Ring The Alarm playlist, Basefm, Nov 30

Romanowski - Why?
Wally Badarou - Chief inspector
MAW - Zoe
Sharon Jones and the Dapkings - Mama don't like my man
Jermaine Jackson - Let's get serious
War - Galaxy 2000
Shoes - In the mood for dub
Staple singers - Something aint right
Angie Stone - Wish I didn't miss you
Lee Fields - My world (live in Auckland Jan 11 , tickets onsale now)
Blackbyrds - Rock creek park
Beat pharmacy  - Ghost ships
Butch Cassidy sound system - Ready dread
Che Fu - Get up stand up
James Brown - The Bose - Geisha boys remix
Larry Gold - Aint no stopping us now
Philadeplhia allstars - Let's clean up the ghetto - Danny Krivit edit
Leon Huff - No greater love
Magic circle express - Magic fever

Fontanelles: Horns of Freedom debut

This a rather groovy record, give it a listen... "We’re delighted to announce the debut album from The Fontanelles. Originally formed to be the onstage band for the London run of Fela! The Musical, the band’s natural chemistry was such that they instinctively continued performing together when the show ended. They took the energy of the stage show and started working on original material, adding reggae, ethio-jazz and ska influences to the afrobeat source.

Their debut album takes in everything that defines The Fontanelles’ distinct sound. There’s uptempo Afrobeat thumpers (Gaia’s Revenge, the seismic Afrocat and recent single Criminality), mid-tempo dub groovers (Pinprick & Project 31) and the band’s unique take on lo-slung funk (The Wave)."

Out now on First Word Records - CD/LP/Digital.

Lorde’s Dance Moves: giftastic!

Via NYMag Vulture: A Complete GIF Guide to Lorde’s Dance Moves

here's a preview... The Mermaid Hair-flip
"Lorde's signature move. Mermaids everywhere clutch their seashell bras and seethe with jealousy."

Soul Fire 7" box set

From Truth and Soul Records: Available Black Friday Record Store Day special "Soul Fire box set" in stores November 29.

"Truth & Soul is proud to present The Soul Fire Box Set for Record Store Day, 2013. Soul Fire Records, started in 1999 by Phillip Lehman, produced some of the funkiest modern recordings to ever make it to 45.

Many of those 45’s from the Soul Fire catalog are nearly impossible to find today, and if and when they do come up for sale, they fetch top dollar. Soul Fire closed its doors in 2003 when Phillip stepped away from the music business to pursue other ventures.

He left the studio to Jeff Silverman & Leon Michaels, who then started what today is known as Truth & Soul Records. This box set contains some of the rarest sides from the Soul Fire catalog, 8 7” vinyls, liner notes from Phillip himself, and a Soul Fire sticker, all packaged in a woven silkscreened collectors box. Limited to 1000 pieces for Record Store Day."

BUY AT TRUTH & SOUL

Here's the latest podcast from the T&S Records posse...

Graff timelapse

Via Core77: "It went live on Friday, and quite deservedly went viral over the weekend: "Limitless," a brilliantly-shot-and-edited video from filmmaker Selina Miles, decides to have some fun with a warehouse in Brisbane that's on the demolition list.

Street artists Sofles, Fintan Magee, Treas and Quench were given what appears to be an unlimited amount of Ironlak paint and set loose on the structure's interior. Despite the painters' talents this could easily have been boring, but under Miles' expert shooting, directing and editing techniques, it's pretty riveting."

Downloaded: Rise and fall of Napster

From Radio NZ: "Napster is arguably the company that started the digital music revolution. A new documentary, Downloaded, charts the rise and fall of this peer-to-peer music service, from its first strokes of code in 1998 to the much publicised lawsuit brought against it by Metallica, Dr Dre and the RIAA.

Trevor Reekie talks to the director of the film Alex Winter. Listen over here.
Watch the film trailer above.

Jef Gilson - Archives

Jazzman Gerald says "Before Jef passed in 2012 he was kind enough to allow me to go through his personal archives which resulted in our 'Best of Jef Gilson' album.

Since then I've finally managed to go through his lifelong accumulation of tapes, acetates, records, photos, posters and music paraphernalia which has resulted in Jef Gilson - Archives, an album of previously unreleased demos, alternate takes and lost sessions. It's been a huge task requiring the assistance of many people and several months untangling tapes in the studio, but the results are definitely worth it.

Watch and share the video with all the recordings and pictures I made during all my visits below..."



Via Jazzman Records: "Since Gilson's passing in 2012, we have surveyed the substantial personal archive of his acetates, test pressings and reel to reel tapes with the kind permission of his widow, Geneviève.

The task has not been easy, it’s taken numerous trips to France and the generous assistance of a small army of translators, advisors, musicologists, amateur enthusiasts and record collectors, as well as the surviving members of Gilson’s musical entourage, for us to gather together the information required to make Jef Gilson - Archives (JMANLP/CD.063).

In it you will find music we‘ve chosen from having listened to literally hundreds of hours of alternate takes, rehearsals, live recordings, unissued sessions and personal recordings made from the ‘50s to the ‘70s; none of which has been officially released before.

Despite the limitations afforded by mastering some of these recordings from anonymous reels of twisted, buckled tape and scratched, dusty old acetate discs, we hope that the music contained herein affords a fascinating and otherwise impenetrable insight into the workings of one of the great unsung creative forces of European jazz.

There is also a companion deluxe 10" LP, Jef Gilson - Chansons de Jazz (JMANLP.064), that is a vinyl ONLY release and includes classic Gilson '60s repertoire with rarely heard vocal performances.

Both releases will be available worldwide on the 2nd December 2013 - but you can get them EXCLUSIVELY from our website all week."