ahmed malek was one of the most important musicians of the algerian scene of the 1970s. his sountrack works that were composed for various algerian movies of the time fuse arabic influences with jazz, psych and funk influences. dark cineastic soundscapes meet african jazz at times reminicent of mulatu. original copies of his vinyl releases have been sold for enormous amounts. for this release we combined the strongest tracks from his releases with a selection of unreleased material straight from the families archive. the vinyl edition comes with a 8 page 12” size booklet, the cd version with a 16 page booklet with lot of unseen photos, an interview with the artist from 1978 and an introduction to algerian cinema.
electronic funk / lp (crystal clear + 30x30cm poster), with the album loving life, sofiane pamart and dabeull offer us a cinematic project that can be listened to endlessly. it features holybrune, ichon and kunta.
started as a home-recording project, the amsterdam-based three piece finds itself on a middle ground between wave-punk and dub merging into gloomy yet upbeat tunes. with fixed position, housepainters releases their first single on swiss label bongo joe records.
cracking album from a fabulous joint venture team. jaunty hiphop-downbeat-soul gems, perfectly balanced between phat beats, soulful melodies, strong lyrics and noisy overtones.
-latest full length effort from the detroit-based ensemble, who to date has collaborated with the likes of eminem, slaughter house, danny brown, mayer hawthorne, slum village, elzhi, black milk, and more. -the album is assembled using sounds and influence
straatkunst records ist ein neues projekt von roger gerressen alias argee. die untitled ep ist eine sammlung von instrumentalstücken, die im laufe der jahre entstanden sind.
an den aufnahmen in den soul fire studios (williamsburg, bklyn), die sich über zwei jahre hinzogen, waren über zwei dutzend musiker beteiligt, darunter mitglieder von el michels affair, lee fields & the expressions, the dap-kings, antibalas und andere.
rediscover the best funk selection! wagram teams up with the magazine funk-u in order to create a new incredible funk collection for true groove lovers!