The Belgian vibraphonist Guy Cabay has played with Toots Thielemans, Philip Caherine or Raoul Faisant. Composer, arranger, musicologist and singer, he also wrote and recorded two extraordinary albums in Liege Walloon. Tricatel is happy to make them available at last, 46 years after their publication.

"Gravity kills us. Perhaps that is the meaning of Adam's Fall. We are condemned to be Newton's apple, not the balloon carried away by the wind. But it happens nevertheless that, by the grace of music in particular, we escape gravity, that time escapes time, that another breath inflates our lungs, so much lighter than the one that usually suffocates us.
We don't take light music seriously, and that's good. Only serious music deserves to be treated so badly. Guy Cabay's music flows from a purer source and speaks to us in a more tender voice. One can obviously describe it as one labels export product. Origin: Belgium. Ingredients: jazz, bossa nova, tropicalism, song - proportions may vary. Calorific value: none.
Non-perishable product. But this would say as much about what this music really is as if, in. order to evoke what the foggy blue of a Norman sky inspires, one were to take note of the variations in the percentage of humidity in the atmosphere at Etretat and make a learned presentation on the laws of refraction.
Guy Cabay did pass through Brazil and still lives there a little, a Brazil that is not the one ofcartographers or travel agencies, a Brazil that is as real as the Far West in which Fenimore Cooper's child readers lived, as blurred and limpid as a dream. It is not the Amazon thatflows through this Brazil, but the Ourthe, a tributary of the Meuse, which makes it morefamiliar, stranger and even more poetic. To let oneself be bathed in this melancholichappiness, to let oneself be carried by this river is sweet, as sweet as the fluid consonants of the Walloon language, this 'd' which becomes 'dj' in his mouth, as in Portuguese, by the way. To know how to create melodies that hold on a note like Jobim's samba, like a fildeferist above a waterfall of chords, is not given to everyone. It is a gift. Knowing how to lace others on dozens of points, as on Tot a-fet rote cou d'zeur cou d'zos, a poignant encounter between Randy Newman and Robert Wyatt, is another. These are not the only ones that the fairies offered to Guy Cabay and that, by an almost miracle, he offers us again today. Hearts up."
Bertrand Burgalat

A1 - Li Robaleû
A2 - A m’vwézène
A3 - Dji m’distoûrne di m’vôye
A4 - Li sabat d’sinte mére l’oto
A5 - Pax pollinibus bonae voluntatis
A6 - Tot.a-fêt rote cou.d’zeur cou.d’zos
B1 - Pôve Tièsse
B2 - Les d’mey dous de coste del mouse
B3 - Julia deûs
B4 - Tot Règuèdé
B5 - Tchanson d’noyé
B6 - Camamèle èt cataplame More

Dustin Zahn drops ‘Feed The Fire EP’ on Radio Slave’s Rekids ahead of full LP in November. Active since the early 000’s, Dustin Zahn’s hypnotic and driving techno has consistently caught the ears of top DJs and labels, with releases and remixes on Chris Liebing’s CLR, James Ruskin’s Blueprint, and of course Radio Slave’s Rekids. Alongside his productions, Zahn runs the Enemy Records imprint, having released music from Regal, Truncate, and DVS1 alongside his own music since 2004. For his latest offering on Rekids, which arrives ahead of his first full-length album since 2014, Zahn leads the charge with four direct and expertly constructed techno cuts. Title track ‘Feed The Fire’ makes use of a snaking synth line, evolving in tandem with the sound of classic drum machines atop a pounding 4/4 pattern, while ‘Heresy’ leans towards the twilight hours, with tripped out bleeps, chugging percussion, and deep chords. On the flip, ‘Profane Purposes’ sees bubbling synthesis alongside raucous claps and vocal cuts, making for a high octane techno bomb before ‘Golden Hour’ closes out the release, lowering the energy levels as twinkling keys, blissful pads, and dusty hats craft a warm and inviting atmosphere. More

Founded in 1988, the Nu Groove catalogue is a true reflection of New York’s house sound. Started by Frank and Karen Mendez as an outlet for some of Rheji and Ronald Burrell’s more experimental musical ventures, the label would go on to help launch the careers of a number of local talents including Joey Beltram and Kenny Dope, but the Burrell brothers were by far the most prolific. Over thirty years later, Luke Solomon has re-assembled the catalogue and the spirit of this legendary New York label, with this 2 x 12” package celebrating some essentials from its catalogue. The second volume features cuts from Bäs Noir, Emjay, Tech Trax Inc and Metro, this collection of late 80’s and early 90’s gems is a record box essential and blissful re-introduction to the Nu Groove sound.
TRACK LISTING: A1. Bäs Noir - My Love Is Magic (Club Mix), A2. Emjay - Come ‘N Get It (Club Mix, B1. Tech Trax Inc. - Feel The Luv (Body Mix), B2. The Sound Vandals - On Your Way (Bonus Beat), B3. K.A.T.O. - The Booty Dance (How 2 Mix), C1. Roqui - You Are On My Mind (On My Mind 12”), C2. Metro - Brownstone Express, C3. N.Y. House’n Authority - APT. 3A, D1. Aphrodisiac - Song Of The Siren (Mediterranean Mix), D2. N.Y. House’n Authority - Fort Green House, D3. Metro - Turnstyle Tu More

Non Volevo Ma Volavo strikes back for yet another trip down memory lane.

Four timelessly ecstatic cuts that survived the slow passing of time, retraced and restored from the archives of Italian dance legends (Visnadi, Gambarelli), specially crafted to make you fly over the dancefloor today, just as they did back then.

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Ultimo Tango is a Milan-based reissue label fueled by a passionate interest for visionary genre-crossing music, driving them on a hunt for forgotten musical treasures that draw bridges between worldspanning sensibilities. More