Tristan Banks - View from Above

Debut Album by drummer/composer/producer Tristan Banks, draws on over 30 years of experience as a sideman for many grammy award winning and platinum selling artists. Mixing influences from the jazz, latin jazz and fusion idioms, the music is a unique combination of high-octane virtuosic performance and sublimely melodic composition. Banks unifies his long standing musical friends Paul Booth, John Crawford and Davide Mantovani to articulate his musical vision. Tristan’s debut album is due to be released on the Ubuntu Music record label on March 31st 2023.

“The idea was to push the acoustic jazz quartet format to the limit, being able to re-image the possibilities that the classic saxophone, piano, bass, drums line-up can manifest, and by being conscious of the sonic traditions that are typically replayed to confirm the listeners tastes while avoiding the genres timbral qliches.”

“I have always had an interest in music that makes you move as well as simulating the mind with musical interplay and deeper compositional concepts, so the idea was to select tunes that I had written over the last 15 years and record them in a live performance setting with no click track or isolation recording techniques. This created a perfect environment to generate and capture the musical energy of the performance.”

“Ubuntu feels like the perfect fit for me, with many of my musical friends releasing their music through the label, and as the UK jazz scene goes from strength to strength I’m really happy to be working with Martin to bring my music into the world.” 

Tracklist:
1. View From Above
2. Ex Machina
3. Flex (for Dexter)
4. Possible Bossa
5. Dust Devil
6. Flutter
7. Capelinhas
8. Polycephaly
9. Cidade Alta
10. Tempesta

Radio Citizen - Lost & Found

"Lost & Found" presents unreleased material from Bajka and Niko Schabel, famous for their hits "The Hop" and "Summertime" with fans all over the world. And it features two unheard collaborations with MPC wizard Masajjaa.

This record is a dive into the history of Radio Citizen´s early Berlin days and in spite of all the time gone by this album sounds as edgy and fresh as "Berlin Serengeti" and "Hope and Despair" from the years 2006 and 2010.

Radio Citizen is a project by mastermind Niko Schabel and a group of musicians from Berlin and Munich, including Marja Burchard (Embryo), Wolfi Schlick (Express Brass Band) and Johannes Schleiermacher (Training, Shake Stew with Shabaka). Musically diverse, it had been tagged:
deep krautjazz dubecho clubculture electric arcadia free soul. So far so good.

Bajka is a vocalist and aritst born India with a distinctive voice that reminds in some ways of Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu. Apart from Radio Citizen she worked among others with Beanfield (check out the Carl Craig remix), Dissidenten and Bonobo. And Bajka released records under her own name, check out her wonderful single on Jazzman Records, Bajka in Wonderland and Bajka with Rejoicer.

Tracklist:
1. Radio Citizen & Masajjaa - World Of Peace (feat. Bajka)
2. Seashores Of The Eye (feat. Bajka)
3. Upper Class
4. Radio Citizen & Masajjaa - Eastern Sun (feat. Bajka)
5. Mountain
6. Rule No One (feat. Bajka)
7. New York City Beat
8. Going Down
9. One Eyed
10. Slow Living

Eddie Chacon - Sundown

In 2021, Eddie Chacon and John Carroll Kirby decamped to Ibiza for two weeks. There, they rented the island’s only Fender Rhodes from one of the local rave crews. John posted it against the plaster walls and concrete floors of their temporary home, which was set into a green hillside overlooking a beach called Siesta. As they worked on Sundown, Pharoah Sanders’s “Greeting to Saud” was a daily listen. Instead of emulating its sound, Eddie absorbed its deeper lesson – that simplicity wins out over virtuosity every time.

They wrote the first half of Sundown during that Ibiza stay and finished it at 64 Sound Studios in Los Angeles, where they both live. Joining Eddie on vocals and John on production and keys were Logan Hone (flutes and saxophones) Elizabeth Lea (trombone), Will Logan (drums) and David Leach (percussion). “It feels like we’re building our dream house,” says Eddie. “With Pleasure, Joy, and Happiness, we poured the foundation and now we’re expanding into new rooms.”

The two artists have worked together before, on Eddie Chacon’s 2020 album, Pleasure, Joy and Happiness. It was in 2019, when he met John Carroll Kirby – a prolific artist in his own right who’s collaborated with Steve Lacy, Frank Ocean, Solange, and many more – that Chacon considered a return to releasing music. Pleasure, Joy and Happiness was meant to bring closure to a music career that began when Eddie was a teenager playing in Bay Area garage bands, and peaked in the 1990s when, as one half of the duo Charles & Eddie, he topped charts internationally with “Would I Lie To You”, before deserting the business. Eddie didn’t expect much from Pleasure’s release, and was amazed to find it resonated widely, gaining him a whole new fanbase and reinvigorating his career.

Eddie says that only at his age – 59 – could he have the life experience and quiet confidence to make Sundown. That this new record exists at all is a surprise to its creator. As Eddie says, “Sundown is the follow-up I never thought I would get to make.” 

Tracklist:
1. Step By Step
2. Far Away
3. Comes and Goes (feat. Logan Hone)
4. Sundown
5. Holy Hell
6. Haunted Memories
7. Same Old Song
8. The Morning Sun

VA - Once Again We Are the Children of the Sun Compiled by Paul Hillery

Gather together beneath the sun as we journey through the rhythmic sands of time, Paul Hillery, an esteemed collector and vinyl hunter, presents his follow-up to the highly acclaimed "We Are The Children Of The Sun." Andrew Male of MOJO Magazine calls the album "One of the most emotionally uplifting and hazily beautiful compilations of recent years."

"Once Again We Are The Children Of The Sun" is a shimmering collection of rare finds, reminding us that we have more to connect us than to divide us. The music encompasses a broad range of sounds, starting in Cajun country with Will & James Ragar, their handmade acoustic guitars allowing for soaring vocals. Along with many of the tracks featured on this compilation, "As the Day Grows Tired" is reissued on vinyl for the first time.

Experience the previously unreleased cover of "Milk and Honey" featuring Kat Barnard and Greg Foat, a versatile mainstay of the UK jazz scene. Discover the first-ever vinyl release of "Kayenta Crossing" by William Eaton Ensemble, capturing the austere presence of Monument Valley. Immerse yourself in Wendy Grace's jazz-folk masterpiece "More Than Hope" and the acoustic ambience of "Golden Hour" by Aria Rostami.

Paul Hillery and BBE present a compilation of styles and genres, fusing together to make private press wants accessible as a springboard for further listening pleasures. "Once Again We Are the Children of the Sun'' is an eclectic selection mixing styles, year and tempo, painstakingly gathered and presented with a great deal of love. 

