DJ Muggs - Notes & Tones (Second Vintage)

Now-Again X Soul Assassins X Broc Cellars

Notes & Tones – Second Vintage - the wine: 2022 vintage. Produced by Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars in Berkeley from grapes picked in Broc’s organically farmed Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino. The wine is a blend of three grape varieties: 50% Ribolla Galla, 45% Tocai Friulano and 5% Trebbiano. All grapes naturally fermented on its native yeasts and skins in sandstone jarres, then gently pressed to age back into jarres for twelve months. After that year in jarres it was racked to neutral oak barrique where it lived for six months to develop further. The wine was hand bottled by Muggs, Egon and Chris at the start of 2024 and aged for another year in bottle. 540 bottles made.

Inspiration: Art Taylor/Stanko Radikon/Xavier Caillard

Notes & Tones – Second Vintage - the album:

The second vintage of Notes & Tones continues where the first album – all based on Sun Ra samples - left off: Muggs’ deep dive into Gene Perla’s PM Records catalog of jazz’s wide reach, produced in collaboration with Egon of Now-Again Records, who manages Perla’s catalog and readied this album for release.

Tracklist:
1. Berkeley Groove
2. Breakfast At Swan Oyster Depot
3. Ukiah Sunrise
4. Trebbiano Funk
5. From Our Heart To Your Hearts
6. Tocai Friulano Suite
7. Dinner At Chez Panisse
8. Amphora
9. Volatile Acidity
10. Savage Savagnin
11. Sunday At Broc Cellars
12. Ghosts of Fox Hill

Hot 8 Brass Band - Big Tuba

The 'Big Tuba' album marks the return of the Hot 8 Brass Band with their first new project since 2019, it features the singles “Big Tuba”, and their cover of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine”.

The album title is a heartfelt tribute to Bennie Pete, the band’s co-founder and sousaphone player: “On September 6 2021, we, the Hot 8 Brass Band, lost our beloved bandleader, Bennie Pete. He was more than just our leader; he was a constant galvanising force within our own family of fellow musicians and beyond. Bennie was a rock in our lives. Yes, he was a leader, a teacher, and a mentor. More than that, Bennie was an inspiration to our band and to many other musicians, and the entire musical and cultural community. He helped each and every one of us, from our horn players to the folks dancing in the second lines and to the entire New Orleans community, during the most difficult and darkest times. Bennie helped all of us endure, to heal by encouraging us to continue to play our music despite any adversities.”

With nine tracks on vinyl, and "Let’s Stay Together" also available digitally, this album delves into the traditional jazz heritage of their hometown of New Orleans. The release includes a special 3-color A-Side/B-Side vinyl, a 12” poster insert, and an exclusive 7” featuring Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing (Bossman Edit)” and Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together”.

The band will be touring the US East Coast, Europe, the UK, and Ireland in February, March and April as part of the Big Tuba Tour, following a series of dates along the US West Coast. This tour builds on the success of their previous sold-out tours, including the Bossman Tour (2023), Mardi Gras (2020), and Take Cover (2019), which featured sold-out shows at venues like London’s Roundhouse and Brighton Dome.

Tracklist:
1. Big Tuba
2. Fight Song
3. La Jean (Largent)
4. Ain't No Sunshine
5. West Lawn Dirge
6. Miss Alberta
7. Respect My Mind
8. Midway
9. In The Place To Be
10. Let's Stay Together

Jay Mumford & Soul Supreme: "9th Wonder" b/w "Crown Ones"

Amsterdam-based keyboardist, producer, arranger and DJ Soul Supreme reached out to NYC drummer Jay Mumford in 2021 to lay the down groove on his re-imagining of Q-Tip and J-Dilla’s "Let's Ride”. That paved the way for future collaborations: a cover of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Award Tour (We Gettin’ Down)” and two tunes on Soul Supreme’s Poetic Justice LP. But when the pair began posting brief covers of their favorite funk, jazz and hip-hop tunes on Instagram just for fun, followers of both musicians - and often, the covered artists themselves - began to take note. Two of those 20+ covers were particularly well-received, and the duo decided to answer the peoples’ call for a 7” release with the songs pushed to their full potential. Similar to “Award Tour” and “Let’s Ride”, a hip-hop classic and a fan favorite are pushed to their full potential here. This installment goes coast to coast and explores Digable Planets’ “9th Wonder” (the “East” side) and People Under the Stairs’ (PUTS) “Crown Ones” (the “West” side).

The iconic synth intro of “9th Wonder” makes way for Jay’s thunderous ode to a slowed down Clyde Stubblefield groove. Sure to be a favorite with DJs, Jay eventually detours into a syncopated New Orleans funk break, before getting back to the groove for Soul Supreme’s funky wah wah clavinet work. Throughout, the arrangement expands beyond both that of the original and all of its DNA. The addition of cascading horns (featuring a trumpet solo by Lourens van der Zwaag) and a second, more aggressive break from Jay bring it back full circle, completing a modern update of a classic that manages to pay homage to ‘70s jazz-funk, breakbeats and ‘90s hip-hop - all while staying both modern and raw.

Diehard PUTS fans will recognize Soul Supreme’s catchy Rhodes line as soon as the needle drops, but Jay’s heavy funk groove quickly separates it from the original and takes it from hip-hop cover to heavy funk tune. Soul Supreme’s Rhodes solo pushes it far beyond the confines of instrumental funk as the groove intensifies, while his chops as an arranger are on full display: his horn parts - featuring van der Zwaag, trombonist Olav Schloorlemmer and Job Chajes' Contra-Alto Clarinet that channels The Headhunters - counter his synth melodies in a discussion that completes the record as a heavy slice of uncut jazz-funk.

Tracklist:
1. 9th Wonder
2. Crown Ones

OkoŃski - Entrance Music

After nearly two years, Okonski returns with Entrance Music — an album that finds the trio at the height of their improvisational prowess and celebrating the spontaneous and meditative. On the heels of 2023’s debut Magnolia, pianist and leader Steve Okonski has reconvened long-time musical collaborators (Durand Jones and the Indications bandmate Aaron Frazer on drums and bassist Michael Isvara “Ish” Montgomery) for another session in the spirit of artists like the Bad Plus, Gerald Clayton, and The Breathing Effect. Ultimately Entrance Music serves as an invitation to early hours, where songs linger in the doorway, announcing their presence before returning to the air, in a meticulous drift into the next.

Recorded over a five day session, Entrance Music was one of the first albums committed to tape at Portage Lounge, Terry Cole’s studio in Loveland, OH. “It was a new setup, but with Terry behind the dials it was very familiar,” says Okonski. “I can’t emphasize enough how much Terry feels like a fourth member [of the band] because of the space he’s curating, the energy he is bringing, and the production ideas.” The energy and sound created with the Colemine labelhead at the helm makes for a listening experience equally at home with ECM or Stones Throw catalogs.

