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Moor Mother - One For Archie
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Moor Mother - They’ve Got A Plan
12" Vinyl
Track List:
A 1 One For Archie 04:07
Nicole Mitchell: Flute
Nduduzo Makhathini: Piano
Moor Mother: Voice
Written by Moor Mother, Nicole Mitchell & Nduduzo Makhathini
Produced by Nicole Mitchell & Nduduzo Makhathini
Recorded at Enjoy Jazz Festival Germany by Patrick Destandeau
B 1 They’ve Got A Plan 04:55
Moor Mother
Written, composed and produced by Moor Mother
Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering
Cover Artwork: Nonot Studio
A duo concert featuring universal artist and activist Moor Mother and Archie Shepp was planned for October 19, 2023, at the Enjoy Jazz Festival. However, a spinal disc operation on the then 86-year-old saxophone legend led to the cancellation of this eagerly awaited world premiere – and to a spontaneous demonstration of respect.
To honor the great Archie Shepp, one of the most influential intellectuals in jazz, an Enjoy Jazz all-star cast spontaneously recorded a tribute song during the festival – organized by festival director Rainer Kern. The line-up consisted of Nicole Mitchell, the most important flutist in the history of jazz, as well as the Enjoy Jazz “Artists in Residence” for 2023 and 2024, Moor Mother (spoken word) and Nduduzo Makhathini (piano).
In her lyrics, the poetess creates a powerful linguistic monument to Archie Shepp, whom she greatly admires, by playing with the titles of the saxophonist's legendary recordings (instead of with him himself). The title “One For Archie” is an allusion to Shepp's 1964 Impulse debut, “Four For Trane,” which, according to “Jazzwise”, is one of the “100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World.” In her moving text, Moor Mother also celebrates Shepp's political and social commitment.
The way Moor Mother rhythmically and aesthetically picks up on Shepp's unique playing style, which oscillates between rugged clarity and deep humanity, begins to improvise on it, and thereby creates new connections, is impressive proof of her masterful artistry. Her recitation is peppered with haunting dramatic climaxes that give listeners goosebumps due to their authenticity.
The B-side features “They've Got A Plan,” a song that is like a beacon. An intense and powerful invocation of “Agenda 2063,” a master plan of the African Union to transform the continent socially, economically, and politically.
Both tracks are available on vinyl for the first time.
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Track List:
A 1 One For Archie 04:07
Nicole Mitchell: Flute
Nduduzo Makhathini: Piano
Moor Mother: Voice
Written by Moor Mother, Nicole Mitchell & Nduduzo Makhathini
Produced by Nicole Mitchell & Nduduzo Makhathini
Recorded at Enjoy Jazz Festival Germany by Patrick Destandeau
B 1 They’ve Got A Plan 04:55
Moor Mother
Written, composed and produced by Moor Mother
Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering
Cover Artwork: Nonot Studio
A duo concert featuring universal artist and activist Moor Mother and Archie Shepp was planned for October 19, 2023, at the Enjoy Jazz Festival. However, a spinal disc operation on the then 86-year-old saxophone legend led to the cancellation of this eagerly awaited world premiere – and to a spontaneous demonstration of respect.
To honor the great Archie Shepp, one of the most influential intellectuals in jazz, an Enjoy Jazz all-star cast spontaneously recorded a tribute song during the festival – organized by festival director Rainer Kern. The line-up consisted of Nicole Mitchell, the most important flutist in the history of jazz, as well as the Enjoy Jazz “Artists in Residence” for 2023 and 2024, Moor Mother (spoken word) and Nduduzo Makhathini (piano).
In her lyrics, the poetess creates a powerful linguistic monument to Archie Shepp, whom she greatly admires, by playing with the titles of the saxophonist's legendary recordings (instead of with him himself). The title “One For Archie” is an allusion to Shepp's 1964 Impulse debut, “Four For Trane,” which, according to “Jazzwise”, is one of the “100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World.” In her moving text, Moor Mother also celebrates Shepp's political and social commitment.
The way Moor Mother rhythmically and aesthetically picks up on Shepp's unique playing style, which oscillates between rugged clarity and deep humanity, begins to improvise on it, and thereby creates new connections, is impressive proof of her masterful artistry. Her recitation is peppered with haunting dramatic climaxes that give listeners goosebumps due to their authenticity.
The B-side features “They've Got A Plan,” a song that is like a beacon. An intense and powerful invocation of “Agenda 2063,” a master plan of the African Union to transform the continent socially, economically, and politically.
Both tracks are available on vinyl for the first time.
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More records from Moor Mother
Label:vinyl factory
Cat-No:vf260
Release-Date:24.05.2017
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:12"
Label:vinyl factory
Cat-No:vf260
Release-Date:24.05.2017
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:12"
The Motionless Present is a collection of unreleased poems and soundscapes by the Philadelphia-based artist and activist Camae Ayewa, who performs as Moor Mother. Reverberating and rumbling through the thoracic cavity, few records spoke to the contemporary black American experience quite like Moor Mother’s 2016 protest album Fetish Bones. Her first new material since that visceral and political work,The Motionless Present is a statement towards understanding the disconnect between humanity and injustice. The release features various new collaborations and previews of upcoming projects: Black Quantum Futurism, Moor Jewelry, Mental Jewelry, 700 Bliss and more. The Motionless Present was created in collaboration with The Vinyl Factory ahead of Moor Mother’s CTM festival performance at Berghain. Artwork designed by BCMH using the collage artwork of Grassi.
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More records from Enjoy Jazz Records
1
Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part I
2
Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part II
3
Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part III
4
Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part IV
5
Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part V
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Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part VI
7
Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part VII
8
Green Dolphin Orchestra - Part VIII
Vinyl Edition plus Download Code
Track List
A Side
Parts I-IV
B Side
Parts V-VIII
In the midst of the pandemic, Enjoy Jazz Festival has developed a musical project whose members will be recruited new every year and then debut at a concert on UNESCO International Jazz Day, April 30. The members come from the jazz scene of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. "We wanted," festival director Rainer Kern stresses, "not only to revitalize the fragile network of outstanding creative minds, but also to rethink it artistically as a rolling system." Two experienced and renowned band leaders, Alexandra Lehmler and Erwin Ditzner, now curate an annually changing ensemble of outstanding artists of the most diverse provenance. As part of a voluntary commitment, the ensemble is to be organized in a sustainable, diverse, and, in three years at the latest, completely gender-equal
and climate-fair manner. Thus, as a commitment to the goals of the "European/Local Green Deal" (and with reference to the jazz standard "On Green Dolphin Street"), the name Green Dolphin Orchestra was created. Another special feature: The renowned Oriental Music Academy Mannheim (OMM), a long-standing partner of the Enjoy Jazz Festival, receives a white card, so that musicians with a migration background or protagonists from other musical cultures are always part of this "orchestra of many" and constantly expand its sound language.
The project has a free improvisation approach with changing personnel. "We actually even thought of drawing lots for the different formats within the band pool," explains saxophonist Alexandra Lehmler. "We decided against it in the case of the first concert and instead put together curated formations." And drummer Erwin Ditzner adds, "In principle, however, this procedure remains an option." It was important to the two of them to also mix the genres represented by the individual musicians in such a way that free space for something truly new could emerge. "We wanted to challenge ourselves," Lehmler sums it up. The only restriction: a time code was assigned to each sub-project. "Each formation was given a time limit, although it was possible to virtually override this limit by spontaneous
reshuffling," says Ditzner, explaining one central of the few rules. "In concrete terms, this meant that after eight minutes, the improvisation in progress was either ended or new musicians simply joined in the ongoing creative process, while others took themselves out of the game."
Alexandra Lehmler summarizes the artistic impact of the ensemble as follows: "We really cross-fertilize each other. In order to push this process even further, we forced ourselves when putting together the ensemble not to fall back on our 'favorite playing partners', i.e. musicians with whom one feels particularly at home. In other words, we consciously wanted to step out of our comfort zone with this project." The present pieces were recorded live in Heidelberg during the ensemble's premiere concert on the occasion of International Jazz Day on April 30, 2022.
