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Limited 7inch. Impossibly smooth, jazzy tones backed up by some catchy double bass and heavy hitting drums.

Warehouse find! Last copies of this 12" from 2006. Puerto Rico's CANDELA ALLSTARS (best known for "MI SWING ES TROPICAL" with QUANTIC & NICODEMUS) get remixed by NYC's MATTHIAS HEILBRONN (a deep jazzy salsa houser and a dub mix) along with the authentic original version. Fire!!! Don't miss it.

finally repressed! back in stock soon!!

Dan Snaith aka Caribou's new label!

The first reissue in the World Building catalog! An under-the-radar white label gets a second chance at life! One Man's Quest released Smiling Faces 95' on their own Vandal Records label in (you guessed it) 1995. It would end up being the only release on the label & never properly distributed. Produced by Bon Vega & Douglas Johnson, One Man's Quest give the Motown classic a unique 90s spin w/ both house AND r&b versions. Kinda rough, kinda smooth & very essential!

HITTING YOU HARD AND DEEP!!!

Excerpt from Dance Trax column in Billboard Magazine (Jun 10, 1995): "The single kicks a thick and spare house groove, coated with a simple organ line and a worldly lyrical reading that hangs onto the brain long beyond its moments on the dancefloor.' - Larry Flick (Dance Trax)

One Man's Quest is a Brothers' Vibe production. In memory of Bon Vega!

"TOGETHER FOREVER" is a melodic composition that combines sentimental pads & live percussion into a passionate overlay of airy vocals and emotion. This future classic 12" further reiterates the philosophy and concepts of the ROMANTIC FLIGHT project produced by RON TRENT. Support from LOUIE VEGA

At the third New Interplanetary Melodies' astral journey stopover, it was mandatory to catch an Italian project deeply inspired by the Sun Ra visionary realm, expressing contemporary trials of hybridising jazz with artful electronica. So Ra Toth and The Brigantes' Orchestra landed on vinyl grooves for the label, after having previously appeared on the likes of Mathematics and Berceuse Heroique. Behind the sound, we find the elusive and unpredictable genius of the well-respected producer Marcello Napoletano. NIM received the distorted sound signal from Napoletano taken over by the Egyptian deity born from the lips of Ra. Who knows if those noises were coming from a parallel dimension, outer space, or some otherworldly sphere... Submerged in dark bottom waters, the stormy waves of the 'Acid Sea' are made of convulsive afro-flavoured percussion with sharp synths looming out like the ivories of some freakish abyssal creatures.

Original 2000 12"s !! Limited stock - act now!

A journey to the rhythmic Afro-Caribbean roots of Colombia fuelled by the hypnotic power of African house beats" - Sounds and Colours.
Colombian Afro-Caribbean House band Ghetto Kumbé is back with another banging 5 tracks EP., produced with Uk based The Busy Twist.
Formed in 2015, Ghetto Kumbé is composed of three of the most skilful musicians from the popping modern Colombian scene, all of indigenous and African origins .
Multi-instrumentalist El Guajiro' also sings in the amazing salsa band La 33' and used to perform in Richard Blair's Sidestepper'.
Having worked with legendary Toto La Momposina or Quantic's Ondatrópica among many others, Chongo's percussions are truly part of the Colombian musical heritage.
Doctor Keyta', for his part, has dedicated his life to learning how to master the art of playing African percussions.
Soy Selva' transalted as I'm Jungle' is about the ancient people of Colombia, their traditions, their relations with mother nature, universal respect and ritual dancing.
However, there's much more about this EP than the ultimate innovative act from the emerging Colombian melting pot.
The featuring of Ghanaian singer Zongo Abongo on Dagbani Dance' takes the listener even deeper in Africa than the band's previous productions, and the involvement of young and talented, London native producer The Busy Twist put together three continents in this unique musical adventure.
Feel the gaitas, marimbas, and percussions of the Caribbean Coast of Colombia, the enchanting voices of Africa and the powerful electronic beats from the UK bass music scene.

