Belgian film scores 1961 – 1976 compiled in new compilation

Sdban Records, the renowned independent groove & jazz label behind Funky Chicken, Hip Holland Hip, and Discophilia Belgica, is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of its latest compilation album, The Belgian Soundtrack: A Musical Connection of Belgium with Cinema (1961 – 1976). Packed with the finest soundtracks boasting an unmistakable Belgian connection, this compilation takes listeners on a captivating journey through a collection of cinematic hidden gems from the early sixties to the late seventies.

Curated by the passionate duo Robin Broos and Tom ‘Pélé’ Peeters, known for their profound appreciation of obscure soundtracks, The Belgian Soundtrack showcases the exceptional talents of both local and internationally acclaimed composers and musicians. From obscure finds composed by lesser-known artists to Hollywood scores performed by world-renowned musicians, this compilation offers a vibrant blend of tracks, including the occasional contribution from renowned international artists who have lent their musical prowess to Belgian films.

The Belgian Soundtrack came into being as a serendipitous adventure. Former film journalist Jan Temmerman reached out to us one day, offering a treasure trove of vintage soundtrack albums discovered in his attic,” recounts Robin Broos. “With 650 long players, mostly unheard of titles, we embarked on an extraordinary quest—to listen to every single one of them, totaling a staggering 29,250 minutes. It was like watching the original Star Wars trilogy 78 times!”

What started as a quest soon evolved into an intriguing investigation fueled by curiosity. Along the way, Broos and Peeters unearthed dozens of treasures, delved into the backgrounds of obscure composers and musicians, and witnessed an array of enigmatic films. “We encountered an abundance of (un)necessary nudity that we never could have imagined existed,” Tom Peeters laughs. The outcome of their explorations is The Belgian Soundtrack, a meticulously curated collection of funky, melodic, and uplifting tracks, each crafted exclusively for the silver screen and boasting an unexpected Belgian connection.

TRACKLISTING

A1. Vladimir Cosma – Courage, Fuyons
A2. Salix Alba – Vol De La Voiture
A3. Louis Marischal – Tu M’Tapes Sur Les Nerfs
A4. Martial Solal – Dancing
A5. Roger Morès – Dancing
A6. Bert Paige – De Discotheek
A7. Pieter Verlinden – Theme 19 (Générique + Générique Variation I)
A8. Henri Seroka – Theme Axel
B1. Rocco Granata – Jonny’s Theme
B2. Krzysztof Komeda – Les Trucs Du Miroir
B3. Quincy Jones – Love Theme From ‘The Getaway’ (Faraway Forever)
B4. Roger Morès – Ballade
B5. Alessandro Alessandroni – La Terrificante Notte Del Demonio (Demon Arise)
B6. François de Roubaix – Poursuite Sur Les Dunes d’Ostende
B7. Jean Marie Bigman – Bolero Pour Denise (Bolero Voor Denise)
B8. Alain Pierre – Nacht Shift

Releases September 29, 2023

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Jiro Inagaki’s 1975 jazz funk masterpiece reissued

Fresh reissued magic of Funky Stuff, formerly a rare exquisite by jazzmaster Jiro Inagaki, originally released in 1975. An enduring, pioneering fusion of jazz, funk, soul and rock – with influences from Herbie Hancock, James Brown and Santana – the album features some of the best and most acclaimed Japanese musicians of the time, enlisting the talent-wares of Hiromasa Suzuki on keyboards, Akira Ishikawa on drums and Takeru Muraoka on sax.

All the songs are the highlights, such as Painted Paradise which is full of dynamism and sprinting, Breeze where funkness and mellowness coexist, and a cover of Cool & The Gang Funky Stuff which has a low center of gravity and sharpness. It is now a definitive masterpiece of wants from all over the world.

TRACKLISTING

A1. Painted Paradise
A2. Funky Motion
A3. Breeze
A4. Scratch
B1. Funky Stuff
B2. One For Jiro
B3. Gentle Wave
B4. Four Up

Releases November 3, 2023

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A3000 Magnetic Gliding to be reissued

8 tracks of genuine mid-90s acid, techno, and ambient for fans of AGE, Spacetime Continuum, Caustic Window & Air Liquide.

Reissue of A3000 Magnetic Gliding album, produced by Swiss musicians Marco Repetto and Stefan Riesen, also known as Synectics on Rephlex and founders of Axodya Records. Originally released in 1995 on the Italian Disturbance label, it has now been remastered and proudly reissued for 3023 in a limited edition of 300 copies by Musique Pour La Danse. Enjoy this trip.