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Track List
A Side
Parts I-IV
B Side
Parts V-VIII
In the midst of the pandemic, Enjoy Jazz Festival has developed a musical project whose members will be recruited new every year and then debut at a concert on UNESCO International Jazz Day, April 30. The members come from the jazz scene of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. "We wanted," festival director Rainer Kern stresses, "not only to revitalize the fragile network of outstanding creative minds, but also to rethink it artistically as a rolling system." Two experienced and renowned band leaders, Alexandra Lehmler and Erwin Ditzner, now curate an annually changing ensemble of outstanding artists of the most diverse provenance. As part of a voluntary commitment, the ensemble is to be organized in a sustainable, diverse, and, in three years at the latest, completely gender-equal
and climate-fair manner. Thus, as a commitment to the goals of the "European/Local Green Deal" (and with reference to the jazz standard "On Green Dolphin Street"), the name Green Dolphin Orchestra was created. Another special feature: The renowned Oriental Music Academy Mannheim (OMM), a long-standing partner of the Enjoy Jazz Festival, receives a white card, so that musicians with a migration background or protagonists from other musical cultures are always part of this "orchestra of many" and constantly expand its sound language.
The project has a free improvisation approach with changing personnel. "We actually even thought of drawing lots for the different formats within the band pool," explains saxophonist Alexandra Lehmler. "We decided against it in the case of the first concert and instead put together curated formations." And drummer Erwin Ditzner adds, "In principle, however, this procedure remains an option." It was important to the two of them to also mix the genres represented by the individual musicians in such a way that free space for something truly new could emerge. "We wanted to challenge ourselves," Lehmler sums it up. The only restriction: a time code was assigned to each sub-project. "Each formation was given a time limit, although it was possible to virtually override this limit by spontaneous
reshuffling," says Ditzner, explaining one central of the few rules. "In concrete terms, this meant that after eight minutes, the improvisation in progress was either ended or new musicians simply joined in the ongoing creative process, while others took themselves out of the game."
Alexandra Lehmler summarizes the artistic impact of the ensemble as follows: "We really cross-fertilize each other. In order to push this process even further, we forced ourselves when putting together the ensemble not to fall back on our 'favorite playing partners', i.e. musicians with whom one feels particularly at home. In other words, we consciously wanted to step out of our comfort zone with this project." The present pieces were recorded live in Heidelberg during the ensemble's premiere concert on the occasion of International Jazz Day on April 30, 2022.
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1
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - The Sea was Alone (06:27)
2
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - Two Suns That Morning (03:52)
3
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - Return & Crossing (05:05)
4
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - The Princess of Yesteryears (01:29)
5
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - The Sun Darkened (04:40)
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Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - Mount Tamalpais (04:06)
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Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - A Song On Earth (04:14)
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Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - Like A Country Bell (03:21)
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Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - I’m A Bird (02:33)
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Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - Love Is A Forest (01:49)
11
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - Sometimes Big Trees (05:34)
12
Jutta Glaser & Claus Boesser-Ferrari - There’s No Road - Keep Going (01:33)
CD
Track List
1. The Sea was Alone 06:27
2. Two Suns That Morning 03:52
3. Return & Crossing 05:05
4. The Princess of Yesteryears 01:29
5. The Sun Darkened 04:40
6. Mount Tamalpais 04:06
7. A Song On Earth 04:14
8. Like A Country Bell 03:21
9. I’m A Bird 02:33
10. Love Is A Forest 01:49
11. Sometimes Big Trees 05:34
12. There’s No Road - Keep Going 01:33
Info:
They have been working together again and again for more than 20 years and have constantly explored the boundaries of their instructions and not infrequently even expanded them: singer Jutta Glaser and guitarist Claus Boesser-Ferrari. Their current project "Return & Crossing" is a tribute to the Lebanese-American painter, film artist and poet Etel Adnan. An artist of multiple talents, Adnan has exhibited at documenta (13) in 2012 and elsewhere, but has also received several prestigious literary awards. "Her poetry is a kind of sound language for me. It's actually music," Boesser-Ferrari finds. "But you wouldn't do it justice with the usual song structures. And that was exactly our challenge."
So Jutta Glaser and Claus Boesser-Ferrari have opened their music wide to Adnan's poems. In doing so, they have not simply deconstructed their compositions, but, on the contrary, restructured them in a way that floats in the flow of the language, that is, in a peculiarly fluid way. They have deliberately worked in a more sound-painting manner in order to take up the aspect of multiple talents or Etel Adnan's interdisciplinary approach and mirror it in a corresponding art form. "We have been," explains guitarist Boesser-Ferrari, "basically improvising composition. The CD recordings are like a kind of essence in this, but in concerts they always develop in new and different ways, artistically and atmospherically." Just as Adnan's poetry is always read in a new and different way, so is this music, which is so changeable in itself.
Jutta Glaser's singing is a sometimes tender and fragile, sometimes highly expressive, but always respectfully bow to Adnan's texts. Glaser transfers them as virtuously as sensitively into congenial improvisations and alienations, without overstretching the natural richness of the texts' relationships. "Adnan's poetry is, after all, first of all a very high and pure art. To come into contact with it as a singer and to take the freedom to experiment and allow irritation at times, in other words, to work in a way that is both counterpoint and appreciative at the same time, was a very exciting experience."
Claus Boesser-Ferrari, supported by cleverly used electronics, functions here not as an accompanist, but as a second voice in a dialogue of different artistic means and formal languages. The guitarist moves in his usual stylistically confident manner between lyrical sound surfaces, percussive pointing and expressive outbursts.
"Return & Crossing" is a multi-layered dramaturgical production, which not only elaborates the high musicality of Adnan's language, organized in diffuse-open spaces, with love and meticulousness, but also makes it sound as multi-layered as it is rousing.
These recordings thus preserve not least the legacy of the great artist Etel Adnan, who died in Paris in 2021 at the age of 96. For these 12 new pieces are not simply songs, but contributions to the understanding of art.
Jutta Glaser: vocals
Claus Boesser-Ferrari: guitar, electronics
All songs composed by Boesser-Ferrari/Glaser,
except : “The Sea was Alone…” by Bisha/Boesser-Ferrari
All poems by Etel Adnan
Recorded 13.7.2022 & 19.8.2022 at Adax Dörsam Studio, Rimbach
Cover Artwork: Jutta Glaser
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Track List
1. The Sea was Alone 06:27
2. Two Suns That Morning 03:52
3. Return & Crossing 05:05
4. The Princess of Yesteryears 01:29
5. The Sun Darkened 04:40
6. Mount Tamalpais 04:06
7. A Song On Earth 04:14
8. Like A Country Bell 03:21
9. I’m A Bird 02:33
10. Love Is A Forest 01:49
11. Sometimes Big Trees 05:34
12. There’s No Road - Keep Going 01:33
Info:
They have been working together again and again for more than 20 years and have constantly explored the boundaries of their instructions and not infrequently even expanded them: singer Jutta Glaser and guitarist Claus Boesser-Ferrari. Their current project "Return & Crossing" is a tribute to the Lebanese-American painter, film artist and poet Etel Adnan. An artist of multiple talents, Adnan has exhibited at documenta (13) in 2012 and elsewhere, but has also received several prestigious literary awards. "Her poetry is a kind of sound language for me. It's actually music," Boesser-Ferrari finds. "But you wouldn't do it justice with the usual song structures. And that was exactly our challenge."
So Jutta Glaser and Claus Boesser-Ferrari have opened their music wide to Adnan's poems. In doing so, they have not simply deconstructed their compositions, but, on the contrary, restructured them in a way that floats in the flow of the language, that is, in a peculiarly fluid way. They have deliberately worked in a more sound-painting manner in order to take up the aspect of multiple talents or Etel Adnan's interdisciplinary approach and mirror it in a corresponding art form. "We have been," explains guitarist Boesser-Ferrari, "basically improvising composition. The CD recordings are like a kind of essence in this, but in concerts they always develop in new and different ways, artistically and atmospherically." Just as Adnan's poetry is always read in a new and different way, so is this music, which is so changeable in itself.
Jutta Glaser's singing is a sometimes tender and fragile, sometimes highly expressive, but always respectfully bow to Adnan's texts. Glaser transfers them as virtuously as sensitively into congenial improvisations and alienations, without overstretching the natural richness of the texts' relationships. "Adnan's poetry is, after all, first of all a very high and pure art. To come into contact with it as a singer and to take the freedom to experiment and allow irritation at times, in other words, to work in a way that is both counterpoint and appreciative at the same time, was a very exciting experience."