The second Hello Skinny album, Watermelon Sun conjures images of the languorous, dreamy escapism its title suggests. Channelling influences including UK jazz, New Jersey house and Chicago footwork, it's the melodies - played on trombone, tenor sax and the keys - which are the bright-shining, consistent thread throughout. The solo project of esteemed drummer Tom Skinner (whose other recent projects include Sons of Kemet and Owiny Sigoma Band), the album features influential trombone player and composer Peter Zummo (a friend and collaborator of Arthur Russell, who's recently released new material on Glasgow's Optimo label).

Over the past thirty years, dance music has splintered off into a myriad web of different styles and tribes. But in the beginning, things were different: starting with New York's late '70s disco boom, the city's fertile club scene co-mingled hip-hop, R&B, punk and the avant-garde. For Hello Skinny, that open-minded attitude serves as inspiration for Watermelon Sun. Recorded in free-form, improvised live sessions, it sees that broad-minded club lineage channelled through London's genre-blurring, jazz-influenced vanguard.

Connecting via a mutual friend, Skinner went to see Zummo at his house on Staten Island, New York in 2014. A performer and composer of minimalism and contemporary classical since the late '60s, he also played on cultish disco singles like Arthur Russell's Kiss Me Again' and Go Bang'. Strongly influenced by hearing Zummo explain his open-form approach to composition, Skinner approached the recording sessions with written material - a clutch of riffs, melodies and basslines - as the jumping off point for open-ended recordings. Rejecting the kind of improvisation where each player takes their turn to solo, he embraced a group-oriented approach. Or as he puts it, I like improvising where it doesn't sound like improvising.'

Weaved through with loose, colourful melodies, the record deftly shifts tempos - from the off-kilter club banger of Mr P.Z.' to the slow-build, yearning sounds of iDEATH' - in a way that reflects Skinner's experience behind the drum kit. He often plays unconventional rhythms, in 5/4 rather than the 4/4 norm, in a way that's not showy or trying to be challenging. I try and write things that feel natural,' he explains. It might be in 5/4, but it doesn't immediately sound like it, so it can be quite rhythmically accessible in that way. I'm really interested in rhythm and how you can construct rhythms in different ways.'

As a drummer, he's been a ubiquitous presence working with scene-leading saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings as well as the likes of Dave Okumu (The Invisible) and Eska. Part of a generation bridging time-earned musicianship with wide-open influences - from electronic music to hip-hop and pop - he's part of killer live outfit Sons of Kemet and has toured with acts including Matthew Herbert, Kano and Mulatu Astatke.

Arriving at a moment when blurred genres and disparate styles are increasingly being embraced in UK venues and clubs, the moment is ripe for an album which embraces that open-minded attitude. Informed and shaped by the collaboration with Zummo, it bridges internet-mutated dance music with a continent-spanning jazz sensibility - reimagining that underground New York legacy for London in 2017.

Sax man Timo Lassy & drummer Teppo Mäkynen debut their scorching duo formation. These tracks were recorded raw at their rehearsal space at Helsinki's Kaapelitehdas and cut to wax right next door at the Timmion Cutting Lab. What you'll have here is two solid slices of infectious, hard-swinging bare bones duo jazz.

Lassy and Mäkynen are both known as solo artists as well as from groups such as The Five Corners Quintet. Mäkynen also plays drums on the Timo Lassy Band, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Mäkynen recently released a new major solo work as 3TM.

After the first big success, the second Vinyl Release from the young Frankfurt Label eMBi Music is following now. The next artist from Italy, who is not quite knowen yet will be talked about. "Odo Makes A Smile" is not only the artists name, but also programm. In "U Got it EP" he is showing his skills and the sense of music. He is combining the melody and melancholy in clubs suitable Grooves. This lead also Aldo Cadiz to a remix and together with the Molisans Brothers this record will be a must have for every recordcase.

