Label:Down Low Music
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DFD - Meow Cat
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DFD - Hibiscus Drift
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DFD - Wasting Daylight
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DFD - Creeper Nord
Repress!
Down Low Music returns with a catalog number reserved for over 20 years, dL-006. Circa 2002, after releasing music from artists such as Stinkworx, Plastic Sleeves, Convextion and Macho Cat Garage, the dL catalog skipped from dL-005 to dL-007. dL-006 was reserved for DFD aka Troy Anderson, a core part of the dL crew from Texas. Troy had previously released excellent records as Cityboy and Waverider (both recently re-issued on We're Going Back), and as DFD on the first Down Low Music compilation, 'Satellite Cities' in 2001. But a full EP was never finalized, until now... Over time, multiple projects were lost in the void and time passed until Troy recently sent out some new works from his lab. Down Low loved the new tracks and decided this was the time to complete the missing piece. It's a wonderful glitch in time, four new DFD productions that fit easily in the early 00's sound of the label back then, while also a magnificent piece of machine music from the future. Proper electro with a touch of human feels which is something that seems to be essential for a classic Down Low Music release. More
Down Low Music returns with a catalog number reserved for over 20 years, dL-006. Circa 2002, after releasing music from artists such as Stinkworx, Plastic Sleeves, Convextion and Macho Cat Garage, the dL catalog skipped from dL-005 to dL-007. dL-006 was reserved for DFD aka Troy Anderson, a core part of the dL crew from Texas. Troy had previously released excellent records as Cityboy and Waverider (both recently re-issued on We're Going Back), and as DFD on the first Down Low Music compilation, 'Satellite Cities' in 2001. But a full EP was never finalized, until now... Over time, multiple projects were lost in the void and time passed until Troy recently sent out some new works from his lab. Down Low loved the new tracks and decided this was the time to complete the missing piece. It's a wonderful glitch in time, four new DFD productions that fit easily in the early 00's sound of the label back then, while also a magnificent piece of machine music from the future. Proper electro with a touch of human feels which is something that seems to be essential for a classic Down Low Music release. More
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Label:Down Low Music
Cat-No:DLVEXTLP
Release-Date:17.02.2023
Genre:Techno
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Convextion - Equanimity
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Convextion - Solum Ferrum
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Convextion - Desolte Hub
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Convextion - Astrum
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Convextion - Premiata
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Convextion - Frozen Surface
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Convextion - Sulphur Vent
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Convextion - JMA020603
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2022 repress of this classic techno album by Convextion aka E.R.P. - After the stunning E.R.P. release (Down Low VEXT2) that was stated on our website as best techno 12'' of 2005, Mr Hanson returns under his Convextion moniker to drop a brilliant double pack that will possibly be the best techno record of 2006. We love it! More
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2022 repress of this classic techno album by Convextion aka E.R.P. - After the stunning E.R.P. release (Down Low VEXT2) that was stated on our website as best techno 12'' of 2005, Mr Hanson returns under his Convextion moniker to drop a brilliant double pack that will possibly be the best techno record of 2006. We love it! More
Label:Down Low Music
Cat-No:dlcmlp
Release-Date:08.03.2019
Genre:Techno
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
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The Connection Machine - No Title
The Connection Machine is Natasja Hagemeier and Jeroen Brandjes. The CD-only original release from 2004 has been re-mastered and features nine tracks for this first-time vinyl version of the album. The Down Low label is a vital US resource for deeply personal electronic music that works both in bedrooms and DJ booths. It's a label that put out celebrated albums and EPs by the likes of Convexion, E.R.P and Dan Curtin, and played a key role during its first lifetime. Ten years after their last release they return with this double 180g vinyl version of the Painless album by The Connection Machine. It is an album made up of material made in the nineties that never saw the light of day and is full of achingly deep moods, dreamy acid house, down tempo electronics, ambient, and Detroit techno, all of which make it a lost classic from the Dutch techno scene. This is a vital reissue that not only re-introduces this forgotten classic to a whole new audience, but also the Down Low Music label itself.