Claus Boesser-Ferrari, supported by cleverly used electronics, functions here not as an accompanist, but as a second voice in a dialogue of different artistic means and formal languages. The guitarist moves in his usual stylistically confident manner between lyrical sound surfaces, percussive pointing and expressive outbursts.
"Return & Crossing" is a multi-layered dramaturgical production, which not only elaborates the high musicality of Adnan's language, organized in diffuse-open spaces, with love and meticulousness, but also makes it sound as multi-layered as it is rousing.
These recordings thus preserve not least the legacy of the great artist Etel Adnan, who died in Paris in 2021 at the age of 96. For these 12 new pieces are not simply songs, but contributions to the understanding of art.
Jutta Glaser: vocals
Claus Boesser-Ferrari: guitar, electronics
All songs composed by Boesser-Ferrari/Glaser,
except : “The Sea was Alone…” by Bisha/Boesser-Ferrari
All poems by Etel Adnan
Recorded 13.7.2022 & 19.8.2022 at Adax Dörsam Studio, Rimbach
Cover Artwork: Jutta Glaser
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1
Yuriy Gurzhy - Vivian Kanner – An allem sind (immer noch) die Juden schuld
2
Yuriy Gurzhy - Geoff Berner – Half-German Girlfriend
3
Yuriy Gurzhy - Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – Six Million Germans
4
Yuriy Gurzhy - You Shouldn´t Know From It – Tants, Tants
5
Yuriy Gurzhy - Jewrhythmics – Kinder Yoren
6
Yuriy Gurzhy - Paul Brody´s Sadawi – Mighty Max
7
Yuriy Gurzhy - Solomon & Socalled – Alt. Shul Kale Bazetsn
8
Yuriy Gurzhy - Fayvish – Yeder Yesh
9
Yuriy Gurzhy - Jewdyssee – Beltz, mayn shtetele
10
Yuriy Gurzhy - RotFront – Girl from Bayreuth
11
Yuriy Gurzhy - Forshpil – Meydl in di yorn
12
Yuriy Gurzhy - Jewish Monkeys – All the great things
13
Yuriy Gurzhy - KlezCore – Pferdeporno
14
Yuriy Gurzhy - The Disorientalists – Prince of the Orient
15
Yuriy Gurzhy - Andrea Pancur – Isar
16
Yuriy Gurzhy - Yahoodi – Crazy Ass Jew
17
Yuriy Gurzhy - Frank London´s Klezmer Brass Allstars – Oysgemischt
18
Yuriy Gurzhy - Shazalakazoo/Edi Partizani – Hava Nagila
CD
Earlier this year, Yuriy Gurzhy, former DJ of the legendary "Russendisko" and co-founder of the
multilingual Berlin band RotFront, presented his first book: a fascinating interview volume compiled
in a kind of sampling aesthetic on the subject of "Richard Wagner & and the Klezmer Band. In Search
of the New Jewish Sound in Germany" (Ariella Verlag). The idea for it arose in a conversation
between Gurzhy and Rainer Kern, the director of the Enjoy Jazz Festival. The book quickly attracted
keen interest far beyond the feuilletons. "Suddenly readers were complaining to me that reading it
had made them very keen to hear the music, but they couldn't hear it. What they wanted, and I
thought it was actually quite logical, was a soundtrack to the book."
And that very soundtrack is now available. Yuriy Gurzhy, as a DJ a specialist in the field of compiling,
has knowledgeably selected all the pieces himself. "It was important to me that the music could be
listened to with pleasure even without having read the book. It's a good eclectic mix, ranging from
folk to hip-hop. In the end, however, it will be in many cases that the music will make you want to
listen to the book and vice versa. The two dimensions complement each other perfectly." The 18-
track CD is also the first release from Enjoy Jazz Records, the new "festival label for jazz and more."
At first glance, it may seem irritating that Gurzhy mentions the avowed anti-Semite Richard Wagner
and klezmer, i.e. Jewish folk music, in the same sentence. In the "Jüdische Allgemeine" Gurzhy
answered the question why he included the German composer in the title of his book: "This is just
my little revenge on Wagner, because his anti-Semitism is also a cliché. And for many musicians and
music listeners, klezmer is also a cliché and a synonym for Jewish music, although there is much more
to it than that."
Against this background, by the way, Gurzhy himself provides one of the highlights of the album. For
in the RotFront song "Girl from Bayreuth" he bilingually tells the absurdly convoluted story of how a
man falls unrequitedly in love with a blond German violinist during a Wagner concert in Tel Aviv and
from then on incessantly maltreats his neighbor through the thin walls with a mixture of crying fits
and Wagner music. In addition, there is a wonderfully ironic side-splitting by Geoff Berner,
performed in a children's song ductus ("Half-German Girlfriend"), a Balkanese brass version of the
folk song "Hava Nagila" by Shazalakazoo/Edi Partizani or the organ-soaked rock of Forshpil ("Meydl in
di yorn"), of course with guitar solo.
Both the CD and the book deliberately refuse to give a clear definition of what Jewish music actually
is. But it is precisely from this careful distance to encyclopedic delimitation that an open and exciting
musical discourse emerges. For Gurzhy himself, by the way, Jewish music was first and foremost "the
music that my grandfather played to me on his record player when I was a child in Kharkiv". Since
those days, the Ukrainian-born musician, who has lived in Berlin for almost 30 years, has said: "Music
is a home." And with a wink he adds, "With music it's probably like with love. You can analyze for a
very long time why you feel so comfortable with a person, but to really explain it is difficult."
Yuriy Gurzhy sums up the meaning of this music for himself as follows: "It's the soundtrack to the
search for one's Jewish identity." Because, Gurzhy says, "For me, questions like 'What does it
fundamentally mean to be Jewish?' but also 'What does it mean to be Jewish in 21st century
Germany?' are always connected to music." Thus, this music curated by Gurzhy has at least one
common denominator. Specific musical as well as extra-musical Jewish experiences are collected in it
- in great diversity and filled with the artistic power to permanently renew itself.
Yuriy Gurzhy is available for interviews. Appointment at [email protected]
Track List
1. Vivian Kanner – An allem sind (immer noch) die Juden schuld
2. Geoff Berner – Half-German Girlfriend
3. Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – Six Million Germans
4. You Shouldn´t Know From It – Tants, Tants
5. Jewrhythmics – Kinder Yoren
6. Paul Brody´s Sadawi – Mighty Max
7. Solomon & Socalled – Alt. Shul Kale Bazetsn
8. Fayvish – Yeder Yesh
9. Jewdyssee – Beltz, mayn shtetele
10. RotFront – Girl from Bayreuth
11. Forshpil – Meydl in di yorn
12. Jewish Monkeys – All the great things
13. KlezCore – Pferdeporno
14. The Disorientalists – Prince of the Orient
15. Andrea Pancur – Isar
16. Yahoodi – Crazy Ass Jew
17. Frank London´s Klezmer Brass Allstars – Oysgemischt
18. Shazalakazoo/Edi Partizani – Hava Nagila
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Earlier this year, Yuriy Gurzhy, former DJ of the legendary "Russendisko" and co-founder of the
multilingual Berlin band RotFront, presented his first book: a fascinating interview volume compiled
in a kind of sampling aesthetic on the subject of "Richard Wagner & and the Klezmer Band. In Search
of the New Jewish Sound in Germany" (Ariella Verlag). The idea for it arose in a conversation
between Gurzhy and Rainer Kern, the director of the Enjoy Jazz Festival. The book quickly attracted
keen interest far beyond the feuilletons. "Suddenly readers were complaining to me that reading it
had made them very keen to hear the music, but they couldn't hear it. What they wanted, and I
thought it was actually quite logical, was a soundtrack to the book."
And that very soundtrack is now available. Yuriy Gurzhy, as a DJ a specialist in the field of compiling,
has knowledgeably selected all the pieces himself. "It was important to me that the music could be
listened to with pleasure even without having read the book. It's a good eclectic mix, ranging from
folk to hip-hop. In the end, however, it will be in many cases that the music will make you want to
listen to the book and vice versa. The two dimensions complement each other perfectly." The 18-
track CD is also the first release from Enjoy Jazz Records, the new "festival label for jazz and more."
