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Singles
Four Minutes Of Funk
Four Minutes Of Funk (7" limited to 250 copies)
Cat: OGR 843. Rel: 21 Mar 23
Abram & Nestor - "Four Minutes Of Funk" (4:02)
Nestor Alvarez - "El Trombonista" (2:50)
Review: Neil Anderson's unashamedly revivalist Original Gravity label is back once again - when are they not dropping heat, frankly? - with more funk goodness. This time out it is two more massive slices of tasty Latin funk getting served up. The first is Abram & Nestor's 'Four Minutes Of Funk' which is indeed four minutes of funk that will unite dancefloors from here to eternity with its big organ magic. Nestor Alvarez' 'El Trombonista' is as you might guess denied by its big trombone and also boasts some great horn work. These are two steamy and sizzling cuts that prove irresistible.
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Tags: Latin Funk
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Love & Hope
Cat: O 00945. Rel: 19 Jan 23
Lisa Decker & SaturnVybz - "Love & Hope" (4:42)
Lisa Decker & Nautilus - "Summer Child" (4:21)
Review: Lisa Decker makes a return with two new singles here that are taken from her upcoming album which is due in May of this year. It comes two years after her debut with the Japanese jazz trio Nautilus and marks something of a conceptual shift in her sound. 'Love & Hope' finds her turn in a stylish jazz vocal with funky bass loops and organic drums and percussion that straddle many different genres. 'Summer Child' then sinks into a nice smooth jazz-funk vibe with soft focus chords bringing a touch of class to her breezy vocals.
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I've Got You
I've Got You (7" limited to 200 copies)
Cat: STR 001ST. Rel: 29 Apr 22
I've Got You (4:16)
Shake Your Booty (4:24)
Review: Information is thin on the ground on this release, although we know a proportion of these came out originally on Cle An Thair Records records which was active in the 70s, and have never been reissued. Bu we can tell you this much - both sides contain raw, hard hitting funk and soul tracks with a lo-fi style and emotive vocals
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Tighten Up (reissue)
Tighten Up (reissue) (7" limited to 250 copies)
Cat: OGR 817C. Rel: 03 Jan 24
Luchito & Nestor - "Tighten Up" (4:11)
Nestor Alvarez - "Just Add Vibes" (3:06)
Review: The Original Gravity label is back with more of its fully functional but also exceptionally flair-fulled funk sounds, this time with Luchito and Nestor Alvarez behind 'Tighten Up.' It is another choice reissue that has been dug carefully out of the vaults and comes in seriously limited quantities on 7". Luchito & Nestor kick off with the original version of 'Tighten Up' on the a-side and it's packed with high-tempo breaks and sung-spoken vocals. On the flip is a more fiery and explicitly Latin affair with the warming chords and florid horns of Nestor Alvarez's 'Just Add Vibes.'
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Tags: Latin Funk
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Mr Bongo Edits Volume 1: Danny Krivit
Mr Bongo Edits Volume 1: Danny Krivit (12" in debossed sleeve)
Cat: MRB 12057. Rel: 07 Mar 23
Sabu Martinez - "Hotel Alyssa Soussie" (6:36)
Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc - "Lupita" (7:16)
Review: Mr Bongo continue to churn out top-quality re-edits and here they enlist Danny Krivit aka. Mr. K, the New York producer who has longstandingly helped prop up the dance scene there since the early 1960s. Krivit is responsible for perhaps some of the earliest and most significant disco and funk edits on Earth, so we're more than happy to hear these new ones out, in which he lends his ear to two mambi from Latin extraordinaires Sabu Martinez and Nico Gomez. Percussive clanks and boxy slaps abound on this audiophiles' charm.
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If I Could (Make You Mine)
Cat: S4R 18. Rel: 24 Mar 22
If I Could (Make You Mine) (2:32)
Rhythm & Rhyme (4:08)
Review: Newban is a band that hailed from Westwood, California, and was made up of Sharon Bryant, Jonathan Lewis, Porter Carroll and Joseph Phillips alongside Mark Slifstein, Keith Johnson, Albert Jones and Gregory Press. After the release of their first single they rammed themselves Atlantic Starr but then put out a couple albums in 1977, Newban and Newban 2. That's the backstory sorted, and so to this reissued 7" which kicks off with the deep cut funk of 'If I Could (Make You Mine)', a tune with sung-spoken lyrics and rousing horns. 'Rhythm & Rhyme' is smoother and more seductive, with a quieter soul sound seducing as it unravels.
