Various Artists - Showcase - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Daptone Records is ready to wrap you in a sonic embrace of soulful sounds from across the seven seas. Introducing The Daptone Rhythm Showcase. Sink your teeth into this baker's dozen of tantalizing, previously unreleased songs by Antibalas (Iyami Aje), Menahan Street Band (Dancers' Mood), Innov Gnawa (El Bouhala - from their debut full-length Lila), as well as other deep cuts and diasporic dialogues from across space and time. Get ready to move to this exquisite collection of sultry sounds stretching from the five boroughs of New York to the bustling megacities of West Africa, the deserts of Morocco, the sacred and psychedelic landscapes of the Native American West and beyond. Buckle up for this multi-continental rhapsody of rhythm and groove. Musical medicine for the body, mind and soul once again Daptone delivers.

Three CD set. In 2017, Grapefruit released Milk Of The Tree, a highly-acclaimed compendium of female singer/songwriters active during the late '60s/early '70s. Having covered the distaff side of the genre, we now provide a companion piece to that set with Separate Paths Together, a similarly detailed examination of the post-Dylan, pre-punk British male singer/songwriter scene during a time when, to quote the late Dave Cartwright, Incha man with a guitar could play to hushed audiences hanging on every word and make a damn good livingInch. As our anthology proves beyond any doubt, the singer/songwriter branch of the Sixties/Seventies rock family tree was rather more eclectic than received wisdom might suggest, housing such disparate bedfellows as Peter Hammill and Gilbert O'Sullivan, Kevin Ayers and Peter Skellern, Richard Thompson and Leo Sayer. In addition to the above names, we feature such key figures from the scene as Al Stewart, Donovan, Ralph McTell, Michael Chapman, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and Gerry Rafferty while also exploring the roads less travelled with a host of more obscure, collector-friendly acts. Housed in suitably evocative artwork and a stylish clamshell box design, Separate Paths Together provides a wide-ranging, four-hour overview of the pop stars, the club folkies, the rock band refugees, the stoned poets, the political agitators, the wry humorists and the bedsit bards that came together to make up a vibrant, multifaceted scene. With a dazzling array of hit singles, key album tracks, cult favourites, buried treasure and glorious one-offs, Separate Paths Together recalls a lost era via tales of love and pain, of childhood memories and adult disillusionment, of beautiful strangers and family men, and, perhaps most poignantly of all, of time past and time passing.

Debut from genre-defying producer, Yosa Peit. Laurie Anderson meets Bjork; Prince overlapped with Arthur Russell and the hum of Blue Velvet, with jarred and splintered ambient production reminiscent of Aphex Twin. 'Phyton' gets a special expanded edition via Fire Records, featuring unreleased tracks; 'Tyrann', a live version of the haunting album track 'Serpentine' and end of the night lament, 'Rise'. 'Phyton' is a conundrum with it's own humour and beauty amid the electronica soundtracking; it's a record that's defied genre categories when first released on Tax Free Records two years ago. Yosa's ascension from singer to producer is now complete. InchIn my head I was making a movie,Inch Yosa told No Wave magazine, InchI dreamed up a Coen Brothers' movie scene for a few tracks.Inch The result is a haunting, provocative sound; a soundscape where songs merge and splinter, a trip that's never predictable. InchThe production is super freshInch Holly Herndon. InchWarped lo-fi meets glitchy electronica and popInch The Vinyl Factory.A1 Precious LiesA2 SerpentineA3 AnthyA4 CurlsA5 Leaf IB1 Serious People ChuckleB2 ElephantB3 Leaf IIB4 LinB5 New StarsB6 Palm Tree AntennaB7 TyrannDownload extras 1. Serpentine (Live Bonus)2. Rise (Bonus)