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April 26 2013

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UPCOMING: DJ Mitsu The Beats - Beat Installments Vol.2 (JAZZY SPORT)

Written By 1 - April 26 2013

Jazzy Sport label proudly present the long awaited 2nd album from DJ Mitsu the Beats' project "Beats Installments" as "Beat Installments Vol.2".  To pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz, please note the price for this will be approximately $60

Track List - click for soundclips: SIDE A A1.New Connection A2.Down To Business A3. Take it Back SIDE B B1.Let Go B2.Philly B3.If you build it SIDE C C1.No Games C2.First Class C3.Attention SIDE D D1.Front Row D2.Wave D3.Nothing Lost One year after "Beats Installments" Mitsu the Beats drops the 2nd chapter of his instrumental music project, "Beats Installments Vol.2". Here Mitsu the Beats delivers another 12 tracks of high quality instrumental music.  This time featuring a fantastic collaboration with fame Cro-Magnon's keyboard player Takumi Kaneko . "Down To Business" starts with raw beats and it goes to mellow and groovy jazz funk sounds. "New Connection" shows us new phase of cosmic fusion funk sounds on the laid back beats. "Let Go" would be big for not only for hip hop heads but also for fans of jazz funk and dance music sound. "Take it Back" shows mellow and warm hip hop mood. "No Games" kicks with percussive beats and take it into funky sound way.  "Philly" brings the combination sound of solid beats and atmospheric sounds. "First Class" is the straight ahead Mitsu the Beats 's jazzy approach of hip hop groove. "If You Build It" is a warm mellow number with rhythmic rimshot groove.  "Front Raw" starting with beautiful piano and adding silky jazz sound.  "Attention" is a heart warming mellow number. "Wave" features a fantastic fender rhodes sounds on the laid back beats and warm groove. "Nothing Lost" features moody sounds with the combination of piano and strings chords.

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April 25 2013

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Charles Bradley - Victim Of Love (DAPTONE)

Written By 1 - April 25 2013

Available Here on LP, here on CD

Charles Bradley will release his second album Victim of Love on April 5. The follow up to his highly-praised debut album No Time For Dreaming will be released on Daptone Records imprint Dunham Records. Look for additional details on the new album in early 2012. The 64-year old “Screaming Eagle of Soul” has been championed by critics and fans alike. Released in January 2011, No Time For Dreaming became one of the best selling independent records of the year and landed on Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums of 2011 as well as making year end best lists in GQ, Esquire, SPIN, MOJO, Paste Magazine, Mother Jones and more. Bradley also performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with Sharon Jones & Grace Potter, was featured on multiple episode of The Last Call with Carson Daly and, earlier this year, performed on the BBC’s Later…with Jools Holland. Since his breakout performance at SXSW 2011, where he landed on the SXSWorld magazine cover following the festival, Charles has performed to sold-out audiences and festivals all over North America, Europe, Australia and more. Festival appearances include Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival, Austin City Limits, Bumbershoot, Outside Lands, Montreux, Roskilde, Flow Festival, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Vienna Jazz Festival, Calgary Folk Festival and Winnipeg Folk Festival. He was featuring on cover Pollstar earlier this year and the 2012 Inaugural A2IM Libera Awards named him “Road Warrior of the Year.”  Track List & Sound Clips:
01 Strictly Reserved For You clip
02 You Put The Flame On It clip
03 Let Love Stand A Chance clip
04 Victim Of Love clip
05 Love Bug Blues clip
06 Dusty Blue clip
07 Confusion clip
08 Where Do We Go From Here clip
09 Crying In The Chapel clip
10 Hurricane clip
11 Through The Storm clip

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April 25 2013

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UPCOMING: Ta-Ku - Dowhatyoulove LP (JAKARTA)

Written By 1 - April 25 2013

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

Australia might not be the first country one would think of when looking for authentic and classic hip-hop sounds but Producer Ta-Ku definitely proofs us wrong. Not only in his Home country Australia but all around the globe Ta-Ku´s mix of smooth boom-bap and future sound create an authentic and well received vibe. The former student of Red Bull Music Academy has been dropping numerous Records and has received positive feedback from day one. Currently more then 25.000 ppl follow him on facebook, nearly 50.000 on soundcloud. Several well known Producers such as Gas Lamp Killer, Salva and Baauer, just to name a few, co-signed the Beatmaker out of Perth, he just did his first Boiler Room session, but it seems like all the positive feedback he has received so far only makes his strive for perfection grow. 

Influenced by names like J.Dilla and Dwele, Ta-Ku´s sound remains original and displays his love for real hip-hop however what makes this cat special is his variety. Ta-Ku doesnt only understand to create the spirit of golden era hiphop but also makes you vibe to his own interpretation of Popstars such as Justin Timberlake for instance. His talent and skills allow him to operate in nearly every genre and he still manages it to create an authentic sound that everyone can relate to. This rare combination creates the impression that we have yet to see the full force of Ta-Ku´s musical craft.

Limited Edition, first 200 copies on coloured vinyl. Also be on the lookout for Ta-ku’s “LOVEWHATYOUDO” EP with Blu spitting verses over a beat from this album as well as some exclusives.