"THE STORYTELLER" by RON TRENT'S GEMINI JAZZ is a tribute to JOHNNY HAMMOND "THE TONE" has hints of JACO PASTORIOUS. "THE PLACE INSIDE" is a beautiful piece with Latin Percussions & piano with a haunting Brazilian vocal. Support from LOUIE VEGA, VOLCOV, DANNY KRIVIT and FRANCOIS KEVORKIAN.

Aketi Ray are an all-acoustic dub-jazz group, playing original compositions grounded in the instrumental music of post-independence Jamaica -ska, rocksteady, reggae, rockers, dub -but drawing inspiration and influence from Ethiopian and US jazz, west African percussion traditions, all with the mind set of UK steppas. An outernational sound: Kingston to Chicago to Addis Ababa to Dakar to London.The sound of "From Ever Since" draws on the vibes and heritage of pre-electr(on)ic music, but gives that traditional sound new power through the use of dub techniques of reverb, delay and EQ manipulation.The Aketi Ray sound Band leader 'Mikus' Gorecki explains: At the time I was listening to a lot of tuff digital dub tunes, and much as I love that sound still, I thought there was a lack of dubwise music getting made that had that live feel of the 60s and 70s. At the same time I didn't want to just rehash the past - the best you can do is come close to replicating that sound, you definitely won't beat it. So I decided to try something different, and bring in other connected jazz and African influences to the mix. 'Sometimes when people fuse different music traditions it can sound a bit of a collage, the elements are all there but they don't actually fuse together. I think we have our own sound, and it's greater than the sum of its parts.The compositions are forward-looking, form-pushing, and although there are no vocals, they are message-driven, concerned with conditions of modern life, spirituality and politics. Mikus says The music definitely has a message. Each track has a very clear subject in mind when writing it, but it's down to the listener to tune in to that and take from that what they will. I find you can say more with the abstract language of music than you can in words.'

Limited Green Vinyl Pressing!
Deep, underground house business straight out of Grodno.

Grodno house wizards Four Walls & Funky Jaws make their mark on our 1st Release for 2014 on LTD bolstering a four-track affair of deep, underground house business. Grodno - if you don't know .. now you know.

Producer and visual artist Myke Forte brings us 'Lessons' his progressive future-funk inspired instrumental EP. Proud winner of numerous beat battles, featured on Adobe website and a collaboration with Samsung x HYPEBEAST Myke has partnered up with world renowned illustrator Daniel Isles (Dirty Robot) to bring the audio/visual project 'Lessons' to life

Myke showcases his silky production skills displayed on the recent remix with prolific DJ/Producer Chris Read and Chicago MC Pugs Atomz released on UK Record Label BBE earlier this year. From tracks like "The Lightbulb" to "Fallen Star" Myke creates glistening, synth-driven electric-soul with each melody on this 9 track EP.

Lessons started out as a reminder that no matter what life throws at you, good or bad there is a lesson to be learnt. Myke has captured that from the titles of the tracks to the dynamic soundscapes featured on this contemporary and imaginative piece of work.

IG Culture and Alex Phountzi are NameBrandSound and are back with their third EP on their own Arena Yard imprint. Known for their roles in the broken beat movement, NameBrandSound puts a nowadays take on a lifetime of different influences.

Their most comprehensive body of work today the seven track Spell T.H.I.S.O.N.E EP joins the dots between broken beat, juke, jazz, jungle and dancehall, from the grime jazz of Harvest Your Manor to the new school bruk style of Patience which features West London r'n'n sensation, Abel Miller, to the straight up juked style of the title track. Supporters include Toddla T, Josey Rebelle, Zed Bias, Om Unit and Alexander Nut.

'Root Down' is an exclusive and strictly limited 7" single for DJ Oonops' upcoming compilation 'Oonops Drops Vol.1'. The track will be available on the compilation too, but only on this 45 you'll get the instrumental version.

Oonops is hosting a monthly, successful broadcast show on Brooklyn Radio (NYC) since four years. A few months ago he selected the album 'Nautiloid Quest' for Agogo Records' new japanese signing Nautilus and worked together with them for this single. Oonops' idea behind this reinterpretation of 'Root Down' was a slower, jazzy laidback atmosphere combined with a female voice for the Beastie Boys lyrics. So he asked Nautilus' mastermind Toshi to arrange a new instrumental and German singer Fleur Earth to sing over this track.

