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Lady - Lady LP/CD (TRUTH & SOUL)

Written By 1 - April 13 2013

Available Here on CD, Here on LP

All you have to do is listen to Lady once, and you'll remember - in case you forgot-why they call it soul music. The honesty, the aching sweetness, the raw power of these singers and their songs will remind you that nothing can move you as much, or touch you as deeply, as two women with amazing voices singing in tight harmony.

Lady is the new collaborative project by Terri Walker and Nicole Wray. This unexpected transatlantic pairing was born out of a shared love of soul music and the resulting album - also entitled Lady - is a modern day interpretation of the classic sounds pioneered by labels such as Stax, Atlantic, and Motown. Lady unites the mellowness and pop flair of 60s soul with the driving beat of hip-hop, and the silky rhythms of modern R&B. These two powerful voices harmonize to create a fresh sound that tells the stories of growing up and never giving up, of love and friendship, of yearning and losing, bad girls and good hearts.

The lead single Money offers an overdue female perspective on the gold digger dynamic and has been accumulating plays and plaudits since emerging online. Other highlights include the selfassured strut of Get Ready, the dramatic, piano-driven Karma, Walker and Wray's tender tribute to their mothers in Sweet Lady and the heart-racing raunch of Good Lovin'. Lady's vocals switch smoothly from solos to seamless harmonies and are underpinned throughout by Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman's luscious production.

Better know as Truth & Soul, Michels & Silverman write, produce and run a Brooklyn-based studio and label with a growing reputation. The multi-talented duo's credits include writing for Adele, production for Lee Fields & The Expressions and both writing and production on Aloe Blacc's Good Things album and its worldwide hit single, I Need A Dollar. Lady is an authentic original, drawing from the past to infuse the present with new power. Prepare to take your hat off to Lady. Get ready to fall in love. There has never been, there will never be, anything else like it.

Track List & Soundclips:

01	Tell The Truth	clip
02	Money	clip
03	Hold On	clip
04	Get Ready	clip
05	Karma	clip
06	Sweet Lady	clip
07	Please Don't Do It Again	clip
08	Good Lovin	clip
09	Habit	clip
10	If You Wanna Be My Man	clip
11	Waiting On You	clip

The Sign Of Four - Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup (JAZZMAN)

Written By 1 - April 11 2013

Available Here on CD, Here on 2x10"

A labyrinthine jungle of audiophonic spectral transience that occludes the conventional digital sonic floating world through volatile phonosynthetic oscillations that reverberate between the conscious positronic drift of synaptic neurophysical pulsations and the free dimension of a tripnographic double space throb.

A whole album's worth, spread across 2x10" LPs in hand-printed sleeves or digipack CD. Welcome to the hylomorphic world of the Sign of Four. Tracklisting & Soundclips:

UPCOMING: Various - Eglo Records Vol.1 2xCD (EGLO)

Written By 1 - April 11 2013

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

Celebrating 4 years in existence, the time has come for us to look back over our catalogue with this deluxe double CD. Featuring 23 tracks, including four new exclusives and previously hard to find vinyl only releases, Eglo Records Vol.1 will be the label's debut LP and our first time in a CD format. Chronologically highlighting key releases by Floating Points, Fatima, Funkineven, Shuanise, Mizz Beats, Arp 101, Gifted & Blessed and more, the CD runs from our first 7 inch release in 2009 to the Shadows EP in 2011. Featuring a 20 page booklet and gold print gate-fold design by Kay Shin, the album chronicles the birth of the label through the photos' of Vent Fury and a foreword by label boss Alexander Nut. The unique and soul filled aesthetic of Eglo encompasses the diasporic sounds of House, Hip Hop, 2Step, RnB, Broken Beat, Boogie, Acid, Techno and beyond. Based in London but taking on a global view, the label's core is made up from a circle of nomadic artists. Displaying our colourful past whilst simultaneously launching into new territories, this release is set to be followed by fresh projects including recent signings Dirg Gerner and Strange U, the infamous Floating Points and the first lady of Eglo Records, Fatima. The latter of whom has been locked away adding finishing touches to her debut album. More info on the labels history can be found inside theCD's booklet. To celebrate our 4th year and the release of this CD, Eglo Records will be holding a special birthday event in early June (details TBA) followed later in the year by Eglo stages at both Outlook and Dimensions festival. Tracklisting: Click on tracks below for soundclips: CD1: 1. Radiality - Floating Points 2. Vacuum Boogie - Floating Points 3. Kleer - Funkineven ft. Fatima 4. Catch - Shuanise 5. Soul Glo - Fatima 6. She's Acid - Funkineven 7. Shark Chase - Floating Points 8. Dead Leaf - Arp.101 9. Heart Pound - Funkineven 10. Flush - Arp.101 11. Sanctuary - Mizz Beats CD2: 1. Innervisions - Fatima ft. Floating Points 2. Sais (Dub) - Floating Points 3. Marylin - Floating Points 4. Roland's Jam - Funkineven 5. Danger - Floating Points 6. U - Arp.101 7. Scientific Brainpriest - Mizz Beats 8. Myrtle Avenue - Floating Points 9. Visit You - Fatima 10. Wires - Floating Points Ensemble 11. Mercy - Shuanise 12. Reflexes - GB Presents The Abstract Eye

