Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back - VINYL LP

Representing Seattle Funk. The Oscillators' debut album is deep, raw and energetic. Led by drummer oLLi kLoMp, the line up features members of the polyrhythmics, Rippin' Chicken, the Pulsations, Lucky Brown, the Trueloves, 45th Street Brass, The S.G.'s, and more... REAL, DEEP FUNK WITH A PSYCHEDELIC NUDGE.As of yet, as these words were written, the Oscillators is not a band. The Oscillators is an experimental recording collaboration that turned out swimmingly.Our gauge was this 'Do we like it?' No agenda or goal. The main mode being simply; create what we like out of thin air. Yet the air was heavy therefore create what we like out of thick air. Magical, gravy-thick air. Molecules, olli'cules. Alchemically thick. Apparently, we needed to sample something out-of-the-ordinary... The process is called, 'stackin- phat'. Minimal gear, maximum vibe. In fact, this process and this gear would make most educated sound engineers cringe but the players know.Pushing the tape... yes, tape! 4 track to be exact, pushing the tape to it's edge. First, stack two drum tracks. #bounce them to one primal track. Sometimes one drummer, sometimes two; 'a great drumbeat already contains melody.' This is your first layer of phat. Generally, unless the muse says otherwise, you wanna bring in your bass player next, gently caress guidance and encouragement (maybe a beer or a hit a grass), then he or she can stack the next layer of phat. The next few layers are where things really take off. Maybe it's guitar then horns, maybe keys. Maybe just horns. Whatever the tune calls for. Whatever the muse 'calls' for. Everyone stacking is simultaneously inspired, while hindered, by the previous layer; 'constricted genius' works of magic from thin/thick air.Most of the time the players weren't in the same room at the same time, and in some cases, haven't seen each other in years, but it sounds like a family

Ten years ago, Ikebe Shakedown began pushing the boundaries of instrumental music. Each new track and live set has sent them deeper into combining the primal elements of '70s soul, raw psychedelic style, and cinematic Western soundtracks with powerful grooves and soaring melodies. Now, with their new , Kings Left Behind (Colemine Records), the band is giving listeners more mystery and majesty than ever before. The album features the entire group collaborating to produce tracks that deliver punches right to the gut, even as dreamy guitars and rich horn melodies and string arrangements capture the imagination. The album was recorded by Ikebe's bassist, Vince Chiarito, at Hive Mind Recording. Opened with Ikebe's saxophonist, Mike Buckley, and another collaborator in 2017, Hive Mind has become a home base for the band, leading to more experimentation with the textures and sounds of a genre they define as Instrumental Soul.

Bastards of Soul returnwith their 3rd album InchGive It Right BackInch, the last chapter in the band's story following the untimely death of their lead singer Chadwick Murray in 2021. The set features InchThis LoveInch, a song written by Chadwick and although he was never able to record the song, Keite Young (who performed the stunning cover of InchLike A ShipInch with Leon Bridges) stepped in with a beautiful rendition that Chadwick would be proud of. Also featured on the album are Daptone recording artist The Sha La Das and Colemine recoding artist Ghost Funk Orchestra.