From the rippling notes of the pastoral opener, “October,” Entrance Music is lush with anticipation, both band and listener feeling the tension in the tranquility — where the interplay of jazz improvisation and boom bap beats never shortchanges the musicianship but the talent is ever in service of the song.

While the band does not play together as often as they would like, not much time is needed for the three to lock in. Montgomery’s bass opening to “Passing Through” bends and moves with a singular meditative grace before piano and percussion joins the daylight filling a room with breath and light. If Magnolia resonated with last calls and late nights, Entrance Music counters with early mornings and first cups of coffee.

Whereas much of the debut resonates with his time in New York, Entrance Music “feels a little less ‘on the streets at 2 A.M.’ and a little more nature-based…a little more ethereal,” says Okonski. “It’s definitely age, environment, and family — all of that does come through in the music.”

Tracklist:
1. October
2. Vista
3. Lakebridge
4. Wind Or Vertigo
5. Passing Through
6. Summer Storm
7. Dahlia
8. Dusk
9. Penny

Spiritual Jazz 17 - SABA / MPS

All the Colours of the World in the Black Forest

‘High quality music to be enjoyed by many people all around the world, no matter where they are’ Andreas Brunner-Schwer, MPS Records

The German SABA and MPS family of labels extended this sentiment to include music from musicians all around the world, no matter where they were from - and here on Spiritual Jazz 17 SABA MPS we explore that very theme.

Throughout the ‘60s & ‘70s both labels released a wealth of music from a wealth of international jazz musicians coming from both North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean and the Far East. The aim was to release jazz that was exciting, innovative and interesting, regardless of style: there was swing, blues, bop, avant-garde, fusion – and spiritual jazz. Plurality became a defining feature and the immense breadth of their output made both SABA and MPS worthy European counterparts to American imprints such as Blue Note and Impulse.

On Spiritual Jazz 17 SABA MPS we feature, among others, international contributions from Americans Elvin Jones, Nathan Davis & Dave Pike, Europeans Pedro Iturralde, Jef Gilson, and George Gruntz, and the Japanese Hideo Shiraki. In our extensive liner notes we outline the history of the SABA and MPS labels, and go some way to explain the spirit and philosophy behind the long-standing record company and the musicians who bore their souls to the recording process.

Friedheim Schulz, who oversaw many of the sessions, has fond memories, “These guys had ideas, they had their special thing, it was the time when there were lots of ideas and new sounds and what have you, and [SABA proprietor] Hans Georg was always of the mind that people should do their own kind of music. So he gave them the chance to record and then he would just put out the albums and that was it! The musicians would really play what they wanted to play.”

Their great legacy is a lineage of music that has transcended the fatigues of time, and we’ve picked prime examples from the SABA & MPS catalogues to uphold our own legacy in our long-running series of Spiritual Jazz. 

Tracklist:
1. Tony Scott and The Indonesian Allstars - Gambang Suling
2. Elvin Jones Jazz Machine - Little Lady
3. Nathan Davis - Evolution
4. Dave Pike Set - Raga Jeeva Swara
5. Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls - Matsuri No Genzo
6. Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet - Never Let It End
7. Orchester Roland Kovac - Blue Dance
8. Fritz Pauer - Gratuliere - Movement A
9. Joachim Kühn Group - Depression and Illusion
10. George Gruntz - Hightime Keepsakes
11. Pedro Iturralde Quintet - Veleta de tu Viento
12. Jef Gilson Nonet - Suite Pour San Remo: Ouverture

Soulstance - Life Size

Soulstance is the famous monicker chosen by Lo Greco Bros, Enzo and Gianni, a duo capable to express latin and atmospheric jazz with an impeccable touch and a full mastery of instruments. With this new third album, “LifeSize”, they develop their familiar sound, a traveling guide through Brazilian music, the crazy world of soundtracks, nu-jazz-beats-bossa and Italian easy listening. Without a doubt we can say Soulstance did a nice job on making a new album that continuos the stylish relaxing grooves of “Act On” adding some new perspectives due to some smooth drum’n’bass and housy influences. Those new elements and wider directions, togheter with typical Soulstance sounds like flute and sax build a solid rhythmic groove, straight and fluid. But there is a side of Soulstance exploring more into latin sounds as well here. Take "Caribe' samba", "Zenith" or "Honesty" that nicely blends the Soulstance sound with Brazilian flavoured samba touches. Finally, some of the tracks, “Lift Up”, “Soul Ensemble” and “Nucleus” feature that fine combination of Acid/Bossa Jazz with lounge gestures plus those smooth touches of d’n’b and house. In a few words a superb album of uncompromising fine jazz-grooves!

Tracklist:
1. Caribe
2. Au Revoir La Nuit
3. Zenith
4. Lift Up
5. Honesty
6. Soul Ensemble
7. Lost On a Wave
8. Love Comes Again
9. Nucleus
10. Angel's Eyes
11. Life Size
12. High Five
13. The Time

Ol' Burger Beats - 74 Out of Time (Reimagined)

Norwegian producer Ole-Birger Neergård revisits 74: Out of Time with emotive ideations; new remixes featuring Fly Anakin, Pink Siifu, Gabe ‘Nandez, Quelle Chris, and other notables from the current vanguard of rap progressives. Weaving social and cultural themes throughout, this ambitious project is a corollary to the unrest and tension felt in 1974, a year of political disruption and disillusionment — not unlike our current state of affairs.

Neergård’s minimalistic approach contains multitudes, tracks with high levels of organization in its simplicity, with a jazz-anchored tapestry that also includes YUNGMORPHEOUS, lojii, and Tha God Fahim. On “Slippery,” a spiritually intimate profession, the enigmatic billy woods says: “I used to think the means justified the ends / I had it backwards, I made amends.”

This sense of numerology surrounding “74” underscores the project in other ways, specifically the sample palette, and a stark sense of activism, emphasized by songs titled, “Out of Life,” “Resting Rate” and “Wish I Could Go Back.” True to form, the entire album is paced at 74 BPM, with the cast of guests jutting in and out of OBB’s fluid arrangements, which can be bold when bare yet richly layered during flourishing moments.

1. Combinations (Intro)
2. Out of Life (feat. Ill Camille)
3. Same Time (feat. MoRuf)
4. Catch Your Breath (feat. Pink Siifu)
5. Once Upon a Time (feat. Gabe Nandez & Fly Anakin)
6. Slippery (feat. Billy Woods)
7. Up to Speed (feat. Tha God Fahim)
8. The New Day (feat. lojii & Ill Camille)
9. Resting Rate (feat. Awon)
10. All I Can Say Is (feat. YUNGMORPHEUS)
11. Sometimes (feat. lojii)
12. Wish I Could Go Back (feat. Quelle Chris)
13. Seven Times (feat. MoRuf)
14. History's Here (feat. Lil B & Vic Spencer)
15. Passion (feat. Oliver the 2nd & DJ Chali)

VA - Strata-East: The Legacy Begins

Strata-East: The Legacy Begins celebrates the revolutionary spirit of one of the most influential artist-owned independent jazz labels in history. This anthology, a partnership between Mack Avenue Music Group and Strata-East Records, brings together iconic tracks that embody Strata-East’s commitment to artistry and creative freedom. Featuring the explosive brilliance of Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell, the soulful expressions of The Heath Brothers, Charlie Rouse, Shamek Farrah, Pharoah Sanders, and more, the collection showcases cult classics from the label’s deep catalog while honoring the extraordinary artists who shaped its legacy.

