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Aloha Got Soul: Soul AOR & Disco In Hawai'i 1979-1985

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STRUT continues to break new ground with its next compilation, ‘Aloha Got Soul’. It encompasses a vibrant era of contemporary music made in Hawai’i during the 1970s to the mid-1980s as jazz, rock, funk, disco and R&B co-existed alongside Hawaiian folk music.New on Strut for February 2016, ‘Aloha Got Soul’ encompasses a vibrant era of contemporary music made in Hawai’i during the 1970s to the mid-1980s as jazz, rock, funk, disco and R&B co-existed alongside Hawaiian folk music.Hawai’i’s identity had undergone huge change: statehood into America in ‘59 and the Vietnam War were the backdrop as Hawai’i’s youth found inspiration in a new wave of international music led initially by The Beatles and Stones and, later, by US R&B bands like Earth Wind & Fire and Tower Of Power. Garage bands flourished during the ‘60s and, by the ‘70s, live music was at its peak. W aikiki was filled with clubs: The Point After, Infinity’s, Hawaiian Hut, Spats and more.For the ‘70s generation of artists, some came through the talent contest ‘Home Grown’ and its accompanying compilation LP. Singer Nohelani Cypriano won it with her instant radio hit, ‘Lihue’. Other winning songs, like Marvin Franklin’s soul surfer jam ‘Kona Winds’, burned more slowly but have endured with DJs today. Many records also packed a powerful message. In 1978, Hawaiian was made the official state language and a huge movement arose to revive hula and traditional music. Steve & Teresa’s ‘Kaho’olawe Song’ longs for an island long gone: the US military had used Kaho’olawe as a bombing range since Pearl Harbor. Nohelani Cypriano sang about the once sleepy town of Kailua, now a popular tourist destination: “Kailua needs no high-rise with her blue skies, not for our eyes. Can you realize?” Leading Hawaiian artists like Aura, Mike Lundy and keyboardist Kirk Thompson’s Lemuria took time in high quality facilities like Broad Recording Studio to make albums. Others grabbed studio time when they could: Tender Leaf’s Murray Compoc worked for the city bus by day and recorded an album during night sessions. Other albums were spontaneous. In 1983, Steve Maii & Teresa Bright recorded an acoustic set in just 3 hours after being invited to a studio following a gig. For the artists of the ‘70s, the climate for music changed rapidly during the mid-‘80s as DJ culture grew and live venues shut down. Hawai’i’s R&B era shone brightly and relatively briefly but, despite brilliant musicians, regular gigs and LP releases, most of the music barely made it to the mainland. Thanks largely to Aloha Got Soul’s Roger Bong, a new interest in this fertile era of Hawaiian music has grown, culminating in this new compilation of overlooked gems. ‘Aloha Got Soul’ is compiled and annotated by Bong and features rare photos and original artwork.

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Side 1
1. Tender Leaf - Countryside Beauty
2. Aura - Yesterday's Love
3. Aina - Your Light
4. Lemuria - Get That Happy Feeling
Side 2
1. Roy & Roe - Just Don't Come Back
2. Hawaii - Lady Of My Heart
3. Hal Bradbury - Call Me
4. Mike Lundy - Love One Another
Side 3
1. Nova - I Feel Like Getting Down
2. Nohelani Cypriano - O'Kailua
3. Brother Noland - Kawaihae
4. Marvin Franklin - Kona Winds (with Kimo & The Guys)
Side 4
1. Greenwood - Sparkle
2. Chucky Boy Chock & Mike Kaawa - Papa'A Tita (with Brown Co)
3. Steve & Teresa - Kaho'Olawe Song
4. Rockwell Fukino - Coast To Coast