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The Time Is Right
Cat: ATH 045. Rel: 29 Jun 17
The Time Is Right (3:23)
Feeling Funky (3:55)
Review: If this fine 7" is anything to go by, the crate digging and detective skills of Athens of the North founder Euan Fryer are as sharp as ever. The two tracks featured here originally appeared on a private press single that currently changes hands for large sums online. Fryer manager to track down the original writer/producer, Chicago-based George Riviera, who not only have his blessing to the reissue, but also sent over the master tapes. Stylistically, A-side "The Time is Right" sits somewhere between Latin soul, jazz-funk and sumptuous downtempo disco, with blue-eyed soul vocals and subtle vibraphone solos rising above superb had percussion. Fipside "Feelin' Funky" is a more up-tempo affair: an undulating chunk of jazz-funk/disco fusion laden with neat musical touches.
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Albums
Make Up The Edits 3
Cat: AR 013. Rel: 13 Mar 23
Dance To The Beat (Freakout) (6:08)
Dance To Freedom (7:02)
She's So Divine (6:53)
African Bump (5:42)
Sunny (6:36)
Happy Music (6:39)
Yes (5:21)
Changes (6:49)
Review: The superb Make Up series hits release number three and in doing so heads back to the trio that started it all. The combination of Chicago house originator Chez Damier, Adeen label head Camille and Italian talent Nico Lahs is a dream team indeed and they serve up some crucial edits that cover a wide sonic range. There are standout cuts on the first 12" such as 'Dance to Freedom' and 'African Bump' while jazzy grooves define 'Sunny' and 'Changes' is all about getting that dance floor vibing. This is another in-the-know musical voyage from this crew that more that deserves a spot on your shelves.

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Labyrinth (reissue)
Labyrinth (reissue) (gatefold LP)
Cat: BEWITH 103LP. Rel: 14 Sep 22
Origins (8:09)
Bull Dance (3:13)
Ariadne (2:42)
Arena (part I) (6:43)
Arena (part II) (5:20)
Exultation (6:04)
Naxos (12:16)
Review: Ian Carr and the Nucleus crew were real favourites of US hip hop master Madlib. He valued their dark, brooding, menacing beats and spooky soundtracks and this album is a perfect example of that adsorbing broodiness. It came on Vertigo in 1973 and was in part funded by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It started off life as a live show and then with an expanded cast become an album recording with help from vocalist Norma Winstone. Be With have remastered the whole record from original tapes and the sleeve has also been restored to its full original glory.
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Skull Session (reissue)
Skull Session (reissue) (limited gatefold 180 gram gold vinyl LP with obi-strip)
Cat: TWM 50G. Rel: 19 Dec 22
Skull Session
Reuben's Rondo
125th St & 7th Ave
One For Duke
Dumpy Mama
Baja Bossa
In A Japanese Garden
Flight For Freedom
Review: Q.A.S.B. is a Japanese funk and soul group from Tokyo who have an unashamed love of James Brown and his hard-hitting funky style. They do big dance numbers as well as more laid-back and mellow moments, but this new 7" is very much in the former camp. "The Jet Leg" (feat Ryo Nakata (Osaka Monaurail)) is all big horns, hard and crisp drums and incendiary vocals from the lead singer. It's a real stormy tune and on the flip side, "Wolf" doesn't let up. It's another rousing tune lead by huge horns, all manner of bristling percussive sounds and a driving rhythm section.
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Trombone Feeling (reissue)
Trombone Feeling (reissue) (LP with obi-strip)
Cat: PLP 7656. Rel: 09 Oct 23
Trombone Feeling (3:27)
Trickey Mickey (4:31)
At Seventeen (2:40)
Slide Vibin (3:58)
Flamenco Jazz (2:43)
Limbo Jazz (3:28)
Journey To Paricutin (4:17)
All Of Me (2:06)
Just Friends (3:48)
Review: Trombonist Ira Nepps - a member of Hawaiian AIR classic Lemur who also recorded with the likes of Paul McCartney, Elton John, Leon Russell and BB King - released only one album and that was this one in 1979. Trombone Feeling is a seamless and soulful fusion of jazz and mellow styles with Brazilian sunshine flavours that brings to mind the work of the great Roy Ayers. It features such gems as the lush title track with its sublime female choses and the more low key and soothing sounds of 'Trickey Mickey' as well as plenty more. It has become a cult and hard-to-find album having only been pressed up 500 times back in the day, and it was popularised on the radio on the US mainland.