This release not only marks the launch of the partnership between Strata-East and Mack Avenue Music Group but also delivers the label’s highest-quality audio anthology, transferred directly from the original master tapes and available digitally for the first time. A reflection of Strata-East’s dedication to spiritual jazz and social consciousness, this compilation invites listeners to rediscover classics or experience them anew. Strata-East: The Legacy Begins celebrates the timelessness of this music while marking the start of an exciting new chapter.

Tracklist:
1. Billy Harper - Sir Galahad
2. Clifford Jordan - John Coltrane
3. Stanley Cowell - Equipoise
4. Charles Tolliver, Music Inc - Felicite
5. Shamek Farrah - Watch What Happens Now
6. Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell - On the Nile
7. Charlie Rouse - Hopscotch
8. Pharoah Sanders - Prince of Peace
9. The Heath Brothers - Smilin' Billy Suite: Part II (feat. Stanley Cowell)
10. Cecil Payne - Martin Luther King, Jr. I Know Love
11. Charles Tolliver, Music Inc - Drought
12. Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X
13. Charles Tolliver, Music Inc - Spanning
14. Charles Tolliver, Music Inc - Truth
15. Cecil McBee - Voice of the 7th Angel
16. Harold Vick - Don't Look Back
17. Charles Tolliver - Lil's Paradise
18. The Piano Choir - Effi
19. John Hicks - My One and Only Love
20. John Gordon - Step by Step
21. Charles Tolliver - Ruthie's Heart
22. Charles Tolliver - For Love of What
23. Stanley Cowell - Sweet Song (feat. Billy Harper, Reggie Workman & Billy Hart
24. The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe, Bill Lee - Two Songs for a Boy Named Mark: a) Little Bitty Baby, b) Soliloquy to a Man-Child
25. The Brass Company, Bill Lee - Alias Buster Henry
26. Charles Tolliver, Music Inc - Earl's World
27. Stanley Cowell - Lullabye
28. The Piano Choir - Barbara Ann
29. Billy Parker - Get With It
30. Shamek Farrah, Sonelius Smith - The World of the Children
31. Charles Tolliver, Music Inc Orchestra - Impact
32. The New York Bass Violin Choir, Bill Lee - John Coltrane
33. John Hicks - Hell's Bells

Terrace Martin - Albion Files

The Crenshaw-based jazz producer, known for seamlessly blending hip-hop, R&B, and jazz, is preparing to drop his upcoming album Albion Files on February 28. As the first taste of the project, Full Speed is a high-energy offering that brings together three uniquely talented artists for an unexpected but captivating collaboration. This marks the first time Martin has worked with Ferg or DRAM, and the chemistry is undeniable.

Tracklist:
1. Full Speed (feat. DRAM & A$OP Ferg)
2. My Saturday (feat. Tone Trezure)
3. Mind My Business
4. Let’s Get Cozy
5. Not Sharing (feat. Ogi)
6. Valdez
7. Loveblind (feat. Preston Harris)
8. Valencia
9. Dear Dena (feat. Robert Glasper)
10. Albion Way

VA - If Music presents: You Need This! A Journey Into Deep Jazz Vol. 4 compiled by Jean-Claude

Yet another album of musical excellence compiled by If Music's Jean-Claude for the excellent and massively collectible 'You Need This' series. This release marks the 4th volume in the A Journey Into Deep Jazz portfolio in the If Music cannon released on BBE and will be available on a double vinyl LP and as a digital release.

Deep Jazz volume 4 continues to meet the high quality bar set by the previous releases in the series and the If Music presents... catalogue. Its global diversity of artists is represented in the tracklisting. This nine track offering ranges from the slow, lush Bobby Hutchersonesque, never repressed 'Process of a Cloud' from Japanese Drummer George Hirota to Oakland artist Phavia Kujichagulia's Congolese themed, black consciousness Fancy Footwork and the mighty combination of Ginger Baker and Ransome Kuti on their co-written N'Kon Kini N'Kon N'Kon, a chunky, Lo-Slung Afro-Beat celebration of Fela Kuti's Kalakuta Republic.

Jean-Claude's excellent track record of creating and curating compilation albums and rediscovering rare gems and private presses for re-issue follows a philosophy of cross- genre music appreciation that can be traced even further back than to his time as one half of the innovative, genre bending, DJ and production duo The Amalgamation of Soundz. Jean- Claude has been a mainstay of London's Black Music scene for some four decades with his record shop, his shows on NTS and Soho Radio, his excellent 'In Conversation with...' series of chat shows, his Djing and curation of event stages at Across the Tracks Festival and, of course, his excellent compilations.

Deep Jazz volume 4 will be released on BBE Music as a digital and a double vinyl LP and will add to any serious collector and music head's record racks.

Tracklist:
1. Eero Koivistoinen, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra - Kaamos
2. Ginger Baker - N'Kon Kini N'Kon N'Kon
3. Eko Kuango - Na Mawaso
4. Lonnie Smith - All In My Mind
5. Phavia Kujichagulia - Fancy Footwork
6. Kan Digor - Croonardise
7. Five Times Six - Five Times Six
8. Sathima Bea Benjamin - Africa
9. George Hirota - Process of Cloud

Blockhead - It's Only a Midlife Crisis If Your Life is Mid

Tracklist:
1. Oh Deer
2. U Don't Have to Call, Squirrel
3. Captain Save the Work
4. The War on Hugs
5. We All Chillin' and Shit
6. That Olde Timey Sorcery

Marshall Allen - New Dawn

Two days after his 100th birthday, Marshall Allen started recording New Dawn, his debut solo album. A member of Sun Ra’s Arkestra since 1958, Allen assumed leadership of the band in 1995. Throughout his nearly seventy-year career, Allen has never released a solo album under his own name, and yet, instead of capping such a legendary output, New Dawn seems to herald a new beginning. A love letter to spacetime, it channels a century of musical intelligence into seven tracks, showing Allen at his most protean — freely moving from relaxed, transdimensional palettes to bluesy big band and beyond.

One of music’s vanguard avant-saxophonists, Allen continues to deliver durational feats during the Arkestra’s gigs. Still, the compositional energy contained on New Dawn is striking. Allen was approached with the idea of a solo record by Week-End Records’ Jan Lankisch. The Arkestra’s Knoel Scott — who has lived with Allen at the Arkestral Institute of Sun Ra since the 1980s — worked with Allen to pore over the archive of unrecorded material and develop this debut. Scott assembled some of Philadelphia’s brightest jazz stars as well as some Arkestra veterans for the sessions. New Dawn was then recorded over a couple of days in Philadelphia, with additional recordings added in the following weeks and months.