At first glance, it may seem irritating that Gurzhy mentions the avowed anti-Semite Richard Wagner
and klezmer, i.e. Jewish folk music, in the same sentence. In the "Jüdische Allgemeine" Gurzhy
answered the question why he included the German composer in the title of his book: "This is just
my little revenge on Wagner, because his anti-Semitism is also a cliché. And for many musicians and
music listeners, klezmer is also a cliché and a synonym for Jewish music, although there is much more
to it than that."
Against this background, by the way, Gurzhy himself provides one of the highlights of the album. For
in the RotFront song "Girl from Bayreuth" he bilingually tells the absurdly convoluted story of how a
man falls unrequitedly in love with a blond German violinist during a Wagner concert in Tel Aviv and
from then on incessantly maltreats his neighbor through the thin walls with a mixture of crying fits
and Wagner music. In addition, there is a wonderfully ironic side-splitting by Geoff Berner,
performed in a children's song ductus ("Half-German Girlfriend"), a Balkanese brass version of the
folk song "Hava Nagila" by Shazalakazoo/Edi Partizani or the organ-soaked rock of Forshpil ("Meydl in
di yorn"), of course with guitar solo.
Both the CD and the book deliberately refuse to give a clear definition of what Jewish music actually
is. But it is precisely from this careful distance to encyclopedic delimitation that an open and exciting
musical discourse emerges. For Gurzhy himself, by the way, Jewish music was first and foremost "the
music that my grandfather played to me on his record player when I was a child in Kharkiv". Since
those days, the Ukrainian-born musician, who has lived in Berlin for almost 30 years, has said: "Music
is a home." And with a wink he adds, "With music it's probably like with love. You can analyze for a
very long time why you feel so comfortable with a person, but to really explain it is difficult."
Yuriy Gurzhy sums up the meaning of this music for himself as follows: "It's the soundtrack to the
search for one's Jewish identity." Because, Gurzhy says, "For me, questions like 'What does it
fundamentally mean to be Jewish?' but also 'What does it mean to be Jewish in 21st century
Germany?' are always connected to music." Thus, this music curated by Gurzhy has at least one
common denominator. Specific musical as well as extra-musical Jewish experiences are collected in it
- in great diversity and filled with the artistic power to permanently renew itself.
Yuriy Gurzhy is available for interviews. Appointment at [email protected]
Track List
1. Vivian Kanner – An allem sind (immer noch) die Juden schuld
2. Geoff Berner – Half-German Girlfriend
3. Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – Six Million Germans
4. You Shouldn´t Know From It – Tants, Tants
5. Jewrhythmics – Kinder Yoren
6. Paul Brody´s Sadawi – Mighty Max
7. Solomon & Socalled – Alt. Shul Kale Bazetsn
8. Fayvish – Yeder Yesh
9. Jewdyssee – Beltz, mayn shtetele
10. RotFront – Girl from Bayreuth
11. Forshpil – Meydl in di yorn
12. Jewish Monkeys – All the great things
13. KlezCore – Pferdeporno
14. The Disorientalists – Prince of the Orient
15. Andrea Pancur – Isar
16. Yahoodi – Crazy Ass Jew
17. Frank London´s Klezmer Brass Allstars – Oysgemischt
18. Shazalakazoo/Edi Partizani – Hava Nagila
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Loidis - A1. Tell Me
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D1. All Of Em
D2. Why Do
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C2. Dollarama
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D2. Why Do
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SHORT BIOG
"Best of 1996-2019" , the very first Cassius Best Of.
" Cassius , one of the seminal & most exciting French Touch pioneers.
" 20 track / 2LP Black gatefold sleeve with liner notes by Hubert 'Boombass" Blanc-Francard about the story of Cassius and in memory of Philippe" Zdar"Cerboneschi.
" Covering all classics of all albums : from Cassius 1999 - I < 3 U So - Feeling For You - Toop Toop to Go Up & The Sound Of Violence & Don't Let Me be.
" Including some Boombass's favourites with some rarities.
TRACKLISTING
Side A
1. Cassius 1999
2. Feeling For You
3. La Mouche
4. The Sound Of Violence (Radio Edit)
5. I'm A Woman
Side B
1. Toop Toop
2. See Me Now
3. Rock Number One
4. Go Up (feat. Cat Power & Pharrell Williams)
5. The Missing (feat. Ryan Tedder & JAW)
Side C
1. Action (feat. Cat Power & Mike D) (Edit version)
2. I <3 U SO
3. Brotherhood
4. Don't Let Me Be (feat. Owlle)
5. Calliope
Side D
1. Fame
2. Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes
3. Ibifornia (Myd Remix) (Edit version)
4. Cause oui! (feat. Mike D)
5. Dinapoly
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"Best of 1996-2019" , the very first Cassius Best Of.
" Cassius , one of the seminal & most exciting French Touch pioneers.
" 20 track / 2LP Black gatefold sleeve with liner notes by Hubert 'Boombass" Blanc-Francard about the story of Cassius and in memory of Philippe" Zdar"Cerboneschi.
" Covering all classics of all albums : from Cassius 1999 - I < 3 U So - Feeling For You - Toop Toop to Go Up & The Sound Of Violence & Don't Let Me be.
" Including some Boombass's favourites with some rarities.
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1. Cassius 1999
2. Feeling For You
3. La Mouche
4. The Sound Of Violence (Radio Edit)
5. I'm A Woman
Side B
1. Toop Toop
2. See Me Now
3. Rock Number One
4. Go Up (feat. Cat Power & Pharrell Williams)
5. The Missing (feat. Ryan Tedder & JAW)
Side C
1. Action (feat. Cat Power & Mike D) (Edit version)
2. I <3 U SO
3. Brotherhood
4. Don't Let Me Be (feat. Owlle)
5. Calliope
Side D
1. Fame
2. Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes
3. Ibifornia (Myd Remix) (Edit version)
4. Cause oui! (feat. Mike D)
5. Dinapoly
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Grauzone - Eisbär
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2024 repress
The First Authorised, Official Re Edition of this Electronic, New Wave, Cold Wave, Pop, Synth, Post-Punk Classic, Personally Overseen by Stephan Eicher, Everything Original: Art, Tracklist, Cut on 45 rpm - Printed on 350 GSM Paperstock incl. Sticker!
WRWTFWW Records is very honored to announce the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single with timeless classic "Eisbär", proto-techno beast "FILM 2", and romantic synth ballad "Ich Lieb Sie", just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Swiss band’s formation. The three-track vinyl is sourced from the original reels, cut at 45rpm, and comes with its iconic artwork on a 350gsm sleeve.
Tracklisting:
A1. Eisbär
B1. FILM 2
B2. Ich Lieb Sie
Info:
WRWTFWW Records is very honored to announce the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single with timeless classic "Eisbär", proto-techno beast "FILM 2", and romantic synth ballad "Ich Lieb Sie", just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Swiss band’s formation. The three-track vinyl is sourced from the original reels, cut at 45rpm, and comes with its iconic artwork on a 350gsm sleeve.
Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein…Written by Martin Eicher after a nightmare in which he saw talking polar bears on the walls, and with music by the Grauzone crew consisting of Martin and his brother Stephan Eicher, Marco Repetto, Christian "GT" Trüssel, and Claudine Chirac (on saxophone), "Eisbär" is the most recognizable title from the band, a sublime mix of ingredients reflecting the transitional era it comes from - the raw energy of punk music still palpable, combined with the audacity of early electronics, the warm groove of a disco gem, beautifully fragile lyrics, and one of the best basslines ever. It became a mega hit, totally unplanned, but how could you resist such a track?
"FILM 2" is the ultimate b-side monster, a menacing all-instrumental pre-techno masterpiece, slowly building to a magnetizing frenzy. An instant underground favorite, it was famously heard played at both speeds depending on the scenes and DJs you were frequenting, 45rpm as it was first intended, and 33rpm for the cosmic experience (search Daniele Baldelli’s Cosmic C75 1982 mixtape online for a great example of this).
The maxi single ends with "Ich Lieb Sie", a synth-pop meets doo-wop ballad, a true love song oozing with innocence. Simple, stylish, and just right.
At the crossroads of post-punk, new wave, pop, and electronic experimentation, the Eisbär maxi offers three songs that are technically different but hold the same spirit, the perfect embodiment of Grauzone’s music - wild, unpredictable, and youthful, yet sophisticated, catchy, and ingenious. The magic recipe for the good stuff.
