon Smith, Charlie Moo, Dada Tewari, Byron Lee, Roy Robinson, Vincent Chin and the London-based Sonny Roberts, who were all vying to make names for themselves. Taking its name from a Rico instrumental, Youths Boogie features the work of male solo artists like Laurel Aitken, Owen Gray, Derrick Morgan, Wilfred "Jackie" Edwards, groups such as Derrick Harriott's Jiving Juniors and the Blues Busters, male/female duos Derrick & Patsy, Roy & Millie, and Keith & End, as well as a rare (for this era) solo female outing by Hortense Ellis. Tracks by Charlie Babcock, Al T Joe and Lloyd Williams are making their debut on CD. As well as Mike's notes, the 20pp booklet features a wealth of Jamaican and British label shots. SIDE ONE 1. Boogie in My Bones (Laurel Aitken) 2. Please Let Me Go (Owen Gray) 3. What Makes Honey (Duke Reid) 4. Tell Me Darling (Wilfred Jackie Edwards) 5. Lost My Baby (The Blues Busters) 6. Baby Baby Baby (Charlie Babcock) 7. One Kiss for My Baby (Lord Lebby) 8. Let the Good Times Roll (Derrick and Patsy) SIDE TWO 1. Parapinto Boogie (Lloyd Clarke) 2. Midnight (Hortense Ellis) 3. Mitty Gritty (Ernest Ranglin) 4. I Feel Good (Owen Gray) 5. Slop 'n' Mash (The Jiving Juniors) 6. Morning Train (Errol Dixon) 7. Crazy Dog (The Beans) 8. Midnight Love (The Downbeats ) SIDE THREE 1. Running Around (Owen Gray) 2. Early One Morning (The Blues Busters) 3. Dumplins (Byron Lee and The Dragonaires) 4. I Pray for You (Derrick Morgan) 5. Crackers Rush (Bobby Aitken) 6. Dream Girl (Ricketts and Rowe) 7. If It's Money You Need (Laurel Aitken) 8. Joy Ride (Byron Lee and The Dragonaires) SIDE FOUR 1. Sugar Dandy (The Jiving Juniors) 2. Midnight Track (Owen Gray) 3. Let Me Dream (Alton and Eddy) 4. Nobody Else (Owen Gray) 5. Youths Boogie (Rico's Combo) 6. Stop, Look and Listen (Al T Joe) 7. Misery (Lloyd Williams) 8. Worried Over You (Keith and Enid)
GIG: The Turnaround - Sat June 1st @ Leigh Sawmill Cafe
This Queens Birthday weekend, The Turnaround returns for a special one off, up at our favourite out of town spot for the long weekend. Pre-sales from Conch Records $15 + BF
The Turnaround @ Leigh Sawmill CafeSat 1st June, Queens Birthday Weekendwith Hosts Manuel Bundy, Submariner & CianPre-Sales $15+BF from Conch Records
The Heliocentrics - 13 Degrees Of Reality (NOW AGAIN)
Available here on 2LP, here on CD
The Heliocentrics’ debut album, Out There (2007) was a confounding piece of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone, the sublime fusion of David Axelrod, Pierre Henry’s turned-on musique concrète, and Can’s beat-heavy Krautrock, Out There pointed the way towards a brand new kind of psychedelia, one that could only come from a band of accomplished musicians who were also obsessive music fans. Drummer Malcolm Catto and bassist Jake Ferguson are the Heliocentrics’ masterminds and producers, and guitarist Ade Owusu, percussionist Jack Yglesisas and keyboardist Ollie Parfitt hold constant presence within this ever-evolving ensemble.
They have been playing together for over a decade and their collective drive is to find an individual voice. The Heliocentrics search for it in an alternate galaxy where the orbits of funk, jazz, psychedelic, electronic, avant-garde and “ethnic” music all revolve around “The One.” Back at Now-Again with 13 Degrees of Reality, the Heliocentrics have returned to develop this epic vision of psychedelic funk, while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences – Latin, African, and more. Thus, the electro-Latin fusion of “Descarga Electronica” sits next to weeping strings piled atop “Collateral Damage’s” chunky rhythms, which nearly misses the undulating swing of “Wrecking Ball,” a dirge as irresistibly funky as it is devastating. No surprise, then, that the Heliocentrics have earned lifetime fans in the likes of questing spirits like Madlib (with whom Catto has collaborated on numerous Yesterdays New Quintet projects), DJ Shadow (both as a touring ensemble and in the studio), Quantic and Ethiopian jazz giant Mulatu
Astatke, with whom the Heliocentrics recorded and released Inspiration Information 3, the fourth classic Mulatu album – released nearly forty years after his other three. Out There may have been one hell of an opening volley, but having spent some years in the wild running among mavericks like Astatke and Oriental Jazz pioneer Lloyd Miller, the Heliocentrics have realized that their strongest statements are made somewhere between the persistent fuzz of Owusu’s distorted guitar, Catto’s impossible syncopation and Ferguson’s looping bass lines. 13 Degrees of Reality is one of the most distinctive musical statements you’ll hear all year.
As promised, we’re giving away one freebie from the album – the stalking, smashing, psych-funk dronefest that is “Wrecking Ball.” If you like what you hear – and we’re sure that fans of Jake Ferguson and Malcolm Catto’s dense production will – then stay tuned. There’s quite a lot more to come.
Check out the Heliocentrics Mix from Gaslamp Killer here
Download: Heliocentrics “Wrecking Ball”
Tracklist & Soundclips:
SIDE A:
1. Feedback (Intro) 2. Ethnicity 3. Public Safety 4. Mysterious Ways 5. Dreams 6. Collateral Damage
SIDE B: 1. Outtake (Interlude) 2. Freeness Part 2 3. Wrecking Ball (Prelude) 4. Wrecking Ball 5. Mind Readers 6. Descarga Electronica
SIDE C: 1. A Musical Conspiracy (Interlude) 2. Eastern Begena 3. Hall Of Mirrors (Interlude) 4. Mr. Owusu, I Presume? 5. The Abstract & The Absolute (Interlude)
SIDE D: 1. Black Sky 2. Prepare For Lift-Off (Interlude) 3. Path Of The Black Sun 4. Calabash 5. Vibrations Of Fallen Angels (Outro)
UPCOMING: Thundercat - Apocalypse (BRAINFEEDER)
Due out July 2013 on CD & 2LP+MP3, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
[via Ninjatune.net]
Brainfeeder have announced the sophomore album from Thundercat onPitchfork - Apocalypse will be released July 2013, listen to the track "Heartbeats + Setbacks"
Apocalypse was executive produced by Flying Lotus, with "Heartbeats + Setbacks" co-written and produced with Mono/Poly. Thundercat is currently touring alongside Brainfeeder boss Flying Lotus and label mate Teebs, check out the full list of dates for the next few months here.
The tracklist for Apocalypse runs as follows -
1. Tenfold 2. Heartbreaks + Setbacks 3. The Life Aquatic 4. Special Stage 5. Tron Song 6. Seven 7. Oh Sheit It's X 8. Without You 9. Lotus and the Jondy 10. Evangelion 11. We'll Die 12. A Message for Austin / Praise the Lord / Enter the Void
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