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55

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Shrouded in mystery, hailing from Hamburg, Germany, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band (BRSB) releases their long awaited debut “55” on Brooklyn’s own Big Crown Records. Long time multi instrumentalist and band leader Bjorn Wagner spent a few months in Trindad & Tobago where he became fascinated with Steel Drums. His initial intrigue with local steel pan music culture led him to learning the instrument both through help of local players and on his own. After he became proficient on the pans Bjorn had his own instrument built from a used oil barrel by legendary pan man Louis C. Smith. Upon returning home to Germany, Bjorn set out to blend the Tropical Steel into his already sharply honed Funk, Soul, and Hip Hop sensibilities. The outcome is an updated take on a classic format, a truly unique sound. Their first two recordings were covers of The Meters “Look A-Py-Py” & “Ease Back” which they self released on a 45. Looking back on these two sides you can tell they were just getting their chops up for what was to come next. This is evidenced by how all hell broke loose when they went on to cover 50 Cent’s hit PIMP taking the DJ and vinyl collecting communities by storm. Many people thought the recording was the original sample and probably still do to this day when it is played. The original Mocambo pressing sold out quickly and is now a collector’s item fetching heavy prices when it changes hands. It was this tune that made the introduction between Bjorn and Danny Akalepse of Big Crown. They immediately hit it off and starting making plans to do a full length project with the band. Keeping in the tradition of Steel Drum records, 55 is a journey through re-interpolations and covers with an updated approach, pushing Steel Pan music to uncharted territory. Flawlessly bringing previously untouched genres into the steel pan cannon ranging from Underground Hip Hop tunes to staple Funk tracks and some of all that falls in between. From the smoothed out Reggae cover of John Holt’s “Police In Helicopter” to the DJ sure shot cover of Faith Evan’s “Love Like This” BRSB’s 55 is reinvigorating tunes both well known and helping to shed some light on tunes still largely undiscovered. However, some of the strongest tunes on the album are original compositions, from spaced out Disco vibes on “Beetham Highway Ride” and “Port Of Spain Hustle” to the ugly face inspiring drums of “Laventille Road March”. Recorded to analog 8 track tape at The Mocambo Studios in Hamburg, 55 is a gritty, punchy journey in sound drawing on music from around the world, using production aesthetics from across both eras and genres, all coming together seamlessly. If the 45s that have already come out on Mocambo, Plane Jane, and Truth & Soul are an indication, this full length is going to be a staple to both casual listeneners and Disc Jockeys alike. Catch BRSB live in Fall as they tour the world with the mysterious heavy sound that is in fact, all their own.

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1. Pimp
2. Laventille Road March
3. Bacao Suave
4. Tropical Heat
Side 2
1. Jungle Fever
2. Scorpio
3. Beetham Highway Ride
4. Tender Trap
Side 3
1. Dog Was A Doughnut
2. Police In Helicopter
3. Queen Of Cheeba
4. Love Like This
Side 4
1. Port Of Spain Hustle
2. Goodbye
3. Round & Round
4. Pimp (version)

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Jump'n'Funk

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Starting life as a small New York event aimed at raising awareness for Fela Kuti's musical message, Rich Medina's Jump N Funk party has now been rocking dancefloors across the globe for over 15 years. Honouring Fela's contribution to music as well as his political and cultural legacy, Medina has made his events a platform to celebrate Afro-Life across the Black Diaspora. With guests such as Wunmi, the cast of Fela! On Broadway, Asiko and Antibalas providing captivating live performances, Jump N Funk is so much more than a club night. In creating this compilation to represent the spirit of his events, Rich Medina has chosen an eclectic selection of undeniably afro-tinged, unashamedly life-affirming music. With most tracks either referencing, sampling or inspired by the great man, the record also includes material by Fela himself, as well as son Seun Kuti and long-time band member Tony Allen the inventor of the afrobeat set drum syncopation that is equally as notorious as Fela and his message... The album's artwork has been lovingly created by Lemi Ghariokwu, the fabled Nigerian artist who designed some of Fela's most iconic covers. From the record's sleeve to the music contained within, Jump N Funk is a cultural artefact with one foot in the past, the other in the future. An echo of Fela's message: a reminder to celebrate, to empower, to progress.

