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"Following the release of Maker vs. Now-Again 2, Now-Again presents its first library offering from the producer Cook Classics. Manhattan-born and Los Angeles-based, Cook Classics presents a series of songs that combine live instrumentation, modern and vintage synths, programmed beats and live drums. Rich and layered, these tracks have a hip-hop backbone -- built from samples within the Now-Again catalog -- upon which Cook adds pop-music elements. It's no wonder that Cook's music has been synched in ads by Pepsi and has been heard in major movies, television and awards shows. He's currently working as a songwriter for Sony/ATV and producing for artists of every style at all major labels. This limited edition is CD is packaged in a 'mini-LP' thick cardboard 'tip-on' sleeve and is available in limited quantities."
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NA 5097LP
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"The Heliocentrics' debut album, Out There (2007) was a confounding piece of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone, the sublime fusion of David Axelrod, Pierre Henry's turned-on musique concrète, and Can's beat-heavy krautrock, Out There pointed the way towards a brand new kind of psychedelia, one that could only come from a band of accomplished musicians who were also obsessive music fans. Drummer Malcolm Catto and bassist Jake Ferguson are the Heliocentrics' masterminds and producers, and guitarist Ade Owusu, percussionist Jack Yglesisas, and keyboardist Ollie Parfitt hold constant presence within this ever-evolving ensemble. They have been playing together for over a decade and their collective drive is to find an individual voice. The Heliocentrics search for it in an alternate galaxy where the orbits of funk, jazz, psychedelic, electronic, avant-garde, and 'ethnic' music all revolve around 'The One.' Back at Now-Again with 13 Degrees of Reality, the Heliocentrics have returned to develop this epic vision of psychedelic funk, while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences -- Latin, African, and more. Thus, the electro-Latin fusion of 'Descarga Electronica' sits next to weeping strings piled atop 'Collateral Damage's' chunky rhythms, which passes undulating swing of 'Wrecking Ball,' a dirge as irresistibly funky as it is devastating. No surprise, then, that the Heliocentrics have earned lifetime fans in the likes of questing spirits like Madlib (with whom Catto has collaborated on numerous Yesterdays New Quintet projects), DJ Shadow (both as a touring ensemble and in the studio), Quantic, and Ethiopian jazz giant Mulatu Astatke, with whom the Heliocentrics recorded and released Inspiration Information 3, the fourth classic Mulatu album -- released nearly forty years after his other three. Out There may have been one hell of an opening volley, but having spent some years in the wild running among mavericks like Astatke and Oriental jazz pioneer Lloyd Miller, The Heliocentrics have realized that their strongest statements are made somewhere between the persistent fuzz of Owusu's distorted guitar, Catto's impossible syncopation and Ferguson's looping bass lines. 13 Degrees of Reality is one of the most distinctive musical statements you'll hear all year."
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"Six LP set of psychedelic jazz, restored and remastered from the original tapes. This marks the first time that all of Stark Reality's music will be available on vinyl. Included is the entirety of their AJP-issued album The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop, their out-of-print 1969 LP (first issued on this label in 2003), the two sides of their Big Yellow 7″ single, the three part song 'Acting, Thinking, Feeling,' and a series of unreleased tracks discovered by Porter Records' Luke Mosling -- issued here for the first time." Includes 16-page booklet with digital download card.
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"Our comprehensive overview of Zambia's premier garage, psych, prog, funk, afro-rock ensemble Witch... The band's third album, Lazy Bones!!, is the band's masterpiece -- a dark, brooding psychedelic opus that makes equal use of wah-wah and fuzz guitars, that relies as heavily on the stomping feel of hard rock as it does the syncopation of funk."
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"The band's fourth album -- recorded after the band toured with Osibisa -- makes use of traditional Zambian rhythms and folk melodies alongside progressive rock movements. It is the most 'afro-rock' of Witch's oeuvre."
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2LP version. "Contains a 16-page booklet with full annotation, extensive liner notes, and never-before-published photos. This 2-LP set comes sleeved in a lovingly reproduced version of the cover photo."
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"Edward 'Apple' Nelson is best known for the small clutch of 45s he released under the Apple and The Three Oranges name on local Los Angeles labels in the 1970s. He first found credit as 'Apple' on a Marie Franklin single released on disc jockey Douglas Moore's Stage Music imprint. He would engage Moore to issue Free and Easy, the first record released as Apple and The Three Oranges. This rapid development from road hog to recording artist inspired him to found Sagittarius Records, named after his zodiac sign. His run with Sagittarius contains six unimpeachable soul and funk numbers released under the Apple and The Three Oranges banner and one issued under his own name, Ed. (sic) Nelson. These songs, and his prior recordings, are ripe for a historical reappraisal. Monday's manic rant relegated 'What Goes Around Comes Around' to the funk freak show, but Nelson's introductory 12 bars contain some of the most unique funk drumming ever cut to lacquer. The low fidelity of every Apple and The Three Oranges single was never a problem for the low-riding Eastside Angelenos, who lionized tracks such as 'True Love Will Never Die,' but their muddy quality cast Nelson outside of the canon in which troubled soul singers like Bobby Womack have held court for decades. Nelson's master tapes -- lost in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina -- will never surface to right this wrong. And the records themselves are rare: the 'Love Brings Out the Best of You,' 'Curse Upon the World' and 'I'll Give You a Ring (When I Come, If I Come)' singles are amongst the most sought after and expensive Los Angeles soul and funk records to ever list at auction. Thus, we are privileged to present Nelson's complete works in our Free and Easy anthology. Nearly forty years after he gave up on his recording career, we're left with little more than Nelson's explosive music and his straight-shooting stories of his life's arc. Comes with a 56 page booklet housed in a deluxe 'O-Card' reproduction of the original cover art."
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"In The Past, their second album, is the perfect follow-up for anyone exposed to the Witch band through their landmark Introduction."
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"Our comprehensive overview of Zambia's premier garage-, psych-, prog-, funk-,Afro-rock ensemble Witch, We Intend To Cause Havoc!, is now sold out in its 6LP box set form. So we are making the first four Witch albums available in archival reissue form. As with our box set, the audio is nigh-perfect -- restored and remastered from the original master tapes. The entirety of Witch's first album, restored and remastered from master tapes, and presented as an archival reissue. Witch's musical arc is contained to a five year span and, in retrospect, is a logical one. The band's first two, self-produced albums - released in unison with the birth of the commercial Zambian recording industry -- are exuberant experiments in garage rock, and are as influenced by the Rolling Stones as they are James Brown. Thus Introduction, their first, is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in delving into the Witch band, or Zamrock in general."
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