Stephan Eicher went on to be, arguably, the most successful Swiss musician ever, with an international career extending from pop chanson to experimental escapades and collaborations with Moondog, artists Sophie Calle and John Armleder, and author Martin Suter among many other luminaries. Marco Repetto flourished as a techno and ambient producer, releasing multiple projects including releases on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label.
Grauzone and WRWTFWW will continue to collaborate on the band’s 40th anniversary reissue campaign, with numerous projects planned for the year, including a vast selection of music, visuals, and literature never available before.
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The First Authorised, Official Re Edition of this Electronic, New Wave, Cold Wave, Pop, Synth, Post-Punk Classic, Personally Overseen by Stephan Eicher, Everything Original: Art, Tracklist, Cut on 45 rpm - Printed on 350 GSM Paperstock incl. Sticker!
WRWTFWW Records is very honored to announce the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single with timeless classic "Eisbär", proto-techno beast "FILM 2", and romantic synth ballad "Ich Lieb Sie", just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Swiss band’s formation. The three-track vinyl is sourced from the original reels, cut at 45rpm, and comes with its iconic artwork on a 350gsm sleeve.
Tracklisting:
A1. Eisbär
B1. FILM 2
B2. Ich Lieb Sie
Info:
WRWTFWW Records is very honored to announce the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single with timeless classic "Eisbär", proto-techno beast "FILM 2", and romantic synth ballad "Ich Lieb Sie", just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Swiss band’s formation. The three-track vinyl is sourced from the original reels, cut at 45rpm, and comes with its iconic artwork on a 350gsm sleeve.
Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein…Written by Martin Eicher after a nightmare in which he saw talking polar bears on the walls, and with music by the Grauzone crew consisting of Martin and his brother Stephan Eicher, Marco Repetto, Christian "GT" Trüssel, and Claudine Chirac (on saxophone), "Eisbär" is the most recognizable title from the band, a sublime mix of ingredients reflecting the transitional era it comes from - the raw energy of punk music still palpable, combined with the audacity of early electronics, the warm groove of a disco gem, beautifully fragile lyrics, and one of the best basslines ever. It became a mega hit, totally unplanned, but how could you resist such a track?
"FILM 2" is the ultimate b-side monster, a menacing all-instrumental pre-techno masterpiece, slowly building to a magnetizing frenzy. An instant underground favorite, it was famously heard played at both speeds depending on the scenes and DJs you were frequenting, 45rpm as it was first intended, and 33rpm for the cosmic experience (search Daniele Baldelli’s Cosmic C75 1982 mixtape online for a great example of this).
The maxi single ends with "Ich Lieb Sie", a synth-pop meets doo-wop ballad, a true love song oozing with innocence. Simple, stylish, and just right.
At the crossroads of post-punk, new wave, pop, and electronic experimentation, the Eisbär maxi offers three songs that are technically different but hold the same spirit, the perfect embodiment of Grauzone’s music - wild, unpredictable, and youthful, yet sophisticated, catchy, and ingenious. The magic recipe for the good stuff.
Stephan Eicher went on to be, arguably, the most successful Swiss musician ever, with an international career extending from pop chanson to experimental escapades and collaborations with Moondog, artists Sophie Calle and John Armleder, and author Martin Suter among many other luminaries. Marco Repetto flourished as a techno and ambient producer, releasing multiple projects including releases on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label.
Grauzone and WRWTFWW will continue to collaborate on the band’s 40th anniversary reissue campaign, with numerous projects planned for the year, including a vast selection of music, visuals, and literature never available before.
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Molly Nilsson - The Lonely Planet
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Molly Nilsson - 1995
3
Molly Nilsson - H.O.P.E.
4
Molly Nilsson - Mountain Time
5
Molly Nilsson - Bunny Club
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Molly Nilsson - Intermezzo: Palimpsest Galore
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Molly Nilsson - Happyness
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Molly Nilsson - Lovers Are Losers
9
Molly Nilsson - Clearblue
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Molly Nilsson - My Body
11
Molly Nilsson - Titanic
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Molly Nilsson - Bus 194 (All There Is)
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Molly Nilsson - Tomorrow
Territories:WW-US,CA,UK, BENELUX
LP 10th Anniversary - Red Gold Vinyl edition
Tracklist
1.The Lonely Planet
2.1995
3.H.O.P.E.
4.Mountain Time
5.Bunny Club
6.Intermezzo: Palimpsest Galore
7.Happyness
8.Lovers Are Losers
9.Clearblue
10.My Body
11.Titanic
12.Bus 194 (All There Is)
13.Tomorrow
To celebrate Molly Nilsson’s most enduring fan-favourite album to date, Night School and Dark Skies
Association are releasing a limited 10th anniversary pressing on Red-Gold vinyl, limited to 500 copies.
Since its release in late summer of 2015, Zenith has come to be considered Nilsson’s greatest album to date. Now
on its 6th pressing, in 2025 Zenith represents the mid-point in the songwriter’s career to date and contains firm fan
favourites in Mountain Time, Happyness and her most popular song, 1995. Zenith sits square between Nilsson’s
original flurry of DIY creativity and her later, outward-looking political material.
Original sales notes…
“A sweeping, cinematic, emotional change is in the air. Molly Nilsson’s sixth studio album Zenith begins with clear,
wide eyes open to Earth as we would love it to be but seldom is. Recorded in her home of Berlin and whilst touring
and, as ever, conceived, produced, written and recorded in solitude, Zenith is Nilsson’s big statement and
consequently her most affecting work to date. It sees her reveling in big arrangements, sweeping synth strings,
bigger choruses and emotions. Like the rest of us she looks within and to endless sunsets in wonder and
puzzlement.
That Molly Nilsson is a DIY cult figure is beyond question; she has always written directly and with wit straight down
the line between the universal and the personal. The difference with Zenith, and you can hear it in the opening
chords of opener The Only Planet, is that her scope is now much wider and her heart heavier than ever before:
over a post-ecstatic dusk, Nilsson serenades the globe in a loving embrace. Following on, 1995 is, arguably, one of
Nilsson’s finest songs to date. It’s one of those songs to learn the lyrics to, to listen to on repeat, a reason to wear
the grooves down to the bone, it’s why pop music can be one of the greatest art forms we have. It’s an example of
how, on this album, Molly draws the listener closer to her heart than ever before. There’s simply no escape from the
line “The plans that you made / when you still had the time / I’ve saved all the things that you left behind but by now
I guess I’d consider them all mine /Windows 95, is only a metaphor for what I feel inside / Although I’m older now /
there’s still an emptiness that’s never letting go somehow.” Show-stopper Mountain Time is the soundtrack to being
on the run, from societal conventions, from normative ideas of happiness, from your surroundings. It’s the
intoxicating call of the renegade. That’s not to say that Nilsson’s light touch has been forsaken for grandiose
statements. Bunny Club begins as a demo-sketch before breaking into a fast-paced tale of doomed romance with
big rave synths and Bus 194 (All There Is) sees Molly joyride through a city on a happy hardcore bus. But it’s
tracks like Tomorrow and another contender for best-ever-Molly moment, Happyness that the true scale of what
she’s accomplished reveals itself. We’re locked in a spiraling orbit, strings and bass whirling, gazing at the spinning
planet below us as we contemplate both the ultimate freedom in loneliness and the glimmer of hope in the Other.
Can we ever be truly with someone? Are we ever truly alone?
Over the 13 tracks here we get the impression that Nilsson may always be restless; like anyone else she has
conflicting feelings of love and hate. It’s just not many other people can tell you exactly how you feel before you
know it yourself.
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LP 10th Anniversary - Red Gold Vinyl edition
Tracklist
1.The Lonely Planet
2.1995
3.H.O.P.E.
4.Mountain Time
5.Bunny Club
6.Intermezzo: Palimpsest Galore
7.Happyness
8.Lovers Are Losers
9.Clearblue
10.My Body
11.Titanic
12.Bus 194 (All There Is)
13.Tomorrow
To celebrate Molly Nilsson’s most enduring fan-favourite album to date, Night School and Dark Skies
Association are releasing a limited 10th anniversary pressing on Red-Gold vinyl, limited to 500 copies.