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1. Fela Anikulapo Kuti & The Afrika Seventi - Stalemate
2. Aquil - For The People
Side 2
1. Seun Kuti & Felas Egypt 80 - Na Oil
2. River Ocean - Why Can't We Live Together (Sao Benitez DV dub)
Side 3
1. Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble - Bushman
2. Wale Oyejide - Olodumare
Side 4
1. Atjazz - For Real (part 1 - Atjazz remix)
2. Kutiman - Bango Fields
Side 5
1. Original Nairobi Afro Band - Soul Makossa
Side 6
1. Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes - Jungle Beat (Mutaba)

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The El Aylien Tapes Part 1 & 2

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Ras G is one of the definitive producers of the Los Angeles beat scene, a co-founder of the Poo-Bah label, and hip-hop beat-maker who digs probably deeper than any into the worlds of free jazz, jazz fusion and afrofuturism.The prolific producer currently has two albums on Brainfeeder, two released by Poo-Bah, and several on Leaving Records, including the beat tape series Raw Fruit. Focused and expansive, El-Aylien is a cosmic exhibit in Ras G’s sonic explorations of collage and rhythm.

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1. Discipline09-1
2. Discipline09-2
3. Discipline09-3
4. Discipline09-4
5. Discipline09-2 (GB remix)
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1. Intro
2. Broken Cartridge!
3. Dogstar Sirius
4. Unfolding
5. Plates & Folks (The PAF)
6. Sike Ya Life
7. Green Curry
8. Times Cold

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Best Of Les Vikings De La Guadeloupe 1966-2016

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1. Ambiance Vikings
2. Assez Pale
3. Rumbo Melon
4. Gade Douvant
5. Ti Tong Ti Tong
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1. Let's Stay Up Vikings
2. Ahi Na Ma
3. Souvenirs
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1. Retour Au Pays
2. Zagalakateleman
3. Ka Nou Pe Fe
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1. Claro Que Si
2. Magdalena
3. Mikolasie

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Selectors 001: Motor City Drum Ensemble

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MCDE shares some of his most prized gems on this compilation that kicks of the limited Dekmantel 'Selectors' series. Check! What, exactly, is a selector? Dekmantel has long been determined to find out, even before the Amsterdam-based crew added an official Selectors stage to its annual summer festival in 2014. While the stage has since played host to an elite class of DJs that includes the likes of Floating Points, Mike Servito, Traxx, DJ Harvey, Ben UFO, and Donato Dozzy, to name just a few, Dekmantel came to realize that the Selectors concept needed a larger platform of its own.As such, 2016 will see the launch of both a limited-capacity festival and compilation series, both bearing the Selectors name. The compilations will come first, with Motor City Drum Ensemble, Young Marco, and Joy Orbison at the helm of the initial three chapters. These are not mix CDs; every Selectors compilation will include a collection of hand-picked, unmixed tracks personally curated by the artist.Admittedly, drawing a line between "selectors" and mere DJs is an all-but-impossible task—it's essentially a "you know it when you see it" proposition—but it's hard to argue that Motor City Drum Ensemble (a.k.a. Danilo Plessow) doesn't tick all of the required boxes. He's been digging for records since his teenage years, and his DJing has become the stuff of legend, thanks in no small part to his head-turning sets at the last few Dekmantel festivals.In truth, Plessow's relationship with Dekmantel dates back to the earliest days of the Motor City Drum Ensemble project, making him a natural candidate to head up the inaugural Selectors compilation. As expected, he's thrown himself into the task; selecting a want list from his collection of 15,000 records was no easy task, but getting permission for the final tracklist was even tougher.One song in particular, Raphael Green's "Don't Mess with the Devil," required him to personally call up a church in St. Louis, Missouri. "The guy, he's a Bishop," he says. "When the Ferguson protests were happening, for example, he was on CNN explaining his thoughts on the whole thing, so he's a known public figure, but nobody really knew that he had this amazing record that was recorded in '79 or '80. His voice is just unbelievable. It's the kind of record that when I heard it the first time, I couldn't believe that there had only been like 100 copies pressed, and that this wasn't actually big."Motor City Drum Ensemble's record bag is full of these kinds of gems, but he has no qualms about sharing a few of his secret weapons with a wider audience. "I wanted to get some of the stuff that is really, really hard to get, and make it available for younger people," he explains. "I used to be in the same situation. Back when I was 18, I would listen to a Rainer Truby mix and he would only play these $400 Brazilian records. I was like, 'Fuck, how am I ever going to be able to afford these?' I was glad when there was a reissue, and it's a bit the same with the compilation now." "Basically," he explains, "the approach for the compilation was, 'If I walked into a record store, what kind of compilation would I buy?' That's what I did."