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Visions Of The Third Eye
Cat: EFR 003. Rel: 24 Jun 22
Empty Streets (1:54)
Egypt Rock (8:14)
Sculpture (10:49)
Chinese Rock (12:21)
Prelude To Grace (5:01)
Love Cipher (2:31)
Review: It's quite hard to comprehend that such a pivotal album in the history of free jazz has taken this long to be reissued. Originally coming out in 1980, Visions Of The Third Eye is a landmark piece of work which saw the untamed terrain of free jazz being navigated with a certain soulful, spiritual bent which lands differently compared to a lot of other works in the genre. New Life Trio was made up of monumental drummer Steve Reid, guitarist Brandon Ross and bassist David Wertman, and on this record they broke down barriers but never at the expense of the feeling. Now Early Future have faithfully reissued the album with an appropriate level of grandeur, remastered and featuring a 20-page zine with interviews, essays and more.
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Reverie (reissue)
Reverie (reissue) (LP + MP3 download code with obi-strip)
Cat: ESP 017. Rel: 07 May 21
Reverie (7:30)
Get It Up & Dance (7:42)
It's True (8:47)
The Way We Were/The Way We Were - Version/Love In Motion (12:28)
Track 5 (6:17)
Review: It would be fair to say that The New York Disco Orchestra's 1978 album Reverie - Get Up and Dance is not the most celebrated set around, though it has long been on the radar of many well-funded record collectors. The album was the work of brothers John and Rocco Giamundo and was originally released in miniscule numbers in the US, Belgium and Japan. If you dig high-quality orchestral disco, it's well worth a listen. Particularly impressive is jazzy opener 'Reverie', a solo-packed dancefloor interpretation of a Claude Debussy composition, heavyweight disco-funk workout 'Get Up and Dance' and epic B-side opener 'The Wat We Were', a wonderfully lengthy and over-the-top orchestral disco number that's just the right side of cheesy.
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Tags: Soul Disco
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Versions
Cat: FSPT 2003LP. Rel: 29 Mar 22
School Girl Crush (feat Kendra Morris) (4:44)
Groovin' (feat Jamie Allensworth) (3:09)
You Got To Be A Man (feat Sy Smith) (3:09)
Gimme Little Sign (feat Chris Dowd) (2:43)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (feat Terin Ector) (3:38)
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (feat Alex Desert, Jesse Wagner & Malik The Freq Moore) (3:26)
Aht Uh Mi Hed (feat John Arthur Bigham) (3:25)
Gossip (feat Malik "The Freq" Moore) (2:50)
Me & Baby Brother (feat Kevin Sandbloom) (3:15)
There's A Break In The Road (feat Afrodyete) (2:56)
Put On Train (3:16)
Let's Stay Together (feat Destani Wolf) (3:30)
This Christmas (feat Durand Jones) (3:20)
Review: Night Owls are an LA-based group made up of members of The Lions and The Aggrolites, pooling their skills into a seriously slick stew which splits the difference between roots reggae and funky soul. Sonically, they achieve a perfect 70s sound with plenty of choppy guitar licks, cool organ and light dubby touches on the desk, but first and foremost comes the songwriting. These tunes have an instant classic kind of feel to them, helped no end by the revolving door roster of vocalists reaching from Kendra Morris to Malik The Freq Moore and so many more besides lending their croon to the exquisite musicianship.