Since its release in late summer of 2015, Zenith has come to be considered Nilsson’s greatest album to date. Now
on its 6th pressing, in 2025 Zenith represents the mid-point in the songwriter’s career to date and contains firm fan
favourites in Mountain Time, Happyness and her most popular song, 1995. Zenith sits square between Nilsson’s
original flurry of DIY creativity and her later, outward-looking political material.
Original sales notes…
“A sweeping, cinematic, emotional change is in the air. Molly Nilsson’s sixth studio album Zenith begins with clear,
wide eyes open to Earth as we would love it to be but seldom is. Recorded in her home of Berlin and whilst touring
and, as ever, conceived, produced, written and recorded in solitude, Zenith is Nilsson’s big statement and
consequently her most affecting work to date. It sees her reveling in big arrangements, sweeping synth strings,
bigger choruses and emotions. Like the rest of us she looks within and to endless sunsets in wonder and
puzzlement.
That Molly Nilsson is a DIY cult figure is beyond question; she has always written directly and with wit straight down
the line between the universal and the personal. The difference with Zenith, and you can hear it in the opening
chords of opener The Only Planet, is that her scope is now much wider and her heart heavier than ever before:
over a post-ecstatic dusk, Nilsson serenades the globe in a loving embrace. Following on, 1995 is, arguably, one of
Nilsson’s finest songs to date. It’s one of those songs to learn the lyrics to, to listen to on repeat, a reason to wear
the grooves down to the bone, it’s why pop music can be one of the greatest art forms we have. It’s an example of
how, on this album, Molly draws the listener closer to her heart than ever before. There’s simply no escape from the
line “The plans that you made / when you still had the time / I’ve saved all the things that you left behind but by now
I guess I’d consider them all mine /Windows 95, is only a metaphor for what I feel inside / Although I’m older now /
there’s still an emptiness that’s never letting go somehow.” Show-stopper Mountain Time is the soundtrack to being
on the run, from societal conventions, from normative ideas of happiness, from your surroundings. It’s the
intoxicating call of the renegade. That’s not to say that Nilsson’s light touch has been forsaken for grandiose
statements. Bunny Club begins as a demo-sketch before breaking into a fast-paced tale of doomed romance with
big rave synths and Bus 194 (All There Is) sees Molly joyride through a city on a happy hardcore bus. But it’s
tracks like Tomorrow and another contender for best-ever-Molly moment, Happyness that the true scale of what
she’s accomplished reveals itself. We’re locked in a spiraling orbit, strings and bass whirling, gazing at the spinning
planet below us as we contemplate both the ultimate freedom in loneliness and the glimmer of hope in the Other.
Can we ever be truly with someone? Are we ever truly alone?
Over the 13 tracks here we get the impression that Nilsson may always be restless; like anyone else she has
conflicting feelings of love and hate. It’s just not many other people can tell you exactly how you feel before you
know it yourself.
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James Curd, Osunlade - A1 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin'
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James Curd, Osunlade - A2 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (Kai Alcé Remix)
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James Curd, Osunlade - B1 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (Yoruba Soul Mix)
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James Curd, Osunlade - B2 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (FNX Omar Remix)
12" / Vinyl made with 100% CO2 Reduced / 100% recycable / ISCC PLUS-certified "BioVinyl" by Optimal Media and Wordandsound
GENRE/S:
House, Deep House, Organic House
TRACKLIST:
A1 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin'
A2 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (Kai Alcé Remix)
B1 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (Yoruba Soul Mix)
B2 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (FNX Omar Remix)
SHORT INFO:
Two accomplished house mainstays come together on Get Physical Music as James Curd joins forces with the legendary Osunlade for superb new single 'Chocolate Puddin'' while FNX Omar and Kai Alcé step up with their own remixes.
Curd came up as a DJ in Chicago and has gone on to become a mainstay of the scene. He is also credited with inventing G-Swing, a house sound infused with swing. He has run various labels over the years while releasing on some of the world's finest imprints and serving up his magical sets everywhere from fabric in London to The Avalon in Los Angeles and The Arches in Glasgow. American Osunlade meanwhile has deep spiritual roots in Yoruba traditions that are also reflected in the name of his record label. He makes music with a rare spirituality as proven once again here.
The superb 'Chocolate Puddin'' is silky smooth deep and Afro-tinged house with gorgeous percussive melodies and soft shakers. It's full of soul and warmth with meaningful leads that bring plenty of uplifting emotions next to a bluesy vocal.
Atlanta's house mainstay and a long-time underground favourite Kai Alcé then remixes. His version is more pacey but no less deep - the jazzy chords are seductively draped over the cuddly deep drums and the vocal has a more soulful edge. Osunlade also offers his own Yoruba Soul mix which is a hi-tek sound with futuristic synth chords and uplifting house drums. Last to remix is Moroccan mainstay and label regular FNX Omar. He flips the track into something that is richly layered with percussion and nimble bass, organic hand claps and hypnotic drum lines that all sink you in deep.
This package is as delicious as its name suggests.
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GENRE/S:
House, Deep House, Organic House
TRACKLIST:
A1 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin'
A2 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (Kai Alcé Remix)
B1 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (Yoruba Soul Mix)
B2 James Curd & Osunlade - Chocolate Puddin' (FNX Omar Remix)
SHORT INFO:
Two accomplished house mainstays come together on Get Physical Music as James Curd joins forces with the legendary Osunlade for superb new single 'Chocolate Puddin'' while FNX Omar and Kai Alcé step up with their own remixes.
Curd came up as a DJ in Chicago and has gone on to become a mainstay of the scene. He is also credited with inventing G-Swing, a house sound infused with swing. He has run various labels over the years while releasing on some of the world's finest imprints and serving up his magical sets everywhere from fabric in London to The Avalon in Los Angeles and The Arches in Glasgow. American Osunlade meanwhile has deep spiritual roots in Yoruba traditions that are also reflected in the name of his record label. He makes music with a rare spirituality as proven once again here.
The superb 'Chocolate Puddin'' is silky smooth deep and Afro-tinged house with gorgeous percussive melodies and soft shakers. It's full of soul and warmth with meaningful leads that bring plenty of uplifting emotions next to a bluesy vocal.
Atlanta's house mainstay and a long-time underground favourite Kai Alcé then remixes. His version is more pacey but no less deep - the jazzy chords are seductively draped over the cuddly deep drums and the vocal has a more soulful edge. Osunlade also offers his own Yoruba Soul mix which is a hi-tek sound with futuristic synth chords and uplifting house drums. Last to remix is Moroccan mainstay and label regular FNX Omar. He flips the track into something that is richly layered with percussion and nimble bass, organic hand claps and hypnotic drum lines that all sink you in deep.
This package is as delicious as its name suggests.
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Midori Takada - A. Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream
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Midori Takada - B. Crossing
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Midori Takada - C. Trompe-l'œil
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Midori Takada - D. Catastrophe £
- Limited 2023 REPRESS EDITION - 2x 180g, ORIG STOUGHTON TIP ON Sleeve, Black Vinyl, 45rpm Cut Edition (Emil Berliner) - Last 500 with Original Stoughton Tip On Sleeve
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Tracklisting:
1. Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream
2. Crossing
3. Trompe-l'œil
4. Catastrophe £
Info
Considered a Holy Grail of Japanese music by many, "Through The Looking Glass" is Midori Takada's first solo endeavor, a captivating four-song suite capturing her deep quests into traditional African and Asian percussive language and exploring contemplative ambient sounds with an admirably precise use of marimba. The result is alternatively ethereal and vibrant, always precise and mesmerizing, and makes for an atmospheric masterpiece and an unparalleled sonic and spiritual experience.
The fully licensed reissue is available as a single 33rpm LP and a limited 45rpm DLP, both cut directly from the original studio reels (AAA), at Emil Berliner (formerly the in-house recording department of renowned classical record label Deutsche Grammophon) for the 45rpm DLP, and at the equally famous Frankfurter SST Studio for the LP. It is also available in CD format for the first time. All versions come with extensive liner notes.
Bio
Midori Takada is a composer, multi percussionist, and theater artist renowned in Japanese vanguard circles. She will tour Europe this year.
Midori released two solo albums: "Through The Looking Glass" and "Tree Of Life" and wrote music for Tadashi Suzuki's theater plays. Her hypnotic, minimalist music is based in the concept of coherence between sound and the human body. She performs solo on marimba and other percussion instruments.