Following on from his hook up with Chris Read, we are happy to showcase the talents of Pugs Atomz once again, this time in collaboration with fellow Chicago compatriot, Mulatto Patriot. Sweat' will certainly make you do that on the dancefloor - a frenetic jam perfect for your workpout playlist. Flip to the B side for the smoother MFSB influenced Come With Me'. Both tracks are taken from the forthcoming digital EP, Highly Irregular. Original cover art by Erin Leann Works.

The Neapolitan Berlin based duo NU GUINEA inaugurates their new in-house label NG Records with a sparkling mélange of Jazz-Funk and obscure Disco. With its own special Italian flavour, the reinterpretation of Chrisma's late 70s ode to love finds its complement in a refreshing arcane dancefloor expedition. Previously pressed as a private wedding present, "Amore" is now being officially released as a limited edition of 350 copies.

12" single sided

Roni Size's 1997 Mercury Music winning classic New Forms gets a fresh rewind some twenty years since it first landed and blew drum & bass into the mainstream.
A staple of many late '90s ravers listening habits, New Forms' blend of jazzy jungle with a hip-hop feel and sensibility saw Roni Size instantly propelled to the status of instant legend within the DNB community.A product of his hometown of Bristol, New Forms seemingly crossed the DNA of Bristol dub ala Smith & Mighty, the stoned roll of Tricky and Massive Attack and the hyper-sharp breaks 'n' beats of Size, DJ Krust and DJ Die's Full Cycle Recordings.

HNNY returns to Omena with 'Ta Paus', the long awaited return since the Grammy award winning debut album 'Sunday', released in 2015. Since the first release on Studio Barnhus back in 2011 Johan 'HNNY' Cederberg has had a prolific output and released his music on several labels such as Local Talk, Let's Play House & Permanent Vacation.In 2013 he set up his own label Yummy and Puss together with Kornel Kovacs.
Add to this several remixes and an extensive touring schedule in the US and Europe.Never afraid to choose a different route or aim for the delightfully simple but deliciously listenable, 'Ta Paus' is HNNY 2017. Artwork by Rickard Eklund

With an especially deep, curled funk behind the ears, MK 32 directly controls an ocean of harmonic, resonating phenomena. At
the controls there is Ian Simmonds, the sail is raised by the Workshop steward Even Tuell, the free-spirited Dave Aju (Circus
Company) and the almost-label Namensgeber.

Sunlightsquare's first single of 2017, Oyelo, is a mixture of Jazz, Cuban and House music in its most authentic form. Starting with moody latin-jazz piano and sun-drenched live percussion played by master percussionist Giovanni Imparato, the track is driven by the classic house beat of the TR-909 - the legendary 1980's drum machine. Ronnie Scott's resident Cuban singer Rene Alvarez delivers the impassioned vocals, followed by the main man Claudio Passavanti's heated Montuno piano riffs, which combine seamlessly to create a blissful, dance-floor experience. It's a perfect marriage of organic grooves, lush beats and soulful vocals, joining the dots between different generations of latin dance music.

For the B side, London based, Japanese producer Kay Suzuki transformed the original track into his signature psychedelic journey in 2 parts. His By The Sea Mix takes you to the Havana beach with its synthesiser generated waves & seagulls right from the intro. The stripped-down beats and vocals are smoothly laid out with warm analogue synth textures, giving more space to Claudio's tasteful latin-jazz keyboard improvisations.

In contrast, the Drum Dub goes to the opposite side of the spectrum, all the musical elements have been removed, focusing solely on the live percussion and the raw TR-909 beat, all dubbed out with tape delays for a classic cosmic dub treatment.

