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February 24 2013

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UPCOMING: Suff Daddy x Ta-Ku - Bricks & Mortar (MELTING POT MUSIC)

Written By 1 - February 24 2013

Due out March 2013, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Have beats will travel: Suff Daddy and Ta-ku have teamed up for a split EP recorded in Sydney and Perth, Australia. When Suff moved from Berlin to Sydney last summer he quickly hooked up with Perth based producer Ta-ku, best known for his "50 Days For Dilla" project. "Bricks & Mortar" unites two beatpals with pretty different soundscapes but one common mission: looking for the perfect beat!

The highs and lows bricks and mortar concept was established under the idea of two separate entities uniting to create something fresh and unique: be it through two different brands, two different shoes or two contrasting colour schemes - much like the binding of two sovereign elements to birth something whole, so is the sonic association between Suff Daddy and Ta-Ku for the accompanying "Bricks and Mortar" EP by working in alignment with the bricks and mortar canon. Suff Daddy and Ta-Ku collaborate to showcase the output that occurs when two producers from two different sides of the equator share familiar lane.

Track List & Soundclips:

01 Intro clip
02 Smile clip
03 Charlie Parker clip
04 Bad Glaucoma Skit clip
05 Suffdigi clip
06 Creatures clip
07 Outro clip
08 Clap For Me clip
09 Need You clip
10 Spinnerlude clip
11 Coolout clip
12 Ask For Me clip
13 Cold clip
14 Sway clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3k6FM2OhKo

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February 24 2013

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Mop Mop - Isle Of Magic (AGOGO RECORDS)

Written By 1 - February 24 2013

Available here on LP, here on CD

Anyone familiar with Mop Mop will already know that their refined style has already lend them a unique place somewhere between the worlds of jazz, funk, latin and the Italian Postmodern style allowed the band to achieve the International film business as part of Woody Allen's 'To Rome With Love' movie soundtrack. But with this latest LP 'Isle Of Magic', Mop Mop digs even deeper to bring us one of their most engaging and organic records yet.

Mop Mop's fourth studio album has come together over the course of a couple of years where producer Andrea Benini has been searching for new directions with the band. Collaborations in the album include Funk legend Fred Wesley, Trinidad-born poet/singer Anthony Joseph and Finnish-Egyptian vocalist Sara Sayed. Over fifteen musicians were involved during the production of the album including Andrea Benini's co-arranger Alex Trebo on piano, Pasquale Mirra on vibraphone and marimba, Guglielmo Pagnozzi on clarinette and flute, Johannes Schleiermacher (Bajka, Radio Citizen, Woima Collective) on baritone sax, Lorenzo Ternelli and Salvatore Lauriola on bass and Danilo Mineo on percussions - just to name a few.

'Isle Of Magic' contains 13 tracks of pure Voodoo Jazz, Caribbean flavours, Afro-Funk, Exotic rhythms and Soul music. The album has been recorded between Germany and Italy with the use of vintage analog equipment to achieve a sound with all the “warm” qualities of vintage analog tape recordings, sessions have been recorded during the period March/August 2011. Isle Of Magic is an imaginary land populated by musicians who spend their time fishing, cooking, playing and practicing Voodoo rites at night. The whole album represents the soundtrack of this imaginary life.

Tracklisting: A1. Jua Kiss A2. Let I Go feat. Anthony Joseph A3. Kamakumba A4. Heritage feat. Anthony Joseph A5. Phantom Of The Panther A6. The Golden Bamboo B1. Run Around feat. Fred Wesley & Anthony Joseph B2. Loa Chant feat. Sara Sayed B3. Black Ivory B4. Damballah B5. Mojomamy B6. Afro Jojo Part One B7. Afro Jojo Part Two

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February 22 2013

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Various - Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2 (SOUL JAZZ)

Written By 1 - February 22 2013

Available here on 2xCD, here on 2LP (Part1), here on 2LP (Part2)

Soul Jazz Records’ new Deutsche Electronische Musik 2 is our second voyage into the world of German electronic music from the 1970s and early 1980s.