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Find A Way
Find A Way (180 gram vinyl LP)
Cat: BORN 03. Rel: 28 Jul 22
Moonlight Sonata (intro) (0:17)
Illusion (3:39)
Wandering (4:18)
Find A Way (3:53)
Escape On A Sunny Day (3:32)
Moments Of Insanity (interlude) (1:32)
Past Memories (4:04)
On A Cloud (3:29)
Illusion (Zopelar remix) (5:07)
Review: Spanish label Saft has a fantastic catalogue of richly musical deep house and now one of its legals adds this fantastic jazz-funk-house effort. It is a cosmic soup of Rhodes chords, gorgeous percussion and glowing melodies that are as warm as toast and beautiful by design. Each track feels live, with some funky numbers like 'Find A Way' next to more overtly jazzy ones and perfect broken beat such as 'Escape On A Sunny Day.' It is a talented group of musicians who have put this one together and it's a timeless affair from front to back,
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Space Oddities (1972-1982)
Cat: BORNBAD 082LP. Rel: 18 May 16
Roger Roger/Nino Nardini - "Expectation" (2:03)
Cecil Leuter/Roger Roger/Nino Nardini - "Pop Electronique No. 2" (2:27)
Roger Roger - "Sound Industrial No. 2" (2:03)
Eddie Warner - "Shut Up" (2:26)
Eddie Warner - "Brutus Drums" (2:14)
Georges Teperino/Nino Nardini - "Tickling Shuffle" (2:18)
Eddie Warner - "Devil's Anvil" (2:05)
Roger Roger/Nino Nardini - "Tomorrow" (2:48)
Georges Teperino/Nino Nardini - "Minor Mind" (2:07)
Eddie Warner - "K.O" (2:05)
Eddie Warner - "Pathetic Motion" (2:41)
Roger Roger - "Sound Industrial No. 15" (2:26)
Eddie Warner - "Poppy Chimes" (1:52)
Nino Nardini - "Frantique" (2:11)
Roger Roger - "Sound Industrial No. 5" (2:04)
Roger Roger/Nino Nardini - "Beyond The Clouds" (2:07)
Review: Space Oddities (1972 - 1982) are the results of Frenchman Georges Achille Teperino aka Nino Nardini, fellow countryman Roger Roger and German Eddie Warner's collaborations over ten years at Ganaro recording studio. Given some underground recognition in the late nineties by the likes of Barry 7 of Add N to (X) (with his Connectors series) or UK electronica legend Luke Vibert, they can now add Alexis Le-Tan (Les Edits Du Golem) and Jess as devotees, who made the effort of compiling the release. As Born Bad stated quite succinctly, the trio used their "strange instruments to sketch out the beginnings of something that resembled the future of music. This collection presents some of the highlights from their light-hearted, electronic pop sessions."
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Look A Little Higher
Cat: AOTNLP 057. Rel: 23 Jun 22
Money Won't Change You (3:33)
It's Bad (3:08)
Good Thing (2:31)
Best Of Luck To You (3:02)
That's What I Get (2:11)
That's The Sound Of My Heart (2:20)
How Long Must I Wait For You (2:29)
Foxy Mama (2:36)
Look A Little Higher (2:43)
I Take What I Want (2:26)
She's Got To Be Loved (2:42)
Just A Dream (2:02)
To Love Me Like You Do (2:49)
There's Gonna Be A Better Day Coming (2:37)
Review: The glorious Athens of the North label will always be one of our favourites. It is pretty much buy on sight for lovers of soul, funk and disco and this month it is serving up two more unmissable long players. Here it is Ike and The Uptights and their superb sounds which make, what me might bravely, say, could be one of this always high class label's finest releases. Formed by Henry Bradley in Forrest City, The Uptights recorded for Memphis label Action Records and here we get a perfect window into their world of raw and guttural funk.
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Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass From Sudan's Red Sea Coast
Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass From Sudan's Red Sea Coast (180 gram vinyl LP + insert + MP3 download code)
Cat: OSTLP 012. Rel: 23 Jun 22
Saagama (3:55)
Qwal (6:19)
Al Amal (6:40)
Jabana (6:27)
Wondeeb (5:56)
Daleb (7:40)
Review: In a stroke of ingenuity Noori found a neck of a guitar whilst rummaging through a Port Sudan scrapyard along the Red Sea Coast in the 90s. Using their welding talents they fixed it onto a traditional four stringed tambour, creating what may be the only tambo-guitar hybrid in the world. Beja Power! Is a love letter to the Beja culture, inherently political and almost erased by the former Sudanese leader. This historically rich niche of Afro-Jazz is both nostalgic and mystical. Elements of surf rock, electric blues and psychedelia can be heard in these instrumental tracks, a 6-track capsule of a powerful identity nearly lost to the sands of time. Noori & His Dorpa Band's style is authentic and evocative and is a joyful proclamation and demonstration of the magic that is Beja sound and aesthetic.