The title track “New Dawn” is the centerpiece of this impressive album and the arranger Knoel Scott wrote the lyrics himself. We are thrilled to have the incomparable Neneh Cherry, stepdaughter of legendary jazz musician Don Cherry, lend her unmistakable voice to this song.

Though greatly informed by the philosophy of Sun Ra and his Saturnian teachings — traverse jazz’s traditions, dig deep into spiritual geographies — New Dawn signals Allen as his own singular voice, one that’s swinging and bopping and reflecting into the future, with no sign of stopping. Week-End Records is proud to release this debut solo album by Marshall Allen.

“The one thing that I'm really looking forward to, and I think this is the best thing ever, is the fact that Marshall Allen is about to release, at the age of 100, his debut album under his own name. There is no greater feat of durability, working at your craft, and putting your ego to the back of the room while you're supporting other artists and performers.” – Gilles Peterson

“New Dawn is clearly an extension of Ra’s legacy and sound, but it’s also a masterful endeavour filtered through Allen’s tastes and approach.” – John Morrison, The Wire

Tracklist:
1. Prologue
2. African Sunset
3. New Dawn (feat. Neneh Cherry)
4. Are You Ready
5. Sonny's Dance
6. Boma
7. Angels And Demons At Play

Madvillain - Madvillainy Demos

In 2002, before Madlib and MF DOOM finished Madvillainy, the first demo sequence of the album leaked online – early vocal cuts from DOOM, recorded then quickly mixed in LA at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter studio. The leak spread around the world, and while the tracks may have been unfinished, it was clear that this was a hip-hop album unlike any other…

We’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of Madvillainy by releasing the Demos on vinyl for the first time, mastered by Dave Cooley, and with a new cover photo and insert of photographer Eric Coleman's contact sheets from the original album shoot. Vinyl mastering by Phil Rodriguez.

Tracklist:
1. Do Not Fire! (demo)
2. Bistro (demo)
3. One False Move (“Great Day” demo)
4. America's Most Blunted (demo)
5. Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test (demo)
6. Figaro (demo)
7. Rainbows (demo)
8. Just for Kicks (“Meat Grinder” demo)
9. Fancy Clown (demo)
10. Shadows of Tomorrow (demo)
11. Money Folder (demo)
12. Stakes (“Supervillain Theme” demo)
13. All Caps (demo)
14. One False Move (“Great Day” demo - instrumental)

Jeff Mills - Star Child

Axis Expressionist Series:

A collection of vinyl releases, curated by Millsart, an alias of Jeff Mills, of his most eclectic and transcendent compositions that derive from his Every Dog Has Its Day project as well as new unreleased works. Vernacular creations that fall off from the “other side” of the Electronic Music tree, this project is designed for the experienced Techno music listener, and its goal is to reflect upon the pure artistry of the craft of storytelling. A realization between music and life.  

Whereas “dancing” is the goal of Dance Music, the goal of this music is about “reflecting on the complexity and simplification of life”. Soundtracks for people in their evolutionary process.

Tracklist:
1. Theme From Star Child
2. Satori
3. Love Warrior
4. Starlight Trance Dancer

Anthony Joseph - Rowing up River to Get Our Names Back

While often atmospheric in its thematic registers, ranging from spaces of the subterranean underground to the intergalactic, and equally so with its sonic registers, ranging from doubly articulated vocals to the reverb echo, there is indeed something like a core to Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back. Taken as a suite, the three tracks that make up the middle, if not heart and soul, of the album—“Tony,” “A Juba for Janet,” and “Churches of Sound (The Benítez Rojo)”—put on display how the cultures and histories of the Black diaspora always constitute both the downbeat and backbeat for Anthony, not just his music but perhaps even his very consciousness. We can hear it in the deep pain when “Churches of Sound” moves into a poetic ode when Anthony notes that Lord Kitchener’s Calypso “croon reached Ghana / just in time for Independence,” and in “A Juba for Janet” with its dub soundscape, and yet again with the Afrobeat undertones of “Tony.” If “Churches of Sound” is closer to an ode, “Tony” might be a paean; significant no less because it contains the lyrics from which the album gets its name. It is here that Anthony uses the conceit of seeing Tony Oladipo Allen perform in France to proclaim his admiration of Allen’s virtuosity as a drummer (“He was duplicitous / a conjure man / with seven hands.”), arguably as significant as any of his counterparts including Art Blakey and Max Roach.

If Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back has an anthem it might well be “An Afrofuturist Poem.” The penultimate track on album, and the shortest at 4:41, Anthony opens the song with the line “I am my mother’s son …,” seemingly in reference to Toni Morrison’s famous lines about sons in her novel Beloved, before announcing numerous other sources that constitute his personal and artistic genealogy including his father, I & I, and oil. But in the middle of the song, the bass subsides and for a full 30 seconds Anthony waxes “We must arrive new mythologies / and syntax / and modes of expression / which are fixed beyond comparison / to alien transmission.”

The resonances of Afrofuturism are everywhere on this album as both Anthony’s lyrics and Dave Okumu’s production try to “ride through space.” There are mentions of “anti-matter propulsion” and “Afronauts” elsewhere, but the song that emblematizes Afrofuturism as more than merely spatial temporality is the album’s lead track. “Satellite” is a reminder and encomium that, facing the conditions of modernity, Black folks across space and time have always been curious, if not compelled, by a yearning for the beyond, a beyond outside of the here and now, and sometimes back into the past to press into the future. In this sense, “Satellite” shares a sonic accord and political vision with the Soulquarians’ “Heaven Somewhere,” on a version that featured Omar. In an album where Anthony plays with order, sequence, and boundaries, such as when he inverts “alpha and omega” to “omega and alpha” or rearranges the postcolonial model of “core and periphery,” he concludes that there is, or at least can be, a center: “Moving through / the center / connected to everything (yeah, yeah) / spun out of galaxies / and diasporas / and still at the center / of all that is.”

Tracklist:
1. Satellite
2. Black History
3. Tony
4. A Juba for Janet
5. Churches of Sound (The Benitez-Rojo)
6. An Afro Futurist Poem
7. Milwaukee & Ashland

VA - Paul Hillery presents Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Volume 3

Paul Hillery has once again handpicked a must-have compilation of little-known and high- quality tracks for his ongoing Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours series. This third volume, the first on BBE Music, is an essential companion to Paul's Children Of The Sun trilogy, also released on BBE Music.

