Unreleased Jay Dee tracks, now coming out on Moodymann’s Mahogani label in collaboration with the Yancey Media Group & the J-Dilla Foundation ! All production is by J-Dilla. Limited pressing – preorders advised.

Tracklist:

1. Birthright
2. Feel This Shit
3. The Best That Ever Did It
4. Lets Pray Together
5. Ride Wit It
6. Say My Name
7. Dillatroit
8. Detroit Madness
9. Possible
10. Mind Yo Business
11. Rebirth is Necessary
12. Pitfalls

Fact Magazine did an article on the upcoming release here that you can check out here

Available here on 2LP, here on CD

Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey is truly one of a kind. He entered the music scene with his african compositions for classical guitar. He gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. The same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, and some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in Africa and in the french-speaking world. But few people know that in the 1970s, Francis Bebey delved into electronic music. The first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. he embraced the technique of ‘sound on sound’ recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). This new stage in his musical career included the production of several records (‘savannah georgia,’ ‘new track’, ‘haiti’), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. This was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments.

Track List & Sound Clips:
1. New Track
2. La Condition Masculine
3. Wuma Te
4. Divorce Pygmee
5. Fleur Tropicale
6. Tiers Monde
7. Agatha
8. Pigmy Love Song
9. Catching Up
10. Sahel
11. The COffee Cola Song
12. Super Jungle
13. Savanah Georgia
14. ll n’y pas de crocodiles a cocody

Remolino De Oro: Coastal Cumbias from Colombia’s Discos Fuentes 1961-73

A follow up to “A Orillas del Magdalena”, twelve more cumbias from Colombia’s most prolific label. Hailing, by all accounts, from the Northern coast of Colombia, Cumbia is the offspring of the musical melding of three cultures—the Indigenous, Spanish and African. Shaped by bright cymbals, an insistent bass line, eclectic percussion and brilliant accordion playing, these Discos Fuentes recordings remain raw, loose and unpolished. From dance floor hit to nostalgic ode—they come straight from the heart.

• / Alejandro Duran-Cumbia Costena
• / Los Satelites-Ocaso Marino
• / Combo Los Galleros-Tabaco Mascao
• / Andres Landero-La Pollera Rosada
• / Los Corraleros de Majagual-La Pollera Colora
• / Abel Antonio Villa-Remolino de Oro
• / Los Gavilanes de la Costa-Lorenza
• / Morgan Blanco Y Su Conjunto-Cumbia de Colombia
• / Calixto Ochoa-Recordando el Pasado
• / Los Teenagers-Cumbia Sincelejana
• / Los Corraleros de Majagual-Cumbia Saramuya
• / Los Cumbiamberos de Pacheco-Al Amanecer

The tape heads of the Jahtari echo machines have been finetuned, the reverb modules are rewired, the bass implant is set to maximum blast and now the third episode of our ongoing series called “Jahtarian Dubbers” is ready to rock your walkman for a long time to come.

Mikey Murka went up to the dancehall again, John Frum is back with a hauntingly beautiful dub, Soom T is in top shape on one of his other riddims, Maffi team up with Ranking Levy from MyLord Sound while the Jahtari Riddim Force is on the loose, El Fata rinses Tapes‘ smashing “Gold Love Riddim”, disrupt dug out a forgotten treasure from the vault and Rootah runs his tube delays into the red zone.

Wearing the black belt for beatmaking and new in the Jahtari camp is Monkey Marc (who supplied a wicked instrumental to the last Roots Manuva album). Our favourite sound system champions Mungo’s Hifi are about to blow your speakers alongside veteran Jim Nastics, plus there’s a very special Rootah version of a Dub Syndicate / Adrian Sherwood classic – with Lee Perry (!) on the mic, lazergun in hand, straightjacket and all. So better pack enough supplies for an interstellar trip – this one might take a while.

Check out the Soundclips Here

Here’s the recording from our Record Store Day 2012, featuring the first 2 hour live to air from Frank Booker & Recloose of the Hit It & Quit It Radio Show.Please excuse some of the patchy bits, the feed was cutting out at times.

Big thanks to George FM & all the DJs that played on the day. Thanks to all those that came through and made it a killer day.

If you like what you hear on this podcast then check the Hit It & Quit It Radio every Monday night, 6pm – 8pm NZ time (GMT+12) Streaming available via www.georgefm.co.nz

After waiting patiently behind two singles, a dope video, and a neon-blue triangle shaped vinyl, Union is ready to unleash the most musically challenging, painstakingly crafted, MC-packed album in the dawn of 2012 – Analogtronics. Featuring Talib Kweli, Elzhi, MF DOOM, Roc Marciano, Guilty Simpson, and more, Union produces space-aged bangers that mold perfectly around each guest, in addition to sprinkling in a few lush, eye-widening instrumentals.

This is the full length we have all been waiting for, as bonus tracks provide over twenty songs hypnotic interstellar boop-bap.

Union consists of two Parisian producers whose otherworldly approach to analog-driven, melodically abstract, sample free hip-hop inspired Fat Beats Records to extend a label invitation immediately. When a mysterious, monolithic, glossy black package arrived at FBHQ with nothing more than a cryptic note and an unlabeled CD inside, the staff wasn’t sure if Stanley Kubrick had risen from the dead to make mixtapes or if their lives were about to be transformed forever. Luckily it was the latter, and today the legendary label is poised to unleash Union’s debut album Analogtronics on an unsuspecting Earth in the Fall of 2011.