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Label:chiwax
Cat-No:CHIWAX041
Release-Date:20.05.2024
Genre:House
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ManooZ - Juno Dreams
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ManooZ - Boxin' With GOD
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ManooZ - Galaxies
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ManooZ - Glow
CHIWAX presents Manooz - Juno Dreams EP (12")
After two fantastic releases on HOUSEWAX it's was now the right music and time to bring this great artist to CHIWAX!
Juno Dreams EP is a trip back to the best days of this genre. More
After two fantastic releases on HOUSEWAX it's was now the right music and time to bring this great artist to CHIWAX!
Juno Dreams EP is a trip back to the best days of this genre. More
Label:Mad About Records
Cat-No:MAR095
Release-Date:26.04.2024
Genre:Funk
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Cat-No:MAR095
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Quintessence - Between Thoughts
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Quintessence - Breeze
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Quintessence - In My Apartment
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Quintessence - Marketplace
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Quintessence - Can't Stop Now
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Quintessence - Moments Of Silence
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Quintessence - Why Must I Go (Through These Changes)
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Mad About Records officially reissues super rare private press Quintessence’s 1981 LP. With every famous jazz recording, many others remained on the shelf of oblivion without ever receiving the recognition they deserved, and this is the case of Quintessence.
Led by Ron Ancrum, with George Sovak, David Gaedeke, Winston Johnson and Steve Muse recorded an exceptional and fundamental album of 80's jazz.
If you are into Fender Rhodes, this is an LP to be collected. More
Mad About Records officially reissues super rare private press Quintessence’s 1981 LP. With every famous jazz recording, many others remained on the shelf of oblivion without ever receiving the recognition they deserved, and this is the case of Quintessence.
Led by Ron Ancrum, with George Sovak, David Gaedeke, Winston Johnson and Steve Muse recorded an exceptional and fundamental album of 80's jazz.
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Label:Food Music
Cat-No:YUMNJ4V
Release-Date:24.05.2024
Genre:House / Techno
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NJoi - Get Hype (Instrumental)
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NJoi - Acid Machine (Instrumental)
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NJoi - Feel My Love (Instrumental)
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NJoi - Lovin U (Instrumental)
After huge demand, the instrumental mixes of NJOI’s unreleased tracks are now here in the shape of 'The Dubs', complimenting the duos recently unveiled 'Hidden Gems' vol 1 & 2 and their 'Collected' album. These iconic tracks became a huge part of NJOI’s original live set and the iconic mixed 'Live In Manchester' album over 30 years ago. After huge demand since their televised 1990 Brixton performance, they're finally available as fully extended individual recordings.
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Cat-No:JAZZR033
Release-Date:26.04.2024
Genre:Soul/Funk
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Rober "Dubwise" Browne & Dean Fraser - Sun Goddess
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Rober "Dubwise" Browne & Dean Fraser - Mister Magic
Soul Jazz of the First Order from Robert Dubwise Browne with two epic takes on tunes that should be in every DJ's grab bag of goodies. Sun Goddess originally by Ramsey Lewis and written by Earth, Wind and Fire's Maurice White together with a Ruff and Tuff version of the Grover Washington Jazz Funk classic "Mister Magic" featuring Jamaican Sax Man Dean Fraser. Guitarist Browne's appearance credits include the likes of his father Dennis Brown, as well as Gregory Isaacs, Beres Hammond and Toots Hibbert.. Produced by Japanese Reggae Legend Hayassen for his label Vortex and signed up on first hearing by Jazz Room Supremo Paul Murphy. If you've got a dancefloor you need these tunes!