Featuring an array of funky folk, jazzy AOR grooves, fuzzed-out lo-fi dub, DIY folktronica, private-press grails and previously unreleased material, Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours Volume 3 has 22 tracks over triple vinyl and comes with extensive sleeve notes. Includes such gems as the ethereal sound of Sheila Chandra, the euphoric groove of Tim Green, the infectious bass-heavy folk of Dave Smith & Judy Dinning, dreamy Alaskan soft-rock from Soapstone and a West Coast call to enlightened celebration by Rhythm & Bliss. This compilation could soundtrack a cross-continental journey with the music lover sat on a Greyhound bus with earphones on and a battered copy of Kerouac's On The Road.

Paul Hillery has curated releases by Will & James Ragar, Forest, and Monica Rypma for BBE Music. Described as an 'enlightened heathen' Paul has shared music via his highly influential Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours persona on social media for over a decade, cultivating an unerring knack for uncovering rare and lost sounds.

Released on triple vinyl LP, CD and digital - Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours Volume 3 is a must-have compilation.

Tracklist:
1. Sheila Chandra - One
2. TIM GREEN - Got More Love
3. Stephen Whynott - What Have You Seen
4. February Montaine - Seven Letters
5. Gil De Ray - Something About Nothing
6. Robin Frederick - Night Blooming Thing
7. Bobbi Keith - Give Me Time
8. Jeff Putterman - Beside You
9. KIRK EDWARDS - Provincetown
10. Soapstone - You Brighten Up My Day
11. Jerry Thomas - Love Strain
12. Janelle Richey - Rainy Day Dreams
13. Dave Smith, Judy Dinning - Sail Far
14. Dwight Druick - Joshua
15. Franciscus Henri - Friendship
16. Tom Wasinger - Montse’gur
17. Charmer - Movin' On
18. Dennis Siren - Take It If You Try
19. Rhythm & Bliss - Love Is The Sun
20. Robert Carlton - Going All The Way
21. Roger Ekman - Motivationen Måste Vara Stor

Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band - Roi De L'Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983 (Analog Africa No.40)

Gnonnas Pedro’s “Mo Ngbadun Re” - a song written to pay tribute to Nigerian and Beninese musicians - would change the trajectory of Analog Africa, forever.

And while the Nigerian artists were more or less familiar to Samy (the label founder), obscurity was his destiny when Gnonnas began singing about Picoby, Renova, Annasoua Jazz, Super Borgou, Super Star, El Rego, Black Santiago and other bands from Benin. The conclusion of this musical experience was that if a star like Gnonnas Pedro sang about these bands it could only mean that he knew something that we didn’t. Could it be that the Benin Republic had more to offer than its size suggested? There was only one way to find out. Samy arrived in Cotonou in August of 2005 and that´s how a Gnonnas Pedro song brought Analog Africa to Benin, and the rest is history.

While 4 songs by this magnificent artiste were included in the compilation Legends of Benin from 2009, this time Analog Africa has the huge honour to present a full and deserved project about Gnonnas Pedro, the king of Modern Agbadja. Very early in his career our friend had landed his first hit with a song called ‘Dadje Von O Von Non’. It was an Agbadja, an ancestral rhythm played during burial ceremonies in Le Mono, the region where Gnonnas Pedro’s family came from. Gnonnas adapted, modernised and coined it ‘Agbadja Modern’ and that's how he became known and beloved as ‘Roi de l’Agbadja Moderne’.

Almost a decade later, in the mid-70s, Gnonnas secured a deal with African Songs Ltd and later with Take Your Choice (TYC), two labels out of Nigeria. At that period Gnonnas had been recording and performing for a decade, and while a few of the original band members had left, the majority of the musicians had stayed with him. The relatively consistent membership of ‘Les Dadjes’ meant that they had developed into a well-oiled groove machine by the time the ‘Nigerian years’ began. The various masterpieces the band recorded between 1975 and 1980 in Lagos catapulted Gnonnas Pedro to superstardom back home in Benin, but also made him a name in other West African countries, where his songs were regularly broadcast on the national airwaves. Sometimes called ‘The Band That Speaks All African Languages’ for their ability to perform songs in numerous languages ‘Les Dadjes’ also spoke all kinds of rhythms, with a special emphasis on Cuban and Benin rhythms.

Around 1980, Gnonnas fulfilled the lifelong dream of starting his own label and one of the first albums on the newly founded Gnoinsopé label included the track ‘Yiri Yiri Boum’, which took Benin by storm and cemented Gnonnas as one of the country’s most important artists.

The double-LP ‘Roi De L'Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983’ from Analog Africa comes as a Gatefold with a full-color 8-page booklet including photos. Featuring 16 of Gnonnas’ finest songs that resonated across the African continent, the unique blend of Agbadja, Cuban fon, jerk, highlife, and other African rhythms sung in Fon, Mina, Yoruba, French, English, and even Spanish offers a truly unique musical journey.

Tracklist:
1. Dadge Von O Von Non "83"
2. Azo Nkplon Doun Nde
3. Mo Ngbadun Re
4. Fini Les Pavés
5. Feso Jaiye
6. Adigbedoto
7. Tu Es Tout Seul
8. Yiri Yiri Boum
9. Agbadja Moderne No2
10. Manzanillo
11. L'Indomptable Gnonnas
12. Bailando Mi Solo
13. Gbeto Enon Mon
14. El Cochechivo
15. Ati Mawuin Dagamasi
16. Avivogbe

Magic Source - Voodoo Ray / Interplanetary Bounce

Magic Source is back with an exclusive 2 tracks single filled with their special rootsy cosmic funky touch.

Led by producer & notorious tape operator Björn Wagner (of Mighty Mocambos, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band and Mocambo Records), the group follows up to the release of their 2nd LP last year, Voyage Spectral. This time again, the German band dives into the Tropical and international aspects of Disco and Funk music, always using 100% organic production and recordings material.

On this 2 tracks single, you’ll first find a blazing and unexpected covers of “Voodoo Ray” the classic acid-house track by A Guy Called Gerald, with special vocals by Mounam & Gizelle Smith. Following up to this already dancefloor classic, comes “Interplanetary Bounce”, a new and exclusive composition from the band also tailored to make you move, with its Boogie touch and heavy breaks.

Tracklist:
1. Voodoo Ray
2. Interplanetary Bounce
3. Voodoo Ray (Radio Edit)
4. Interplanetary Bounce (Radio Edit)

Pale Jay - Low End Love Songs (Instrumentals)

Full instrumental album from Pale Jay's third LP, Low End Love Songs.

“Low End Love Songs”, more so than previous releases, is a diary in form of song. I knew I just had to wait for the songs to be ready to be picked, like ripe fruit from a tree. The entire album came together in just four weeks, a process that was both cathartic and joyful.

Each tune encapsulates a distinct moment in my life, with music serving as my means of processing complex and sometimes conflicting emotions.

