The Take Vibe EP
Golden Brown/Walking On The Moon

It’s a special, but also a strange sensation to be releasing an album of one of your early musical heroes. I first discovered The Movers on my very first “record safari” in 1996. My destination was Bulawayo, in southern Zimbabwe, and to get there I had to travel via Jo’burg. While in town I stopped at a store called Kohinoor, in search of Mbaqanga – also known as Township Jive – and found a few tapes which I listened to non-stop on the bus that carried me to the land of Chimurenga Music. One of these cassettes included the songs “Hot Coffee” and “Phukeng Special” which instantly became part of my daily life. Twenty-five years later I’m still grooving to them.What I didn‘t know at that time was that The Movers were hugely successful during the 1970s; so when it came time to release some of their music, I though it was going to be “a walk in the park” to track down information about them and write their biography. I was in for a rude awakening. Despite their legendary status, there was almost no information available on band or any of its members.Fortunately Nicky Blumenfeld from Kaya Radio came to the rescue. A few days after I reached out to her, she had managed to get the phone number of Kenneth Siphayi, who is considered to be the founder of the band, as well as vocalist Blondie Makhene and saxophonist Lulu Masilela. Although we left no stone unturned, we were unable to find any of the four original members who seem to have passed away in total anonymity.The story of The Movers began in 1967 when two unknown musicians – the brothers Norman and Oupa Hlongwane – approached Kenneth Siphayi a stylish and wealthy businessman from the Alexandra township to ask if he could buy them musical instruments. In return he would receive a cut from future life shows and record deals. Kenneth, ended up doing much more, becoming their manager, setting them up in a rehearsal space, and introducing them to an organist who would prove to be the missing link in the band’s skeletal sound. He also gave them their name: The Movers … because, as he said, their music was going to move you, whether you liked it or not.The band exploded onto the country’s racially-segregated music scene at the dawn of the 1970s with a sound that applied the rolling organ grooves and elastic rhythms of American soul to songs that came straight from the heart of the townships. Rumours of the band started to spread throughout the country and soon the record labels were sending their talent scouts to the Alexandra township to hear it for themselves.The Movers finally signed to Teal Records in 1969, and their first album, Crying Guitar, went on to sell 500,000 copies within the first three months, launching them into the front rank of South African bands. In their first year they went from local sensations to being the first band of black South Africans to have their music cross over to the country’s white radio stations,Although the first record was entirely instrumental, The Movers started working with different singers soon after – scoring an early hit with 14 year old vocal prodigy Blondie Makhene – and enriched their sonic palette with horns, extra percussion and various keyboards. Their stylistic range also expanded, incorporating elements of Marabi, Mbaqanga, jazz, funk, and reggae into their soul-steeped sound. But the essence of their music came from the almost telepathic connection of its founding members: the simmering organ of Sankie Chounyane, the laid-back guitar lines of Oupa Hlongwane, the energetic bass grooves of Norman Hlongwane and the simmering rhythms of drummer of Sam Thabo.The band reached their apex in the mid-1970s, and their hit ‘Soweto Inn’, sung by Sophie Thapedi, became inseparable from the student revolts that signalled a new resistance to the apartheid government. In 1976, however, their manager was forced out, and their producer started to play a more active role in the band’s direction. By the end of the decade there were no original members left. But at their height The Movers were titans of South African soul who left a legacy of over a dozen albums and countless singles of pure groove. On The Movers 1970–76, Analog Africa presents 14 of the finest tracks from the band’s undisputed peak.

Back in the day, French pianist, composer and all-round jazz superstar Jean-François Quiévreux, a.k.a. Jef Gilson, was up there alongside the likes of peers John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, and Sun Ra. In a fitting homage to the decades worth of sublime music, and his sad passing away in 2012, French quarter Palm Unit have released a lively, honest tribute, upbeat and contemporary re-interpretative vision of his legacy..Gilson has been noted for changing the face of bebop with free-jazz and afro. Along the way his big band featured the likes of Lloyd Miler, Bill Coleman, Michel Portal, and others. With his own recording studio and label Palm Records, Gilson released music from greats including Byard Lancaster, David S. Ware, François Jeanneau, and more. He also helped embed a more entho style to the world of jazz, inspired by his visits to Madagascar, which resulted in the famous Malagasy jazz albums.Palm Unit are a wildly eclectic super-group of jazz greats includes uKanDanZ's saxophonist Lionel Martin, keyboardist Fred Escoffier from Le Sacre du Tympan, drummer Philippe 'Pipon' Garcia whose mostly known from his worth with the Erik Truffaz Quartet, and special guest Del Rabenja -- who played alongside Gilson in Malagasy -- on the Magascan valiha harp. Palm Unit plays Gilson's repertoire without any a priori, in a totally complex-free manner, reinventing it whilst preserving its original essence. The keyboards sound almost psychedelic (and often not that far from the style of Eddy Louiss on Jef Gilson's 60's albums), the sax scratches, mews and wails, whilst the drums make the whole thing swing. Even Del Rabenja was surprised to rediscover the songs still sounding so modern, decades after they were created.

