Various
Drum Solos Vol. 1

Fiesta!

Elusive and kaleidoscopic drum-machin jazz-funk afrobeat synth muzak to start the cocktail party.Press.The Amsterdam based New Cool Collective has released an impressive amount of albums within the last 28 years. With an astonishingly diverse list of collaborations ranging from Matt Bianco and Tony Allen to Orchestra Baobab’s saxman Thierno Koité. Awards for film scores, hit records, popularity polls, and even a style award for Benjamin Herman’s impeccable wardrobe. New Cool Collective has become an extremely tight unit, totally at ease performing on live television shows, stage plays, giant stages, tiny clubs, jazz festivals, pop festivals, world music festivals and anything else you can think of. Playing a familiar mix of Jazz, Latin, Afrobeat and Boogaloo. In more recent years the band has extended its impressive catalog with strong releases such as Electric Monkey Sessions 1 & 2 and the quirky electronic sounds of Dansé Dansé. In the spring of 2021 the band left its hometown of Amsterdam to record in Rotterdam. Allowing the band the soak in new energy and influences ultimately resulting in a new record: YUNIKōN. The characteristic drum machines and synths featured on predecessor Dansé Dansé haven’t disappeared, instead, the band has combined them with organic field recordings and engineer Simon Akkermans’ ‘Wall of Sound’. Allowing most tracks to evolve until reaching their final form during the last moments of the mixing process. Title track Yunikōn symbolises the album for the band members: “elusive and kaleidoscopic” just like the mythological creature from which the album title borrows its name.

Long awaited reissue of 2014 dub/tropical/bass bomb!

A samba funk disco grail finally reissued 💃🕺So many hits on this awesome 1983 recording by one of the giants of Brazilian music, Jorge Ben. This masterpiece includes the great boogie joint ‘Rio Babilonia’ as well as the all-time classics ‘Taj Mahal/Pais Tropical’, the soulful opener ‘Eu Quero Ver A Rainha’ featuring Tim Maia, and many other samba funk jams arranged by Lincoln Olivetti.Hard to find on vinyl these days, this reissue will make many collectors happy!DESCRIPTIONJorge Ben is someone who needs no introduction. Since his first hits in the 60s, this artist has become one of the greatest icons of Brazilian pop music. His anthems "Mais Que Nada" or "Pais Tropical" are probably two of the most ever-listened Brazilian songs of all time.After being involved in the Tropicalia movement and incorporating the influences of Afro-American funk into his repertoire, with the support of his backing band -Trio Mocotó-, his very personal samba sound also opened up to the new musical trends coming from the States at the edge of the 70s.Boogie and disco music were making headway and soon became popular in the Brazilian market. Jorge Ben's albums recorded at the beginning of the 80s reflect this trend and deliver a good number of outstanding tunes.This masterpiece includes the great boogie joint ‘Rio Babilonia’ as well as the all-time classics ‘Taj Mahal/Pais Tropical’, the soulful opener ‘Eu Quero Ver A Rainha’ featuring Tim Maia, and many other samba funk jams arranged by Lincoln Olivetti.An essential addition to any Brazilian music collection.

40 minutes of sonic meditation ! tip! absolute astonishing!

Dance! Zouk og compas styyyyle.