A musical odyssey between West Africa, Jazz, and Hip-Hop Feat Magic Malik, Blacc El (Dafuniks), Fanta / Fatoma / Dramane Dembélé, Mr J.Medeiros, Wamian Kaid. After three critically acclaimed albums, Tribeqa returns with SUMU, a fourth masterful opus that confirms the collective's unique identity: a vibrant dialogue between African roots, the momentum of jazz, and the power of hip-hop.

A1 - Sumu
A2 - Artist
A3 - Dembele
A4 - Respire
A5 - Grand Bassam
B1 - Family
B2 - Secteur 22
B3 - Kouma
B4 - Life
B5 - Wayo

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With their musical roots deeply immersed in the fertile soil of Afro-American music, the Buttshakers have found a new direction for their nostalgia-heavy soul music. With Lessons In Love, their third album on Underdog Records, their early heartaches and furies have faded in favor of a more composed harmony – a sound enveloped in love and soaked in the blues. Guided by their singer Ciara Thompson, the Buttshakers have taken a more intimate path, whose compass, in the chaos of emotions and the modern world, points only in one direction: the light.

Seen from the sky, the view appears limitless. Accentuated by the sun, the ochre and sandy hues of the open road only reinforce this feeling of immensity. The sky stretches and the green stands out in striking contrast. In lighter tones, a road is drawn -- without bends or contours. This is the worn and weary road of soul music, which The Buttshakers explore on each album in new and unique ways. Soul music – a rare place to find a French band.

Vast, the musical direction could have taken them to lighter pastures. Yet the Buttshakers chose to evolve in a different way; to take a heavier load. Two paths – one sparked by social unrest, the other purely sentimental, Lessons In Love explores the deep roots of soul music, in the steps of Curtis Mayfield or Al Green. It is here that the heart and mind cross paths, merge, and become one. A weary road -- that brings together the agitation of a world where good intentions never rise above the level of digital outrage, and a faith in love which, however it manifests and expresses itself, remains the only truth that never loses its power.

Less rage and more compassion, it is through the haunting words and now tempered inflection of Ciara Thompson's voice, which opens to distinct emotions and perspectives, that the listener is guided. With its gaze fixed on the horizon, the acoustic guitar of Gotta Believe invites us on an intimate stroll through the open plains, while Dream On carries us away with a clavinet riff and a possessed saxophone; reconnecting the electric heat and neurosis of a city full of dreams. The senses are moved by the conjuring potion of the guitar which distills throughout Troubled Waters; the body is brought back into a visceral dance by the keys and brass section that are put to the test by Sure As Sin and its irrepressible rhythm. Passing through clouds of dust and sand has left a bluesy imprint on their groove: the miles travelled became hundreds, then thousands.

All of this leaves the listener bewitched by the halo of resilience that now surrounds Ciara's performance, as the ten tracks let the light fade. But certainly not hope in a better day. Like the sunflower that always lifts its head towards the sun’s rays, the Buttshakers continue to resource their sounds in the deep roots of soul music. Into the rich layers of African-American music of the 60s and 70s, The Buttshakers capture the spirit as much as the musical aesthetics of the epoch. A sound that reaches into the meanderings of the soul, bringing light to dark places and hope for all. A sound for the most parched of hearts, living in a damaged world, Lessons In Love confirms that even the tiniest beam of light can illuminate one’s path.

A1 Good Intentions
A2 Grow
A3 Better Days
A4 Anymore
A5 Dream On
B1 Cosmic Love
B2 Trouble Waters
B3 Sure As Sin
B4 Lessons In Love
B5 Gotta Believe

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«Tchenbé !» The New Therapeutic Album from Dowdelin
This deeply introspective new opus tackles the personal and emotional challenges we all face at some point in our lives. Dowdelin explores themes of depression, life’s ups and downs and resilience, served up by Caribbean sounds and lyrics in Creole, French and English, at the confluence of jazz, electronic music and even the most percussive soul.