 This double CD pack/Two volumes of double vinyl (with over 2 ½ hours of amazing music!) features a stunning line-up of seminal German groups: Can, Faust, Popul Vuh, Neu, Cluster, Amon Duul II, La Dusseldorf, as well as a host of lesser known and more obscure groups and artists such as Agitation Free, Broselmachine, Niagara and many more!  As well as the original pioneers, Deutsche Electronische Musik 2 also features many of the second wave of German electronic artists and groups from the late 70s and early 80s (DAF, Asmus Tietchens, Rolf Trostel) who successfully connected new wave, minimal synth and a European post-punk avant-gardism with the earlier more established Krautrock pioneers who began at the start of the 70s.  The double CD pack comes in unique box-edition with large booklet and excellent extensive new sleevenotes (by David Stubbs, writer for Wire/THe Guardian and author of the definitive recent Krautrock book) as well as lots of exclusive photos.  The vinyl edition comes as limited-edition two volumes of heavyweight vinyl, super-loud, gatefold sleeve double-albums featuring all sleevenotes and text.   Track List:
1. A.R. & Machines — Globus
2. Can — Halleluwah
3. Roedelius — Le Jardin
4. Michael Rother — Karussell
5. Popol Vuh — Der Grosse Krieger
6. Michael Hoenig — Sun And Moon
7. Agitation Free — You Play For Us Today
8. DAF — Co Co Pino
9. Harald Grosskopf — Emphasis
10. Amon Duul II — A Morning Excuse
11. Conrad Schnitzler & Wolf Sequenza — Fata Morgana
12. Broselmaschine — Nossa Bova
13. Eno, Moebius And Roedelius — Base & Apex
14. Gila — In A Sacred Manner
15. Wolfgang Riechmann — Himmelblau
16. A.R. & Machines — Als Hatt Ich Das Alles Schon Mal Gesehen
17. Gila — Sundance Chant
18. Neu — Isi
19. Pyrolator — Danger Cruising
20. Sergius Golowin — Die Weisse Alm
21. You — Electric Day
22. Niagara — Gibli
23. Popol Vuh — Ja Sie Sollen Gottes Kinder Heissen Agnus Dei
24. Rolf Trostel — Der Prophet
25. Electric Sandwich — China
26. Asmus Tietchens — Zeebrugge
27. Faust — Krautrock
 

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February 21 2013

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UPCOMING: DJ Muro King Of Diggin - Diggin Black Jazz CD (BLACK JAZZ)

Written By 1 - February 21 2013

Due out March 2013, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

One of Japan’s greatest DJ/producer/record diggers is featured compiling, editing & mixing tracks from the Black Jazz Record label Known for his hip hop aesthetic and exhaustive knowledge of more obscure genres (Samba Funk, Hawaiian breaks, Japanese gangster films), Muro’s selection lends an alternative perspective to the label, veering significantly from the path that his predecessors in this series (Gilles Peterson and DJ Mitsu) laid down.  It’s been six years since Muro’s last commercial (officially licensed) release available outside Japan, the “Kings of Diggin’” (2006) split with Kon & Amir on BBE.  Since his days as a member of DJ Krush’s crew in the early 1990’s, Muro has become a celebrity in Japan, complimenting his DJ fame with an internationally successful clothing line (KING, INC.) and a lifestyle shop in Tokyo (Savage!). He has also released a steady stream of promotional “mixtapes” that showcase his wide ranging DJ skills and musical knowledge, with separate volumes dedicated to Funk, Samba, Disco, Michael Jackson, Roy Ayers, Hawaiian breaks, Japanese breaks, Synth, Boogie, Dub, and more.  Tracklist:  1. Chester Thompson – Power House 2. Calvin Keys – Aunt Lovey 3. Cleveland Eaton - Keena 4. Gene Russell – Get Down 5. Kellee Patterson – Magic Wand of Love 6. The Awakening – Kera’s Dance 7. Rudolph Johnson – The Highest Pleasure 8. Rudolph Johnson - Diswa 9. The Awakening - Slinky 10. Walter Bishop, Jr.’s 4th Cycle – The Village 11. Henry Franklin – Beauty & the Electric Tub 12. Henry Franklin – Blue Lights  13. Roland Haynes – Second Wave 14. Calvin Keys – B.K.  15. The Awakening – March On 16. Doug Carn - Higher Ground 17. Kellee Patterson – See You Later

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February 19 2013

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GIG: Rice & Beans Festival - Sat 23rd Feb

Written By 1 - February 19 2013

Rice & Beans Festival
At Silo Park, Auckland Waterfront
Sat 23rd Feb, 12pm - 6pm FREE
with Nickodemus (NYC), DJ Tamenpi (Rio De Janeiro) & More
 
Silo Park is excited to announce that the Rice & Beans Festival will be taking over Wynyard Quarter on Saturday 23 February for a one-off, eclectic mish-mash of music, culture, art and food.Offering discerning Aucklanders’ fantastic free entertainment in their own backyard, the Rice & Beans Festival is the perfect family outing. Visitors can grab a bite to eat then settle in for an afternoon of South American tunes from an epic south of the border line-up.Stinky Jim will kick things off at 12pm, getting the crowd in the mood with the freshest reggae, dancehall and reggae; followed by Sandy Bay Social Club, Jah Red Lion and Latinaotearoa. Things will heat up in the evening with New York DJ, Nickodemus, who will explore the intersection of urban and world music with the sounds of funk, jazz, hip-hop, house and dub, and Tamenpi, all the way from Rio de Janeiro. It’s promised to be an afternoon of the very best tunes, browsing every style from soul funk, jazz, reggae, Brazilian music, afrobeat, downtempo, and everything in between. The perfect way to while away a sunny February afternoon. www.silopark.co.nz
 

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