Tracklist:
1. Will & James Ragar - As the Day Grows Tired
2. Forest - Crazy Days
3. Cunningham Corner - Free and Easy
4. Wendy Grace - More Than Hope
5. Bengt Liedman - Tight Tonight
6. Corill - Soul Shadow
7. Varela - Come and Take Me by the Hand
8. Just Us - Just a Thought
9. Mike Baumann;Thom Huntington - Time
10. Darrell John - Write Your Lucky Number
11. The Freeze Band - Going Back in Time
12. Godspeed - Ice Cold
13. William Eaton Ensemble - Kayenta Crossing
14. Orion - Moonshine
15. The Greg Foat Group;Kat Barnard - Milk and Honey
16. Aria Rostami - Golden Hour
17. Bugatti & Musker - Fate
18. Garth Fletcher - Peace Train
19. Mark Capanni - If Life Was a Ferris Wheel

Caixa Cubo - Agôra

Global pointing Brazilian jazz trio Caixa Cubo release their brand new album Agôra, sparkling with electric funk and Herbie-esque eclecticism. It features a myriad of guest vocalists and musicians including Brazilians Xênia França and Zé Leônidas, Jembaa Groove's Ghanaian singer Eric Owusu and South African artists Bongani Givethanks & Mpho Nkuzo.

In line with all their creations where flow and energy provide the magic, allowing what the moment provides, the album shines not only for its virtuosity but for its minimalism, the depth of space, and for the first time, the ability to figure in and outside of the jazz fold, as the trio decided, for the first time, to bring in singers and add a new aesthetic to their sound.

“Agôra is a wake-up call to reality, a reminder that the infinite possibilities of technological progress should not disconnect us from the earth, from eye-to-eye relationships, and from moments lived in person” the band are keen to point out. “And that we must not be consumed by greed, for all we truly possess.... is the NOW.”

Tracklist:
1. Asase (feat. Eric Owusu)
2. Kismeti (feat. Matthias Schriefl)
3. Ndiyakhangela (feat. Bongani Givethanks & Mpho Nkuzo)
4. Sábado (feat. Zé Leônidas)
5. Agôra (feat. Matthias Schriefl)
6. Caio & Eric (feat. Eduardo Camargo)
7. Dreams (feat. Xênia França & Zé Leônidas)
8. Carrossel (feat. Zé Leônidas)
9. Oblique Sunshine (feat. Rebekka Ziegler)

The Lahaar - The Lahaar

Drawing inspiration from the depths of late 70's NYC proto-rap disco instrumentals, Nigerian boogie, Jamaican dub and modern jazzy house - The Lahaar is a Trans-Tasman collaboration between Julien Dyne, Horatio Luna and Surprise Chef's Lachlan Stuckey, featuring Mara TK and Toby Laing on vocals.

The EP embarks on a 5-track rollercoaster - kicking off with “Doin’ It”, fast-paced jazz-funk peppered with marimba and organ riffs, balanced out by the siren vocals of Mara TK.

“Step 2” suddenly brakes and swerves into cruise mode, repurposing the trumpets and dub echoes - picking up tempo in the soulful melancholia of “Work Work Work”. In the last two tracks the organs and guitars make a frenetic comeback by way of disco-house, ending with a nod to 70s cop movie funk.

Tracklist:
1. Doin' It
2. Step 2
3. Work Work Work
4. Super (Kiki)
5. Chase Scene, Part 1

Hot Mustard - Seconds

Hot Mustard returns with an epic second course that brings new depth of flavor to the unique sound that the duo served up on their debut. In the mix with the hard-hitting drums, tasty guitar and ultra groovy low end, lies the punchy brass work of Antibalas’ trumpeter Jordan Mclean and TV on the Radio Trombonist Dave ’Smoota’ Smith. The album, titled ‘Seconds’, features a spicy blend of Hammond organ throughout and is garnished by the masterful hands of cellist Helen Gillet. The lone vocal on the album is delivered by the soulful songstress Alanna Royale who caps off the feast brilliantly. Hip-hop aficionados and connoisseurs of vintage funk and soul are certain to leave the table with their taste buds buzzing after this one.

Tracklist:
1. Gravy Boat
2. The Golden Beet
3. Low Boy
4. Butcher Block
5. Mustard Green
6. Whole Grain
7. Nickel Empire
8. Stono Hustle
9. The End of Time

Fredfades & Sraw - Double Density

SP-1200 beats made using postal service. Fredfades and Sraw collaborate through post, exchanging dusty beats for an experimental Hip Hop record. The process of sending floppy discs back and forth, where each producer added element over element on their own SP-1200, has been on-going for almost 10 years, slowly building a collaborative body of work.

The result is Double Density, an LP that oozes with the character of that infamous instrument which laid much of the foundation for the earliest Hip Hop artists and still manages to evoke those raw and visceral sounds of that era. Reinforcing those sounds are the voices of Planet Asia, Pink Siifu and Blue November, who deliver lyrics from US coasts to Scandanavia’s fjords.

The duos collaborative effort swims in a sea of eclectic influences where Jazz, Soul and Hip-Hop thrive in the construct of this unique instrument. The drum machine pops, crackles and hisses on a bed of big bass lines through 13 tracks that go from short instrumentals to fully arranged songs.

Taking Hip-Hop back to its origins, everything is stripped bare to its essentials and for every vocal track, there’s its antithesis in the form of an instrumental break. It’s a record that plays with the archetypes of Hip Hop and Rap as something that we’ve lost over the years that begs for revocation. Double Density sounds exotic in the world of today’s gleaming beats.

Tracklist:
1. Double Density
2. Smoggy
3. Playing With Time
4. Mobbin’ For A Hobby (feat. Planet Asia & Waz)
5. Closer
6. Trapped (Feat. Pink Siifu)
7. Intermezzo
8. 2night
9. Rings Around Saturn
10. The Maxi-Single (feat. Planet Asia)
11. Omnichord
12. Spark Lah (feat. Blue November)
13. Outro

VA - 500

Being at the forefront of drum & bass for over a quarter of a century, Hospital Records proudly step into 2023 commemorating their 500th release with a brand new anthem packed celebratory compilation - ‘500’. Offering a bass-infused insight into the past, present and future of the south-London based imprint, brace yourself for 23 brand new original tracks and remixes of NHS certified classics.