She debuted on the scene of Berlin Philharmonic, performing with the RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin just after graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1974. She continued her career with solo concerts in Japan and abroad.
In the 1980s Midori began to explore the traditional music of Asia and Africa. Her fascination resulted in joint projects with Kakraba Lobi from Ghana, Lamine Konte from Senegal, Farafina Band from Burkina Faso, and Korean musicians: zither player Chi Seong-Ja, flute player Won-Il, and saxophone player Kang Tae-Hwan. She also led Mkwaju Ensemble's innovative percussion project and still performs with free-jazz band Ton-Klami with Kang Tae-Hwan and jazz pianist Masahiko Satoh.
In the past 20 years, Midori Takada spent more time in theaters than in concert halls - composing and performing live music for theater. She regularly works with Tadashi Suzuki and his Suzuki Company of Toga on their adaptations of "Electra" and "King Lear".
Takada's compositions have a remarkable way of affecting the imagination. Her minimalist, contemplative music is filled with the concept of infinity and reminds us of a moon voyage, falling stars, a journey into the ocean, or a walk in the garden. The trans melodies, initially simple, begin to loop and splinter, their rhythm breaking and thickening, slowly drawing the listener into another reality.
Every live performance Midori Takada gives is unique and prepared especially for that occasion.
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*** TERRITORY RESTRICTION - NO SALES TO JAPAN ***
Tracklisting:
1. Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream
2. Crossing
3. Trompe-l'œil
4. Catastrophe £
Info
Considered a Holy Grail of Japanese music by many, "Through The Looking Glass" is Midori Takada's first solo endeavor, a captivating four-song suite capturing her deep quests into traditional African and Asian percussive language and exploring contemplative ambient sounds with an admirably precise use of marimba. The result is alternatively ethereal and vibrant, always precise and mesmerizing, and makes for an atmospheric masterpiece and an unparalleled sonic and spiritual experience.
The fully licensed reissue is available as a single 33rpm LP and a limited 45rpm DLP, both cut directly from the original studio reels (AAA), at Emil Berliner (formerly the in-house recording department of renowned classical record label Deutsche Grammophon) for the 45rpm DLP, and at the equally famous Frankfurter SST Studio for the LP. It is also available in CD format for the first time. All versions come with extensive liner notes.
Bio
Midori Takada is a composer, multi percussionist, and theater artist renowned in Japanese vanguard circles. She will tour Europe this year.
Midori released two solo albums: "Through The Looking Glass" and "Tree Of Life" and wrote music for Tadashi Suzuki's theater plays. Her hypnotic, minimalist music is based in the concept of coherence between sound and the human body. She performs solo on marimba and other percussion instruments.
She debuted on the scene of Berlin Philharmonic, performing with the RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin just after graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1974. She continued her career with solo concerts in Japan and abroad.
In the 1980s Midori began to explore the traditional music of Asia and Africa. Her fascination resulted in joint projects with Kakraba Lobi from Ghana, Lamine Konte from Senegal, Farafina Band from Burkina Faso, and Korean musicians: zither player Chi Seong-Ja, flute player Won-Il, and saxophone player Kang Tae-Hwan. She also led Mkwaju Ensemble's innovative percussion project and still performs with free-jazz band Ton-Klami with Kang Tae-Hwan and jazz pianist Masahiko Satoh.
In the past 20 years, Midori Takada spent more time in theaters than in concert halls - composing and performing live music for theater. She regularly works with Tadashi Suzuki and his Suzuki Company of Toga on their adaptations of "Electra" and "King Lear".
Takada's compositions have a remarkable way of affecting the imagination. Her minimalist, contemplative music is filled with the concept of infinity and reminds us of a moon voyage, falling stars, a journey into the ocean, or a walk in the garden. The trans melodies, initially simple, begin to loop and splinter, their rhythm breaking and thickening, slowly drawing the listener into another reality.
Every live performance Midori Takada gives is unique and prepared especially for that occasion.
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Label:Watergate Records
Cat-No:wgvinyl43
Release-Date:17.03.2023
Genre:House / Techno
Configuration:12" Excl
Label:Watergate Records
Cat-No:wgvinyl43
Release-Date:17.03.2023
Genre:House / Techno
Configuration:12" Excl
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Sasha - A1
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Sasha - A2
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Sasha - B1
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Sasha - B2
2023 repress, WG Standard Sleeve
Tracklist:
A1) GameOvr A2) GameOvr (Cassy Remix) B1) Trigonometry B2) Trigonometry (La Fleur Remix)
Infotext:
Sasha continues to make this year his own as he drops his debut EP on Watergate, 'GameOvr'. The EP features two original tracks, including the long-awaited 'Trigonometry', and first class remixes from Cassy and La Fleur. After his recent critically acclaimed sell-out live shows at the Barbican and his 'Out Of Time' EP on Kompakt, not to mention gearing up for his RESISTANCE residency with John Digweed in Ibiza, Sasha officially confirms his debut release on Watergate Records. 'Trigonometry' has been a highlight in Sasha's sets in recent months and has sparked many a heated debate online, from excited pleas for a Track ID, to urgent demands for a release date. The track is as ethereal as it is compelling, constantly building up to the sublime break down and those iconic chords that have left ravers spellbound worldwide. Swedish born Berlin-based La Fleur puts her stamp on the remix, keeping the riff but adding gravitas with a rhythmic bassline. She's fast become a key player on the house and techno circuit, with a string of releases on the likes of Cocoon, Watergate, and Sasha's own Last Night On Earth imprint. 'GameOvr' shows the producer's tougher side; a strong techno track in keeping with Sasha's constant focus on the future, always exploring new directions, though his signature groove is still on board. Revered Panorama Bar resident Cassy, whose stunning album 'Donna' was one of 2016's outstanding releases, turns her hand to remixing the title track, delivering a harder edged driving cut with a heavier kick drum, echoing chords and hypnotic percussion. This EP marks yet another creative landmark in this, one of the most fruitful and exciting phases in Sasha's distinguished career.
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Tracklist:
A1) GameOvr A2) GameOvr (Cassy Remix) B1) Trigonometry B2) Trigonometry (La Fleur Remix)
Infotext:
Sasha continues to make this year his own as he drops his debut EP on Watergate, 'GameOvr'. The EP features two original tracks, including the long-awaited 'Trigonometry', and first class remixes from Cassy and La Fleur. After his recent critically acclaimed sell-out live shows at the Barbican and his 'Out Of Time' EP on Kompakt, not to mention gearing up for his RESISTANCE residency with John Digweed in Ibiza, Sasha officially confirms his debut release on Watergate Records. 'Trigonometry' has been a highlight in Sasha's sets in recent months and has sparked many a heated debate online, from excited pleas for a Track ID, to urgent demands for a release date. The track is as ethereal as it is compelling, constantly building up to the sublime break down and those iconic chords that have left ravers spellbound worldwide. Swedish born Berlin-based La Fleur puts her stamp on the remix, keeping the riff but adding gravitas with a rhythmic bassline. She's fast become a key player on the house and techno circuit, with a string of releases on the likes of Cocoon, Watergate, and Sasha's own Last Night On Earth imprint. 'GameOvr' shows the producer's tougher side; a strong techno track in keeping with Sasha's constant focus on the future, always exploring new directions, though his signature groove is still on board. Revered Panorama Bar resident Cassy, whose stunning album 'Donna' was one of 2016's outstanding releases, turns her hand to remixing the title track, delivering a harder edged driving cut with a heavier kick drum, echoing chords and hypnotic percussion. This EP marks yet another creative landmark in this, one of the most fruitful and exciting phases in Sasha's distinguished career.
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Torus - Sound Of The Drums VIP 03:36
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Torus - Chroniko VIP 04:52
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Torus - 3000 Mirrors 04:25
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Torus - Omnia 04:52
TERRITORY: World excl. UK + North America
FORMAT 12” 180g, T30 Obi Strip, full printed sleeve
TRACKLIST
1/A1 Sound Of The Drums VIP 03:36
2/A2 Chroniko VIP 04:52
3/B1 3000 Mirrors 04:25
4/B2 Omnia 04:52
RELEASE INFO:
Tresor Records is proud to announce 333 Mirrors from Torus, the artist alias of Joeri Woudstra. Coupled with its catalogue number
333, it indicates the large-scale conceptual thoughts behind the record, typical of Woudstra's practice. As an artist, he sets out to
frame re-interpretable references that trigger some subconscious recognition in listeners, with no set way to interpret them but
leading to singular feelings and thought processes. The e ect, a combination of static electronic sounds and looser field
recordings, speaks to each listener diff erently.
