the souljazz orchestra return with their 9th studio album.

canada’s fastest moving and hardest working collective are back with one of their finest albums to date, a brand new journey into tropical, soul and jazz styles on their scorching new release, “under burning skies”. turbulent times call for strong voices and the souljazz orchestra’s new set packs a suitably heavy lyrical punch, with wry observations and an urge for progressive change. musically, the band continue to push the limits, dusting off 80s vintage synthesizers and early drum machines for the first time, bringing lo fi disco, boogie and electro touches to their trademark horn arrangements and earthy analogue sound. the fruits are a-plenty and the group sound at their confident and versatile best from start to finish. opener “dog eat dog” powers in with mabinuori idowu and philippe lafreniÞre lambasting the powerful and the corrupt over an infectious afro-disco groove, “lufunki” takes the group right back to their b-boy roots, bringing the afro vibes to beat street and “is yeelyel” delivers a killer rework of an obscure original by somalian super-group dur-dur band.

canadas hardest working super-group, the souljazz orchestra, return at full throttle this september with solidarity, a new collaborative album featuring a range of unique artists from their countrys vibrant underground groove scene

rising sun is the souljazz orchestras first all acoustic afro jazz album. playing over thirty different instruments, the group creates a rich soundscape of otherwordly jazz, driven by heavy african rhythms and soulful vamps. the esoteric arrangements and fiery improvisations make it one of the souljazz orchestras most unique offerings.

energie pur! kanadisches fusion-kollektiv zŸndet die nŠchste groove-rakete.
das sechskšpfige souljazz orchestra aus ottawa ist fŸr ein orchester zwar etwas klein geraten, dafŸr fallen spielfreude und selbstverstŠndnis auf sympathische weise grš§er aus. seit 2002 ist das politisch sendungsbewusste sextett in der originalbesetzung unterwegs, und wurde dabei schon dreimal fŸr den kanadischen juno award nominiert. ihre lyrisch starken texte verpacken die kanadier vielseitig und multilingual mit 80er-vintage-synthies in tropische lo-fi-tanznummern, die von einflŸssen aus soul, ethio-jazz, sixties-funk, afrobeats und latin zehren. 2007 gelang der band mit -mista president- ein internationaler club-hit, der nicht nur das interesse von gilles peterson weckte, sondern auch die tŸr zum label strut (mulatu astatke, ebo taylor, idris ackamor & the pyramids) šffnete. dort erschienen die alben -rising sun- (2010), -solidarity- (2012), -inner fire- (2013) und zuletzt -resistance- (2015). in dieser zeit kam es zu kollaborationen mit musikern von nigeria bis ruanda und kuba bis haiti. bei seinen zahlreichen ausverkauften shows teilte sich das kollektiv die bŸhne mit musikalischen schwergewichten wie femi kuti, stevie wonder und bob dylan. auch -under burning skies- zeichnet sich durch einen passionierten, analog produzierten groove-mix aus, der einfach nur glŸcklich macht.

new 12 from kevin martin (aka the bug)s latest electronic/dancehall/dubstep project ladybug,dem a bomb we is a radical reworking of an earlier project with uk dancehall/dubstep mc warrior queen, while on the flip, minitura de lul is a blast of heavyweight baile funk dancehall featuring brazilian mc deize tigrana

from kaytranada to the souljazz orchestra or the bamboos - go deep into one of the best sélection of nu funk.

craig charles presents part 2 of the trunk of funk compilation.

spiritual souljazz

mit diesem souljazz-slammer stellt timmion jukka eskola, einen der ikonischsten, zeitgenössischen jazzer finnlands, vor. trompeter eskolas soul trio klingt genau so, wie der name schon sagt, die goldene Ära des 60’s soul jazz. das trio, bestehend aus trompete, orgel und schlagzeug, liefert einen klang, der klassische prestige-aufnahmen von jack mcduff, willis jackson und gene ammons in erinnerung bringt.

extremely limited run of don pascals cali experiment ep, only 300 to be pressed! each 12inch will include a download code. as a salsa lover and aficionado, don pascal wants his new material to fill the space between house & broken beat rhythms and salsa music, with a focus on bringing authentic salsa piano to the forefront, it was quantic who hooked him up with some of the musicians to fulfil his ideas, resulting in these two new tracks, tributo and tumbao. this release is sure to be popular with fans of quantic, the souljazz orchestra, buena vista social club and sofrito.

soul 223, a seasoned producer with releases on delsin and souljazz under his belt as well as having a significant pedigree releasing as stasis on peacefrog in the ninetees. eastern promise is a fine balanced ep covering deep sample based jams, spacey disco grooves and sunshine laden strings

les freres smith - the smiths brothers - is a paris based 14 piece collective specialized in afrobeat and ethio flavoured grooves. these music smugglers are touring the french and european scenes for more than 10 years, always with the same blasting energy. well known for its explosive live interventions, the band is now releasing its first real album after various collaborations with artists such as tony allen, the souljazz orchestra, kutiman, franck biyong, or kokolo, among others. be a smith, be a smuggler, enjoy it now!

we are all prostitutes is a coverversion of the classic punk-no wave song from the pop group with original singer mark stewart. remixes are done by crookers (remixers for chemical brothers, bonde do role, funk mundial-man recordings), princess superstar (k7) and shadow dancer (boys noize). mark stewart is known from the pop group and his genreblending compilation kiss the future on souljazz . he has collaborated with artists such as the bug, alec empire, the on-u sound posse and many others.adam sky is known for ape x and galactic lover on kitsune as well as for his great remix for riot in belgium on headmans imprint relish. adam sky was responsible for seals hit killer in the 80ies under the name of adamski. on parasite, mark&adam team up for a new tune with guest vocals from angie reed (chicks on speed).

the first release on this new label is from gatto fritto who has released records on dissident and electric minds and recently remixed subway on souljazz. the a side hex is a nine minute, mid tempo, atmospheric, bearded disco trip taking in falsetto vocals, straight to video synths, acoustic guitars and the budget, analog death rattle of a vintage siel cruise. the bmside beachy head is a teutontastic tribute to the uks favourite suicide spot. a 3/4 krauty synth builder that spills into layered waves of guitars and unforgiving rocks of heavy analog bass...think klaus schulze and steve reich rolling off a cliff in 1983 datsun cherry.

the second outing on frittomorto is by subway who have previous releases on nuphonic, sunday best and souljazz....they also have a forthcoming album on souljazz. the a side cs-87 is exactly the sort of tackle that you would expect mathew jonson to come up with if he was born twenty years earlier and had met vince lawrence and ron hardy in an all night gentlemens sauna. the flip side second sign sounds a bit like black dog before they went crap

nach seinem ausflug nach souljazz ist secondo wieder daheim in schnitzelfunkhausen mit irren versionen von shannon s >sweet somebody< & jonzon crew s wasauchimme

gary -slim- moore ist kanadischer soulsŠnger mit wurzeln in jamaika. in den 90ern traf er erstmalig auf die mar-keys ohne das aus der verbindung aufnahmen entstanden. die gruppe feilte in der zwischenzeit an ihren fŠhigkeiten und spielte mit soul-koriphŠen wie gladys knight, the temptations oder the coasters, und einige mitglieder grŸndeten das souljazz orchestra projekts. seit 2007 erschienen bereits drei alben auf do right!