Tracklist:
1. SOLAH, DJ Marky & Makoto – Everything Is Possible (DJ Marky & Makoto remix)
2. Logistics – Belonging
3. Netsky, Hybrid Minds & Grafix – Let Me Hold You (Grafix remix)
4. Whiney & Subten – Start This (feat Doktor/Coco)
5. Bop, Subwave & Enei – Rave I Didn't Know Was The Last (Enei remix)
6. Flava D – Red Pill
7. Unglued, Lens & Whiney – Lazy Hardcore
8. Fred V & Hamzaa – Freefall
9. Anais, Sudley & Champion DI – Live By The Sword
10. Winslow – Spaced Out
11. S.P.Y – Night Moves
12. Voltage & Serum – Natty Love (feat Sweetie Irie - Serum VIP)
13. Urbandawn & Alibi – Caramel
14. London Elektricity – Vasquez
15. Degs & Whiney – Still Messed Up (Whiney remix)
16. IYRE & T-Man – Want No Drama
17. Hugh Hardie & Stay-C – Impala
18. Kanobie & Tominthechamber – Upside Down
19. Makoto – Love Is Complicated
20. Missing – U OK G?
21. Rohaan & MRSA – Osho
22. BTK – Found
23. Askel – Thoughts About Home 

Antonio Fusco Trio - Sete

Tracklist:
1. Wave
2. Quarantine
3. Alice In Wonderland
4. Peaceful Mind
5. Sete
6. The Happiness Tango
7. Pilgrimage

*Bonus (Antionio Fusco Trio - SETE)

Mark de Clive-Lowe, Shigeto, Melanie Charles - Hotel San Claudio

Revered composer, pianist, DJ and two decade-long bridge between jazz, dance and hip-hop, Mark de Clive-Lowe (MdCL), links up with influential drummer/producer/DJ, Shigeto and Brooklyn-based, Haitian-rooted, flautist/songwriter and Verve Records artist - Melanie Charles on Hotel San Claudio, a collaborative LP of spiritual jazz, live deconstructed beats, and a three-track set of Pharoah Sanders reinterpretations.

'Strings' speaks to the group’s love of hip-hop, with Shigeto’s Dilla-esque ‘hanging off the beat’ slap and Melanie Charles’ deft rhymes and MdCL’s sample-chops, whilst 'Kanazawa' references a love of soulful house, with Charles’ 70s disco/fusion-tipping flute solo, leading into a euphoric and climactic club outro. The warrior-themed Bushido, first heard on MdCL’s album Heritage, leans even heavier on 70s jazz fusion as MdCL’s unruly synth impulsions and Donald Byrd-leaning soul-jazz production strides the line between atmospheric and experimental. MFT showcases Charles’ jazz vocals, treated here with big reverbs and delays, affording a vast, celestial quality that stands present throughout Hotel San Claudio.

One musician the group kept circling back to as a major influence was saxophone titan and cosmic sage, Pharoah Sanders. The trio’s absorbing 2-part versioning of Sanders’ 30m-long classic ‘The Creator Has A Master Plan’ as well as his iconic ‘Love Is Everywhere’ become the centrepiece of Hotel San Claudio’s spiritually-focused, reimagined jazz core. 

Tracklist:
1. The Creator Has a Master Plan
2. Strings
3. MFT
4. Bushido
5. Interlude (Contorni)
6. Kanazawa
7. Love Is Everywhere
8. Interlude (Digestivo)
9. The Creator Has a Master Plan Part II

Yaya Bey - Exodus the North Star

Recently hailed as one of the artists “Shaping The Future Of Music in 2023” by Pitchfork, Yaya Bey returns with ‘Exodus the North Star’ EP, released March 24th on Big Dada.

The EP — which across its six tracks features collaborations with Jay Daniel (“12 houses down”), Exaktly (“ascendent (mother fxcker)”, a track recorded at London’s infamous Abbey Road Studios) and Nativesun (“when saturn returns”) — picks up where previous album ‘Remember Your North Star’ left off, comprising an emotional rollercoaster that draws on elements of R&B, soul, jazz, reggae, afrobeat, hip-hop and house music, all underpinned by Bey’s intentionally hope-filed and ultimately joyful lyrics.

"Exodus the North Star is my most vulnerable work to date. This is how I see joy and love in the world and what I aspire to feel and be. I have become an expert at turning my pain and grief as a black woman into music. Black people have a masterful way of telling our stories and sharing pain, but we are also masters of joy and imagination. We have always been in a global conversation about how to alchemize our experiences and reimagine our circumstances. From the ties between Lovers Rock and R&B to Gospel and House. Our joy is a collective effort.

I rarely write about what I would like my existence to be in this world. This is a new level of vulnerability for me. Proclaiming my desires. What I’ve come to learn I deserve. This is my thank you to my people: my peers, the elders and the ancestors for being in this work with me. Cheers to the future." - Yaya Bey

‘Exodus the North Star’ follows her exceptional, critically acclaimed album ‘Remember Your North Star’, a perfect showcase of Bey’s ability to tap into the emotionally kaleidoscopic nature of women, specifically Black women. With themes of misogynoir, unpacking generational trauma, carefree romance, parental relationships, women empowerment and self-love, ‘Remember Your North Star’ captivated listeners, and was cited as one of the albums of 2022 by the the New York Times, Pitchfork (who also named it ‘Best New Music’ on release), The Guardian, NPR, GQ, Crack Magazine, Rough trade and Bandcamp among others. Bey’s music has also been featured by the likes of Rolling Stone, T Magazine (The NYT Style Magazine), Clash, Okayplayer, Essence, Document Journal, Harper’s Bazaar, FADER, Dazed, FACT and many more.

Following recent sold-out headline shows in London, New York and Los Angeles — playing alongside the likes of Perfume Genius, Grace Ives, Okay Kaya and others — Bey is set to perform at Elsewhere in NY on March 4th with Roy Ayers and dreamcastmoe, and Treefort festival in Boise, ahead of announcing a run of UK/EU dates throughout 2023.

Tracklist:
1. exodus the north star
2. on the pisces moon
3. when saturn returns
4. munerah
5. 12 houses down
6. ascendent (mother fxcker)

Qwalia - Sound & Reason

New London based quartet Qwalia, led by drummer Yusuf Ahmed, offer a plethora of influences whilst remaining resolutely itself. Assembled from musicians who play with David Byrne, Joy Crookes, Nubiyan Twist, Frank Ocean, Jordan Rakei, Sampha, Cat Stevens and more; Yusuf is joined by Tal Janes on guitars and vocals, Ben Reed on bass and keyboardist Joseph Costi. Qwalia’s debut album ‘Sound And Reason’ is set for release by Alberts Favourites on 24th March 2023.

The name Qwalia stems from the same sounding word Qualia, a philosophy of mind with the property of being an ineffable experience. Qwalia’s music is an instinctive aural expression of how things seemed in the moment of creation.

In April ‘21, Qwalia spent two days recording completely improvised music at the Fish Factory in North West London. There was no plan or preconceived idea of what the music should sound like or what was going to happen.

“We set up altogether in one room, dimmed the lights, pressed record and just played,” says Yusuf. “We came away with over 13 hours of music, which was consolidated into three albums worth of material. The final record is mainly a result of pulling faders up or down to create space and structure out of what was already there from the live recording. The production process felt akin to a sculptor chipping away excess stone to reveal a statue that was already there, and occasionally putting some makeup on it!”

