Jackie Mittoo + The Soul BrothersLast Train To Skaville |
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As the undisputed 'Keyboard King of Studio One' Jackie Mittoo left a huge mark on Jamaican music across the eras, helping found The Skatalites and leading The Soul Brothers amongst many other bands. Soul Jazz gathered together some rare recordings of Mittoo and the Soul Brothers from the mid-60s, where the ensemble glide with poise between ska and rocksteady, sprinkling in funk, jazz and Latin touches for good measure. It's a heady crew which captures Jamaican music in a period of open-ended innovation, as practised by some of the key architects of the sounds. After being out of print for some time, this special green vinyl edition isn't likely to hang around for long. |
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Colin Curtis & Various
Jazz Dance Fusion Vol 4 Pt 1 2xLP |
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Colin Curtis returns with another finely-curated selection of the best 'Jazz Dance Fusion' records he could find. In Curtis' own words, Volume 4 reflects a combination of new music, unreleased music, and tracks that have never been on vinyl before or have not attained the recognition they deserve. A whopping 26 tracks are racked up on the digital edition, but this special vinyl record yields just thirteen further selections from that initial batch; leading the charge is the Rhodesy, hi-hatty '46 To Somewhere' by the Sultan's Swing, capturing the free-spiritedness of hitching a ride to somewhere untrammeled. Further choice sonic infections, infusing elements of vocal jazz, salsa and Latin spoken word, include Somos Amigos' 'Pa'gozar' and GeeW's 'Kyoto'. Get grooving! |
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Skepta & JammerTouching My Body 12" |
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No doubt still recovering from their triumphant appearance at Glastonbury’s Arcadia, Skepta and Jammer have dropped another gem on their Más Tiempo house label: “Touching My Body”, which features old friend and collaborator Etta Bond. The new track follows on from the label’s two-track debut, “Mas Murder / Touch Me”, in April, and showcases a slightly different side of their new house sound. Unlike those two tracks, this one’s a vocal cut, backing Etta Bond’s breathy, sultry performance with light and airy synth pads. On the flip is a new tech-house number called “Down Shovel” from Stoke Newington’s Jammin, another grime vet who’s made the leap to house music. |
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| Sheer MagPlaying Favourites |
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Returning a half decade on from their critically acclaimed sophomore effort A Distant Call, Philadelphia's 70s rock imbued punk outfit Sheer Mag return with their most honed, poignant collection of material to date. Moving on from the "personal coming out party" that was their first few projects, lead vocalist Tina Halladay has made it abundantly clear that this material could not have been penned just a few years prior, while their mission statement going into Playing Favourites was to rectify the fact that no artist seems "to write straight up rock bangers anymore", with an emphasis on having "huge, catchy songwriting front and centre". Signing to Jack White's Third Man Records seems simultaneously like a fitting rite of passage as well as affirmation of the band's monumental success, with their retro-fitted, fuzzed out 70s psych-tinged rhythm & blues grooves swaying and weaving around Halladay's sultry, snarling cadence with a resolute confidence only achieved over time. THERES NO STOPPING THE MAG |
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Fire! is the core trio of Mats Gustafsson (sax, electronics), Johan Berthling (bass) and Andreas Werlin (drums). Formed in 2009 to develop a fresh approach to improvised music, they draw on influences from free jazz, hypnotic slowcore, psychedelic rock and electronics. Their nine albums, all on Rune Grammofon, include collaborations with Jim O`Rourke, Oren Ambarchi and Stephen O'Malley.
Clear vinyl LP limited to 300 copies. |
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Grateful DeadTerrapin Station |
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Newly Mastered by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer David Glasser. Produced for release by David Lemieux. The first Arista Grateful Dead album, and the first studio album featuring an outside producer their debut album a decade earlier, Terrapin Station is one of the deepest, densest, most ambitious album in the entire Dead catalog. Arista president Clive Davis vowed to get the Dead a hit record (that would take another 10 years), so he paired the Dead with Fleetwood Mac producer Keith Olson, and they created an album unlike anything they'd ever made before, filled with strings, horns, a choir, and countless other new sounds in the Dead world. And the songs... what a collection! Estimated Prophet, Samson and Delilah, Passenger, Dancing In The Street, and Donna Jean Godchaux's first lead vocal on a Dead album, Sunrise, make up Side 1. And Side 2 is the entire Terrapin Station suite, with many parts and twists and turns. Truly one of the most exciting sequences of music ever committed to vinyl by The Grateful Dead. |
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