Various - Spiritual Jazz Vol.4 (JAZZMAN)

Written By 1 - April 10 2013

Available Here on 2xCD, Here on 3LP

It's well known that throughout the 20th century, fed up with poor working conditions and racism in their home country, many American jazz musicians chose to leave the US in order to live and work in Europe. What's less well known is how their music developed and evolved during their time on the continent, and how the experience of being a musician in Europe was to shape their lives.

Over the years countless jazz concerts, festivals and recordings featuring American jazz musicians have taken place all over Europe, yet it's remarkable how few of these musical artifacts have been evaluated by the jazz community. We seek to assess the European experiences of the American jazzman, with a specific focus on the progressive sounds of modal jazz and the avant garde. We examine the recordings made by those who crossed the Atlantic just to take in a short tour, as well as those who made more frequent trips, and of course those for whom Europe ultimately became their permanent place of residence.

THE MUSIC Radical new jazz sounds created as renowned ex-pat American jazzman mingle with the crème de la crème of their European counterparts. Early developments in world music inspired by trans-global cultural excursions to Asia, Africa and beyond. Exchange of ideas and a cultural meeting of minds as revolutionary jazz festivals take place behind the Iron Curtain. Advances in rhythm and sound where modal jazz and the prophetic music of John Coltrane merges with European folk traditions. This is Spiritual Jazz - as played by Americans in Europe.

· All tracks fully licensed and digitally restored from the original master tapes · Comprehensive liner notes with individual notes on each track and original stories direct from the artist · Double CD with 16 page colour booklet with in-depth liner notes, album cover scans and previously unpublished photographs · Most tracks never before reissued - previously only available on rare LPs that change hands for hundreds of pounds · Deluxe triple vinyl LP pressing with thick, glossy triple gatefold sleeve · Triple LP with FREE download card enclosed · Only on Jazzman - all because WE DIG DEEPER!

Tracklisting & Soundclips: A1 Sahib Shihab & Pierre Cavalli - Studie Nr.1 für Saitige Gitarre, A2 Johnny Hawksworth & Hampton Hawes - Jazz Rule, A3 Clarence Peters - Born & Shake, A4 Sahib Shihab - The Call, B5 Sun Ra - Enlightenment, B6 Albert Ayler - Summertime, B7 Billy Gault - Mode for Trane, C8 Frank Wright Sextet - T and W, C9 Grachan Moncur III - When, D10 Don Cherry & the New Eternal Rhythm Orch. - Humus, D11 Lee Konitz - Five, Four and Three, D12 Noah Howard Group - Olé, E13 Bobby Hutcherson / Harold Land Sextet - The Creators, F14 Eric Dolphy - Springtime

UPCOMING: Various - Brazuca! (1966-1978) (KINDRED SPIRITS)

Written By 1 - April 10 2013

Due out May 2013 on CD & LP, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

DJ Paulao (Sao Paulo) compiles this great document on samba rock from the golden years of Brasilian music (1966-1978). More info soon! Track List & Soundclips:

1. Marisa Rossi - Quem Vem La