Tracklist - check clips below

01 Intro (Searching) clip
02 Where clip
03 Make You Wanna clip
04 Keys Go Harder clip
05 Blow Up clip
06 June 30th (D.I.L.L.A.) clip
07 Boom clip
08 Color Her Sunshine clip
09 Someone Else clip
10 Supposed To Do clip
11 Chop clip
12 Masaya clip
13 Meet You There clip
14 Red Altert clip
15 See Me Through clip
16 Static clip
17 Steady Goes clip
18 Sylvia clip

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April 25 2013

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GIG: Tommy Flowers & Keepsakes - "Wired EP" Release Party

Written By 1 - April 25 2013

  Come down to Cassette 9 tonight and celebrate Flowers & Keepsakes debut EP release on nuffsaidrecordings.com Flowers & Keepsakes will be playing all their latest tunes including some brand new exclusive tracks fresh from the studio. In support will be Aucklands finest MAYAVANYA and MALILONE from Paris. Free entry before 11pm DJs from 9pm LINKS:   http://nuffsaidrecordings.com/ http://soundcloud.com/nuff-said-recordings http://soundcloud.com/mayavanya http://soundcloud.com/malilone

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April 23 2013

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V/A - Hipshakers Vol 1 & 2 (VAMPISOUL)

Written By 1 - April 23 2013

Available ON LP FOR THE FIRST TIME!

Hipshakers Vol. 1 2LP here, Hipshakers Vol. 2, 2LP here

 
A special Record Store Day release.First volume of our new "R&B Hipshakers" series, featuring rockin' R&B and early soul. A compilation of tracks from 1956 to 1967 by essential artists such as Hank Ballard, Johnny Watson, The "5" Royales, Freddy King, Eugene Church… 20 terrific dance cuts selected by genre expert Mr Fine Wine, from WFMU's Downtown Soulville. Several titles reissued for the first time. I wasn't even close to being a twinkle in my dad's horn-rimmed eye in 1961. But I have to conclude that there's something special about that year for me. When compiling Vampisoul's dip into King Records' deep, deep rhythm-and-blues vaults, I realized that I'm a sucker for the sounds of '61. And, well, '62 too. Not that other years slightly earlier and later aren't represented as well, but… fully a quarter of the tracks herein are from 1961. What happened then? President Kennedy happened then, for one thing, inaugurated on January 20. Also: chimps and their perhaps marginally more civilized human cousins in space; Roger Maris eclipsing the Babe, albeit with a conceptual asterisk; Jets vs Sharks on the West Side; the Cold War in full swing; a hot war in Vietnam just starting to smolder, though few Americans had even heard of the place yet. And brilliant black musicians making timeless records for a Cincinnati, Ohio family of labels - gibbling and gobbling down Broadway, implanting indelible, stinging guitar lines in the public consciousness, and making folks do the ginger snap like there was no tomorrow, which I'm sure there didn't always seem to be. This collection of genuine King and Federal R&B sides encompasses crazy dances (the impossible-but-highly-entertaining-to-picture 'Slummer The Slum'; 'Posin'', which beat Madonna to the voguing punch by some 30 years); intense guitar instrumentals (what can you say about a label employing so many superstar guitar slingers that even Freddie King probably has to fight for a spot in one's top 3, what with Johnny Watson, Ike Turner, Mickey Baker and Lowman Pauling staking pretty strong claims for inclusion themselves?); inspired forays into mind-altering whimsy ('Hog Killin' Time', the first of a trilogy of swine-tingling masterpieces by Eddie Kirk, along with 'The Hawg' on Volt and 'The Grunt' on Fortune); the timeless ode to male horniness 'One Zippy Zam'; and hook-filled, honest-to-goodness love songs (try to get 'I Don't Know About You' out of your head - or your heart). We can argue endlessly about the appropriateness of one's mom teaching one to monkey. If it's polite, sober propriety you're after, look elsewhere. For a raucous and potentially life-changing R&B dance party in a box, though, you'll find TEACH ME TO MONKEY to be just the thing. Mr Fine Wine WFMU's "Downtown Soulville" show
Roy Milton
Tracks list
1. Gibble, Gobble (Willie Wright)
2. Broadway (Hank Ballard)
3. What Makes You So Cold (Lulu Reed)
4. My Nerves (Little Willie John)
5. I Don't Know About You (Lloyd Nolan)
6. Slummer The Slum (The "5" Royales)
7. Where You At Jack (Little Mummy)
8. That's It Man (The Valentines)
9. Mind Your Own Business (Eugene Church)
10. Regardless (Charles Brown)
11. Here It Is Right Here (El Pauling)
12. One Zippy Zam (Roy Milton & His Orchestra)
13. Texas Oil (Freddy King)
14. Mr Astronaut (The Drivers)
15. Your Well Ran Dry (Carol Ford
16. Do The Ginger Snap (Little Bobby Moore)
17. Mom, Won't You Teach Me To Monkey (Little Emmett Sutton)
18. Uncle Willie's Got A Thing Going On (Willie Dixon)
19. Posin' (Johnny Watson)
20. Hog Killin' Time (Eddie Kirk)

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