Theon Cross - Fyah - VINYL LP

HOT ISSUE - Redd Kross - On December 7, Merge Records will reissue Hot Issue, a dozen turn-of-the-century new digs and old finds recorded by Redd Kross in Hollywood between 1980 and 2007. This collection of top-quality recordings features Redd Kross rarities and focuses on the band's most explosively creative period from the early '90s straight through to Researching the Blues, all mastered from the original source tapes for optimal audio fidelity by Bill Inglot and Dave Schultz at d 2. An energetic compilation created to be a complete play experience with unreleased and rare tracks unearthed from the Jeff McDonald archives, Hot Issue is a total must for all Redd Kross fans around the world! Album Tracks 1. Insatiable Kind 2. Motorboat 3. Pop Show 4. Take It Home 5. That Girl 6. It's a Scream 1. Switchblade Sister 2. Puss 'N' Boots 3. Don't Take Your Baby Downtown 4. Moon Sun (No Limit) 5. Starlust 6. Born to Love You

Theon Cross is at the forefront of the thriving London jazz scene, with the gifted musician and composer expanding the sonic possibilities of tuba playing. Today, Cross - a core member of Mercury Prize-nominated outfit Sons Of Kemet - announces his new solo album, Intra-I (meaning InchWithin SelfInch), due October 29th on New Soil / Marathon. Cross also shares his bass-heavy latest single InchThe SpiralInch featuring Afronaut Zu and Ahnanse´, and the accompanying video. It follows his previous single, InchWe Go Again,Inch and both tracks are included on his forthcoming album. Intra-I is an uplifting celebration of Black music, synthesizing the diversity of his musical art and experience to deliver an essential message to a world gripped by tribulation. Across ten sonically divergent and bass-rich tracks, Intra-I explores themes of self-reliance, origins, identity and more. An exploratory and upful celebration of Afro-Diaspora Music, the album features songs that examine self-development, the importance of history and heritage and the strength in adversity shown by the first generations of post-war Caribbean immigrants to the UK. In addition to being entirely made from sounds taken from the tuba, it is his first music to feature guest vocalists adding a whole other dimension to his music the album features Remi Graves, Shumba Maasai, Consensus and Oren Marshall, as well as Afronaut Zu and Ahnansé on InchThe Spiral.Inch Album Tracks 1. Intro 2. We Go Again 3. Roots Feat. Shumba Maasai 4. The Spiral Feat. Afronaut Zu & Ahnanse 5. Trust the Journey 6. 40Tude 7. Watching Over (Bless Up Dad) 8. Forward Progression II 9. Play to Win Feat. Consensus 10. Universal Alignment Feat. Oren Marshall

Vinyl LP pressing. Forget the boxes. Forget the rules. Just play. Two of the most compelling voices in modern jazz - trumpeter Theo Croker and pianist Sullivan Fortner - come together for a fearless duo album that strips everything down to pure, in-the-moment expression. No rehearsals. No pre-written compositions. No expectations. Just two master improvisers in total conversation, creating music that's alive, unfiltered, and utterly free. This is raw, boundary-breaking jazz at it's most honest. Album Tracks 1. Prayer for Peace 2. First Light 3. We Laugh Because We Must 4. Midnight Bloom 5. Space Within 6. Let the Quiet Speak 7. Open Palms 8. Light Remains 9. Beneath the Noise 10. Mouth Full of Sky 11. Grace Is Not Gentle 12. As We Are 13. Then We Danced 14. Here and Now