Union was born when OJ, a Dilla-obsessed beat junkie with an unhealthy obsession for science fiction, met Gold, a jazzhead whose vast collection of vintage keyboards and synths left little room in his flat for trifling vanities like clothing and kitchen appliances.

Though both shared a parallel vision for the music of tomorrow, they each occupied opposite corners of Paris’ electro underground when their worlds collided in 2009. OJ, upon catching a flash of Gold’s keyboard prowess at a Belleville loft party, approached the funky technician immediately in hopes of applying his melodic touch to a nearly finished beat tape. Gold loved what he heard, and thus two unique creative energies become one distinct Union.

Tracklisting & Sounclips:
1. Intro
2. Mystery Part I
3. Time Leak feat. Talib Kweli & Sly Johnson
4. Cocomango feat. MF DOOM
5. Light Odyssey
6. Good Morning feat. Moka Only
7. Song for Janasa feat. Rachel
8. Wings feat. Elzhi
9. Fallin’ feat. Rapper Big Pooh & Janice
10. Blue
11. Preset Mars feat. Roc Marciano
12. October Rush
13. Digital Delight feat. Guilty Simpson
14. Space B-boy
15. Sky Dust
16. Baby Mama feat. Mani Hoffmann
17. Mystery Part II

In dedication to the late James Dewitt Yancey better known as J Dilla or Jay Dee, beat-smith Ta-ku has produced a track each day for 50 days; each song embodying the very recognizable essence of the “Dilla sound” so cherished by fans far and wide, showcasing Ta-ku’s eclectic production prowess. HW&W Recordings is releasing the 1st volume on vinyl.

Bill Brewster 1st NZ Tour

This month an absolute legend in the world of dance music is heading to Australia & New Zealand for his first Antipodean tour. Not only is Bill Brewster interesting because of what he does on the decks, but he has played a massive part in defining dance music via his books and journalistic endeavours.

While in Auckland Bill will be holding a seminar at the Red Bull Studio on Friday night May 25th at 7:30pm, as well as playing a party at Ink Bar Saturday night May 26th.

Having long ago cemented his name as dance music’s key commentator and historian, in-tandem building an illustrious career as a DJ and producer over the past 30 years, music aficionado Bill Brewster is finally heading to Australia and New Zealand for his first ever down-under DJ tour this May.

His books ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’ and ‘The Record Players – DJ Revolutionaries’ helped to define dance music culture, the industry that surrounds it and the main figureheads who have helped to shape into the force that it is today. ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’ has been translated into seven different languages, including Portuguese, Japanese, Serbo-Croat, Spanish, Italian etc, and has now sold over 150,000 copies worldwide, around 100,000 of that in English. His other book ‘How To DJ Properly)’ has been translated six times, including French, Italian and Portuguese, with sales of around 110,000 in English and another 30,000+ in other languages.

His first delving into the world of recorded works came back in 1982 when the band he was singing with called Group Therapy released the album ‘Arty-Fact’. Since then he has re-rubbed the likes of The Beat Assassins, Superstars of Rock, two times Brit awards nominee Elkie Brooks, Jackson 5 and seven times Grammy nominee David Gamson and has his own project with Alex Tepper (ex-Futureshock) called Hotel Motel. From the year 2000, he has also been busy compiling and mixing compilation releases, having completed 10 out on labels including Hooj Choons, Universal, Capitol, Strut and Harmless. Known by a number of his peers as ‘the Oracle’, Bill has an enviable knack of foreseeing trends long before they have become a reality.

It’s no wonder that for more than three decades he has been the go-to man for media and alike when it comes to opinions and grounded predictions into the future of dance music. His website www.djhistory.com is a portal for like minded individuals. “What I love about dance music is it’s a technology-driven industry so you never quite know in which way it will turn or twist and I love finding out about new things. It’s what’s kept me fiending for the next big thing for the past 35 years”

Replicating his knowledge and love of music in a club environment, Bill began Djing in 1986. He was a founding resident of Fabric, going on to play weekly for 6 years. Emphasising his musical diversity on the decks, one week he would come on after Sasha in the main room to finish the night, the next he would be sparring with Leo Zero in Room 3 playing mental disco records and Balearic biscuits.

For his coming Australian/New Zealand tour, Bill has been scouring through his massive record collection to bring a mix of definitive classics, that will sit alongside up to the moment bombs to get the dancefloor pumping. “I’m psyched about coming to Australia and New Zealand not least because I’ve heard it’s warmer than Grimsby. I’ve been furiously digging out some forgotten gems in my records room for the trip and I’m looking forward to busting some of them out, so hold on to your corsets”

Huge sides from Om Unit. On the A he runs it bass heavy and windy under heartfelt reflections from OM’Mas. Over on the flip, Daedelus gets sci-flipped into some Ridly Scott-esque Paul White / Mark Pritchard territory.

TRACK LISTING
A. Daedelus – Vous Etes Stereo (Om Unit Remix)
AA. Om’Mas Keith – Girl Is A Player (Om Unit Remix)