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LIVEpar Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood Partager / Intégrer Liste de souhaitsapprécié pardeeps eliade thumbnaildeeps eliade considering getting the letters.P U N K J A Z Z tattooed across my heart angel bat dawid righteously reflects and resonates hard with the state of a world where black people are hunted by the people that are supposed to look out for us all. if I was in that audience I would of joined the fuck in.Leon Frey thumbnailLeon Frey Angel Bat Dawid is making history.jaymowil thumbnailjaymowil This performance is special. Next level Nina Simone shit. 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If you would like to receive in-stock titles sooner please place a separate order for those items.Comprend l’écoute en continu illimitée de LIVE au moyen de l’appli gratuite de Bandcamp, ainsi que le téléchargement de haute qualité aux formats MP3, FLAC et plus.expédition prévue vers le 2 mai 2021Acheter le disque/vinyle $31 USD ou plus Donner en cadeau IMRC0037 - CDDisque compact (CD) + album numériquepackage image package imageShiny compact disk in deluxe 6-panel digipack.***PLEASE NOTE*** Multiple item orders that contain this pre-order won't ship until this title is in stock. If you would like to receive in-stock titles sooner please place a separate order for those items.Comprend l’écoute en continu illimitée de LIVE au moyen de l’appli gratuite de Bandcamp, ainsi que le téléchargement de haute qualité aux formats MP3, FLAC et plus.sera expédié d’ici 7 joursAcheter le disque compact $13 USD ou plus Donner en cadeau Album numériqueÉcoute en continu + téléchargementComprend l’écoute en continu illimitée au moyen de l’appli gratuite de Bandcamp, ainsi que le téléchargement de haute qualité aux formats MP3, FLAC et plus.Acheter l’album numérique $9 USD ou plusDonner en cadeau IMRC0037 - FIRE & BRIMSTONE color vinyl gatefold double LPDisque/vinyle + album numériquepackage image package imageTwo *limited edition* 140-gram FIRE and BRIMSTONE color vinyl LPs (pressed by Pallas in Germany) inside a heavyweight reverse-board *gatefold jacket* with flooded black pockets, IARC obi strip and dome-patterned inner-sleeves.Comprend l’écoute en continu illimitée de LIVE au moyen de l’appli gratuite de Bandcamp, ainsi que le téléchargement de haute qualité aux formats MP3, FLAC et plus.Épuisé1.Enlightenment 03:222.Destination 02:463.Capetown 00:254.Black Family 09:385.What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black 04:596.London 09:587.We Hearby Declare the African Look 09:178.We Are Starzz 14:139.VIKTORious Return 01:0410.Tha Wicked Shall Not Prevail 06:5311.Melo Deez From Heab'N 04:4212.Dr. Wattz n' em 08:1413.HELL 03:31à proposLIVE was mostly recorded on November 1st, 2019, at Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Berlin, Germany, during the 2019 edition of JazzFest Berlin. For Angel Bat Dawid and her band Tha Brothahood – which includes Deacon Otis Cooke, Viktor Le Givens, Xristian Espinoza, Norman W. Long, Dr. Adam Zanolini, and Asher Simiso Gamedze – it was the first stop of their first European tour.Forty-eight hours before the show, Angel and members of the band were on their way to the airport in Chicago when they received news that Viktor Le Givens had passed out on the street and subsequently woke up in a hospital with all his personal belongings missing. When they arrived in Berlin, the band’s manager Najee-Zaid Searcy reached out to the production staff of JazzFest Berlin to inform them of the situation. Their initial reply: “if you cannot find a substitute, we will have to reduce your fee.”

One of the best jazz record ever produced... '21 reissue.