A1 - Something's Going On
A2 - Tchenbé !
A3 - Sonmèy
A4 - From Mawé
B1 - La Dernière Fois
B2 - I Ka Woulé
B3 - Ca Va Saturer
B4 - Do You

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The Bongo Hop is back with another highly danceable, genre bending and colorful effort. Always navigating back and forth across the Atlantic in search of his musical dreamland, he offers a deeper insight into the making of his music, an organic sounding, almost live approach to his infectiously groovy compositions, topped with impeccable collaborations.
(feat Nidia Gongora, Lucas Santtana, Moonlight Benjamin...)

Tracklist:

A1 - Mi Ola
A2 - Magica Bonita
A3 - La Pata Coja
A4 - L’Oubli Mauve
A5 - Memento
B1 - Eko Eko
B2 - Dekonekte
B3 - Ah Kumana
B4 - Magica Bonita (Radio Edit)
B5 - La Pata Coja (Radio Edit)

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The French group consolidates its soul, rock and Americana roots in a liberating and timeless second album.

In 2021, Lowland Brothers, the first self-titled album from the group led by Nico Duportal (vocals, guitars, lyrics), Hugo Deviers (percussion, guitar, lyrics) and Max Genouel (bass, keyboards) built an unprecedented transatlantic bridge between soul, rock and the woody sounds of Americana. " We have some African-American, but our desire is to transport this baggage and take it elsewhere,” specifies the group from the West and North of France.

A1 - Brotherhood Hazy Night
A2 - For A While
A3 - Can You Hear Me
A4 - Little Big Man
A5 - Sound From The Attic
B1 - Shape Up
B2 - We Shouldn’t Be Here
B3 - Rolling Man
B4 - Here Come The Shadow Heroes
B5 - Don’t Let Me Fall

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"After their critically acclaimed LP “Arcadia” THE BUTTSHAKERS return with a powerful new 45” in celebration of Record Store Day. A two-sided slab of heavy hitting soul grooves.
Cold World, with it’s darker, Stax-influenced horn hook, drives the listener on with an infectious groove and heart-wrenching vocals. The riff is heavy, but the message remains hopeful: stay golden in a cold, isolating world. A post-covid soul anthem.
On the b-side, THE BUTTSHAKERS sink into the bluesy-country roots of soul music with CROSSROAD. The intimate guitar-voice of the intro gives way to a feverish drum and bass rhythm sent straight from the bayou. The song galops and races, taking the listener on a strange and dreary trip to meet the Devil at the crossroad. A story of legends; reimagined with some twang and a whole lotta soul."

A - Cold World
B - Crossroad

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500 EX NUMBERED EDITION - 180 gr

David Kiledjian is the creator behind a number of projects (Fowatile, HILA, the successful
Dowdelin...), producer of albums by Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan and Malian band BKO,and collaborator with Talib Kweli, Piers Faccini, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Vaudou Game…Lyon-based musician and producer, David Kiledjian is now releasing « The Otium Mixtape », his first opus under his own name.

Built around the idea of active idleness cherished by the citizens of ancient Rome, these 10 tracks build bridges between languages and folklore from the 4 corners of the world, jazz, hip-hop and electronic avant-garde.

A1 - Father Sky (Meditation)
A2 - Shaadü Feat Sako Wana
A3 - Nioloti (La Nuit) feat Cindy Pooch
A4 - Silver Cab
A5 - Dlo Feat Celia Wa
B1 - 2600 feat Sako Wana
B2 - Promesses
B3 - Jalouse (Colors) feat Macha Gharibian
B4 - Tonight
B5 - Post Trama

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Ecstatic brass, 70’s keyboards, elastic guitars, round bass and world percussion: from this sonic heritage, Ireke makes a unique fusion, enhanced by the audacious contribution of his dub science, and a few electronic touches.

