SEALED

Inside of the bay area’s sweater funk crew is k-maxx, one of modern funk’s most prolific voices and producers to emerge over the last half dozen years. K-maxx lets it be known on ‘For The Record’ that he is in a lane of his own. As soon as you hear the game within the sexy dialog and his infectious voice that hypnotizes you over his masterful arrangements, there is no doubt he’ll have you coming back for more. Only someone who baptizes his whole city every week with the gospel of the funk can write like he does, let alone transcend the vibe of every dude in the city moving through ladies they can’t let go. That’s real life transcended on ‘For The Record’, K-Maxx has walked through the darkness with the torch of his music, lifting the experience of his record to a plateau where we doubt he’ll be a underground secret for much longer. K-Maxx’s production wizardry is just as masterful as the wind through the pipes, as he clowns the lyrical boundaries of love songs with stuffin for your muffin, then lights it up on the one with masterful 808 breakdowns just for fun, forever cementing his place in modern funk for the record.

FIRST TOUCH presents a six song EP “KNOCKOUT”, a highly anticipated release for this duo out of Germany who is clearly operating on all cylinders as far as modern funk dance music is concerned, carving out a lane all of their own a long time ago! KNOCKOUT blasts the dance floor striking first with the BEWEG DEIN KÖPER, moving that body with a sophisticated level of uptempo modern funk built upon hard basslines and masterful synth arrangements. DO IT TO IT won’t let you leave the dance floor with bouncing bass and infectious chord arrangements, displaying the master craftsmanship of groove control this duo brings to modern funk music.Love songs don’t have to be slow jams as revealed on IT MUST BE LOVE, this jam will have lovers dancing close to the silky rhythm and juicy chords that sweet talk listeners with dialogue of a Hardcastle lead! ITS LIKE PARADISE WHEN YOU’RE WITH ME electrifies that notion with a refreshing poolside melody that pulls you in closer with its bubbling bass that won’t let you escape as it electrifies with vocoders and hypnotizes with an infectious breakdown. JUST A GROOVE is one to glide the streets to, this tuff baseline carries the rhythm on skates with its slick simplicity highlighting masterful synth arrangements that go back and for between this duo steady riding the groove. Closing out the EP with a jam that is a pure funk anthem that will take over dance floors as FIRST TOUCH gives you the KNOCKOUT!

After the sucess of their collaborations on Bentley Bass Music and Trad Vibe compilation and severals djs gigs in Europe, long time friends Dj Cam and Moar teamed for "Beats". 
 
"Beats " is a special instrumental album , influenced by the great J Dilla, Pete Rock, New York in the 90's... and looking also into the futur of the beats in 2016.Dj Cam and Moar will be on tour in Europe in Spring, showing their "Beats" on stage. 
 
 Available in limited blue vinyl .


4 years in the making, in partnership with Teranga beat the current leading label for Senegalese music, Analog Africa proudly offer an insight into the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s. This compilation, reflects the unique fusions of Funk, Mbalax, Cuban Son and Mandigue guitar sounds that transformed Dakar into West Africa´s most vibrant city.It all started in 2009 when Adamantios Kafetzis travelled from Greece to Senegal with a brand new tape machine that he used to digitise the musical treasures he had discovered in the city of Thiés. These treasures took the form of reel tapes, and had been recorded by sound engineer Moussa Diallo, who had spent the previous four decades immortalising, onto magnetic tape, the bands that would perform in his club, the legendary Sangomar.300 Senegalese songs that nobody had ever heard before were discovered - five of them were selected for this compilation.Thanks to its history of outside influences, Senegal - the western point of Africa - had become a musical melting pot. Cuban and American sailors had brought Son Montuno from Cuba, Jazz from New Orleans and American soul tunes: sounds that were swiftly embraced and adopted by urban dance bands and intuitively merged with local music styles.One band in particular excelled at this fusion. 1960 marks the formation of Star Band de Dakar, a milestone that left an indelible imprint on Dakar's musical landscape. Indeed, the whole country was soon grooving to their intoxicating mixture of Afro Cuban rhythms and Wolof-language lyrics.The 1970s brought a new generation of stellar bands, Le Sahel, Orchestre Laye Thiam, Number One de Dakar, Orchestra Baobab, Dieuf Dieul de Thies and Xalam1 who fused traditional Senegalese percussion instruments such Sabra, Tama and Bougarabou with organs and keyboards, giving birth to new hybrids. Merging the folkloric and the experimental, these sounds, embraced by the youth, took centre stage and gave the previously dominant Cuban music a run for its money.With this burst of musical and artistic creativity, driven predominantly by the modern vision of President Senghor, Dakar began attracting international stars. The Jackson Five, James Brown, Tabou Combo (Haiti), Celia Cruz (Cuba) and an array of African stars like Tabu Ley Rochereau (Congo), Manu Dibango (Cameroon) and Bembeya Jazz (Guinée) joined in with the local scene, improvising jam sessions and bringing new flavours to a music scene that was always open to new inspirations and influences. Johnny Pacheco immortalised his passion for the city with a song called "Dakar, Punto Final".The comprehensive booklet that comes with the CD - 44 pages and with the Double LP - 12 pages LP size - is a precious document attesting to the decades of transformation that led to modern Senegalese music. Featuring biographies of music producers and a legendary record cover designer, as well as the life stories of all the groups represented here, the booklet also includes a fantastic selection of photos that have never seen before.

Music From Memory’s latest retrospective is a double album that showcases the solo work of Spanish electronic music pioneer Suso Sáiz. Having been at the forefront of Spain’s experimental music scene since the late 1970s, multi-instrumentalist Suso Sáiz formed the pivotal group Orquesta de las Nubes and studio project Música Esporádica, releasing a string of albums on Madrid’s now cult label Grabaciones Accidentales, which was also home to groups such as Finis Africae, Mecánica Popular, and Ishinohana. A prolific producer, he has recorded with Spain’s most singular popular musicians as well as with a number of luminary electronic and world music artists such as Steve Roach, Jorge Reyes, and Salif Keita.‘Odisea’ draws material from Suso’s early solo works, including music from the rare cassette-only ‘Confidencias’ as well as pieces from his more recent compositions, soundtrack works and previously unreleased tracks. An artist dedicated to experimentation, Suso’s sparse compositions manifest a solitary and stripped back approach to making music. Fascinated by the possibilities of new technology he experimented with guitar loops, synthesizers, and drum computers creating a unique form of musical hypnotism absorbed by avant-garde / minimalist and non-Western musical influences.The most representative figure of Spain’s now cult experimental scene, Suso Sáiz remains an exploratory musician in a musical universe that knows no boundaries. ‘Odisea’ will be followed by a retrospective that will focus on Suso’s collaborative work with Orquesta de las Nubes and Música Esporádica.