In this album, I depart from loop-based song structures towards more intricate and lush compositions. Latin influences permeate the music, adding new layers of rhythms and textures to my soul-music roots.
- Pale Jay

Tracklist:
1. The Simple Days (Instrumental)
2. Quadris De Ouro (Instrumental)
3. Baby (Instrumental)
4. Branch By Branch (Instrumental)
5. The Garden (Instrumental)
6. Floating On A Memory (Instrumental)
7. Spend More Time With Your Friends (Instrumental)
8. Love Around The World (Instrumental)
9. Easy, Lee (Instrumental)

Connie Price & The Keystones - Uptown Rulers: The NOLA Breaks Singles

A collection of all the limited 7" (45rpm) releases by Connie Price & the Keystones on Superjock Records, a label steeped in the sounds of New Orleans Funk and Hip Hop!

Collaborations include Bootie Brown (The Pharcyde), Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples), Guilty Simpson, Apani B. Fly MC, Bo Dollis Jr. (Wild Magnolias), Fullee Love (aka Soup of Jurassic 5) & New Orleans Bounce legend HaSizzle.

Side A features all the classic originals helmed by musician/producer Dan Ubick, while the B-Side contains extended mixes and remixes by label owner Professor Shorthair.

Yeah U Rite!

Tracklist:
1. All Night (feat. Bootie Brown)
2. For the Wicked (feat. Rakaa Iriscience)
3. Everybody Pays (feat. Guilty Simpson & Destani Wolf)
4. Uptown Rulers (feat. Apani B. Fly MC & Bo Dollis Jr.)
5. Come on Down (To New Orleans) (feat. Fullee Love & Hasizzle)
6. All Night (Professor Shorthair Extended Mix) (feat. Bootie Brown)
7. For the Wicked (Professor Shorthair Extended Mix) (feat. Rakaa Iriscience)
8. Everybody Pays (Professor Shorthair Remix) (feat. Guilty Simpson & Destani Wolf)
9. Uptown Rulers (Professor Shorthair Remix) (feat. Apani B. Fly MC & Bo Dollis Jr.)
10. Come on Down (To New Orleans) (Professor Shorthair Bounce Remix) (feat. Fullee Love & Hasizzle)

Eddie Chacon - Lay Low

"Low-key R&B legend" Eddie Chacon returns with Lay Low, out January 31st. Having collaborated with John Carroll Kirby on his last two albums, Eddie Chacon teamed up with Nick Hakim to produce this new collection of songs of loving and letting go.

Tracklist:
1. Good Sun
2. Let You Go
3. Empire (feat. John Carroll Kirby)
4. Lay Low
5. Birds (feat. Nick Hakim)
6. Let The Devil In
7. End Of The World
8. If I Ever Let You Go

Tony Allen - LA BOA MEETS TONY ALLEN

Few sounds transcend time and space quite like the driving pulse of Afrobeat, and few artists, for that matter, have defined their own domains quite as profoundly as Tony Allen—the very beat of Afrobeat itself. In 2011, Allen recorded one of his inimitable rhythmic dialogues as part of the Afrobeat Makers Series for the Parisian imprint Comet Records. Charged with the same fervour for uninhibited expression that defined his trailblazing career, Tony Allen’s drumming, free from convention and charting its own course, emanates a cadenced stream of consciousness that speaks its own truth.

If Allen’s language was his beat, then on this record, La BOA—La Bogotá Orquesta Afrobeat—becomes his latest and most fitting interlocutor. What began as a tribute—a song named after Allen—now feels like the prelude to a deeper dialogue in a meeting that seems more like fate than mere happenstance.

Led by producer Daniel Michel, the ever-evolving band has spent over ten years embodying the fluid, transformative spirit of Afrobeat, imprinting it with their distinctly Colombian sensibilities. From Casa Mambo in Bogotá, Michel’s Mambo Negro Records has become a cornerstone of Colombia’s underground scene championing Afro-Colombian and independent music throughout that time.

Across this LP, Allen’s recordings lay down the canvas upon which La BOA paints its own vision of Afrobeat—raw and expansive, locking step with his drum tracks while building around the unmistakable blueprint of their Colombian rhythms: exuding Caribbean beat, rolling with Pacific groove, and, above all, shaped by the rarefied air of the Andean melting pot that is Bogotá. What ensues is an enduring conversation that crosses eras, borders, even life and death—a celebration of the passing of the baton and the boundless nature of Afrobeat as a genre that refuses to settle. Where the beat of Lagos meets the brass of Bogotá, so too La BOA meets Tony Allen.

Tracklist:
1. ALE
2. TAMBOR
3. PATAS ARRIBA
4. CUENTO
5. INTERLUDIO
6. LA MAQUINA DE TONY
7. PODER
8. TARIFA PLENA
9. TE VOY A VER

VA - Jazz Dispensary & Fords Gin Present: The Negroni Sessions

Tracklist:
1. Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers – Got Myself A Good Man
2. Rudy Robinson & The Hungry Five – Got It Together
3. Art Jerry Miller – Grab A Handful
4. Bernard Purdie – Attica (Remastered 2025)
5. Rusty Bryant – Fire Eater (7" Edit)
6. Jean-Jacques Perrey – E.V.A
7. Dizzy Gillespie – Free Ride
8. Johnny Hammond – Shifting Gears
9. David Axelrod – Everything Counts (Dan The Automator Remix)

VA - DUPLOC OFF LIMITS / 3

Tracklist:
1. Teffa – Single Malt
2. lowcase – DH
3. Takjacob – Cartel Flex
4. Criso – Check It Out
5. Impulse. – Swift
6. Nautical Divine – Reese Selekta
7. 1997 – Flash
8. Boneless – Cloudy
9. Soukah – Blunted
10. Dublink – Low Flow

VA - King Toppa's Stomper Riddim Remixes

Tracklist:
1. King Toppa & Peppery – Slow Wine (Serial Killaz remix)
2. King Toppa & Da Fuchaman – Brag & Show Off (Zapya remix)
3. King Toppa & Mowty Mahlyka – None Of Dem (Bully's Jungle remix)
4. King Toppa & Parly B – Good Vibes (Didak remix)
5. King Toppa & Blackout JA – Inna Dancehall Style (L.A.D.J remix)
6. King Toppa & Mad Sam – Pull It Up (T-Kay remix)
7. King Toppa & Peppery – Slow Wine (Serial Killaz remix instrumental)
8. King Toppa & Da Fuchaman – Brag & Show Off (Zapya remix instrumental)
9. King Toppa & Mowty Mahlyka – None Of Dem (Bully's Jungle remix instrumental)
10. King Toppa & Parly B – Good Vibes (Didak remix instrumental)
11. King Toppa & Blackout JA – Inna Dancehall Style (L.A.D.J remix instrumental)
12. King Toppa & Mad Sam – Pull It Up (T-Kay remix instrumental)

VA - Record Kicks Breaks & Beats 3

Are you ready for some more Funky Breaks & Hot Instrumentals? We've dug again into our dusty catalogue to bring you the third installment of our "Record Kicks Breaks And Beats" collection and it's again full of killers.

