Hear new collection of musical gems from Belgium’s thriving jazz scene

A new compilation released by Sdban Ultra Present an outstanding new collection of musical gems from Belgium’s thriving jazz scene, compiled by Belgian DJ and eclectic connoisseur, Lefto.

Lefto presents Jazz Cats volume 2, released 24th June, features a balance of known and obscure artists. From the thrilling frenetic grooves and innovative soundscapes of Bandler Ching and the electronic influenced Stellar Legions (Andrew Claes from (STUFF.), to the jazz fusion collective LũpḁGangGang and weaving musical odyssey that is M.CHUZI, Lefto presents Jazz Cats volume 2 is a melting pot of the best musical talent coming out one of the smallest countries in Europe. In addition, there’s the beautiful unease of One Frame Movement, the laidback ‘acoustic electronica’ of Boombox Experiments, the classic funky jazz stylings of Cargo Mas and the cinematic The Brums, making Lefto presents Jazz Cats volume 2 an essential release for any jazzhead with a passion for new sounds.

Other compilations recently released on SDBAN include Utopic Cities: Progressive Jazz in Belgium ‘1968-1979‘, Discophilia Belgica: Next-door-disco & Local Spacemusic from Belgium ‘1975-1987’, and Let’s Get Swinging: Modern Jazz In Belgium ‘1950 – 1970‘.

Listen to Lefto presents Jazz Cats volume 2

TRACK LISTING

A1. Stevie Qngo – Trois Hommes Dans Un Wagon
A2. Bandler Ching – Pousmousse
A3. One Frame Movement – Stokstaart
A4. Stellar Legions – Wessel
B1. Lũpḁganggang – kienda
B2. M.CHUZI – Tzatzìki
B3. Boombox Experiments – Miscellaneous

C1. ECHT! – Parakeet
C2. Cargo Mas feat. Mike ‘Maz’ Mahez – Samsara
C3. KAU trio. – Nightgrazer
C4. schroothoop – Obsolescence Programmée
D1. Dishwasher¦ – Home Cinema
D2. The Brums – Barbara
D3. TUKAN – Boréal
D4. Shungu & Mejiwahn – Mejigu

Sdban Ultra will release Lefto presents Jazz Cats volume 2 on June 24, 2022

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Cumbia, Porro, Gaita & Mapalé From Colombia’s Caribbean Coast 1946-1961 compiled in new compilation

The Coastal Invasion highlights the golden age of big band cumbia and the maestro who is often seen as Colombia’s most influential composer, Lucho Bermudez.

Bermudez was a key figure who modernised the tropical music of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. At the beginning of the 20th century, this music was largely looked down on. Bermudez changed all that by injecting a modern, jazzy big band sound to the Afro-Colombian sounds from his native region. 

The infectious Afro-Amerindian dance rhythms of Lucho Bermudez y su Orquesta took over the elite nightclubs of Bogota and Medellin and from there, his music spread all over Latin America. For many Colombians, the songs of Lucho Bermudez and his wife and starlet singer Matilde Diaz represent the sound of their nation.

This compilation contains a selection of the music of Lucho Bermúdez y su Orquesta recorded during the years that they lived and worked in Medellín, probably the best work the orchestra ever recorded.

Cumbia, Porro, Gaita & Mapalé From Colombia’s Caribbean Coast 1946-1961 is out now on Radio Martiko

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Listen to a track off La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cuatro

Out July 1st, the LP includes music by Rare Silk, Suzanne Ciani and Special Request.

Mark Barrott and Pete Gooding have put together the fourth compilation in their La Torre Ibiza series.

Out July 1st on Hostal La Torre Recordings, La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cuatro is the first instalment since 2019. The LP spans 15 tracks, with music by the likes of Rare Silk, Suzanne Ciani, Special Request, the late Pauline Anna Strom, Lola Perrin and Barrott himself, whose “Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise)” is the only previously unreleased track.

Launched in 2016, the series captures the sound of White Isle venue Hostal La Torre, which is known for its eclectic music policy and laid-back vibe.

TRACKLIST
 
01. Golden Girls – Kinetic (David Morley Remix)
02. NO ZU – Ui Yia UIa
03. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba – Bala feat Zoumana Tereta
04. Rare Silk – Storm
05. Synergetic Voice Orchestra – Zebra
06. Special Request – Family Doggo
07. Margaret Wakeley – Hard To Leave The Island
08. Pauline Anna Strom – Equatorial Sunrise
09. The Vendetta Suite – Warehouse Rock (Timmy Stewart’s Six Minutes To Sunrise Mix)
10. Mark Barrott – Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise)
11. Lola Perrin – Cloud Sky Fade
12. Suzanne Ciani – The Eighth Wave
13. JIM – Phoenix
14. GEOFFREY O’CONNOR – Her Name on Every Tongue
15. John Foxx & Robin Guthrie – Estrellita

Hostal La Torre Recordings will release La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cuatro on July 1st, 2022

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Listen to Stavroz’s debut Mindibu

Stavroz have released their debut album Mindibu on Moodfamily record label. Stream the album in full.

Hailing from the land of compromise in the heart of Europe, the four friends of Stavroz found each other in the east of Flanders. In its inception, IJsbrand De Wilde & Gert Beazar focussed mainly on playing DJ sets and creating music in which they loved colliding worlds. Only a few years later they hooked up with Maxim Helincks & Pieter De Meester to expand their DJ activities to a performing band and continued to try and find an unbeaten path in electronic music. This culminated in their delicately acoustic, organic and cinematic approach to electronic music. As a result they were awarded second place for ‘best producer’ and ‘best breakthrough artist’ in national awards for Belgium’s electronic scene.