The band members are Pakistani, Italian, Venezuelan, Jewish and English. A reflection of the fact that cultural categories are infinite; Qwalia’s music unconsciously explores identity, exposing what this can mean. Or perhaps that it doesn’t mean anything at all. 

Tracklist:
1. Fool Me Once
2. The Grip
3. Sound & Reason
4. Electric Highway
5. Haven't You Heard
6. Vagherah
7. In Your Own Words

KUF - Yield

KUF create emotion-laden dialogues across layers of time and dimensions of sound. With three albums the Berlin trio pioneered an astonishing inversion of the typical electronic band set up, by pairing a plethora of disembodied, sampled voices with acoustic real-time interaction on bass, drums and keys.

'Yield', their fourth album, presents a shift in focus. Less weight on the vocal core – lots of new integrations of sampling, synthesis and band action in different constellations. This diversification of sources pulls the conceptual stops out and yields a dazzling array of magical instrumentalism. Bold. Catchy. Flourishing.

From 'Gold' to 'Universe', KUF solidified an irresistible marriage of android vocal cords and highly energetic beats. Their third album 'Re:Re:Re' applied the concept to remix/cover version hybrids of classics from Macro's stellar back catalog, tackling originals by the likes of rRoxymore, KiNK, Patrick Cowley, Santiago Salazar and Stefan Goldmann. With proof that the concept could be applied with supremely gratifying results to such diverse contexts, time was ripe to go back to the drawing board and reimagine the perimeter.

Now 'Yield' breathes the freedom of playful reassembly of the main ingredients. A sampler's cut-up capabilities triggered by frisky fingers. Persistent bass. Adamant drums. Rough soul, intertwined by improvised outbursts and shaped with the aesthetics of raw MPC-based chunky techno. Twelve slices of hyper-integrated realtime magic. 

Tracklist:
1. Patterns
2. Seem To Take
3. Ah Oh
4. Oho Oho
5. Pears
6. Swim
7. Aaa
8. Glucose
9. Unless It Rains
10. 0%
11. 9
12. Long Before

*Bonus (KUF – Yield live)

Lorenzo Morresi & Le Isole - Pop Flop

We can safely say that some of the past Italian library music masterpieces will hardly reach the export levels of mainstream Italian pop music. However, there is no doubt that the recent rediscovery operation led by some record labels such as Schema, Sonor, Four Flies, Intervallo and many others, has helped to create a lively and passionate record collectors’ market where names such as Umiliani, Brugnolini, Torossi, Tommasi, Braen, Iacoucci, Alessandroni are the watchwords for entering a wonderful and relatively unknown musical territory.

It is probably better to avoid comparing library music to the world of movie soundtracks, even if most of the aforementioned names were working across both fields. A prestigious name like that of Ennio Morricone is the perfect example of someone involved both in library music and soundtracks - but his imprint is too established to give the idea of the purpose of Italian library music, which was mainly to add sonorization to television programs that were lacking visual substance.

For a great number of years these compositions were placed in artistic oblivion and only in recent times a group of enthusiasts around the world started sharing their passion for Italian library music. Among these enthusiasts the main character of this (our) story is Lorenzo Morresi, Italian producer, musician and DJ working between Milan and London where he collaborated with several artists from around the world. Driven by a strong passion for jazz, funk and disco, Lorenzo met Italian record producer and musician Luciano Cantone (aka ‘Le Isole’) many years ago. Luciano played Lorenzo some rare Italian library music gems that he was repressing; laying the first bricks of their mutual passion for this genre.

Soon after Lorenzo started producing music in that genre; combining jazz and funk grooves, Italian synth melodies and vintage electronic sounds. Last year, to much critical acclaim, he released the album ‘Cosmica Italiana’, made in collaboration with British multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne, and released via his record label 22a, one of the most respected contemporary jazz labels.

In March 2022 Lorenzo and Luciano started pre-producing ‘Pop Flop’ at Schema Records headquarters in Milan. Part of the album has also been produced at ‘Museo Del Synth Marchigiano & Italiano’, an incredible collection of rare Italian vintage synthesizers located in Le Marche region where Lorenzo was born. These Italian synthesizers (manufacturers such as Farfisa, Crumar and Elka) were very popular in the 1970s for library music and soundtracks, and they were also used outside of Italy by the likes of John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Keith Emerson, Jean-Michel Jarre and Ray Manzarek from the Doors.

As Morresi himself explains, “I tried as a form of respect and love to avoid an album that simply imitates those fifty year old masterpieces, so my idea has been to add contemporary musical elements and genres together with modern production techniques to create something original”.

Pop Flop has a warm, cinematic and philological feel; well balanced between tradition and innovation, fusing elements of funk, classical, acid jazz, afrobeat, trip hop - to name a few - and all whilst paying homage to those fantastic years.

The song titles sound like we’ve been transported back to 1972 in a time machine: “Odeon," "Slalom," "Savana Urbana", "Beta Erotica”, “Allegro Funerario," "Rio De Janeiro Filter," and so on.

We are sure that masters like Umiliani, Tommasi and Brugnolini will be pleased with the end result and will undoubtedly be smiling down from the sky.

Tracklist:
1. Slalom
2. Odeon
3. Rio De Janeiro Filter
4. Savana Urbana
5. Beta Erotica
6. Pop Flop
7. Allegro Funerario
8. Sulla Strada Della Luna
9. Post Presente
10. Track ID

Benny Reid - The Infamous Live

Reimagining Mobb Deep's iconic 1995 opus ‘The Infamous’, NYC-based saxophonist and composer Benny Reid's ambitious new project is a collection of acoustic, sample-free renditions, built from the ground up, performed entirely by the multi-instrumentalist auteur.

The forthcoming ‘The Infamous Live’ comes on the heels of Reid’s Billboard-charting take of Eric B & Rakim’s ‘Follow The Leader’. From this, Mobb Deep's Havoc discovered his work and authorized him to reconstruct the timeless Mobb Deep album, giving Reid input and working with him in the studio to complete the project. His limited 7" of "Shook Ones Pt. II" previewing the project, sold out quickly upon release in December 2022.

Reid is a forward-thinking jazz musician with a bent toward mixing expansive post-bop improvisation with atmospheric contemporary jazz styles. He released his first two albums on the prestigious Concord label and has been working with Fat Beats to create interesting, progressive tributes to the hip-hop albums that defined his youth.