A1 - Petit a petit (feat Agnès Hélène)
A2 - Man bo diak (feat Amatah Keo)
A3 - Femme qui danse (feat Pat Kalla)
A4 - Bas les masques (feat Charly Sanga)
A5 - Oh ma cherie (Petit à petit Part 2) (feat Agnès Hélène & Charly Sanga)
B1 - Love is jokin (feat Pat Kalla)
B2 - Metissage (feat Sana Bob)
B3 - Kinkeliba (feat Jy Cooly)
B4 - Electro highlife (instrumental)
B5 - T’es haut (instrumental)
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Square represents a major turning point in the career of the pioneer of nu reggae. An extraordinary architect of studio production and multi-instrumentalist who records, mixes and produces but also, for several years, performs on stage with his musicians. After recording Square, he started touring alone, equipped with a machine he designed and built with Midi controllers to launch original samples and loops - an autarky assumed from one end of the process to the other. “You have to master all the tools to deliver what you want”, he has been saying for years... Yet, this Square is wide open: old school rhythms or techno-like approaches, vintage dub or futuristic take offs, thick sound basses and melodies, scraped to the bone…

All this is Flox, a solid innovator who never stops renewing his nu reggae, a maniacal craftsman who regulates, to the micron, tracks of perfect simplicity of access. His trademark is this highly spatialized form of reggae, with an enveloping sound, which seems to take the artist and the listener into a shared bubble; as padded as tense.

TRACKLIST:

A1 Smoke Grass
A2 In The Shade
A3 Coming Out
A4 Herbs and Spices
A5 Never Gonna Stop
B1 Morning Tempo
B2 Spices and Herbs
B3 Move On
B4 Be My Guest
B5 Square

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I wanted to talk about what I know best, which life from my perspective" Rébecca M'Boungou is not unaware of the universal part of her mixed race life so many upheavals, splendors, melancholies, pleasures or pains present in this century.Kolinga tells much more than the musical adventure of a dark-skinned country girl from southwestern France who expresses herself in French, English and Lingala on a music which drawsfrom pop, Congolese rumba, jazz, soul, song, hip hop...

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Following the recent reissues of Pop Impressions (UR000651) and Super America (UR000651), Underdog Records label follows-up to the series with another brilliant album by French underrated composer and producer, JANKO NILOVIC.
JANKO NILOVIC certainly was one of the greatest studio talents of Europe in the 70s!
He is a musician who devotes himself to music, which resulted in a great number of published works, but most of them made for library music labels and also not available for sale.
His oeuvre stretches from classical, jazz and funk to pop, psyche and easy listening. And has been sampled many times by hip-hop artists such as JAY-Z, DAFUNIKS or GUTS...

TRACKLIST:
A1 Hippocampus 3:01
A2 Open Country 1:47
A3 Crazy Enterprise 2:01
A4 Soul Impressions 3:23
A5 Lettre De Mer 2:19
A6 Drug Song 3:11
B7 Man of Genius 3:07
B8 Push Push 2:13
B9 Black Swan Lake 2:11
B10 Lady Day 2:41
B11 To and Fro 1:57
B12 Family Tree 2:07

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Colour LP in Cross River Basin Blue* (Only Variant!)
WILLIAM ONYEABOR IN COLOR!! 10TH ANNIVERSARY!! William Onyeabor self-released these records in 1978 and 1980, respectively, before he gave up his life as the greatest Nigerian funk artist to become a devout Christian. Body and Soul is available in Blue Vinyl, Atomic Bomb in Red Vinyl.

Tracklist
1.1The Way To Win Your Love
1.2Poor Boy
1.3Body & Soul
1.4I Believe In God

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Colour LP in in Fission Red* (Only Variant!)
WILLIAM ONYEABOR IN COLOR!! 10TH ANNIVERSARY!! William Onyeabor self-released these records in 1978 and 1980, respectively, before he gave up his life as the greatest Nigerian funk artist to become a devout Christian. Body and Soul is available in Blue Vinyl, Atomic Bomb in Red Vinyl.

Tracklist
1.1Beautiful Baby
1.2Better Change Your Mind
1.3Atomic Bomb
1.4Shame
1.5I Need You All Life

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Repress!

Harmonies is the new long player from underground super-producer Lord Echo. Hotly anticipated for the last few years by his growing entourage of fans, many were frustrated by his descent into obscurity in the industrial backwaters of New Zealand where he lived alone and went completely insane trying to complete the record. But those frustrations are finally at an end, and the wait was worth it - for fans at least.