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1. DJ Slym Fas - Luv Music
2. House Of Jazz - Hold Your Head Up
Side 2
1. 20 Below - A Lil Tribute To The Moody Black Keys
2. Risque III - Essence Of A Dream
Side 3
1. Licky - African Rock
2. Raphael Green - Don't Mess With The Devil
Side 4
1. Ahzz - New York's Movin (instrumental)
2. Bill Deal - Freak N Freeze

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Schéma de vie

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Limited Edition of 300.Premier album solo du Makizar, Mc & Producteur du groupe Kalhex avec Lex & Parental. Après l’album éponyme de 2009 puis le Maxi 12’’ "Perspectives" feat. Grap Luva & Rob-O en 2012, le trio se réunit pour produire entièrement ce nouvel opus et invite Milk Coffee & Sugar, Pete Flux et Mc Grey. "Schéma de vie" questionne l’identité, l’histoire et l’héritage, tant humains que musicaux. Échappant aux lieux communs, l’album retrace un parcours atypique. Le Makizar déjoue les modes actuelles à l’aide de textes profonds et de sonorités intemporelles.

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1. Intro Producer – Lex
2. Harmonie Producer – Lex (de Kalhex)
3. Mise en forme Producer – Lex (de Kalhex)
Side 2
1. Schéma de vie
2. Réflexion Feat. Mc Grey
3. Intouchables Feat. Milk Coffee & Sugar
Side 3
1. Back & Forth
2. Entre Deux
3. Racine(s)
Side 4
1. Lumière
2. Obsession Feat. Pete Flux
3.Nature Humaine
4. Pendant que le globe tourne Feat. Lex (de Kalhex)

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Rye Lane Volume II & III

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1. Live At Makeover
2. Guyana Special
3. Xingu
4. Commerce
5. Overseas, Lebanese
6. Move It Up
7. Many Schools
Side 2
1. Sweet Critics (part 2)
2. Vibrations
3. What Is It: Shake Down
4. Malfuf: Nebetia
5. In The World
6. Love Talk
Side 3
1. Church Cafe (intro)
2. Drum Sounds Part 4: Africana Salon
3. After Carnival
4. Step Off
5. It's You
6. Guadeloupe Meditaaao
7. Yellow Peppers
8. Bey Line
Side 4
1. Peru Timing (part 2)
2. Time Is Now
3. Tracy 36 27 36
4. In The Lobby
5. What It Is (part 2)
6. White Rum
7. Mercy

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Remixed With Love Vol Two Part B

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Classic Disco Reworked From Original Multi-Track Tapes! 2015 was another great year for Z Records, a year that saw the release of the new artist album from Opolopo, the Joey Negro compiled Le Freak - a tribute to the sound of Chic, 90’s House & Garage and the long awaited Supafunkanova Vol.2 alongside Sean P.Z Records is starting 2016 in similarly strong fashion with the follow up to Remixed With Love. It's been over two years since the first instalment which topped many sales charts on its release so now the remixes that made up that album have been heard on house and disco dancefloors around the world ever since, it's time for Volume 2. So allow us to present 20 more reworkings of classic soul, funk, disco and boogie tracks from the likes of Grace Jones, Robert Palmer, Cheryl Lynn, The O'Jays, Gwen McCrae, George Benson and many more. Admittedly, we live in a world where remixes and edits of vintage dancefloor anthems aren't exactly hard to come by, in the same way that grains of sand aren't hard to come by on a beach. But where Soundcloud, Beatport et al heave under the weight of a gazillion bootleg offerings, many taking a dusty, scratched old 12-inch or a dodgy MP3 as their starting point, Remixed With Love is a little different. Not only is the man with one of the most legendary record collections in the game guaranteed to dig deeper than most, every track you hear has been (re)created using spanking new analogue transfers of the original multi-track tapes, with the full consent and co-operation of the copyright owners. Which means not only are you getting the best possible sound quality, the creators of the original tracks are getting paid too – as they damn well should be. These multi track tapes also uncovered elements that were not used in the original mixes so Joey has incorporated some of these never before heard parts such as the Grace Jones aerobic workout instruction. Putting an album like this together is no easy feat, as Dave himself explains in the extensive liner notes that accompany this package. First, you have to get permission from the copyright owners to undertake the project at all – which can in itself entail hundreds of emails and phone calls. Then you have to track down the original tapes – when many may have been recorded over, lost or simply destroyed – and convince the label archivists to get them digitised. And that's before you even start on the remixing… which is when you find half the parts are missing, or you can't foreground that killer piano lick you wanted to because the original was recorded live in the studio and the piano track has the bassline bleeding all over it. The title of this album is extremely appropriate, because for Mr Lee this definitely has been a labour of love!

