jazz

remastered from the original tapes, pressed at 180 gram vinyl.

live from 1968 !

jazz

masterpiece

deluxe 180 gram double vinyl, including mostly unreleased outtakes on vinyl 2. remastered from the original mono tapes.

an audiophile blue note classic vinyl reissue - mastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.

limited edition reissue on 180 gram vinyl.

thelonious monk live at newport festival 1963.

thelonious monk quartet live at concertgebouw, amsterdam 1961.

the a-side features a set from the miles davis sextet with john coltrane and julian cannonball adderly, recorded live at newport jazz festival in 1958. thelonious monk quartet and pee wee russell’s set recorded live at newport jazz festival in 1963. pressing on 180 gram vinyl.

the legendary 3rd solo piano album from thelonious monk, recorded in fugazi hall, san francisco, california on october 21 and 22, 1959.

180 gram double vinyl in gatefold sleeve

-gefährliche liebschaften- ist eine italienisch-französische verfilmung mit jeanne moreau in der hauptrolle. regie führte roger vadim, der zu dieser zeit nicht zuletzt wegen seiner geendeten ehe mit brigitte bardot in den schlagzeilen war. dessen idee war

hip hop instrumentals

black cash & theo edits! galaxy sound co crew back at it!

new album from harmonious thelonious.

an 8 track collection of outernational music studies from harmonious thelonious.

electronic journey by harmonious thelonious

highlife brings us harmonious thelonious !highly recommented!

...for fans only

incl remix from tolouse low trax (salon des amateurs, düsseldorf) and wolf müller (aka jan schulte, bufiman - themes for great cities, düsseldorf).

support by john heckle, henning baer, ostgut ton

incl. huge harmonious thelonious remix on 140 g vinyl

psychedelisch und tanzbar: amerikanischer minimalismus vs. afrikanische trommeln vs. europäische sequenzen. die vinyl-lp erscheint inklusive downloadcode.

after releasing a brilliant and stomping three-tracker on kontra-musik white label last year, ex-durian brother harmonious thelonious returns to the kontra-musik family with an absolute gem of a record. this is everything we want dance music to be: characterful, playful and impossibly funky. harmonious thelonious is a master of crafting organic sounding rhythms but arranging them in a manner that reminds one of a 1970 s car factory. primal pulses running through modern assembly lines, gears and pistons covered in green lianas. the result is a perfect symbiosis between living tissue and mechanical parts - dance music for primitive cyborgs.

fresh experimental afro infected journey

deep and delicate infectious rhythms. each record includes one of two risograph prints featuring a lino cut by the artist.

stefan schwander aka harmonious thelonious is definitely not a newcomer. he has been around for a long time and has already released lots of amazingly varied music on labels such as emotional response, italic, meakusma and diskant. he’s also an integral part of the infamous duesseldorf / salon des amateurs axis that is an obvious hotbed of talent. he describes his style as -american minimalism vs. african drumming vs. european sequencing-, a heady mixture which is clearly evident on this ep though with a definite middle eastern twist. here at versatile hq we were introduced to this clutch of tracks by one of the members of acid arab and we were totally blown away. stefan has a very unique production style, fusing all of the above elements with a hint of gamelan, a dash of tweaked fm synthesis type sounds with a dose of warm ambience and finally his own singular touch on the mix. we are very happy to present you these 4 tracks to you, an essential ep from one of european music s true originals.

molotov represents the best elements of its creators, brooklyn rapper, saga and chicago producer, thelonious martin. the rhymes are potent and powerful, taking down everyone from cynics to haters, wack emcees, and inner demons. and the instrumentals serve to bring those words to life by way of head-nodding percussion, and slick sample flips.

durian brothers album das macht modern, released on kontra-musik in 2014, remains one of the most sought after highlights in our catalogue. the mad scientists of salon des amateurs produced an eccentric masterpiece that can be described in a multitude of ways, straight dance music not being one of them. one of the brothers, stefan schwander, fills this gap with his solo project harmonious thelonious. inspired by american minimalist music and african rhythm patterns, the result is muscular and twangy like an old radboud mens record on steroids. moist and mechanical at the same time.

emotional response returns to dusseldorf with a compilation of the music emanating out of the diskant label over some 7 eps between 2009-2014

schleissen 1 marks the beginning of a major, four-part project from stuart leath s emotional response label an in-depth exploration of the outer reaches of drone and ambient. it s a grand scheme, highlighted perfectly by the grandiose scale of serbian maverick abul mogard s opener a hypnotic, 19-minute exploration of modular drone music that s as freaky as it is beautiful. stefan schwander dons his now familiar harmonious thelonious alias on the flip, laying down two brilliantly melodious synthesizer pieces inspired by the cyclical compositions of acclaimed minimalist composer steve reich. both pieces are borderline stunning, and more than worth the admission price.

stefan schwander has been releasing his heavily processed and sequenced take on african music and american minimalism under his harmonious thelonious moniker since 2008.

the new ep by harmonious thelonious called ting tong ep is ready to be released. its the second record on asafa. this time its getting melodious, especially on track one and four. almost a bit like holger czukays genious song called persian love but without the short waves. the track a.o. seems to play in the jungle (its a street jungle in whereever) and profaner tanz starts with a noise pad and ends with repetitive guitars.