Short Bio:

Critically acclaimed Jazz pianist, multi-instrumentalist & bandleader Claudio Passavanti aka. Sunlightsquare has been associated with Latin & Cuban music since his top selling vinyl releases such as "I Believe In Miracles"(2010), "Pastime Paradise"(2010) and "Heart's Desire"(2012) as well as producing the main title of the soundtrack on the feature film "Cuban Fury" (Studio-Canal/Film4) starring Nick Frost (2014). Claudio's talent also extends to house music production with the 2016 Osunlade's Yoruba Soul Records release Celebration Of Oggun, as well as his remix work for Gilles Peterson's Brownwood Recordings.

I've always tried to make music for clubs and outward facing experiences, but often in spite of my best efforts I end up supplying a sound that translates best on a private level. The communal listening experience is great, but not my favorite, never been. I have been escaping into albums on a solo mission for as long as I can remember. As a result I've developed a familiar closeness with dealing with myself and the emotions I navigate on a daily basis. Heaven is for Quitters is at it's heart about dealing with yourself, both the good and the bad. I want to share this album with the hope that it can be used as I have, a guide, a blanket, a reassurance that the path I have chosen is the right one. It is my job to share my experience and there is a lot of work to be done here on Earth, the thought of going to Heaven too early is paralyzing. I venture to think you'll agree. When I started Blueberry Records I didn't fully know what I was creating. It is fitting then that I release Heaven is for Quitters on my label, as it has become abundantly clear how much I love this label and what it is and can be, my future but ultimately continue to be a platform for others as well. When artists hand me their demos I see what Blueberry can be, this megaphone for peoples inner existence and a clear channel for their articulation. You know that feeling when you are so close to something you can't see the bigger picture, but when you step back you see what you have made and it is a mirror image of yourself That. This album is for those who've chosen their own path and all of its uncertainty and end up finding themselves along the way. How the roller coaster of life sounds. It is about Blueberry Records as much as it is about my daily life. I am thankful everyday for opportunity, both granted and created. Follow your own inner light. And please, please listen loudly. * I make music to the specifications of my studio. It honestly all sounds best right here. And even better at one spot at the mixing desk in particular. You should come over and hear it.

For decades, if you wanted to listen to great music all you needed to do was stare at a screen! TV and film soundtracks were often the work of US legends such as Lalo Schiffrin, Oliver Nelson & Quincy Jones, and their Uk counterpartsRonnie Hazelhurst and Alan Hawkshaw, provided the soundtrack to the 60's & 70's at a time when film and TV music was unashamedly funky and featured the ensemble of choice for the jazz arranger.. the big band!

A 21st century musician with comparable skills is Andy Tolman - an astounding bass player, but also highly adept at writing & arranging for a big band and who is heavily influenced by those greatest practitioners of the art. Andy met to Nick van Gelder (the original Jamiroquai drummer) and keyboard guru Carl Hudson whilst doing a run of gigs backing artists like Leon Ware and Jean Carne. Andy played Nick You What! and he asked if he could lay a drum track down and at around the same time Carl offered his services on the record also. Nick went on to drum on the entire album and produce the recordings too.

At the tail end of 2011, when Freestyle Records A&R man Greg Boramans' compilation 'Sounds From The Soul Underground' was released the glorious noise of The Andy Tolman Cartel first came to public attention. The amazing track You What! had one foot in jazz-funk & the other in film & TV themes of the 60's and 70's, found champions in Jazz FM's Peter Young and BBC 6 Musics Craig Charles who both featured it on their radio shows heavily.

Andy himself takes up the story, "After You What! found it's way onto Gregs' compilation he asked me how many more tracks I had, I kind of lied (sorry Greg!) and said a whole albums worth. Having shot my mouth off I thought I had better set about delivering... a daunting prospect, and a promise I probably wouldn't have made had I been sober at the time. So I called upon the services of some of the amazing musicians I have worked with over the past few years. Move Over was the first song I heard Jo Harman sing and Stevie Watts award winning Hammond organ playing seemed like a natural fit too"

'Cypher' is indeed the perfect example of a natural fit of like minded musicians and their natural talents and the delightfully natural sound of a big band cutting loose that has not been heard for a long time making a welcome and long overdue return.