Tracklist:
1. The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)
2. Survival Of The Fittest
3. Eye For An Eye (Your Beef is Mines)
4. Give Up The Goods (Just Step)
5. Temperature's Rising
6. Up North Trip
7. Trife Life
8. Q.U. - Hectic
9. Right Back At You
10. Cradle To The Grave
11. Drink Away The Pain (Situations)
12. Shook Ones, Pt. II
13. Party's Over
14. Shook Ones, Pt. II (PYRMDS Remix)
15. Shook Ones, Pt. II (Extended Jazz Remix)



*Bonus (Mobb Deep's 'The Infamous' Reimagined by Benny Reid - In The Studio with Havoc)

Rumtum - Arcadian Daze

Denver producer and visual artist John T. Hastings aka RUMTUM returns to Bastard Jazz for his second album on the label, “Arcadian Daze”. The album is a contemplative drive down a nostalgic highway, reflecting on a period of his late adolescence growing up in Ohio, spending time at Arcadia Beach on Lake Erie and discovering the likes DJ Shadow, Madlib, Fila Brazilla, early Four Tet, the original Ninja Tune roster and more. Revisiting these coming of age memories, John purchased an older MPC 2000XL and set out to musically capture the excitement of putting his first nascent loops together, inspired by this pivotal era of electronic music that has since birthed movements like such as Lo-Fi/Chillhop, Vaporwave, LA’s mid-2000s Beat Scene / Low End Theory, etc.

The end result of “Arcadian Daze” is indeed filled with that nostalgic spirit paying homage to those aforementioned sounds, but also presents a forward thinking musical palate that’s very much grounded in RUMTUM’s sensibilities as a producer and time spent learning to program new & vintage outboard gear. The album moves away from the warm, dreamy sounds of last year’s “Isles in Indigo” LP, and touches more into a mystical, pensive vibe with elements of darkness and light.

Tracklist:
1. No Drugs Needed
2. Echo Drift
3. Arcadian Daze
4. Utopia Dock Lab 1986
5. Bike Race to Nowhere
6. Under 1000 Clouds
7. Pier Light
8. Vapor Sun
9. DaBrye Squared
10. Life in Reverse
11. Sand Spirit

No Cosmos - you iii everything else

Tracklist:
1. Watercolor Ghost
2. Almost Lost You
3. Lydia
4. you (nine twenty)
5. 0 to me to me to me
6. everything else………
7. kindergentlepatient
8. Portrait

Baby Charles - Baby Charles (15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Record Kicks unleashes a "15th anniversary" edition of British outfit Baby Charles' self-titled landmark debut album, out on March 17th on ltd edition LP and digital deluxe version with bonus tracks.

Together with Nicole Willis And The Soul Investigators' "Keep Reachin' Up" album, 2008's Baby Charles debut LP is the album that defined the European funk scene of the 2000s. Mojo Magazine described them as "the most likely candidates to lead the Deep funk scene" after hearing the album. Driven by the single "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor", an afro-funk cover of the Arctic Monkey's hit, the LP went rapidly sold out, it was never been repressed and it now changes hands for ludicrous sums on the web. English writer, DJ, and television presenter Mark Lamarr, who wrote on the album's liner notes to "file it amongst your funk classics", invited the band to BBC's Maida Vale Studios, where they recorded a legendary live session for his BBC Radio 2 God's Jukebox show. In France, the album benefited from a massive support from legendary Radio Nova station thanks to its"Nova Aime" campaign, while in 2009 Pitchfork crowned Baby Charles, together with Sharon Jones & The Dapkings, as the reference band of the international funk scene. Unfortunately, the band split up in 2011 when they were about to enter the studio to give birth to the awaited sophomore album and while the debut LP started reaching a cult status among djs and collectors.

The 15thanniversary edition will hit the streets on March 17th, 2023 on limited edition LP and Digital Deluxe Edition featuring two bonus tracks: "Time Wasting", which displays the heavier psychedelic edge of Baby Charles, with an unstoppable chugging groove, a heavy horn-led break, and climatic chorus to finish the track off, and "Jackson Fingers", for which the band created a brand-new groove that could work just as well as a sixties soundtrack or as a dance-floor friendly slab of soul-jazz.

The "Baby Charles" album was published on March 10th, 2008 and followed the release of 3 heavyweight 45s, all of which found heavy rotation in funk spots around the globe. On the album, Soul diva Dionne Charles delivers her unique, self-penned stunning vocal performance, while the band lays down the heavy funk grooves. Throughout the 12 tracks, the combo displays a range of styles, which reflect their diverse influences. There's the Latin-inspired bass groove in "Treading Water", the Meter's style funk of "Invisible", the James Brown influence on "Hard Man" and "No Controlling Me", the afrofunk of "I Bet You Look Good On The Danceflloor", there's even some Egyptian Jazz thrown in the mix on the instrumental track "The Sphinx" and a deep soul version of DJ Shadows' "This Time". The result is a must-have album for diggers, djs and funk and soul fans. 

Tracklist:
1. Treading Water
2. Invisible
3. Comin' from a Higher Place
4. Life's Begun
5. No Controlling Me
6. Hard Man to Please
7. Step On
8. Indecision
9. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
10. Back of My Hand
11. This Time
12. The Sphinx
13. Time Wasting
14. Jackson Fingers

Marijus Aleksa - As They Are

Throughout his remarkable international career, Lithuanian drummer & producer Marijus Aleksa has established himself as a bonafide shaman of rhythm. From making his debut at the Vilnius Jazz Festival at the tender age of thirteen, he has grown into a stage partner of some of the world’s most celebrated stars (such as Keyon Harold, Grammy award winner Bill Laurance, Joe Armon Jones, Ashley Henry, Dennis Rollins, China Moses, Ben Marc, Anthony Joseph, Femi Temowo, Oscar Jerome). An ambitious drummer and percussionist, he relies on his technical prowess and visionary endeavours. Through his work as a heralded band leader, session musician and solo artist, his music is not unlike the works by the abstract expressionist painters: rich in colour, vivid, intuitive and hypnotising, traversing musical maps by blending the worlds of jazz, rock, world and electronic club music.

With the concept of collage forming a central theme of the record, 23 people from different parts of the world (Lithuania / USA / UK / Cuba) each contributed to the creative flow of the musical creation, forming a rich sonic tapestry - formed of 3 years of recording and re-editing jam sessions, creating a spellbind final piece constructed from smaller pieces that in the first instance may have seemed incompatible. This sensibility was also applied to the track titles, which were created by segmenting common phrases and reforming them. The artwork was also created by Japanese collage artist Mt.Chills.

Tracklist:
1. Thing(s)
2. It
3. Push Back (feat. Ka Boukie)
4. Do
5. Is
6. As They Are
7. Always Now
8. See (feat. Yelfris Valdes)
9. Be
10. Guided By Sensations
11. The Right
12. &

VA - Two [Is Greater Than] One

Our sixth VA compilation continues in the collective spirit at the heart of Pressure Dome; here taking its fullest form. The first of its kind in the label catalogue, ‘Two [Is Greater Than] One’ sees a selection of PD regulars and friends of the label put their heads together across eight atmospheric tracks, equally as suited to the club as to solo listening.