At Record Kicks we love funk breaks and hot instrumentals, we have a reputation for that, with our catalogue being sampled by quite a few rap superstars such as Jay-Z, Tyler The Creator (Hannah Williams & The Affirmations) or Dr. Dre (Calibro 35). On volume 3 expect another 11 tracks full of killer breaks and infectious beats brought to you by the very best of our roster, including previously unreleased instrumental versions from afrobeat legend Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, deep soul veterans Michelle David & The Tru-tones and The Grease Traps. On the tracklist also US cinematic champs Whatitdo Archive Group, The Diasonics, Calibro 35, Third Coast Kings, Savana Funk, The Sextones and many more! Another 11 hard hitting instrumental tracks to be sampled, you dig it!?

Tracklist:
1. Whatitdo Archive Group – The Cashemere Chamber
2. The Diasonics – Take One
3. The Tibbs – Chicken Bones
4. Third Coast Kings – Case Quarter
5. Seun Kuti – Dey (instrumental)
6. Savana Funk – Koola Lobitos
7. Trio Valore – Dam Square
8. Calibro 35 – Stars & Stripes, Chirps & Bleeps
9. Michelle David & The True-tones – That Is You (instrumental)
10. The Grease Traps – Hungry (For Your Love) (instrumental)
11. The Sextones – Daydreaming (instrumental)

Inkswel, LYMA - The Strength

Renowned producer Inkswel and R&B/soul powerhouse Lyma have teamed up for a brand-new collaborative album, The Strength, set to be released on Feedasoul Records. Combining their boundary-pushing sounds, this dynamic duo is ready to deliver a fresh fusion of soul, hip-hop, and electronic music, blending their distinct styles into a transformative musical experience.

Tracklist:
1. The Strength
2. Medicine
3. Good Vibes Only (feat. Leonard Charles)
4. The Mud
5. Myself
6. Thank You (feat. Ta'Raach)
7. Thank You (Instrumental Mix)

VA - 10 Years of Rhythm Section International

Rhythm Section International, the impossible-to-define label founded in South East London by Bradley Zero in 2014 has reached the ripe old age of 10 years. Funny thing is, it feels like it could have been almost double that. It’s hard to imagine the Landscape of the London music scene without this foundational force whose influence is felt more than ever.

With this special anniversary release, the label takes stock at this milestone to present a compilation in 3 parts: PAST, RE-IMAGINED AND FUTURE: honouring the labels tradition of always paying homage to what has come before while setting sights firmly forwards.
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With 100-odd releases in their extended back catalogue covering every imaginable style and boasting influence in every inhabited continent on earth, it’s been quite a decade for the independent label, which began on a shoestring budget with funds made via the now legendary Rhythm Section pool hall parties in Peckham.

From humble beginnings to an era defining output - few would have predicted the slow and steady rise of the imprint and the impact it has had on generations of Dj’s, musicians and listeners - at home and abroad.

Spanning 6 discs and 30 tracks, the compilation begins by taking us on a walk down memory lane and presenting one track from each year of the labels output - highlighting some forgotten classics from the archives over the first 2 discs.

For discs 3 & 4, the label invited it’s stable of artists to pick a track from the back catalogue to re-imagine in their own style. This process resulted in some incredibly playful contributions from the likes of Ruf Dug, Session Victim and Private Joy - whose playful reinterpretations add new depth to old material.

Finally, the last 2 discs are entirely new material for 2024, carrying the torch of the previous SHOUTS compilations - whose sole aim is to shine light on new music from emerging artists. Stand outs include new work by RONI, Gayance, douniah & Dhanya as well as a cheeky contribution from old label mate Jordan Rakei under his Frank Liin alias. As ever, moods range from peak time dancefloor energy (Bamao Yende & Low Jack) to slow Sunday morning incantations (Cousin Kula), further showcasing the breadth of the label and it’s knack to eschew classification whilst still connecting it’s releases through an indefinable musical thread.

Rhythm Section is for everyone, Rhythm Section speaks to the post-tribal musical generation. Rhythm Section is alternative, soulful and above all, heartfelt.

Rhythm Section Forever

Tracklist:
1. Prequel – Nothing Better
2. Silentjay & Jace XL – Just Waking Up
3. Dan Kye – Change
4. Mallard – Surface
5. Duke Hugh – Zo?
6. Ruf Dug – Down 2 It (feat Watson)
7. Vels Trio – The Wad
8. Paula Tape – Astroturismo
9. Nicola Cruz – Surface Tension
10. Special Feelings – Down Goose
11. Retiree & Boulderhead – Pumice Stone (Boulderhead remix)
12. Local Artist, Joey G Ii & Klein Zage – Feelings (Joey G Ii X Klein Zage Mapped remix)
13. Jerome Thomas & Saul – Secret (SAUL remix)
14. MMYYKK & Session Victim – Science (Session Victim remix)
15. The Colours That Rise & Private Joy – Deep Space (Private Joy's Funk Joint)
16. CATO & TONE – 1 MAN (TONE remix)
17. Hiatt DB & FYI Chris – Every Daybreak (FYI Chris remix)
18. Klein Zage & Gallegos – Prince (Gallegos Park Street Tube mix)
19. 30 & 70 – Misrepresented (30/70 Jungle Flip)
20. Wallace & Ruf Dug – Whirl (Ruf Dug remix)
21. Retromigration & Monty DJ – Tornado
22. Bamao Yende & Low Jack – Collina 4am
23. RONI – Angel
24. Gayance, Magi Merlin & Funkywhat – Collect$$$save
25. Pinty & Tomos – Want U Too (feat Ell Murphy)
26. DJ Pitch & MLE – Hit From The Right
27. Douniah & Dhanya – A Fever Dream
28. Nitai Hershkovits & Rejoicer – Oye Igal
29. Frank Liin – 60 Chemical (dub)
30. Cousin Kula – Pixie Prog

Phil Dawson Quintet - Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time

‘Don’t Waste Your Ancestors’ Time’ creates a new blend of Afro- and Afro-Brazilian grooves, improv and dub, and boasts an array of collaborators that push the music in new directions - spoken word artist Khadijatou Doyneh (Heliocentrics); saxophonist Tony Kofi (Abdullah Ibrahim, Jazz Jamaica, Cymande etc), top pianist Sam Leak (Aquarium), Afrobeat maestro Dele Sosimi, who vocalises in a completely new context; progressive UK tenor player John Martin; Ruby Rushton’s Nick Walters on trumpet; Nigerian singer Biola Dosunmu (Estuary 17); Bellowhead and Dele’s horn arranger, trombonist Justin Thurgur, as well as a cameo from Tamar Collocutor. The album’s title paraphrases novelist Wole Soyinka in a plea to all not to throw away what their ancestors fought for - whether that’s through ignoring spiritual heritages, allowing ourselves to be divided and conquered, or turning a blind eye to contemporary injustices....

