The Naked - Youth Mode - 12-INCH SINGLE [12 inch Vinyl Single]

Album Tracks 1. Zone 2. Anomie 3. Body Mod 4. Slow 5. Skinlessly 6. Unity 7. Total Loss No Feeling 8. Mesh 9. Kowloon Dense 10. Harakiri

This premium edition revives a historic 1969 Paris session from the iconic BYG/Actuel catalog-an essential statement from a visionary musician and activist, now reissued in it's best quality ever. Restored & remastered from the original tapes by Nick Robbins, it features a new and insightful essay by author & music journalist Kevin Le Gendre.The CD edition comes in a deluxe digi-sleeve that captures the essence of the original LP, complete with a 16-page booklet and printed inner wallet.Awarded Audiophile Album of the Month by Jazzwise, March 2023, and hailed as InchA must for Shepp fans as well as free-jazz aficionadosInch by Kevin Whitlock - Jazzwise.Florida-born saxophonist, composer, poet, actor, and playwright Archie Shepp was one of the most powerful voices of politicized Black culture in the late '60s-a time of radical thought and social upheaval.After relocating to Paris, Shepp recorded a series of groundbreaking albums, including Blasé, which explored themes of freedom, racial equality, and the deep roots of African-American music. Blending gospel, blues, and avant-garde jazz, the album featured the mesmerizing vocals of Jeanne Lee and members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, creating a powerful fusion of jazz, poetry, and radical politics.Blasé defies categorization, moving fluidly across eras and influences-what Shepp called Inchpre-jazzInch as much as Inchfree jazz.Inch From a graceful reprise of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Lady to the propulsive rhythms of Touareg, inspired by his transformative experience at the 1969 Pan-African Festival in Algiers, Shepp's vision was always expansive.Black music has a dynamic relationship with it's past-what was once old becomes new again, resonating across generations. If Blasé teaches us anything, it's that younger artists will always feel the spirit of their predecessors, both in life and beyond. As Duke Ellington

Flug returns to DCLTD, with a follow up to last year's propulsive 'Altered Existence' EP. 'Altered Existence II' picks up where it's predecessor left off and is a visceral dancefloor exercise. 'Rationalize' is throbbing and trippy, a delicious deep dive into techno's nether regions. 'Fake Tales' is a punchy tool, fit for warm up purpose. 'Muted Minds' will break the game wide open; an eerie shuffling beast that every DJ needs up their sleeve.Tracklisting A1. RationalizeB1. Fake TalesB2. Muted Minds Album Tracks 1. Rationalize 2. Fake Tales 3. Muted Minds