FENYAN & COFLO merge broken-beat with jazz influences on A1, while a remix from CEE.SIDE's debut LP is transformed into a dynamic groover to round out the side. On the flip, COFLO and STEVE HOWERTON deliver a percussion- forward, soulful masterpiece with vocals from NIYA WELLS.

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American house music royalty Ron Trent and Joaquin Joe Claussell's imprint Sacred Medicine presents "Tsunami's Muse" by Coflo. His debut on Sacred Medicine brings a rich, immersive sonic journey across three transcendent tracks. The title track, "Tsunami's Muse," blends syncopated grooves with lush synth layers, anchored by an emotive piano ballad. "Tsunami's Groove" deepens the experience, its encapsulating synth lead creating a recurring melodic motif. The EP concludes with "Tsunami's Muse (backside mix)," a beat-less reprise that expands on the piano’s story, enriched by the earthy resonance of a large wooden kalimba. This release promises a distinct vibe, weaving an atmospheric and evocative narrative from side to side.

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COFLO gets a remix assist from OSUNLADE on the powerful “STRESS RELIEF”, a percussive bass heavy dancers delight. OSUNLADE'S YORUBA SOUL MIX features strong underground house vibes. DJ support from KARIZMA, ATJAZZ, DJ SPINNA, KAI ALCE & many more! OCHA RECORDS.

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OCHA'S newest offering "A WARRIORS DANCE" by COFLO is a spiritually moving EP drenched in percussion & electronic rhythms. Chicago's RON TRENT masterfully reworks "A WARRIORS DANCE" as only he can do. Includes full color jacket and special colored wax!

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The PLAYGROUND SAMBA EP is the newest OCHA offering from COFLO featuring a unique sonic journey of organic percussive flow with "PLAYGROUND SAMBA", "FALSE FEELINS" & "RESCUE HIM” (featuring GYREFUNK). This EP displays a deep broken back beat & groove layered deep house. Comes with full color jacket

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Cataleya Music presents an exclusive Soulful vocal winner from Mark Francis and Nimiwari. Mark Francis is a Newark based DJ and Club Shelter resident, who runs 201 Records. Nimiwari is a Nigerian-American singer-songwriter, who is making a name in both Disco and House circles. Exclusively is a real Soulful gem with powerful keys from Shawn Lucas and an impassioned vocal delivery from Nimiwari. Detroit’s Alton Miller is on hand to supply a great remix. Alton Miller is a legendary name in Detroit’s House music history, both as a producer and co-founder of The Music Institute club. Alton’s remix features grooving keys and a levitating bassline. Both vocal versions are backed by instrumentals. Exclusively is a magical Soulful House track, expertly imagined by Mark Francis and Nimiwari.

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Cataleya Music follow up their debut from Vick Lavender with Let Me Show You from Zephan aka Cool Affair. The Johannesburg based producer has been making music since 2006. The Prince of Broken Beats has a Jazz background, evident in his music released as Cool Affair and Zephan. Let Me Show You has a magical melody, icy chords and textured percussion. Cool Affair’s vocals add an extra dimension. Alongside the original, we get a ‘Galactic Soul Remix’ from the legendary DJ Spinna. The Brooklyn born producer needs little introduction, at home with Hip Hop, House and everything in between. On this remix, Spinna opts for swaying synths and flips the keys. This remix complements Zephan’s original perfectly. After only two releases, Sweden’s Cataleya Music show they are an imprint to watch.

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Tracklist:
1.Weejuns (intro) ft. Will Stowe
2.Beautiful BLACK
3.One Hand Washes The Other feat. lojii
4.Crossroad(s)
5.Negroni (Skit)
6.FireFly feat. Fatima
7.Nothin’ to Say
8.UPtown Mami (Skit)
9.Manuva(s) feat. Joe Armon-Jones
10.Driftin’ Interlude feat. Pearl De Luna
11.Chase The Sunrise feat. Yaya Bey, lojii, Fatima 05:01
12.First Dates
13.Quiz Interlude feat. Salimata
14.Lizards / Dancin' With The Devil feat. Jaydonclover & The Hotel
15.Mind, Body, Spirit feat. Seafood Sam
16.FOREVER POOH


Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rESM76i97BM

Goya Gumbani loves getting dressed, guided not by stylists or trends but by his own research and self-expression, an excitement for fabrics, fits, and fundamentals. The Brooklyn-born, South East London-based artist approaches Warlord of the Weejuns, his first LP on Ghostly International, after years of acclaimed self-releases with the same mentality. Rather than simply recruit beats to rap over, he's now embodied both the narrator and the conductor, developing a shared musicality with various changes in scenery, players, producers, and guests — including Fatima, lojii, Seafood Sam, Yaya Bey, and many others — outfitting his flow between London's new jazz generation and New York City's hip-hop storytelling legacy. Goya borrows the album title from a magazine headline once placed upon Mile Davis (given how well he wore the iconic Weejun loafers). Here, he channels not just that storied style from the king of cool but an artistic ingenuity and timeless sensibility, redefining his recording project with rich, full-band arrangements. Marked by unguarded ambition and introspection, Warlord of the Weejuns is a triumph of taste, heritage, and pride from one of rap music's most dexterous talents.