Tracklist:
1. Ghanaba
2. Ile (Part 1) (feat. Dele Sosimi & Biola Dosunmu)
3. Pralaya
4. Shifting Sands (Mainline) (feat. Khadijatou Doyneh)
5. Now Rise Up
6. ILE (IYESÅ) (feat. Dele Sosimi, Rowland Sutherland & Biola Dosunmu)

The Pro-Teens - MF TEEN: Your Concurrence In The Above Is Assumed

MF TEEN: Your Concurrence In The Above Is Assumed recognises the legacy of rap’s Illest Villain, traversing MF DOOM’s discography and personas, flipping selections from Madvillain, MM.. FOOD, Viktor Vaughan, Danger Doom and more, taking care to ensure recognisable tunes such as Doomsday and Curls are represented alongside more obscure cuts such as The Gas Face, the Third Bass song that featured the first recorded verse from MF DOOM in his original moniker of Zev Love X of the ill-fated 90s NYC rap group KMD.

Helmed by Hudson Whitlock, prolific drummer and percussionist of Karate Boogaloo and Surprise Chef, Melbourne’s The Pro-Teens is a collective of instrumentalists making weirdo instrumental soul records. Drawing from the community of musicians from bands in the College Of Knowledge orbit, The Pro-Teens’ incorporate the comic book stylings of DOOM and Kool Keith, the dark flavors of Gravediggaz and Wu-Tang Clan, and the cinematic composition of Galt MacDermot, culminating in an unorthodox patchwork of cinematic soul, boom-bap funk breaks and left-field instrumental textures.

“The diversity of tones, moods, feels and arrangements was an intentional act to mirror the diversity within DOOM's own diverse musical vocabulary. We wanted to fluctuate between putting our own spin on DOOM's classic tunes as well as staying true to the original source.” - Bandleader Hudson Whitlock aka Libby Clique-Baité.

The full-length album follows the Pro-Teens now collectible 7”s of The Pro-Teens’ renditions of Peachfuzz b/w One Beer and Doomsday b/w Curls, releases that built a feverous anticipation for the complete album.

MF TEEN: Your Concurrence In The Above Is Assumed comes after 2021’s Snooch Dodd & The Pro-Teens - I Flip My Life Every Time I Fly, which gained BBC6 Music’s Album Of The Day honors after its co-release by College Of Knowledge and UK tastemaker label Mr Bongo.

Tracklist:
1. The Gas Face
2. The Time We Faced DOOM
3. Peachfuzz
4. Curls
5. Doomsday
6. Sofa King
7. Kon Queso
8. One Beer
9. Can I Watch?
10. A Dead Mouse
11. Microwave Mayo
12. Supervillain Theme
13. Benzie Box
14. Charsnuka

Machinedrum, Marcello Giombini, Stelvio Cipriani - Synth Utopia

Tracklist:
1. Marcello Giombini - STEEL14
2. Stefano Liberati - Synth Abyss (From "Pericolo negli abissi" / Remastered 2023)
3. Luigi Ceccarelli - Defend My By The Night (From "Difendimi dalla notte" Soundtrack / Synthesizer)
4. Fabio Frizzi - Rolf (From "Rolf" Soundtrack / John Theme #2)
5. Paolo Colombo - Tokyo #2 (From "3 Supermen in Santo Domingo" Soundtrack)
6. Andrea Ridolfi - Alien degli abissi (From "Alien degli abissi" Soundtrack / Titoli)
7. Ghein - I sopravvissuti della città morta (From "I sopravvissuti della città morta" Soundtrack / Action Drive)
8. Stelvio Cipriani - Mafia, una legge che non perdona (Suspence Synth) (From "Mafia, una legge che non perdona" / Remastered 2022)
9. Giampiero Boneschi - Open – Hearted
10. Carlo Maria Cordio - Spiral Staircase #4 (From "Rosso sangue – Absurd" Soundtrack)
11. Marcello Giombini - Steelrhythm
12. Paolo Rustichelli - La croce dalle sette pietre (From "La croce dalle sette pietre" Soundtrack / Tema del male)
13. Vidulesku - Sequencer
14. Enrico Pieranunzi - Un ragazzo come tanti – Ritmico
15. Marcello Giombini - Synthotango
16. Carlo Maria Cordio - Magnetic Fluid (From "Rosso sangue – Absurd" Soundtrack)
17. Giampiero Boneschi - Peeping
18. Fabio Frizzi - Sette ragazze di classe
19. Renato Serio - Jugando con la muerte
20. Daniele Patucchi - Belve in azione (From "Wild Beasts" / Remastered 2021)
21. Luigi Ceccarelli - Cuori agitati

VA - ASW Trax Vol. 1

// AWESOME TRAX Vol.1

It’s already the end of 2024 and what a momentous year it’s been in so many ways !

As the world changes, the music changes and we change we felt it a good time to look back at all that ASW has achieved in the last few years and compile a list of our favourite trax, those that have done well, the ones that we especially love and the ones that have touched all of us in some special way.

We wanted to celebrate all the artists we work with, our family, who dedicate their creativity to pushing the envelope musically and in their performances as live electronic performers. This compilation is a celebration of all the dedicated work from our team to bring this art into the light.

And it's a marker in time, from here we go forward, always searching for the most awesome of soundwaves!

Thank you for your support and for the joy of new music.

ASW Family !

Tracklist:
1. Digital Afrika – Kings For A Minute (feat Cazeaux Oslo)
2. Julien Chaptal – Use Your Mind
3. Hannes Bieger – Poem For The Planet (feat Ursula Rucker)
4. An On Bast – Climb The Tree (Marc Romboy remix)
5. Marc Romboy – Hanenda (Will Clarke remix - edit)
6. De Sluwe Vos – Field Day
7. Stimming – She Hates That Chord
8. Charlie Thorstenson – Diskansen
9. Hannes Bieger – Illusion (extended)
10. Christopher Coe – Dance On Water (feat Harper Lake)
11. Hybrasil – Push
12. Carl Cox & Christopher Coe – Nocturnal (Reb?ke edit)
13. Marc Romboy – Exeter
14. Vitalic – And It Goes Like (live)
15. Robert Babicz – Light Of The Universe
16. Carl Cox & Christopher Coe – Mindset
17. An On Bast – Back To The Garden
18. Honeysmack – WETTA
19. Mat Playford – Ptolmey
20. Christopher Coe – Achill Henge Pt. 3
21. Harmonik Kontrol – Pablo Assan
22. Saytek – Isolation (live)
23. Marc Romboy – Intelligence (Toto Chiavetta remix)
24. Carl Cox & Christopher Coe – Nocturnal (Marc Romboy & Andre Winter remix)
25. Hannes Bieger & Ursula Rucker – Poem For The Planet (Christopher Coe remix)
26. Marc Romboy – Belgium (Josh Wink remix)
27. De Sluwe Vos – Now I Understand
28. Stimming – Morgentau
29. Honeysmack – MERK
30. Giorgia Angiuli – Purple Eye