Those who have followed the label for a while will be no stranger to the comp’s first collaborator. Human Resources teams up with London dub techno specialist, Keplrr, on ‘Spring’: a mood-led composition where the impact is contained in atmosphere. Fragmented drum breaks are engulfed by airy synth pads and punctuated by a dancehall-indebted rhythm that marches at 90BPM. ‘Yuppel’ welcomes Noods Radio mainstay Sid Quirk aka Keppel into the mix. He is joined by label boss, Yushh, on a ruminative percussive tool, guided by cavernous drums that fabricate a vivid, immersive environment. With the guidance of Brighton’s Caldera, the journey continues with ‘Süss Choc’. The reverb-laden synth plucks on ‘evoke water droplets, and hallucinatory details echo around them to create the illusion of being in a mountainous cove.

Delay Grounds – an audiophile in the truest sense of the word – is next to take the baton. Together, he and Yushh take it up a notch on ‘Telomere’ – a full-bodied club-ready track packed with glitchy chords and giddy drums. A gnarly, Pariah-esque breakdown segues into the track’s second wind where pitched-up vocal chops accelerate it to the compilation’s energetic climax. With the help of London drum specialist, Syz, ‘Fuzbidun’ keeps our feet firmly on the dancefloor. Breakbeats are chopped and rearranged, flitting between double and half time whilst a distorted mid-bass roughens things round the edges, prepping the ground for the compilation’s move to a more inorganic feel.

Bristol don, Forever, joins Yushh next on ‘Passing Notes’ – a groove-driven club track where skittish percussion ricochets from side to side, so palpable it tempts the touch. ‘Crash Bash Party At BUFOs’ is no different. The link-up between Delay Grounds and dance music’s stalwart of musique concrète, Wordcolour, is completely idiosyncratic to both artists: the perfect combination of found-sound percussion and skillfully rehashed vocal samples. It’s up to two PD mainstays – Roy Mills and Human Resources – to close proceedings. A chugging rhythm bubbles under the surface of ‘Sycophantasy’, sending us on a dubbed-out trip before picking the pace back up again. 

Tracklist:
1. Keplrr & Human Resources – Spring
2. Keppel & Yushh – Yuppel
3. Caldera & Yushh – Suss Choc
4. Delay Grounds & Yushh – Telomere
5. Syz & Yushh – Fuzbidun
6. Forever & Yushh – Passing Notes
7. Delay Grounds & Wordcolour – Crash Bash Party At BUFO’s
8. Roy Mills & Human Resources – Sycophantasy

Zero T & Onj - Kilburn Park

Last year Zero T teamed up with pianist Onj (Andre Louis) on what became an acclaimed conceptual album Kilburn. The project showcased a unique blend of bass-heavy music with soulful chord progressions.

Now the duo returns for a follow-up EP which surpasses expectations. Packed with downtempo versions, remixes as well as new music, this project is a worthy successor to last year’s praised album. Remixers include AfroForce (a.k.a. Afronaut & Mark Force of Bugz In The Attic), James Rudie and Kid Fonque and Jonny Miller, who morph Darkness into a super-deep House odyssey.


The EP also consists of three new Drum & Bass tracks: Blow (featuring Nottingham soul duo Melonyx), Love Thing (featuring the soothing voice of Mercy’s Cartel) and the darker sounding Killer Inside.

With this project Zero T & Onj “hope people hear the common thread of real soul throughout the EP, regardless of tempo”. Onj adds: “Kilburn Park seems like the obvious sequel to a story with yet more parts to it. The downtempo feel of Gone but Never Forgotten, which has personal significance to me, could be those thoughtful times we sit down and consider the world around us, and our place in it.”

Tracklist:
1. Gone But Never Forgotten (original mix)
2. Rodeo Drive (feat Mercy's Cartel - Neo Soul mix)
3. Twenty Three (feat Ms Naye/Unitsouled - Neo Soul mix)
4. Everyday Struggles (feat Jordan Max/Mark Force - AfroForce remix)
5. Rain (feat T-Man - James Rudie remix)
6. Darkness (feat Steo - Kid Fonque & Jonny Miller remix)
7. Pending (original mix)
8. Blow (feat MELONYX - original mix)
9. Love Thing (feat Mercy's Cartel - original mix)
10. Killer Inside (original mix) 

Zo! & Tall Black Guy - Abstractions (Deluxe Edition)

Tracklist:
1. Talkin' To Myself (feat. BeMyFiasco)
2. Sightseeing (feat. Pirahnahead & Diviniti)
3. The Ride (feat. Sy Smith, Black Milk & Elzhi)
4. Blackout
5. I Love The Way (feat. Omar)
6. Hold My Hand (feat. Darien Brockington, Muhsinah & Phonte)
7. Northland (feat. DJ Dez)
8. Connected (feat. Josh Milan)
9. Epilogue

Bonus Tracks:
10. Dem Nights (feat. Phonte)
11. In The Wind (feat. Deborah Bond)
12. Blackout (The Scene Remix)
13. Blackout (Daz-I-Kue Re-Edit)
14. Connected (Terry Hunter Club Mix) (feat. Josh Milan)

The Ready-Mades - Tumbling Walls

After declaring l’”Autogestion Sentimentale”, their first record, The Ready-Mades announce “Tumbling Walls”, their brand new album out on Badasonic Records.

The french soul/beat quintet was born in Paris in 2015 and recorded two vinyl singles in a row (the 4 songs soberly titled “EP” and the double A-side “Ouagadougou Blues / Fire”, both of them released in 2016 and now sold out). The Ready-Mades released their first album, “Autogestion Sentimentale”, in 2018 on Soundflat Records.

Recorded on analog tape at the Retromixer studio in Châlons-en-Champagne, France, “Tumbling Walls” blows on the incandescent embers of 60's beat and soul, ignites minds and sets bodies ablaze, brings awareness and a contemporary outlook.

Its twelve tracks are built around feverish melodies, vintage sound and irresistible groove, and talk about sorority, ecology, love, revolt, fatherhood, mistrust of the political class and of the start-up nation.

Tracklist:
1. Diagnostique Ambitieux
2. Shout It Out
3. Homo Economicus
4. Cold Heart of Stone
5. Tendresse Infinie
6. On the Loose
7. Diagonale du Vide
8. In Our Hands
9. Beyond Borders
10. Ciao Pantin
11. Living as Usual
12. Vertige de L’ ÉMeute

DJ Muggs - Notes & Tones

Following the launch of their Holy Ghost wine and record pairing, DJ Muggs and Egon have teamed up with California’s Broc Cellars and its winemaker Chris Brockway for Notes & Tones: Deep natural wine meets deep jazz and rap samples on vinyl.