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Label:WeMe Records
Cat-No:WeMe20ans
Release-Date:03.05.2024
Genre:Electro
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Zandvoort Uilenbal - De Zuidwester Loert
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Matzo - Pop N Loc
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Chromedealer - Labyrinth
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+10 - Untitled
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NOT MDK - Is It Me You're Looking For
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Binary Digit - A2
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Superstructure - Rain
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ReQuest - Address Unknown
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RTR - Mais Ouais
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RAWAKARI - Stacy
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Terrence Woodard - Dance Track
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DMX Krew - Unknown Quantity Dry
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EOD - Point A
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DArcangelo - 5EXP
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CAPSULE - Ruska
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Black Narcissus - Dark Churn
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Biochip - Jammers Office
Let's celebrate 20 years of WeMe records!
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Label:Fundamental Frequencies
Cat-No:FDMTL2
Release-Date:12.04.2024
Genre:Drum + Bass
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DJ Fokus - Watch Out
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DJ Fokus - Media
Fundamental Frequencies teams up once again with the master of the dark arts DJ Fokus for the first-ever reissue of his second mythical 94 jungle scorcher released on his own Suicide Records.
Having broken out with two 12”s on Monroe Production’s Blueprint Records, DJ Fokus quickly followed up at the Monroe Studios, under the watchful eye of legendary engineer Pete Parsons (Voyager), with two self-funded 12”s on his Suicide imprint before putting pen to paper with Lucky Spin Recordings. Now regularly demanding three figure sums both releases have achieved cult status amongst jungliests both young and old.
Available for the first time since its initial 1994 pressing with the lacquer cut by Beau Thomas (Babylon Timewarp/Intense). More
Having broken out with two 12”s on Monroe Production’s Blueprint Records, DJ Fokus quickly followed up at the Monroe Studios, under the watchful eye of legendary engineer Pete Parsons (Voyager), with two self-funded 12”s on his Suicide imprint before putting pen to paper with Lucky Spin Recordings. Now regularly demanding three figure sums both releases have achieved cult status amongst jungliests both young and old.
Available for the first time since its initial 1994 pressing with the lacquer cut by Beau Thomas (Babylon Timewarp/Intense). More
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Cat-No:MRBLP298
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Genre:Soul/Funk
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Lonnie Smith - Funk Reaction
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Lonnie Smith - For The Love Of It
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Lonnie Smith - Babbitt's Other Song
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Lonnie Smith - It's Changed
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Lonnie Smith - When The Night Is Right
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Lonnie Smith - All My Mind
Continuing Mr Bongo’s series exploring the wealth of material released through the record labels of Sonny Lester, 1977’s Funk Reaction finds Hammond B3 organ virtuoso Lonnie Smith at his most dancefloor-friendly. Dripping with groove and swagger, this album skates between jazz-funk, cosmic disco radiance, beat-laden slow-jams and conscious psychedelic soul.
Having played with the likes of George Benson and Lou Donaldson in the ‘60s, alongside releasing a string of albums on Columbia and Blue Note, Funk Reaction sees Smith move into late ‘70s disco-funk-tinged territory.
Originally released on Sonny Lester's Groove Merchant Records successor, Lester Radio Corporation, the album feels more like a collaborative band-orientated project as opposed to a solo artist outing. Featuring some elite session players of the time, including Steve Gadd on drums, guitarist Lance Quinn and bassist Bob Babbitt, the album is tied together expertly by songwriter, arranger and conductor Brad Baker.
It’s worth the price tag alone for the superb disco-funk nugget 'Funk Reaction’. Other highlights include the only Lonnie Smith penned track on the album 'All In My Mind', that shines with a beautiful Stevie Wonder-esque quality and the slick guitar-led floater 'When The Night Is Right’, written by and featuring guitarist Richie Hohenburger. Elsewhere, ‘For The Love Of It’ and the Brad Babbitt written ‘Babbitt's Other Song’ serve up classic jazz funk flavours, both featuring stellar tenor saxophone from Eddie Daniels.