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1. Gwen McCrae - Keep The Fire Burning (Joey Negro Feed The Flame mix)
2. People's Choice - Here We Go Again (Joey Negro Philly Stomp mix)
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1. Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again"(Joey Negro Ready To Roll mix)
2. Pockets - Come Go With Me (Joey Negro Found A Place mix)
Side 3
1. George Benson - Love Ballad (Joey Negro Jazzy reprise)
2. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Taste Of Bitter Love (Joey Negro Disco re blend)
Side 4
1. Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper (Joey Negro Bumper To Bumper mix)
2. Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People (Joey Negro Multicultural Multitrack mix)

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Remixed With Love Vol Two Part A

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Classic Disco Reworked From Original Multi-Track Tapes! 2015 was another great year for Z Records, a year that saw the release of the new artist album from Opolopo, the Joey Negro compiled Le Freak - a tribute to the sound of Chic, 90’s House & Garage and the long awaited Supafunkanova Vol.2 alongside Sean P.Z Records is starting 2016 in similarly strong fashion with the follow up to Remixed With Love. It's been over two years since the first instalment which topped many sales charts on its release so now the remixes that made up that album have been heard on house and disco dancefloors around the world ever since, it's time for Volume 2. So allow us to present 20 more reworkings of classic soul, funk, disco and boogie tracks from the likes of Grace Jones, Robert Palmer, Cheryl Lynn, The O'Jays, Gwen McCrae, George Benson and many more. Admittedly, we live in a world where remixes and edits of vintage dancefloor anthems aren't exactly hard to come by, in the same way that grains of sand aren't hard to come by on a beach. But where Soundcloud, Beatport et al heave under the weight of a gazillion bootleg offerings, many taking a dusty, scratched old 12-inch or a dodgy MP3 as their starting point, Remixed With Love is a little different. Not only is the man with one of the most legendary record collections in the game guaranteed to dig deeper than most, every track you hear has been (re)created using spanking new analogue transfers of the original multi-track tapes, with the full consent and co-operation of the copyright owners. Which means not only are you getting the best possible sound quality, the creators of the original tracks are getting paid too – as they damn well should be. These multi track tapes also uncovered elements that were not used in the original mixes so Joey has incorporated some of these never before heard parts such as the Grace Jones aerobic workout instruction. Putting an album like this together is no easy feat, as Dave himself explains in the extensive liner notes that accompany this package. First, you have to get permission from the copyright owners to undertake the project at all – which can in itself entail hundreds of emails and phone calls. Then you have to track down the original tapes – when many may have been recorded over, lost or simply destroyed – and convince the label archivists to get them digitised. And that's before you even start on the remixing… which is when you find half the parts are missing, or you can't foreground that killer piano lick you wanted to because the original was recorded live in the studio and the piano track has the bassline bleeding all over it. The title of this album is extremely appropriate, because for Mr Lee this definitely has been a labour of love!

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1. Patti LaBelle - Music Is My Way Of Life (Joey Negro Funk In The Music mix)
2. The O'Jays - I Love Music" (Joey Negro Sweet Music mix)
Side 2
1. Loose Change - Straight From The Heart (Joey Negro Straight To The Groove mix)
2. Kleeer - Open Your Mind (Joey Negro Seeekret mix)
Side 3
1. Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind (Joey Negro extended disco mix)
2. Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Joey Negro Return Of The Mac mix)
Side 4
1. Cheryl Lynn - You Saved My Day (Joey Negro Tell The World mix)
2. Norman Connors - Stella (Joey Negro Jazz Ride)

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