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Tags: African | Afro Jazz
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The Notorious JB's: The BIG Payback
Cat: NOTORIOUS JBS. Rel: 13 Apr 23
Intro Theme (0:44)
BIG Poppa's Got A Brand New Bag (3:59)
Sex Machine Gun Funk (4:02)
Ten Crack Commandments (feat Fela Kuti) (3:32)
Don't Do Drugs PSA (interlude) (0:49)
The BIG Payback (5:47)
Kick In The Door (3:36)
Say It Loud (I'm Black & Proud) (3:16)
Everyday Struggle (3:58)
Stay In School PSA (outro) (0:18)
Think BIG (bonus track) (2:27)
Review: Amerigo's The Big Payback series finds him bring together some fantasy all stars for his "J.B. and The Soul Mates" tribute concept. Here, James Brown's music is reworked, edited and chopped together with the work of hip hop giant Notorious BIG. It results in speaker blasting, floor filling, ass wiggling jams that mash up all the most iconic verses and choruses from each singer with their most recognisable guitar riffs, drum breaks and samples. It's a colourful collage that is as fun as it is funky.
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Elastic Rock (reissue)
Elastic Rock (reissue) (gatefold LP in die-cut sleeve)
Cat: BEWITH 125LP. Rel: 24 May 23
1916 (1:16)
Elastic Rock (4:04)
Striation (2:15)
Taranaki (0:55)
Twisted Track (5:59)
Crude Blues (part 1) (0:31)
Crude Blues (part 2) (0:22)
1916-The Battle Of Boogaloo (5:44)
Torrid Zone (5:16)
Stonescape (4:16)
Earth Mother (1:48)
Speaking For Myself, Personally, In My Own Opinion, I Think (6:43)
Persephone's Jive (2:13)
Review: Headed up by the revered trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr, Nucleus have penned many a seminal album and Elastic Rock certainly is one of them. It was a real milestone for the jazz-rock fusion scene and marked a stunning debut in 1970 that has been hard to find ever since. Saxophonist Brian Smith, guitarist Chris Spedding - who wouold later go on to produce the Sex Pistols' first recordings - drummer John Marshall, bassist Jeff Clyne and sax, oboe and pianist Karl Jenkins all brought energy and invention in equal measure on this one with cuts like the title track offer lovely electric blues, '1916' featuring heavy drums and melancholic horns and 'Striation' being more serene. Be With have remastered this reissue from the original tapes.
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Snakehips Etcetera (reissue)
Cat: BEWITH 128LP. Rel: 24 May 23
Rat's Bag (5:54)
Alive & Kicking (8:46)
Rachel's Tune (7:41)
Snakehips Etcetera (10:03)
Pussyfoot (4:04)
Heyday (7:38)
Review: First released on Vertigo in 1975, the growling basslines and irresistible rolling grooves of Nucleus emerge in full force for Snakehips Etcetera - an infectiously energetic record that sounds as though it has barely aged a day. Opening onto the unctuous grooves of 'Rat's Bag', where a jubilant trumpet solo takes centre stage, this track instantly takes us into the heart of Nucleus' entirely distinctive terrain. On the B-side, the title track emerges at a slower pace and with synthesised elements moving to the fore - this is a release that perfectly demonstrates how electronics and instrumentation can be combined to reach new heights. With original copies of this release proving virtually impossible to score, we're thankful Be With have gifted the world with a much-needed re-release.
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Alleycat (reissue)
Cat: BEWITH 105LP. Rel: 18 Aug 22
Phaideaux Corner (6:18)
Alleycat (14:13)
Splat (12:04)
You Can't Be Sure (3:47)
Nosegay (4:47)
Review: Be With are busy reissuing a number of Nucleus albums and Alleycat sure is one of their best. It is packed with stone cold rhythms as well as having a red hot sleeve. The band put it out in 197 and it was their last for the Vertigo label, all meticulously produced by Jon Hiseman. It's as good as any of their work with its funk fusions of prog, jazz and rock all ageing brilliantly well. There are big riff-laden tunes, cop-funk chases and more lush and laidback pieces that will have you deep in the groove. It has all been remastered from original tapes so sounds as good as ever.
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