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August 17 2010

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Upcoming: Opensouls - Sweet Love (feat. Ladi6) 12" (WONDERFUL NOISE)

Written By 3 - August 17 2010

To pre-order a copy please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

This New Release from Wonderful Noise features new songs from New Zealand's 7 piece Funk/Soul group Opensouls.

"Sweet Love" Featuring New Zealand's female vocalist/MC Ladi6 who recently released her album "Time Is Not Much" on BBE.  With this release the Opensouls give us a mixture of Hip Hop and Organic Funk/Soul.

This EP Features remixes from 2 Japanese up and coming Hip Hop producers, Mabanua & Monkey Sequence 19 takes the original soul/funk taste and develops it's jazzy, hip hop flavour.  MONKEY_sequence.19 picks up the Soul/Jazz essence from original and stamps his beatmaking style on it.

A1.Sweet Love feat.Ladi6 (Original) A2.Sweet Love (instrumental) B1.Sweet Love feat.Ladi6 (mabanua remix) A2.Sweet Love feat.Ladi6 (MONKEY_sequence.19 remix) OPENSOULS feat.Ladi 6 - SWEETLOVE (Mabanua remix) by wonderfulnoise OPENSOULS feat.Ladi 6 - SWEETLOVE (MONKEY_sequence.19 remix) by wonderfulnoise Related Releases:
Electric Wire Hustle - EP 2 12" (Wonderful Noise)
Electric Wire Hustle - EP 3 7" (Wonderful Noise)

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August 03 2010

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Upcoming: Owiney Sigoma Band - Doyoi Nyajo Nam 12" (Brownswood)

Written By 3 - August 03 2010

This 12" is due for release in August, to reserve a copy please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Jesse Hackett's (Elmore Judd / Gorillaz) new project. Gloriously Hypnotic Kenyan grooves - a true culture clash between the Luo and London. Championed by Gilles Peterson they are a new signing to Brownswood, with an album due early 2011.
In 2009, a handful of London-based musicians travelled to Nairobi in Kenya to collaborate with two local musicians: Joseph Nyamungo and Charles Okoko, who hail from a village up country called Owiny Sigoma. The workshop/rehearsals were a lot of fun and pretty fruitful so they set about finding a studio that could accomodate a 7-piece live band. The resulting four tracks made their way to Gilles Peterson who promptly signed the band to his Brownswood imprint and sent the boys back to Nairobi for another week-long recording session with Joseph, Charles and their extended musical family. The traditional folkloric music of Kenya has not received the same global exposure as that of Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa or North Africa for example and one of the objectives of this project was to try and build on this. The band draw on a broad spectrum of African influences, from Fela Kuti and Tony Allen to the likes of Thomas Mapfumo and Oumou Sangare, but bar Jesse’s participation with Damon Albarn’s Africa Express, this was the first opportunity for Jesse Hackett (keys), Louis Hackett (bass), Sam Lewis (guitar), Chris Morphitis (bouzouki/guitar) and Tom Skinner (drums) to visit specifically for a musical project.

The results are documented on the band’s forthcoming album – a collection of gloriously hypnotic Afro grooves symbolic of the true culture clash between the Luo and London. A 12″ featuring two tracks from the original session in Nairobi – ‘Doyoi Nyajo Nam’ b/w ‘Jalako Onyoono Paka’

Related:
Various - Brownswood Electric CD (Brownswood)
Various - The World Ends Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria 2xCD (Soundway)
Various - Afro Rock Vol. 1 CD (Strut)

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May 18 2010

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Funkineven - She's Acid/Must Move 12" (Eglo)

Written By 3 - May 18 2010

Get It Here From Conch

And so the journey begins... After the success of the Kleer EP, West London's Funkineven returns for his second release, the double sided, riotous dancefloor work out that is She's Acid/Must Move. Resurrecting the spirits of Moroder, Art Of Noise and Marshall Jefferson through a modem powered Ouija board, whilst simultaneously hand writing a love letter to the inventors of lazer technology, Roland drum machines and sex toys. And if that makes no sense to you then don't worry... the music will. In all seriousness, its deep and beautiful dance music. Digital, Analogue, Delicate and Physical. Funkineven is here to stay... and he's only just getting started!

Tracklisting:

1.She's Acid

2.We Must Move

Related Releases:

Fatima - Mind Travellin' EP 12" (Eglo)
Floating Points - Peoples Poential / Shark Chase 12" (Eglo)

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April 20 2010

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Kyle Hall - Kaychunk / You Know What I Feel 12" (Hyperdub)

Written By 3 - April 20 2010

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After his remix of Darkstar's 'Aidy's Girl Is A Computer' at the end of last year, Hyperdub were quick to request an EP from Kyle Hall, and these two fantastic tracks are the outcome. Just 18 years old and hailing from Detroit, Kyle Hall has been getting a lot of attention after releasing several EPs on his own Wild Oats label, plus a one-sided single for Omar S' FHXE imprint. However, this is his first full release for another label. Both tracks inhabit an interzone between live and mechanical music, full of details and fills that lend a playful, hands-on feel. 'Kaychunk' wraps lush arpeggios and classic warm Detroit strings around shuffling syncopated drums into an upbeat track that's almost a mirror image of uk funky. 'You Know What I Feel' combines 2-step kicks that sound like rain hitting wood, with great clouds of bittersweet chords, a see-sawing bassline, and a rich swooning melody that echoes Stevie Wonder's classic '70s synth-drenched soul.

Tracks with Listening Clips:

01 Kaychunk clip
02 You Know What I Feel clip
Related Releases:
Darkstar - Aidy's Girl Is A Computer 12" (Hyperdub)
Various - Hyperdub: 5 Years of Low End Contagion 2xCD (Hyperdub)
Kyle Hall Fact Mix

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March 10 2010

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Upcoming: Floating Points - People's Potential / Shark Chase 12" (Eglo)

Written By 3 - March 10 2010

The sixth release on Eglo Records comes from Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points, check the tracks below and contact us at info@conch.co.nz to reserve a copy. Peoples Potential by floatingpoints Shark Chase by floatingpoints Related Releases:
Funkineven - Kleer EP 12" (Eglo)
Floating Points - Vacuum Boogie EP 12" (Eglo)
Floating Points - J&W Beat 12"

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