As a whole, the album is a superb example of Lonnie Smith’s ability to merge jazz with elements of funk, soul, disco and beyond, experimenting with ideas whilst broadening the scope of both his audience and appeal. Fans of The Blackbyrds, the CTI / Kudu stable and ‘70s George Benson will dig this!
Single LP in gatefold sleeve. More
Having played with the likes of George Benson and Lou Donaldson in the ‘60s, alongside releasing a string of albums on Columbia and Blue Note, Funk Reaction sees Smith move into late ‘70s disco-funk-tinged territory.
Originally released on Sonny Lester's Groove Merchant Records successor, Lester Radio Corporation, the album feels more like a collaborative band-orientated project as opposed to a solo artist outing. Featuring some elite session players of the time, including Steve Gadd on drums, guitarist Lance Quinn and bassist Bob Babbitt, the album is tied together expertly by songwriter, arranger and conductor Brad Baker.
It’s worth the price tag alone for the superb disco-funk nugget 'Funk Reaction’. Other highlights include the only Lonnie Smith penned track on the album 'All In My Mind', that shines with a beautiful Stevie Wonder-esque quality and the slick guitar-led floater 'When The Night Is Right’, written by and featuring guitarist Richie Hohenburger. Elsewhere, ‘For The Love Of It’ and the Brad Babbitt written ‘Babbitt's Other Song’ serve up classic jazz funk flavours, both featuring stellar tenor saxophone from Eddie Daniels.
As a whole, the album is a superb example of Lonnie Smith’s ability to merge jazz with elements of funk, soul, disco and beyond, experimenting with ideas whilst broadening the scope of both his audience and appeal. Fans of The Blackbyrds, the CTI / Kudu stable and ‘70s George Benson will dig this!
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Label:Vibes & Pepper
Cat-No:VP009
Release-Date:22.03.2024
Genre:House
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Takuya Matsumoto - The City
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Takuya Matsumoto - Sky
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Takuya Matsumoto - 1989
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Takuya Matsumoto - Willow Green
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Takuya Matsumoto - Kip's Track
After a hiatus of 10 years, Vibes And Pepper Records makes its comeback with a revitalized appearance featuring a fresh new logo. Despite the break, the label remains committed to maintaining the high standard of house music that characterized its back catalog, with releases from esteemed artists such as Terrence Parker & Claude Young Jr, Synchrojack, Jeremiah, Norm Talley...In its relaunch, the label demonstrates unwavering confidence by unveiling 5 previously unreleased tracks by Japanese producer Takuya Matsumoto. Don't be misled; akin to his earlier releases on Jake for Daze, Matsumoto once more presents a collection crafted to emulate the essence of the mid-90s era in each skillfully curated track.
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Label:Death Is Not The End
Cat-No:DEATH031LP
Release-Date:22.03.2024
Genre:Breaks
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Death Is Not The End - Side A
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Death Is Not The End - Side B
Death Is Not The End's contribution to the Blowing Up The Workshop mix series, subsequently given a cassette release on the label in 2019, finally receives a limited vinyl LP pressing.
"A trip across the frequencies of Bristol's pirate radio stations via cut-ups of broadcasts, taken from the late 1980s to the early 2000s ~ also a love-letter to my childhood, an audio document of the years I spent growing up in the city." More
"A trip across the frequencies of Bristol's pirate radio stations via cut-ups of broadcasts, taken from the late 1980s to the early 2000s ~ also a love-letter to my childhood, an audio document of the years I spent growing up in the city." More
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Label:Jazz Room Records
Cat-No:JAZZR036
Release-Date:07.06.2024
Genre:Jazz
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Norio Maeda Trio - Alpha Ray (Feat. Norio Maeda Trio)
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Terumasa Hino Quintet - Hakuchu No Shugeki - Theme (Feat. Terumasa Hino Quintet)
ALPHA RAY by The Norio Maeda Trio was originally released in the Swinging Sixties and this hot latin number was rediscovered by the Tokyo Hipsters at the height of the Acid Jazz Boom and became part of Shibuya Jazz Dance Folklore.