SOV is glad to welcome aboard the new family member for it's 12th cat. The Mole is a Canadian artist known for his music boutique interpreting elements of disco, jazz, hip hop and funk. Since this kind of game is also the core of our soul, we are happy to present 4 special tracks from him.

Hobie steps up for his debut EP on Seb Wildblood's All My Thoughts.

With his first release on co-owned Smallville-Label Lawrence aka Peter M. Kersten celebrates another tribute to more than 20 years of House Music.

Step Time Orchestra was the collaborative work of producers Jori Hulkkonen and Toumas Salmela, who began producing music together in the nineties whilst studying in Oulu, Finland. Whilst all their friends would be getting up early to go to university, they would only just be going to bed, having spent the night listening to house records from New York, drinking Whiskey and programming their MPC 2000!

Step Time produced a slew of tracks during this time, some of which were licensed and pressed on 12" singles during the late nineties/early noughties on labels operating in North America and Europe, but not everything they made saw the light of day. Heavily influenced by labels like Ibadan and Spiritual Life Music at the height of the New York House Scene, 'Jazz Error NYC' and '2am in Africa' were never signed, not fitting the profile of their other releases at the time, they were left in the drawer and sadly forgotten!

Skip forward to Winter 2016, and FBNM's Lorenzo, whilst over on a DJ excursion, visits Jori in Finland. Keen to keep working together, he presses him for something uniquely special. Magically, the Ajos E.P jumps out of the drawer into Hulkkonen's hand, and as it turns out, it has aged with a rather remarkable grace. Written using a combination of MPC sequencing and an Atari ST powering vanilla Cubase for some midi programming duties, it features the sounds of the Italian made Siel Opera 6, an Alesis S4 Rompler and other vintage Roland, Yamaha and Kawai Synths. They went full out on this one, even finally learning to play keys for that jazzy piano action. It was recorded live through a soundcraft analog board with outboard Fx, creating a sound that transcended it's time to feel remarkably fresh today!

The Ajos EP is named after an area in their native city of Kemi, Northern Finland, which is where they wrote and produced it in 1999.

It is a distinct honour and privilege to welcome the legendary musicianWally BadaroutoDiskotopiawithThe Unnamed Trilogy Vol.1, a collection of recent solo work presented for the first time as a limited-edition 12" and select digital EP,marking the first vinyl release of his solo music since 1989.The release has already gained a great deal of excitement following its announcement on FACT magazine, The Vinyl Factory, Resident Advisor and other media in early August.

Wally Badarou is a visionary musician who over the years has forged a history that is immensely storied, diverse and creatively rich. He has not only released timeless solo material such as the incredible Echoes LP in 1984 (part of which reached a new generation of music fans when the track Mambo was sampled for Massive Attack's Daydreaming), but has also recorded on classic albums with luminaries such as Grace Jones, Sly & Robbie, Mick Jagger, Fela Kuti, Robert Palmer, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhuru and Talking Heads to name just a few. Both co-founders of Diskotopia have been huge fans of Mr. Badarou's work since before the label's inception and are elated to present The Unnamed Trilogy Vol.1 to the world at large.

After blessing WOLF with a fantastic remix of Mr. Fries on WOLFEP033, Hodini steps up for a full EP on the label.
Having started out producing Hip Hop alongside Retrogott, the MPC addict has been turning his hand to more uptempo grooves in the past few years having released music on Max Graef & Glenn Astro's Money $ex Records & Damiano Von Erckert's AVA.The Hip Hop influences can be heard throughout the EP with the two A side cuts primed for the dance with their heavy soul and jazz sampled grooves.The flip features the hip hop beat, Represent Right Here & the EP rounds off with the mid tempo collab with Hade, Parashutes.

A collection of improvisations and loops from a 2 hour session @ the studio compiled into a limited edition beat tape....much love. Limited edition..TIP!

