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Straight from the northwest 1980, Freeway was the band you could catch any weekend playing gigs in Portland and Seattle.. Their coveted AOR boogie debut 7" on Nebula Circle "Get The Feelin" is what originally started this project with PPU records, Mark J (keyboardist/songwriter/vocalist) had some original copies in the safe deposit box.. Nebula Circle was a local Oregon label that released Shock and Nu Shooz's first recordings! Freeway had another vinyl LP debut in the 80s, but it only made limited local waves, impossible to find today, so Mark J went back in the studio and pulled all these recordings from the archives, and luckily found other solo projects featured on this LP. Limited to 500 copies.

Jazz and Gnawa fusion album recorded in Morocco by Bologna-based Fawda Trio and London duo LV (under their SwamiMillion alias).The album began with a live collaboration between Fawda Trio and SwamiMillion in Bologna in 2013 and culminated with a ten-day recording session in the old city of Essaouira in 2014, featuring local musicians including the acclaimed Gnawa master Maalem Soudani.The album is conceived as a journey to Essaouira and features original compositions by Fawda Trio, who work at the nexus of African-American traditions and Gnawa music with keyboards, percussions, and gimbri, as well as two electronic pieces based on sampling by SwamiMillion and covers of traditional Gnawa and Morrocan pieces.Following the recordings in Morocco, the album was produced and mixed by LV in London and mastered by Ian Carter (Various Productions, Stick In the Wheel, Cosmic Bridge).A unique take on Gnawa that spans jazz, hip-hop, electronic music, and modern classical.

Debut ep by this Russian based newcomer under the alias LOW TAPE.The A-side features two club oriented jams with crusty snares, Mr Fingers-ish dreamy chords and some genuinely crunching acid squelches. On the flip side, LOW TAPE delivers an eight minute opus, utilising a variety of hissed-out samples and compositional flourishes to well and truly encapsulate a days-gone-by era of dance music.

Classic Detroit house alert! Rick Wilhite’s “Godson EP” originally got released on Moodymann’s KDJ label in 1997 and was never repressed… until now. All tracks were remastered and this release includes a bonus unreleased Moodymann remix. Check that original Detroit house vibe.. big release!