HAKUCHU NO SHUGEKI - THEME by Terumasa Hino Quintet is from a Japansploitation thriler made in 1970 with plenty of guns, gals, guys, sharpsuited action and gallons of studio blood! Mostly freeform blowing by the Legend that is Terumasa Hino for the soundtrack, one of the exceptions being this Blue Note Styled Soul Jazz number that sounds as if it came off the Van Gelder production line circa '66 to '71. Easily could be mistaken for Blue Mitchell, Donald Byrd or Freddie Hubbard's outputs post soul, pre-electric happenings. Another Jazz Room thing of beauty!
Now on 45 RPM release by Jazz Room Records, a 2 cut slab of wax that will have Jazzfloorista's waiting at the gate! More
HAKUCHU NO SHUGEKI - THEME by Terumasa Hino Quintet is from a Japansploitation thriler made in 1970 with plenty of guns, gals, guys, sharpsuited action and gallons of studio blood! Mostly freeform blowing by the Legend that is Terumasa Hino for the soundtrack, one of the exceptions being this Blue Note Styled Soul Jazz number that sounds as if it came off the Van Gelder production line circa '66 to '71. Easily could be mistaken for Blue Mitchell, Donald Byrd or Freddie Hubbard's outputs post soul, pre-electric happenings. Another Jazz Room thing of beauty!
Now on 45 RPM release by Jazz Room Records, a 2 cut slab of wax that will have Jazzfloorista's waiting at the gate! More
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A_A (aka Satoshi Tomiie & Nao Gunji) - Intro (Live Version)
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A_A (aka Satoshi Tomiie & Nao Gunji) - Diskordant (Live Version)
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A_A (aka Satoshi Tomiie & Nao Gunji) - Disonant III (Live Version)
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A_A (aka Satoshi Tomiie & Nao Gunji) - Radiant IV (Live Version)
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A_A (aka Satoshi Tomiie & Nao Gunji) - Radiant I (Live Version)
Artificial Owl Recordings is proud and happy to welcome on board New Yorkers Satoshi Tomiie and Naotake Gunji for the 5th release on AOR and the recording of their A_A project and live show in New York City that took place at the Fridman Gallery in Manhattan.
A_A is a live performance project of DJ / musician Satoshi Tomiie and NYC-based artist Nao Gunji. The duo’s work is based on exploring the tension between floor-centric electronic music and improvised sound/audio performance, where found sounds and object-activated sounds often share the sonic space with fragments from the artist’s roots in House, Jazz, R&B, and Dub.
Satoshi and Nao performed their work “Diskordant” using their analog machines and object-activated sounds in front of the New York crowd presenting their sound and tone textures that are created in studio sessions. These sounds are transformed and improvised through reconstruction and sample synthesis.
Dub Techno and ambient experimental sounds are the recipe in this live performance that will both send you on a sonic meditative trip and also make you want to dance.
Sit back, enjoy and travel with this underground art New York work.
This release is limited to 300 orange opaque 12” copies.
Special thanks to Kamran Sadeghi, Julia Govor and the Fridman Gallery.
Artwork by S0lar and editing by Niko Dalagelis.
Mastered by Alex Alex Picciafuochi.
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A_A is a live performance project of DJ / musician Satoshi Tomiie and NYC-based artist Nao Gunji. The duo’s work is based on exploring the tension between floor-centric electronic music and improvised sound/audio performance, where found sounds and object-activated sounds often share the sonic space with fragments from the artist’s roots in House, Jazz, R&B, and Dub.
Satoshi and Nao performed their work “Diskordant” using their analog machines and object-activated sounds in front of the New York crowd presenting their sound and tone textures that are created in studio sessions. These sounds are transformed and improvised through reconstruction and sample synthesis.