In the years that followed, the four kept expanding their catalogue and continued to develop that uniquely own style. Their EP The Ginning resulted in an early breakthrough for the four-some. It reached gold status in France, dominated the nr. 1 spot on the Hype Machine and was chosen as vinyl of the month by Germany’s Faze Magazine, mainly thanks to the B-side The Finishing starring a compelling solo on the tenor saxophone.

In order to keep freedom in their music production and to be able to support other artists with a likeminded vision, they started their record label Moodfamily. It was on this label that their second hit single Gold Town was released. It kept the nr. 1 spot on Beatport’s ‘Electronic Top 100’ for several months and was picked up by Rockstar Entertainment and added to GTA 5’s (already) excellent in-game music. Although Stavroz is now 11 years old, many of their songs are still relevant and are quietly nudging towards timelessness. Over half million monthly listeners and over 100.000 followers on Spotify alone will concur and 100 million plays across the major streaming platforms speaks volumes.

Their intimate live performance grew more dramatic and their unique dj sets spread like wildfire as they started frequenting many international stages. Coachella (US), Fusion Festival (DE), Wonderfruit (THA), Pukkelpop (BE), Strawberry Fields (AUS), Tropico (MX), Three Points Festival (FL, USA) all fell victim to Stavroz’s unusual dramatic, melancholic yet determined approach. The band was quickly invited by the acclaimed Youtube channel Cercle to perform a streaming concert at Fort Saint-Eynard in France where once again, they managed to create a wholesome, comforting soundtrack for a place, which no words can describe.

Mindibu is out now on Moodfamily.

Summer Tour Dates

17/6 Scorpios, Mykonos
19/6 The Yard Open Air, Vilvoorde (DJ set)
2/7 Hangar Y, Paris
3/7 Fusion Festival, Larz
17/7 Boomtown, Gent
17/7 Funke, Gent (DJ set)
21/7 Xuma village, Bodrum, Turkey
22/7 Beatgate x Suma, Cesme, Turkey
6/8 Wecandance, Zeebrugge
17/8 Waking Life, Portugal
10/9 Voodoo Village, Grimbergen
28/9 Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld, Cologne
30/9 Mojo Club, Hamburg
1/10 Halle D, Leipzig
5/10 Plaza, Zürich
8/10 Strom, Munich

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Axis Records presents Mind Power Mind Control from Jeff Mills

film screening in Detroit

Mind Power Mind Control is a collection of conceptual films extracted from the Universe of the Iconic musician and artist Jeff Mills. Consisting of various styles of segments that relate to the idea and theme behind his newest and forthcoming album Mind Power Mind Control.

Like in the methodical process Mills navigates his work and creations that span back decades, the film runs uninhabited and compiled in a manner that suggests you’re in a dream-like state. Some segments are recognizable in terms of colors, shapes and textures, while other are fragmental – elusive in objectivity.

Created over the course of the past six years, many years before the Pandemic, surprisingly, but emblematic of Mills and his infamous level of consistency, the theme of self-power using the mind, self-defense/reliance and the subject of special human abilities had been consistent throughout.

(Film length: approx 60 min)

Watch the trailer: Feat. the track ‘Scarlet’ from ‘Mind Power Mind Control’

When:
Sunday May 29th, 2022

Location:
Cinema Detroit

4125 Third Street, Detroit MI, 48201
https://www.cinemadetroit.org/#/page/find–contact

Showings:
1st Showing: 17:00 hrs (5pm)
2nd Showing: 19:00 hrs (7pm)
3rd Showing: 21:00 hrs (9pm)

Jeff Mills will introduce the film at the beginning of each screening.

Charitable Proceeds:
All tickets sale proceeds will be donated to the Detroit Public School System Music Education and
the Underground Music Academy.

Limited Seating:
100 seats per showing (no standing)

Mind Power Mind Control out now on 2xLP.

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French producer Kavinsky gets back behind the wheel

Breakthrough single Nightcall may have boxed its creator in, but his first album in nearly nine years offers new avenues to explore

Turn down the lights and put your sunglasses on. It’s time to don your best red leather jacket and get in a neon mood, because everyone’s favorite late-night dance super hero is back. Kavinsky is the neo-noir French touch master who gave the world the 2010 classic Nightcall, and he’s back from an extended hiatus with a slew of sensual sounds. Reborn is recorded at the famous Motorbass studio in Paris and contributions from Cautious Clay, Victor Le Masne and Justice’s Gaspard Augé. On Reborn, Kavinsky amplifies these sounds without deviating from his relentless trajectory.

Listen to Renegade ft. Cautious Clay

TRACKLISTING

A1. Pulsar
A2. Reborn [ft. Romuald]
A3. Renegade [ft. Cautious Clay]
B1. Trigger
B2. Goodbye [ft. Sébastien Tellier]
B3. Plasma [ft. Morgan Phalen]
C1. Cameo [ft. Kareen Lomax]
C2. Zenith [ft. Prudence and Margan Phalen]
C3. Vigilante [ft. Morgan Phalen]
D1. Zombie
D2. Outsider
D3. Horizon

Reborn is out now on Record Makers.

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