Daniel Thonon - Master of Diatonic Accordion - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With two deeply cherished compilations already in the bag, Luke Una steps up for the third volume in his É Soul Cultura series on Mr Bongo. A love letter to the dancefloor and it's power to unite people from all corners of society amid growing division and extremist politics. Genre-spanning in nature, the 15 tracks travel between cosmic soul, boogie, proto-house, slo-mo technoid grooves, drum machine afro, astral bass-bugging futurism, jazz funk, dance, and disco. Each having the ability to move the body as much as the heart. From his formative years in Sheffield to co-founding Manchester's much-fabled Electric Chair with Justin Crawford, through to helming the iconic LGBTQ institutions of Homoelectric / Homobloc, Luke has spent 40 years immersed in dance music. His latest outlet, É Soul Cultura, has grown from a tag to a globe-spanning events series with Luke holding residencies and embarking on tours across the world from Japan and Australia to America and Europe. InchFor me, the dancefloor was never about a one-dimensional, thudding, 130 BPM beat only. It's a much more dynamic, broader vision than that. I cut my teeth in an era where a 100 BPM record had as much impact, excitement, and energy as a 134 BPM dancefloor jazz funk or techno recordInch, Luke mentions. É Soul Cultura Volume 3 is the perfect embodiment of that notion InchIt's about four decades in the trenches playing dance music, the late-night afters, the shebeens, the basements, warehouse parties, the eight-hour journeys in East London, through to festival sets at Houghton and We Out Here. It's music unconstrained by genre or tempo and more about making your body moveInch. But this isn't simply a collection of disparate dance tracks; they carry meaning and soul. InchIt's less about escapism, more about reconnection. My experience of post-covid has been the coming together of all the clans in various c

Album Tracks 1. Neon Lights 2. Now and Anytime 3. To the Stars with Me 4. Lost in You 5. Night & Day 6. Turn on 7. Silent Soldier 8. Forever in Silence 9. Home 10. I Want to Know

In 1991 celebrated electronic duo Ultramarine recorded their landmark 'pastoral techno' album Every Man and Woman is a Star, re-released by LTM to widespread acclaim in 2002. We are now pleased to reissue their fifth (and so far final) album a User's Guide. Originally issued in 1998, the eclectic and intriguing a User's Guide marked a welcome return to the independent sector after five years on major tag WEA/Blanco y Negro. Largely electronic, the album also marked a return to a sound more akin to the understated ambient-techno of Every Man and Woman is a Star. A User's Guide was recorded and produced by the band (Paul Hammond and Ian Cooper) at their own studio (Survey) in London during 1997. Influences included Autechre, Carl Craig, Eric Dolphy and Scientist. Stand out tracks include the opening All of a Sudden, Surfacing and What Machines Want. Ultramarine comprised Essex-raised duo of Paul Hammond and Ian Cooper, who debuted with Folk before recording the ground breaking EM&WIAS in 1991. Subsequent albums included United Kingdoms (1993), Bel Air (1995) and a User's Guide (1998). Paul Hammond remains active as Further Details and with his tag Real Soon. 2005. Album Tracks 1. All of a Sudden 2. Surfacing 3. Sucker 4U 4. On the Brink 5. Zombie 6. By Turns 7. Ambush 8. 4U Version 9. Ghost Routine 10. What Machines Want