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Unearthed archival recordings blending traditional West African rhythm and vocals with experimental European electronics. Denis Mpunga was born in the Congo but relocated to the Belgian city of Liege with his family at age 13 and soon began playing Congolese-influenced percussive music with other like-minded local musicians. Paul K. (née Patrick Stas) was a ubiquitous…
DJ K stay slayin . The Japanese DJ producer follows a up string of killer edit 12 s with another surehot for the soulfully-inclined dance floor. This time around the Prince s lesser played jam Chelsea Rodgers gets treated to a repectful re-work that keeps that purple vibe flowing freely to the crowd. Up next Hubert Laws…
NYC s Eli Escobar makes his Razor N Tape Debut with this heavy duty 4 tracker! True the the label s MO, Eli drops some serious disco edits that are bound to pack the discerning dancefloors with ease. Chaz Jankel s Ai No Corrida and Diana Ross Once in the Morning both get the Escobar…
Heavyweight sounds from Sofrito. The UK label constantly pushes things forward, case in point with this incredible release from Esnard Boisdur, Frankie Francis & Simbad. For the uninitiated, Boisdur is a key figure in the Gwo Ka, the folkloric rhythm of Guadeloupe. Here his 1991 track Soufwans gets a 21st century upgrade courtesy of Frankie Francis & Simbad….
One for the skaters. Official issue of Kenny Dixon Jr.’s super funky edit of Funkadelic’s “Cosmic Slop” (a slightly different edit was released a few years ago on his KDJ imprint). Moodymann’s version extends the original psych-funk classic to nearly 10 minutes and ramps up the bongos. Side B sees Moody taking on another highlight…
Ready for something different? One of our favorite labels to emerge in recent years just linked with our favorite west coast funk maestro to provide our 2017 summer soundtrack; conjuring seriously deep & dissonant zones not touched since we first fell for him waaaay back in 2008 circa Burgundy City and Rhythm Trax IV. After…
Fresh heat from the good folks over at Hobo Camp. Night Palms is the first comp that the label has put together and they ve done a bang up job for all you boogie and modern funk fans! The sound is on the smoother side, perfect for sunset strolls, mellow nights on the yacht, and…
Music From Memory have firmly committed to profiling artists (oftentimes underdogs and outsiders) first and foremost, rather than releasing fleeting surveys of any particular scene or sound. Unlike most reissue labels to emerge in recent years, MFM came out of the gate strong with thorough and exhaustive long-playing tributes to three unique creators from disparate lands. This compilation…
Debut studio album from Argentina s Lagartijeando. El Gran Poder finds Lagartijeando (Mati Zundel) exploring traditional Argentinean rhythms and sounds, placing them in a more contemporary context. The charango, an Andean string instrument, and airy pan flute sounds are combined with electronic beats to create an intoxicating environment. Zundel combines rootsy cumbia rhythms with hip…
It’s the inside that counts. How often does a bootleg white label get blessed by a label like the mighty Salsoul for an official release? Hessle Audio mainstay Pangaea quietly released this stunning edit of Loleatta Holloway’s “Stand Up” (itself a 1994 house recycling of her 1976 disco anthem “Dreamin”) alongside a remix of Nomad’s “Devotion”…
6TH RELEASE FROM SAN DIEGO MUSICAL COLLECTIVE. EYEdeals is the latest release from the Drumetrics Collective, an ever-shifting group of West Coast artists whose sound can be best characterized as an energetic blend of electronic, psychedelic, and funk music from the 1960 s. The Collective aims to recreate and release music inspired from the UK…
Debut studio album from Ecuador s Nicola Cruz. Prender El Alma was originally released in 2015 and introduced Cruz s take on electronic music, Andes Step. His work is organic, incorporating traditional Latin American instrumentation and rhythms into his digitally informed world. It s as if he is taking the Andean folkloric past into the…
Possibly the most unusual entry in ECM s deep and storied catalog. The ECM label (or Edition Of Contemporary Music) is best known for contemporary jazz works from prominent players like Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, and Chick Corea, or influential minimalist composers like Steve Reich. With this kind of pedigree, and a motto like the Most Beautiful Sound…
Feel the funk… Night-Funk to be exact. After teasing us with a track on his DJ Kicks mix, Dam-Funk finally drops a proper 12 with Nite Jewel as Nite-Funk. For their eponymous debut, D-F gives us that modern funk sound he s known for over four tracks that range from boogie and synth disco vibes, all with Nite…
Late night grooves for a secret rendezvous. Onra returns to All City for a proper dose of smoothed out boogie funk. On Nobody Has To Know, the Parisian producer takes influence from the latter half of the 80 s and early 90 s to craft the perfect soundtrack for mellow grooving, sunset dips, and night cruising down the strip (with the top down of course)….
Tobago Day, Tobago Night. Pat And Pats sole release gets a long overdue reissue, courtesy of Disco Segrata! The brainchild of Gregorio Greg Puccio and Phil Mira Sun, Tobago is a smoothed-out italo groove that s perfect for sunset soirees, midnight rendezvous, or just cruising along the coast. The boogie bassline is laced shimmery synths and topped with…
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