Natural wine can be the same, obscure type of thing as a natural hot dog. Natural in what way? As in it, in some way, originally came from nature? In this case, we mean an unadulterated wine made without chemical pesticides or fertilizers used in grape cultivation; a wine made without unnecessary intervention by the vintner without fining and filtering; and with little or no sulfites added to extend the wine’s shelf life.

In this case, this wine is a “living” – sensitive, evolving – thing. If you follow the biodynamic calendar, you might find it tastes different if you drink it on a “root” day or a “fruit” day. And you will probably find that it is not sanitized like the commercially produced, neutered and shelf-stabilized wine that is what 90% of wine consumers tend to drink. In other words, Notes & Tones is probably unlike most wines you have ever had.

This is a good thing. This is purposeful. Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars worked with Muggs and Egon to conceive, ferment, taste, blend and then bottle this homage to the skin-contact wines of yore brought into the modern day – those by the likes of Stanko Radikon in Italy and Xavier Caillard in France.

The only name that fit it was that of the landmark book by the great jazz drummer Art Taylor. Muggs complimented the wine with music that he and Egon sourced and cleared from the landmark catalog of the cosmic jazz musician Sun Ra. A Soul Assassins x Now-Again x Broc Cellars collaboration. 

Tracklist:
1. Notes & Tones Intro
2. What Planet
3. Liquid Diamonds
4. Notes & Tones, Skulls & Bones
5. It’s Spring Again
6. Third Planet
7. Space Is The Place
8. There Are other Worlds
9. Who’s Your God?
10. His Story
11. Quiet Ecstasy
12. Nebula
13. Rocket To Venus
14. Time Is An Illusion

Jelée - Soil

‘Soil’ by Amsterdam-based producer and musician Jelee is heavily influenced by video game world-building. Like a beat alchemist, he carefully pours his love for beats into his lifelong passion for video game soundtracks. That far exceeds your typical 8-bits and bobs: Soil unfolds like a challenging adventure game, held together by a sonic palette of hip-hop-minded drum programming, jazz-inspired chords, and synthesized sounds.

The album features tight-knit homegrown collaborations with jazz multi-instrumentalist Guido Hoek, rising deejay Jerrau, producer lofi prototype (“one of Amsterdam’s best-kept secrets when it comes to beatmaking,” says Jelee), deejay, producer, and keyboardist Mo Wrights, and singer Erosi. With influences ranging from Brainfeeder’s roster to Zelda games, Jelee presents a multifaceted take on music.

Jelee’s music has been featured on compilations by Resilienza Records, Stamp The Wax, and Carista’s ‘Modern Intimacy Volume 1.’ Jelee is also known for his expressive live sets, such as the support act for Onra, Samiyam, and Salami Rose Joe Louis.

“I associate the album title Soil to a certain fertility; an opportunity to grow and realize new ideas,” explains Jelee. “But ‘soil’ also refers to the roots to which we owe everything. To me, this album reflects both: on the one hand, it’s a departure from my sample-based sound, while such techniques and influences are still evident. On the other hand, I embrace my roots in video game music. It's one of my first encounters with music outside of ‘pop music.’ Video game music shaped me, and I felt like it truly belonged to me. That’s what 'Soil' means to me.” 

Tracklist;
1. Start
2. Immortalization
3. BANGBANG
4. Devour The Sun (ft. Guido Hoek)
5. Oasis (ft. Mo Wrights)
6. Entrance - In Trance (ft. Erosi)
7. Soil
8. Hourglass (ft. lofi prototype)
9. Aquifer (ft. Mo Wrights)
10. Isle Insomnia
11. Controller (ft. Erosi)
12. The Rift Between
13. Final Destination (ft. Jerrau)

VA - By Hook or By Crook

"Dublin DJ/producer Sputnik One shares the second offering from his recently launched label N-Face - the follow up to 2022’s debut release Supa Natural/Grafters ft. Belfast-based rapper EMBY which was supported by Ben UFO, CCL, DJ Voices and more.

The club-destroying compilation spans 10 tracks, featuring bubbling bass and glitchy breaks through cheeky wafters to fresh and exciting techno and dancefloor mutations from a total of 11 artists and groups from three continents. Rising talents Dual Monitor, Glimmerman, LWS & No Sir join label head Sputnik One & K-Wata, as well as fresh faces St. Amp, Outl1er, DJ Gerard, Puncta and Young Muscle. N-Face 002 V/A showcases the Dublin artist’s strong vision and A&R hand and celebrates some of the most talented underground heads about. Staying in line with the spirit of collaboration set out in N-Face 001, Sputnik One teams up with K-Wata for their contribution to the compilation, with ‘Back Innit’ a chugging drama infused percussive roller.

The artwork, designed by Harvey Wise gathers historical objects from disparate corners of the world, using the ‘Hook / Crook’ monogram to tie everything together thematically. Hot on the heels of the labels’ first release N-Face invites a dynamic group of artists to explore the vast spectrum of percussive electronics in forward facing dance music.

Bringing together artists from different corners of the genre spectrum for one-off releases and unexpected collaborations, N-Face focuses on pairing cutting-edge sonics with equally specific visual direction, working with a new artist for each subsequent release's design." 

Tracklist:
1. Dual Monitor – Fractal Submission
2. K Wata & Sputnik One – Back Innit
3. LWS – Seriously Soda (Sugar Free mix)
4. St. Amp – Onyerfeet
5. No Sir – False Cognate
6. Puncta – Treats
7. Outl1er – Sprints
8. Glimmerman – One Hundred & Sixty Times
9. Young Muscle – Bad Spirits
10. DJ Gerard – Disappointing

Kendrick Scott - Corridors

Drummer and composer Kendrick Scott presents Corridors, a striking new album that finds the Houston-born drummer and composer paring down to a trio featuring saxophonist Walter Smith III and bassist Reuben Rogers. The anticipated follow-up to A Wall Becomes A Bridge, Scott’s much-lauded 2019 release with his band Oracle, Corridors features eight original compositions and one new arrangement of a beloved tune from the Bobby Hutcherson canon.

Tracklist:
1. What Day Is It?
2. Corridors
3. A Voice Through the Door
4. Open Door Closes
5. Isn’t This My sound Around Me?
6. One Door Closes, Another Opens
7. Your Destiny Awaits
8. Another Opens
9. Threshold

Yazmin Lacey - Voice Notes

Yazmin Lacey is a singer-songwriter who knows something about coming into her own. She came to music late, she says – “It's never late, but late in the perspective of that I'm doing it now,” – almost as if by fate. And throughout her time in the music scene, the 33-year-old has used her music as an exercise in capturing those moments and putting them into song, as if a snapshot of the intimate parts of her own life.

Debut album Voice Notes is yet another record of those moments. It follows on from three stunning EP’s; Black Moon (2017), When The Sun Dips 90 Degrees (2018) and Morning Matters (2020), a trilogy of sorts, named in part by the settings in which they were written. Voice Notes is similarly inspired by something that helped the album spring to life. A long-held tool of her music-making and way of sharing melodies with collaborators, it’s a method of communication deeply special to her. “For me, a voice note represents an immediate reaction to something,” she says. “[It’s] unfiltered and raw in the way that you can hear it.