Marco Repetto was a member of the world-famous wave/punk band Grauzone. In the late ’80s, he delved into techno, ambient, and psychedelic music, drawing inspiration from nature and shamanic knowledge. His performances are described as colorful, playful, and mind-opening experiences. His main project now is Bigeneric, which he releases on his label, Inzec Records.

Stefan Riesen has been a prominent figure in the Swiss techno scene since 1995. He is the founder-manager of Phont Music, SuperBra, Morris/Audio, Floppy Funk, and Speaker Attack. He has (co-)produced numerous tracks under various aliases on different labels, including Box Blaze, Flaptrack, Hooper, Nylon, Sonic Tourism, Spin, A3000, Box Blaze & Deetron, Dialogue, Lausen, R.B.R., Sidestepper, Silver Zone, Skank Burner, Synectics, and more.

Listen to ‘Sonic Stripes’

TRACKLISTING

A1. A3000 – Sonic Stripes
A2. A3000 – Flow
B1. A3000 – Rise
B2. A3000 – Phantome Of House

C1. A3000 – Shelloid
C2. A3000 – P.S.E.
D1. A3000 – Part Of The Planet
D2. A3000 – Destination Underwood

Releases September 29, 2023

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Jeff Mills Presents Tomorrow Comes the Harvest Featuring Jean-Phi Dary and Prabhu Edouard

Tomorrow Comes The Harvest is the accumulative efforts of talented musicians and their visions about what makes the art form of music so special.

A theory initiated and put into action by late Afro Beat creator and Nigerian Drummer Tony Allen and Detroit Techno’s Jeff Mills. Each belonging to a long tradition of using music to reach higher levels of consciousness, along with veteran keyboardist Jean-Phi Dary, the three toured internationally until the untimely death of Tony Allen in 2020. However, the foundation of the concept was cemented and ready for continuation.

Mills reconfigures the concept to function as trio once again and invites Tabla virtuoso Prabhu Edouard to join the concept.

Tomorrow Comes The Harvest is about exploring the unknown, transcending by the way of intersecting sounds and rhythm through an array of improvisational movements.

Listen to snippets of Evolution just below

Axis Records will release Evolution on September 8th, 2023.

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Hip Holland Hip: Modern Jazz In The Netherlands 1950 – 1970

Sdban Records delve into the Dutch jazz scene of the 1950s and 1960s with a selection of classic and rare hard bop and cool jazz tracks from artists like Herman Schoonderwalt, The Diamond Five, Wessel Ilcken and Tony Vos. Holland never sounded this hip before!

“Jazz is garbage and a caricature of the modern orchestra; it is garbage arranged by half-grown musicians for the benefit of common entertainment.” In spite of the Dutch cultural establishment’s attempts to preclude jazz – as illustrated by this citation from the October 1926 issue of music magazine De Muziek – The Netherlands was one of the earliest adopters of the new music style as it came over to the Old Continent at the end of World War I.

Kwartet Leo Meyer So Why

Originally drawn to the clarinet under the influence of the Dutch Swing College Band as a teenager in the mid-1950s, Leo Meyer converted to bebop after befriending pianist Rob Madna. He then switched to the alto saxophone and learned the ins and the outs of the instrument by listening to records of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Phil Woods and Stan Getz. In the early 1960s, Meyer was playing with the cream of Dutch jazz (Madna, Herman Schoonderwalt, Frans Elsen, Cees Smal) in clubs in Haarlem, Amsterdam or Rotterdam (where he played the warm-up of Eric Dolphy’s concert in jazz club B-14).

The Jacobs Brothers Two Brothers

It’s difficult to imagine Dutch jazz history without the Jacobs brothers from Hilversum. To the mainstream audience, pianist Pim became the face of the post-war jazz scene thanks to his work as the fixed accompanist of his wife, star singer Rita Reys, as the host of thousands of ‘schoolconcerten’ (educational concerts in schools throughout the country explaining the principles of jazz to the youth) or as the host of his TV show Djes Zien. In all of these activitities he formed a partnership with his brother, Ruud, who was also the most in demand bass player of the Dutch jazz scene and played or recorded with Johnny Griffin, Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, Don Byas and Sonny Rollins. The song Two Brothers captures them at the dawn of their long and rich careers – Ruud, who makes a rare appearance on saxophone, was merely 20 years of age here.