Before and during sessions spread across London, Philadelphia, New York, and Los Angeles, Goya leaned into his jazz collection with a heightened sense of awareness, reflecting on Davis' legacy in the context of intention and growth. "His appreciation and love for music but also clothes, taking pride in your image. Not feeling restricted in your music or your fashion. He kept redefining himself, moving the goalposts. It just opened my eyes to the ideology that there are no bounds; you can't get boxed in, there's no wrong turns. Every turn just leads you somewhere else."

Taking cues from the intuitive and often wordless expressions of jazz as well as the rhythmic meditations of reggae, Goya let the music lead. "I didn't want to fit 100 words in 16 bars; it was more about making the voice part of the instrumentation, to sit at ease in the mix, like laying in the water, letting the current wash over." Even when more reclined at the mic, he remains an evocative and boldly vulnerable lyricist, allowing the material to form around life's impressions — "slight changes to the input," he says. "The things that I would pour into myself, my views, my mornings waking up, breaking up with girls, meeting new people, it's all these things. When I listen back to it, I can hear where I was, and I can hear where I'm going."

Threads of affirmation and self-worth — unlearning past constructs, manifesting knowledge and power from within — run throughout Warlord of the Weejuns. After the swaggering, a capella intro ("All I do is write, rap, scribble, scat, wear long coats with pressed slacks…."), the horn-backed "Beautiful BLK" sets the celebratory tone. Produced by Franky Bones, the track radiates pride with lush keys, bass, and brass as Goya declares, "It's time to redefine" above emboldened excerpts from a speech by Yosef Ben-Jochannan. He wrote the song after visiting his mom's birthplace far outside of London, and his uncle's recording studio in Nottingham and hearing him talk about Bob Marley's influence, realizing the lineage of it all. "I was just looking at him and looking at myself, and I thought, this is generational." He further unpacks the track: "I wanted to make something that could speak to Black kids from anywhere in the world, just love yourself, know your worth. Like, you got it. What I would have told myself: you are beautiful."

Goya welcomes a wide range of artistry across the spacious collection, replete with vibe-shaping skits and interludes. "I feel honored to have everyone on this album and understand how all these elements, these ingredients, come together to make the greatest gumbo. These collaborations made me remember the importance music has not only to me but to all of us."

London-based Swedish soul singer Fatima appears in two singles: first, there's "Firefly," a cosmic R&B groove that captures the rawness of a recent breakup. "Fatima came and just laid the hook, and I was like, damn, you're embodying how I'm feeling," says Goya, who built it out with contributions from Swarvy, Omari Jazz, Les Lockheart, and his Ghostly labelmate quickly, quickly. Fatima returns for the crew jam, "Chase Tha Sunrise," joined by Yaya Bey and lojii (also in his second appearance). Hovering above guitar lines and beats, they take turns in a weave of gratitude. Goya explains, "Yaya recently lost her father, a hip-hop legend ??[Grand Daddy I.U.]. He influenced one of my favorite rappers, Roc Marciano, who made me really get into lyricism and rapping and speaking. Then to get lojii on there, and Roc also influenced him, so it felt like the fullest circle moment just to give that kind of ode to the parents, to our ancestors."

He recorded the hypnotic "Crossroads" with Maxwell Owin in his South London studio at 4am; "It was winter time, and a window was broke, and it was f*cking cold, but something in my head was like like these are the hard times in the dirt that you're gonna look back on and be like, bro, you made a diamond."

Goya wraps Weejuns on the gospel-tinged outro, "FOREVER POOH," produced with Omari Lyseight. Surrounded only by soulful hums and strums, his closing remarks cross the looseness of a freestyle with the poignance of something greater, a 21st-century artist deeply in the pocket of his pleated craft.

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Black Magic Woman, birthed out of the production outfit of Ron Trent featuring Harry Dennis most known for his previous work with Larry Heard. Harry Dennis one of the leading poets to come out of house and contemporary music in the 80's and 90's.
Being on the forefront of songs by storefront groups powered by both Larry Heard and Marshall Jeffereson The IT and Jungle Wonz critically acclaimed dance classics "Donnie" and "Time Marches on" helped revolutionize dance inteligenca world wide . Together with Trent's production they weave a spell with this ode to the power of the feminine form " Black Magic Woman". Previously released and powering dance floors globally, Sacred Medicine brings you a set of revisions by production and DJ master Joe Jouquin Claussell who's edit and revision has been highly sought after for the past 4 years along with our young and upcoming talent producer and DJ Coflo. By the introduction of Casmena from Ocha records Coflo first approached us with his remix 4 years ago and now under our direction we are putting it to work. These magical forms are now ready for you to explore and generate power into your world.

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2024 official blue vinyl reissue

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‘Sensual’ is the third chapter of Sacred Medicine’s sonic tale. A song carefully shaped by Ron Trent to resonate on the dancefloor through its deep powerful frequencies!
An odyssey of fierce percussions and thunderous basslines, a sound journey of the highest caliber, a very indemand jam played all over the world by Joe Claussell and Ron himself during the last few months is finally available!
Enjoy ‘Sensual’ in its full vibrating and hipnotising 11 minutes, cut on a phat slab of [one sided] vinyl!

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