Made out of studio jam sessions alongside collaborators like Craigie Dodds, JD.REID, Melo-Zed and executive producer Dave Okumu, the recording process intentionally captured the beauty of imperfection. Lacey opted to forego a polished sound to give way for rawness, the chance to “hear someone's pauses, their stops or the cracks in their voice” much like the album’s namesake.

Sonically she is uncategorisable, made up of many styles and influences. “There's lots of different flavours in there in terms of different ways I express myself,” she shares. “The things that I listen to, music that I love – it’s hard to place it. In some ways I would call it soul because that's where it comes from, my own soul. But I always avoid that; it's all perception.”

She has gained support from Evening Standard, The Guardian and BBC Radio 6 Music, holds fans in the likes of Questlove and notably appeared on COLORS in 2020 with song On Your Own. But besides those wider accolades, it is the smaller, unseen parts of her life that become the story of Voice Notes, and the intimate personal observations Lacey chooses to share with listeners. “For me, it's my reactions to my lived experiences,” she says. “It's the next chapter of all I've learned musically and in life through making those three EP's, and me letting go of a lot of stuff that has happened over the last few years.”

It is those experiences captured in the moment – “breakups, moving, starting again, making mistakes, losing yourself, finding yourself, and being able to tap back into the wider picture of what's important” – that come to the forefront, imperfections and all. 

Tracklist:
1. Flylo Tweet
2. Bad Company
3. Late Night People
4. Fool's Gold
5. Where Did You Go?
6. Sign And Signal
7. From A Lover
8. Eye to Eye
9. Pieces
10. Pass it Back
11. Tomorrow's Child
12. Match in my Pocket
13. Legacy
14. Sea Glass

Emmaculate - Deep Rooted

FOLIAGE RECORDS are excited to present the next version of our compilation series DEEP ROOTED.

DEEP ROOTED is here to get its hands dirty and dig amongst the elements to unearth some real deep and soulful gems.

Next up, donned in bibs & braces and with a shovel in hand we welcome EMMACULATE to superbly curate our seventh DEEP ROOTED edition.

EMMACULATE has uprooted something really special and discovered music from the likes of ATJAZZ, INCOGNITO, GLENN UNDERGROUND, KARIZMA, KELLY G, TERRY HUNTER, COFLO, THAKZIN, JIMPSTER, REEL PEOPLE, DJ FUDGE, ROCCO RODAMAAL, RICHARD EARNSHAW, SHANNON CHAMBERS, OPOLOPO and of course EMMACULATE.

There are 2 superb exclusives on the album including EMMACULATE’s remix of MEA CULPA by SIMON KIDZOO & MILLDYKE plus an unreleased mix of BREAK AWAY his collaboration with JULIUS THE MAD THINKER & KAYE FOXX.

Enjoy Digging!!

Tracklist:
1. Simon Kidzoo & Milldyke – Mea Culpa (Emmaculate Remix Edit)
2. Julius The Mad Thinker & Emmaculate – Break Away (feat. Kaye Fox) [Mi Casa Holiday Remix Edit]
3. Incognito – Freedom to Love (Emmaculate Remix Edit)
4. The Light (Guakacvo Tech - Melodius Mix)
5. Kelly G. – Feels Good (Yeah!) [Emmaculate Remix]
6. Reel People – Butterflies (feat. Vanessa Freeman) [Emmaculate Dub]
7. Thakzin & Ray T – Donât Let Me See (Edit)
8. Black Whole
9. Terry Hunter – Madness (Emmaculate Mad on Acid Remix)
10. Coflo & Emmaculate – Division
11. Funkky & Mavhungu – Mitodzi (Jimpster Remix Edit)
12. DJ Patisso – Doha (Main Mix Edit)
13. Tomahawk Bang & Karizma – Iwannagobang (Kaytonik's Consent Dub)
14. The Realm & Atjazz – On the Road (feat. Kelli Sae) [Manoo Abstrakt Dub Remix]
15. DJ Fudge – Mazal (Main Mix)
16. Reel People & Vanessa Freeman – The Light (4phlash Rework Edit)
17. Imaani – Found My Light (Atjazz Remix Edit)
18. Funkky & Nomvula SA – Ngiyeke (Eric Kupper Remix Edit)
19. Richard Earnshaw & Kholi – Addicted (Vocal Mix Edit)
20. Atjazz – See - Line Woman (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé) [Karizmaâs Last 1ne Dub]
21. Shannon Chambers – Basement Funk (Re - Funked)
22. Kelli Sae & Michael Gray – Believe in a Brighter Day (Rocco Rodamaal Remix Edit)
23. Marc – Coltrane
24. Jimpster & Rich Medina – This Thing (Turbojazz & Sean Mccabe Remix Edit)
25. D'Moov & Nicole Henry – For the Love of You (Shannon Chambers Remix Edit)
26. Glass Slipper & Atjazz – Unification Vibration (Main Mix Edit)
27. Reel People & Muhsinah – Something New
28. Nathan Haines – Earth Is the Place (feat. Verna Francis) [Fk Edit]
29. Opolopo & Angela Johnson – Sunshine (Vocal Mix Edit)
30. Taola – Njelele (Jazzuelle Remix)

De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising

Seminal hip-hop group De La Soul have gained control of their back catalogue which will finally be available on streaming from March this year. At the same time, their classic debut 3 Feet High and Rising will be reissued physically, on vinyl, CD and cassette tape.

De La Soul's seminal debut album 3 Feet High and Rising was released on March 3, 1989 and is widely considered among the most influential hip-hop albums of all time. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul and contains the singles, “Me Myself and I”, “The Magic Number,” “Buddy,” and “Eye Know.” The album title came from the Johnny Cash song “Five Feet High and Rising.” It is listed on Rolling Stone’s 200 Essential Rock Records as well as their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It is also featured on The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.

Sampling artists as diverse as Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and The Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop (and especially jazz rap). 3 Feet High & Rising was chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry for its cultural significance and general excellence. The album will finally be available on streaming services and in-stores on its anniversary, March 3, 2023.

Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. The Magic Number
3. Change In Speak
4. Cool Breeze on the Rocks
5. Can U Keep a Secret
6. Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
7. Ghetto Thang
8. Eye Know
9. Take It Off
10. A Little Bit of Soap
11. Tread Water
12. Potholes in My Lawn
13. Say No Go
14. Do as De La Does
15. Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)
16. De La Orgee
17. Buddy
18. Description
19. Me Myself and I
20. This is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime ERA (L.I.F.E.)
21. I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
22.  D.A.I.S.Y. Age