The new album solidifies his already distinctive mutations of reggae and rock steady with disco, African soul, techno and spiritual jazz. In other words, the Lord has returned from the wilderness with a bounty for his followers. Eat of the bread of life and enjoy access to his crazy World of Sound.

Quotes:

“Lord Echo thoughtfully incorporates dub reggae rhythms and a production aesthetic redo- lent of the ‘60s into an expansive pool of sounds that draws from 1970s West African clubs, quiet storm-era Motown, Caribbean disco, and more.” Pitchfork

“... a DJ-friendly sound using ’60s production techniques, once again joining up imaginary and unforeseen dots between reggae, disco, soul, African and Latin elements.” Vinyl Factory


FOR FANS OF... THE BLACK SEEDS, FAT FREDDY’S DROP, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE.

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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 to be added in the coming weeks and months. The legendary Neneh Cherry will lend her unmistakable voice to the title track “New Dawn”.

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.

“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, November 2024 (cover story)

Musicians: Marshall Allen – Kora, EWI, Alto Sax Knoel Scott – Baritone Sax, Congas, Drums Cecil Brooks – Trumpet Bruce Edwards – Guitar Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Bass Richard Hill – Bass Timothy Ragsdale – Bass Owen Brown Jr – 1st Violin Akiko Arendt – 1st Violin Cristina Ardelean Montelongo – 1st Violin Derek Washington – 2nd Violin Elias Feldmann – 2nd Violin Dimitra Karageorgopoulou – 2nd Violin Michael Ireland – Viola Vasileios Vasileiadis – Viola Joseph Richard Carvell – Bass Ilektra-Despoina Stevi – Cello Jorik Bergman – Flute George Gray – Drums Jan Lankisch – Percussion

Special Guest: Neneh Cherry - Voice

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Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke joins the Hoodna Orchestra, Tel Aviv’s number one Afro funk collective, melding his enchanting vibraphone playing with their brass heavy force across seven original compositions that play tribute to the classic Mulatu sound while forging fresh paths. Produced by and featuring Dap-King Neal Sugarman, the results are gritty, yet majestic, soulful and uplifting.

Tracklist
1.1Tension
1.2Major
1.3Hatula
1.4Yashan
1.5Delilah
1.6Dung Gate

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Hania Rani announces a second edition of ‘On Giacometti’, pressed on black vinyl with revised artwork and packaging. This new pressing follows the initial limited-edition pressing of On Giacometti that sold out on release.

Track Listing: A1. Allegra A2. Spring A3. Stampa A4. Struggle A5. Morning A6. In Between A7. Knots A8. Dreamy B1. Storm B2. Time B3. Mountains B4. Annette B5. Alberto

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Mondo Groove is back with another beautiful compilation featuring six sought-after late 80’s gems by the ladies of italo disco. Limited supplies!

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International Anthem proudly presents "Step on Step", a double LP collection of newly unearthed solo home recordings created by enigmatic producer, arranger, and composer Charles Stepney in the basement of his home on the Southside of Chicago during the years before his untimely death in 1976.

Tracklist:
A1. Roll Tape
A2. Gimme Some Sugar
A3. Gotta Dig It To Dig It
A4. No Credit For This
A5. Roadtrip
A6. On Your Face
B1. That's The Way Of The World
B2. Imagination
B3. In The Basement
B4. Business

C1. Look B4U Leap
C2. Around The House
C3. Funky Sci Fi
C4. Mini Mugg
C5. Chicago Independent
D1. Surround Stereo
D2. Black Gold
D3. Notes From Dad
D4. Rubie & Charles
D5. Greatness
D6. Step On Step

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Elevating, uplifting and beautifully arranged. Jasmine Myra's sophomore album Rising builds on the success of her breakthrough album Horizons to deliver a major statement from one of UK Jazz's rising stars. Produced by Matthew Halsall and mixed by Greg Freeman (Hania Rani, Matthew Halsall, Portico Quartet)

Track Listing:
A1. Rising
A2. Still Waters
A3. Knowingness
B1. Glimmers
B2. From Embers
B3. How Tall the Mountains

Listen: https://on.soundcloud.com/1iUyy

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