Back fighting, kicking and beating as strong as or perhaps even stronger than ever before, Ivan 'Mamao' Conti is releasing a brand new solo album next year. Now fitted with a new iron hip- thanks to the immense generosity of his fan base who crowdfunded the operation - the Azymuth drummer still remains one of the greatest and outright funkiest drummers alive anywhere in the universe as he enters this new bionic era. As people of earth are not yet quite ready to hear the explosively ethereal cosmic samba of his new album just yet, we're easing into it with a series of appropriately propulsive percussive jazz-headed remixes. For the second 12' of the series we've enlisted two of the most on-fire producers in Germany: Max Graef and GlennAstro, along with one of the UK's brightest ascendant producers.

After a longer than usual break GAMM Enterprises is back on black plastic but more important - we got a brand new design!
For those who don't know, GAMM has been delivering dance music of the blacker kind for almost 15 years but always with the same look.Basically, a visual facelift was long overdue. But we think you'll feel it as much as we do and it really works beautifully with our musical ideology.So, for the (new) premier release we got a producer that is to put it mildly, pretty hyped at the moment, you might guess who it is if you dwell over the name for a minute or two ;).Ranging from percussive carnival disco (Carnival In Manchester) to Brazilian fusion grooves (JAZZ In Italics) and independent Disco/Funk (Dues Paid Fast) you'll definitely find something that will work your party. GAMM is back and back with a musical vengeance!

Following last years acclaimed Curse of Soft Rocks album, we're invited to revisit said masterpiece from an alternative entry — a robust compilation of remixes. Every track is re-contextualized so wildly that we're left with a beautifully oblique yet complimentary rendering. The personnel employed vary in style and technique drastically, but such is the ethos of Soft Rocks, and furthermore the ESP Institute. At the end of the day, we implore you to shut up and listen.

On this 12" (the first of 4 surrounding The Revenge of Soft Rocks remix album) we're treated with a serious disco belted version of Talking Jungle as reworked by JUSTIN VANDERVOLGEN (TBD, Gold Channel, DFA, etc, etc) and an insanely serene take on Obo by ESP favorite TIAGO (Sea Power & Change, Gala Drop, DFA, etc, etc)... good lord this is quite a piece of wax!

Soul Has No Tempo are proud to present 'The Self' - the new album from London-based drummer/producer Richard Spaven.

Richard Spaven is one of the most sought-after drummers in progressive and contemporary music. Drumming for the likes of José James, Gregory Porter, Guru's Jazzmatazz, Flying Lotus, The Cinematic Orchestra, TY and more, he has gained international recognition, both on stage and in the studio. Richard is an influential, genre-defying musician - the result of working closely with a diverse range of artists, combined with his own rich musical taste. Gilles Peterson said it best - "there's much more than just rhythm with this man".

His debut album 'Whole Other*' (2014) touched on many musical palettes and bridged the gap between jazz and electronica. With 'The Self', Richard introduces us to his personal journey. The moment in time where a jazz drummer affirms his love for club culture, delivering an album that travels from drum & bass to broken beat, dubstep and more, all seen through the lens of a drummer. The club culture influence is apparent in the way Richard wrote and produced this album - sampling his own drums on the Photek cover 'Hidden Camera' and collaborating with Metalheadz MC, Cleveland Watkiss to recreate the London sound system vibe so integral to his background.

Featuring guest artists from diverse backgrounds - Jordan Rakei, Jameszoo, Kris Bowers, MC Cleveland Watkiss and Richard's established partner in crime, guitarist and composer Stuart McCallum, 'The Self' is masterfully combined with Richard's unique production and showcases his trademark drumming style of precision, creativity and finesse.

Joaquin Joe Claussell's Twp Part

Hiroshima JAPAN based records label "Eurasian Suite" would be released their first 7inch 45 .

Koichi Ozaki who organized Eurasian Suite from 1990s has already released five 12inch records in Europe.

His songs often play in European radio program ( i.e. Gilles Peterson - BBC World Wide) and contained in European compilation CDs.

This 7inch record contains " Wayo Secchu " (means: the way in which Japanese style and Western style are blended together) Jazzy break beats and highly recommended for interlude for midnight.