TRACKLISTING

A1. Herbie Mann with the Wessel Ilcken Combo – Afro Blues
A2. The Diamond Five – Amsterdam Blues
A3. Kwartet Leo Meyer – So Why
A4. The Jacobs Brothers – Two Brothers
A5. Kwartet Martin Verlinden – Four On Six
B1. The Rhythme All Stars – Relaxin’ With Rhythme
B2. Martien Beenen and the Orchestra featuring Sandy Fort – Golden Earrings
B3. Tony Vos Quartet – Lady Elisabeth
B4. Herman Schoonderwalt – Theme from the movie ‘Mensen Van Morgen’

C1. The Diamond Five – Les Halles
C2. The Red and Brown Brothers – Blues For Eddy
C3. Frans Elsen Quintet – Sem
C4. Leddy Wessel with Jack van Poll and his Tree-oh – Sing Sing Sing
C5. Boy’s Big Band – Blues Minor
D1. The Frans Wieringa Trio featuring Eduard Ninck Blok – Work Song
D2. Rita Reys and Oliver Nelson – Wives And Lovers
D3. Herman Schoonderwalt Septet – My Plea
D4. Trio Tony Vos – Comin’ Home Baby

Sdban Records will release Hip Holland Hip: Modern Jazz In The Netherlands 1950 – 1970 on June 16th, 2023.

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Frank De Wulf’s seminal B-sides reissued in a 4 LP box set.

Music Man presents the ultimate compilation of the seminal B-Sides project by Frank De Wulf, originally released on the label in 1990. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Belgian new beat and techno scene, and also became a driving force in the European techno circuit of the nineties.

While still at school in the mid-eighties he already ran his own radio show while keeping two residencies in Ghent. He soon started to produce his own tracks and remixes, inspired by the rising new beat movement in Belgium. One of his first releases was Acid Rock under his Rhythm Device moniker on Music Man, which instantly became an underground hit at famous night club Boccaccio – one of the Belgian clubs where new beat really took off – and over the years developed into one of the classics of the first European dance wave.

Frank De Wulf’s real breakthrough came with the infamous B-Sides 12″ series on Music Man Records. All four volumes charted in several European countries becoming a firm favourite among leading techno DJs worldwide. As a result of this success Frank traveled the world as a DJ and live act, playing all major raves and clubs at the time, meeting like-minded techno pioneers like Derrick May, Joey Beltram or Sven Väth as well as R&S Records founder Renaat Vandepapeliere, whose energy and strong belief in the success of quality dance music had a major influence on Frank’s career.

The list of artists he was asked to remix is an impressive one, including names such as Model 500, The Orb, The Shamen, Orbital, Jam & Spoon, N-Joi or Biosphere, just to name a few. Frank later released a great body of work on his own labels H.P.F., Mikki House, Tribal Sun or Growth in order to gain more creative freedom to release his tracks and do production work for other artists. At the end of the nineties Frank decided to concentrate on another great love of his: the world of film and post-production. He founded GRID, a post-production company specialised in visual effects and motion design, while still doing the odd remix or occasional DJ set.

This box set includes all music originally released on The B-Sides volume I, II, III, IV, ‘The B Sides Remixed’ & ‘Beyond The B-Sides’, pressed onto 4 x 180 grams heavy weight vinyl records including a 8-page booklet with liner notes.

Limited to 500 numbered copies.

TRACKLIST

A1. Frank De Wulf – Compression
A2. Frank De Wulf – Reforced
A3. Frank De Wulf – Just Another Beat
B1. Frank De Wulf – There Ain’t Nobody
B2. Frank De Wulf – Electrain
B3. Frank De Wulf – Compression (Remix)

C1. Frank De Wulf – Magic Orchestra
C2. Frank De Wulf – Freestyle 909
C3. Frank De Wulf – Magic Orchestra (CJ Bolland Remix)
D1. Frank De Wulf – Latino
D2. Frank De Wulf – The Heat of The Moment
D3. Frank De Wulf – Butterfly

E1. Frank De Wulf – The Tape (Remix)
E2. Frank De Wulf – The Darkness Revisited
E3. Frank De Wulf – Foreign Trips
F1. Frank De Wulf – Orbital Ways
F2. Frank De Wulf – The Original
F3. Frank De Wulf – The Tape

G1. Frank De Wulf – Moribund
G2. Frank De Wulf – Imagination
G3. Frank De Wulf – Raise
H1. Frank De Wulf – Traffic
H2. Frank De Wulf – Moral Soundabuse
H3. Frank De Wulf – I Love You

Music Man will release B-sides on May 19, 2023.

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