333 Mirrors is, in part, the continuation of a project called These Cars Do Not Exist, made with videographer Mark Prendergast during the
Covid-19 limbo. The live performed short film sold out selected popup cinemas in 2020 in a short sprint of shows. Two of the tracks on that
project, Sound of the Drums and Chroniko, are re-imagined on 333 Mirrors, emanating as versions created in live performances. Set to
be released as a single, Chroniko VIP will be accompanied by an enduring theme from that project, the three-winged bird, this time
deceased. On 333 Mirrors, in exploring the ambient, stretched sonic universe of this project more, Woudstra moves from these
three-winged birds to the phoenix, finding a rebirth on the b-side with tracks that inhabit a similar sound as Deep Mid, Torus's inclusion
on the recent Tresor 30 compilation. The sound of Torus places importance on the multi-faceted approach to sampling, pushing the
idea behind the practice beyond usual boundaries. How to break the unwritten rules? Woudstra looks within by resampling previous Torus
releases and reverse-engineering the sounds of the most revered pop and electronic musicians alive today, references that trigger
recognition, melancholy and nostalgia in the listener.
3000 Mirrors features a staccato arpeggiating rigid pattern, the sonic e ect of standing in front of a strobe until it becomes the
anchor. Silence and interruption are used as a device to explore the physically uncomfortable, more the central compositional tool than
the disrupted harmonic structures. Woudstra has never stepped foot in Tresor, so when writing this record, an enduring question spoke to
him, what is Tresor when you have never been? How do you sample the essence of an unknown location? The closing track, Omnia, is the
sound of anticipation, where the rave beckons. This imagined industrial space is calling for you.
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FORMAT 12” 180g, T30 Obi Strip, full printed sleeve
TRACKLIST
1/A1 Sound Of The Drums VIP 03:36
2/A2 Chroniko VIP 04:52
3/B1 3000 Mirrors 04:25
4/B2 Omnia 04:52
RELEASE INFO:
Tresor Records is proud to announce 333 Mirrors from Torus, the artist alias of Joeri Woudstra. Coupled with its catalogue number
333, it indicates the large-scale conceptual thoughts behind the record, typical of Woudstra's practice. As an artist, he sets out to
frame re-interpretable references that trigger some subconscious recognition in listeners, with no set way to interpret them but
leading to singular feelings and thought processes. The e ect, a combination of static electronic sounds and looser field
recordings, speaks to each listener diff erently.
333 Mirrors is, in part, the continuation of a project called These Cars Do Not Exist, made with videographer Mark Prendergast during the
Covid-19 limbo. The live performed short film sold out selected popup cinemas in 2020 in a short sprint of shows. Two of the tracks on that
project, Sound of the Drums and Chroniko, are re-imagined on 333 Mirrors, emanating as versions created in live performances. Set to
be released as a single, Chroniko VIP will be accompanied by an enduring theme from that project, the three-winged bird, this time
deceased. On 333 Mirrors, in exploring the ambient, stretched sonic universe of this project more, Woudstra moves from these
three-winged birds to the phoenix, finding a rebirth on the b-side with tracks that inhabit a similar sound as Deep Mid, Torus's inclusion
on the recent Tresor 30 compilation. The sound of Torus places importance on the multi-faceted approach to sampling, pushing the
idea behind the practice beyond usual boundaries. How to break the unwritten rules? Woudstra looks within by resampling previous Torus
releases and reverse-engineering the sounds of the most revered pop and electronic musicians alive today, references that trigger
recognition, melancholy and nostalgia in the listener.
3000 Mirrors features a staccato arpeggiating rigid pattern, the sonic e ect of standing in front of a strobe until it becomes the
anchor. Silence and interruption are used as a device to explore the physically uncomfortable, more the central compositional tool than
the disrupted harmonic structures. Woudstra has never stepped foot in Tresor, so when writing this record, an enduring question spoke to
him, what is Tresor when you have never been? How do you sample the essence of an unknown location? The closing track, Omnia, is the
sound of anticipation, where the rave beckons. This imagined industrial space is calling for you.
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Fossar - Good 2 Me
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Fossar - Free
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Fossar - Make Me Feel
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Fossar - Aeriel (Windy City Version)
Tracklist:
A1 Good 2 Me
A2 Free
B1 Make Me Feel
B2 Aeriel (Windy City Version)
Smallville Record sub-label Fuck Reality returns in March 2024 with Fossar’s ‘Make Me Feel’ EP.
The Fuck Reality imprint founds it origins in 2015 as a sub label of the widely lauded Smallville label with a heavy focus on classic House music. The label kicked off with the reissue of Westbam and Nena’s iconic ‘Oldschool Baby’ with remixes from Smallpeople and Gerd Janson before going on to release music from Smallville staple Moomin, Frantzvaag – who also release the first album on the label last year - and more. Here the label welcomes Fossar, co-founder of the Feuilleton imprint, onto the imprint with his new EP.
‘Good 2 Me’ opens with airy chords, robust toms, flickers of resonant synth stabs and soulful vocals running atop snappy drums before ‘Free’ embraces a classic 90’s New York aesthetic with heavily swung percussion a jazzy bass groove, emotive piano lines and warm vocal chants.
The B-side is then kicked off with ‘Make Me Feel’, diving deep with shimmering, expansive leads, looped vocal, swirling string melodies and a classic bumpy bass and snare combination. The ‘Aeriel (Windy City Version)’ then rounds things out, as the name would suggest nodding to the Chicagoan roots of House and employing all the classic tropes from slick flutes, intertwined keys, glistening piano melodies and shuffled 909 drums.
All tracks written, produced and mixed by Pchris Gruber
Mastering by Lopazz / Mixmastering, vinyl Cut by Helmut Erler / Lathesville
Artwork and Typography by Stefan Marx
Distributed by Wordandsound
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A1 Good 2 Me
A2 Free
B1 Make Me Feel
B2 Aeriel (Windy City Version)
Smallville Record sub-label Fuck Reality returns in March 2024 with Fossar’s ‘Make Me Feel’ EP.
The Fuck Reality imprint founds it origins in 2015 as a sub label of the widely lauded Smallville label with a heavy focus on classic House music. The label kicked off with the reissue of Westbam and Nena’s iconic ‘Oldschool Baby’ with remixes from Smallpeople and Gerd Janson before going on to release music from Smallville staple Moomin, Frantzvaag – who also release the first album on the label last year - and more. Here the label welcomes Fossar, co-founder of the Feuilleton imprint, onto the imprint with his new EP.
‘Good 2 Me’ opens with airy chords, robust toms, flickers of resonant synth stabs and soulful vocals running atop snappy drums before ‘Free’ embraces a classic 90’s New York aesthetic with heavily swung percussion a jazzy bass groove, emotive piano lines and warm vocal chants.
The B-side is then kicked off with ‘Make Me Feel’, diving deep with shimmering, expansive leads, looped vocal, swirling string melodies and a classic bumpy bass and snare combination. The ‘Aeriel (Windy City Version)’ then rounds things out, as the name would suggest nodding to the Chicagoan roots of House and employing all the classic tropes from slick flutes, intertwined keys, glistening piano melodies and shuffled 909 drums.
All tracks written, produced and mixed by Pchris Gruber
Mastering by Lopazz / Mixmastering, vinyl Cut by Helmut Erler / Lathesville
Artwork and Typography by Stefan Marx
Distributed by Wordandsound
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melchior productions ltd - Meditations 4
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melchior productions ltd - Meditations 5
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melchior productions ltd - Meditations 6
2022 Repress
Upc-Barcode: 827170571860 Release date: November, 27th 2014
Info:
The second part of Thomas Melchior's "Meditations" Series.
also:PERL103-1 Melchior Productions Ltd - Meditations 1-3 / 12"
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Upc-Barcode: 827170571860 Release date: November, 27th 2014
Info:
The second part of Thomas Melchior's "Meditations" Series.
also:PERL103-1 Melchior Productions Ltd - Meditations 1-3 / 12"
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