Dub Techno and ambient experimental sounds are the recipe in this live performance that will both send you on a sonic meditative trip and also make you want to dance.
Sit back, enjoy and travel with this underground art New York work.
This release is limited to 300 orange opaque 12” copies.
Special thanks to Kamran Sadeghi, Julia Govor and the Fridman Gallery.
Artwork by S0lar and editing by Niko Dalagelis.
Mastered by Alex Alex Picciafuochi.
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Label:Black Truffle
Cat-No:BlackTruffle116
Release-Date:29.03.2024
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ichard Teitelbaum - Asparagus (European Version Part I)
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ichard Teitelbaum - Asparagus (European Version Part II)
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ichard Teitelbaum - Asparagus (Original Soundtrack)
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ichard Teitelbaum - Threshold Music
Black Truffle is thrilled to announce a major archival release from legendary American composer and live electronics innovator Richard Teitelbaum, centred around his soundtrack for Suzan Pitt’s cult 1978 animation Asparagus. Best known to some listeners for introducing Europe to the Moog synthesizer as a founding member of Musica Elettronica Viva in Rome, Teitelbaum’s extensive and radically experimental body of work includes collaborative recordings with master improvisers like Anthony Braxton, Andrew Cyrille and George Lewis, intercultural experiments combining electronics with non-Western instruments such as the shakuhachi, works for computer controlled piano, and large-scale multi-media operas. Recorded at York University, Toronto in 1975–1976, ‘Asparagus (European Version)’ sprawls across both sides of the first LP. Discovered by composer Matt Sargent in Teitelbaum’s tape archive, this is a previously unheard major work for Moog modular and Polymoog synthesizers, unique in Teitelbaum’s oeuvre for its lushness and gently melodic quality. The music unfolds slowly, submerging lyrical melodies and burbling arpeggios into uneasy, glacially shifting harmonic swells, the luscious texture thickened with subtle changes of modulation and phase, calling up the shifting layers of Costin Miereanu’s classic Derives or the kosmische Musik tradition more than any academic synthesizer exercise. Teitelbaum incorporated much of this material into his soundtrack for Suzan Pitt’s Asparagus, which receives its first official release here. Asparagus, famously paired with David Lynch’s Eraserhead for a two-year run of midnight screenings at New York’s Waverly Theatre, uses hand-drawn and stop animation to unfurl an oneiric succession of images, beginning with a sequence in which the female protagonist defecates two stalks of asparagus, which multiply and float out of the toilet bowl to form the letters of the title. Teitelbaum’s soundtrack interweaves delicate drifting tones from the ‘European Version’ with contributions from Steve Lacy and Steve Potts on saxophones, George Lewis on trombone and Takehisa Kosugi on violin. Edited closely to the film, even without images the soundtrack proposes a surreal journey through floating synth tones, squealing horns, propulsive arpeggios, distant chatter, and an old-timey waltz. The final side of the set presents a new realisation of Teitelbaum’s text score ‘Threshold Music’, performed at a memorial concert at Roulette, New York in 2022 by Leila Bourreuil (cello), Alvin Curran (sampler and objects), Daniel Fishkin (daxophone), Miguel Frasconi (glass objects) and Matt Sargent (lap steel). The piece asks musicians to match their instrumental volume to that of the sounds of the environment in which they play, sometimes with the addition of recorded environmental sounds, reinforcing frequencies they encounter in listening deeply to their surroundings. Here the players use a field recording taken at Teitelbaum’s home in Bearsville, New York, their long tones and shimmering, glassy textures delicately emerging from the white noise of the location recording. Released with the full approval of both Richard Teitelbaum and Suzan Pitt’s estates, Asparagus is illustrated with striking images from Pitt’s film and accompanied by detailed liner notes by Francis Plagne. These previously unheard pieces shed new light on the work of a key composer in the American experimental tradition, offering up some of Teitelbaum’s most beautiful and engaging music.
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